虹口区2016年英语学科高考练习题

2016.4

第 I 卷 (共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 12:00.??

?B. At 12:15.

C. At 12:30.??

D. At 12:45.



2. A. To visit a museum.??

C. To get married.??

B. To attend a wedding.

D. To go to India.



3. A. This afternoon.

C. Next month.

B. Tomorrow.

D. Next week.



4. A. In a tea house.?

B. In a school.

C. In a grocery.

D. In a garage.



5. A. The desk lamp.

C.?The electricity bill.

B. The dirty kitchen.?

D. The power failure.



6. A. They’re a couple.?

C. They’re classmates.

B. They’re neighbors.

D. They’re colleagues.



7. A. She saw the play more than once.

B. She acted in the play.



C. She visited the English Department.

D. She led the drama club.



8. A. Small corrections could be made.

B. Major corrections are needed.



C. The paper should be rewritten.

D. The paper needs no correction.



9. A. Mary has never collected any postcards.

B. Mary didn’t receive the postcard from Germany.



C. The woman will go to Germany for her holiday.

D. Mary begins to take up collecting postcards.



10. A. The man has left a good impression on her family.



B. The man can dress casually for the family reunion.



C. The man had better buy himself a new suit.



D. The man’s jeans and T-shirts are fashionable.





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. He was knocked down by a bus. B. He fell ill suddenly.

C. He was chased by some tough guys. D. He was robbed.

12. A. A neighbour.???????????? B. A friend. C. A stranger.??????????????? D. A doctor.

13. A. Churchgoers are very helpful. B. Only doctors can save our lives.

C. A friend in need is a friend indeed. D. Neighbours are dearer than distant relatives.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. They haven’t devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.

B. There are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.

C. It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.

D. They believe people can recover without treatment.

15. A. They reveal the seriousness of the problem.

B. They indicate how fast the virus spreads.

C. They tell us what kind of medicine to take.

D. They show our body is fighting the virus.

16. A. It actually does more harm than good.

B. It actually helps us to recover much sooner.

C. It causes damage to some organs of our body.

D. It works better when combined with other therapies.

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.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Flight Reservation Form



Departure Time

July 23rd



Ticket Type

 A __17__ ticket



Place of Arrival

 __18__



Price

 __19__ dollars



Flight Number

 1070



Requirement

A seat by the __20__



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Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

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

Where will the new students meet at 10 a.m.?

In the?__21__.



What will the Director of studies tell them about?

About the courses and __22__.



What will the Student Advisor give a talk about?

The __23__.



Why will the students have an English test?

To find their __24__.



II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

(A)

“Time,” says the proverb, “is money”. This means that every moment well-spent may put some money into our pockets.?

If our time (25) ______ (employ) usefully, it will either turn out some useful and important piece of work which will fetch its price in the market, or it will add to our experience and increase our capacities so as to enable us to earn money when the proper opportunity comes. Let those, (26) ______ think nothing of wasting time, remember this.

Our life is nothing more than our time. To kill time is therefore a form of suicide. We are shocked (27) ______ we think of death, and we spare no pains, no trouble, and no expense to preserve life.?

But we often care nothing about the loss of an hour or of a day, (28) ______ (forget) that our life is the sum total of the days and of the hours we live. Our life is a brief period measuring some seventy or eighty years in all.?So a day or an hour (29) ______ (waste) is therefore so much life lost.

But nearly one third of this has to be spent in sleep; some years have to be spent over our meals; some in watching over the sick-beds of our (30) ______ (near) relatives; some in making journeys on land and voyages by sea.

Now if all these years were to be decreased from the term over which our life extends, we shall find about twenty or thirty years at our disposal (处置) for active work. (31) ______ remembers this can never willingly waste a single moment of his life.

The precious hours of childhood and youth, if properly used, (32) ______ (supply) us with incalculable advantages. If we allow these morning hours of life to slip away, we shall never be able to make up for the loss.

(B)

Home on the Way

　　People need homes: children assume their parents’ place as home; boarders call school “home” on weekdays; married couples work together (33) ______ (build) new homes; and travelers … have no place to call “home”, at least for a few nights.

So how (34) ______ people who have to travel for extended periods of time? Don’t they have the right to have a home? Of course they do.

Some regular travelers take their own belongings: like bed sheets, toothbrushes and family photos to make them feel like home (35) ______ ______ ______ they are; some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service and attendants; others (36) ______ simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely. Furthermore, driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like (37) ______ is generally thought of as “home” -- only mobile!

And how about maintaining relationships while in transit? Some keep contact with their friends via internet; some send letters and postcards, or even photos; (38) ______ may just call and say hi, just to let their friends know that they’re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. (39) ______ (make) friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends, even closer than siblings.

Nowadays, fewer people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries, there is always another “home” waiting to be found. Wherever we are, with just a little bit of effort and imagination, we can make (40) ______ place where we stay “home”.

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. venturing B. quoted C. interview D. sponsor E historical. F. launch

G. relatively H. professional I. traced J. facilities K. regularly



Jiading ---- Centuries of History, Decades of Change

A book entitled “Jiading – Centuries of History, Decades of Change” by American writer Kate Baker has recently been published in Shanghai. New book launch was held last week at the Old China Hand Style, a major __41__ of a series of walking guide books called “Beyond the Concession: Six Walks in Shanghai’s Other Districts.” And Baker’s “Jiading” runs the fourth among the six.

From a foreign point of view, the book has __42__ the history of Jiading District back between the year Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Song Dynasty (960-1279), when Jiading had been “a leading economic and intellectual influence in the region long before Shanghai became a major trading port,” as Baker is __43__ in her book.

Baker first landed in Shanghai in 2011 with her husband, an engineer with Ford, who was sent to work in Shanghai to prepare for the __44__ of the Lincoln brand in China. “I and my husband have been traveling around the world in the past 20 years,” Baker said at a(n) __45__ with Shanghai Daily. “Wherever I go, I would jump into the local history and culture quickly and deeply.”

Having taken a 15-month online course of Chinese with Harvard’s “China X”, Baker started __46__ out on her own. An occasional excursion into the northwest of Shanghai, she “discovered” and fell in love with Jiading. Since then, she has visited Jiading __47__, bringing family, friends, and tour groups. At the end of 2013, the Jiading Tourism Bureau officially invited Baker to write a book on Jiading.

With up-to-date facts, useful information and __48__ pictures, Baker's “Jiading” is a well researched guide about interesting areas less than one hour from Shanghai. There are chapters on celebrating the seasonal and