2012-10-24
第I卷 (105分)
I. Listening Comprehension 30%
Section A 10%
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 conversation and the question 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. She is on the street. B. She hasn’t curly hair.
C. She wears a skirt. D. None of the above.
2. A. They won’t take this train. B. They won’t miss the train.
C. They must hurry up. D. In a supermarket.
3. A. He was quite happy. B. He felt upset. C. He didn’t care. D. He seemed pleased.
4. A. She will go to the cinema. B. She has to read a report.
C. She had to work. D. She’d rather stay home.
5. A. The black one. B. The green one. C. Neither of them. D. Both of them.
6. A. Her mother took her to hospital. B. Her mother was ill.
C. She went to see a friend. D. She had no class.
7. A. He doesn’t want to see Joan. B. He wants to see Joan.
C. He will see Joan finally. D. He will see Joan.
8. A. The man has changed his destination.
B. The man is returning his ticket.
C. The man is flying to New York tomorrow.
D. The man can’t manage to go to New York as planned.
9. A. She doesn’t have a bicycle. B. She refuses to lend him her bicycle.
C. She’s willing to lend her bicycle. D. She has lent her bicycle to someone else.
10. A. It is no longer available.
B. It has been reprinted four times.
C. The store doesn’t have it now, but will have it soon.
D. The information in the book is out of date.
Section B 12%
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. Robots in factories. B. Robots dogs in homes.
C. Robots guide dogs. D. Robots in the future.
12. A. To help people who cannot look after themselves.
B. To guide blind people.
C. To help to do household chores.
D. To do certain jobs in the factories.
13. A. By talking. B. By radio. C. By pulling a rope. D. By making gestures.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Because it was out of control.
B. Because it was of bad quality.
C. Because the couple didn’t drive it properly.
D. Because the couple didn’t take good care of it.
15. A. The couple destroyed their own car.
B. The couple attacked themselves.
C. The couple drove the car into the showroom of the car dealer.
D. The couple set fire to the car dealer’s.
16. A. Because they had gone mad.
B. Because they wouldn’t like to be troubled any more by the car.
C. Because they wanted to show how rich they were.
D. Because they had bought a new car.
Section C 8%
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.
| Telephone Message | |
| Subject | Increasing demand for the ____17____ century furniture. |
| Details | Orders for the style of ___18____ Anne Furniture. |
| An increase of _____19_____ since January. | |
| Response | Get the pamphlets and the ____20_____ price list ready for inquiry. |
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
| What did the woman want at first? | _____21______ |
| Where are the special dishes listed? | _____22______ |
| What did the woman choose? | _____23______ |
| What kind of food did the waiter recommend? | _____24______ |
II. Grammar and Vocabulary 25%
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Colourful signs were pleasing __________the eye, when hundreds of visitors approached the charity funfair in the warm sunshine.
A. with B. for C. by D. to
26. The old man had expected to see all his children when in hospital, but _____came to see him.
A. none B. no one C. someone D. anyone
27. I ________ the poor little rabbit, but I didn’t have any right drugs with me at that moment.
A. could have saved B. must have saved C. could save D. saved
28. At th Primetime Emmy Awards, Modern Family dominated the Best Comedy Series, __________three awards.
A. having won B. winning C. to win D. to have won
29. Only when __________possible to settle the problem among the boy students.
A. does the class teacher come will it be B. the class teacher comes will it be
C. has the class teacher come it will be D. the class teacher comes it will be
30. Everyone knows that ___________is necessary for modern people.
A. well informed B. being well informed
C. well informing D. having well informed
31. The closeness of Stanford to San Francisco, a city two miles to the north, _______the university a decidedly worldly attraction.
A. giving B. gives C. gave D. had given
32. Researchers are now conducting hibernation experiment and can use chemicals to put living cells into sleep-like state _____ they don’t age.
A. for which B. that C. where D. which
33. Eating sensibly and taking regular exercise is a fairly reliable method of losing weight, __________?
A. is it B. are they C. aren’t they D. isn’t it
34. What do you think _______makes the English version of the musical Notre Dame de Paris different from the previous ones?
A. is it that B. that it is C. that is it D. it is that
35. I had to find a reason ________ could be accepted by my parents or they would get angry.
A. why B. / C. that D. for
36. __________ science can help people live longer, this will not happen overnight.
A. As if B. No matter C. Where D. Even if
37. It was said that the result was not made ____________ last Thursday.
A. to have been known until B. knowing for the
C. known until D. to be known unless
38. In Martin Luther King’s time, the money spent in educating a black child was just one-fourth of ________on each white child.
A. that spent B. what to be spent C. it had been spent D. which was spent
39. ___________he was ill, I was expected to take his place as the chief chef greatly surprised me, for I didn’t have much confidence in my experience.
A. If B. That if C. That D. If that
40. Some elderly foreigners to China nowadays have the same impression that China is no longer ________it was fifty years ago, __________it was just liberated.
A. that…then B. what…then C. that…when D. what…when
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.match B. impression C. expression D. discourage AB. workplace
| AC. represent AD. exist BC. simply BD. present CD. reject |
A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to ____42_____ visible tattoos (纹身)nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can’t judge a book by its cover, yet people do “cover” themselves in order to convey certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is a(n) _____43_______ of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do companies. Dress standards _____44_______in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often about what customers accept.
Others may say how to dress is a matter of personal freedom, but for businesses it is more about whether to make or lose money. Most employers do care about the personal appearances of their employees (雇员),because those people ____45______ the companies to their customers.
As a hiring manager I am paid to choose the people who would make the best _____46______ on our customers. There are plenty of well-qualified candidates, so it is not wrong to ____47_______someone who might disappoint my customers. Even though I am open-minded, I can’t expect all our customers are.
There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not ____48______ that of your preferred employer. No company should have to change to satisfy a candidate ______49______ because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.
III. Reading Comprehension 50%
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage 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.
A is for always getting to work on time.
B is for extremely busy.
C is for the conscientious way you do your job.
You may be all these things at the office, and 50 . But when it comes to getting ahead, experts say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics as in office politics.
Dale Carnegie suggested more than 50 years ago hard 51 alone doesn't ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell 52 and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious 53 of engaging in office politics --- a better job, a rise in pay, praise ----many people are still unable ---- or unwilling ---- to play the game.
People assume that office politics involves some manipulative behavior, says Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University. But politics comes from the word ‘polite’. It can mean 54 others and forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to please your superior and then expecting something 55 .
In fact, today experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one's own 56 in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of being 57 within the office environment --- not just in large companies, but in small workplaces as well.
The first thing people are usually 58 on is their ability to perform well on a consistent basis, says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has 59 similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It's simple human nature.
60 , psychologists say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic 61 of work and what it takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery, fearing that, 62 they speak for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for 63 .
Experts suggest altering this negative picture by the need for some of the promotion.
50. A. all B. much C. more D. everything
51. A. work B. life C. personality D. luck
52. A. yourself B. others C. appearance D. employers
53. A. profits B. rewards C. weakness D. pains
54. A. leading B. hurting C. cheating D. impressing
55. A. in public B. in turn C. in a hurry D. in return
56. A. self-improvement B. self-interest C. self-respect D. self-protection
57. A. sociable B. independent C. proud D. humble
58. A. judged B. depended C. focused D. worked
59. A. emotionally B. normally C. properly D. virtually
60. A. Anyway B. Meanwhile C. Also D. Yet
61. A. plan B. term C. vision D. goal
62. A. because B. if C. although D. when
63. A. discrimination B. trouble C. fun D. favors
. A. meeting B. ignoring C. recognizing D. feeling
Section B
Directions: 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)
CLASSIC TOUR---EXCURSION INFORMATION
Luggage
We ask you to keep luggage down to one medium-size suitcase per person, but a small handbag can also be taken on board the coach.
Seats
Requests for particular seats can be made on most coach tours when booking, but since the seat allocations are made on a first-come-first-served basis, early booking is advisable. When bookings are made with us you will be offered the best seats that are available on the coach at that time.
Travel Documents
When you have paid your deposit (定金) we will send you all the necessary documents and labels, so that you receive them in good time before the coach tour departure date. Certain documents, for example, air or boat tickets, may have to be kept and your driver will issue them to you at the relevant point.
Special Diet
If you require a special diet you must inform us at the time of booking with a copy of the diet. This will be notified to the hotel or hotels on your coach tour, but on certain coach tours the hotels used are tourist class and while offering value for money within the price range, they may not have the full facilities to cope with special diets. Any extra costs involved must be paid to the hotel by yourself before departure from the hotel.
Accommodation
Many of our coach tours now include, within the price, accommodation with private facilities, and this will be indicated on the coach tour page. Other coach tours have a limited number of rooms with private facilities which, if available, can be reserved and guaranteed at the time of booking----the supplementary charge shown in the price list will be added to your account.
| On any coach tour there are only a limited number of single rooms. When a single room is available, a supplementary charge may be needed and this will be shown on the brochure page. |
A. ask when you get on the coach B. arrive early on the departure date
C. book your seat well in advance D. avoid traveling at peak times
66. If you need a special diet, you should _____.
A. tell the coach company while booking B. pay extra money while booking
C. inform the hotel when you arrive D. pay for it at the end of the tour
67. For every booking, Classic Tour guarantees that you will be able to _____.
A. request high quality meals B. take a piece of small luggage on board
C. use your personal bathroom D. see a film
(B)
The secret of a long and happy marriage appears to be not to expect too much from it.
US researchers say that, unless you have superior relationship skills, your hopes of cozy coupledom (温馨的伴侣关系) are likely to be dashed. Far better, they say, to aim low to ensure you are not disappointed, and the key to keeping that newly-wed glow appears to be forgiveness and communication.
The study, by researchers from Ohio and Florida Universities, looked at 82 couples. They quizzed all the spouses independently over four years.
Their study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, found those who believed their partner would be unfailingly kind, loving and agree with their every word, could retain their positive outlook by being forgiving, and having generous explanations for their partner's negative behavior. However those with high expectations but without those relationship skills are likely to be brought down to earth fairly quickly as their Prince or Princess Charming falls off their pedestal. In contrast, the researchers say holding a more realistic view of your loved one means you are less likely to be disappointed, and therefore more satisfied with your marriage.
Writing in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researchers led by James McNulty, professor of psychology at Ohio University, said:“In contrast to the idea that expectations in the early years of marriage exert main effects on satisfaction, the current findings suggest that the effects of expectations interact with the skills partners bring to their relationships.”
Previous research found that people tend to select partners of different personality and will be able to maintain a stable relationship. The finding of the present study contradicts the old belief that opposites attract. It suggests people looking for long-term relationships should select partners who were similar to themselves, rather than seek out the highest quality partner available.
68. The phrase “be brought down to earth” in Paragraph 4 means_____________.
A. came to face the reality B. fell down to earth
C. came to divorce D. be abandoned
69. What old belief does the finding of the research contradict?
A. People alike will attract each other.
B. People with different professions may deal with each other well.
C. People with different personalities may maintain a stable relationship.
D. People with high quality cannot get along with each other.
70. According to the study mentioned in the passage, which of the following factors plays the most important role in a successful marriage?
A. Realistic expectation. B. High expectation.
C. Romance. D. Similarity between the partners.
71. Before the James-McNulty research, what did people think of the role of high expectation in marriage?
A. It will ensure the romance of a marriage.
B. It would encourage the couples to work hard.
C. It would interact with the skills partners bring to their relationships.
D. It would exert main effects on satisfaction.
(C)
Suffering from an acute lack of heroes after losing two world wars, Germany has reclaimed Albert Einstein as one of its greatest national figures even though the Jewish physicist fled the Nazis hating his native country.
A century after the German-born scientist formulated his famous theory of relativity in Switzerland, and 50 years after his death on April 18, 1955, Einstein is being reclaimed by the country he rejected.
Celebrations of the so-called “Einstein Year” of 2005 are taking place around the world, but nowhere are the tributes to the man with the droopy(下垂的)eyes and bushy grey hair so laden (装满了)with historical baggage as in Germany. Germany’s rediscovery of Einstein began in 2003 when he was picked by millions of television viewers in a survey as one of the “best Germans” of all time. The German government has gone all out to understand Einstein better, who became one of the world's first popular scientists after his theories about space, time and relativity revolutionized science in the early 20th century.
“It is a bit strange,” said Juergen Neffe, author of a German biography on Einstein that has been near the top of best-seller lists here since it was published in January. In his book, he wrote, “Einstein hated the Nazis and extended his hatred to all Germans for letting it happen. It's certainly true that he hated Germany, but he would nevertheless be pleased about Germany's development in the last 30 years.”
Born in the Bavarian city of Ulm in 1879, Einstein moved to Switzerland at 17 to evade military service. After graduating from the Polytechnic School in Zurich he wrote scientific papers in his spare time while working as a Swiss patent officer. In 1905, Einstein’s “miracle year”, he formulated his theory of relativity, an explanation of the relationship between time and space that challenged a view of the universe that had stood since the days of Sir Isaac Newton 200 years before. Einstein’s fame soared in 1919 after his theory was proven. He won a Nobel Prize in 1921, after which Germany and Switzerland both claimed him as theirs. But Einstein didn't stop. His special theory also provided the basis for his most famous discovery, E=MC2, an equation that opened the door to the atomic age. The formula is known around the world even if few understand it. Einstein returned to Germany in 1914 and lived in Berlin for 19 years before fleeing Hitler's Nazis in 1933. He took a post at Princeton University, and spent the rest of his life there. His house in Berlin was ransacked by the Nazis. Einstein gave up his German citizenship in 1932 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1940.
72. Which of the following is NOT true of Einstein?
A. He is typical of his droopy eyes and bushy grey hair.
B. He was born in Germany, but never returned after he left there.
C. He hated Nazis and gave up his German citizenship.
D. The position he stayed in for the longest time is the professor at Princeton.
73. The Theory of Relativity___________.
A. was put forward by Einstein after he formulated the “E=MC2”equation
B. challenged the previous view of universe
C. announced the beginning of a nuclear age
D. was not recognized by the other scientists before Einstein’s death
74. If Einstein were alive, he would___________.
A. reevaluate Germany and Nazis
B. refuse to be claimed as a German national hero
C. be happy to see the development of Germany
D. reclaim his German Citizenship
75. Germany claimed Einstein as its national hero because of the following EXCEPT________
A. to be sorry for its war crimes
B. he was picked by millions of television viewers in a survey as one of the “best Germans” of all time
C. he made great contribution to science development
D. it lacks a hero of its own
Section C
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-AC for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
(E)
A. An astonishing electrical generator
B. The importance of electricity nowadays
C. Medical function of electricity
D. Electric currents make cells small
AB. Further discovery in electricity is needed
| AC. The living storage battery |
The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
77. __________
Yet, people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for millions of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity.
78. __________
All living cells send out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends out pulses of record; they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study to determine how well the heart is working. The brain, too, sends out brain waves of electricity, which can be recorded in an electroencephalogram(脑电图).
79. __________
The electric currents generated by most living cells are extremely small; often so small that sensitive instruments are needed to record them. But in some animals, certain muscle cells have become so specialized as electrical generators that they do not work as muscle cells at all. When large numbers of these cells are linked together, the effects can be astonishing.
80. __________
The electric eel is an amazing storage battery. It can seed a jolt of as much as eight hundred volts of electricity through the water in which it live. (An electric house current is only one hundred twenty volts.) As many as four-fifths of all the cells in the electric eel’s body are specialized for generating electricity, and the strength of the shock it can deliver corresponds roughly to length of its body.
Section D
Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions or complete the statements on the answer sheet.
Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language; but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages. Now there are many reasons for this, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce, and consequently never set about dealing with it in the right way. Far too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language in a skill-one that needs careful training of a special kind, and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of itself. I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerned with speaking the language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his whole attitude to the subject he should get the student to feel that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention. So, there should be occasions when other aspects of English, such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment to take second place.
Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation, there are two other requirements for the teacher: the first, knowledge, the second technique.
It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information. This can generally be obtained from books. It is possible to get from books some idea of the mechanics of speech, and of what we call general phonetic theory. It is also possible in this way to get a clear mental picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages, between the speech habits and English people and those, say, of your students. Unless the teacher has such a picture, any comments he may make on his students' pronunciation are unlikely to be of much use, and lesson time spent on pronunciation may well be wasted.
(NOTE: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS)
81. What does the writer actually say about pronouncing foreign languages?
82. The writer argues that dealing with the problems of pronunciation in the wrong way is the consequence of ___________________________________________________.
83. How the students view learning English pronunciation depends upon his teacher’s attitude, ______________ and ______________.
84. What may be the result if the teacher himself can’t figure out the differences in sounds of different languages?
第II卷 (45分)
I.Translation 20%
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1.好几年来, 他一直在同疾病做斗争。 (struggle)
2.直到一年后他才适应了高中新的学习环境。 (Not until…)
3.多亏了那场大雨, 持续了一个半月的森林大火终于被扑灭了。 (last)
4.据报道今年我国将有更多的大学毕业生志愿去边远地区工作。 (volunteer)
5.中国著名作家莫言获得了2012年诺贝尔文学奖, 他的几十部作品被翻成了多国语言。 (dozens of)
II. Guided Writing 25%
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 – 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
The Person I Admire Most (我最崇拜的人)
SES 2012学年第一学期高三英语月考试卷(二)答案
第I卷 (105分)
I. Listening Comprehension 30%
1-10 BBBCC BADAA
11-16 CDB BAB
17. 18th 18. Queen 19. 14% 20. latest
21. A menu 22. On the left 23. The regular dinner 24. The roast beef
II.Grammar and Vocabulary 25%
Section A
25. D 26-30 A A B B B 31-35 B C D D C 36-40 D C A B D
Section B
41-49 AB D C AD AC B CD A BC
III. Reading Comprehension 50%
Section A
50-54 C A A B D 55-59 D B A A D 60- D C B D C
Section B
65-67 C A B 68-71 A C A D 72- 75 B B C A
Section C
76-80 B AB C A AC
Section D
81. Few people are good at it./ Few people are even moderately proficient at it
82. not grasping/failing to grasp the nature of the problem.
83. knowledge, technique
84. His comments are useless/of little use and his lesson time is wasted.
第II卷 (45分)
I.Translation 20%
1.He has been struggling against the disease for quite a few years.
2.Not until a year later did he get used to the new learning environment in senior high school.
3.Thanks to the heavy rain, the big forest fire which had lasted (for) a month and a half was put out at last.
4.It is reported that more university graduates will volunteer to work in the remote areas this year.
5.The famous Chinese writer Mo Yan has been awarded the2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, dozens of whose works have been translated into several foreign languages.下载本文