国发高中高三英语二模试卷分析

一、整体情况分析

本次考试的命题坚持了“贴近高考，注重语言的情景性、运用性”的试题设计原则，注重考查学生的语言基础知识积累和在语境中运用语言的能力。试卷在选材上注重题材、体裁的多样性，文章内容贴近生活、贴近实际，具有积极的情感态度导向,完全体现了广西英语学科高考的命题特点。命题从总体上讲有较好的区分度，能反映出学生的语言运用能力，对下一阶段高三的英语备考工作也有着正确的导向作用。从我校情况分析来看，二模比一模成绩有所提高。

二、具体题型分析

1、听力部分整体得分较低，但及格同学这次得分明显提高，原因是听力材料语音清晰，语速适中。总体而言，题目较易、较浅显，听力得分率相对较高。从主要的失分题型中，说明我们在以后的教学中不仅要进一步加强听力训练和方法指导，培养学生的预测和捕捉关键信息，以及综合理解语言信息的能力，还得夯实学生基础，提高学生的语言基本功，从而提高语言理解能力。

2、单项选择：正确率在4-9个以下，由此可见，学生动词词组、名词辨析、情态动词与倒装语气，定语从句等方面能力欠缺，其主要原因为高三学生对语法知识有些遗忘，而有些学生干脆就一直未掌握；学生尽管每天都在背词汇，但效果较差，更不能对词汇进行深层掌握。为此，在余下的两个月时间内，我们尽量加强重点词汇的筛查力度，并及时归纳总结各种词汇辨析，力求高考多得分。

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3、完型填空：正确率在5-15个左右，第37。38、45、47、49、53、55小题失分率高，其实完型是考查学生在阅读理解的基础上对语篇、词汇、语法的综合运用情况。从失分率高的小题可以看出，一方面，个别学生未真正把握整个语篇含义就做题导致失分；另一方面，大部分学生在名词和动词的词义辨析和固定搭配方面掌握仍不牢固，与单选似乎有着同样的问题，今后既要强化完形答题技巧训练又要多方面搜集两大实词的辨析与用法。

4、阅读理解：此次5篇阅读难度适中，得分在8-28分之间，可见，尽管我们都进行了专项训练，学生在查找个别细节、目的归纳、猜测词义、推理判断题上的能力仍然较弱，原因是学生不善于利用有效的信息进行排除和合理的推断，没有掌握如何从整体上、宏观上把握文章的脉络，明确段意，理解文章中心和作者的写作意图的技巧。其它原因：1）部分学生基础薄弱，阅读速度不够，造成阅读时间不足，文章来不及细读。2）学生词汇量不够，造成理解难度增大，解题正确率低。3）分析信息，处理信息能力差，无法合理分析关键信息，提取有效信息，耗费了很多时间，结果事倍功半。4）知识面陕窄。今后应更加注重学生读的能力的训练。

5．短文改错：此次短文改错体现了常见的错误类型：时态，单复数，介词，人称，形容词，副词，冠词等，难度适中，但我校学生得分较低。

6、书面表达：此文贴近生活，难度不大，但学生总体得分较差，得分在7分以上的学生极少，主要原因有1）语言表达贫瘠。学生在语言表达上，不是用词简单，平实，不生动，就是词汇运用错误，搭配不当，特别是喜欢凭借汉语思维堆砌英语句子。2） 2

语法错误较多。学生用英语造词构句，组句成篇的能力还有待加强。有的句子结构不完整，有的短语使用不当，还有的词性不分。

3）文章无条理，思路不清楚，不够连贯。4）缺少亮点。绝大部分学生还只是停留在简单的翻译上，缺少亮点意识，不能适时使用经典的句型结构或恰到好处的词汇、短语进行画龙点睛，秀出自己的水平和特色来。 今后我们要特别把阅读表达训练做为一大重点。

三、下一阶段高三英语教学工作措施

1、夯实基础，加强语言积累。

继续对词汇的认知进行巩固，主干语法知识训练力求到位，不断引导学生进行语法、词汇、句型等知识的系统建构，做到有重点地系统地训练。

2、注重阅读，全面提升学生理解能力。

每周应坚持安排学生能在单位时间内做一定量的阅读理解和完形填空，然后及时讲评，进行跟进性的方法指导和语言积累，并针对基础薄弱的学生进行及时辅导。

3、扎实训练阅读表达和书面表达，培养“亮点”意识。 争取多做阅读表达，并从新的高考评分标准方面来规范学生的答题技巧。要求学生每两周至少认认真真写2篇作文，通过修改、自批、互批、面批相结合的方式，努力提高他们的写作能力。同时根据不同的体裁和近几年出现的新型题材，加强写作方法指导，将背诵范文和提高技巧有机结合。尤其要注意引导学生除了把要点说全，把句子写正确，还要尽可能地修饰自己的表达，运用恰当的词或词组，优美的句型结构把句子写生动，使自己的作文亮起来。督促学生对课本外阅读的优美表达坚持做摘抄，并经常对摘抄本回顾复习。

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4、加强应试技巧的训练

培养学生即使是面对较难的试卷，在考场上也能坚持下去的心理和习惯。树立学生自信心，力争英语成绩不拖后腿

20xx年3月12日

国发高中陈丽

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第二篇：20xx年奉贤区高三英语一模考试卷

2009学年奉贤区调研测试

高三英语试卷 （2010.1）

本试卷分为第I卷(第1-12页)和第II卷(第12页)两部分。全卷共12页。 满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

考生注意：

1． 答第I卷前，考生务必在答题卡和答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号（区统一编号，6位），并用铅笔在答题卡的相应位置上正确涂写准考证号。

2． 第I卷（1—16小题，25—80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题卡上。考生应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。注意试题题号和答题卡编号 一 一对应，不能错位。答案需要更改时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。答案不能写在试卷上，写在试卷上一律不给分。

3． 第I卷中的17—24、81—84小题和第II卷的试题，其答案写在答题纸上，如写在试卷上则无效（须用钢笔或圆珠书写，铅笔答题无效）。

第I卷 （105分） I. Listening Comprehension

Section 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. He’s living on the farm.

C. He’s driving his new car.

2. A. One hour

B. Two hours 3. A. The movie is not good. C. He wants to see the movie again. C. It’s still raining, and the wind is blowing. B. The woman should make the repairs herself. 4. A. The wind stopped, but it’s still raining. 5. A. He has already spoken to the technician. B. He is going to leave in 15 minutes. D. He’s leaving his country this year C. Three hours D. Four hours B. The movie is excellent. D. He doesn’t want to stay home. B. The rain stopped. D. Both the rain and the wind stopped.

C. The woman should explain what needs to be repaired.

D. The technician has already arrived.

6. A. Spend some time with the man. B. Make a list of the names. 1

C. Pass out the names. 7. A. He ’s willing to help her.

B. He ’s too busy to help her. D. Let someone else call the names.

C. He will help her after he finishes his assignment.

D. His car broke down.

8. A. There is going to be a party.

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B. Big dances are the most fun. D. More people should learn dancing. B. It is not a required class. D. The man will have to take the class. B. Prepare for an oral final. D. Take the professor’s advice. C. More people like dancing. A. She does not like the class. C. She has already taken the class. C. Review the quizzes. 10. A. Study together.

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.11.

12. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.A. An uncle of the speaker’s. B. A neighbor of the speaker’s. C. A teacher of the speaker’s. D. An old friend of the speaker’s. A. He thought his idea much better than anyone else’s.

B. He respected the ideas of his parents only.

C. He listened to what the neighbours said to him.

D. He accepted what his teachers told him about everything.

13.

A. One should listen to the others before he makes up his mind. B. One should be careful when people want his advice.

C. Some people have ideas on everything. D. Some people have no idea about anything.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following speech.

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A. A Childhood Dream. C.A Graduation Party. B. A Mother’s Love. D. A Special Birthday. 15. A. Because she could take care of things herself. B. Because she hoped she would find a boyfriend.

C. Because she wanted her to be happy and strong.

D. Because she thought education was most important.

16. A. A boy the narrator（叙述者）had run into.

B. One of the narrator’s neighbors.

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C. One of the narrator’s classmates. D. The narrator’s mother. 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. Complete the form . Write ONE WORD for each answer.

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

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

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. With the economic crisis ___________hand, and the unemployment rate on the rise, career planning will definitely benefit you.

A. in B. on C. by D. at

26. Although house prices are unpredictable, most people believe that they will not rise by more than ___________five percent.

A. any other B. the other C. another D. other

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27. ---Mrs. White looks old for her age.

---Yes. It worries her most___________her hair is turning gray.

A. while B. if C. that D. for

28. ___________, the more severe the winters are.

A. The more north you go B. The farther you go the north

C. The more you go north D. The farther north you go

29. Despite a lot of research, scientists can not figure out ___________quite a number of insects, birds and animals are dying out.

A. that B. as C. why D. when

30. Mary, born of a poor family, can’t be admitted to a university next fall ___________she can afford her further study.

A. unless B. for C. as D. if

31. Educators claim that children ___________to English-speaking environment will learn the language more quickly.

A. being exposed B. to be exposed C. having exposed D. exposed

32. You will know what it is like ___________most of your time listening to dull reports in a meeting room.

A. spending B. having spent C. to spend D. to have spent

33. ___________the prices and functions of different types of cameras before you make up your mind which to buy.

A. Compare B. Comparing C. Compared D. To compare

34. What a beautiful sight! Wild flowers of different colors spread all over the hills and around the lake, ___________ to the beauty of the valley.

A. to add B. being added C. adding D. added

35. Henry set up a club for football fans, ___________ he invited all his friends.

A. to which B. to whom C. for whom D. from which

36. The children in Sichuan look forward with hope ___________a chance to receive further education in their rebuilt hometown.

A. for getting B. of getting C. to get D. to getting

37. ---I didn’t see her last night at the party.

--- You ___________. But you came too late.

A. could have B. can’t have C. must have D. ought have

38. The customers complained that not only ___________high, but he didn’t do a good repair job.

A. he charged B. was he charged C. did he charge D. he was charged

39. Because the farmland ___________quickly, the government is considering starting a program to solve the problem.

A. is being lost B. is lost C. is losing D. loses

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40. ___________a large group, your tone should be clear and loud.

A. When addressed B. While addressing C. When you address D. On addressing

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.

The stress of returning to work on a Monday morning can cause a dangerous increase in blood pressure, according to a study.

The Tokyo Women’s Medical University study shows blood pressure readings（读数、指数） are higher than at any other time of the week.

There are 20% more heart attacks on Mondays than on any other day.

Heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer. Around 270,000 people suffer a heart attack every year and nearly one in three die before they even reach hospital.

High blood pressure, or hypertension, one in five people in the UK and is a major for heart disease. The higher it climbs, the greater the force exerted(施加) by blood on the walls of the arteries（动脉）when the heart beats.

To see how it changed over the course of a week, researchers from Tokyo Women’s Medical University in Japan, fitted 175 men and women with a device that would measure their blood pressure round-the-clock. A week later, the volunteers returned the devices so that researchers could how blood pressure had changed.

The results, published in the American Journal of Hypertension, showed a surge(振荡) in readings in those getting ready to go back to work on a Monday morning. Volunteers who stayed ―of work on Sundays and experience a more stressful change from activities to work activities on Mondays, ‖said Dr. Murakami, who led the research.. ―peak on Mondays.‖

III. Reading Comprehension

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.

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I was a rotten teenager, sharp-tongued and eager to control others. At an early age I could make things go my way with just a few small changes. The writers for today’s hottest soap opera could not have created a I don’succeed of my closest friends by trying to control them; I also managed to My mother, who gave birth to me at her doctor’s wishes, would cry to me, ―I waited so long for you. Don’t ignore my help!‖, ―I never wanted you to care about me! Leave me alone and forget I ever lived!‖

it. Like many young girls in high school, the boys were always the first ones I had to date. I would try to find any way to draw attention to myself while at the same time trying to be drugs then to changBut then I asked myself why. Why the need to hurt? Why the attacks on my mother? I would drive myself mad with all the whys until one day I couldn’it any longer and jump from a car moving at 80 miles per hour.

Lying awake the following night at the hospital, I saw my mother’s pained face, tired brown eyes filled with nothing but thanks for her daughter’s rebirth of life.

all the horrible things I did to her, she still loved me. I cried and asked why. She just looked down at me and said frankly, ―Because you are my daughter.‖

love is the most precious gift we can give. the past is the most precious gift we can receive. I want gift my mother gave me to all the ―rotten teenagers‖ in the world.

50. A. better 51. A. loving 52. A. putting off 53. A. curious 54. A. against 55. A. gently 56. A. said 57. A. available 58. A. attractive 59. A. fright 60. A. explain 61. A. Since

B. worse B. hating B. breaking into B. precious B. for B. suddenly B. knew B. impatient B. invisible B. confusion B. control B. Although

C. happier C. hurting C. keeping up C. nervous C. according to C. sharply C. hoped C. impossible C. imaginative C. excitement C. stand C. As C. Quick

D. clever D. shocking D. pushing away D. obvious D. with D. unwillingly D. meant D. believable D. noticeable D. pain D. accept D. Despite D. Real

62. A. Unconditional B. Slow

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63. A. loved

64. A. tell

Section B B. forgiven B. provide C. hated C. supply D. forgotten D. extend

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)

Children in Bosnia-Herzegovina all know the ancient story of the poor woman who caught a golden fish, released it, and in return gained wealth and happiness. According to a 1998 Associated Press story, this Balkan fairy tale turned into reality for one poor family. Before the start of the Bosnian war, the Malkoc family lived next to a small lake in the northwestern village of Jezero. One day in 1990, Smajo Malkoc returned from a trip to Austria with an unusual gift for his teenage sons, Dzevad and Catib: an aquarium(鱼缸) with two goldfish. Two years passed before Bosnian Serb forces advanced on Jezero.

The women and children fled, and the men stayed back to resist the attacking soldiers. Smajo Malkoc was killed. When his wife, Fehima, sneaked back into the destroyed village to bury her husband and rescue what remained of their belongings, she took pity on the fish in the aquarium. She let them out into the nearby lake, saying to herself, ―This way, they might be more fortunate than us.‖ Fast-forward to 1995, Fehima Malkoc returned with her sons to Jezero. Nothing but ruins remained of their home and their village. Through misty eyes she looked toward the lake. Glimpsing something strange, she walked over to the shore. ―The whole lake was shining from the thousands of golden fish in it,‖ she said. ―It made me immediately think of my husband. This was something he left me that I never hoped for.‖

During the years of killing all around the lake, life underwater had flourished. After their return, Fehima Malkoc and her sons started caring for and selling the goldfish. By 1998, homes, stores, and coffee shops all over the region feature aquariums containing fish from Jezero. The Malkoc house, rebuilt on its original site, is one of the biggest in the village. Two new cars are parked in front, and the family says it has enough money to quit worrying about the future. ― It was a special kind of gift from our father,‖ Dzevad Malkoc said. Whenever one gives, one can never underestimate what a gift of love or an act of kindness might produce.

65. Why did the woman let the fish out into the lake?

A .She thought of the fairy tale. B. She did so in memory of her husband.

C. She showed mercy to them. D. She intended to get reward from them.

66. What is the correct order of the following events according to the passage?

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a. The woman set the golden fish free b. The woman buried her husband c. The woman slipped back home d. The family rebuilt the house

e. The family sold the goldfish

A. c, b, a, e, d B. c, a, b, e, d C. b, c, a, d, e D. b, d, a, c, e

67. What does the author intend to tell us?

A .The more golden fish, the wealthier you’ll be. B. Golden fish promise a good fortune.

C .No pains, no gains. D. Give, and it will be given to you.

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68. The above table and passage is mainly_______________．

A. an advertisement to persuade people to buy the book

B. a comparison between the five elements and TCM

C. an introduction to the author writing this book

D. an introduction to the book on five elements

69. The book mentions all the following but___________．

A. the basis of diagnosis in five element acupuncture

B. the relevant Chinese medicine theory

C. the fact people in China know constitutional acupuncture

D. the context and history of acupuncture

70. People who read the book may find it visually appealing in that_______．

A. it is published in traditional Chinese

B. the book has the advantage of two colors in printing

C. overall revisions keep the material in this book up-to-date

D. Practice Member Price is lower than Regular Price

71. Supposing Jack is an AAMA Practice Member and he has bought ten books, how much has he saved compared with Regular Price?

A. 215 dollars．

(C)

Warning: reading too much Cinderella to your daughter may damage her emotional health in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy(认知心理疗法) in Gothenburg suggests a link between the attitudes of women abused by their parents and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy tales. It says girls who identified with Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast were more likely to say in destructive relationships as adults.

The theory was developed by Susan Darker Smith, a psychotherapist at the University of Derby. She interviewed 67 female abuse survivors and found that 61 put up with serial abuse because they believed they could change their partners and with patience, composition and love. Hardly any of the women in a control group, who had not experienced abuse, thought they could change their partners in this way.

The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. These women and men said they would leave a relationship rather than put up with abuse from a partner. Ms Darker Smith found the abused women were much more likely to identify with Cinderella and other Although most girls heard the stories, damage appeared to be done to those who adopted the B. 105 dollars． C. 195 dollars． D. 150 dollars． 9

submissive characters as role models. ―They believe if their love is strong enough they can change their parents’ behaviors, she said.‖ Overexposure in children to stories that emphasize the transformational qualities of love may make women believe they can damage their partners.‖ For example, they might never have understood the obvious flaw(缺点) in the story of Rapunzel, who remained locked in a high tower until rescued by a knight on a white horse, who broke the door down. ―The question,‖ said Ms Darker Smith, ―is why she did not break the door down herself.‖

72. The passage is especially intended for _________.

A. parents with young daughters

B. girls who like reading fairy stories

C. girls who think they can change their partners

D. parents with grown-up daughters

73. Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast are similar in that _________.

A. they all married some princes

B. they all changed their partners with love

C. they were all abused by their partners

D. they all put up with abuse

74. Which of the following statements is true of the women in a control group?

A. They don’t believe in fairy tales.

B. They don’t believe in the transformational qualities of love.

C. They have also experienced abuse.

D. They survived abuse.

75. What does the underlined word ―submissive‖ in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?

A. kind-hearted B. obedient C. gentle D. easy-going

Section C

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls behavior. The

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biological clock tells plants when to form flowers and when the flowers should open. It tells insects when to leave the protective cocoon and fly away, and it tells animals and human beings when to eat, sleep and wake.

affect the actions of some biological clock. Scientists recently found, for example, that a tiny animal changes the color of its fur because of the number of hours of daylight. In the short days of winter, its fur becomes white. The fur becomes gray brown in

78. Inner signals control other biological clocks. German scientists found that some kind of internal clock seems to order birds to begin their long migration flight twice each year. Birds prevented from flying become restless when it is time for the trip. But they become calm again when the time of Scientist say they are beginning to learn which parts of the brain contain biological clock. An American researcher, Martin Moorhead, said a small group of cells near the front of the brain seems to control the timing of some of our actions. These cells tell a person when to awake, when to sleep and when to seek food. Scientists say there probably are other biological clock cells that control 80. Dr. Moorhead is studying how our biological clocks affect the way we do our work. For example, most of us have great difficulty if we often change to different work hours. It can take many days for a human body to accept the major change in work hours. Dr. Moorhead said industrials officials should have a better understanding of biological clocks and how they affect workers. He said such understanding could cut sickness and accidents at work and would help increase a factory’s production.

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions and complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

Booklovers, most of them, will tell you what a pleasure it is to lend a favorite read to a friend – the novel you stayed up all night to get to the end of; the travel book that made you feel as if you yourself were on a train ride through India. For a while it seemed that e-book users were to be denied this pleasure of lending to friends. You could buy a book or magazine for your reading device, but you couldn’t lend it out.

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But now, with the Nook, the US book chain Barnes and Noble’s response to Amazon’s Kindle, electronic readers will be able to press their latest literary enthusiasm on their friends, just like readers of physical books can. You simply email the book from your Nook and your friend can read it for two weeks, using any device with the Barnes & Noble e-book reader software. It’s a big improvement from previous e-book readers.

The Nook offers other features too. You read in black and white on the main screen, just like with Kindle. The difference is that on the lower part of the device there’s a color touch screen. It allows you to browse through a book or magazine, but goes black when you’re not using it so that you save power.

Another exciting thing about the Nook is that it offers Wi-Fi (无线上网服务), arguably a big advance on previous e-book readers. Customers in the United States can use the Internet connection to read whole e-books at Barnes and Noble’s hundreds of bookstores for free. None of Barnes and Noble’s competitors can come close to this.

But the Nook, ironically, might just turn out to be a money-loser for Barnes and Noble, or at least a job-loser for Barnes and Noble’s employees. According to Marian Maneker at The Big Money Website, if the Nook is successful it might take sales from the company’s bookstores, eventually forcing their closure and the loss of thousands of jobs.

81. What do booklovers take pleasure in, according to the passage?

82. According to Paragraph 2, your friend will be able to ___________________ with the Nook.

83. According to the passage, the three new features of the Nook are: lending books to your friends, a color touch screen and ___________________ in Barnes and Noble’s stores.

84. What might happen to Barnes and Noble’s bookstores if the Nook is successful?

(Note: Answer the questions and complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)

第II卷 （45分）

I. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1． 现在很多人服用维生素C来抵御感冒。（protect）

2． 新建成的轻轨一旦开通，将给周围的居民带来极大的方便。（convenience）

3． 随着世博会的临近，许多旧房屋被拆除，取而代之的是现代化的建筑。（replace）

4． 据说大量关于甲型H1N1病毒预防和治疗的书籍已出版了。（be said to…）

5． 我发现，你一天做了多少事并不重要, 重要的是你努力完成的事情做得怎么样。(what) 12

II. Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

据报道，某女青年持假文凭就职某公司。她能力较强，工作出色，但后来假文凭被查出，公司以她缺乏诚信为由解雇了她。你认为公司这种做法如何？我们应该看重诚信还是能力?

参考词汇：假文凭 fake diploma ; 诚信 honesty

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2009学年奉贤区调研测试高三英语试卷参考答案 I. Listening Comprehension

Section 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.

G. M: I’m living on a farm in the country this year?

W: But it’s so cold. Doesn’t the driving bother you?

Q: What is the man doing this year?

H. W: If we hurry, we can take the express train and save an hour. Couldn’t we?

M: Yes, the express train takes only three hours to get to the city.

Q: How long does it take the local train to get to the city?

I. W: Was the movie as good as you expected?

M: It was a waste of time and money. We should have stayed at home.

Q: How does the man feel about the movie?

J. M: Is it still raining outside?

W: No, but the wind is still blowing.

Q: What can we conclude from the conversation?

K. W: Has the technician called about the repairs?

M: When he does, I’ll have you talk to him.

Q: What does the man mean?

L. M: It’s your turn to call the names on the list if you want to.

W: I think I will pass this time.

Q: What is the woman going to do?

M. W: John, could you pick me up this evening?

M: I really can’t afford any more interruptions. I’ve got to finish this assignment.

Q: What does the man really mean?

N. M: Shouldn’t we invite more people to the party?

W: The more, the merrier.

Q: How does the woman mean?

O. M: I can’t stand this class!

W: Well, you might as well get used to it. You have to take it in order to graduate.

Q: What does the woman mean?

P. W: Are you going to get ready for an oral final?

M: Mr. Wang said we should study alone, but Mr. Li advised us to get into a study group and

quiz each other.

Q: What did Mr. Li suggest the students do? Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on

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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.

When I was a child, there were some people whose ideas I respected. My uncle, John I thought, knew everything about the world. He had traveled and seen all there was to see. I believed anything he told me about places like China, Australia, and Brazil. When I wanted to know anything about baseball I asked our neighbor, Mr. Parmer. My teacher, Miss Clinton was an expert on animals and I always believed all of the things she told our class about the living creatures.

When I was sixteen years old, I got the idea that the adults really didn’t know very much. I, of course, knew everything. Then, when I was twenty, I realized that I should respect their opinions and ideas all the time. They had experienced so much and could give the best advice.

Some people have an opinion on every subject. Others have none. I think the best kind is the person who studies the subject before giving an answer to the question. What do you think? Questions:

11. Who is Parmer?

12. What kind of boy was the speaker when he was sixteen?

13. Which of the following is the main idea of this passage?

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned 12, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card came with it. Calls to the flower-shop were not helpful at all. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender’s name and just delighted in the beautiful white flower in soft pink paper.

But I never stopped imagining who the giver might be. Some of my happiest moments were spent daydreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these imaginings. She’d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness. Perhaps it was the old man across the street whose mail I’d delivered during the winter. As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy I had run into.

One month before my graduation, my father died. I felt so sad that I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t care if I had a new dress or not. But my mother, in her own sadness, would not let me miss any of these things. She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable. In truth, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia--- lovely, strong and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.

My mother died ten years after I was married. I was 32. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

Questions:

14. What did the narrator mainly tell us?

15. Why did the mother insist on her daughter going to the graduation dance?

16. Who was the sender of the flower?

Section C

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Directions: In Section C, you will bear 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.

W: Do you ever eat fast food?

M: Yes. I do.

W: What kind of fast food do you normally eat?

M: Oh, er, you know, hamburgers, sandwiches, well, sometimes a pizza.

W: Oh, right. And how often do you eat fast food? Every day, more than once a week or less than once a week?

M: Er, well, Monday to Friday when I’m working, every day, um, but not usually on the weekends. W: And what time of the day do you eat fast food?

M: Well, at work as I said, you know at lunchtime. Sometimes, you know, if I’m going out and I’ve no time to cook in the evening, then I’ll send out for a pizza.

W: And what do you think of fast food? It’s convenient?

M: Sure, that’s sort of the main reason that I eat it. We’re paying for the convenience; you know the speed of it.

W: Does it taste good?

M: Yeah. Um, I mean, not good as the food in a good restaurant, but it’s not bad.

W: I think so.

M: How are you this afternoon?

W: Just fine. I looked over the catalog you gave me this morning, and I’d like to discuss prices on your computer speakers.

M: Very good. Here is our price list.

W: Let me see… I see that your listed price for the K-two-one model is ten U.S. dollars. Do you offer quantity discounts?

M: We sure to. We give a five percent discount for orders or a hundred or more.

W: What kind of discount could you give me if I were to place an order for six hundred units? M: On an order of six hundred, we can give you a discount of ten percent.

W: When will the goods reach me?

M: We could ship your order within ten days of receiving your payment.

W: So, you require payment in advance of shipment?

M: Yes. You could transfer the payment into our bank account or open a letter of credit in our favor. W: I’d like to go ahead and place an order for six hundred units.

M: Great! I’ll just fill out the purchase order and you will sign it.

Listening Comprehension

Section A 1-5 ADABC 6-10 DBBDA

Section B 11-13 BAB 14-16 BCD

Section C 17. pizza 18. weekdays

19. convenient 20. acceptable/OK/Okay 16

21. price list 22. 600 units

23. 10%/ten percent 24.bank account

25—29 DCCDC 30—34 ADCAC 35—39 ADACA 40 C

41—49 B, G, J, C, I, A, F, H, D

50—64 BCDBA CDCBD CDABD

65--67 CAD 68--71 ACBB 72--75 ADBB 76--80 FAEBD

Translation: 2. nearby residents. you have dealt with what you have tried to/managed to finish.

Writing:

Possible versions:

I think it is right to fire her, though she is now good at the job. Her fake diploma does help her, but it also does harm to others. It is unfair for others to compete in the job hunting. So I think honesty should come first. Nowadays, more and more students tend to cheat in exams. I think it is a serious problem. Though you can get higher marks and be praised by others, you should clearly realize that it does do harm to others and even yourself. The fame is temporary and you won＇t get real knowledge.

In a word, we should be honest and honesty must come first.

Personally, I am in favor of the company＇s decision on firing the woman. Abilities are not always the most important, though one＇s personality of being honest is what really matters. If the woman was not laid off, no one could guarantee that she wouldn’t go against honesty any more.

Society calls for honesty. When accepting someone as a friend, one will always take his honesty, rather than abilities into account. However, some of our own actions are the same case with that young woman. Take cheating in exams for example. Have you ever cheated in exams? Most of your answers to this question, I think, are " yes", but are the marks really worth selling your honesty out ?

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and make things smooth. Now have you attached importance to honesty? Have you made up your mind to be an honest man?

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