上海市闸北区2012届高三英语一模试卷

A. Greg was caught damaging the school property B. Greg knew who really damaged the school property C. it was hot during the holiday

D. Greg had a poor relationship with his family

(C)

With the death of congestion pricing (高峰期行车收费) which was aimed to charge

drivers for driving private cars downtown to ease traffic, New York City is left with drivers still stuck in traffic and riders packed like sardines. How else can we ease traffic jams and provide decent and affordable bus and subway service?

Gov. David Paterson took the first step yesterday by thinking of identifying new ways to improve mass transportation. With the income from congestion pricing gone, the city meets with heavy burden from its proposed $29.5 billion five-year capital program. In killing congestion pricing, the city acknowledged that the program is “severely underfunded” and that the shortfall has to be the first area of concern. Now we need other sources of funding or increases real estate and gasoline taxes that finance the authority.

The state should now conduct a detailed environmental review of all choices for reducing traffic. Many legislators who opposed congestion pricing expressed concern that the previous plan had been given truncated environmental review, where sufficient study under the State Environmental Quality Review Act was called for. There’s time now for an all-out study of all traffic-reducing choices, from restrictions on driving days based on license plate numbers to mandated car pooling（强制共乘）. Many parties of interests, however, argue that the measures, similar to the congestion pricing, make no better sense in solving the problem.

The legislature should also give New York City the tools it needs to make buses go faster. New York has the most upsetting buses in America: it takes more time to take the M15 bus from New York’s Harlem to City Hall than to travel by “Amtrak” train from New York to Philadelphia(费城). It doesn’t have to be this way. Other cities have demonstrated that buses go faster when more dedicated(专用的) bus lanes are provided, when cameras mounted on buses are used to issue tickets to keep cars out of bus lanes and when traffic signals are designed to give buses priority.

Finally, the state should allow the city to issue residential parking permits. A study showed that 45 percent of traffic in Brooklyn New York, consists of cars looking for parking spots. Residential parking permits would discourage drivers from using neighborhood streets as a parking lot, which is definitely good news to the traffic. 72. “Congestion pricing” was mainly used to ______.

A. increase fund to finance railway system B. reduce the prices for taking public transportation C. discourage driving private cars in New York city D. give more attention to environmental quality review

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73. The underlined word “truncated” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.

A. incomplete

B. outlined

C. flat

D. adequate

74. The author refers to “Amtrek” in order to demonstrate that ______.

A. American railway system is very efficient

B. Traveling by trains takes less time than by bus in America C. Bus transportation within New York city is slow D. Public traffic service in America is of poor quality

75. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A. The lack of financial support is an important problem the city faces. B. All cars are forbidden to drive on particular days to help relieve traffic. C. Fining private car drivers for taking bus lanes makes buses faster. D. Lack of parking spots contributed to traffic jams in Brooklyn. Section C

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

A. Training for certain skills for future jobs. B. The relationship between FFA and American companies. C. Job prospect and member information. D. Extension of FFA into different fields. E. Basic introduction of FFA. F. Membership request and daily operation. 76.

Gamaliel Rizzo grew up in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and is studying to become a doctor. Still, he spent his high school years learning how to raise goats and cows and growing corns and sunflowers. He even worked on a dairy farm in the summer, all as a member of the Future Farmers of America. Although the nation has shifted ever further from its agrarian roots, the organization is flowering. Begun 83 years ago and now known simply as the FFA, it is the largest vocational student group in the country, with more than half a million members and still growing. 77.

Although farm employment accounts for less than 1 percent of all jobs in the United States,

One in 12 jobs in the U.S. is agriculture-related. And during the deep economic downturn and rocky recovery, these workers have actually fared better than most. That gives the FFA a calling card as an organization that actually prepares students for potential careers. About 70 percent of its members live in rural areas, and 19 percent live in small towns. The fastest growing part, however, is in urban and suburban areas, now making up 10 percent of the membership.

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Over the past years, the group has succeeded in part by expanding well beyond agricultural

science while also broadening that field to include genetics, landscape gardening and alternative fuels. Now, the group’s chapters aim to teach students leadership and job readiness as much as the finer points of cattle care or corn fertilization. 79.

Now at a time when many employers complain about the lack of basic communication and interpersonal skills among job candidates, the FFA emphasizes work on group projects and old-fashioned presentations in essays and speeches at many of its events. Even in the purely agricultural contests like the judging of crops, students defended their positions before the judges as if they were trial lawyers in court. 80.

In daily operation, FFA members must enroll in agricultural courses at school, but they also need to complete much work after school preparing for speaking and business competitions, or tending vegetable plots or animals. They also must take part in projects related to farms and other firms. The group draws many students whose parents and grandparents were members, even if they are no longer on the farm. Section D

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

What do you think of when you hear the word motherhood? You usually associate motherhood with warmth, selflessness, dutifulness, and tolerance. And though most women expect that motherhood will be happy and fulfilling, the reality is that motherhood had been given relatively low respect in our society. When children don’t succeed or develop problems, our society has had a tendency to turn to a single reason--- mothers. One of psychology’s most important lessons is that behavior is multiply determined. We have to admit that the long-standing images of mothers are spoiling and unprincipled. However, when child development goes wrong, mothers are not the single person to blame even though our society models them in this way.

The reality of motherhood is that although fathers have increased their family responsibilities, the main duty still falls on the mother’s shoulders. Mothers do most family work, usually three to four times more than men do. Besides, the work mothers do is repetitive and routine, often involving cleaning, cooking, laundry, and straightening up. In result, it’s reported that women enjoy family life much less than men do.

Family work is included in family relations. Most women feel that family tasks are mindless but essential. They usually enjoy tending to the needs of their loved ones even if they do not find the activities enjoyable and fulfilling. Family work is both positive and negative for women. They are unsupervised and rarely criticized. They play and control their own work. However, women’s

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family work is also worrisome, tiresome, repetitive, isolating and unfinished.

In sum, the role of the mother brings with it benefits as well as limitations. Father-mother cooperation and respect help the child to develop positive attitudes toward both males and females. It is much easier for working parents to deal with changing family circumstances and day-care issues together. Mothers feel less stress and have more positive attitudes toward their husbands when they are supportive partners.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)

81. Why isn’t mother the only cause of children’s problems?

82. What are the two factors that make family life less enjoyable for women?

83. Despite their personal dislike of family work, women do family work because they are willing to ______.

84. The kid learns to look on males and females positively with the help of ______.

第II卷 （共45分）

I. Translation（20分）

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1. 多吃蔬菜和水果，你会保持健康。（and）

2. 玛丽是否参加这次英语晚会尚不得而知。（remain）

3. 交流时，我们可能会遇到与自己观点截然不同的人。（likely） 4. 正是通过远程教育，玛丽学会了如何进行个人投资。（It…）

5. 如今，很多机场使用电子设备来检查旅客携带的行李中的违禁物品。（check） II Guided Writing（25分）

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

假如你是李华，你校拟在校园内设置一处学生角（students’ corner）来活跃师生的课余生活。学生角待选活动专题包括1. 学校生活（school life）2. 师生纽带（teacher-student link）3. 艺术体育（art and sport）。请你给学校陈校长写封信，谈谈你对其中一个专题的看法。信的内容必须包括：

·你赞成选择哪个专题 ·你想选此专题的原因 ·在所选专题中可展示什么内容

（注：信中不得出现真实的个人信息）

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参考答案

1-5 CBBCD 6-10 ACBDC 11-13 CAD 14-16 CDA

17. Luck 18. 2nd. 19. Kitchen 20. Storm. 21. Universal Studios

22. Special effects shows 23. Spirits 24. 77 dollars

25-29 DACBB 30-34 BDBCC 35-40 DDCDCC

41. H. 42. A 43. J 44. G 45. B 46. F 47. E 48. D 49. C 50-54 BABDD 55-59 CAABA 60-64 BCBAB 65-68 DDCB 69-71 BAD 72-75 CACB 76-80 E C D A F

81. Because behavior is multiply determined.

82. Women doing most work and the work being repetitive and routine. 83. tend to the needs of their loved ones. 84. father-mother cooperation and respect

1. Eat more vegetables and fruits and you will be healthy/and you will (can) keep healthy. 2. It remains unknown whether Mary will attend the English Evening.

3. When communicating, we are likely to meet people who have totally different opinions with

us.

4. It was through distance education that Mary learned how to make personal investment. 5. Nowadays, many airports use electronic equipment to check the forbidden items in the

luggage passengers carry.

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