上海市黄浦区2015届高三下学期高考模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案

shallow pop culture.

The popularity of grunge music was momentary; by the mid- to late-1990s, its influence upon American culture had all but disappeared, and most of its recognizable bands were nowhere to be seen to the charts. The heavy sound and themes of grunge were replaced on the radio waves by boy bands like the Backstreet Boys, and the bubblegum pop of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

There are many reasons why the Seattle sound faded out of the mainstream as quickly as it rocketed to distinction, but the most glaring reason lies at the rebellion, anti-establishment heart of the grunge movement itself. It is very hard to resist the trend when you are the one setting it, and many of the grunge bands were never comfortable with the fame that was brought to them. Eventually, the simple fact that many grunge bands were so against mainstream rock stardom (明星地位) took the movement back to where it started: underground. The fickle American mainstream public, as quick as they were to hop on to the grunge bandwagon, were just as quick to hop off and move on to something else.

74. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?

A. The landscape of popular music was dominated by rock and roll from 1980. B. The rock and roll formed a distinctive style just because of the over-styled hair. C. Glam rock became popular with the help of Poison, Whitesnake and Britney Spears. D. Glam rockers were shallow, short on substance, and their music was humble. 75. It was not long before teenagers welcomed grunge fashion because _________.

A. it would represent the youth culture B. grunge rockers told them to accept it C. they were tired of Glam Rock fashion D. it resisted the shallowness of pop culture

76. What is the difference between glam rock and grunge rock?

A. Glam rock was flashier, while grunge rock was rebellious.

B. Glam rock appealed to teenagers, while grunge rock appealed to adults. C. Glam rock faded quickly, while grunge rock is still popular. D. Glam rock was more commercially successful than grunge rock.

77. What is the writer trying to document in this passage?

A. The popularity of glam rock.

B. Nirvana’s role in popularizing grunge rock. C. The rise and fall of grunge rock.

D. The reasons why young people loved grunge rock. Section C

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

By the mid-19th century most of Europe was in the first stage of the demographic(人口的) transition. Death rate had decreased, as wars, famines(饥荒) and diseases had; local food shortages were rarer, thanks to better economic organization and transport; public health, medical care and the control of infectious diseases had improved. The population increased rapidly, as Malthus had predicted. Between 1800 and 1900 Europe’s population doubled, to over 400 million, whereas that of Asia, further behind in the demographic transition, increased by less than 50%, to about 950 million.

But something else was happening there that would have taken Malthus by surprise: as people came to expect to live longer, and better, they started to have fewer children. They realised they no longer needed several babies just to ensure that two or three would survive. And as they moved from country to town, they also found that children were no longer an economic property that could be set to work at an early age, but a responsibility to be fed, housed and (some of them) educated, for years. Worse, with too many children, a mother would find it hard to take and keep a job, to add to the family income. Nor were the young any longer a guarantee against a poor old age: in the new industrial society, they were likelier to go their own way.

Thanks to Europe’s newborn limitation, in the past 100 years or so its population has risen only 80%, to 730 million, and most countries’ birth rate is now so low that numbers are unchanging or falling. But their composition is very different from the past: better living standards, health condition and medical treatment are multiplying old heads, even as the number of young ones shrinks.

In contrast, Asia’s population over the same time has nearly increased four times, to more than 3.6 billion. North America’s too has grown almost as fast, but largely thanks to immigration. Africa’s has multiplied 5 times, and Latin America’s nearly sevenfold.

Why these differences? From around 1950, death rate in developing countries also began to fall, and much faster than it ever had in Europe. The knowledge about how to avoid premature death of small children travelled so readily that life expectancy in many poor countries is now not far behind the rich world’s. But the attitudes and values that persuade people to have fewer children are taking longer to adjust.

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

78. What prediction did Malthus make?

79. Give one reason to explain why people started to have fewer children according to paragraph 2.

80. Besides medical treatment, are the other two factors that contribute to the increasing number of old people.

81. Why has the population in developing countries increased faster than it has in Europe in the last century?

第II卷 （共47分）

I. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1．这个协议将为两国的合作铺平道路。 (pave)

2．据说那位年轻教授当众反对了校长的提议。(object)

3．一旦那个工程师下定决心，就没有谁能说服他改变最初的决定。(once)

4．昨天我把那台不能用的空调退还给了出售它的商店并得到了退款。(where)

5．大卫得知要参加即将在北京举行的决赛后是如此激动以致于彻夜未眠。(So…that…)

II. Guided Writing

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

近期，你就影响选择大学的考虑因素在高三学生中做了调研，结果如图所示，请结合图表信息写一份调研报告，须包括以下内容：

1．图表产生的背景和基本内容；

2．就你个人而言，你会考虑哪些因素？ 请列出其中你认为相对重要的两项因素，并说明原因。