崇明2017届高三英语一模试卷

崇明县2017届第一次高考模拟考试试卷

英 语

（考试时间120分钟，满分140分。请将答案填写在答题纸上）

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. A postwoman. B. A teacher. C. A journalist. D. A librarian. 2. A. On a plane. B. On a train. C. At a restaurant. D. At a travel agency. 3. A. 5 minutes. B. 10 minutes. C. 15 minutes. D. 20 minutes. 4. A. He spends too much money.

B. He should watch more TV.

C. He actually likes watching TV. D. He bought an expensive watch. 5. A. The woman should get a new watch. B. The woman needs to buy another battery.

C. He knows what is wrong with the watch. D. The store can probably fix the woman’s watch. 6. A. He should work in the summer school. C. He may not want to do so. 7. A. Spend more time on the course. C. Drop the course as soon as possible. 8. A. They should buy a lot of coffee. C. Coffee is out of stock in the supermarket. 9. A. The final exam. B. A law school. 10. A. He wasn’t able to find a seat there. C. The seats there are uncomfortable.

B. He shouldn’t go to New York in the summer. D. He may have difficulty in doing so. B. Turn to the graduate assistant for help.

D. Help the graduate assistant with the course. B. The supermarket isn’t going to be closed. D. They should wait for a better deal on coffee. C. A reference letter. D. The department policy. B. He had to wait a long time for a seat there. D. It provides reading materials for customers.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear severallonger conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s)and the passage(s) 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following news. 11. A. 2. B. 18. C. About 125. D. Over 1,300. 12. A. Helping good universities to enroll more students. B. Getting more financial support from foreign students.

C. Encouraging more foreign students to travel around the UK. D. Attracting more excellent foreign students to work in Britain.

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13. A. He voted for Donald Trump. B. He did not vote in the presidential election. C. He made a political speech in the concert. D. He sang for only 40 minutes in the concert. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. They can play many kinds of games with snow. B. They can see the beautiful scenery of falling snow. C. They can have several days off from school if it snows. D. They can enjoy steaming hot chocolate on a snowy day. 15. A. The building of snowmen for children B. The removal of snow off their driveway. C.The spread of salt mixed with sand. D. The low temperature that snow brings. 16. A. Rare and exciting. B. Dangerous and challenging. C. Unusual but disappointing. D. Troublesome but interesting. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It encourages wise consumption. B. It is impossible to get stolen. C. It makes it easier to pay off debt. D. It can be used in an emergency. 18. A. It makes people feel safer. B. It prevents people from overspending. C. It enables people to get things cheaper. D. It helps people know more about money. 19. A. Doing some shopping. B. Doing some reading. C. Opening an account. D. Taking a lesson. 20. A. Shop owners prefer cash to credit cards. B. The woman pays part of his bill each month. C. Most people don’t choose to use credit cards. D. The man wasn’t persuaded by the woman at last.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

Directions:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Suspended Coffee

How about buying a cup of coffee for someone you’ll never meet?

The idea, begun in Naples, Italy, and called “Suspended Coffee” — i.e., a customer pays for a coffee and “banks” it for someone (21)_____ (fortunate) — has become an international internet sensation (轰动) with coffee shops in Europe and North America (22)_____ (participate) in the movement. The Facebook page alone has more than 28,000 “likes.”

The tradition of “suspended coffee”is a long-standing tradition in Italy (23)_____increased in popularity after the Second World War. Recently the practice was starting to take hold in other European countries (24)_____ (hit) hard economically.

Homegrown Hamilton, a coffee chain of Canada, has decided to join the effort.“It’s a fantastic initiative (25)_____ we decided to help out. We had been doing it pretty much anyway, just not under a banner. During the winter, we were giving away coffee or soup to the homeless,” said manager Mike

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Pattison, “Staff members are always close to the coffeehouse’s front door, and (26)_____ they see someone walking by who looks like they want a coffee but can’t afford it, they approach that person. If the offer (27)_____ (accept), they provide the coffee.”

However, not everyone supports the idea.

In a posting on the website, Consumerist, columnist Laura Northrup raises (28)_____ number of objections, including that coffee isn’t nutritious food for people who are hungry and (29)_____the action could result in “greedy people” taking advantage of others’ kindness.He says people (30)_____ consider other ways to help.

Section B

Directions:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only beused once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. available F. express B. psychological G. inaccurate C. timely H. trend D. estimates I. therapist E.distract J. address K. recall Smart Phone ApplicationTracks Mental Health Military service is obviously rough on a service member’s mental health. According to some 31 , 30 percentof service members developsome type of mental healthissue within four months of returning home after leaving the army. The military is spending more money than ever to 32 mentalhealth issues within the ranks, and their latest attempt is a smartphone application called the T2 MoodTracker application, which helpsservice members keep track of their mental health after leaving the army.The app works like a high-tech diary, allowing users to 33 emotions and behaviors that result from therapy, medication, dailyexperiences or changes happening at work or in the home.The smart phone app isn’t supposed to be a pocket 34 ,though. It serves more as an extremely accurate and 35 record ofa service member’s mental health. Perry Bosmajian is a psychologist with the National Center forTeleHealth and Technology, where this smart phone app was created.He says this smart phone app will produce much more accurate results onthe 36 conditions of service members who have returnedhome.“Therapists and physicians often have to rely on patient 37 when trying to gather information about symptoms over the previousweeks or months,” Bosmajian said. “Research has shown thatinformation collected after the fact, especially about mood, tends to be 38 . The best record of an experience is when it’s recorded atthe time and place it happens.” The app specifically tracks anxiety, depression, generalwell-being, life stress, post-traumatic (受伤后的) stress and brain injury. The dailyexpressions add up over time to produce a(an)39 that can be observed by physicians and therapists. The app has been downloaded more than 5,000 times since itbecame 40 on the Android Market a year ago. The app shouldbe available for iPhone users sometime next year. III. Reading Comprehension Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, Cand D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

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Directions Matter

Jet lag (时差感) may be the worst part of travelling, and it hits many people harder travelling east than west. Why they feel this way is 41 , but scientists recently developed a new model that provides an explanation for the mystery and insights on recovering from jet lag.

The model imitates the way neuronal oscillator cells (神经振子细胞) 42 crossing time zones. These cells in our brains 43 our biological clocks. However, the cells don’t quite operate on a perfect 24-hour schedule. Instead, their activity follows a 44 that lasts slightly longer than that, about 24.5 hours. According to Michelle Girvan, an associate professor of physics at the University of Maryland and a co-author of the study, that means it’s 45 for us to extend the length of a day—for example, by flying west across time zones—than to shorten the day, by flying east.

The scientists found that for 46 travel, a person who crossed three time zones would fully 47 in a little less than four days. For six time zones, recovery would take about six days. For nine time zones, the recovery would take just less than eight days.

However, when a person travels in the opposite direction, the recovery time doesn’t match up as 48 . When a person crosses three time zones going east, it takes a little more than four days to recover. For six time zones, the recovery time 49 to more than eight days. And for nine time zones, the recovery period is more than 12 days.

Girvan noted that not everyone has a biological clock of exactly 24.5 hours. 50 , it varies from person to person. The other factor to consider is 51 cues such as sunlight, Girvan added. How a person reacts to these cues can also 52 how quickly he or she will adjust to a new time zone.

The scientists hope that their new model can be used in the future to figure out the best ways to 53 jet lag. For example, if you will be traveling six time zones eastward, start by setting your clock ahead an hour or two several days before you leave. And when you arrive in a new time zone, make sure that the outside cues you are exposed to 54 the new time zone. That means that if it’s daytime in the new time zone, expose yourself to sunlight. And if it’s nighttime, avoid artificial 55 , including those from smartphones and computers, to help your biological clock adjust. 41. A. incredible B. apparent C. surprising D. unclear 42. A. cope with B. account for C. respond to D. result in 43. A. kick B. watch C. stop D. regulate 44. A. cycle B. routine C. process D. pattern 45. A. safer B. easier C. more dangerous D. more difficult 46. A. eastward B. southward C. westward D. northward 47. A. adjust B. understand C. prepare D. change 48. A. relatively B. nicely C. classically D. awkwardly 49. A. reduces B. jumps C. contributes D. leads 50. A. Moreover B. Otherwise C. However D. Rather 51. A. external B. verbal C. social D. chemical 52. A. promote B. emphasize C. impact D. orient 53. A. form B. endure C. shelter D. beat 54. A. specify B. match C. shift D. destroy

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