上海市闵行区2012届高三英语二模试卷

25. This kind of mistake, strange as it appears, is quite common ______young English

beginners.

A. within

B. about

C. among

D. beyond

26. -- May I smoke here?

-- If you____, that's the smoking section over there.

A. should

B. must

C. may

D. could

27. The temperature will fall sharply the day after tomorrow, when a snowstorm ______ to

strike this area.

A. expects

B. is expected

C. has expected

D. will be expected

28.

Several measures had been tried out to improve the traffic situation, yet ______of them

seemed to work well.

A. none

B. both

C. all

D. either

29. If there were no such serious pollutions, people would live ________ life in the world.

A. the most healthy

B. more healthy a

C. much a healthy

D. a more healthy

30. We firmly believe that the project, if ______ according to the plan, will definitely work

out well.

A. carrying out

B. being carried out

C. carried out

D. to be carried out

31. Don't answer any e-mails ______ your private information, however official they look.

A. requesting

B. to request

C. requested

D. having requested

32. The man denied______ anything at the supermarket when questioned by the police.

A. to have stolen

B. to be stealing

C. having stolen

D. to steal

33. What people learned from China Got Talented was that there were so many talented

people out there waiting ______

A. to discover

B. to be discovered

C. discovered

D. being discovered

34. Can you think of some cases ______ drivers obviously knew the traffic rules but didn't

obey them?

A. why

B. as

C. where

D. which

35. The school rules state that no child shall be allowed out of the school dating the day,

______ accompanied by an adult.

A. once

B. when

C. if

D. unless

36. The manager seems never to be satisfied with ______the company has achieved.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. how

37. When it comes to mental health, the fact is sometimes neglected ______ more and more

teachers are under great pressure.

A. which

B. since

C. whether

D. that

38. I'm puzzled why he ______ back to me. He should have heard from me.

A. hasn't written

B. didn't write

C. doesn't write

D. hasn't been writing

39. You'd like to have an annual vacation after the project is completed, ______?

A. had you

B. hadn't you

C. would you

D. wouldn't you

40. What we have to admit is that never before ______ experienced such great changes.

A. had the city

B. has the city

C. the city has

D. the city had

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. employed

B. possessions

C. unprotected

D. particularly

E. admit

F. identify

G. limited

H. non-existent

I. consequently

J. opportunities

Historically, the traditional role of women of all classes in Britain had been confined (

限制

)

to that of mother in the home. Single and childless women

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had an uncomfortable

and difficult time. The majority of women had no voting or political rights until 1928, and for

centuries wives and their property had been the legal _ 42

of their husbands. Formal

education for women was thought to be unnecessary for their role in life, and was

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for the majority.

The female position in society became a little better in some respects towards the end of

the nineteenth century, but was still very

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. However, elementary education for all was

established and a few institutions of higher education began to

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women in restricted

numbers.

Since the 1960's, women in Britain have been fighting for greater equality with men in

job

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and rates of pay. Various laws from the 1970's to the present have been made. In

spite of all these, men remain' better paid than women in many occupations,

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in

industry. Women constitute (

构成

) nearly half the national workforce, there are more

employed married women in Britain than in any other European Community country, and

some 60 percent of wives are now

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compared with 22 percent in 1951. But their

average weekly wage is still only 70 percent of the average paid to men. This is true of both

the manufacturing trades and the service industries. As a result, the majority of female

workers are badly paid and often

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by the trade unions or the law.

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.

In business, there is a speed difference: It's the difference between how important a

firm's leaders say speed is to their competitive strategy (

策略

) and how fast the company

actually moves. The difference is important

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industry and company size. Companies

fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to

pick up the

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In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an

edge ended with lower sales and operating income than those that

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at key moments to

make sure they were on the right

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. What's more, the firms that

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operating income over a three-year period.

How did they

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the laws of business, taking more time than competitors yet

performing better? They thought

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about what

sometimes

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to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly)

and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value). Simply increasing the speed

of production, for example, may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference. But that

often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.

In our study, higher performing companies with strategic speed always made changes

when it is

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. They became more

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to idea and discussion. They encouraged new

ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look and learn.

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, performance suffered at

firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving

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, stuck to

tested methods, didn't develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking

about

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Strategic speed

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a kind of leadership. Teams that

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take time to get things

right are more successful in meeting their business goals. That kind of strategy must come

from the top.

50. A. according to

B. regardless of

C. due to

D. instead of

51. A. profit

B. product

C. speed

D. method

52. A. paused

B. developed

C. persevered

D. engaged

53. A. situation

B. track

C. occasion

D. duty

54. A. look on

B. keep up

C. hold back

D. speed up

55. A. learn

B. discover

C. disobey

D. prefer

56. A. strangely

B. abstractly

C. entirely

D. differently

57. A. fait

B. attempt

C. pretend

D. desire

58. A. convenient

B. necessary

C. emergent

D. incredible

59. A. alert

B. restless

C. open

D. specific

60. A. In short

B. By contrast

C. Above all

D. All in all

61. A, welfare

B. technology

C. efficiency

D. condition

62. A. qualities

B. standards

C. competitors

D. changes

63. A. serves as

B, stands for

C. refers to

D. deals with

64. A. temporarily

B. extensively

C. naturally

D. regularly

Section B

Directions:

Read the .following three passages. Each passage is .followed by several

questions or un. finished 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)

this book is designed to help you improve your reading comprehension skills by

studying 20 minutes a day for 20 days. You'll start with the basics and move on to more

complex reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies. Please note that although

each chapter can be an effective skill builder on its own, it is important that you proceed

through this book in order, from Lesson I through Lesson 20. Each lesson builds on skills and

ideas discussed in the previous chapters. As you move through this book and your reading

skills develop, the passages you read will increase both in length and in complexity.

The book begins with a pretest, which will allow you to see how well you can answer

various kinds of reading comprehension questions now, as you begin. When you finish the

book, take the posttest to see how much you've improved.

The text is divided into four sections, each focusing on a different group of related

reading and thinking strategies. These strategies will be outlined at the beginning of each

section and then reviewed in a special

Each lesson provides several exercises that allow you to practice the skills you learn. To

ensure you're on the right track, each lesson also provides answers and explanations 'for all of

the practice questions. Additionally, you will find practical suggestions in each chapter for

how to continue practicing these skills in your daily life.

The most important thing you can do to improve your reading skills is to become an

active reader. The following guidelines and suggestions outlined will familiarize you with

active reading techniques. Use these techniques as much as possible as you work your way

through the lessons in this book.

65. According to the passage, the pretest aims to

A. tell you where your starting level is

B. arouse your interest in using the book

C. illustrate the structure of the text

D. introduce the test-taking techniques

66. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Each chapter has an internal relationship with the previous chapter.

B. The texts are arranged in the order of length and complexity.

C. Different reading strategies are listed at the beginning of each section.

D. The author suggests using the book selectively according to readers' level.

67. What is the author most likely to talk about in the following paragraph?

A. The function of each chapter.

B. The outline of each section.

C. The ways to be an active reader.

D. The guidelines in using the book.

(B)

The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds too much of climbing

mammals (

哺乳动物

) of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets, and

porcupines. Smaller species, including such as nice and small squirrels, are not as common

overall in high tropical canopies as they are in most habitats globally.

Small mammals, being warm blooded, suffer hardship in the exposed and uncertain

environment of the uppermost trees. Because a small body has more surface area per unit of

weight than a large one of similar shape, it gains or loses heat more rapidly. Thus, in the trees,

where protection from heat and cold may be scarce and conditions may be changeable, a

small mammal may have trouble maintaining its body temperature.

Small size makes it easy to scramble among twigs (

嫩枝

) and branches in the canopy for

insects, flowers, or fruit, but small mammals are defeated, in the competition for food, by

large ones that have their own strategies for browsing among tbod-rich twigs. The weight of

an ape hanging below a branch draws the leaves down so that fruit-bearing leaves drop

toward the ape's face. Walking or leaping species of a similar or even larger size access the

outer twigs either by breaking and gaining the whole branch or by catching hold of hard

branches with the feet or tail and picking food with their hands.

Small climbing animals may reach twigs readily, but it is harder for them than for large

climbing animals to cross the wide gaps from one tree top to the next that typify the high

canopy. A gibbon can hurl itself farther than a mouse can: it can achieve a running start, and it

can more effectively use a branch as a springboard (

跳板

). The forward movement of a small

animal is seriously reduced by the air friction (

摩擦

) against the relatively large surface area

of its body.

68. Which of the following questions does the passage answer?

A. How is the rain forest different from other habitats?

B. How does an animal's body size influence an animal's need for food?

C. Why does rain forest provide an unusual variety of food for animals?

D. Why do large animals tend to dominate the upper canopy of the rain forest?

69. According to paragraph 2, which of the following is true about the small mammals in the

rain forest?

A. They have body shapes that are adapted to life in the canopy.

B. They prefer the temperature and climate of the canopy to that of other environments.

C. They have difficulty with the changing conditions in the canopy.

D. They use the trees of the canopy for protection from heat and cold.

70. When discussing animal size in paragraph 3, the author indicates that

A. small animals require appropriately more food than larger animals do

B. a large animal's size is an advantage in obtaining food in the canopy

C. small animals are often attacked by larger animals in the rain forest

D. small animals and large animals are equally good at obtaining food in the canopy

71. According to the last paragraph, what makes jumping from one tree crown to another