上海市2012届高三2月七校联合调研考试卷(英语)

第1页上海市2012届高三七校联合调研考试（英语）2012.2命题学校：建平中学参加学校：复兴中学、建平中学、南洋模范、向明中学、延安中学、上师大附中满分150分考试时间120分钟第I卷II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:BeneatheachofthefollowingsentencestherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheoneanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.25.Whenyouinfer,yougo______thesurfacedetailstoseeothermeaningsthatthedetailssuggestorimply,butdonotstate.A.withB.forC.beyondD.between26.Everyyear,theUnitedStatesexports“culturalproducts”totherestoftheworldwhereas______onlyimportssimilarproductsfromothercountriesequaltoaboutonepercentoftheamountexported.A.theyB.itC.oneD.that27.Johnaswellastheotherstaffmemberswho______workingwiththisworld-famouscompany______toattendits100thanniversary.A.is…isB.is…areC.are…isD.are…are28.Ibelieveonlythosewhohavepassedthewrittenexamwillbeinterviewed,______?A.don’tIB.haven’ttheyC.willtheyD.won’tthey29.Anyonewhoseperformanceisbestreceivedbythepublic______begrantedanopportunitytoshowtheirtalentsatGreatHallofthePeopleinBeijing.A.needB.shallC.mayD.could30.Ifyoutraveltoanothercountry,onbusinessorvacation,itishelpfultolearnsomeofthecountry’scustoms______youdon’toffendthelocalpeople.第2页A.inthatB.sothatC.onconditionthatD.exceptthat31.______severaltimes,thegiftwasfinallyacceptedbymyChinesehostfamily.A.TurningdownB.ToturndownC.HavingbeenturneddownD.Tohavebeenturneddown32.Generally,onlycompanieswithstablegrowthofsalesandsolidstockpricesoverthepastfiveyears______onthelistoftheBestBigCompaniesbyForbes.A.willremainB.haveremainedC.hadremainedD.remained33.Ashopperrarelyspeakstoashopassistantexcept______forhelporinformation,butthisisnotthecaseinsomecountries.A.toaskB.askingC.askedD.ask34.Asisknowntoall,thefirstbridge______acrosstheHuangpuRiver,theSongpuBridge,needsrepairing.A.tobuildB.tobebuiltC.havingbeenbuiltD.built35.Besidesindustrialsites,groundwaterpollutionisalsocausedbymodernfarmingmethods,______requiretheuseoflargeamountsofchemicalsinthefields.A.asB.whatC.thatD.which36.Hewhohasn’tgonethroughupsanddownsinlifedoesn’trealize______lifereallymeanstohim.A.howB.whyC.whichD.what37.IenvyMaryforherdressboughtlastweekend;Iwouldliketohavepaid______forit.A.astwicemuchB.muchastwiceC.twiceasmuchD.asmuchtwice38.______inthelibraryregulationsthatanybookborrowedshouldbereturnedbyduetime,ortheborrowerwillbefined.A.WhatisrequiredB.ItisrequiredC.WhatrequiresD.Itrequires39.______didpeopleinEuropebegintoknowaboutchocolate,whenChristopherColumbus第3页returnedfromthefirstEuropeanexplorationsintheNewWorld.A.Notuntilafter1492B.Itwasnotuntilafter1492C.Untilafter1492D.Itwasuntilafter149240.______fortheboytotalkwithhismouthfull!A.WhatbadmannerstheyareB.HowbadmannerstheyareC.WhatbadmannersitisD.HowbadmannersitisSectionBDirections:Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.A.beneficialB.insteadC.involvedD.physicalE.flowF.confirmG.completelyH.necessarilyI.affectJ.unansweredArecentstudyshowsthatmoreyearsofschoolcouldhelpstudentsgethigherscoresonintelligencetests.ThatwasthefindingofastudyofteenagemalesinNorway.Now,otherresearchshowsthat___41___activitymayhelpstudentsdobetterintheirclasses.Theresearchcomesaseducatorsinsomecountriesarereducingtimeforactivitieslikephysicaleducation.Theyareusingthetime___42___foracademicsubjectslikemathandreading.ResearchersatVUUniversityMedicalCentreinAmsterdamreviewedtheresultsoffourteenstudies,whichincludedmorethanfifty-fivethousandchildren,agedsixtoeighteen.ResearcherAmikaSinghsaysthestudiesshowedalinkbetweenphysicalactivityandscoresonsubjectssuchasmath,Englishandreading.“Basedontheresultsofourstudywecanconcludethatbeingphysicallyactiveis___43___foracademicperformance.”Ms.Singhofferssomepossibleexplanations.“Thereare,first,physiologicalexplanations,likemoreblood___44___,andsomoreoxygentothebrain.Beingphysicallyactivemeanstherearemorehormonesproducedlikeendorphins.Andendorphinsmakeyourstresslevellowerandyourmoodimproved,whichmeansyoualsoperformbetter.”Also,students___45___inorganizedsportslearnrulesandhowtofollowthem.Thiscould第4页improvetheirclassroombehaviourandhelpthemkeeptheirmindontheirwork.Thestudyleavessomequestions___46___,however.Ms.Singhsaysitisnotpossibletosaywhethertheamountsorkindofactivity___47___thelevelofacademicimprovement.Thisisbecauseofdifferencesamongthestudies.Also,theyweremostlyobservationalstudies.Anobservationalstudyiswhereresearchersdonotdocontrolledcomparisons.Theyonlydescribewhattheyobserve.Sotheymightobservealinkthatstudentswhoaremoreactiveoftenhavebettergrades.Butthatdoesnot___48___meanbeingactivewasthecauseofthosehighergrades.Therefore,morehigh-qualitystudiesareneededto___49___theirfindings.Still,thegeneralfindingwasthatphysicallyactivekidsaremorelikelytodobetterinschool.Ms.Singhsaysschoolsshouldconsiderthatfindingbeforetheycutphysicaleducationprograms.III.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagestherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.ManyyearsagoIwasonabicycletripthroughsomeexceedinglypicturesque(如画的)country