2013 年上海市普通高中学业水平考试
英语试卷
考生注意:
1.本试卷共 8 页,满分 100 分,考试时间 90 分钟。
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In Section A, you will hear one short passage, and you will be asked three questions
on the passage. The passage 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 would be the best answer to the Questions 1 through 3 are 1. A. A CD.
you have heard.
on the following passage.
C. Two tickets. B. His songs
D. Some photographs. no longer popular.
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B. A guitar.
.
2. A. His music is quite C. He has a 3. A. An interview.
marriage. B. A drama.
D. He does not like singing alone. C. A
show.
D. A guessing game.
共 分,每小题 分 In Section B, you will hear
conversation. The conversation
be read twice.
After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks 4 through 7 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write
for each blank.
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Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. 8. Tom, my best friend, A. for A. have left A. After
A. to be watching A. has required A. met John A. to be heard A. Although 16. The stu
ch
A. neglected
B. as B. had left B. If B. watched B. requires B. John met B. hearing B. B. that B. neglecting
to improve his working skills _____ learning from others.
C. to
C. would leave C. As far as C.
C. had been required C. has John met C. to hear C. Until C. what
C. to be neglected
D. by
D. was leaving D. As soon as D. being watched D. is required D. John has met D. be D.
D. how 17. D. to
9. I opened my wallet and found that I _____ all my money at home. 10. _____ you haven’t got much
for a large meal, make a fruit salad instead.
11. Over two hundred people gathered in the bar, _____ the football match.
12. The mayor claims a large amount of money _____ to set up a solar power system in the city. 13. Never in his life _____ such a kind and warm-hearted person as his father-in-law. 14. The workers want their voice _____ in the overall
of their workplaces.
15. _____ the two shopping malls look alike, shoppers feel more comfortable in the new one.
For the sake of safety, the city pulled down the old building _____ since 2000. neglect
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space.
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Read the text below. Use the word given in the brackets to form a word that fits in the
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Many writing workshops have been set up in the U.S. for before. Take, for
,
with Words, a
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young people. They have
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(good) than for at-risk
in 1991
found that creative writing can inspire kids and help to make their lives
(fame) poetry
young people. A professor
For some teens,
a graduate of Florida State University started the about
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to help troubled teens talk about their problems and feelings.
(them) was easier than talking. It turned out that they
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(express) to
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(angry), guilt and fear.
had a lot to express. They discovered that writing was a good way to give their feelings. They wrote about tough subjects, such as poverty,
Runaway with workshop. Over the words helps them
, which runs with
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(successful), is now a nationwide poetry
, thousands of troubled kids have learned that putting their feelings into
(happy) experiences. Young people have also learned new (description) their feelings. These skills help the young
writing skills, such as how to
The young people’s Many of them also stop having 27
writers gain control over their emotions. “This workshop changes lives,” says one teacher.
skills are measured before and after they take the Runaway with
them improve their
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(able) to read.
with the law. Writing helps them learn ways other than
Words workshop. Because of the workshop, most
(violent) to deal with their problems.
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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.
Which finger do you use to press a doorbell? The who are over thirty under thirty will 30
use their
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may depend on your age. People
29 , those who are games.
to all that
almost certainly do it with their index finger.
(大拇指). Young people have spent many hours
their thumbs through sending text messages and playing
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older people use their index fingers.
exercise, their thumbs have become stronger and more skillful. That is why they often use their thumbs in situations
Skillful today’s time
are not
are only one of the many unexpected effects of new technology. In fact,
products are influencing not only physical skills, but also mental
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. Most of the
of what’s happening. They change their behavior as necessary, little
, or how to make an online 33
they’ve lost. For example,
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necessary with
lost skill is map reading.
by little. The new skills they develop may include texting, for flight reservation.
As for the old skills, very often people don’t even how many people With GPS
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do mental
these days? This skill is
36
calculators in every office and on every phone and computer.
(导航仪) in many cars, there is 37 , for example, would anyone know
to know how to read a map. to find their way around? More
,
Some researchers are concerned about the consequences of losing the old mental skills. If since the collapse of all technology is unlikely, scientists wonder about our brains. What will happen to them if we no longer
them in the same way?
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28. A. request 29. A. Somehow 30. A. to exercise 31. A. 32. A. aware 33. A. that 34. A. can 35. A. inevitably 36. A. One 37. A. broke out
B. conclusion B.
B. exercised B.
B. capable B. why B. dare B. rarely B. B.
other down
C. answer C. Therefore C. exercise C. where C. afraid C. C. should C. obviously C. Other C. broke in
D. desire D. However D. exercising D. how D. D. if D. may D. D. Another D.
through
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分
or
Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several
unfinished statements. For each of
one that fits best according to the information
(A)
Chile, South America
The sunlight was
in the passage you have just read.
there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
so brightly as our plane flew over the snow-covered Andes
.
mountains, which seemed to go on
Drake Passage — aboard the tour ship Explorer
We were welcomed today by the captain and crew. They gave us warm Antarctic jackets and talked happily with us. Sea birds followed the iceberg — the first one of our trip.
Deception Island, Antarctica
We landed on Bailey Head, where thousands and thousands of The crew gave us a set of rules to follow our ship, asked us to created by tourists in
him any
year.
scientist. She explained the plant and animal life protect the
(企鹅) greeted us.
closely, sailing in the cold
. As we headed
south, we saw a pink ship in the distance. Our captain explained that it was not a ship but an
. Mark, one of the scientists on
that we find. He is studying the amount of rubbish
At night we listened to Christina, a The more I see, the more I want to learn.
to us. Then she showed us a DVD on Antarctica. Cuverville Island, Antarctica
We awakened this morning to the noisy sound of
. They’re loud! We met a team of
baby
. When our sizes, as the
biologists living in tents. They are studying the effect of tourists we
captain invited the biologists to come on board for a hot shower, they joined us immediately. Then
(乘邮轮) through the icebergs, which appeared in unbelievable shapes
art.
sun was sinking in the sky. They seemed to be works
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38. What did the tourists do before going to A. They climbed a snow-covered C. They studied the rubbish
Island?
. B. They
warm Antarctic jackets.
had found. D. They watched a DVD on Antarctica.
39. In the passage, _____ are referred to as works of art. A. islands
B.
C.
D. sunsets
40. The passage is most likely to be _____. A. a travel diary C. a job advertisement
(B)
If
could create a pill that let you live twice as long while remaining free of
bring, the
, might
would you take it?
If one considers only the personal benefits that longer life seem like : People could spend grow up; learn new languages or try different The question is of growing Program on Medicine, from our mistakes, lead us
time with loved ones; watch future .
(寿命) were doubled?
of the
B. a science report D. a
story
But what about society as a whole? Would it be better off if Kronos Conference on Longevity Health
in
, and serious debate about it goes back a few years to the
. Gregory Stock,
, and Society at UCLA’s School of Public Health, answered the longer-term thinking and delay the start of expensive diseases
adding to our prime years.” won’t solve any of our
problems. “We
question with a firm “Yes”. A doubled lifespan, Stock said, would “give us a chance to recover of aging. It would also raise productivity For one thing, he have war, as a society?’ I
, doubling life
Callahan, a cofounder of the Hastings Center in New York, didn’t share Stock’s enthusiasm.
, all sorts
issues around, and I don’t think any of them would be at all helped
. “The question is, ‘What will we get
human lifespan will affect society at every level. Ideas
ways, they say, as will attitudes toward the
if people live longer,” Callahan said in a
it won’t be a better society.”
Others point out that a doubling of about marriage and work will change in young and the old. 41. In Paragraph 2, “
” most probably
to _____.
A. something coming to mind naturally C. something difficult to bear in 42. According to Stock, a A. thinking
frequently
C. making more mistakes
lifespan
B. someone unwilling to think D. someone having a low IQ result in people _____.
B. having fewer diseases of aging D. working
longer
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