1、2014届上海市吴淞中学高三上学期期中考试英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 Teachers always have found that teaching and learning become interesting and enjoyable when students are actively involved in the lesson. Their active engagement, however, does not come automatically. In most cases, teachers have to find ways to get them 【 小题 1】
2、_(involve). Hai K. P. Huynh, an English teacher at American-Vietnamese International English Centre in Da Nang, Vietnam, demonstrates【小题 2】 _ teachers can get students actively engaged in the learning process and take charge of their learning by giving them the opportunities to find and correct mist
3、akes【小题 3】 _. The effective way is to prepare an activity 【小题 4】 _ students take over the role of correcting mistakes which is normally done by the teacher. The teacher purposefully becomes the mistake maker . This technique can bring forth several benefits. For instance, by switching the role of th
4、e mistake corrector, the teacher can often observe that students get excited. The degree of excitement【小题 5】 _ (increase) when the class is divided into two teams to compete with each other in finding and correcting the mistakes. Another benefit is that they have the opportunity to identify the poss
5、ible mistakes themselves instead of the teacher 【小题 6】 _(tell) them what the mistakes are. This technique can help the teacher check his or her students understanding of a grammar point or comprehension of a reading task. It can be used to reinforce and improve their production skills such as writin
6、g and pronunciation. The activity is a simple technique【小题 7】 _ it is very effective【小题 8】 _ getting students attention and participation. It can easily be developed 【小题 9】_(satisfy ) teachers needs. 答案： 【小题 1】 involved 【小题 2】 how 【小题 3】 themselves 【小题 4】 where 【小题 5】 is increased 【小题 6】 telling 【小题
7、 7】 but 【小题 8】 in 【 小题 9】 to satisfy 试题分析：文章介绍了如何让学生积极的参与课堂，可以让学生自己去纠错，和介绍这样做的好处。 【小题 1】大部分情况老师需要找到办法使学生参与。形容词 “involved”参与的。 【小题 2】 Hai K. P. Huynh 说明老师怎么可以让学生积极的参与到学习的过程。疑问词： how 【小题 3】给他们机会自己发现和纠正错误，前面是 them后面用反身代词themselves 【小题 4】有效的办法是创设一个活动其中让学生承担纠错的工作。 Where引导定语从句修饰 activity 【小题 5】 当班级被分成两组的时
8、候，这种兴奋会增加，用被动语态： is increased 【小题 6】给他们机会找出自己犯的错，而不是老师告诉他们。 Instead of后面接动名词 telling， the teacher是逻辑主语 【小题 7】这个活动是简单的技巧但是很有效。两句话是转折关系，用 but 【小题 8】在抓住学生的注意力和参与度方面。 In“在 方面 ” 【小题 9】它很容易发展来满足老师的需求。 to satisfy是目的状语 考点：考查短文填词 Its likely that your【小题 1】 _(big) ambition as a Senior 3 student is to enter a
9、good university this time next year. But【小题 2】 _ makes your dream university “good” enough An excellent reputation and high rankings are certainly important, according to a survey【小题 3】 _ (conduct) by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission in 50 Shanghai high schools this summer. Among the 400 stud
10、ents, nearly 64 percent favored universities with top rankings and outstanding academic performance records. “Compared with lower-ranking universities, a household name on the first-level list usually means more advanced facilities, better lectures and more opportunities. These will all help me sett
11、le down to a successful university experience,” said Qiu chenhao,17 of Shanghais Jianping High School. However, great universities are defined by other factors as well. Over 63 percent think that 【小题 4】 _ ideal university should have an environment with research freedom, 【小题 5】 _ (allow) their stude
12、nts to experiment, succeed and sometimes fail. And a similar number of students believe that a good university【小题 6】 _ produce graduates who are particularly sought after by employers. 【小题 7】 _ _ the fact that employability is highly valued, about 28 percent say that rich history and tradition are a
13、 priority for great universities. 答案： 【小题 1】 biggest 【小题 2】 what 【小题 3】 conducted 【小题 4】 an 【小题 5】 allowing 【小题 6】 should 【小题 7】 Regardless of 试题分析：文章介绍了一项调查结果：什么样的大学才是理想的好大学，不同的学生有不同的看法，有的认为一个理想的大学应该是有自由的研究环境的，有的认为一个好的大学应该培养雇主们追求的毕业生。 【小题 1】可能你做为高三学生最大的理想是考上理想的大学。用最高级biggest 【小题 2】什么可以使你的大学梦足够好？用疑问
14、词： what 【小题 3】根据上海市教育委员会所做的一项调查。 Conducted是过去分词做定语，修饰 a survey 【小题 4】一个理想的大学应该是有自由的研究环境的。泛指 “一个理想的大学 ”用 an 【小题 5】允许学生实验，成功，有时失败，用现在分词做状语 allowing 【小题 6】同样数量的学生认为一个好的大学应该培养雇主们追求的毕业生。填情态动词： should 【小题 7】不管就业率被大家看的很重，但是 28%的学生认为悠久的历史和传统是好大学的首选。词组 “不管，不顾 ”Regardless of 考点：考查短文填词 Directions: Translate th
15、e following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 【小题 1】一个好老师总能看到学生身上的正面的品质。 (positive) 【小题 2】正如金字塔代表埃及一样，悉尼歌剧院代表澳大利亚。（ asas ） 【小题 3】当你失去某东西时候，你才会明白它是多么的珍贵。（ Only） 【小题 4】人们相信严谨的处事态度将为成功奠定基础。（ It,lay ） 【小题 5】这种教育计划有助于我们培养出一些在未来决策中能帮助世界实现和平的明智的人。 (sensible) 答案： 【小题 1】 A good t
16、eacher can always see the positive qualities in his students. 【小题 2】 The Sydney Opera House is as representative as the pyramids are of Egypt. 【小题 3】 Only when you have lost something will you understand how precious it is. 【小题 4】 It is believed that the serious attitude towards things will lay the
17、foundation for success. 【小题 5】 The educational programme will help produce some sensible individuals who will one day be making decisions to enable peace to become a reality in the world. 试题分析： 【小题 1】考查词组某人身上对的积极的品质。 the positive qualities in sb 【小题 2】考查同级比较： as representative as 和省略 the pyramids ar
18、e of Egypt.= the pyramids are representative of Egypt. 【小题 3】考查倒装句： Only +时间状语从句 when you have lost something ，后面用部分倒装： will you understand后面是宾语从句 how precious it is. 【小题 4】考查固定句型： It is believed that“ 据相信 ” ，词组 “为成功奠定 ”lay the foundation for 【小题 5】考查形容词： sensible敏感的，还有定语从句 who will one day be makin
19、g decisions to enable peace to become a reality in the world.修饰先行词 individuals 考点：考查翻译句子 Brazil has become one of the developing worlds great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil
20、has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard. Brazils population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 to 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen st
21、ill further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries. Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas and installment plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although in direct, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of t
22、he worlds biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazils most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities. “ Although they have never reall
23、y tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values - not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “ They sent this image to all parts of brazil and made people conscious of behavior and other values, whi
24、ch were put into a very attractive package.” Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. “ This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible with unlimited reproduction.” says Martine. 【小题 1】 According to the passage, the tw
25、o factors that lead to the success of population control in Brazil are _. 【小题 2】 The underlined phrase “ put down to ” in paragraph 3 has the closest meaning to _. 【小题 3】 What made Brazil the envy of many other Third World countries _ 【小题 4】 Why did the author say that soap operas helped in lowering
26、 the birth rate _ 答案： 【小题 1】 Soap operas and installment plans. 【 小题 2】 attribute to 【小题 3】 The achievement of population growth rate dropping constinuously. 【小题 4】 Because soap operas have gradually changed peoples way of life. 试题分析：文章介绍了巴西人口出生率一直在下降，并分析了原因，原来是巴西的电视剧里传播的价值观让巴西女性不愿意多生孩子。 【小题 1】细节题：从
27、第三段的句子： Martine puts it down to among other things, soap operas and installment (分期付款 ) plans introduced in the 1970s.可知巴西的人口出生率的下降是由于电视剧和分期付款。 Soap operas and installment plans. 【小题 2】猜词题：从后面的句子： Both played an important, although in direct, role in lowering the birth rate.可知这里 put down to是 “归因于 ”=
28、 attribute to 【小题 3】 Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries. 说明文章讲的是巴西出生率的下降使第三世界的国家很羡慕。 The achievement of population growth rate dropping constinuously. 【小题 4】细节题：从第四段的句子： “They sent this image to
29、 all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”可知这些电视剧改变了人们的价值观和行为：Because soap operas have gradually changed peoples way of life. 考点：考查阅读表达 完型填空 German Prime Minister Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous
30、for his and diplomatic talent, but his contributions to the society include many of todays social insurance programs. During the middle of the 19th century, Germany, other European nations, an unusual outbreak of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing . in part by Christian sympathy f
31、or the helpless as well as a practical political impulse to get the of the socialist labor movement, Bismarck the worlds first workers compensation law in 1884. By 1908, the United States was the industrial nation in the world that lacked workers compensation insurance. Americans injured workers cou
32、ld seek in a court of law, but they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. , employees had to prove that their injuries directly employers lack of care and they themselves were ignorant about potential danger in the workplace. The first state workers compensation law in this country passed in
33、 1911, and the program soon throughout the nation. After World War II, benefit payments to American workers did not the cost of living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of
34、 four. In 1970, President Richard Nixon set up a national to study the problems workers compensation. Two years later, the committee issued 19 key recommendations, one that called for increasing compensation benefit levels to 100 percent of the states average weekly wages. 【小题1】 A artistic B literar
35、y C military D economic A along with B other than C apart from D rather than A experimented B explored C experienced D excluded A urbanization B revolution C evolution D industrialization A Inspired B Touched C Organized D Motivated A feedback B statement C proof D support A discovered B created C u
36、ncovered D revealed A unique B only C powerful D most A rights B help C compensation D support A For example B However C Consequently D Moreover A resulted in B stood for C resulted from D deal with A spread B promoted C stretched D placed A put up with B face up to C benefit from D keep up with A c
37、ommunity B committee C authority D government A including B insisting C installing D investing 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 D 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 B 【小题 9】 C 【小题 10】 A 【小题 11】 C 【小题 12】 A 【小题 13】 D 【小题 14】 B 【小题 15】 A 试题分析：文章介绍了奥托 冯 俾斯麦在 1884年创建了世界上第一个工人补偿法，和美国建立劳动补偿法的情况。 【小题 1
38、】考查形容词： A. artistic艺术的， B. literary文学的， C. military军事的， D. economic经济的，德国首相奥托 冯 俾斯麦以他的军事和外交天赋著名，选 C 【小题 2】考查词组： A. along with连同， B. other than除了， C. apart from除了，D. rather than而不是，德国和其他欧洲国家一起，选 A 【小题 3】考查动词： A. experimented实验， B. explored探索， C. experienced经历， D. excluded除了，经历了不同寻常 的工作场所的死亡事件。选 C 【小题
39、 4】考查名词： A. urbanization 都市化， B. revolution革命， C. evolution进化， D. industrialization工业化，由于越来越多的工业化，选 D 【小题 5】考查动词： A. Inspired激发， B. Touched感动，触摸， C. Organized组织， D. Motivated使有动机，促动，部分是受到基督教对无家可归的人的同情的促动，选 D 【小题 6】考查名词： A. feedback反馈， B. statement陈述， C. proof证据， D. support支持，和实用的政治冲动想得到社会劳工运动的支持，选 D
40、 【小题 7】考查动词： A. discovered发现， B. created创造， C. uncovered揭示，D. revealed揭露，奥托 冯 俾斯麦在 1884年创建了世界上第一个工人补偿法，选 B 【小题 8】考查形容词： A. unique独特的， B. only唯一的， C. powerful强大的，D. most最多的，在 1908年为止，美国是唯一没有工人补偿法的工业化国家，选 B 【小题 9】考查名词： A. rights权力， B. help帮助， C. compensation补偿， D. support支持，美国受伤的工人可以在法庭寻求补偿，选 C 【小题 10
41、】考查词组： A. For example例如， B. However然而， C. Consequently结果， D. Moreover 还有，更多，他们面临很多艰巨的法律障碍，例如：工人要证明他们的受伤源于雇主的缺乏关心，选 A 【小题 11】考查词组： A. resulted in导致， B. stood for代表， C. resulted from源于， D. deal with处 理，工人要证明他们的受伤源于雇主的缺乏关心，选 C 【小题 12】考查动词： A. spread传播，蔓延， B. promoted提升， C. stretched伸展， D. placed放置，这个项目
42、很快就传播到整个国家，选 A 【小题 13】考查词组： A. put up with容忍， B. face up to勇于面对， C. benefit from受益于， D. keep up with跟上，二次世界大战后，美国工人的福利不能跟上生活的费用，选 D 【小题 14】考查名词： A. community社会，社区， B. committee委员会， C. authority官方， D. government政府， Richard Nixon总统建立了国家委员会讨论工人补偿的问题，选 B 【小题 15】考查动词： A. including包括， B. insisting坚持， C. i
43、nstalling安装，D. investing投资，委员会发表了 10个关键的建议，包括号召提高补偿的水平到州平均周工资的 100%。选 A 考点：考查历史类完型填空 阅读理解 We often use the words growth and development as if they meant essentially the same thing. But this may not always be the case. One can easily imagine instances in which a country has achieved higher levels of
44、income (growth) with little or no benefit coming to most of its citizens (development). In the past, most development policies were aimed increasing the growth rate of income per capita. Many still are, based on the theory that benefits of economic growth will come to all members of society. If this
45、 theory is correct, growth should promote development. By the early 1970s, however, the relationship between growth and development was being questioned. A major study by the World Bank in 1974 concluded that it is now clear that more than a decade of rapid growth in underdeveloped countries has bee
46、n of little benefit to a third of their population. The World Bank study indicated that increases in GNP per capita did not promise important improvements in such development indicators as nutrition, health, and education. Although GNP per capita did indeed rise, its benefits come down to only a sma
47、ll part of the population. This realization gave rise to a call for new development policies. These new policies favored agriculture over industry, called for domestic redistribution of income and wealth, and encouraged programs to satisfy such basic needs as food and shelter. In the late 1970s and
48、early 1980s, the international macroeconomic crises of high oil prices, worldwide recession, and third world debt forced attention away from programs designed to get rid of poverty. However, the lesson remains: economic growth does not promise economic development. Efforts may be required to change growing output capacity into economic benefits that reach most of a nations people. 【小题 1】 As to the relationship between growth and development, what can
