普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）模拟试题（三）
英语
上海高中教研教学
I.    Listening Comprehension Section A
Short Conversations
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. He plans to go to the dance.    B. He does not enjoy dancing.
  C. He has something else to do tonight.    D. He plans to go to the next dance.
2.    A. An art museum.    B. A beautiful park.
C. A college campus.    D. An architecture exhibition.
3.    A. The game is unlikely to be on television.
B.    The woman can go to the game with him tonight.
C.    The results of the game were announced in the newspaper.
D.    The woman can find the information about the game by herself.
9.    A. She just finished studying for the exam.
B.    She is not certain what material will be covered on the exam.
C.    She needs to prepare a little more for the exam.
D.    She is willing to help the man study for the exam.
10.    A. She has never been in Montana.
B.    The man should take a winter vacation.
C.    She likes the view of the mountains in winter.
D.    The man would not enjoy living in Montana all year.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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 question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11.    A. Who is the real designer of St Swithin's hospital website.
B.    Why St Swithin’s hospital website looks unattractive.
C.    How he investigated St Swithin’s hospital website.
D.    What problem St Swithin’s hospital website has.
12.    A. It serves mainly those who want to get doctors’ advice.
B.    It has been changed into a shopping website.
C.    It doesn’t include famous doctors’ articles.
D.    It is maintained by the website creators.
13.    A. Adding a recreational section to the website.
B.    Giving up the old website as soon as possible.
C.    Telling the designer who will use the website.
D.    Promoting the website in an effective way.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14.    A. Why naive art is so popular today.
B.    The influence of French art on American art.
C.    Some characteristics of naive American art.
D.    The education of naive artists.
15.    A. They lack bright colors.
B.    They follow ancient traditions.
C.    They are painted in a photographic way.
D.    They are inferior to French naive paintings.
16.    A. Their works were unsigned.
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B.    Many of their works were destroyed.
C.    They never stayed in one place for a long time.
D.    They worked for only a few years.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17.    A. The possibility of Izmit being struck by earthquakes.
B.    The cities that are most likely to have earthquakes.
C.    The damage caused by earthquakes.
D.    The earthquakes in Turkey.
18.    A. 15.    B. A few thousand. C. 2.
19.    A. It killed 30,000 people.
B.    It affected Istanbul as well.
C.    It happened at the end of the 1800s.
D.    It remained the biggest earthquake in history.
20.    A. The city is well prepared for the earthquake that is going to happen.
B.    Whether the city will meet with an earthquake is hard to say.
C.    It is almost impossible that the city will have earthquakes.
D.    A heavy earthquake is likely to happen there. 
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.
My amazing escape
  When Helen Monahan got a phone call asking her to pick up a friend’s children from school while collecting (21)_________  own she grabbed her coat and headed down the road. It meant(22)    _________ (leave) home five minutes earlier than she had intended—but it could also have saved her life.