2009年上海高考英语试题及答案.doc

2009年上海高考英语试题及答案 第I卷 (共105分) I. Listening Comprehension Section A 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. Go to the office B. Keep calling C. Try online booking D. See a doctor 2. A. A reporter B. An athlete C. A fisherman D. An organizer 3. A. At a post office B. At a fast-food restaurant C. At a booking office D. At a check-in desk 4. A. He already has plans. B. The woman should decide where to eat. C. He will make a reservation. D. The woman can ask her brother for advice. 5. A. He got wet in the rain. B. The shower was out of order. C. He didn’t hear the phone ringing. D. He got out of the shower to answer the phone. 6. A. Reasonable B. Bright C. Serious D. Ridiculous 7. A. Send leaflets B. Go sightseeing C. Do some gardening D. Visit a lawyer 8. A. Her doorbell doesn’t need repair. B. She didn’t expect him to come so early C. The man has just arrived on time. D. It is not the right time for her. 9. A. She won’t go to the beach if it rains. B. She would like the man to go to the beach. C. It will clear up tomorrow. D. It was pouring when she was at the beach. 10. A. What to take up as a hobby. B. How to keep fit. C. How to handle pressure. D. What to play with. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages 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. Her school was in a small village. B. She was outstanding at school. C. She was the only Asian girl there. D. Her parents were in London. 12. A. London B. Bath C. Swindon D. Oxford 13. A. Coming across a radio producer. B. Taking an earlier train. C. Meeting a professional artist. D. Wearing two odd shoes. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following speech. 14. A. Educating children. B. Saving rare animals. C. Recreating an environment. D. Making a profit. 15. A. Animals make visitors stressful. B. Animals must live their lives in cages. C. Animals can feel bored and sad. D. Animals are in danger of extinction. 16. A. They are still useful and necessary. B. They have more disadvantages than advantages. C. They are a perfect environment for animals. D. They are recreative places for animals. Section C Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Car Rental Information Name: Length of time: Location to leave the car: License: Insurance: Means of payment: Amy Toms __17__ days The __18__ office AN International Driver’s License A __19__ accident insurance __20__ Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. What happened to schools in England in the 1970s? Many schools became __21__. Why do girls do better at single-sex schools? They learn to be __22__ and less worried about their appearance. Why do boys’ parents prefer to send their sons to mixed schools? They think girls will be __23__ on boys. In what aspect do girls perform better than boys? In __24__. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: 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. 25. Four Chinese models were ______ the 14 people awarded prizes on Friday at the World Supermodel Competition. A. among B. between C. along D. beside 26. –Wow! You’ve got so many clothes. --But _____ of them are in fashion now. A. all B. both C. neither D. none 27. It ______ have been Tom that parked the car here, as he is the only one with a car. A. may B. can C. must D. should 28. The Great Wall is _______ tourist attraction that millions of people pour in every year. A. so a well-known B. a so well-known C. such well-known a D. such a well-known 29. Mary went to the box office at lunch time, but all the tickets ______ out. A. would sell B. had sold C. have sold D. was selling 30. Sally’s never seen a play in the Shanghai Grand Theatre, ______? A. hasn’t she B. has she C. isn’t she D. is she 31. A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city, _____ all four people on board. A. killed B. killing C. kills D. to kill 32. You can’t borrow books from the school library _______ you get your student card. A. before B. if C. while D. as 33. With the government’s aid, those ______ by the earthquake have moved to the new settlements. A. affect B. affecting C. affected D. were affected 34. Mozart’s birthplace and the house ______ he composed “The Magic Flute” are both museums now. A. where B. when C. there D. which 35. Bill suggested ______ a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation. A. having held B. to hold C. holding D. hold 36. During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _______ not to touch any unattended bag. A. had always been warned B. were always being warned C. are always warning D. always warned 37. It is not immediately clear _______ the financial crisis will soon be over. A. since B. what C. when D. whether 38. Hearing the dog barking fiercely, away ______. A. fleeing the thief B. was fleeing the thief C. the thief was fleeing D. fled the thief 39. David threatened ______ his neighbor to the police if the damages were not paid. A. to be reported B. reporting C. to report D. having reported 40. As a new diplomat, he often thinks of ______ he can react more appropriately on such occasions. A. what B. which C. that D. how 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. contents B. taking C. carefully D. plastic E. packaging F. declined G. freely H. typical I. contracts J. registered If the package looks pretty, people will buy just about anything. So says an advertising executive in New York, and he has proved his point by selling boxes of rubbish for the price of an expensive bottle of wine. Justin Gignac, 26, has sold almost 900 ____41_____ presented plastic boxes of rubbish from the street of the Big Apple at between $50 and $100 each. Buyers from 19 countries have paid for the souvenirs(纪念品). The idea has been so successful that he is thinking of promoting it around the world. It all began when Mr. Gignac was at a summer workshop. “We had a discussion about he importance of ____42___,” he recalls. “Someone said packaging was unimportant. I disagreed. The only way to prove it was by selling something nobody would ever want.” He searches the streets of Manhattan and typical ___43___ include broken glass, subway tickets, Starbucks cups and used ___44____ forks. “Special editions” are offered at a high price. He charged $100 for rubbish from the opening day of the New York Yankees’ stadium. Mr. Gignac denies ____45___ his customers for fools: “They know what they’re getting. They appreciate the fact that they’re taking something nobody would want and finding beauty in it.” Some _____46___ customers include people who used to live in the city and want a down-to-earth souvenir. He claims he has even sold to art collectors. Realizing that the concept appears to be a real money-maker, Mr. Gignac has ___47___ a company and is employing his girlfriend as vice president. He ___48___ to discuss his profit margins: “It’s actually quite a lot of effort putting them together—but yet, garbage is free.” Mr. Gignac is considering more varieties of souvenirs. He maintains that he has signed ___49___ with people interested in similar projects from as far as Berlin and London. 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. Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are __50__. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to __51__ it. Creativity isn’t always __52__ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time __53__ think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you. Making connections This technique involves taking __54__ ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words __55__ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the __56__ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original __57__; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night. No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t __58__. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new __59__. If your goal is to learn to ski, __60__, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now__61__ his to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January. Be someone else! Look at the situation from a __62__ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the __63__ in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their __64__. The best fishermen think like fish! 50. A. wrong B. unbelievable C. reasonable D. realistic 51. A. put up with B. catch up with C. make use of D. keep track of 52. A. equipped B. compared C. covered D. connected 53. A. skillfully B. routinely C. vividly D. deeply 54. A. familiar B. unrelated C. creative D. imaginary 55. A. presented B. marked C. lit D. associated 56. A. ideas B. ambitious C. achievement D. technique 57. A. experience B. service C. present D. object 58. A. work B. last C. exist D. change 59. A. possibilities B. limitations C. tendency D. practice 60. A. in fact B. in particular C. as a whole D. for example 61 A. devote B. adapt C. lead D. keep 62. A. private B. global C. different D. practical 63. A. features B. themes C. creatures D. characters 64 A. positions B. dreams C. images D. directions Section B Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished 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) Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard. “I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast. “And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply “because I’ll be the best lawyer in the town!” George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money. Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse. Then Richard married a mysterious girl. The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast—but Richard never came back. The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found. He must have drowned. Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his formal rival(竞争对手). Perhaps he missed him? George was very interested in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition. When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading. “Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.” 65. George and Richard were ______ at school. A. roommates B. good friends C. competitors D. booksellers 66. How did George feel about Richard after his disappearance? A. He envied Richard’s marriage. B. He thought of Richard from time to time. C. He felt lucky with no rival in town. D. He was guilty of Richard’s death. 67. George got information about Richard from ______. A. a dictionary collector in Australia B. the latter’s rivals Dylans C. a rare first edition of a dictionary D. the wrapping paper of a book 68. What happened to George and Richard in the end? A. Both George and Richard became millionaires. B. Both of them realized their original ambitions. C. George established a successful business while Richard was missing. D. Richard became a millionaire while George had no great success. (B) Horse-drawn sleigh rides Dogsledding Snowmobiling Welcome to Banff, Canada’s first, most famous and arguably most fascinating national park. If you’ve come to ski or snowboard, we’ll see you on the slopes. Skiing is a locals’ favorite too. While you’re here, try other recreational activities available in our mountains. Popular choices include a Banff Gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain, bathe in the natural mineral waters at the Upper Hot Spring, horse-drawn sleigh ride, drive-your-own-team dog sled excursion, and snowmobile tour to the highland (but not in the national park). We also recommend you make time to enjoy simple pleasure. After looking around Banff Ave shops, wa