74. What is NOT mentioned as a disadvantage of using clothes dryers? A. Electricity consumption. C. Waste of energy.
B. Air pollution. D. Ugly looking.
75. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. Opposers think air-drying laundry would devalue surrounding property. B. Opposers consider the outdoor clothesline as an eyesore to the scenery. C. Right-to-dry movements led to the pass of written laws to protect clotheslines. D. Most of states in the US have no written laws to protect clotheslines. 76. In the last paragraph Alexander Lee recommends that_____________________. A. clotheslines should be banned in the community. B. clotheslines wouldn't lessen the property values. C. the globe would become warmer and warmer. D. we should protect the environment in the community.
77. An appropriate title for the passage might be____________________. A. Opinions on Environmental Protection. B. Opinions on Air-drying Laundry. C. What-I-Can-Do Environmentalism.
D. Restrictions on Clotheslines.
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
In August, the Obama administration announced plans for a new college rating system to be implemented by the 2015 school year that would eventually determine federal funding for various institutions. “Colleges that keep their tuition down and are providing high quality education are the ones that are going to see their tax payer funding go up,” President Obama said in a speech outlining the plan at the University of New York at Buffalo. “It is time to stop funding schools that are not producing good results.”
The Administration?s objective is to make college more accessible and affordable for students from different background. The president?s Secretary of Education, Duncan hopes to address concerns that American?s college graduation rates have not kept pace with the rest of the world. “A generation ago, we led the world in college graduation rates,” he said, “now we are 12.” To succeed in America, it has become increasingly important to get a college degree. In an earlier meeting, according to Governor Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, only 40% of jobs in America can be done with just a high school degree, and two thirds of those jobs in America can be done with just a high school degree, and two thirds of those jobs pay an annual salary of $25,000 or less. Duncan said the jobs that once gave high school graduates a living wage are “not coming back.”
That?s why the rating system, which has yet to be developed, will focus on helping the most needy students who are less likely to graduate from college. The system will look primarily at “three performance buckets: access to needy students, percentage of students getting Pell grants(佩尔奖学金), and affordability,” Duncan said. It will measure these against outcomes like graduation rates, graduate earnings, and number of graduates earning advanced degrees. Duncan
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declined to offer any specific on how the Administration would consider post-graduate employment in their ratings. “Whether you choose Wall Street or the Peace Crops, do you have the skills you need to do what you want to do?” he said.
The plan has been met with mixed reactions from members of the higher education community, some of whom are concerned that colleges could be negatively affected in the ratings for serving the most needy kids, the exact group that rating system is designed to help. To ease concerns that the schools could be affected for the difficult task of educating a larger share of disadvantaged students, Duncan said they would only compare colleges with similar missions, avoiding “apples to oranges” comparisons, and would weigh improvement in performance at various schools as carefully as absolute outcomes. “We?re more interested in where you are going than where you have been,” he said.
(Note: answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 12 WORDS) 78. It will be very likely that before the 2015 school year, only colleges _______________ will
get more funds from the federal government.
79. Why does the new college rating system intend to focus on helping the most needy students? 80. What elements will be included in the new rating system?
81. Some colleges worry about the negative effects of the rating system because _____________.
第II卷 （共47分）
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the
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brackets.
1. 由于突如其来的暴雨，室外音乐会不得不取消了。(owing) 2. 我们能否实现理想主要取决于我们的努力而非机遇。(whether)
3. 直到20世纪晚期他才奠定了自己作为知名音乐人的地位。(Not until) 4. 毫无疑问没有什么可以取代健康，应鼓励孩子们定期锻炼。(doubt)
5. 在车展会上，一位经验丰富的销售员正在展示车迷们翘首以盼的新型智能轿车。
(demonstrate)
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
近来，一系列“拍照搜题”的App软件大受学生的欢迎，这些只要拍照就能搜到解题思路和答案的“神器”却让许多家长和老师犯了愁。某学校对于学生使用这些学习软件开展了一次调查。右图是调查结果。文章必须包括以下内容：
1. 描述图表（the bar chart） 2. 试分析该现象 3. 简要谈谈你的看法
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上海市七校2016届高三12月联合调研考试英语试卷
参考答案
Listening Comprehension: 1-5 CABAC 6-10 DCDBB 11-13 DAB 14-16 BCA 17. Canada 18. college 19. January 20. History 21. sleep well 22. get along well 23. in the middle 24. job change
Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
(A) 25. kept 26. that 27. others 28.if/when 29. to go 30. an
31. was packed 32. that/which (B) 33. when 34. arriving 35. swept 36. in 37.less experienced 38. In spite of 39. how 40. Whether
Section B
41-45 IEGBF 46-50 DCHAK
Reading Comprehension Section A 51-55 BACCD 56-60 BDBCA 61-65DABDB Section B 66-69 CACD 70-73 DACA 74-77 DCDB Section C
78. having low tuition and high quality education/ producing good results 79. Because without college degrees they won?t find self-supporting jobs.
80. access to needy students, percentage of students getting Pell grants, and affordability 81. it?s difficult to educate a number of disadvantage students
Translation
1. Due to the sudden heavy rain(1?), the outdoor concert (1?)had to (1?)be cancelled.(1?) 2. Whether we?ll realize our dream or not(1?) depends mainly on(1’) our efforts(1?) instead of/rather than on opportunity.(1?) Whether our dreams can come true (1?)mainly depends not on chance/opportunities(2?) but on our efforts. (1?)
3. It was not until the late 20th century that (2?)he established himself as(1?) a well-known musician.(1?)
4. There is no doubt that (1?)nothing can substitute for health(1?), so(0.5?) children should be encouraged to (1?)do exercise (1?)regularly(0.5?)/ on a regular basis.
5. At the car exhibition(1?), an experienced salesman(1?) is demonstrating(1?) a new smart car(1?)
the fans have been looking forward to.(1?)
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