2012年上海市普通高中学业水平考试英语试卷

2012年上海市普通高中学业水平考试

英语试卷

I. Listening comprehension: (共10分)

Section A （共6分，每小题2分）

Questions 1 through 3 are based on the following passage:

1. A. Watch TV in the evening. B. Use the toilet inside the house.

C. Cook food themselves. D. Wash their hair with shampoo.

2. A. She felt completely bad about it. B. She thought life in the house was easy.

C. She enjoyed everything there. D. She preferred to live a modern life.

3. A. An old house. B. A happy family.

C. A popular TV program. D. A modern lifestyle.

Section B: （共4分，每小题1分）

II. Grammar and Vocabulary: （共30分）

Section A: （共10分，每小题1分）

8. In her short story, Helen described not her own experience, but ______ writer’s.

A. the others B. another C. other D. others

9. As an English learner, the larger vocabulary you have, _____ success you may achieve.

A. the most B. the more C. more D. most

10. Since his arrival in England in 1979, he ______ himself as a mayor.

A. established B. had established C. has established D. was establishing

11. Some birds have highly developed senses that enable them _______ in the dark.

A. fly B. to be flying C. to fly D. flying

12. You mustn’t smoke in here! You _____ start a fire.

A. could B. must C. should D. need

13. I could hardly imagine _________ in such a remote mountain village for months.

A. to live B. live C. living D. to have lived

14. That’s the man _______ photo is on the cover of the latest magazine.

A. that B. who C. where D. whose

15. It is the Internet ______ keeps us in constant touch with our offices in Asia.

A. that B. who C. where D. how

16. The newly retired engineer is starting his further education ______ my father did last year.

A. if B. when C. once D. as

17. They have passed the law, but the question is _____ they’re going to make the law work.

A. why B. how C. what D. that

Section B (共10分， 每小题1分)