上海外国语大学附属外国语学校 2017 届高三上学期期中考试

BY 静安新城上海外国语大学附属外国语学校2017 届高三上学期期中考试英语试题卷II. Listening Comprehension(略)II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.Photographs are everywhere. They decorate the walls of homes and l___(use) in stores for sales of different goods. The news is filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events. Photos record the beauties of nature. They can also bring things close 2_____ are far away. Through photos, people can see wild animals, cities in foreign lands, and even the stars in outer space. Photos also tell stories.3____(report) the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists tell their stories through a single picture. 4____ other times, they use a group of pictures to tell a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more than record the facts. It can also be a strong force for social change.Jacob Riis was among the first photojournalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where 5 ____poor lived. Riis believed that poverty caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his point. A few years later, the photos of small children working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hine’s pictures helped bring 6___ laws to protect such children. Hundreds of pictures may have to be taken 7___ ____ ____ get one or two really good photos. It takes science to have the photo come out clearly and art to make a photo that has a good design and 8____(express) feeling. Photojournalists make an actual record of 9____ they see. A photo, however, can be both of 10____work of art and an actual record. It can record an important event as a beautiful or exciting picture.BY 静安新城Section BDirections: 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.people a year experience electric shocks in their home. A smaller number are electrocuted(触电死亡)after 21 _____with power lines outside the home. Electric shocks can cause a person’s heart or breathing to stop, can also cause burns and are potentially fatal. It is essential for people to learn basic first aid 22_______ to deal with such emergencies.What to do?If you are the first person to reach someone who has had an electric shock, don't touch him or her!If they are still holding the appliance that has given them the shock,23______ it or turn off the power at its source. Under no circumstances should you try to move the 24 ______with your hand!If you can't turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to 25 ______the victim from the appliance or the power source. You may even be able to do this with a 26_______ newspaper.The victim must remain lying down. If they are unconscious, victims should be placed on their side. But they should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spin injuries unless it is 27________ necessary.It is necessary to maintain the victim's body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. If the victim is notBY 静安新城breathing, 28________ mouth-to-mouth way. Keep the victim’s head low until 29 ________help arrives.If the electric shock has been caused by a(n) 30_________ power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater. 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.Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the music arts are 31 at the bottom of the list. Too often, music is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education which should be first taken into account. This view is 32 . In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it 33their thinking and values, as well as the social 34 it came from. Rock music 35 a lifestyle just as surely as does a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical 36 Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society. Music provides a kind of feeling that cannot be 37 any other way. 38 can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotional meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and 39 to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all. The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human being "talk" to each other. They are the 40 of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be 41 others. When we do not give children 42 to an important way of expressingBY 静安新城themselves such as music, we 43 from them the meanings that music expresses.Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The 44 do. Music is an important way we express the meaning and value of peace and love.So music education is far more 45 than people seem to realize.31. A. embarrassedly B. doubtfully C. unavoidablyD. unexpectedly32. A. aggressive B. shortsighted C. reasonableD. instructive33. A. reflects B. promotesC. dominatesD. changes34. A. position B. benefitC. standardD. environment35. A. takes in B. stands for C. makes up D. looks through36. A. instruments B. families C.traditionsD.seasons37. A. acquired B. understood C. abandonedD. noticed38. A. Music B. EntertainmentCMathemtics D. Science39. A. stick B. refer C.lead D. respond40. A. means nguages C.featuresD. achievements41. A. compared with B. imposed onC.shared withD. drawn from42. A. solution B. access C.entranceD. direction43. A. take away B.set asideC.draw upD. work out44. A. musicians B.teachers C.courses D. negative45. A. enjoyable B. wasteful C. necessaryD. artsBY 静安新城Section B Directions: Read the following three 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)Dear Daughter,As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real proof of what a great well-rounded student you are. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.It is in college that you will discover what learning is about. This will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn't critical for your life, the learning skills you acquire will be something you will treasure forever.Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don't be trapped by what others think or say, but make up your own mind.Most importantly, make friends and be happy. Pick a few friends and become really close to them-pick the ones who are genuine to you. Don't worry about their grades, looks, or even personalities.Start planning early. I think your plan to study fashion is good, and you should decide where you want to be, and get onto the right courses. Whether it is coursework planning or picking a major, you should take control of your life. I will always be there for you, but the time has come for you to be in the driver's seat-this is your life, and you need to be in control. Being in control feels great.BY 静安新城So please treasure your college years-make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny fate, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.May your years at Columbia be the happiest of your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be..Love,Dad (& Mom)46. According to the letter the author's daughter is .A. scared to be leaving homeB. a well-rounded studentD. learning to drive a carC. the pride of her university47. Which advice below is given to his daughter by the author?A. Party with friends in her free timeB. Ignore what others think or sayC. choose friends with similar personalitiesD. Treasure and make the best of her college years48. From the passage, we can conclude the father is .A. worried about his daughterB. strict with his daughterC. positive about his daughter's futureD. sad about his daughter's leaving homeBY 静安新城(B)Mike Maietta was eating lunch when he got a text message from his mom. "Notre Dame," it said. "Big envelope!"Mike, a senior at a Californian high school, shouted with joy. The big envelope meant that the excellent university in Indiana had offered him a place in its Class of 2013.But the $51,300 annual fee is a big obstacle. So Mike and his parents are considering offers from several other colleges and are calculating the costs of tuition, housing and holiday trips home.This year, money is the driving factor for a growing number of high school seniors, who have to decide what colleges to attend this fall. Less jobs and plunging house prices have changed family spending."We're excited that Mike got into eight great schools," said Mike's father, an engineer at Microsoft. “But if you consider going to school out of state,you've got to think about all of the other costs: moving, flying back and forth for the holidays. You're looking at about $3,000 a year, just for travel."As families weigh their choices, some are going back to financial aid offices hoping help packages can be increased.Rachel Brown was happy to get a thick envelope from New York University(NYU).Although she has always wanted to live in Manhattan, she is seriously considering the University of Califomia San Diego (UCSD),because of the high cost in New York."The tuition for NYU is twice as much as UCSD," said Rache l, 17. “My mom doesn't want me to have a big debt when I graduate, and I don't want that either. I'd have to take out a loan of $15,000. I'll check and see if there's any way that NYU can offer me any financial aid."More than 7.6 million American students have filled out the Free Application for Students Aid, a 19.9 percent increase over last year.This month the Federal Department of Education urged college financial aid officers to give more help to certain families. A record 30,428 studentBY 静安新城applied for 2,300 places at Stanford, partly because the university increased financial aid for families earning below $10,000.49.Mike may give up Notre Dame because of .A.travel feesB. financial concernsC. poor exam resultsD. worries about living far away from home50. The phrase “Big envelope” in paragraph 2 probably refers to “ ”A.A text messageB.A large gift packageC. An admission letterD.A scholarship letter51. What can we learn from the passage?A. The number of American senior students applying for financial aid is increasing.B. Rachel Brown has given up NYU because of its high tuition and big debts.C. It is inevitably hard for college students to borrow money to cover costs.D. An interest-free loan for students helps more students apply for Stanford.52. The passage mainly focuses on .A. the calculation of different costs including tuitionBY 静安新城B. the extremely hard financial situation in AmericaC. the excitement of students’ being able to enter ideal collegesD. the financial crisis of families over college entrance(C)Runners in a relay race pass a stick in one direction. However, merchants passed silk, gold, fruit, and glass along the Silk Road in more than one direction. They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B.C. to about A.D.1300,when sea travel offered new routes, It was sometimes called the world's longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from central Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used graiting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to world-wide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.The people along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs. The Silk Road provided pathways for learning, diplomacy, and religion.BY 静安新城53.It's probable that traders along the Silk Road needed .A. to remember the entire trade routeB. to know the making of productsC. to receive certain special trainingD. to deal with a lot of difficulties54. The Silk Road became less important because .A. it was made up of different routesB. silk trading became less popularC. sea travel provided easier routesD. people needed fewer foreign goods55.New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people .A. Learned from one anotherB. shared each other's beliefsC. traded goods along the routeD. earned their living by traveling56.What is the best title for the passage?A. The Silk Road; Past and PresentB. The Silk Road; East Meets WestC. The Silk Road; Routes Full of DangersD. The Silk Road; Pathways for LearningBY 静安新城Section C Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable sentences from the list A-F for each blank. There are two extra sentences which you do not need.Voluntary learning in organized course by mature men and women is called adult education. 57_______________.Adults may want to study something which they missed in earlier schooling, get new skills or job training, find out about new technological developments, seek better self-understanding, or develop new talents and skills.This kind of education may be in the form of self-study with proper guidance through the use of libraries, correspondence courses, or broadcasring.58______________.Modern adult education for large numbers of people started in the 18 th and 19th centuries with the rise of the Industrial Revolution. Great economic and social changes were taking place: people were moving from rural areas to cities; new types of work were being created in an expanding factory system. 59_____________________.The earliest programs of organized adult education arose in Great Britain in the 1790s, with the founding of an adult school in Nottingham and a mechanics' institute in Glasgow. The earliest adult education institution in the United States was founded by Benjamin Franklin and some friends in Philadelphia in 1727.60_______________. For example, parts of the adult population in many countries find it necessary to take part in retraining programs at work or even to learn completely new jobs. Adult education programs are springing up constantly to meet these and other needs. .[A] Continuous education helps adults become better parents.[B] Ever since ancient time, there has been the desire for adults to further their education throughout life.[C] It may also be acquired collectively in schools and colleges, study groups, workshops, clubs, and professional associationsBY 静安新城[D] People recognize that continued learning is necessary for most forms of employment today[CD] Such education is offered to make people able to enlarge and interpret their experience as adults.[BC] These and other factors produced a need for further education andre-education of adultsSection DDirections: Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words, Use your own words as far as possible.Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our fee1ings of wel1-being at any moment are determined to a certain degree by genes. However,of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference. Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, average income has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad “Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied?” asks Professor Laura carstensen. In one survey, Carstensen interviewed l84 people between the ages of l8 and 94,and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people, Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they’re mor e realistic about their time running out, older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.BY 静安新城卷III. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1)人们的个人信息安全保护意识有待提高。