上海市浦东新区2016届高三上学期期末质量测试(一模)英语试题 Word版含答案
浦东新区2015学年度第一学期期末质量测试高三英语考生注意：1．考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。
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试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷。
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第Ⅰ卷（共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. At a restaurant. B. In a pet shop. C. At a clinic. D. On a boat.2. A. The woman. B. The woman‟s mother.C. The man.D. The children.3. A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient.C. Husband and wife.D. Boss and secretary.4. A. She will go to school in the man‟s car. B. She will join him in his exercise class.C. She will give the man a ride.D. She will ride her bicycle to the school.5. A. Make a plan carefully. B. Give her more information.C. Ask more people for advice.D. Buy a gift for his father.6. A. He didn‟t tell the woman the truth. B. He doesn‟t keep his promises.C. He spends his spare time going to parties.D. He is always ready to help others.7. A. The woman feels sorry for the man. B. The man is a member of the staff.C. The woman is asking the man to leave.D. The area is for passengers only.8. A. Relieved. B. Confused. C. Annoyed. D. Sympathetic.9. A. Turn the alarm off. B. Move his alarm farther.C. Catch a later bus.D. Go to bed earlier.10. A. The girl‟s request will be granted. B. The girl is outstanding in the class.C. The girl has completed the course.D. Only the girl took the make-up exam.Section BDirections: 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. Because she wasn‟t being taken seriously. B. Because she deserved respect from others.C. Because she dressed improperly.D. Because she was not capable enough.12. A. Answering questions readily. B. Rewarding others generously.C. Respecting others highly.D. Expressing opinions frankly.13. A. How to speak your mind. B. Where to start your honesty.C. What to do to become popular.D. Whom to talk to when you want to.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Because it can help avoid crop diseases.B. Because it can help improve the quality of crops.C. Because it may contribute to the increase in population.D. Because it may improve farming methods in the future.15. A. Climate change. B. Appearance of new crops.C. Loss of normal growth area.D. Poor management of land.16. A. Expanding fields for larger crop harvests.B. Fertilizing crops to fight against plant diseases.C. Raising people‟s awareness of the need for crop variety.D. Applying modern farming methods in heavily-populated areas.Section CDirections: 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.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: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.（A）A dentis t‟s office may not be everyone‟s idea of a perfect holiday destination. But a growing number of people are traveling abroad for medical treatment, (25) ______ (create) a fast-growing market that is still largely undeveloped by traditional tour operators.The global medical tourism market is worth $40 billion to $60 billion and (26) ______ (grow) at about 20 percent per year, according to Helmut Wachowiak, an expert on tourism management.Some countries such as Germany market themselves as a destination for medical tourism. According to the German National Tourist Board, about 77,000 foreign patients (27) ______ (treat) in the country in 2010,spending 930 million euros.(28) ______ Hospital Operator Helios can do is to help organize visas, hotels and sight-seeing trips for patients coming to Germany for treatment, mostly from Russian-speaking countries and the Middle East. “Many patients specifically choose a city (29) _______ they can enjoy what the place has to offer alongside the treatment,” Helios manager Stefan Boeckle said.Some people travel abroad for medical treatment because it‟s much (30) ______(cheap). A 42-year-old physical therapist from Berlin, for example, chose to go to a dentist in Budapest, (31) ______ (draw) by hundreds of euros in savings compared with the same treatment in Germany.The relatively new trend is not likely to stop growing anytime soon. “I think booking numbers (32) ______ rise quickly in coming years,”said Claudia Staedele, a board member of German medical tourism company Dr. Holiday. “There is still incredible room to grow.”(B)Remember that doll you had as a kid—the one whose eyes open when it is upright and close when it‟s laid down? Or maybe you were the kid that went around popping limbs off Barbies and teddy bears.Either way, it turns out that these broken toys need not worry, (33)______ Sydney‟s Original Doll Hospital exists. And this year, it celebrates 100 years of (34)______ (fix) up dolls, teddy bears, rocking horses, umbrellas and more.The doll hospital was founded by Harold Chapman Sr. (35)______ part of his general store, thanks to a shipping error. His brother was in the business of importing celluloid (合成树脂) dolls from Japan but the rubber bands (36)_____ held them together would often break and the dolls would be destroyed. It was Mr. Chapman Sr. (37)______ came up with a way to repair them. And then from such a small beginning grew quite a successful business as demand for doll repairs increased.The business was taken over in (38)______ 1930s by Harold‟s son, Harold Chapman Jr. (39)______ (expand) the business, Harold Chapman Jr. relocated the Doll Hospital and included repairs to other toys, leather goods, umbrellas, etc.Now the hospital has been passed onto the third generation of the Chapman family, with Harold Jr.‟s son, Geoff, now in charge. (40)_____ many modern children are more interested in the latest gadgets(小玩意) or computer games, the business is still going strong, with dolls sent from all over Australia and even across the sea from New Zealand for repair.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.SEATTLE—For the more than 10 million Americans w ith colorblindness, there‟s never been a treatment, let alone a cure, for the condition that leaves them unable to distinguish certain colors.Now, for the first time, two University of Washington professors have teamed with a California biotech firm to develop what they say may be a ___41___: a single shot in the eye that can reveal the world in full color.Jay and Maureen Neitz, who have studied the vision disorder for years, have found a new way to deliver genes that can replace missing color-producing proteins in certain cells, called cones, in the eyes.The trouble will ___42___ when people are born without one or more of the three types of color-sensing proteins normally present in the cones of the retina（视网膜）. The most common type is red-green colorblindness, followed by blue-yellow colorblindness. A very small proportion of the population is ___43___ colorblind, seeing only shades of gray.Colorblindness is often a/an ___44___ disorder. It affects mostly men, who can inherit a mutation(变异) on the X chromosome（染色体）that weakens their perception of red and green. A much smaller part of cases are in women, who have two X chromosomes, which gives them a better chance of avoiding effects of any genetic imperfection.Most people think of colorblindness as a/an ___45___ or disability, mainly causing problems with unmatched shirts and socks. But the Neitzes say the condition can have profound impacts—limiting choicesfor education or careers, making driving dangerous, and forcing continual ___46___ to a world designed for color vision.“There are an awful lot of people who feel like their life is ___47___ because they don‟t see color,” said Jay Neitz, 61, a professor, who confirmed in 1989 that dogs are colorblind, too.People may not ___48___ as commercial pilots, for instance, if they‟re colorblind. Other careers that can be ___49___ include those of chefs, decorators, electricians and house painters, all of which require detailed color vision.Undoubtedly, the Ne itzes‟ findings have brought great benefits to those who are born unable to distinguish between red and green. But that technique is ___50___, requiring surgery, so the Neitzes are looking for another way to do the job.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages 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.Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues, “No, business travel isn‟t as fun and fascinating as it seems.”Finally, there could be ___51___ to back this up. Researchers at the University of Surrey, in Britain, and Linnaeus University, in Sweden, have published a new study highlighting what they c all “a ___52___ side of hypermobility(常飞行)”.The study, which combines existing research on the ___53___ of frequent travel, finds three types of consequence: physiological, psychological and emotional, and social. The physiological ones are the most obvious. Jet lag is the suffering travellers know best, although they may not ___54___ some of its more terrible potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there‟s the danger of deep-vein thrombosis(深静脉血栓), ___55___ to germs and radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than people who stay in place.The psychological and emotional damage of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience “travel disorientation” from ___56___ places and time zones so often. They also ___57___ mounting stress, given that “time spent travelling will rarely be balanced through a reduced workload, and that there may be anxieties ___58___ with work continuing to pile up while being away”. ___59___ the absence from family and friends, “hypermobility is frequently a/an ___60___ experience,” the authors write. The accumulated impact can be astonishing and great.Finally, there are the ___61___ effects. Marriages suffer from the time apart, as does children‟s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more ___62___, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more ___63___ duties. There‟s a gender inequality here, since most business travellers are men. Friendships also suffer, as business travellers often “sacrifice local collective activities and instead ___64___ their immediate families when returning from trips”.Of course, these impacts are moderated by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a small part of the population that is already doing rather well. The “mobile elite(精英)” tend to have higher incomes and ___65___ to better health care than the population at large.So these may be problems of the 1% (or the 3%, or the 5%). But they‟re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances' Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concern as well.51. A. travel B. proof C. damage D. consequence52. A. brighter B. wiser C. darker D. lazier53. A. effects B. benefits C. limits D. costs54. A. impose B. foresee C. declare D. memorize55. A. connection B. adaptation C. exposure D. familiarity56. A. changing B. leaving C. taking D. pursuing57. A. handle B. relieve C. suffer D. lay58. A. infected B. associated C. greeted D. packed59. A. Due to B. According to C. Regardless of D. In case of60. A. surprising B. relaxing C. fulfilling D. isolating61. A. cultural B. conscious C. social D. negative62. A. unequal B. invisible C. pleasant D. permanent63. A. personal B. related C. professional D. domestic64. A. prioritize B. mobilize C. seek D. support65. A. devotion B. objection C. response D. accessSection BDirections:Read the following 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)In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination, one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized, “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?”“I can‟t read my own handwriting,”the young woman explained. “It‟s best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes.”That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper, they reasoned, but they wouldn‟t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively.Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a method has a long history doesn‟t mean it‟s out of date. Writing things down engages a student‟s br ain in listening, visual, and kinesthetic(触觉的) learning—a view supported by a longstanding research. The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory, and to process and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.Taking a picture does indeed record the information, but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?66. The woman apologized in the class because she_________.A. had the bad handwritingB. miss ed the teachers‟ directionsC. took a picture of the boardD. disturbed other students‟ learning67. According to the passage, which of the following may NOT explain students‟ reluctance to take notes?A. They lack proper techniques for taking notes.B. They want to listen more attentively in class.C. They believe smart phones are much safer for storing notes.D. They want to have the exact version of the notes on the board.68. According to the passage, taking notes by hand__________.A. requires students to think independentlyB. helps students actively participate in learningC. proves to be an old and useless learning methodD. seems unsuitable for students to learn new ideas69. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The traditional way of note-taking should be replaced.B. A modern way of note-taking is catching on.C. Note-taking by hand is not out of date.D. A picture is worth a thousand words.(B)Travelling BrochureTravelling Information in Melbourne, AustraliaTour Name: Phillip Island, Penguins, Koalas and KangaroosPrice: Starting from AUD $115 per person●Tour Highlights✧Visit Warrook, a working cattle farm. Enjoy the opportunity to pat and feed kangaroos, wallabiesand host of farm animals.✧Watch koalas in their natural habitat at the Koala Conservation Centre.✧View impressive coastal scenery at Nobbies. From the walkway, see Australia‟s largest populationof fur seals living along the southern coastline.✧Visit the educational and interesting Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre.✧Viewing Platform Penguin Plus —More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 peopleproviding closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stand.●Additional info✧This tour must be booked at least 24 hours in advance of your travel date.✧Confirmation for this product will be received within 24 hours, subject to availability.✧Please remember to bring warm, waterproof clothing on this tour. You may also wish to bring atowel or a rug to sit on at the Penguin Parade viewing platform.●Pricing Policy✧Children aged between 3 and 14 years inclusive qualify for child rate.●Please download Travel Voucher from this website. For every confirmed booking you will be required to print a voucher which is presented at the destination. You will receive a link to your voucher by email once your booking is confirmed.70. The visitors will go to all the following places EXCEPT ______.A. Warrook Cattle farm.B. Australian Eastern coastline.C. Koala Conservation Centre.D.Phillip Island Visitors Information Centre.71. Which of the following groups needs to pay $58 per person?A. Adult tourists.B. 2-year-old kids.C. Kids between 3 and 14.D. Babies in arms.72. Tourists are reminded to bring a towel or a rug because _____.A. they will lie on the coastB. they may want to sit on the platformC. it makes them warmD. they will swim during the tour(C)The family does not feature heavily in the culture of the Ik of Northern Uganda. In fact, as far as the Ik are concerned, the family means very little. This is because the Ik face a daily struggle to survive in the face of drought, famine and starvation. Anyone who cannot take care of himself or herself is regarded as a useless burden by the Ik and a threat to the survival of the others. So the old are abandoned to die. Sick and disabled children too are abandoned. The Ik attitude is that, as long as you keep the breeding group alive, you can always get more children.Ik mothers throw their children out of the village compound when they are 3 years old, to defend for themselves. I imagine children must be rather relieved to be thrown out, for in the process of being cared for, he or she is reluctantly carried about in a hide sling(背婴儿带)wherever the mother goes. Whenever the mother is in her field, she loosens the sling and lets the baby to the ground none too slowly, and laughs if it is hurt. Then she goes about her business, leaving the child there, almost hoping that some fierce animals will come along and carry it off. This sometimes happens. Such behaviour does not endear children to their parents or parents to their children.Many of you probably reacted to the Ik with some horror and shock. It is very tempting to conclude that these people are primitive, savage and inhuman, and that their concept of the …family‟is deeply wrong. However, sociologists argue that it is wrong to simply judge such societies and their family arrangements as unnatural and untypical. We need to understand that such arrangements may have positive functions. In the case of the Ik, with the exceptional circumstances they find themselves in—drought and famine—their family arrangements help ensure the survival of the tribe.Moreover, some of you may have concluded that British family life and the Ik have some things in common. British family is not universally experienced as positive for all family members. For some members of our own society—for young and old alike—family life may be characterized by violence, abuse and isolation.The problem with studying the family is that we all think we are experts. This is not surprising, considering that most of us are born in families and socialized into family roles and responsibilities. It is an institution most of us feel very comfortable with and regard as …natural‟. For many of us, it is a cornerstone of our social world, a place to which we can retreat and take refuge from the stresses of the outside world. It is the place in which we are loved for who we are, rather than what we are. Family living and family events are probably the most important aspects of our lives. It is no wonder that we tend to hold very fierce, emotional, and perhaps irrational, views about family life and how it ought to be organized. Such …taken for granted‟views make it very difficult for us to objectively examine family arrangements that differ from our own experience—such as those of the Ik—without making critical judgements.73. Which of the following ideas do the Ik hold according to the passage?A. The family is the centre of their life.B. The old are the luxuries they should treasure.C. Their children should be abandoned when born.D. The survival of the tribe is what they should strive for.74. Which of the following will the author probably agree with in the case of Ik?A. The children are a great burden to their family.B. Mothers prefer to carry their children here and there.C. The children enjoy warm relationship with their parents.D. Many children should be left at the mercy of fierce animals in the field.75. According to the author, both British family life and that of the Ik ______.A. contain negative elementsB. ensure longevityC. experience ups and downsD. endear family members76. All of the following statements support “family is the cornerstone” EXCEPT that ______.A. we turn to family as our harbour in heartB. we find we love and are loved in the familyC. we believe family is the top priority in our lifeD. we pour our bad mood upon our family members77. The author writes this passage to tell us ______.A. family life has various positive functionsB. the idea of family is universally acceptedC. the family is evolving with the time at a high speedD. we should examine the concept of family objectivelySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The carmaker is in the pioneer of a materials revolution, whichis powered by a growing understanding of the properties ofsubstances at the smallest scale. In roughly five years from now,scientists will have set out what some cal l the “materialsgenome”—a database with the properties of all known and predictedcompounds. Instead of searching for materials that have the rightqualities for a job—a quest(探索) that has usually depended mostlyon trial and error—researchers will first define what they want, andtheir computers will then develop a list of materials that seem to fit the bill.The new science will improve today‟s materials, too, leading to stron ger steels, new kinds of alloy and hybrid materials(合金和混合材料) that may be part metal, part plastic. On the far horizon are bigger breakthroughs still: batteries that would double the range of electric cars or store solar and wind power, transforming the economics of renewable energy.As well as revolutionising products, these new materials could also revolutionise how they are made. There will always be room for the mass production of some low-value, commodity items. But as a rule, when materials are differe nt, manufacturing processes will be different, too. BMW‟s carbon fibre is made to its own specifications in a series of new joint ventures across the world. However, some of the products could be domestically made in their new factories. Airbus, Boeing, GE and a growing number of other firms are already 3D-printing some parts where they need them. Nike‟s Flyknit trainers are made with knitting machines that use a special micro-engineered thread. As a result, the firm no longer needs to send the job like sewing to factories overseas.The world has got used to the idea that the most important innovation is virtual. The technology representatives of Silicon Valley—such as Google and Facebook—have built their businesses on intangibles(无形的), such as software, data and new business models. By contrast, the world of new materials marries the virtual and the physical. It, too, depends on code, because researchers need powerful computer-design systems to model materials and make them into new designs. But eventually the aim is to turn virtual ideas into matter. Some advances are overlooked. These ones are material.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN NINE WORDS.)78. What is the driving force of the materials revolution according to the first paragraph?79. New materials will revolutionise not only products but also ____________________.80. Instead of contracting overseas, Nike is able to ____________________ with its special knitting machinesand materials available.81. In contrast to Internet companies which build business on intangibles, new materials companies aim at_____________________________.第II 卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 你养成每天听英语新闻的习惯了吗？(develop)2. 我认为在做出最终决定前，我们有必要和父母讨论一下这个问题。
2016届上海浦东新区高三一模英语试题及答案
浦东新区2015学年度第一学期期末质量测试高三英语考生注意： 1．考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。
2．本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。
试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷。
所有答題必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
3．答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名。
第Ⅰ卷 （共103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, conversation, a a a question question question will will will be be be asked asked asked about about about what what what was was was said. said. said. The The The conversations conversations conversations and and and the the the questions questions questions will will will be 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. At a restaurant. B. In a pet shop. C. At a clinic. D. On a boat. 2. A. The woman. B. The w oman‟s woman‟swoman‟s mother. mother. C. The man. D. The children. 3. A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife. D. Boss and secretary. 4. A. She will go to school in the man‟s car . . B. She will join him in his exercise class. C. She will give the man a ride. D. She will ride her bicycle to the school. 5. A. Make a plan carefully. B. Give her more information. C. Ask more people for advice. D. Buy a gift for his father. 6. A. He didn‟t tell the woman the truth. B. He doesn‟t keep his promises.C. He spends his spare time going to parties. D. He is always ready to help others. 7. A. The woman feels sorry for the man. B. The man is a member of the staff. C. The woman is asking the man to leave. D. The area is for passengers only. 8. A. Relieved. B. Confused. C. Annoyed. D. Sympathetic. 9. A. Turn the alarm off. B. Move his alarm farther. C. Catch a later bus. D. Go to bed earlier. 10. 10. A. A. T he girl‟s request will be granted The girl‟s request will be granted . B. The girl is outstanding in the class. C. The girl has completed the course. D. Only the girl took the make-up exam. 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. Because she wasn‟t being taken seriously. B. Because she deserved respect from others. C. Because she dressed improperly. D. Because she was not capable enough. COMPLAINT FORM Name of customer: Sally Lo Room No.: 17 Complaint about: (Please tick the right boxes) þ service ☐ food þ 18 area Details of complaint: service slow waiters 19 carpet 20 and smelly Complete the form. Write What What is is is the the the article article article in in in the the the newspaper newspaper about? 21 may may be be be allowed allowed allowed during during during the the flight. Why does the man hate the idea? Because he enjoys the 22 . According to the man, when are people likely to come up with new ideas? W h e n t h e y a r e a l o n e w i t h o u t 23 . How can people now communicate with those not on board? By 24 . Directions: After After reading reading reading the the the passages passages passages below, below, fill fill in in in the the the blanks blanks blanks to to to make make make the the the passages passages passages coherent coherent coherent and 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. AA. risky B. solution C. adaptation D. genetic E. restricted F. partially G. ruined H. inconvenience I. occur J. qualify K. completely terrible potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there‟s the danger of deep-vein thrombosis (深静脉血栓), ___55___ to germs and radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than people who stay in place. The psychological and emotional damage of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience “travel disorientation” from ___56___ places and time zones so often. They also ___57___ mounting stress, given that “time spent travelling will rarely be balanced through a reduced workload, and that that there there there may may may be be be anxieties anxieties anxieties ___58___ ___58___ ___58___ with with with work work work continuing continuing continuing to to to pile pile pile up up up while while while being being being away”. away”. away”. ___59___ ___59___ ___59___ the the absence from family and friends, “hypermobility is frequently a /an ___60___ e xperience,” the authors write. experience,” the authors write. The accumulated impact can be astonishing and great. Finally, Finally, there there there are are are the the the ___61___ ___61___ ___61___ effects. effects. effects. Marriages Marriages Marriages suffer suffer suffer from from from the the the time time time apart, apart, apart, as as as does does does children‟s children‟s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more ___62___, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more ___63___ duties. There‟s a gender inequality here, since most business travellers are men. men. Friendships Friendships Friendships also also also suffer suffer suffer, , , as as as business business business travellers travellers travellers often often often “sacrifice “sacrifice “sacrifice local local local collective collective collective activities activities activities and and and instead instead ___64___ their immediate families when returning from trips”.Of course, these impacts are moderated by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a small part of the population population that that that is is is already already already doing doing doing rather rather rather well. well. well. The The The “mobile “mobile elite (精英)” ” tend tend tend to to to have have have higher higher higher incomes incomes incomes and and ___65___ to better health care than the population at large. So these may be problems of the 1% (or the 3%, or the 5%). But they‟re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances' Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concern as well. 51. A. travel B. proof C. damage D. consequence 52. A. brighter B. wiser C. darker D. lazier 53. A. effects B. benefits C. limits D. costs 54. A. impose B. foresee C. declare D. memorize 55. A. connection B. adaptation C. exposure D. familiarity 56. A. changing B. leaving C. taking D. pursuing 57. A. handle B. relieve C. suffer D. lay 58. A. infected B. associated C. greeted D. packed 59. A. Due to B. According to C. Regardless of D. In case of 60. A. surprising B. relaxing C. fulfilling D. isolating 61. A. cultural B. conscious C. social D. negative 62. A. unequal B. invisible C. pleasant D. permanent 63. A. personal B. related C. professional D. domestic 64. A. prioritize B. mobilize C. seek D. support 65. A. devotion B. objection C. response D. access Section BDirections: Read Read the the the following following following passages. passages. passages. Each Each Each passage passage passage is is is followed followed followed by by by several several several questions questions questions or or or unfinished unfinished statements. statements. For each of them there 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)In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students about their final examination, one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smart phone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized, “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?”“I can‟t read read my own handwriting,”my own handwriting,” the young woman explained. “It‟s b est if I take best if I take a picture of your writing so I can understand the notes.”That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes. For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehend their own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safe place to store material. They might lose paper, they reasoned, but they wouldn‟t lose their phones. Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had noted information on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to the discussion attentively. Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significant questions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking? Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merely recording necessary information —it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouraging students to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a method has a long history doesn‟t mean it‟s out of of date. date. date. Writing Writing things things down down down engages engages engages a a a student‟s student‟s student‟s br br brain ain ain in in in listening, listening, listening, visual, visual, visual, and and kinesthetic (触觉的) learning learning——a a view view view supported supported supported by by by a a a longstanding longstanding longstanding research. research. research. The The The act act act of of of writing writing writing down down down information information information enables enables enables a a person to begin committing it to memory, and to process and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts. Taking Taking a a a picture picture picture does does does indeed indeed indeed record record record the the the information, information, information, but but but it it it deletes deletes deletes some some some of of of the the the necessary necessary necessary mental mental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective? 66. The woman apologized in the class because she_________. A. had the bad handwriting B. miss ed the teachers‟ directionsC. took a picture of the board D. disturbed other students‟ learning67. According to the passage, which of the following may NOT explain students‟ reluctance to take notes? A. They lack proper techniques for taking notes. B. They want to listen more attentively in class. C. They believe smart phones are much safer for storing notes. D. They want to have the exact version of the notes on the board. 68. According to the passage, taking notes by hand__________. A. requires students to think independently B. helps students actively participate in learning C. proves to be an old and useless learning method D. seems unsuitable for students to learn new ideas 69. What is the main idea of this passage? A. The traditional way of note-taking should be replaced. B. A modern way of note-taking is catching on. C. Note-taking by hand is not out of date. D. A picture is worth a thousand words. (B)Travelling BrochureTravelling Information in Melbourne, AustraliaTour Name: Phillip Island, Penguins, Koalas and Kangaroos Price: Starting from AUD $115 per personl Tour HighlightsPhillip Island, Penguins, Koalas and Kangaroos Per person Season Aug 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2013 Tour Code Days of Week Adult Child Tour only Mon…Sun$115.00 $58.00 Mon…Sun$140.00 $83.00 Tour includingViewing PlatformPenguin Plusthemselves. I imagine children must be rather relieved to be thrown out, for in the process of being cared for, he or she is reluctantly carried about in a hide sling (背婴儿带) wherever the mother goes. Whenever themother is in her field, she loosens the sling and lets the baby to the ground none too slowly, and laughs if it is hurt. Then she goes about her business, leaving the child there, almost hoping that some fierce animals will come along and carry it off. This sometimes happens. Such behaviour does not endear children to theirparents or parents to their children.Many of you probably reacted to the Ik with some horror and shock. It is very tempting to conclude that these these people people people are are are primitive, primitive, primitive, savage savage savage and and and inhuman, inhuman, inhuman, and and and that that that their their their concept concept concept of of of the the the ……family family‟‟ is is deeply deeply deeply wrong. wrong. However, sociologists argue that it is wrong to simply judge such societies and their family arrangements as unnatural and untypical. We need to understand that such arrangements may have positive functions. In the case case of of of the the the Ik, Ik, Ik, with with with the the the exceptional exceptional exceptional circumstances circumstances circumstances they they they find find find themselves themselves themselves in in —drought drought and and and famine famine —their family arrangements help ensure the survival of the tribe. Moreover, Moreover, some some some of of of you you you may may may have have have concluded concluded concluded that that that British British British family family family life life life and and and the the the Ik Ik Ik have have have some some some things things things in in common. common. British British British family family family is is is not not not universally universally universally experienced experienced experienced as as as positive positive positive for for for all all all family family family members. members. members. For For For some some members of our own society —for young and old alike —family life may be characterized by violence, abuse and isolation. The The problem problem problem with with with studying studying studying the the the family family family is is is that that that we we we all all all think think think we we we are are are experts. experts. experts. This This This is is is not not not surprising, surprising, considering that most of us are born in families and socialized into family roles and responsibilities. It is an institution most of us feel very comfortable with and regard as …natural natural‟‟. For many of us, it is a cornerstone of our social world, a place to which we can retreat and take refuge from the stresses of the outside world. It is the place in which we are loved for who we are, rather than what we are. Family living and family events are are probably probably probably the the the most most most important important important aspects aspects aspects of of of our our our lives. lives. lives. It It It is is is no no no wonder wonder wonder that that that we we we tend tend tend to to to hold hold hold very very very fierce, fierce, emotional, and perhaps irrational, views about family life and how it ought to be organized. Such …taken for granted granted‟‟ views make it very difficult for us to objectively examine family arrangements that differ from our own experience —such as those of the Ik —without making critical judgements. 73. Which of the following ideas do the Ik hold according to the passage? A. The family is the centre of their life. B. The old are the luxuries they should treasure. C. Their children should be abandoned when born. D. The survival of the tribe is what they should strive for. 74. Which of the following will the author probably agree with in the case of Ik? A. The children are a great burden to their family. B. Mothers prefer to carry their children here and there. C. The children enjoy warm relationship with their parents. D. Many children should be left at the mercy of fierce animals in the field. 75. According to the author, both British family life and that of the Ik ______. A. contain negative elements B. ensure longevity C. experience ups and downs D. endear family members 76. All of the following statements support “family is the cornerstone ” EXCEPT that ______. A. we turn to family as our harbour in heart B. we find we love and are loved in the family C. we believe family is the top priority in our life D. we pour our bad mood upon our family members 77. The author writes this passage to tell us ______. A. family life has various positive functions The carmaker is in the pioneer of a materials revolution, which genome”—a database with the properties of all known and predicted a database with the properties of all known and predicted ) that has usually depended mostly researchers will first define what they want, and their computers will then develop a list The new science will improve today‟s materials, too, leading to stron ger steels, new kinds of alloy and part plastic. plastic. plastic. On On On the the the far far far horizon horizon horizon are are are bigger bigger of electric electric electric cars cars cars or or or store store store solar solar solar and and and wind wind wind power, power, As well as revolutionising products, these new materials could also revolutionise how they are made. There will always be room for the mass production of some low-value, commodity items. But as a rule, when 我认为在做出最终决定前，我们有必要和父母讨论一下这个问题。
2016年浦东新区高三一模英语试卷及答案
2016年浦东新区高三一模英语试卷及答案2016年浦东新区高三一模英语试卷及答案Directions: Beneath each of the folloing sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one anser that best pletes the sentence.Section ADirections: Beneath each of the folloing sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one anser that best pletes the sentence.25. China has made a series of technological advances _______ constructing high-speed railays.A. onB. toC. inD. for26. Our principal ould like to accept _______ of the practical suggestions on ho to improve students lunch.A. eitherB. neitherC. bothD. any27. Look! Someone _______ the laptop.Well, it asn t me. I didn t do it.A. has repairedB. is repairingC. had repairedD. as repairing28. After the meeting, e ent to the supermarket to do some shopping, only to be told that it _______.A. as being decoratedB. as decoratingC. is being decoratedD. has been decorating29. Babies given more love and affection by their mothers_______ deal better ith stress and anxiety hen they gro up.A. needB. mustC. shallD. may30. The latest research _______ shos that micro blog is the most popular social netorking tool among Chinese netizens.A. to undertakeB. undertakenC. undertakingD. having been undertaken31. _______ our life goals ill guide us to a bright future,ithout hich e may aste our lifetime.A. Having setB. SetC. SettingD. To be set32. The government ill e up ith more volunteer projects just _______ the volunteer industry.A. to promoteB. to be promotedC. promotingD. being promoted33. _______ you start ith one small positive thing during your day, you ll begin to move into a more positive situation.A. Even ifB. In caseC. As long asD. As far as34. When you are older, you are better equipped mentally to cope ith _______ happens.A. hoeverB. heneverC. hicheverD. hatever35. A lot of lovers chose to get married on Dec. 12, 2016, _______ the date, the month and the year match.A. thatB. on hichC. in hichD. hich36. The limits of a person s intelligence are fixed at birth, but _______ he reaches these limits depends on his environment.A. ifB. thatC. hetherD. hat37. From inside the dark house _______.A. some strange smell cameB. came some strange smellC. had some strange smell eD. did some strange smell e38. Changing the passord on your hacked account isn t a lasting solution if you don t remove any virus, _______?A. don t youB. do youC. isn t itD. is it39. The ord positive energy is being more than mon in nespapers and magazines _______you could notice.A. beforeB. sinceC. henD. after40. _______ several important decisions based on emotion instead of reason, he felt bitterly regretted.A. MakingB. Having madeC. MadeD. To makeSection BDirections: Complete the folloing passage by using the ords inthe box. Each ord can only be used once. Note that there is one ord more than you need.A. inappropriateB. questionC. inexperiencedD. changesE. trendsF. job-relatedG. assessH. dissatisfactionI. professionJ. occursNursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly ith the false impression that nurses are there to ait on the position. As nurses, e are licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, __41__ physical as ell as emotional problems, coordinate patient-related services and make all of our nursing decisions based upon hat is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any circumstance, e feel that the physician s order is __42__ or unsafe, e have a legal responsibility to __43__that order or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job ith every eekend off. All nurses are aare of that before they enter the __44__. The emotional and physical stress, hoever, hich __45__ due to hard orking hours is a prime reason for a lot of the career __46__. It is sometimes required that e ork overtime and that e change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except __47__ friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are no staffed by ne graduates as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of medically-related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand __48__ in our medical system. But if __49__ continue as predicted, they ill find that most critical hospital care ill be provided by ne, inexperienced and sometimes inadequately-trained nurses.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the folloing passage there are four ords or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank ith the ord or phrase that best fits the context.The famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison once claimed that genius as one percent inspiration and ninety?-nine percent perspirationonly by gifted individuals. Talent is a false belief, and it is time that people got rid of it, they said. This theory a dramatic __55__ ith traditional beliefs has been __56__ by academics orldide. In fact, studies of acplished artists and mathematicians, and top tennis players and simmers, have reported fe early signs of __57__ in these people before any parental encouragement. No case has been found of anyone reaching the highest levels of achievement ithout __58__ himself or herself to thousands of hours of serious training. Even those ho are believed to be exceptionally talented hether in music, mathematics, chess, or sports have needed lengthy periods of instruction and practice to achieve their highest level of success. Thepersistent false belief that some people reach high levels of performance ithout spending numerous hours practising __59__ much to the fact that their practice is usually outside the casual observer s vie, stated one scientist.。
上海市浦东新区2023~2024学年高三上学期期末(一模)教学质量检测英语试卷
上海市浦东新区2023~2024学年高三上学期期末（一模）教学质量检测英语试卷学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、语法填空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.Wildlife Report Calls for ActionThe World Wide Fund for Nature released its Living Planet Report, which found that the Earth’s wildlife populations have fallen by 69% in the past 50 years.The report is produced every two years to show how the natural world is changing, so governments, businesses, and conservationists understand 1 needs to be done to protect the Earth. The team looks at several factors. One is the Living Planet Index (LPI), 2 examines how wildlife populations have changed over time. A total of 5, 268 species across the world have been tracked, including birds, fish, insects, and mammals.The change in wildlife varies around the world. South America and the Caribbean are the most affected. In these areas, the average wildlife populations have dropped by 94% over 50 years. Central Asia and Europe have 3 (small) decline, with an 18% drop. The WWF says the changes are caused by human activity. One of the biggest threats 4 (face) wildlife is the number of acres of forest that are being chopped down 5 that theland can be used for farming instead. To find the best way to protect animals worldwide, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is studying how easy or hard 6 will be to help different species. It has so far found that the populations of several animals, including the pink pigeon and the Sumatran rhino, 7 be boosted.While some news from the Living Planet Report is worrisome, there is good news, too. Up to now the numbers of many species 8 (rise) around the world because of people’s efforts to protect them. In India, the number of tigers has nearly doubled since 2009. And in 2020,there were more than 50 sightings of the critically 9 (endanger) Antarctic blue whale.In the US, conservation efforts in recent decades have helped to save several species, including the bald eagle, which 10 (remove) from the threatened species list in 2007.二、选词填空Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can beThere are plenty of complaints about how social media—texting in particular—may be harming children’s social and intellectual development. But a new study suggests that constant instant messaging(IM’ing)and texting among teens may also provide benefits, particularly for introverts, who are 11 to tell their thoughts to others.British researchers analyzed 150 conversations exchanged by 231 teens. In 100 of these chats, the study participant began IM’ing while in a negative emotional state such as sadness or anger. The rest were conversations begun when the participant was feeling good or neutral. After the chat, participants reported a 20%reduction in their distress—not enough to completely 12 it but enough to leave them feeling better than they had before reaching out.“Our findings suggest that IM’ing between distressed adolescents and their peers may 13 contribute to their well-being,” the authors write, noting provide emotional relief and that prior research has shown that people 14 to talk to strangers either in real life or online improved their mood in both settings, but even more with IM. And people who talk with their real-life friends online also report feeling closer to them than those who just communicate with each other face-to-face, implying a strengthening of their 15 .Why would digital communication beat human contact? The regions are complex, but may have something to do with the fact that users can control their expressions of sadness and other emotions they may be having via IM without having to 16 emotional elements such as tears, which some may consider as embarrassing or sources of 17 . Studies also show that the anonymity (匿名) of writing on a device blankets the users in a sense of safely. Prior research has shown that expressive writing itself can “vent” emotions and provide a sense of relief—and doing so, knowing that your words are reaching a(n) 18 friend may be even more therapeutic. Researchers also found that introverted participantsreported more relief from IM conversations when they were distressed than extroverts did. In fact, introverts care deeply for their friends, family and colleagues, but even the most socially skilled ones sometimes long for a free 19 from having to socialize or having to talk on the phone. This is what the Internet offers: the chance to connect—but in 20 does and from behind a screen.三、完形填空a northern Chinese courtyard, or “yuan zi”a skywell is smaller and less exposed to thewhich were designed to 23 different generations of relatives.Although a skywell's size and design vary from region to region, it is always rectangular and located in the Core of a house, either 24 by rooms on four sides or three sides plus a wall. Skywells were designed to cool buildings before air-conditioning existed. When wind blows above a skywell house, it can enter the indoor space through the opening. Because outdoor air is often cooler than indoor air, the 25 breeze travels down the walls to the lower storeys and create air 26 by replacing warmer indoor air,which rises and leaves through the opening.The main purpose of a skywell is to allow in light, improve ventilation (通风) and 27 rainwater. In Huizhou, a skywell is small but tall, and the rooms around it can 28 sunlight on hot days, enabling the bottom of the skywell to stay cool. 29 hot air inside the house can rise and escape through the opening above the skywell, which“works just like a 30 ”As a(n) 31 space between indoor life and the outdoor environment, a skywell acts as an effective heat buffer(缓冲)to shield residents from the hot air outside. But the largest part of skywell's cooling effect actually comes when there are bodies of water in the enclosure.Evaporated water cools hot air, a process known as evaporative cooling which is 32 in Huizhou skywells. In the past, Huizhou families collected rainwater in their skywells because they believed this could safeguard and boost their wealth. Skywells therefore have channels around them to 33 rainwater coming from the roofs.Though existing in China for hundreds of years, in recent times they have often been forgotten by people who prefer modern 34 . Over the past two decades, however, due to a 35 of traditional Chinese architecture, skywell buildings have been making a comeback.21．A．Parallel with B．Different from C．Close to D．Symbolic of 22．A．commonly B．rarely C．apparently D．currently 23．A．bind B．gather C．house D．honor 24．A．enclosed B．separated C．accompanied D．replaced 25．A．calming B．refreshing C．incoming D．upcoming 26．A．pollution B．pressure C．current D．circulation 27．A．promise B．harvest C．stop D．process 28．A．block out B．bathe in C．allow for D．let out 29．A．Nevertheless B．Meanwhile C．Similarly D．Rather 30．A．well B．column C．chimney D．ceiling 31．A．ideal B．leisure C．alternative D．transition 32．A．well-reflected B．well-shaded C．well-developed D．well-organized 33．A．collect B．purify C．drain D．evaporate 34．A．techniques B．facilities C．styles D．inventions 35．A．reunion B．reminder C．renewal D．rearrangement四、阅读理解As mountains go,1, 642-foot Squaw Peak isn’t particularly imposing. But its inviting views of western Massachusetts have tricked hikers into becoming less cautious among its steep, slippery cliffs, resulting in countless injuries and even deaths.Henry Grant, a week before starting his freshman year, respected Squaw Peak’s record. As such, he stayed a good ten feet from the edge while waiting for his mother to catch up to him one day in August 2019. He watched 15 or so other hikers enjoy the view;one hiker, around 60 and dressed in pink, was peeking over the lip of the cliff with her husband.Suddenly he heard something frightening: “Paula!Paula!” a man yelled frantically. Grant turned around. The woman in pink was nowhere to be seen. Several hikers immediately started looking for her. Uncertain they could help, Grant and his mother headed down the trail.But when he saw hikers still searching, he decided to lend a hand. “My young dumb brain was like, I can do it,” he says.After 15 minutes of scrambling over rocks, Grant spotted a figure in pink. The woman had fallen about 75 feet. Miraculously, she was alive.“Paula!” Grant shouted. “Paula. Is that you?”The woman barely responded. She was clearly hurt and delirious. Grant called 911 and waited, but she kept trying to move, and every time she moved, she slipped a little more. Afraid that in her disorderly state of mind she might fall off the rock to her death, Grant crawled on all fours up a tight, narrow path, gaining friction by digging into the dirt with his fingers and feet until he reached Paula.Securing himself against a tree, Grant tried to keep her mind off the pain by intervening with questions; “Where are you from? What do you do for a living?Do you have kids?” About 45minutes later, first responders arrived, To reach them, a rescuer lowered down and lifted Paula up.Paula, who has fully recovered, is Paula Kaplan-Reiss, a New Jersey psychologist who had traveled to the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts for some relief following her mother's death. Instead, she met a young man who, as she stated in a letter to the Boston Globe, was her new hero.36．Paula’s accident on Squaw Peak is most likely the result of_________.A．the heavy blow caused by her mother’s deathB．the slippery cliffs that resulted in many injuries and deathsC．her being less safety-conscious at the breathtaking views.D．her husband’s neglect of care while accompanying her37．What does the underlined word “delirious” in Paragraph 6 mean according to the context?A．Unable to move.B．Unable to stay conscious.C．Unable to talk.D．Unable to think clearly.38．Why did Grand keep asking Paula questions?A．To distract her attention from the pain.B．To find out her condition.C．To encourage her to hold on.D．To get to know her better.39．What kind of person is Henry Grant according to the article?A．Dumb and brave.B．Decisive and sensible.C．Respectful and caring.D．Reserved and calm.While writing plain English is no challenge, most of us struggle to find words or phrases to perfectly fall in place with the content. To help you improve your writing skills in English, we have collected some of the best web resources dedicated to this mission.Grammarly● Grammarly is one of the best online resources to grammarly significantly improve your vocabulary and writing. It is basically an online word processor, which goes beyond others in correcting over 250 types of English mistakes. The spell-checker and vocabulary enhancer are the standout features of Grammarly.● Since the Grammarly app is also available for your web browser, you can simply install the extension and edit all of your Emails, social media posts, or any content that you create from your web browser.●Although Grammarly is offered as free installation, a premium plan does exist which costs around $29. 95/month.Thesaurus●Thesaurus is one of the vital tools that every good English writer has in their storehouse. Building on vocabulary is essential and that is what Thesaurus just offers. 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Using Hemingway App, all of your wordy sentences are highlighted in yellow and irrelevant content in red.● The Hemingway app also provides a readability score for the entered text, which youcould use to analyze the structure of the content you’ve written and build a connection with your readers.●Though available as a free version for web interfaces, the standalone desktop softwarefor Mac and Windows costs $9. 99/month.40．Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A．Grammarly is primarily focused on helping improve spelling and grammar in writing.B．Thesaurus offers a large collection of word entries to enhance vocabulary.C．The Hemingway App’s premium desktop software is available for a one-time payment of $9.99.D．The Hemingway App assigns a distinct color to each type of grammar mistake itdetects in the text.41．If you expect to objectively assess how effectively your content will connect with your readers, you are likely to turn to______.A．Grammarly B．Thesaurus C．Hemingway App D．all42．Who are probably NOT the intended readers of this passage?A．Fiction writers looking for real life materials to spark their creativity.B．Non-native English speakers wanting to improve their writing proficiency.C．Language enthusiasts interested in exploring different web-based tools.D．Magazine editors whose role involves reviewing and polishing manuscripts.I was among 31 murderers sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1962 to beexecuted or imprisoned for life. We were unskilled, impulsive and uneducated misfits, mostly black, who had done dumb, impulsive things — failures, rejects from the larger society. Now a generation has passed since I’ve been here, and everything is much the same as I found it. The vast majority of us are handed over to suffer and die here so politicians can sell the illusion that permanently putting people to prison will make society safe.Getting tough has always been a “silver bullet”, a quick FIX for the crime and violence that society fears. Each year in Louisiana — where excess is a way of life — law-makers have tried to outdo each other in legislating harsher penalties. The only thing to do with criminals, they say, is get tougher. In the process, the state boasts one of the highest look-up rates in the country, and imposes the most severe penalties in the nation.If getting tough resulted in public safety, Louisiana citizens would be the safest in the nation. They’re not. Louisiana has the highest murder rate among states. Prison, like the police and the courts, has a minimal impact on crime because it is a response after the fact, it doesn’t work. The idea of punishing the few to discourage the many is fake because potential criminals either think they’re not going to get caught or they’re so psychologically distressed that they don’t care. about the consequences of their actions. The threatened punishment, regardless of its severity, is never a factor in the equation.Prison has a role in public safety, but it is not a cure-all. The only effective way to contain crime is for society to work to prevent the criminal act in the first place. Our youngsters must be taught to respect humanity of others and to handle dispute without violence. It is essential to educate and equip them with the skills to pursue their life ambitions in a meaningful way. As a community, we must address the adverse life circumstances that breed criminality. These things are not quick, and they are not easy, but they are effective. Politicians think that’s too hard a sell. They want something they can point to at re-election time. So the drumbeat goes on for more police, more prisons, more of the same failed policies.Ever see a dog chase its own tail?43．Which of the following situations is not regarded as a “silver bullet”?A．Employing a roundabout way to help students correct their mistakes.B．Setting up refuges to shelter the homeless war victims.C．Training farmers with farming techniques to help them out of poverty.D．Adopting effective policies to save economy from worsening.44．According to the passage, law makers’ failure to make proper legislation is due to the factA．they are proud and boastful of high lock-up rates B．they fail to address the root of the problemC．they don’t treat people of different races alike D．they give priority to precaution over punishmentA．turn over a new leaf.B．get a kick out of itC．an eye for an eye.D．prevention is better than cure 46．What is the best title for the passage?A．Prisons — A Tool for Election.B．Why Prisons Don’t WorkC．An Appeal from a Murderer.D．Why Society Is a Safer PlaceWhich Languages Take the Longest to LearnThe difficulty in learning a foreign language lies not only in its inherent complexity. The main reason a language is hard is that it is different from your own. What underlies the difficulty of such languages for an English-speaker?The first thing many learners will think of is the writing system. 47 Chinese stands out for its difficulty. It is commonly said that a learner must memorize around 2, 000 characters to be able to read a newspaper. But even this estimate is criticized. Someone with 2, 000 characters will still have to look up unfamiliar ones in every few lines of text.A second way languages can be hard is with sounds and distinctions that do not exist in the learner's language. To an English-speaker, the novelties include the clicks of many African languages. 48 Mandarin and Cantonese have tones, meaning ma with an even pitch and ma with a falling one are different words.The vocabulary obviously matters too. Most European languages share an ancestor (called proto-Indo European) and so their words, too,often come in related pairs.If you know water in Spanish is agua, it is easy to figure out Italian acqua and English aquatic. Languages unrelated to the European ones (Arabic from the Semitic family, or Chinese from the Sino-Tibetan one) will not only lack the “genetic” overlap in vocabulary. 49 .Finally,there is grammar.Many people associate tricky grammar with long lists of endings that change according to a word's use in a sentence. Many languages even feature anending on verbs indicating how the speaker knows the information to be true.50 If you want to learn a language just for fun,start with Swedish. If you want to accumulate an impressive number, stay in Europe.But if you really want to impress, mastering Mandarin is the sign of the true linguistic Ironman.A．They are culturally distant, and so have far less borrowed European vocabulary too.B．This more than anything else accounts for the difficulty of the language.C．Indeed, none of the hardest languages is written with the Latin alphabet used by most European languages.D．But foreign writing systems need not be difficult.E．The overall hardness of a language can be seen as the sum of the difficulty of its writing system, sounds, words and grammar.F．But just as hard is the problem of languages that differ from your own.五、书面表达51．Directions: Read the following passage. 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.Does Reading Improve HealthWhen thinking about our well being and taking care of ourselves, some things that we should do are harder than others. Reading is one of the easier ones. What follows are a number of ways in which reading can help maintain and improve health.Reading allows you to de-stress by unplugging and escaping. In one study, reading was found to be as effective as yoga and humor in reducing subjective feelings of stress over a 30-minute period, as well as blood pressure and heart rate. Note that a good old-fashioned book or a dedicated eBook reader is the best way to do this.Readers may live longer than non-readers. One study found that this was supposed to be due to the effect that reading has on maintaining cognitive abilities over time. In another study of individuals aged 64 and over, those who read at least once a week were less likely to experience cognitive decline than those who did not. At the 14-year mark of the study, and regardless of educational level, those who read more enjoyed greater protection. This effect is maintained into readers’ 80’s.Bibliotherapy, or the use of various reading materials for the promotion of psychologicalhealth, is a well-known aid to mental health treatment. Bibliotherapy can consist of any type of literature and may include self-help books, focused readings, first-hand accounts of others’ experiences, and even relevant fiction. This can be a powerful strategy and has been used successfully to reduce depression, suicidal thinking, anxiety, stress and etc.The benefits of reading are innumerable and reading is a low to no-cost activity. Cheap and no-cost books are everywhere. Public libraries continue to be one of the most amazing resources. If you aren’t a natural reader, you have nothing to lose by giving it a try.___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________六、翻译52．虽然青少年爱和父母顶嘴，但是他们内心是尊重父母的。
上海市浦东新区2016届高三上学期期末质量测试(一模)英语试题 含答案
浦东新区2015学年度第一学期期末质量测试高三英语考生注意：1．考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。
2．本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分.试卷分为第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷。
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第Ⅰ卷（共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections：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. At a restaurant。
B。
In a pet shop. C。
At a clinic.D. On a boat.2. A. The woman。
B. The woman’s mother。
C. The man. D。
The children。
3。
A. Teacher and student。
B. Doctor and patient.C。
Husband and wife。
D. Boss and secretary.4. A。
She will go to school in the man's car。
上海市金山区2016届高三上学期期末考试(一模)英语试题 Word版含答案
金山区2015学年第一学期期末考试高三英语试卷（满分：150分考试时间：120分钟）2016.01第Ⅰ卷(共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. In a library. B. In a bookstore.C. In the classroom.D. In a department store.2. A. Its price. B. Its location.C. Its comfort.D. Its facilities.3. A. He is just a passer-by like the woman.B. He is unwilling to tell the woman anything.C. He doesn’t know where the closest bookstore is.D. He can’t understand the woman’s question thoroughly.4. A. He would rather have American food.B. He has always liked American food.C. He is accustomed to eating American food.D. He ate American food more in the past.5. A. Five minutes. B. Fifty minutes.C. Forty-five minutes.D. Fifteen minutes.6. A. The man has left a good impression on her family.B. The man can dress casually for the occasion.C. The man should buy himself a new suit.D. The man’s jeans and T-shirts are stylish.7. A. Grey pants made from pure cotton. B. Fashionable pants in bright colors.C. 100% cotton pants in dark blue.D. Something to match her brown pants.8. A. They’d better not go riding. B. It’s not good riding in the rain.C. They can go riding half an hour later.D. Riding a bike is a great idea.9. A. Peter hasn’t found Mr. Johnson’s hat yet.B. Peter didn’t go to Mr. Johnson’s class.C. P eter lost a hat in Mr. Johnson’s class.D. Peter found a hat in Mr. Johnson’s class.10. A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train. D. On foot.Section BDirections: 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. Near the entrance of a park. B. In his building’s parking lot.C. At a parking meter.D. At a street corner.12. A. It had been taken by the police. B. It had been moved to the next block.C. It had been stolen by someone.D. It had been parked at a wrong place.13. A. At the Greenville center. B. At a public parking lot.C. In a neighboring town.D. In the city garage.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. You will buy his meal. B. You are expected to pay for your own meal.C. You’ll treat someone.D. You’ll be paid for the meal by someone.15. A. You will be in Holland. B. You will hear Dutch for a second time.C. You will be in trouble.D. You will find it hard to communicate.16. A. People hated the German as much as the Dutch.B. People made a mistake in pronunciation at the beginning.C. People made a joke about the German.D. The German immigrants insisted that they were Dutch.Section CDirections: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. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: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.( A )Playing a violin with three stringsOn Nov.18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert. The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. We thought that he would have to stop the concert. (25) ________ everyone’s expectation, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled (26) ________ conductor to begin again.The orchestra began and he played with such passion and such power and such purity (27) ________ they had never heard before.Of course, anyone knows that no one (28) ________ play a harmonious work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, (29) ________ that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. He smiled, wiped the sweat from his brow and then he said in a quiet, sacred tone, ―You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with (30) ________ you have left.‖This powerful line has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the definition of life –not just for artists but for all of us.He has prepared all his life to make music on a violin of four strings, but all of a sudden, in the middle of ac o n c e r t,h e f i nd s h i m se lf w i t h o n l y t h r e e s t r i ng s;s o i t i s w i th t h r e e s t ri n g s(31) ________ he makes music, and the music he made that night with just three strings was more memorable than any that (32) ________ (make) before.( B )Emoji — a small digital image or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc. in electronic communications, are everywhere. The little illustrated characters that are on Smartphone keyboards (33) ________ (take) over the world now. There are shoes with emoji on them, pants with emoji on them, emoji stickers, emoji yoga, and the list goes on and on with no sign of ending. A s emoji spreads into our culture, I’ve actually heard the following question：Is emoji moving to replace the written word in communication?To find out, I communicated by iMessage using only emoji for five days. That meant (34) ________ ________ someone sent me a text or I wanted to send a text, I could only use the popular tiny picture characters (35) ________ (respond) to or start a conversation.I wasn’t allowed to cheat by moving the conversation to Facebook or Twitter, etc., but I could send a phone emoji to indicate to the recipient of my texts that they should call me instead; I could not encourage the phone call myself. I wanted to see if it was (36) ________ (easy) than I expected it to be, yes, but I also wanted to see if I could influence (37) ________ I was communicating with to overthrow their use of text and start using emoji while talking to me.(38) ________ (communicate) with emoji was a way more difficult than I expected. There were people who were annoyed with me. There were people who gave up after a few back-and –forths. There were missed messages, (39) ________ (mix) messages, and messed up plans. There were people who immediately just called my phone to get the conversation (40) ________ (move) faster. And there was my mother who doesn’t have an iPhone and texts me often.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.when there’s (41) ________ no reason for it. There’s a lot of interesting science behind traffic, though, a nd while understanding it might not make sitting in it any better, it can teach you how to avoid some of the mistakes we all make behind the wheel.1. The way we merge (合并) causes problemsWhether you’re merging from the left or the right, (42) ________ ar e good that you’re doing it wrong and causing all sorts of problems. When most people see that they need to merge, their first (43) ________ is to do it right away. They brake, slow down, speed up, and change lanes in between oncoming traffic. According to the Minnesota department of Transportation, that’s completely wrong. Sudden (44) ________ causes traffic to back up, a problem that’s made worse by sudden lane changes and other cars braking to (45) ________ the merging traffic.So what should you do? Exactly what you probably blame drivers for doing: waiting until the last minute. If you do that, traffic will fall into a more natural pattern called a ―zipper merge‖,meaning there are no surprises, no sudden braking, and a smoother transition from one lane to another, which cuts down on backups. This does, of course, rely on other drivers to let you in at the last minute and be polite enough not to cut you off, which causes all sorts of other problems.2. You are causing the traffic Jams you hateTraffic jams have long been chalked up to (取决于) the (46) ________ of traffic on the roads, but it turns out that even heavy traffic can (47) ________ smoothly if people maintain a (48) ________ speed. The problem is that we can’t. Researchers have found that just o ne person even slightly stepping on their brakes can have a terrible effect on the traffic around them.On even (49) ________ busy road, it can be only a few minutes for traffic to a complete halt behind someone who (50) ________ their brakes to let another driver merge. The standstill usually occurs several minutes after the braking, well after the person that causes the problem in the first place has gone on his way.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: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.Corporate scandals (丑闻), like political scandals, start with shocking revelation and then move inevitably into who-knew-what stage. This is where executives can start reestablishing their (51) ________ --or deepen the damage.Since they were forced to (52) ________ one of the biggest frauds (欺诈行为) in auto industry history last month, the executives at V olkswagen have offered (53) ________ and promised to fix the cheating devices wired into eleven millions of their diesel cars(柴油车). But they haven’t explained who ordered, (54) ________ and designed the software that enabled the cars to cheat on emissions tests while emitting (55) ________ on the road. Nor has V olkswagen said how and when it plans to fix the cars, which many customers bought in the belief that they were fuel (56) ________ and clean.On October 8, German prosecutors(检察官) broke into the corporate offices as part of their investigation. Meanwhile, Matthias Muller, the (57) ________ appointed chief executive, continued to insist that the former executive, Martin Winterkorn, who resigned shortly after the scandal, knew (58) ________. ―Do you really think that a chief exec utive had time for the inner functioning of engine software?‖ he said in a recent interview, as if the p r o b l e m w a s s o m e (59) ________ shortcoming and not an elaborate effort to (60) ________ regulators and customers around the world.If Mr. Winterkorn was not responsible, who was? Nobody believes that the handful of senior managers could have (61) ________ this scheme without any support. Hans-Dieter Potsch, a supervisory board chairman, issued a statement earlier this month, saying it would take time before V olkswagen could make (62) ________ the findings of its internal investigations. ―We must overcome the crisis,‖ he explained, ―but we must also ensure that V olkswagen continues to grow.‖ That seems to miss the point that V olk swagen will neither overcome the crisis nor grow unless it can instantly produce some (63) ________ answers and explanations.Even if they manage to fix millions of cars, V olkswagen executives will still face an enormous (64) ________ from lawsuits, lost sales and the (65) ________ t o V olkswagen’s reputation. There is no device to block the angry and urgent questions that they face. Apologizing is just the easy part.51. A. reputation B. revenge C. responsibility D. revolution52. A. commit B. recognize C. admit D. revise53. A. gratitude B. apologies C. guidance D. authorities54. A. approved B. chose C. withdrew D. undertook55. A. light B. ashes C. smell D. pollutants56. A. effective B. efficient C. extinct D. essential57. A. officially B. voluntarily C. temporarily D. newly58. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything59. A. minor B. major C. inferior D. superior60. A. conceal B. confuse C. attract D. deceive61. A. held on B. got rid of C. carried out D. made up62. A. clear B. public C. possible D. convenient63. A. convincing B. likely C. factual D. solid64. A. conflict B. opportunities C. competitions D. challenges65. A. response B. blow C. solution D. keySection BDirections: 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 )Poor bears comes to the UK, bringing only a red hat, a suitcase, a sandwich, and jars of marmalade (果酱) with him. Heading straight to a major London train station, he sits on his suitcase and stops passers-by from time to time in the hope of finding a free home.This is how Paddington Bear, the main character of the UK animated movie Paddington, is introduced to audiences. On March 3, during Prince William’s visit to China, he attended the Chinese premiere (首演) of the film in Shanghai.―Many Britons were raised on tales of Paddington, the second-best-known bear in fiction after Winnie the Pooh,‖ the Economist noted. While Winnie the Pooh reminds people of the innocence and simplicity of the past, ―the well- meaning P addington always causes chaos when he goes through cultural misunderstandings.‖The movie, described as ―a total delight, as warm and welcome as a hot pair of socks on a winter morning‖ by the Telegraph, tells the story of the bear, who is sent to London by his family, after an earthquake destroys their home in Peru. At Paddington station, he meets Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown and their two kids. The Brown family namehim Paddington, because they can’t say his Peruvian name. After the f uzzy (毛茸茸的) stranger enters the Browns’ home, he teaches everyone how to laugh and love. In the end, Mr. Brown says that ―even if he’s from a different species, he’s still family.‖As Phoenix magazine put it, ―The story shows British sympathy and kindness‖ as the refugee Paddington i s given a new home and a loving family in London.Released at a time when immigration is a hot topic in the UK, ―Paddington has a very clear message: welcome the other into your home‖, the Philadelphia Inquirer noted.And Paddington Bear is also a great example of the traditional politeness that British people are well known for. For example, Paddington Bear calls people ―Mr.‖, ―Mrs.‖ and ―Miss‖, rarely using their first name. he also loves making small talk with people. For instance, Paddington often has polite conversations about unimportant things with people like his housekeeper.66. Which of the following statements about Paddington Bear is true?A. He is saved by the Brown family from an earthquake in Peru.B. With the help of the Brown family, he learns how to laugh and love.C. He is traditional and prefers to greet strangers using their first name.D. As an immigrant to the UK, he experiences many cultural misunderstandings.67. Which of the following words best describe the qualities of Paddington bear?A. kind and polite.B. innocent and unintelligent.C. humorous and optimistic.D. honest and straightforward.68. We can infer from the article that _________________.A. the tales of Paddington have reminded British people to be kind to those who immigrate to the UKB. at the time when the Paddington stories were released, immigrants were not welcomed in the UKC. the Paddington stories once encouraged a large number of Germans to go to the UKD. Paddington’s British habit of making ―small talk‖ helped to enrich the German language69. According to the last paragraph, ―small talk‖ probably means _____________.A. polite greetings to unfamiliar peopleB. conversation about unimportant thingsC. conversations about other people’s private liv esD. Arguments between close friends1. Yotel New YorkThe self-service kiosks at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones you’d see atan airport. There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key. There is even a roboticluggage bellboy. You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes, then wait for a robotarm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker (say, for a day trip). This also speeds up thecheck-in process if the first thing you need to do, like me, is head to a series of meetings.2. Marriott Detroit Airport70. What does the word ―infuriate‖ in paragraph 2 most mean?A. annoy.B. remind.C. amuse. D impress.71. Which two hotels offer a mobile app for customers to check in?A.Yotel New York and Marriott Detroit Airport.B.Marriott Detroit Airport and Radisson: LaCrosse.C.Marriott Detroit Airport. and Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.D.Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and Radisson: LaCrosse.72. Which hotel will send you a receipt by email?A.Yotel New York.B.Marriott Detroit Airport.C.Radisson: LaCrosse.D.Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.73. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A.At Yotel New York, a robot will help you with all the check-in process.B.With its check-in app, you may enter your room in Marriott without a key.C.Hyatt Regency Minneapolis is close to an airport terminal.D.The barcode you receive from Radisson contributes to the fast check-in.( C )Scriptwriters love to complain. They are disrespected by producers, regarded dispensable(可有可无的) by directors, not duly credited by critics, treated like employees by actors –although few complain about being historically and chronically overpaid. Another thing they don’t complain about is ―the exhaustion of narrative‖, though it weighs very much on their minds. For scriptwriters to complain about the insufficiency of original ideas would be like a salesman complaining about a lack of inventory. It’s not good for business.Writers have always known there are a limited number of storylines. And it is increasingly difficult to get out in front of a viewer’s expectations. Almost every possible subject has not only been covered but covered exhaustively. How many hours of serial killer plot has the average viewer seen? Fifty? A hundred? This becomes painfully clear to any writer who attempts to orally tell his story (scriptwriter is closer to the oral tradition than it is to literature). Originality has always been in short supply. Does the proliferation (泛滥) of media mean that it is harder to be ori ginal today than it was 50 years ago? Well, yea. Today’s viewers live in a biosphere of narrative. Twenty-four-seven, multimedia, all the time. When a storyteller competes for a viewer’s attention, he not only competes with simultaneously occurring narrati ves, he competes with the variations of his own narrative. That’s real competition. This exhaustion of narrative is behind the rise of recent ―counter-narrative‖ entertainments, such as:1. Reality TV. Any regular viewer knows that reality television follows its own scripted formulas, but the appearance of being unscripted is essential to its appeal. Weary of so much predicable plot, the jaded viewer turns to reality.2. Anecdotal narrative. The attraction of films such as Slacker and its mumblecore progeny (呢喃类) is theenjoyment of watching behavior impeded by the artifice of plot. It is not ―fake‖, not ―designed‖ (although of course it is).3. Reenactment drama. Whether based on famous events or lesser-known ones, reenactment entertainment sells the premise that these events actually happened and were not cooked up by a staff of writers (though, again, if not actually cooked up, they were seasoned and served by writers).4. Video games. The ability of the viewer to participate in the storytelling process creates an illusion of non-plan.5. Mini-mini drama. Part of the appeal of three-to five-minute stories created for cellphones, YouTube and original programming is the illusion of not being crafted narratives. Just bits of life.6. Documentaries. A staple of filmed entertainment since its beginnings, documentaries, historically the poor cousins of commercial cinema, have grown in number and viewership, an increase owed in part to the desire of viewers to look beyond predictable narratives.Storytelling began as ceremony and evolved into ritual. It was commercialized in the medieval times, became big business in the 19th century and international industry in the 20th. The traditional concept of movies, a projected image in a dark room of viewers, feels increasingly old. Narrative will mutate(变异) and endure. Audio-visual entertainment is changing and narrative will change with it.74. According to the author, scriptwriters seldom complain of having ____________.A. been looked down upon by producersB. suffered the exhaustion of narrativeC. been considered unimportant by directorsD. been badly treated by actors and actresses75. In which of the following entertainment forms can the viewers take part in its narrative process?A. Reenactment.B. Video games.C. Mini-mini drama.D. Documentaries.76. Which of the following statements is TRUE to the fact?A. Narrative became commercialized in the middle age.B. Storytelling became commercialized after the Middle Ages.C. Narrative became a worldwide industry in the 19th century.D. Storytelling grew into large business in the 20th century.77. Which of the following statements is NOT in agreement with the author’s ideas?A. Scriptwriting is nearer to the oral tradition than it is to literature.B. Narrative exhaustion is responsible for the rise of anti-narrative entertainment.C. It is less difficult to be original today than it was half a century ago.D. The appearance of being unscripted is important to the appeal of Reality TV.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Plans kick off soonFor years, Chinese soccer fans have rarely had the chance to cheer for a triumph from the national team. However, hope for Chinese soccer has been ignited (点燃) recently, as the government released an overall reform plan to boost the development of soccer in China on march 16.By 2025, 50000 elementary and middle schools will include soccer in the curriculum. According to the plan, students will be given textbooks that teach the positions of players and soccer tactics(战术). They will also be encouraged to form soccer teams and participate in competitions regularly. The extraordinary young players will be enrolled into local leagues and training camps, helping to build up a large soccer talent pool.Chinese soccer, with the national team currently ranked at No 83 in the world, has been lagging behind many other countries for a long time. Critics say the biggest reason is a lack of a well-built youth training system, which is the key to creating a strong soccer culture, according to the BBC.Take Spain, a team that has dominated the world of soccer for a long time, as an example. It has the world’s best soccer school, La Masia. This FC Barcelona youth academy is widely known for producing skillful and creative soccer talents. Teams in the academy are divided into 12 levels, from U8(for players under 8 years old) to U19. Its talent scouts(星探) are stationed around the world, always looking for boys who show outstanding potential for soccer. Studying there is free of charge. A talented 10-year-old boy can walk into La Masia and come out eight years later as a superstar.The rising soccer giant Germany also knows the importance of youth training. Germany scored only one goalat the 2000 European Championships, which started a national discussion over why the country could no longer produce good, young players. So in 2001, the German Football League required that all Bundesliga (甲级联赛) clubs set up academies with youth teams from U12 to U23. The clubs now spend over 100 million on youth development each year. And they have successfully raised the standards of young German players.In 26-year-old midfielder Thomas Muwller, 25 year-old midfielder Toni Kroos and 33-year-old full back Philipp Lahm, for instance, the world has witnessed Bayern’s youth work paying off handsomely.―Youth is the key to China’s soccer, as late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said‖ but it takes time to gain res ults,‖ said President Xi Jinping in 2014, ―China’s soccer dream looks far away, but we cannot stop.‖(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 13 WORDS)78. What is the detail of China’s soccer reform plan?79. According to critics, why has Chinese soccer been left behind many other countries?80. La Masia in Barcelona is well famous for____________________________ .81. _________________________ has raised the young German players.第Ⅱ卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1．和外国友人进餐时, 带上一份小礼物是有礼貌的。
浦东新区2016学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语听力文字部分和答案
浦东新区2016学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语听力文字部分I. Listening Comprehension (25%)Section A Short ConversationsDirections: 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. W: Ca n’t you knock on the door before you enter my office next time?M: Sorry! It’s just that I’m in such a hurry.Q: How does the woman feel?(B)2. W: I heard Marilyn’s going to college. What’s she studying?M: She’s taking courses in mathematics, econo mics and accounting.Q: What does Marilyn probably want to be?(A)3. M: May I book 3 air tickets for Hong Kong?W: For sure. 1200 yuan for one adult and 800 yuan for a child under 10.Q: How much should the man pay if he books tickets for two adults and one child? (B)4. W: I’m afraid I’m a little bit sea sick. I feel dizzy.M: Close your eyes and relax. You’ll be all right as soon as we come at shore.Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place?(C)5. M: Have you read the author’s latest best-seller?W: I’ve just finished it. I really recommend it.Q: What are the man and woman discussing?(C)6. W: I often mistake Tim for Bob. Can you tell them apart?M: No, they look so much alike that they even confused their mother sometimes when they were young.Q: What is the most probable relationship between Tim and Bob? ( A)7. M: Today is a bad day for me. I fell off the front steps and twisted my ankle.W: Oh, too bad. But don’t worry. Usually ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for a few days.Q: What’s the woman’s suggestion for the man?(A)8. M: I can’t decide what to do for my summer vacation. I either want to go on a bike to ur of Europe or go diving in Mexico.W: Well, we’re offering an all-inclusive two-week trip to Mexico for only 300 dollars.Q：What does the woman suggest the man do for his vacation? (D)9. W: How long do you think this project might take?M: I’d say about three months, but it could take longer if something unexpected happened. Maybe we’d better allow an extra month, so we won’t have to worry about being late.Q: Why does the man say extra time should be allowed for the project?(A)10. W: What a wonderful performance! Your rock band has never sounded better.M: Many thanks. I guess all those hours of practice in the past month are finally paying off.Q：What does the man mean?(C)Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.In Asia, adults in Singapore are the best non-native English speakers.Singapore was considered to have a “Very High Proficiency” level for the first time. Tran says this improvement is because Singapore has a very strong education system.“Well, Singapore’s education system is often seen as one of the best in the worl d. If you look at other English tests like IELTS and TOEFL, Singapore is always at the top－not just in Asia, but throughout the world. It just has a very, very strong education system that focuses on quality of instruction and has extremely high standards for their students.”However, the report says Thailand and Cambodia still have low levels of English proficiency, although they have a growing tourism industry.China also increased its rank by moving from 47th to 39th place. However, it is behind many other countries in Asia. Tran says this might be the result of its large population.Tran suggests three things for countries trying to improve their English level.First is to make quality English teaching available to all citizens. Next, a country should invest in teacher training, and then invest in its English-speaking environment.“I think the number one priority would be to make sure that everybody has access to quality English instruction, and to do that, I think, is to promote teacher training, right? And make sure that you have a teacher supply that is ready to deliver the quality instruction that you need in your entire school system.“Then it’s about creating that English environment in your country. It’s having bilingual signs, having programs in English, and creating excuses for your students to speak in English, right?”The report shows that it is not easy to improve English-speaking ability country-wide, and it also is costly. But, it is clear that the economic and social benefits make it worth the investment.11. What contributes to Singapore’s success in various English tests?(A)12. Which of the following is not Tran’s suggestion of improving English level? (D)13. Why is it worthwhile to improve English ability?(B)Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.Good morning. Today we’re going to talk about the issues faced by children who have to take on adult responsibilities before they are 18.First, let me tell you a story of a kid in this situation. Let’s call him Bill. Bill’s father died before he was born, and for a few years his mother was a single parent. Then his mom remarried and had another child. Bill worked hard in school, but he struggled to help his mother take care of his younger brother.This is a common situation for children like Bill. They are forced to act like adults for a wide variety of reasons. In Bill’s case, a young brother gave him adult responses. In other situations, a parent is sick, so the child has to take care of the sick parent. They reverse roles with their own parents. When you have this role reversal, the parents are so sick that they can no longer act in their parental role. The children cook for them, shop for groceries, even dress their parents, bathe them, and put them to bed. The children make the important decision. Although kids often want to help their families, too much responsibilitycan be a burden for them. They may feel they are giving up their childhoods.Okay, so kids are forced to grow up quickly for a variety of reasons. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Well, it depends on the situation and on the child. As you might guess, the ones who suffer the most are the kids who reverse roles with a parent. Because role reversal happens in cases where the parents have the most problems and are the least capable, their children often feel more isolation. They may be embarrassed by the situation at home. They may feel confusion about how regular kids or teens are supposed to act. But many kids with adult responsibilities see their duties at home as barriers to a happy social life. They can’t go out and have fun. They feel a lot of frustration and a lot of stress.14. What did Bill do to help out in the family? (C)15. Which of the following about role reversal is not true? (C)16. What is the passage mainly concerned with? (B)Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following conversation.M: You’re going to wear out the computer’s keyboard!W: Oh, hi.M: Do you have any idea what time it is?W: About ten or ten-thirty?M: It’s nearly midnight.W: Really? I didn’t know it was so late.M: Don’t you have an early class to teach tomorrow morning?W: Yes, at seven o’clock. My com puter class, the students who go to work right after their lesson. M: Then you ought to go to bed. What are you writing, anyway?W: An article I hope I can sell.M: Oh, another of your newspaper pieces? What’s this one about?W: Do you remember the trip I took last month?M: The one up to the Amazon?W: Well, that’s what I’m writing about—the new highway and the changes it’s making in the Amazon Valley.M: It should be interesting.W: It is. I guess that’s why I forgot all about the time.M: How many articles have you sold now?W: About a dozen so far.M: What kind of newspapers buy them?W: The papers that carry a lot of foreign news. They usually appear in the big Sunday editions where they need a lot of background stories to help fill up the space between the ads.M: Is there any future in it?W: I hope so. There’s a chance I may sell t his article to a news service.M: Then your story would be published in several papers, wouldn’t it?W: That’s the idea. And I might even be able to do other stories on a regular basis. M: That would be great.17. What is the woman’s occupation?18. What is the woman writing about?19. Where do the woman’s articles usually appear?20. What does the woman expect?1—5 BABCC6—10 AADAC11—16 ADBCCB17—20CBBD21. to climb22. exhausted23. which24. after25. what26. however27. could28. putting29. myself30. was fascinated31—40KHBDA I C G E F41—55ABCDCABCABBCACD56—59CADB60—62DBC63—66DBAC67—70EBFA1.解除病人的痛苦是医生的职责。
上海市各区2016届高三英语一模汇编：阅读理解A篇(带答案精准校对)(20200223154049)
One【2016届上海市虹口区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)In job interviews, we’re often asked about our strengths and weaknesses. And, as a matter of fact, most of us know automatically how to respond.Common wisdom tells us to use faux weaknesses, which means things that are strengths described as negatives and turned into positives. You might even be able to change your weaknessinto a skill for a job you’re not fully qualified for.In America, in a championship game you are unlikely to see athletes showing weakness. Ifthe athletes become hurt in this game, they will hide their injuries —they don’t want their competitors to know their weak spots. But there is absolutely no need for us to act like this inbusiness affairs.At work and in business, you can have shortcomings because these can be overcome andturned into strengths. The only fatal thing is to not realize that all your weaknesses can be madestrong. Of course, to make up for shortcomings, you must first be aware of what your weaknessesreally are.Have you ever wondered what has happened when you interview for a job you’re fullyqualified for, but it goes to someone who doesn’tseem to be qualified at all? How would thatperson get the job when he had none of the qualifications listed in the job ad?That applicant figured out the business pain point that is seldom, if ever, mentioned in the jobad, and then how to address it. He didn’t talk about how he met each of the requirements on the job ad. He had none of the qualifications. He asked questions instead. He asked probing (探询的) questions to learn more about the business pain. By doing so, this less-qualified person soonlearned that the hiring managers needed something different from what was listed in the job ad.Not accepting the job ad as an unquestionable truth is the key. There is no reason to think thathiring managers actually know what they need when they write job ads. They may need someonecompletely different from what they describe. That is why you can get a job that you’re notqualified for.66. The underlined word “faux” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to “__________”.A. incorrectB. illogicalC. falseD. imaginary67. What exactly does the author advise you to do when you are a weak candidate for a job?A. Don’t ask questions if you think you are a weak candidate.B. Ask questions about the job until you find you have something to offer.C. Don’t let your interviewer know your weaknesses but tell him your strengths.D. Ask questions according to the job description to see if you can be a qualified candidate.68. Why does the author think an applicant can get a job that he’s not qualified for?A. Because hiring managers may change their mind in the job interview.B. Because hiring managers may actually need someone who can ask questions.C. Because the applicant may not know that he actually has the required qualifications.D. Because hiring managers may not know what they actually need when writing the ad.69. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. You can change you weaknesses into strengths in job interviews.B. Don’t expose your weaknesses but show your strengths in job interviews.C. Find out the business pain point not mentioned in the job ad in job interviews.D. Hiring managers usually don’t know what qualifications they really need.Keys: 66-69: CBDATwo【2016届上海市黄浦区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: 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 theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Rosalind Franklin always liked facts. She was logical and precise,and impatient with things that were otherwise. She decided to become ascientist when she was 15. She passed the examination for admission toCambridge University in 1938, and it sparked a family crisis. Althoughher family was well-to-do and had a tradition of public service and charity,her father disapproved of university education for women. He refused to pay. An aunt stepped inand said Franklin should go to school, and she would pay for it. Franklin’s mother also took her side until her father finally gave in.She was invited to King’s College in London to join a team of scientists. The leader ofthe team assigned her to work on DNA with a graduate student. Franklin’s assumption was that it was her own project. The laboratory’s second-in-command, Maurice Wilkins, was on vacation at the time, and when he returned, their relationship was puzzling. He assumed she was to assist his work; she assumed she’d be the only one working on DNA. They had powerful personality differences as well: Franklin direct, quick, decisive, and Wilkins shy, hesitant, and passive.In 1953, Wilkins changed the course of DNA history by disclosing, without Franklin’s permission, her Photo 51 to competing scientist James Watson, who was working on his own DNA model with Francis Crick at Cambridge. Upon seeing the photograph, Watson said, “My jaw fell open and my pulse began to race,” according to author Brenda Maddox who wrote the book Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA.The two scientists did in fact use what they saw in Photo 51 as the basis for their famous model of DNA, which they published on March 7, 1953, and for which they received a Nobel Prize in 1962. Crick and Watson were also able to take most of the credit for the finding: they included a footnote acknowledging that they were “stimulated by a general knowledge”of Franklin’s and Wilkin’s unpublished contribution, when much of their work was rooted in Franklin’s photo and findings. Franklin didn’t know that these men based their article on her research, and she didn’t complain either, likely as a result of her upbringing. Franklin “didn’t do anything that would invite criticism… (that was) bred into her,” Maddox said.66. Wilkins’ relationship with Franklin was characterized by __________.A. unity and harmonyB. confusion and competitionC. cooperation and miscommunicationD. misunderstanding and conflict67. What does Watson mean by saying “My jaw fell open and my pulse began to race”?A. He was confused that Crick had not made this discovery.B. He was surprised that Wilkins had discovered this information.C. He was satisfied with the importance of Photo 51.D. He was anxious about the progress Wilkins and Franklin had made.68. What is Brenda Maddox’s main intention according to the quote in the last paragraph?A. To re-evaluate the importance of the DNA model.B. To criticize King’s College and Cambridge.C. To emphasize Franklin’s importance in science.D. To deny Watson’s and Crick’s contribution to science.69. Franklin’s career as a scientist demonstrates _____________.A. that her work was pointing at the most difficult problemB. that she was the only female scientist during the periodC. the importance of DNA in modern scienceD. that perseverance leads to success and recognition of field scientistsKeys: 66—69 CBCDThree【2016届上海市浦东新区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)In a class this past December, after I wrote some directions on the board for students abouttheir final examination, one young woman quickly took a picture of the board using her smartphone. When I looked in her direction, she apologized, “Sorry. Was it wrong to take a picture?“I can’t read my own handwriting,” the young woman explained. “It’s best if I take a pictu of your writing so I can understand the notes.”That remark started a class-wide conversation about taking a picture instead of taking notes.For those in the photo-taking camp, motivations extended beyond their inability to comprehendtheir own handwriting. Some took pictures of notes because they knew their phone was a safeplace to store material. They might lose pape r, they reasoned, but they wouldn’t lose their phones.Some took photos because they wanted to record exactly the manner in which I had notedinformation on the board. Others told me that during class they liked to be able to listen to thediscussion attentively.Yet the use of cameras as note takers, though it may be convenient, does raise significantquestions for the classroom. Is a picture an effective replacement for the process of note-taking?Instructors encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than merelyrecording necessary information—it helps prepare the way for understanding. Encouragingstudents to take notes may be an old-fashioned instructional method, but just because a methodhas a long history doesn’t mean it’s out of date. Writing things down engages a student’listening, visual, and kinesthetic(触觉的) learning—a view supported by a longstanding research.The act of writing down information enables a person to begin committing it to memory, and toprocess and combine it, establishing the building blocks of learning new concepts.Taking a picture does indeed record the information, but it deletes some of the necessarymental engagement that taking notes employs. So can the two be equally effective?66. The woman apologized in the class because she_____________.A. had the bad handwritingB. missed the teachers’ directionsC. took a picture of the boardD. disturbed other students’ learning67. According to the passage, which of the following may NOT explain students’ reluctance totake notes?A. They lack proper techniques for taking notes.B. They want to listen more attentively in class.C. They believe smart phones are much safer for storing notes.D. They want to have the exact version of the notes on the board.68. According to the passage, taking notes by hand_____________.A. requires students to think independentlyB. helps students actively participate in learningC. proves to be an old and useless learning methodD. seems unsuitable for students to learn new ideas69. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The traditional way of note-taking should be replaced.B. A modern way of note-taking is catching on.C. Note-taking by hand is not out of date.D. A picture is worth a thousand words.Keys: 66—69 CABCFour【2016届上海市长宁区高三英语一模】Section BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questionsor unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)“When I Have Death is a serious theme worthy of great poets. For example, John Keats’sFea rs That I May Cease to Be” and John Donne’s “Death, Be Not Proud” both discuss death in reflective ways. However, the imagery (意象) in these poems shows that while Keats believes thatdeath can only destroy, Donne believes that death can be overcome.Keats is afraid of death, because to him death means the loss of those things that make hislife worth living: “On the shore/ of the wide world I stand alone, and think / Till Love and Fame tonothingness do sink.” Earlier in the poem, Keats says that he hopes this “Love” will be a romance” with a “fair creature.” He also says that he hopes the “Fame” he seeks will be the of the “high piled books” produced by his “crowded brain.” In other words, Keats’s fea death is a “nothingness” that will arrive before he can finish his life’s work or find his tru Donne has a different attitude toward death, and so the imagery in his poem is different, too.s,To Donne, death should “be not proud,” because it is not “mighty and dreadful.” Unlike K Donne sees death as weak and merely a “slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men.”the sleep ofsays that death is like “rest and sleep”. Donne believes that we will all wake fromdeath to everlasting life, just as we wake from our normal sleep to our everyday lives. In fact,Donne believes that only death itself will die: “One short sleep past, we wake forever, / And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.”Keats and Donne both know that death is a part of life, and both poets use powerful imageryto talk about that difficult theme. The differences in this imagery show two very different attitudestoward the subject, one of which is much more positive than the other. Which poet to believe is upto the reader to decide.Not surprisingly, the readers’ own experiences may play a part in the way they respond tothese poets’ approaches. Like the two poets and their beliefs, contemporary readers also may beand Donne’s poetr y remains fascinatingdivided on the subject. This may explain why Keats’syears after their own deaths.66. According to the passage, _________ makes Keats’s life worth living.A.expressing his grand passion for poetryB. walking on the shore with a pretty ladyC. defeating nothingness with his true loveD. pursuing the fame of being a romantic poet67. In Donne’s poems he believes that death is ______.A. generally powerful and terribleB. only a ceaseless sleepC. merely the loss of work and loveD. hardly worth the fear_____.68. Contemporary readers may view the two poets’ serious subject differently because ___A. they are attracted to the two poets’ everlasting opposite beliefsB. they are divided naturally by their positive or negative personalitiesC. their own life experiences affect the understandings of the poemsD. their preferences for the poets’ strong imageries are various69. Which of the following best describes the main writing style of the passage?A. Analysis.B. Argument.C. Comparison.D. Reasoning.Keys:66—69 ADCCFive【2016届上海市徐汇区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Dad,I’m writing to you as I feel it’s been quite a while since we last spoke (two years to be exact, you hung up on me). So how is Germany? How old are your other children now? What have youbeen up to this year? I finished my A-levels this summer. But enough small talk. On our Europeanroad trip in the summer, the journey took us close to your house and I asked Mum and my stepdadif we could pay a visit so that I could see you. Outside your house, I couldn’t bring myself out of the car and knock on the door.I’ve tried so many different forms of communication －email, the phone and I alsosuggested Skype. Yet I still can’t get through to you.My mum, stepdad and I sat around the table trying to work out why I had felt unable to knockon your door that day. At last it came to me. I think, perhaps subconsciously, I was saving myselfthe grief of your response.Why can’t your parental obligations stretch to all three of your children, not just your tworecent ones? In our previous conversations, which ended suddenly, as your older son needed to beput to bed, I’d ask you how he was doing at school, and you’d talk about the weather. No one listening would be able to tell there was any difference between our relationship and one youmight have with a neighbour.Forget your excuses – that the flight to visit me is expensive and that you need to look afteryour other children (I hope you can see the irony(讽刺) in that). While you watch their schoolve liked you to be there at mine?plays, don’t you consider that I would haPerhaps the reason I didn’t knock on your door was that I just don’t care anymore. I’mexhausted trying to make this work. Maybe a part of me wasn’t actually bothered whether I sawyou or not that day —you’ve already los t so much meaning in my life; you are someone who justsends me a birthday card.This isn’t me being bitter, although I was initially. It’s just a way of telling you how I really feel.Phoebe66. How did Phoebe feel when she was sitting in the car outsid e her father’s house?A. ExcitedB. PuzzledC. DisappointedD. Embarrassed67. Based on this letter, we can learn that Phoebe’s father _____________.A. lives in the same city with his daughterB. got divorced and left Phoebe and her motherC. has never had any communication with PhoebeD. takes good care of all his childrenirony” refer to in Paragraph 5?68. What does the “A. He ended his conversation with Phoebe just to put his son to bed.B. He lives in a big house but has no money to buy an air ticket.C. He talked with Phoebe, his daughter, as if with a neighbour.D. Phoebe is also his child but he excuses himself from caring about her.69. Phoebe didn’t knock on her father’s door that day because _____________.expected responses to her visitA. she was afraid of his dad’s unB. she didn’t want to bother her father’s happy life with his current familyC. she was tired of being the one who make efforts for their relationshipD. she suddenly realized that her father had no meaning in her lifeKeys: 66-69 CBDCSix【2016届上海市闵行区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: 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)(You may read the questions first.)We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.Using your NatWest Service CardAs a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft (透支) to cover it). It is also a cheque guarantee card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.Using your NatWest Cash CardYou can use your Cash Card as a Solo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo. It can also give you access to your account and your cash fromover 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw what you have inyour account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.Using your cards abroadYou can also use your Service Card and Cash Card when you’re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see theCirrus or Maestro logo displayed.We take a commission charge(手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro topay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.Using your NatWest Credit CardWith your credit card you can do the following:-free credit.＊Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days’ interest＊Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the MasterCard or Visa logos.＊Collect one AIR MILE for every￡20 of spending that appears on your statement (结cheques bought, interest算单). (This does not include foreign currency or traveler’sand other charges.)66. If you carry the Service Card or the Cash Card, ____________.A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wishB. you can draw your money from cash machines convenientlyC. you can spend as much money as you like without a limitD. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK67. If you withdraw￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ___________.A. ￡4B. ￡4.5C. ￡5.25D. ￡5.368. Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.B. You can use the card in any shop across the world.C. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.。
2016浦东新区期中联考高三英语(附答案)
2016学年度第一学期浦东新区普高期中联考高三年级英语试卷第一卷（110分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. In a gymnasium B. In a sports clubC. In a shoe exhibitionD. In a department store2. A. He will keep them for the woman. B. He can carry them with one hand.C. He’ll help the woman move them.D. He has a few more of them for the woman.3. A. At 4:30 B. At 5:00 C: At 7:00 D. At 7:304. A. Mother and son B. Boss and SecretaryC. Doctor and patientD. Teacher and Student5. A. to get a doctor’s degree. B. To tell the doctor she’ll be late.C. To make an appointment.D. To ask someone to repair her car.6. A. He doesn’t intend to get the clothes. B. The clothes don’t look clean to him.C. The woman can pick out her own clothes.D. the woman should stop staring at his clothes.7. A. To find out more about the topic for the conference.B. To make a copy of the schedule for his mind.C. To get the conference schedule for the woman.D. To pick up the woman from the library.8. A. An outdoor activity. B. The view of a lake.C. The weather forecast.D. The benefits of swimming.9. A. The news about Sam is quite a surprise. B. Sam should have stopped playing earlier.C. Sam’s knee should be better by now.D. This isn’t a good time for Sam to quit.10. A. He doesn’t agree with the woman any more.B. People shouldn’t sit too much without exercise.C. Health problems make his colleagues sit too much.D. Attention should be paid to people’s health problems.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked three or four questions on each of the passages. 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 news.11. A. 1 person B. 11 people C. 12 people D. 22people12. A. China is the only foreign country that invests in Mozambique.B. The cause of the bus accident in California is already made clear.C. The death of Isabelle Dinoire was related to the face transplant 11years ago.D. Isabelle Dinoire was the first in the world who received partial face transplant.13. A. China’s strategy to spend more people to Mozambique.B. China’s plan to help Mozambique build an industrial zone.C. China’s efforts to increase the number of parks in Mozambique.D. China’s challenges in the development of Mozambique’s economy.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To show us the negative effective effects of depression.B. To help us understand the cause of depression.C. To tell us the importance of handling depression.D. To share with us the ways to conquer depression.15. A. Doing violent sports regularly. B. Telling what we think to someone we trust.C. Setting high standards for ourselves.D. Focusing on both our success and problems.16. A. It’s common and easy to get rid of. B. It’s terrible but difficult to understand.C. It’s harmful but possible to overcome.D. It’s normal and unnecessary to focus on. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. The advantages of reality TV shows. B. The disadvantages of reality TV shows.C. Their experiences in reality TV shows.D. Their different views on reality TV shows.18. A. Ordinary people. B. Famous people.C. Stupid people.D. Popular people.19. A. Most of the situations are not real. B. some of them are too touching.C. They are full of tension and drama.D. She will never get into such situations.20. A. They are amusing but sometimes harmful.B. They are a form of “gossip entertainment”.C. They can entertain and sometimes educate people.D. They can make people know more about nature.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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.It’s time to go out for a run!As little as five minutes of running or jogging each day can help people reduce their risk of premature death by nearly one-third and extend their lives by about three years, according to a U.S. study.The researchers tracked the exercise habits of over 55,000 adults in the United States for six to twenty- two years. About 24 percent of the adults described themselves (21) ________ runners. Compared to those who didn’t run, those who did were 30 percent (22) ________ (likely) to die of any cause during the course of study. These figures (23) ________ (adjust) to take in account people’s smoking and drinking habits, how old they were (24) ________ they enroll in the study, their family’s health history and their other exercise habits.The researchers divided up roughly 13,000 runners into five groups (25) ________ (base) on how many minutes they ran per week. Those (26) ________ were in the lowest group ran up to 50 minutes over a seven-day period, and those in the highest group ran for more than 175 minutes over the course of a week. According to the study, the benefits of running were pretty much the same for all runners.“Running even at low doses or slower speeds was associated with significant benefits,” the researchers wrote in their report. (27) ________ (reduce) the risk of premature death, they calculated, all it took was 30 to 59 minutes of running per week.“This finding has clinical and public health importance,” the report continues. “Time is one of the strongest barriers to (28) ________ (participate) in physical activity. This study may motivate more people to start running. People who (29) ________ hardly devote 20 minutes to moderate physical activity each day may appreciate the efficiency of a five-minute run.” However, it is not clear (30) ________ the findings of this study would apply to the whole nation as a whole. 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.The common wisdom is that introverts (内向的) and extroverts (外向的人) do not work well together. This wisdom, as author Jennifer Kahnweiler makes clear in her new book, The Genius of Opposites, is __31__ correct in the sense that cooperation is often going to be difficult, filled with batters and miscommunications, and sometimes deliberate __32__.Somehow, however, the introvert-extrovert partnerships produced __33__ results. The key to such success, according to Kahnweiler, is the five-step process at the heart of her book.The first step, Kahnweiler argues, is to __34__ each other’s differences. If introverted and extroverted people want to partner, they have to realize they will never change the personality of the other person. Instead, each partner has to make a conscious effort to understand the other.The second step is that batters don’t have to be avoided. Instead, they can be the means through which each partner is challenged by the other; resulting in solutions that are better than those that might have been developed __35__.The third step is to cast the character. Because there are two very different personalities in the partnership, partners should take on the roles that best fit their __36__ personalities.Kahnweiler’s fourth step is to __37__ the dislike. Two people with opposite personalities must work on learning to respect and like each other as much as possible.The fifth and final step is that each can’t offer everything. Introvert-extrovert consulting partnerships are often powerful because neither partner could offer customers all they want-but the two partners working together are able to __38__ a much more various but complementary（互补的）product or service.For each step, Kahnweiler covers why that particular step is important. Also, Kahnweiler writes, a major conflict can actually be a turning __39__ in the relationship, paving the way to a productive cooperation. However, battles can also deal fatal blows to introvert-extrovert cooperation. If partners don’t bring out the obvious problems, the result can __40__ destroy the partnership.The Genius of Opposites is filled with stories of conflicts, most resolved through an effort atcommunication and a foundation of respect.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.The Advantage of an AgendaAn agenda is a list of topics to be introduced and discussed during a meeting. Agendas generally include a reading of the last meeting's minutes or notes, relevant announcements, a review of the topics for discussion and a roll call. Although agendas take time to set up, in the long run they can ___41____ time and resources.Agendas provide an outline of discussion topics. The outline ___42____ the chairman or members of the meeting from forgetting important topics to introduce. When all topics are thoroughly discussed, valuable decisions can be made as a group during the meeting instead of ___43____ making plans outside the meeting.Agendas provide an opportunity to ___44____ members through announcements about critical events, goals and tasks. Agendas enable members who might not have access to everyone in the organization to announce important news and hear news of interest. Without an agenda, announcements may not be communicated to all the members, which can result in ___45____. Agendas also summarize___46____ meetings to help members review the progress made and ___47____ the focus for the current meeting.Agendas generally mention items to be discussed for the next meeting. This gives the members a chance to___48____ the discussion topics before the meeting. At many meetings, outspoken members are more than eager to participate while reserved individuals may be more ___49____. However, knowing what is going to be discussed enables members to research topics of interests, ___50____ how the topics apply to their realm and then make thoughtful, quality contributions at the meeting.An agenda prioritizes the most important activities, ___51____ productivity and focuses the members. The mere presence of an agenda creates a formal atmosphere and discourages membersfrom ___52____ time. The agenda prepares the chairman and encourages consistency（一致性）and organization. An agenda also sets the objectives and gives the members a goal. This organizes the thoughts of the members, direction of the meeting and the action after the meeting.A collection of past agendas is an ideal ___53____ for external and internal institutions, organizations and the public for viewing the progress of your organization. The documentation helps the public and organization members assess ___54____ decisions, remind them of previous events or important figures and set feasible goals. The roll call also helps administration determine the most dedicated members by counting __55____ and reviewing contributions to the meeting. This can help with decisions on which members to promote or assign the role of addressing the public.41. A. take B. limit C. save D. invest42. A. finds B. suggests C. sets D. prevents43. A. hurriedly B. favorably C. confidently D. nervously44. A. warn B. question C. assure D. inform45. A. coincidence B. confusion C. agreement D. criticism46. A. previous B. crucial C. annual D. regular47. A. shift B. narrow C. lose D. find48. A. choose B. keep C. prepare D. handle49. A. hesitant B. realistic C. active D. curious50. A. insist on B. believe in C. approve of D. think about51. A. restores B. influences C. reduces D. increases52. A. sparing B. wasting C. gaining D. devoting53. A. record B. situation C. alternative D. combination54. A. tough B. right C. past D. final55. A. numbers B. attendance C. losses D. moneySection BDirections: 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）T he composing career (作曲生涯) of Albert Roussel got off to a wayward start, and received one of its biggest successes from a lie.Roussel was orphaned at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather. He built on the music he had learned from his mother, entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing operatic selections and popular songs on the piano.Three yea rs later Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother's sister took him in. Her husband arranged for young Albert to take piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside added a second love to his life — the sea. He studied to be a naval cadet（军官学校学员）, but still made time to study music.In the French Navy, while he was stationed on a cruiser based at Cherbourg, he and two friends found the time to play the piano trios(三重奏) of Beethoven and other composers. Roussel also began composing. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first public performance as a composer with the performance of his Andante for string trio and organ.That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow naval officers offered to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend returned with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.Not long afterward, at the age of 2S, Roussel did just that. He applied the self-discipline, conciseness, and spirituality that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music. As for Edouard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel should devote his life to music, Roussel's naval friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the conductor.56. From “a wayward start” in paragraph1, we know Albert Roussel’s composing career________.A. was a great success at firstB. was inspired early in every wayC. was unpredictable in the beginningD. was a happy one because of a lie57. Who first brought music to Roussel’s life?A. His motherB. His grandfatherC. His piano teacherD. His fellow naval officer58. Why did Roussel join the Navy?A. He didn’t want to live with his mother’s sister.B. He loved the sea because of his hodidays.C. He wanted to practice music with his friends.D. He thought it could help him create music.59. The following factors except______ led to his success as a composer.A. his love for music.B. conductor’s inspiring advice.C. his navy friend’s lie.D. the good qualities acquired in the navy.60. The phrase “a grant” in the first line most probably means _____.A. bank interestB. a credit cardC. an education feeD. financial aid61. A 31-year-old nurse wishes to qualify as a doctor at a university. She has worked since she was25. How much extra money will she get a year?A.None.B. £155.C. £615.D. £515.62. A student from Japan who has been studying in England for a year and intends to go to collegein a few months will _____.A.be unable to get money from any LEAB.get money if taking a first degree courseC.get money from LEA when finishing his courseD.have to open a bank account before getting money(C)Publicity offers several benefits. There are not costs for message time or space. An ad in prime-time television may cost $250,000 to $5,000,000 or more per minute, whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast would not cost anything. Publicity reaches a mass audience within a short time and new products or company policies are widely known.Credibility about messages is high, because they are reported in independent media. A newspaper review of a movie has more believability than an ad in the same paper, because the reader associates independence with objectivity. Similarly, people are more likely to pay attention to news reports than to ads. For example, Women’s Wear Daily has both fashion reports and advertisements. Readers spend time reading the stories, but they skim through the ads. Furthermore, there may be 10 commercials during a half-hour television program or hundreds of ads in a magazine. Feature stories are much fewer in number and stand out clearly.Publicity also has some significant limitations. A firm has little control over messages, their timing, their placement, or their coverage by a given medium. It may issue detailed news releases and find only portions mentioned by the media, and media have the ability to be much more critical than a firm would like.For example, in 1982, Procter & Gamble faced a massive publicity problem over the meaning of its 123-year-old company logo. To fight this negative publicity, the firm had a spokesperson appear on Good Morning America to disprove the rumor (谣言). The false rumors were temporarily put to rest. However, in 1985, publicity became so troublemaking that Procter & Gamble decided to remove the logo from its products.A firm may want publicity during certain periods, such as when a new product is introduced or new store opened, but the media may not cover the introduction or opening until after the time it would aid the firm. Similarly, media determine the placement of a story; it may follow a report on crime or sports. Finally, the media decide whether to cover a story at all and the amount of coverage to be devoted to it.63. All of the following advantages of publicity are mentioned EXCEPT _____.A. time savingB. attentivenessC. credibilityD. profitability64. Compared with ad, news report or featuring stories are more _____.A. believableB. clearC. dependentD. subjective65. The example of “Procter & Gamble” is given to show _____.A. the efficient way of disproving rumorsB. the importance of a spokespersonC. the interaction between firms and mediaD. the negative effect of publicity66. What’s the author’s attitude towards publicity?A. doubtfulB. objectiveC. passiveD. supportiveSection BDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.The Psychology of DiscountingWhen retailers（零售商）want to persuade customers to buy a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing, they are missing a trick.A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, looked at consumers’ attitudes to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. _____67______.Consumers often struggle to realize, for example, that a 50% increase in quantity is the same as a 33% discount in price. They overwhelmingly assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion（护手霜）when it was offered in a bonus pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.This numerical blind spot remains even when the deal clearly favors the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% off the price. _____68______.Studies have shown other ways in which retailers can exploit consumers’ mathematical illiteracy. _____69______. People are more likely to see a bargain in a product that has been reduced by 20%, and then by an additional 25%, than one which has been subject to an equivalent, one-off, 40% reduction._____70______. When advertising a new car’s efficiency, for example, it is more convincing to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, rather than the equivalent percentage fall in fuel consumption.There may be lessons for regulators too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily foxed. Sending everyone back to school for maths refresher-courses seems out of the question. But more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great help.Ⅳ.Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. 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.An Italian company has told staff to refrain from sending any internal emails for a week in an effort to reduce stress levels.Home textiles（纺织品）company Gabel, based in the northern Como region, commissioned an expert to interview its employees about what their main concerns were at work, the local La Provincia di Como website reports. Many said that managing the huge volume of internal emails was a burden during the working day. That made the company's management propose a solution, which - somewhat ironically - was sent to all staff in an email."Together we will begin the following experiment, which will take us back in time to whenpeople talked more," managing director Emilio Colombo wrote, declaring an "email free" week until 13 November. "We invite you not to use email for internal communications (between colleagues at the same location), in favour of a more direct and immediate contact."The company's president, Michele Moltrasio, tells the BBC it hasn't been easy to stop such an "ingrained" practice, even temporarily, but that employees have welcomed the challenge. "They are rediscovering the pleasure of meeting and talking rather than writing," he says. And that includes Mr Moltrasio, who is avoiding emails along with everyone else. "Even if from next week we all go back to using email, these days of experimentation are very worthwhile, to understand and rethink the methods and pace of working," he says.Several recent studies have found that a high volume of emails raises stress levels at work. In 2013, researchers said that a full inbox（收件箱）led to peaks in people's blood pressure and heart rate. And last year, a study at the University of British Columbia found that limiting email use during the day lowered people's stress levels "significantly".第Ⅱ卷（共40分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 你有可能劝服他不去美国吗？(persuade)2. 这个会议只是浪费了大家时间，根本什么决定也没做成。
上海市浦东新区2016英语中学考试一模英语卷(含问题详解)
浦东新区2015--16学年度第一学期初三质量调研英语试卷B. Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear7. A) A science fiction. B) A textbook. C) A comic strip. D) A story8. A) Rainy. B) Windy. C) Cloudy. D) Sunny9. A) Monday. B) Wednesday. C) Thursday. D) Sunday10. A) To make a decision. B) To become a professor.C) To start work. D) To talk with her father.11. A) By taxi. B) By bus. C) By underground. D) On foot12. A) 80 Yuan. B) 90 Y uan. C) 100 Yuan. D) 110 yuan13. A) In a library. B) In a hospital. C) In a cinema. D) In a restaurant14. A) She was given the wrong juice. B) She thought the bottle was funnyC) She thought the juice went bad. D) She couldn't open the bottle.C. Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false15. Zuckerberg's(扎克伯格) father taught him how to write computer programs.16. "ZuckNet" is a kind of communicating software program.17. Zuckerberg agreed to work for Microsoft in his high school years.18. At beginning, Zuckerberg and his classmates built Facebook for fun.19. Zuckerberg gave a speech in Chinese in Tsinghua University in 2015.20. Zuckerberg promised to spend most of his money improving Facebook.D. Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences2 l. A dangerous _____ ______ has been found in one of the washing rooms.22. You should follow the sign and make your way out by_____ ______23. Please give _____ ______ to anyone around you, especially disabled and elderly people.24. If you have children with you, _____ ______ you hold them firmly by the hand.25. Do remember to _____ ______ the cigarettes because they may cause accidents.Part 2 Phonetics, Grammar and VocabularyII. Choose the best answer (20’)26.Which of the following words matches the sound /seif/?A) save B) safe C) seven D) suffer27.Human beings still can’t reach Mars for ____ time being.A) a B) an C) the D) /28.People who have luck never depend ____ luck.A) in B) on C)with D)for29.Tu Yoyo was awarded the Nobel Prize in her ____.A) eighties B) eighty C) eightieth D) eightieths30.The children enjoyed _____ in the foreign culture festival last night.A) himself B) yourself C) ourselves D) themselves31.The Chinese team won the Women’s Volleyball World Cup _____ September, 2015.A) in B) at C) on D) by32.____hiking in the Gobi Desert is not easy, the girl still decided to have a try.A) If B) Although C) When D) As33.–Look! The students ______ their outdoor life lesson on the farm.A) take B) takes C) are taking D) took34.Snoopy is one of_____ hunting dogs in the world.A) more famous B) most famous C) the more famous D) the most famous35.With her teacher’s encouragement, the girl works even ____.A) hard B) harder C) hardly D) hardest36.The light from iPads at night may make you _____ before going to bed.A) excited B) exciting C) excitedly D) excitement37.The restaurant needs ____ thirty chairs for the coming guests.A) other B) the other C) others D) another38.The tourists have no idea _____ to meet the tour guide at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning.A) what B) when C) which D) where39.–Must I finish the work today?--_____. The manager is looking forward to it.A) Yes, you must B) Yes, you can C) No, you mustn’t D) No, you needn’t40.Americans _____ New York City “The Big Apple”since 1971.A) call B) called C) has called D) have called41.The exchange students will ____ for Sydney during their winter holiday.A) keep off B) set off C) get off D) turn off42.____ wonderful it is to produce Chinese first large passenger aircraft!A) What a B) What C) How D) How a43.One of the basic way of improving your memory is _____.A) use the link method B) to use the link methodC) used the link method D) uses the link method44.–You look so sad. William. What’s the matter with you? --______.A) I’ve lost my wallet. B) I’m very happy.C) I’ve won the first prize. D) I don’t agree with you.45.–In my opinion, buying second-hand books can save students a lot of money. --____.A) That’s all right. B)I’m sorry to hear that. C) I think so, too. D) It’s my pleasure.A rich man loved crocodiles so much. Once he bought a new house. There was a 46 swimming pool in the back. However, it was 47 with fierce crocodiles. One day the man had a party to show off the big house as well as his favourite pets.As the man expected , no one dared to stand next to the pool. “I think a real hero should have courage,”shouted the man, “If anyone is brave enough to swim 48 the crocodiles and make it to the other side, I will give that person 49 he wants. I will give him my job, my money, mu house, and my crocodiles!”A. seriousB. luckilyC. pushedD. crazyE. wordsthen left the pool area.51 .“Wow, unbelievable. He made it!”cried the rich man, “I keep my 52 . Tell me what you want and what I can do for you.”The friend finally got his breath back. Then he looked up and said: “You can tell me who 53 me into the pool!”IV. Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms.54.The detective dealt with many ______ with the help of his assistant. (case)55. A good ________ should always keep his eyes on road. (drive)56.It is ________ of you waste so much time in watching TV. (fool)57.Please measure the ______ of the rope with the ruler. (long)58.Peter’s father seemed ____ with his spelling mistakes. (happy)59.The book ______ tells us that travelling will make our life colorful. (main)60.Young people can learn to take care of others by ____ pets. (raise)61.Shall we _____ some information from Internet to finish our report? (collection)V. complete the following sentences as required.62.Bruce wrote some letters to his pen friend last month. (改为否定句)Bruce______ ______ any letters to his pen friend last month.63.I borrow some books from Shanghai Library twice a month. (划线提问)_____ _______do you borrow some books from Shanghai Library.64.The teacher didn’t tell us whether we should go on with the discussion or not. (改为简单句)The teacher didn’t tell us ______ _____ go on with the discussion or not.65.The captain will choose ten boys to work as volunteers. (改为被动语态)Ten boys will _____ ______ to work as volunteers.66.Sally could not understand the English film she saw last night. (改为反意疑问句)Sally could not understand the English film she saw last night. _____ _____?67.The cook was too busy to notice the overcooked soup. (保持句意)The cook was _____ busy ____ he didn’t notice the overcooked soup.68.The bills, very, added up, the waiter, accurately (连词成句)____________________________________________.Part 3 Reading and WritingVI. Reading comprehensionA. Choose the best answer.“Mona Lisa”attracts art lovers around the world. Do you know Leonardo da Vinci also painted an “Earlier Mona Lisa”before? It will be exhibited in Shanghai next year. Joel Feldman, the generalsecretary of the Mona Lisa Foundation, accepted an interview about the painting and the organization recently.Q: How was the “Earlier Mona Lisa”discovered?A: In 1913, Hugh Blaker, a manager of the Holburne Museum in England, found the “Earlier Mona Lisa”and brought it to his museum. A year later, the painting was sent to the US for safekeeping. It was housed in the Boston Museum of Fine Art until 1918. In 1975, Henry Pulitzer, a publisher, bought the painting and kept it in the Bank of Switzerland.Since the Mona Lisa Foundation was established in 2008, we have done lots of necessary research on the “Earlier Mona Lisa”and many high technologies were used. In the end, 28 out of the 29 experts believe this is certainly the painting created by Leonardo da Vinci.Q: Do you remember the feeling when you first saw the “Mona Lisa”painting and this “Earlier Mona Lisa”painting?A: I first saw the “Mona Lisa”in the Louvre as a young boy. Quite honestly I was disappointed as the painting looked quite small and dark. When I first saw the “Earlier Mona Lisa”, I was absolutely stunned. Believe me, there is really something amazing that occurs when you are in the presence of this painting.Q: Why did you choose Shanghai for this exhibition?A: First, Shanghai is one of world art centres. In addition, the mission of the foundation is to show the painting to the world. Therefore, we decided to begin its Asian tour and Shanghai obviously would be the first stop.Q: Could you tell more details about the security for the painting?A: I can’t tell you a lot. What I can say is that we paid huge amounts of money for the insurance and the painting will be exhibited in a high-tech case, and also no more than 2,000 people will be allowed to visit the painting a day. But visitors will be able to come quite close to the painting.69. ______ was the first owner of the “Earlier Mona Lisa”in the passage.A) The Mona Lisa Foundation B) The Holburne MuseumC) The Boston Museum of Fine Art D) The Bank of Switzerland70. What was the main purpose of the research?A) To learn the history of Leonardo da Vinci.B) To know the value of the “Earlier Mona Lisa”C)To find out who painted the “Earlier Mona Lisa”D)To test different high technologies.71 The underlined word “stunned”is the closest in meaning to “_____”.A) surprised B) frightened C) bored D) worried72 Which city will the “Earlier Mona Lisa”most probably travel to after Shanghai?A) Los Angeles B) London C) Paris D) Beijing73 The organization did many things to keep the painting safe, except _____.A) buying an expensive insurance for the paintingB) using a high-tech case to show the paintingC) limiting the number of visitors to the exhibitionD)keeping visitors a long distance away from the painting74 In which section of the newspaper can you most likely find this passage?A) Science section B) Sports section C) Arts section D) Business sectionB. Choose the best answer and complete the passage.Xiao Yuwei is a 15-year-old Beijinger. As the only child in the family, she often feels lonely. She hopes to have a sister or brother as company. Now it is the time for Xiao to realize her dream. Last month,China 75 its long-lasted one-child policy. Every couple can have two children. But what would it be like growing up with a sibling(兄弟姐妹)?A sibling can stop children from having bad feelings such as loneliness and fear, according to LauraPadilla-Walker, a professor of family research from Brigham Young University, US. “sibling can give kids something that parents can’t”. she says. You may not feel lonely because there is someone else to76 . You can also talk about various things and share secrets with each other.But there are downsides, too. You have to share things with your sibling, including the TV, toys, the bathroom and even 77 from parents. There could be lots of competition, quarrelling and hair-pulling.“Children with sibling need to learn to compromise(妥协)and control their feelings well, 78 it will have bad effects on the family relationship.”Says Laura Padilla-Walker.Even the birth order can make a difference. US psychologist Kevin Leman says that the birth order decides how parents treat their children. It will then lead to different 79 in children. Leman explains that parents are usually very nervous and strict with their first child. Firstborns are often responsible and eager to succeed. When the couple has a second child, they are more 80 . Thus late-born kids are usually funny and creative.75 A) made B) ended C) started D) took76 A) play with B) look for C) get tired of D) pick up77 A) problem B) attention C) proof D) excuse78 A) or B) and C) so D) but79 A) method B) commands C) personalities D) meaning80 A) confused B)upset C)hopeless D) relaxedC. Fill in the blanks with proper words.Gold is a rare metal with a lovely colour. It is not affected by a 81 or by water. Because gold is so soft, it can be made into different shapes such as very thin flat pieces and very fine thread.Over 5,000 years ago, gold had some special meanings for the ancient Egyptians. They believed that all gold b 82 to their kings, the Pharaohs. In fact, they put many precious gold objects in the palaces with their Pharaohs when they died, and we can see a lot of them in museums today. The Egyptians had a lot of skill in working with gold, they could make it into sheets so thin that a pile of 35,700 pieces would be only 2.5 cm high. Sheets like this are called gold leaf. Gold leaf is still used today to d 83 furniture and other things.The gold used to make jewellery is usually mixed with other metals of lower value. This not only makes the things c 84 , but also harder. People use the word "karats" to talk about how good the gold is. One karat means one twenty-fourth part of it is made of gold.Because it was not c 85 and therefore had a high value, gold was used as money all over the world in the past. Today, we use pieces of paper i 86 , but many countries still keep bars of gold in the banks. They can change this gold into money by selling it to other countries. About two thirds of all the gold in the world is kept in this way.Gold is found in many parts of the world, usually deep u 87 the ground. It can also be found in rivers. The sea too contains gold, but it would cost much more money to get the gold out of the sea than the gold is worth.D. Answer the questions.A boy has been injured in a traffic accident. His leg is badly damaged. In the Emergency Room of Shanghai No.6 People’s Hospital, the doctors work so hard to save the leg. The boy cries out in pain. There is blood on the bed and on the gloved hands of the doctors. The room is full of tension. In the end, the doctors manage to save the young boy’s leg. This is real life, real drama and …real TV !Since its first show last December, the Story in ER(急诊室故事)has become popular with audience andpointed to a new direction in reality TV. We have already got used to reality shows such as The Voice of China (中国好声音) and Dad, Where are we going(爸爸去哪儿). These shows only want to amuse people. Audience may think them interesting and funny while watching. But The story in ER takes us deeper into the lives of others.Reality TV had its beginning in Europe in 1990s. since then, hundreds of reality shows have appeared around the globe ---there are 176 on British television, alone! These shows are not real documentaries (纪录片), but focus on personal dramas and difficulties controlled by the producers to catch more people’s eyes. The story in ER, however, is really real --- real pain, real suffering, and real situations. No need for controlling here! Some audience may feel uncomfortable, but we can’t help watching, because it’s human nature to be attracted by the ups and downs of the lives of other beings. Also, we learn things by watching others. The story in ER gives us a chance to go behind the scenes and see how hospitals work and how hard the medical staff work. It allows us to imagine how we might react in similar stressful situations. It also lets us appreciate how lucky we are.88. Do the doctors save the boy’s leg successfully in The story In ER?89. How do audience like Dad, Where are we going according to the passage?90. Where did reality shows start?91. Who makes reality shows more attractive according to the writer?92. Why does The Story in ER need no controlling?93. Is The Story in ER a good choice for a TV station? Give your reason.VII. Writing (作文20分)94. Write at least 60 words on the topic “Tom’s Christmas”(以“汤姆的圣诞节”为题.写一篇不少于60词的短文.标点符号不占格)汤姆在圣诞节发生了什么事？由此他产生了怎样的感想？请根据图片进行描述。
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黄浦区2016学年度第一学期高三年级质量监控英语试卷（完卷时间： 120分钟满分： 150分）2016年12月9日上午第I卷（共100分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. Six years ago. B. Seven years ago.C. Eight years ago.D. Nine years ago.2. A. See a film with the woman. B. Attend a charity show.C. Get ready for a charity show.D. Make a new movie.3. A. She is going to be the man’s neighbor. B. She has just moved into a new house.C. She is arranging a family trip.D. She arrived in Canada yesterday.4. A. How to pay the registration fee. B. Why to use a credit card.C. When to send a cheque.D. Where to pay cash.5. A. Film stars. B. Radio hosts.C. Pop singers.D. Composers.6. A. He drove her to the airport. B. He followed her to the airport.C. He bought her a map of the airport.D. He lined out the route to the airport on a map.7. A. The man should apply for a bank loan.B. The man should work in a bank to get money.C. The man should turn to someone available for help.D. The man should take other students’ approaches.8. A. Both the tennis courts and the table tennis tables are free.B. Neither of the tennis courts and table tennis tables are free.C. The table tennis tables are free, but the tennis courts are not.D. The tennis courts are free, but the table tennis tables are not.9. A. In a factory. B. In a school.C. In a gym.D. In a lab.. B. A paint shop.10. A. A stationer’ｓC. A bookstore.D. A drawing class.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear one short passage and two longer conversations. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passage and the conversations will be read twice, butthe 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. To arouse people’s interest in pop music. B. To provide more information about the music.C. To have it lined with the main building.D. To display a separate and different section.12. A. It once experienced serious damage. B. Its rebuilding was an easy job.C. It is owned by a rich family.D. It opens for 362 days every year.13. A. Museum visitors. B. Government workers.C. Music authors.D. Individual donators.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following conversation.14. A. 4:00 p.m. in the classroom. B. 7:00 p.m. in the classroom.C. 4:00 p.m. in the garden.D. 7:00 p.m. in the garden.15. A. He has classes at that time. B. He is travelling abroad.C. He doesn’t like barbeque.D. He hasn’t prepared a gift.16. A. A watch. B. A card. C. A ball. D. A headphone.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. The tickets have to be booked in advance. B. It will be performed at 6 p.m.C. There will be two performances.D. It will be on at the theatre.18. A. The Piazza. B. The Concert Hall.C. The theatre.D. The Town Hall.19. A. $8. B. $10. C. $15. D. $20.20. A. Art Exhibition. B. Ballet Performance. C. Mask Party. D. Living Theatre.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage 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.Infant Day Care, Good or Bad?The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitives personality and lead to emotional problems in “attachment” period from birth to three may influence a child’later life. Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby’s work (21) _________ children should not be sent to day care before the age of three because of the parental separation (22) _________ involves, and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments (23) _________ such a strong conclusion.Firstly, experts point out that the isolated love affair between children and parents (24) _________ (find)in modern societies does not usually exist in traditional societies. For example, in some tribal societies, such as the Ngoni, the father and mother of a child did not raise their infant alone – far from it. Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today (25) _________ parents and care-takers found children had problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and they have regularly reported that day care had a slightly positive effect on children’s development. But tests (26) ________ have been used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue.But Bowlby’s analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects. The possibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the useof statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult (27) _________ (deal) with. Children under three are likely to protest at (28) _________ (leave) their parentsand show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and a half almost all children find the change to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly (29) _________ more and more parents make use of child care at this time. The matter, then, is far from clear-cut, though experience and available evidence (30) _________ (indicate) earlycare is reasonable for infants.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.A. administeredB. assessC. evaluatingD. externallyE. improperlyF. life-threateningG. measuresH. originalI. preexistingJ. principlesK. vitalFirst Aid: Difference between Death and LifeFirst aid is emergency care for a victim of sudden illness or injury until more skillful medical treatment is available. It may save a life or improve certain ___31___ signs including pulse, temperature, and breathing.First aid must be ___32___ as quickly as possible. In the case of the critically injured, a few minutes can make the difference between complete recovery and loss of life.First-aid ___33___ depend upon a victim’s needs and the provider’s level of knowledge and skill. Knowing what not to do in an emergency is as important as knowing what to do. For example, ___34___ moving a person with a neck injury can lead to permanent health problems.Despite the variety of injuries possible, several ___35___ of first aid apply to all emergencies. The firststep is to call for professional medical help. The victim, if conscious, should be reassured that medical aid has been requested, and asked for permission to provide any first aid. Next, ___36___ the scene, asking other people or the injured person’s family or friends about details of the injury or illness, any care that may have already been given, and ___37___ conditions such as heart trouble. Unless the accident scene becomes unsafe or the victim may suffer further injury, do not move the victim.First aid requires rapid assessment of victims to determine whether ___38___ conditions exist. One method for ___39___ a victim’s condition is known by the acronym ABC, which stands for:A – Airway: is it open and clear?B – Breathing: is the person breathing? Look, listen and feel for breathing.C – Circulation: is there a pulse? Is the person bleeding ___40___? Check skin color and temperature foradditional indications of circulation problems.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections:For each blank in the following passages 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.Animal RightsEvery conscious being has interests that should be respected. No being who is conscious of being alive should be devalued to thinghood, dominated, and used as a resource or ___41___. The key point of the idea known as animal rights is a movement to extend moral consideration to all ___42___ beings. Nobody should have to demonstrate a specific level of intelligence or be judged beautiful to be given moral consideration. Noin order to be extended moral being should have to be useful to humanity or capable of accepting “duties” consideration. ___43___, what other animals need from us is being free from duties to us.Animal rights is about letting animals live on their own terms. It can be written into our laws, but is notan actual list or bill of rights as we have for human society. It begins with our promises not to act like ___44___ of others. Animal rights is about justice ─ treating animals fairly.Why is animal rights ___45 ___? It is because we humans often act as though we are the only beings on the planet. Although we depend on other animals for our very survival, humans are the only animals that have upset the balance of nature. There are lots of ways that humans ___46___ animals. We domesticate them and use them for food, even though our nutritional needs can be completely supplied by a(n) ___47___ diet. Although other materials are available, we use animal’s skin and other body parts for clothing, furs, hats, boots, jewellery and even pet toys. Humans can talk about it but animals cannot. All animals wish to experience lifein its fullness. Unlike many animals who have to kill to survive, humans do not. Why should humans cause___48___ to other beings when it’s not necessary?As we do, animals protect their children; they feel fear; they warn each other of dangers; they play. We might differ from other animals in some ways, but that doesn’t give us the right to ___49___ them down, take their lands, pollute their waters, or use them for our conveniences. Animals also experience pain and it’s not difficult to observe ___50___ of pain in the way a conscious being reacts to it. We take advantage, cause distress, and act ___51___ when we use animals for amusement. Lots of pets are ___52___ on the streets when their owners no longer find it convenient or affordable to keep or care for them.Whether we admit it or not, it’s a prejudice to think we are ___53___ to animals and that it is our right to control them, which can only make people act mean, hateful or neglectful. However, each of us has within usthe power to ___54___. We can adopt a different attitude, one that reshape our destiny. This will have wonderful effects on the planet’s other communities, for life is ___55___ avoiding suffering. It is interacting, singing, pursuing joy. We humans can learn to live responsibly, with respect, kindness and love.41. A. companies B. goods C. insects D. providers42. A. active B. conscious C. intelligent D. strange43. A. Indeed B. Moreover C. Nevertheless D. Otherwise44. A. followers B. friends C. masters D. tutors45. A. necessary B. neglected C. respected D. revolutionary46. A. distinguish B. eliminate C. exploit D. raise47. A. animal-free B. eco-friendly C. low-salt D. well-balanced48. A. conflict B. confusion C. isolation D. misery49. A. calm B. chase C. pull D. tear50. A. signs B. symbols C. symptoms D. performances51. A. differently B. enthusiastically C. gently D. unfairly52. A. abandoned B. chosen C. oppressed D. spoiled53. A. accessible B. appealing C. reasonable D. superior54. A. change B. dominate C. persist D. proceed55. A. contrary to B. more than C. owing to D. rather thanSection BDirections: 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 read.(A)①Did English football finally find a new star? At the age of 19, Theo Walcott came onto the scene byscoring a hat-trick for England in a 4-1 victory over Croatia in 2010 World Cup.②Walcott’s lightning speed and accurate shooting turned the teenager into an overnight star. Many thought he was a new dawn for the England team. He was building his fame for his fast pace, with formergun to stop him.” FIFA World Player of the Year Barcelona manager Pep declaring that “you would need aangerous players I have ever played winner Lionel Messi once also described Walcott as “one of the most dagainst.” In addition to his speed, Walcott also possessed good balance, movement and technique.③It was symbolic that Walcott’s goals came from the right-wing. The position had been played byDavid Beckham for more than 10 years. No longer were the cheers for Beckham. The fans’“golden boy” hopes now rested on the shoulders of Walcott.④Walcott was born in London to a black British Jamaican father and a white English mother. He grew upas a Liverpool fan due to his father’s support of Liverpool. When Chelsea asked him to be a ball boy, he usedthe opportunity to meet his Liverpool idols.⑤The teenager’s rise to fame was not completely out of blue. He was part of England’s World Cup teamin 2006, but he did not get to play a match. He also spent over two years at Arsenal, where he was fast becoming a key player.⑥But that year, few were expecting the wonderful performance between England and Croatia. The teenager was the first England player to score three goals in a game since Michael Owen did so seven years before.⑦Although England was full of superstars, they had a poor record in major tournaments. But things were beginning to change. The win against Croatia was sweet revenge. Croatia was the team which knocked England out of Euro 2008.⑧Walcott’s wonderful performance lighted England fans’ hope for World Cup victory in South Africa in 2010, since England had not lifted the cup since 1966.⑨But before England fans got too carried away, our reflection on the past history told us that placing a country’s hopes on one teenager was dangerous.56. Which of the following CANNOT account for Walcott’s increasing fame?A. Fast speed.B. Masterly skills.C. Positional sense.D. Unusual family.57. Why did the author mention David Beckham in the 3rd paragraph?A. To show that England football once had a glorious history.B. To illustrate that Walcott could be entitled “golden boy”．C. To indicate that England fans were difficult to please.D. To imply that people had high expectation on Walcott.58. In the 5th paragraph, the underlined phrase “out of blue” most probably means “________”.A. impoliteB. unexpectedC. impossibleD. unintentional59. What is the author most likely to agree with?A. Walcott might not live up to fans’ expectation.B. Walcott might transfer from Arsenal to Liverpool.C. Croatia might change the history of the World Cup.D. England might be defeated by the opponent in the next round.(B)?OverviewExplore Stewart Island and the surrounding bays in our modern mini-buses. Our guides enjoy sharing their local knowledge of the history and environment of Stewart Island. Highlights include Lee Bay, the gateway to Rakiura National Park, beautiful Horseshoe Bay and amazing views of Paterson Inlet from Observation Rock.Village & Bays TourLeaving from Stewart IslandSeason: All Year Duration: 1 hour 30 mins Prize: $45 (Adult)More informationDeparture location: Oban Visitor Centre.What to bring: Comfortable walking shoes or boots, waterproof jacket, warm sweater or fleece jacket, sunscreen or sunglasses, insect repellent and camera.Car parking: Vehicle parking is available at Oban (extra cost—reservations recommended).Wheelchair access: Available.Children ticket: Children under ten go free for travel as long as they are accompanied by an adult. Reviews“There was so much to see and learn that it was hard to take everything in. The bays we stopped at were beautiful with golden sandy beaches, the forests were overpowering and we expected dinosaurs to appear at any time, the views from lookout point were splendid and the anchor pointwith Bluff brought a smile. Thank you to Chris and the experienced team for such an informativetour.” Ron P“Any visitor to Stewart Island could do no better than take one of the guided tours from the ObanVisitor Centre—especially if you only have limited time available. We had the delightful andextremely informative Kylie conduct a small number on one of the village tours. This is a beautifulplace—a few fascinating shops and restaurants, wonderful walks and warm and friendly people.”Michael Mason “I love findin g out about places and the guide was full of information and stories as we visited everyinteresting place and view in Oban (it didn’t take too long...). A great way to start a visit as it helpsyou know where everything is.” Kiwieric60. If a traveler plans to leave a car at Oban, he had better ________.A. refer to the guides firstB. use wheelchair accessC. make a reservationD. walk to the center in advance61. Herry, a six-year-old boy, wanted to have a sightseeing of the Stewart Island with his parents. How muchshould they pay for the mini-bus tour?A. $135.B. $90.C. $ 45.D. Free.62. If a traveler takes the guided tour, he can experience all the following EXCEPT ________.A. breath-taking sceneryB. charming walksC. dinosaur samplesD. detailed tour guide(C)①What does it say about the future of meat when the country’s largest processor of chicken, pork, andbeef buys a stake(股份) in a start-up that aims to “perfectly replace animal protein with plant protein②Tyson Foods announced this week that it purchased a 5 percent stake in Beyond Meat, the SouthernCalifornia-based food-tech start-up that made headlines earlier this year with its veggie burger that reportedlycooks and tastes like real beef.③To be sure, Beyond Meat’s meatless creations have yet to take the country by storm. Although the 100percent plant-based burgers have achieved plenty of positive press since they appeared for the first time in May,so far they’re only available at Whole Foods stores in seven states. Even though the company’s “chicken” strips, “beef” pies, and meatless frozen dinners are available nationwide, Beyond Meat is hardly a household name.④That may be what makes the news of Tyson’s investment all the more noteworthy. While the two companies declined to give details about the deal, it’s doubtful that Tyson’s 5 percent stake made much ofdent(凹陷) in the meat giant’s coffers(金库). The company posted $41.4 billion in sales last year; prior to thedeal with Tyson, Beyond Meat had reportedly raised $64 million in project capital funding—about what Tysonearns before lunch on any given day.⑤Tyson is doing pretty great. The company reported record third-quarter earnings per share in Augustand says that it expects overall meat production to increase 2 to 3 percent during the next financial year. Butlike a big oil company shelling out cash to invest in wind power, Tyson’s toe-in-the-water move to team upwith a start-up devoted to bringing more plant-based protein to American dinner tables seems to suggest themeat industry is starting to see which way the winds are blowing.⑥Sales of plant-based protein, which totaled an estimated $5 billion last year, continue to pale compared with the market for meat in America—but vegetarian alternatives to meat are booming, with sales growing at more than double the rate for food products overall. The steady drumbeat of news about the negative health impacts, environmental problems, and animal welfare concerns associated with meat consumption appears tobe sinking in. According to a survey released in April, more than half of Americans surveyed said they plan to eat more plant-based foods in the coming year.63. Beyond Meat’s veggie burger made headlines probably because __________.A. it makes perfect use of animal proteinB. it uses high tech in the making processC. it tastes as good as a genuine beef burgerD. it represents the diet trend in South California64. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the state of Beyond Meat?A. It is the creator of the country’s first 100 percent plant-based burgers.B. It has been well received as its products are available nationwide.C. It is far from being a match to real food processing giants like Tyson.D. It provides high-quality dining experience in selected Whole Foods stores.65. What can we infer from paragraph 4?A. The purchase of the stake barely costs a thing for Tyson.B. The 5 percent stake in Beyond Meat means a lot to Tyson.C. Tyson’s investment hasn’t caught the attention of the media as expected.D. Tyson is relying on this investment to raise more project capital funding.66. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Meat will still take over the market in spite of other alternatives.B. A major American meat company is betting on plant-based protein.C. Tyson and Beyond Meat work together to build a global meat giant.D. Plants have been found to contain protein that does more good to human beings.Section CDirections:Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. Many of us just drive on as we have right of way.B. It is this social aspect that makes many people suspicious about driverless cars.C. The latest robot cars are able to make the necessary eye contact with a human driver.D. Humans are always suspicious about new technologies of which they have little experience.E. Even many people with suspicion accept that emotionless A Vs could cause fewer accidents than wehumans.F. These safety-first robot cars could become victims of their own politeness and end up being bullied andignored by aggressive, impatient humans.Would You B ully(欺负) a Driverless Car or Show It Respect?Say you’re driving down a two-way street and there’s a truck unloading a delivery in the opposite lane.The oncoming traffic needs to pull out into your lane to overtake.What do you do?___67___ Eventually one of us feels charitable and slows down to allow the oncoming car to overtakeand give permission with a quick flash of headlights or a wave of the hand.But what if the car waiting patiently behind the parked truck is a driverless or autonomous vehicle (AV)?Will this robot car be able to understand what you mean when you flash your lights or wave your hands?Its sensors could decide that it’s only safe to overtake when there’s no oncoming traffic at all. On a busyroad at school home time, this may be never, leading to increasingly angry drivers queuing behind. ___68___This is one of the conclusions to be drawn from research carried out by Dr Chris Tennant of the psychologicaland behavioural science department at the London School of Economics.His Europe-wide survey finds that nearly two-thirds of drivers think machines won’t have enoughcommon sense to interact with human drivers, and more than two-fifths think a robot car would remain stuckbehind our assumedparked truck for a long time.Driving isn’t just about technology and engineering, it’s about human interactions and psychology. Theroad is a social space. ___69___ “If you view the road as a social space, you will consciously negotiate yourjourney with other drivers. People who like that negotiation process appear to feel less comfortable engagingwith AVs than with human drivers,” says Mr Tennant in his report.___70___ A statistic often trotted out(动不动就搬出) is that human error is responsible for more than90% of accidents, with our tendency to road anger, tiredness and lack of concentration.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in nomore than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Super Size MeFast food, otherwise known as junk food, is a huge passion for a large number of people across theWestern world. But what would happen if you ate lots of junk food, every day? Would it seriously damageyour health? These were the questions which led Morgan Spurlock, an independent film-maker, to do an experiment, which he made into a documentary film entitled Super Size Me.The main basis of his experiment was that Spurlock promised to eat three McDonald’s meals a day, everyday, for a month. He could only eat food from McDonald’s and every time an employee asked if he would liketo “super size” the meal, he had to agree. “Super sizing” refers to the fact that with this type of meal yo considerable larger portion of everything.Spurlock knew that by eating three McDonald’s meals a day, he would consume a lot of fat and a greatdeal of salt and sugar in each meal—much more than he needed. Although Spurlock knew he would put on abit of weight, and that this diet was unhealthy, he wasn’t quite prepared for just how unhealthy it turned out tobe. The changes in his body were horrifying in the first week, he put on 4.5 kilos and by the end of the thirtydays he had gained nearly 14 kilos, bringing his total weight to a massive 98kg.d love people to walk out of the movie and say, ’Next time I’m not going to “super size”.Spurlock says “I’Maybe I’m not going have any junk food at all. I’m going to sit down and eat dinner with my kids, with the TVoff, so that we can eat healthy food, talk about what we’re eating and have a relationship with each other.’” Food for thought indeed.第II卷（共40分）V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.这款手表不防水。