上海市青浦区2019届高三上学期期末学业质量调研(含听力)英语试题
青浦区2018-2019学年高三期末学业质量调研测试高三英语2018.12(满分140分，完卷时间120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10分)Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. At a restaurant.B. In a plane.C. In an office.D. At a hotel. .2.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. Doctor and patientB. Professor and student.C. Customer and waiter.D. Secretary and manager.3.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. 7:00 p.m.B. 4:45 p.m.C. 5:00 p.m.D. 5:30 p.m.4.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A Satisfied. B. Understanding. C. Doubtful. D. Appreciative.5.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. Dick is a real horse lover.B. Dick will go to town.C. Dick will break his word.D. Dick will finish the task.6.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. ¥110.B. ¥165C. ¥220D. ¥1357.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. The woman should decide where to travel.B. The woman should ask others for advice.C. He will make the decisionD. He is going abroad.8.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. How to cultivate a hobby.B. What to listen to.C. How to handle stress.D. What to read.9.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. She is lovely.B. She is ambitious.C. She is humorous.D. She is responsible.10.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】A. The man prefers dining out tonight.B. There's something wrong with the kitchen.C. The woman would not help the man with cooking.D. The woman doesn't think cooking at home is a good idea.Section B (15分)Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions are based on the following passage.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】11.A. Animals have emotion and social skills.B. Animals' mental experience can be tested.C. Animals' choice of partnership relies on pictures.D. Animals feel pain in the same way that humans do.12.A. Identify a familiar face.B. Make a crying sound.C. Build up short-up term partnershipsD. Avoid being shut in the same stall.13.A. Cows can remember what happened in the past.B. Cows are better at making friends with people.C. Cows are happy when seeing a familiar face.D. Cows have a better memory than sheep.Questions are based on the following passage.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】14.A. When one’s throat is soft.B. When one dreams at night.C. When one sleeps with the mouth open.D. When one breathes with the mouth closed.15. A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.16.A. A new anti-snoring device.B. A tissue causing snoring.C. A university dentist.D. A common problem.Questions are based on the following passage.【此处有音频，请去附件查看】17. A. Simon. B. Lisa. C. Mr. Green. D. The repairman..18.A. The ceiling was broken.B. The apartment was falling.C. The lights were not working.D The air-conditioner was out of order.19.A. He would get a repair person to repair the room.B. He had taken the cost from the rent check.C. He needed a month to get the job done.D. He would take the apartment back.20.A. Skills for fixing an apartment.B. A request for legal consultation.C. A tip for dealing with landlords.D. Steps of signing renting contracts.II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: 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.Wayward Penguin(企鹅)Released South of New ZealandHe needed a little push before speeding backward down a slide. Once in the water, he held his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin ___21___ (know) as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after a temporary stay in New Zealand.Happy Feet was released into the ocean south of New Zealand on Sunday, more than two months after he came ashore on a beach nearly 2,000 miles from home and became an instant celebrity. ___22___ (speak) from a satellite phone, Wellingt on Zoo veterinarian Lisa Argilla said Happy Feet’s release went remarkably smoothly. Argilla said crew members from the boat carried the penguin inside his box to the rear part of the ship for his final send-off.___23___ when they opened the door of the box, the penguin showed no interest in leaving.“I needed to give him a little tap on his back,” Argilla said.The penguin slipped down the slide on his stomach, bottom first, she said. He resurfaced about 6 feet from theboat, ___24___ (take) a look up at the people aboard, and then disappeared beneath the surface.“I was really happy to see him go,” Argilla said. “The best part of my job is when you get to release animals back into the wild ___25___ they are supposed to be.”The 3-foot-tall bird was found on June 20 on Peka Peka Beach, about 40 miles northwest of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington. It has been 44 years ___26___ an emperor penguin was last spotted in the wild in New Zealand.At first, conservation authorities said they would wait and let nature take its course with the penguin. But it soon became clear the bird’s condition was growing ___27___ (bad), as he swallowed sand and, likely mistaking it for snow.___28___ the world watching, authorities finally took action, moving the penguin to the Wellington Zoo four days after he was discovered. It was at the zoo ___29___ the bird was given a home in a room filled with a bed of ice so he wouldn’t overheat.Now that Happy Feet ___30___ (nurse) back to health, his chances are as good as they are for any other penguin in the wild.“He swam away, not caring about us anymore,” Argilla said.She paused.“And that is a good thing,” she said.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Is climate change consuming your favorite foods?Coffee: Whether or not you try to limit yourself to one cup of coffee a day, the effects of climate change on the world’s coffee-growing regions may leave you little choice. ______31______ America, Africa, Asia and Hawaii are all being threatened by rising air temperatures and unstable rainfall patterns, which invite disease and ____32____ species to live on the coffee plant and ripening beans. The result? Significant cuts in coffee yield and less coffee in your cup. It is estimated that, if current climate patterns continue, half of the areas ____33____ suitable for coffee production won't be by the year 2050.Tea: When it comes to tea, warmer climates and erratic precipitation aren't only ____34____ the world'stea-growing regions, they're also messing with its distinct flavor. For example, in India, researchers have alreadydiscovered that the Indian Monsoon has brought more intense rainfall, making tea flavor weaker. Recent research coming out of the University of Southampton suggests that tea-producing areas in some places, ____35____ East Africa, could decline by as much as 55 percent by 2050 as precipitation and temperatures change. Tea pickers are also feeling the ____36____ of climate change. During harvest season, increased air temperatures are creating an increased risk of heatstroke for field workers.Seafood: Climate change is affecting the world's aquaculture as much as its agriculture. As air temperatures rise, oceans and waterways absorb some of the heat and ____37____ warming of their own. The result is a decline in fish population, including in lobsters (who are cold-blooded creatures), and salmon (whose eggs find it hard to survive in higher water temps). Warmer waters also ____38____ toxic marine bacteria, like Vibrio, to grow and cause illness in humans whenever ingested with raw seafood, like oysters or sashimi.And that ____39____ "crack" you get when eating crab and lobster? It could be silenced as shellfish struggle to build their calcium(碳) carbonate shells, a result of ocean acidification (absorb carbon dioxide from the air). According to a study, scientists predicted that if over-fishing and rising temperature trends continued at their present rate, the world's seafood ___40___ would run out by the year 2050.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.Michael Wang was a senior at James Logan High School, US, back in 2012. According to The New Yorker, he was confident that he could get into an Ivy League university, such as Harvard or Yale. He had a high GPA, ___41___ at debating and co-founded a math club. He was also a talented pianist. ___42___, his dream universities turned him down. His less talented classmates, who were Hispanic or African-American, were admitted into these schools. It made him wonder if he was ___43___ because he was Asian.On Oct 15, a lawsuit against Harvard brought on behalf of Asian-American students like Wang Began. students for Fair Admissions(SFFA),a US non-profit organization. ___44___ Harvard for using racial balancing in their admissions process. Harvard has denied the ___45___considers many factors when ___46___ whether a student should be admitted, including academic performance and extracurricular activities . Harvard added that the number of Asian-Americans admitted to the school had greatly increased since 2010.”Race a lone is never the reason a student ___47___ admission, ”William Lee, a lawyer for Harvard, told the guardian. ”And race is never the reason a studentis denied.”Harvard is not the only university to have been accused of ___48___against Asian-Americans. In September, the US Justice Department begin to___49___whether Yale University discriminates against Asian-Americans, The case has ____50____ a longstanding debate over affirmative action policies(平均法案政策) that allow universities to use race as a factor when considering applications. The policies____51____ benefit African-American and latino students in an effort to make up for centuries of racial discrimination, according to THE NEW YORK Times, the SFFA wants the use of race in the admissions process to be ended, ____52____ that it causes inequality.”People should be judged on character and ____53____,”However, a student, Havard said that ____54____ the race criterion would “reduce students’ opportunities to live and learn in a diverse campus environment”.Although the case has just begun, the____55____judgement” could influence admissions to US universities for years to come,” according to AI Jaxeera, a Qatar based TV station41. A. crazy B. amazed C. gifted D. slow42. A. Besides B. Fortunately C. Undoubtedly D. However43. A. rejected B. dismissed C. enclosed D. stopped44. A. trapped B. oppressed C. sued D. blamed45. A. charge B. mistake C. claim D. compaint46. A. conforming B. determining C. acknowledging D. surveying47. A. robbed B. granted C. entitled D. convinced48. A. preference B. favor C. opposition D. discrimination49. A. investigate B. research C. wonder D. inquire50. A. preferred B. infected C. fueled D. brought51. A. necessarily B. equally C. traditionally D. unintentionally52. A. considering B. debating C. annoying D. arguing53. A. academics B. strength C. benefit D. moralities54. A. dropping B. setting C. implementing D. imposing55. A. official B. existent C. gradual D. eventual Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Jack London, one of America’s major writers of adventure tales, was born in California in 1876. During his life, London worked at many jobs. His broad life experiences would become the background for his writing.London loved to read. As a teenager, he spent many hours educating himself at the Oakland, California, public library. He attended college at the University of California at Berkeley, but he stayed for only six months. He thought Berkeley was “not lively enough” and wanted to do something more exciting.London wrote stories about working people and the hard times they had making a living. He knew their problems first hand. He worked as a sailor, farmer, factory employee, railroad worker, and gold prospector, to name just a few of his many jobs.London grew up near the waterfront in Oakland. He loved the water. When he was fifteen years old, he bought a small sailboat called a sloop. Later he sailed to Japan on a schooner, which is a much larger sailing boat. Like many people of the time, London caught the Klondike Gold Rush Fever. In 1897, he headed for Alaska. He didn’t find gold, but he discovered something even more valuable. He discovered that people enjoyed listening to the stories he made up with his vivid imagination. London entertained the miners with story after story. Later, using his experiences . during the Gold Rush, he created many more colorful stories.London resolved to live a full, exciting life. He once said, “I would rather be a superb meteor(流星), every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” Each day, he pushed himself. Once London determined that he was going to be a writer, nothing could stop him. His goal was to write at least one thousand words every day. He refused to stop even when he was sick. In eighteen years, the writer published fifty-one books and hundreds of articles. He was the best-selling and highest-paid author of his day. Many people also considered him to be the best writer. White Fang and The Call of the Wild are his most famous stories and are about surviving in the Alaskan wilderness. Readers can enjoy Jack London’s energy and his talent for telling wonderful stories each time they open one of his novels.56Why was Jack London able to write on many topics?A. He pushed himself to reach goals.B. He had a variety of experiences and jobs.C. He was drawn to the Klondike Gold Rush.D. He was the best-selling and highest-paid author.57. What prevented Jack London from finishing college?A. That he was hired to sail to Japan.B. That he traveled to Alaska in 1897.C. That he spent much of his time writing.D. That he was not interested in college life enough.58. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph indicates that Jack London______.A. is expert at universe.B. aims high and strive to succeed.C. is excited about life if the wildness.D. face a choice between life and death.59. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A. To support the statement that London was the “best writer?.B. To describe life during the klondike Gold Rush.C. To provide information on Jack ‘s life.D. To identify books written by Jack London.(B)USING YOUR GOLDEN ARROW MULTIPURPOSE CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE THE DATE AND TIME AT YOUR LOCATION AS WELL AS LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE SEETING THE DATE AND TIME FOR YOUR LOCATIONUse the TIME ZONE chart below to locate code that corresponds with the time zone in which you live. Select the major city that shares your time zone. Press the code that corresponds to that city (e.g. ,if you live in Washington ,Oregon California, or Nevada, all of which are located in the Pacific time zone, you would choose Los Angeles and press the corresponding code which is the 1 key).1. Press TIME twice. The two digits representing hours will begin to flash.2. Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until the desired hour flashes. Then release.3. Press SET. The two digits representing minutes will begin to flash.4. Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until the desired minute fleshes. Then release.5. Press SET. The two digits representing seconds will begin to flash.6. Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until 00 flashes. The release.7. Press SET. To set the year, month, and day press DATE three times. Then repeat steps 2 through 7.NOTE: At this point, hour ,minutes and seconds will change to year, month, and day.DETERMINAING DATE AND TIME FOR THE WORLD’S16 TIME ZONES1.PRESS ZONE TWICE.2. Use the TIME ZONE chart below to locate the code that corresponds to the time zone for which you desire the date and time. Press that code (e.g., press = to determine the date and time in Hong Kong). The selected date and time will alternately display for 10 seconds and then return automatically to your home date and time.60. This article serves to explain how to ________.A. press the or keys to adjust timeB. determine the time zone around the worldC. set global locations to find Pacific time zoneD. use the calculator to display time date and location61. If you are at a net meeting in London at 9 a.m., what time is it for your colleagues in Japan?A. 9 p.m..B. 6 p.m..C. 11 a.m..D. 8 a.m..62. What sequence of steps would you follow to check the time in Moscow?A. Press ZONE twice. Press 9.B. Press ZONE twice. Press+3.C. Press ZONE twice. Press 9.Press+3.D. Press ZONE twice. Press 9 three times.(C)Medicine is the most noble of all the arts, but owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and those who inconsiderately form a judgment of them, it is now far behind all the other arts. Their mistake appears to me to arise principally from the fact that there is no punishment for the practice of medicine except disgrace, and that does not hurt those who are familiar with it. Such persons are like the figures introduced in tragedies, for as they have the shape, and dress, and appearance of an actor, but are not actors, so also physicians are many in title but very few in reality.Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine ought to proccess the following advantages: a natural character; instruction; a favorable position for the study; early tuition; love for labor; leisure. First of all, a natural talent is required, for Nature leads the way to what is most excellent; then instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to adopt by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for instruction. He must also bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance to ensure the instruction takes root.Instruction in medicine is like the culture of the productions of the earth. For our natural character, is, as it were, the soil; the principals of our teacher are, as it were, the seed. Instruction in youth is like the planting of the seed in the ground at the proper season. Diligent study is like the cultivation of the fields; and it is time which passes on strength to all things and brings them to maturityHaving brought all these essentials to the study of medicine, and having acquired a true knowledge of it, we shall thus, in travelling around, be respected physicians not only in name but in reality. Inexperience is a bad trait, and does harm to those who possess it, nurturing either timidity or audacity(胆大安为). For timidity reveals a want of powers, and audacity a lack of skill. Physicians who are eager for power or those who are undertrained are not a blessing to a community.Those things which are sacred or noble, are to be delivered only to sacred persons; and it is wrong to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science.63. Based on paragraph 1, which of the following best characterizes bad physicians?A. They are greedy.B. They are pretenders.C. They are difficult to contact.D. They are the minority.64. According to paragraph 2, what must accompany the personal quality of a physician?A. A good education.B. A supportive family.C. Approval from the authority.D. Popularity in the community.65. If the author of the passage were to use a heading for each paragraph, which heading would fit best before paragraph 3?A. An Herbal Treatment.B. Medicine and Gardening.C. The Growth of a Physician.D. Understanding Agriculture First.66. Based on the underlined sentences in paragraph 5, what is the relationship between the words "sacred” and "profane"?.A. The two words are exactly the same in meaning.B. The two words are similar in meaning.C. The two words are of the same root.D The two words are opposites.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.Help Migrant WorkersThere is nothing like going home. More so if it is for the Spring Festival family reunion. For a migrant worker it perhaps means even more. To be able to set out on a homeward jo urney with money from a year’s toil in his pocket is the best thing he can think of. ______67______. They had to press hard for their defaulted payments, the salaries that were failed to pay up.About 200 million migrant workers nationwide are something left behind by economic reforms and opening up due to their contributions in the past three decades. It is almost impossible to imagine life in these places without them. However, they still form a disadvantaged group. Their rights are violated in different forms. Among other things, unpaid salaries are the most painful of such violations that are likely to drive a migrant worker to desperate actions. ______68_________69___They have taken measures to prevent employers from holding back payments to them. Yet, as the financial crisis bites deep, some small enterprises that are struck the most try to reduce their economic losses by laying off migrant workers or refusing to pay them. So it is particularly important for governments at all levels to do an even better job in helping villager-turned-workers recover their unpaid salaries before the Spring Festival.It is good news that quite a number of local governments have organized special task forces to conduct inspections in those labor-intensive enterprises to make sure they have paid their migrant workers in a timely and fair manner. Construction commissions in almost all provinces have published hotlines for farmer-turned-construction workers to lodge complaints against their employers for withholding their salaries. ____70____. But we need to look for solutions that will work at all times. We need to put in place a mechanism that will effectively prevent employers from holding back salaries to workers.A. Some have reportedly climbed up chimneys to jump to their death unless they get their defaulted salaries.B. It is something every Chinese look forward to as the traditional gala draws near.C. Unfortunately, weeks preceding the Spring Festival have turned out to be hard times for migrant workers.D. Hopefully, these efforts will send more workers on a happy journey home for the Spring Festival with their salaries in their pockets.E. However difficult the situations they are in, it is too cruel and unfair for employers to hold back salaries they should pay their migrant workers.F. Objectively speaking, governments at various levels have done a great deal in helping these workers recover their defaulted salaries.Ⅳ. Summary Writing.71.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.To Friend or UnfriendSocial networking makes it very easy to have friends – lots and lots friends. Hundreds or millions of people have joined QQ, Wechat, and other sites so that they can communicate with friends online. However, the meaning of the word “friend” seems changed. In the past, a friend was someone you had a close personal relationship with. Now, anyone in the world can be your friend online! Some people have thousands of cyber friends, but what do you do if you don’t want to have so many friends?Easy! You can dump an unwanted friend with just one click of your mouse. in recent years, it has become so common to get rid of friends in this way that there is a new word to describe it –to “unfriend”. The new Oxford American Dictionary named it word of the Year in 2009 and defined it like this: “to remove someone as a ‘friend’ from social networking site”. But why would you want to do such a thing as unf riending someone?The most common reason for unfriending someone is to eliminate annoying people from your social life. For example, some friends post messages much too frequently, especially those messages found to be extremely boring. They endlessly post status updates which say something like “I’m cooking dinner” or “I’m doing homework”. Another reason for unfriending someone is disagreement about world issues. A third reason is to get rid of people who write dirty things on social websites.Although dumping friends is not just an Internet phenomenon, far more online friendships end suddenly than off-line ones. Even in this computer age, it remains true that many people prefer spending time together face-to face. After all, that’s what friends are for!________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________Ⅴ. Translation.Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 人们普遍认为对颜色的偏爱能反映一个人的性格。
2019届上海市青浦区高三上学期期末学业质量调研英语试题(解析版)
D. Animals feel pain in the same way that humans do. 12. A. Identify a familiar face. B. Make a crying sound. C. Build up short-up term partnerships D. Avoid being shut in the same stall. 13. A. Cows can remember what happened in the past. B. Cows are better at making friends with people. C. Cows are happy when seeing a familiar face. D. Cows have a better memory than sheep. 【答案】11. A 12. D 13. A 【解析】 此题为听力题，解析略。 【11 题详解】 此题为听力题，解析略。 【12 题详解】 此题为听力题，解析略。 【13 题详解】 此题为听力题，解析略。 Questions are based on the following passage.
A. ¥110. B. ¥165 C. ¥220 【答案】C 【解析】 【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。 7.
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A. The woman should decide where to travel. B. The woman should ask others for advice. C. He will make the decision D. He is going abroad. 【答案】A 【解析】 【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。 8.
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青浦区2019学年第一学期高三年级期终学业质量调研测试英语学科试卷（时间120分钟，满分140分）Q2019.12考生注意：1．本试卷共13页。
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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. 10. B. 20. C. 30. D. 40.2. A. A teacher. B. A coach. C. A judge. D. A doctor.3. A. In the school clinic. B. In the bookstore.C. In the teacher’s office.D. In the theatre.4. A. The man didn’t even know Jenny. B. Jenny changed the color of her hair.C. The woman dialed Jenny last week.D. The man didn’t notice Jenny’s hair.5. A. He kept awake last night, feeling hot.B. He stayed up late last night, working hard.C. He didn’t have an air conditioner in his room.D. He didn’t go to work last night because he was tired.6. A. Checking in. B. Giving suggestions.C. Making complaints.D. Looking for the toilet.7. A. Reasonable. B. Practical. C. Serious. D. Ridiculous.8. A. He was attracted. B. He was puzzled.C. He was bored.D. He was unconscious.9. A. The man is already fed up with playing the piano.B. The piece of music the man played is very popular.C. The woman came to the concert at the man’s request.D. The man’s unique talents are the envy of many people.10. A. Whether the houses are for sale.B. Whether the article is worth reading.C. Whether the house developers are negative.D. Whether paying a visit to the house is helpful.Section BDirections:In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Sunlight exposure. B. Stress level.C. Health risks.D. Lifestyle.12. A. Because fatty fish contain Vitamin A & D.B. Because eyes have special needs for nutrition.C. Because eye maintenance mainly relies on foods.D. Because leafy green vegetables are rich in nutrition.13. A. By using computers with 24-inch screens. B. By glaring at the screen.C. By reducing exposure to blue light.D. By rubbing the eye every two hours. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Contented and relieved. B. Anxious and depressed.C. Proud but a bit nervous.D. Excited but a bit sad.15. A. Choose the right school for them. B. Help them to learn by themselves.C. Read books and magazines to them.D. Set an example for them to follow.16. A. Their intelligence. B. The quality of their school.C. Their family life.D. The effort put in learning.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Mother and son. B. Tour guide and visitor.C. Husband and wife.D. Shop assistant and customer.18. A. It will not be fun with Mr. Whitehead hosting.B. It is a comedy show she has watched before.C. It has been criticized in the local papers.D. It consists of a lot of different acts.19. A. It has little impact on people’s daily life. B. It sounds quite alarming.C. It is getting more serious these days.D. It seems a depressing topic.20. A. Watch a charity comedy. B. Go and see Carmen.C. Look after the kids.D. Book tickets for City Theatre.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: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.Mako sharks get new protectionsAt the global wildlife trade meeting in Geneva, countries have decided to protect the endangered mako shark from trade. GENEV A made the proposal (21) ______ more protections should be taken for both shortfin and longfin mako sharks and was adopted today after a 102-40 vote at the global wildlifetrade summit. The vote still needs to be finalized at the full meeting at the end, when all appendix (附录) change proposals passed in committee are officially adopted.The proposal, debated at this year’s CITES Conference, lists mako sharks under Appendix II, meaning that they can’t be traded (22) ______ it can be shown that fishing wouldn’t threaten their chances for survival. Conservationists say this was the world’s last chance to prevent mako shark populations from collapsing.(23) ______(list) mako sharks on CITES Appendix II is great news for shark conservation. More than 50 of the 183 CITES members signed on as supporters of the proposal brought forth by Mexico. Nonetheless, conservationists feared that opposition from a few countries with fairly large mako fishing industries—primarily the United States, Canada, and Japan—(24) ______ tip the scale. Japan opposed the measure during the debates, and the United States announced afterward it (25) ______ (vote) no.In the past, the U.S. and others have supported listing other shark species under CITES, but not so in this case, (26) ______ commercial interests. For a lot of these countries, they were happy to list shark species when it was ones they weren’t so heavily involved in fishing. Suddenly, when they’re being asked to be responsible, rather than asking other people to be responsible, they’re (27) ______ (little) keen to take it on board.The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which determines the conservation status of species claims that both species of mako sharks to be endangered, saying an (28) ______ (estimate) 50 to 79 percent population decline over three generations, or about 75 years. They (29) ______ (target) for their fins (鳍), used in shark fin soup—a dish in Asian countries, that’s often served at weddings as a sign of respect for guests. Their meat is more edible compared to (30) ______ of other sharks, which is often acidic and is usually sold as a byproduct of the fin trade for “pennies on the dollar”.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.In between all the measures to battle the severe air pollution levels in Delhi, there’s one more option for you — a bar that has “pure air”. Delhi’s first-ever oxygen bar — named “Oxy Pure” — offers 15 minutes of 80-90 percent pure oxygen starting from Rs 299.The bar, __31__ in May, also offers its customers several aromas（香味）to choose from that can be filled with oxygen. The aromas include lemongrass, cherry, mango and more.Customers are given a lightweight tube, used for supplementary oxygen __32__. The device is placed near the customer’s nose through which they are advised to breathe in the aroma-filled oxygen.According to the aroma you choose, each session __33__ to improve one’s sleep patterns anddigestion, cure headaches and even claims to work as a remedy for __34__.“I was passing by and saw that they were offering pure oxygen. I thought I would give it a try and went for the lemongrass flavour. It was __35__,” Manjul Mehta, a customer at Oxy Pure told Delhi Daily.Speaking to Delhi Daily, Bonny Irengbam, senior sales assistant at the bar, said customers were __36__ positively after a few sessions.“Some people, who try it for the first time, will feel relaxed and fresh. But only people who undergo the sessions regularly will get real __37__ of the aroma,” he added. “Though we have regular customers, we don’t encourage back-to-back sessions, as __38__ levels of oxygen in the body can make a person dizzy. It is __39__ to do it once or twice a month or to stick with the 10-15 minute sessions a day,” he said.Dr. Rajesh Chawla, a senior consultant in medicine said that though such sessions do not have any side-effects, it does not help in the long run either. “Even if you breathe in the so-called pure oxygen for two hours in a day, you will go back to breathing the polluted air for the rest of the 22 hours”, he said. He added that the concept is purely a(n) __40__ move.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.Stories about the problems of tourism have been numerous in the last few years. Yet it does not have to be a problem. Although tourism inevitably affects the region in which it takes place, the costs to these fragile (脆弱的) environments and their local cultures can be __41__. Indeed, as has happened with some Alpine villages，it can even be a(n) __42__ for refreshing local cultures. And a growing number of adventure tourism __43__ are trying to ensure that their activities benefit the local population and environment over the long term.In the Swiss Alps, communities have decided that their future depends on combining tourism more effectively with the local __44__. Local concern about the rising number of second home developments in the Swiss Pays-d’Enhaut resulted in __45__ being imposed on their growth. There has also been a new interest in cheese production in the area, providing the locals with a __46__ source of income that does not depend on outside visitors.Many of the Arctic tourist destinations have been exploited by __47__ companies, who employ temporary workers and send most of the profits back to their home base. But some Arctic communities are now operating tour businesses themselves, thereby ensuring that the benefits increase __48__. For instance, a native corporation in Alaska, employing local people, is running an air tour from Anchorage to Kotzebue, where tourists eat Arctic food, walk on the lands and watch local musicians and dancers.Native people in the desert regions of the American Southwest have followed __49__ strategies,encouraging tourists to visit their towns and reservations to __50__ high-quality handicrafts and artwork. Some have established highly profitable stoneware businesses, while the Navajo and Hopi groups have been similarly __51__ with jewelry.Too many people living in fragile environments have lost control over their economies, their culture and their environment when tourism has spread through their homelands. Merely restricting tourism cannot be the __52__ to the imbalance because people’s desire to see new places will not just disappear. __53__, communities in fragile environments must achieve greater control over tourism ventures in their regions, in order to __54__ their needs and desires with the demands of tourism. A growing number of communities are __55__ that, with firm combined decision-making, this is possible. The critical question now is whether this can become the normal status, rather than the exception.41. A. promoted B. minimized C. inherited D. deleted42. A. vehicle B. responsibility C. example D. entrance43. A. operators B. professors C. mayors D. journalists44. A. committee B. culture C. scenery D. economy45. A. views B. burdens C. limits D. qualifications46. A. costly B. critical C. reliable D. sensible47. A. responsible B. native C. thoughtful D. outside48. A. locally B. extensively C. virtually D. typically49. A. positive B. personalized C. similar D. primary50. A. estimate B. collect C. appreciate D. purchase51. A. relevant B. successful C. combined D. impressed52. A. desire B. solution C. appeal D. priority53. A. Instead B. Moreover C. However D. Besides54. A. balance B. meet C. require D. recognize55. A. complaining B. mentioning C. demonstrating D. protestingSection 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)McCoy was looking for a safe place to do drugs when something clearly out of place caught his eye: a luxurious brown leather handbag.McCoy, 36, could relate all too well. One of his few possessions, the sleeping bag he used in an abandoned house, had recently been stolen. Remembering how angered he’d been by his own loss, heresolved to return the purse to its owner.He began right away, starting with the address on the bill found in the handbag. After traveling much of the day and finally approaching the address on the bill, he was stopped by a woman, who asked whether she could buy the purse. McCoy refused, saying he was searching for its owner. “But I am the owner,” the woman said. “That’s my purse.”A month earlier, Kaitlyn Smith, 29, a sales representative for a medical device company, had woken up to find her apartment broken into and her purse stolen. Now she came across a tall, messy-looking man holding it tightly. She could instantly tell he wasn’t in good shape.At Smith’s urging, McCoy told her his story. He’d been in charge of a landscaping business until 2012, when a car accident left him addicted to drugs.Smith, amazed this stranger had gone to such great lengths to return her bag, asked whether there was anything she could do to help. “I’m a drug addict,” McCoy warned. “I don’t want to intrude on your life; I’m probably gonna let you down.”Unafraid, Smith gave him her phone number, saying, “If you want to go to rehab (戒毒所), call me.” She then drove him back to his neighborhood and left, thinking that would be the end of it. Two days later, she got a call.Smith realized that McCoy was serious about getting better, so she dug into her savings account and bought McCoy a plane ticket to Florida. While there, he would call her to let her know how he was doing. “We were getting to know each other,” Smith says. “His scared, desperate voice turned into a healthy, lively one.” After 28 days at a rehab program at Johns Hopkins Hospital, McCoy is drug-free. He lives at a residential recovery center in Baltimore, and a GoFundMe page set up by Smith has covered his rent, groceries, and incidentals. His life is back on track, all because one crime victim could understand another’s loss.56. What drove McCoy to look for the owner of the handbag?A. The urge to find a business partner.B. The resolution to recover his sleeping bag.C. His own unfortunate experience.D. His anger over the poor living condition.57. What was McCoy’s initial reaction towards Smith’s intention to help?A. Enthusiasm.B. Resistance.C.Hostility.D. Gratitude.58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. McCoy was a victim of an identity theft.B. Smith offered McCoy a ride home at his request.C. McCoy looked unhealthy when he bumped into Smith.D. Smith covered McCoy’s living expense in the recovery centre.59. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Drug-abuse Can Heal.B. Lost and Found.C. Mutual Communication Matters.D. Good Deeds Repaid.(B)Growing Green ThumbsCallie’s Kids by Calloway NurseryDenton, 940/591-8865;Flower Mound, 972/691-2650;Lewisville, 972/315-3133.LEARN: Kids ages 5-12 can explore and plant in the Calloway gardens with a parent/caregiver’s supervision at 9:30 am on the first or third Wednesdays from June to August. A garden expert will share tips and advice for the best gardening practices during the 45-minute session (beginning on June 2). Preregistration online is required.COST: FreeDenton Children’s Community Garden2200 Bowling Green Ave., Denton, 940/349-2883.LEARN: Join the weekend work at the community garden, where caregivers, parents and master gardeners help children of all ages plant new vegetables, water the plants, harvest from the gardens and more. The instructors also lead games about nutrition, good and bad insects and more. 10 am-5 pm on Saturdays.COST: FreeCoppell Community Gardens255 Parkway Blvd., Coppell.LEARN: Kids of all ages (with a parent/caregiver) can volunteer at either the Helping Hands Garden (255 Parkway Blvd.) or Ground Delivery Garden (450 S. Denton Tap Road). Children will have the opportunity to till (耕) the ground, plant vegetables, harvest from the garden and more. Master gardeners are available on site; all harvested fo ods are either sold at the community's farmers’ market or donatedto the area food bank. Work begins every Saturday at about 9 am.COST: Free60. If a child wants to plant in the Calloway gardens, he / she ______.A. needs to register online before handB. should be present every Wednesday morningC. must be under supervision throughout the yearD. can visit for more information61. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. All the three gardens are based in Denton.B. Experts in Calloway Gardens are tipped for their instructions.C. Kids in Coppell Community Gardens may take harvests home.D. Activities in Denton Children’s Community Gardens are entertaining.62. This piece of writing is most probably issued by ______.A. a food industry in bad need of fundingB. a website promoting gardening facilitiesC. an institution offering learning programsD. an association publicizing botanical gardens(C)Though the spread of good reproduction(复制品) of works of art can be culturally valuable, museums continue to promote the special status of original work and highlight the authenticity (真实) of its exhibits. Unfortunately, this seems to place severe limitations on the kind of experience offered to visitors.One limitation is related to the way the museum presents its exhibits. Art museums are often called “treasure houses”. We are reminded of this even before we view a collection by the presence of security guards who keep us away from the exhibits. In addition, a major collection like that of London’s National Gallery is housed in numerous rooms, where a single piece of work is likely to be worth more than all the average visitor possesses. In a society that judges the personal status of the individual so much by their material worth, it is therefore difficult not to be impressed by one’s own relative “worthlessness” in such an environment.Furthermore, consideration of the “value” of the original work in its treasure house setting impresses upon the viewer that since these works were originally produced, they have been assigned a huge value in terms of money by some person or institution more powerful than themselves. Evidently, nothing theviewer thinks about the work is going to alter that value, and so today’s viewer is discouraged from trying to extend that spontaneous, immediate, self-reliant kind of interpretation which would originally have met the work.The visitor may then be struck by the strangeness of seeing such a variety of paintings, drawings and sculptures brought together in an environment for which they were not originally created. This “displacement effect” is further heightened by the huge volume of exhibits. In the case of a major collection, there are probably more works on display than we could realistically view in weeks or even months.This is particularly distressing because time seems to be a vital factor in the appreciation of all art forms. A fundamental difference between paintings and other art forms is that there is no prescribed time over which a painting is viewed. Operas, novels and poems are read in a prescribed time sequence, whereas a picture has no clear place at which to start viewing, or at which to finish. Thus art works themselves encourage us to view them superficially, without appreciating the richness of detail and labor that is involved.Consequently, the dominant critical approach becomes that of the art historian, a specialized academic approach devoted to “discovering the meaning” of art within the cultural context of its time. This is in harmony with the museum’s function, since the approach is dedicated to seeking out and conserving “authentic”, “original” readings of the exhibits.63. The writer mentions London’s National Gallery to illustrate ______.A. the undesirable cost to a nation of maintaining a huge collection of artB. the conflict that may arise in society between financial and artistic valuesC. the negative effect a museum can have on visitors’ opinion of themselvesD. the need to put individual well-being above large-scale artistic schemes64. The writer says that today viewers may be unwilling to criticize a work because they ______.A. lack the knowledge neededB. fear it may have financial implicationsC. have no real concept of the work’s valueD. feel their personal reaction is of no significance65. The writer says that unlike other forms of art, the appreciation of a painting does not ______.A. involve direct contact with an audienceB. require a specific location for performanceC. need the involvement of other professionalsD. call for a specific beginning or ending66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Original work: killer of artistic appreciationB. Original work: reduction to value of art worksC. Original work: substitute for reproductionD. Original work: art historians’ bread and butterSection CDirections:Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Vitamin D3 Improve Heart FunctionA daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with heart failure, a five-year University of Leeds research project has found.Dr. Klaus Witte, from the School of Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, led the study. He said: “This is a significant breakthrough for patients. It is the first evidence that vitamin D3 can improve heart function of people with heart muscle weakness –known as heart failure.” __67__Vitamin D3 can be boosted by exposure to sunlight, but heart failure patients are often deficient in it even during the summer because older people make less vitamin D3 in response to sunlight than younger people. Vitamin D3 production in the skin is also reduced by sunscreen.The study, which was funded by the Medical Research Council, involved more than 160 patients from Leeds who were already being treated for their heart failure using proven treatments including beta — blockers, ACE-inhibitors and pacemakers. __68__ Those patients who took vitamin D3 experienced an improvement in heart function which was not seen in those who took a placebo.__69__ Heart specialists measure heart function by taking an ultrasound scan of the heart and measuring how much blood pumps from the heart with each heartbeat, known as ejection fraction. The ejection fraction of a healthy person is usually between 60% and 70%. In heart failure patients, the ejection fraction is often significantly impaired — in the patients enrolled into the study the averageejection fraction was 26%.In the 80 patients who took Vitamin D3, the heart’s pumping function improved from 26% to 34%. __70__ This means that for some heart disease patients, taking vitamin D3 regularly may lessen the need for them to be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a device which detects dangerous irregular heart rhythms and can shock the heart to restore a normal rhythm.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.Social media and teens’ anxietyFrom cyber-bullying to cruel comments, social media can be a land mine for kids. Issues parents never worried about are now a risk for many teens. With kids’ digital well-being a concern, researchers are exploring potential links between social media and the rise in teen suicide rates, tech addiction, and loss of real-life social skills. Many parents are wondering: Is social media causing my kid to have anxiety?It’s a question that worried parents. Some research has observed a relationship between social media use and anxiety in kids, but it’s difficult to know if and when social media causes anxiety or whether kids who are anxious turn to social media as a way to seek support. How kids use social media matters, too. Social comparison and feedback-seeking behaviors have been associated with depressive symptoms, which often co-occur with anxiety.How can parents keep social media a positive for kids?1. Seeing photos of a trip to the beach your friends didn’t invite you to can really be upsetting. If your kid is tired of digital drama, suggest they take a break from social media for a while. In fact, if they post a status update that they’re taking a break, their friends might be very accepting because they’ve had similar feelings.2. People post stuff that makes their lives look perfect — not the homework struggles, or the fight they had with their dad. Remind kids that social media leaves the messy stuff out — and that everyone has ups and downs.3. In a world where kids could spend their days lying around looking at Wechat, it’s doubly important for them to feel as though they’re cultivating their inner lives. Prompt them to balance social media with soul-nourishing activities such as hobbies, exercise, reading, and helping others. Otherwise, what are they going to show off about on social media?V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72．艺术节开幕式上学生的演出真是太棒了！（performance）73．图书管理员提醒新生，杂志阅毕要放回原处。
上海市青浦区2019届高三上学期期末学业质量调研英语试题(附解析)
青浦区2018-2019学年高三期末学业质量调研测试高三英语2018.12(满分140分，完卷时间120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10分)Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.A. At a restaurant.B. In a plane.C. In an office.D. At a hotel.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
2.A. Doctor and patientB. Professor and student.C. Customer and waiter.D. Secretary and manager.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
3.A. 7:00 p.m.B. 4:45 p.m.C. 5:00 p.m.D. 5:30 p.m.【答案】A【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
4.A. Satisfied.B. Understanding.C. Doubtful.D. Appreciative. 【答案】C【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
2019-2020学年上海市青浦区北崧中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及参考答案
2019-2020学年上海市青浦区北崧中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AThe 2021 Weibo Movie Night—an award ceremony jointly organized by Sina Weibo and China Movie Channel—was held on June 12, gathering around 100 filmmakers and A-list stars. Following are some upcoming films.BipolarCast: Dou Jingtong, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Wang ZhiwenDirector: Li MengqiaoAudience will follow a young woman’s unusual trip across China,who wishes to send a stolen lobster (龙虾) back to the sea. Li said that it’s a sort of experiment, examining the line between dreams and reality. Andthis is singer-actress Dou Jingtong’s first leading role.On Your MarkCast: Wang Yanhui and Zhang YouhaoDirector: Chiu Keng Gua (Malaysia)Inspired from a true story,On Your Markis about a taxi driver and his son, a marathon enthusiast who’s struggling with a visually-impaired disease. In order to help his son to realize his dream, the father joins a marathon training group to serve as his son’s personal “competition assistant”. This film is expected to tug the heartstrings of moviegoers near Father’s Day.TheBattleatLakeChangjinCast: Wu Jing, Hu Jun, Li Chen and Zhang HanyuDirector: Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante LamThe film centers on how the Chinese People’s Volunteers fearlessly fought against foreign invaders during an extremely cold winter. The battle destroyed around 13,000 enemies of US troops, becoming a turning point to lay the foundation for the final victory.Chinese DoctorsCast: Zhang Hanyu, Yuan Quan, Zhu Yawen and Li ChenDirector: Liu WeiqiangAdapted from true stories, it is about Chinese medical staff’s battle to rescue lives during the COVID-19 outbreak last year inWuhanJinyintanHospital.1. Who plays the leading role inBipolar?A. Dou Jingtong.B. Yuan Quan.C. Li Mengqiao.D. Zhang Hanyu.2. Which film focuses on the war betweenChinaand theU.S.?A.Bipolar.B.On Your Mark.C.Chinese Doctors.D.TheBattleatLakeChangjin.3. What doOn Your MarkandChinese Doctorshave in common?A. They both star Zhang Hanyu.B. They are based on true stories.C. They reflect the efforts to rescue lives.D. They are directed by Chinese directors.BIn Colombia a group, named WebConserva, is carrying out a project in the San Lucas Mountains with the help of coffee growers.The San Lucas area is one of the most unexplored places in Colombia, which is home to many thousands of species of animals and plants. Yet gold mining and coca farming have dealt a blow to its ecosystem. To limit additional development in the San Lucas area, the group helps coffee growers by linking them with processors from around the country.Colombia has more different kinds of living things than any other country except neighboring Brazil. In 2016, the Colombian government signed a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ending years of civil war. As a result, more land became accessible for use, with deforestation(毁林) coming along. Government information shows that in 2017, almost 220,000 hectares of forest were destroyed compared to around 124,000 hectares in 2015.To date, the project includes 10 families who farm 400 hectares of coffee plants, which costs about $77,000 dollars a year. WebConserva hopes that, in time, 200 families will be included. At that level, 20,000 hectares of untouched forest could be protected. In San Lucas, the families promise not to cut down trees to expand their crops or to hunt wild animals from the forests. In return, they receive $ 250 to $ 300 per 125 kilograms of coffee,an enviable amount there. Arcadio Barajas is among those taking part. His new coffee plantation(种植园) makes a barrier between cattle farms and forests where wild animals like the jaguar live and hunt. In this way, he doesn't have to kill wild animals to protect his cattle.Barajas said that pulling down the forest to plant coca and killing wildlife were against his will. Now he feels that growing coffee lets him be astewardof the land. "I'm taking care of the environment, the forest and the animals," he said.4. Why does WebConserva set up the project?A. To help local farmers make money.B. To expand areas of coffee growing.C. To link processors with coffee growers.D. To conserve biodiversity in the Mountains.5. What happened after Colombia’s civil war was over?A. Colombia helped many needy families.B. Colombia lost lots of areas of forests.C. Colombia started to save damaged forests.D. Colombia became more peaceful than Brazil.6. Which is probably a function of Barajas's coffee plantation?A. A method of protecting cattle and wildlife.B. A substitute for hunting of wild animals.C. A barrier between man and wild animals.D. A shelter for cattle against human hunters.7. What does the underlined word "steward" mean in the last paragraph?A. Farmer.B. Master.C. Guardian.D. Explorer.CBrain cells work to actively forget memories during a specific period of sleep. When we sleep our brains clear out the memories we’ve made while we’re awake, deciding what to keep and what to get rid of. Forgetting is an active process, explained the authors of the study published in the journal Science. But less is known about this process during the different periods of sleep.They found that during the rapid eye movement (REM ) sleep period — or active sleep when we are thoughtto dream — special nerve cells appear to actively contribute to forgetting. What are known as melanin-concentrating hormone-producing (MCH) neurons (神经元) sit in the hypothalamus (下丘脑): a part of the brain which helps with a range of functions such as sleep, appetite and emotions. Past research has suggested these cells help to control REM sleep patterns: activating the MCH neurons increasing time spentin this period, while preventingthemreducing changes into this period.The scientists looked at MCH cells in mice, and found 52.8 percent were active during REM sleep, compared with 35 percent when the mice were awake. Study co-author Thomas Kilduff, director of the Center for Neuroscience at SRI International, told Newsweek the team was surprised to find that mice performed better on learning and memory tasks when the MCH cells were prevented. “This result suggests that activation of the MCH neurons may affect memory — that is, MCH neurons may facilitate forgetting,” Kilduff explained.When asked what motivated the study, Kilduff said, “We hope the work could deepen our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. Understanding the neural basis of learning and memory is a huge area of neuroscience research because of its effects on our everyday lives, as well as diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Prior to this work, no one suspected that MCH neurons had anything to do with forgetting,” said Kilduff.8. What can we infer from paragraph 1?A. Forgetting is a passive process.B. The forgetting process is known to us.C. Some memories are forgotten while we are awake.D. Certain memories are removed while we are asleep.9. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. REM sleep patterns.B. Past researches.C. MCH neurons.D. A range of functions.10. Why did Kilduff’s team conduct the research?A. To publish the study in the journal Science.B. To know more about Alzheimer’s disease.C. To contribute to human’s forgetting.D. To explore our everyday lives.11. What can we know about MCH?A. MCH cells takes control of REM sleep patterns .B. MCH neurons may disturb memory consolidation.C. MCH neurons have nothing to do with forgetting.D. MCH cells help mice performing better on learning.DJoy Mangano is now an American inventor. She was divorced and had three kids under age 7 when she was 33, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “There were times when I would lie in bed and think. I didn't know how I was going to pay that bill,” Mangano says.But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired, of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (拧) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There's gotta be a better way.”How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (电视迷) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera display. She said, “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item.”So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is fora parent to talk about their child.”12. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. Mangano's small home.B. Mangano's work experience.C. Mangano's unhappy marriage.D. Mangano's hard living conditions.13. Mangano sold the mop successfully with the help of ________.A. HSNB. QVCC. couch potatoesD. experts on shopping TV14. What does Mangano think of her invention?A. Normal.B. Special.C. Unsatisfactory.D. Unbelievable.15. What can we learn from the text?A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.B. The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.C. Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.D Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019届上海市青浦区高三上学期期末学业质量调研(一模)英语试题(PDF版)
2019届上海市青浦区高三上学期期末学业质量调研（一模）英语试题高三英语2018.12（满分140分，完卷时间120分钟）I. Listening ComprehensionSection A （10分）Directions:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At a restaurant. B. In a plane.C. In an office.D. At a hotel.2. A. Doctor and patient B. Professor and student.C. Customer and waiter.D. Secretary and manager.3. A. 7:00 p.m. B.4:45 p.m. C.5:00 p.m. D.5:30 p.m.4. A. Satisfied. B. Understanding. C. Doubtful. D. Appreciative.5. A. Dick is a real horse lover. B. Dick will go to town.C. Dick will break his word.D. Dick will finish the task.6. A. ¥110. B. ¥165 C.¥220 D. ¥1357. A. The woman should decide where to travel.B. The woman should ask others for advice.C. He will make the decisionD. He is going abroad.8. A. How to cultivate a hobby. B. What to listen to.C. How to handle stress.D. What to read.9.A. She is lovely. B. She is ambitious.C. She is humorous.D. She is responsible.10.A. The man prefers dining out tonight.B. There's something wrong with the kitchen.C. The woman would not help the man with cooking.D. The woman doesn't think cooking at home is a good idea.Section B （15分）Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Animals have emotion and social skills.B. Animals' mental experience can be tested.C. Animals' choice of partnership relies on pictures.D. Animals feel pain in the same way that humans do.12. A. Identify a familiar face. B. Make a crying sound.C. Build up short-up term partnershipsD. Avoid being shut in the same stall.13. A. Cows can remember what happened in the past.B. Cows are better at making friends with people.C. Cows are happy when seeing a familiar face.D. Cows have a better memory than sheep.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. When one’s throat is soft.B.When one dreams at night.C.When one sleeps with the mouth open.D.When one breathes with the mouth closed.15.A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.16.A. A new anti-snoring device. B. A tissue causing snoring.C.A university dentist.D. A common problem.D.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. Simon. B. Lisa. C. Mr. Green. D. The repairman.18.A. The ceiling was broken.B.The apartment was falling.C.The lights were not working.D.The air-conditioner was out of order.19.A. He would get a repair person to repair the room.B.He had taken the cost from the rent check.C.He needed a month to get the job done.D.He would take the apartment back.20.A. Skills for fixing an apartment. B. A request for legal consultation.C.A tip for dealing with landlords.D. Steps of signing renting contracts.II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: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.Wayward Penguin（企鹅）Released South of New ZealandHe needed a little push before speeding backward down a slide. Once in the water, he held his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin (21) _____ (know) as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after a temporary stay in New Zealand.Happy Feet was released into the ocean south of New Zealand on Sunday, more than two months after he came ashore on a beach nearly 2,000 miles from home and became an instant celebrity.(22) ____ (speak) from a satellite phone, Wellington Zoo veterinarian Lisa Argilla said Happy Feet’s release went remarkably smoothly. Argilla said crew members from the boat carried the penguin inside his box to the rear part of the ship for his final send-off.(23) ____ when they opened the door of the box, the penguin showed no interest in leaving.“I needed to give him a little tap on his back,” Argilla said.The penguin slipped down the slide on his stomach, bottom first, she said. He resurfaced about 6 feet from the boat, (24) ____ (take) a look up at the people aboard, and then disappeared beneath the surface.“I was really happy to see him go,” Argilla said. “The be st part of my job is when you getto release animals back into the wild (25) ____ they are supposed to be.”The 3-foot-tall bird was found on June 20 on Peka Peka Beach, about 40 miles northwest of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington. It has been 44 years(26) ____ an emperor penguin was last spotted in the wild in New Zealand.At first, conservation authorities said they would wait and let nature take its course with the penguin. But it soon became clear the bird’s condition was growing (27) ____ (bad), as he swallowed sand and, likely mistaking it for snow.(28) ____ the world watching, authorities finally took action, moving the penguin to the Wellington Zoo four days after he was discovered. It was at the zoo (29) ____ the bird was given a home in a room filled with a bed of ice so he wouldn’t overheat.Now that Happy Feet (30) ____ (nurse) back to health, his chances are as good as they are for any other penguin in the wild.“He swam away, not caring about us anymore,” Argilla said.She paused.“And that is a good thing,” she said.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.changeconsumingyourfavorite foods?Coffee: Whether or not you try to limit yourself to one cup of coffee a day, the effects of climate change on the world’s coffee-growing regions may leave you little choice. C_____________ America, Africa, Asia and Hawaii are all being threatened by rising air temperatures and unstable rainfall patterns, which invite disease and ____32____ species to live on the coffee plant andripening beans. The result? Significant cuts in coffee yield and less coffee in your cup. It isestimated that, if current climate patterns continue, half of the areas ____33____ suitable for coffee production won't be by the year 2050.Tea: When it comes to tea, warmer climates and erratic precipitation aren't only ____34____ the world's tea-growing regions, they're also messing with its distinct flavor. For example, in India, researchers have already discovered that the Indian Monsoon has brought more intense rainfall, making tea flavor weaker. Recent research coming out of the University of Southampton suggests that tea-producing areas in some places, ____35____ East Africa, could decline by as much as 55 percent by 2050 as precipitation and temperatures change. Tea pickers are also feeling the ____36____ of climate change. During harvest season, increased air temperatures are creating an increased risk of heatstroke for field workers.Seafood: Climate change is affecting the world's aquaculture as much as its agriculture. As air temperatures rise, oceans and waterways absorb some of the heat and ____37____ warming of their own. The result is a decline in fish population, including in lobsters (who arecold-blooded creatures), and salmon (whose eggs find it hard to survive in higher water temps). Warmer waters also _____38____ toxic marine bacteria, like Vibrio, to grow and cause illness in humans whenever ingested with raw seafood, like oysters or sashimi.And that ____39_____ "crack" you get when eating crab and lobster? It could be silenced as shellfish struggle to build their calcium(碳) carbonate shells, a result of ocean acidification (absorb carbon dioxide from the air). According to a study, scientists predicted that ifover-fishing and rising temperature trends continued at their present rate, the world's seafood ____40___ would run out by the year 2050.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.Michael Wang was a senior at James Logan High School, US, back in 2012. According to The New Yorker, he was confident that he could get into an Ivy League university, such as Harvard or Yale. He had a high GPA, ___41___ at debating and co-founded a math club. He was also a talented pianist. ____42___, his dream universities turned him down. His less talented classmates, whowere Hispanic or African-American, were admitted into these schools. It made him wonder if he was ____43___ because he was Asian.On Oct 15, a lawsuit against Harvard brought on behalf of Asian-American students like Wang Began. students for Fair Admissions(SFFA),a US non-profit organization. 44 Harvard for using racial balancing in their admissions process. Harvard has denied the 45 considers many factors whether a student should be admitted, including academic performance and extracurricular activities . Harvard added that the number of Asian-Americans admitted to the school had greatly increased since 2010.”Race alone is never the reason a students 47 admission, ”William Lee, a lawyer for Harvard, told the guardian. ”And race is never the reason a student is denied.”Harvard is not the only university to have been accused of 48 against Asian-Americans. In September, the US Justice Department begin to 49 whether Yale University discriminates against Asian-Americans, The case has 50 a longstanding debate over affirmative action policies(平均法案政策) that allow universities to use race as a factor when considering applications. The policies51 benefit African-American and latino students in an effort to make up for centuries of racial discrimination, according to THE NEW YORK Times, the SFFA wants the use of race in the admissions process to be ended,52 that it causes inequality.”People should be judged on character a and 53,”However,in a student, Havard said that 54 the race criterion would “reduce students’ opportunities to live and learn in a diverse campus environment”.Although the case has just begun, the 55 judgement” could influence admissions to US universities for years to come,” according to AI Jaxeera, a Qatar _based TV station41.A.crazy B. amazed C . gifted D. slow42.A.Besides B. Fortunately C. Undoubtedly D. However43.A.rejected B. dismissed C. enclosed D. stopped44.A.trapped B. oppressed C. sued D. blamed45.A.charge B. mistake C. claim D. compaint46.Aconforming B. determining C. acknowledging D. surveying47.A.robbed B. granted C. entitled D .convinced48.A.preference B. favor C. opposition D. discrimination49.A.investigate B. research C. wonder D. inquire50.A.preference B. infected C. fueled D. brought51.AnecessarilyBequally C. traditionally D. unintentionally52.AconsiderBdebatingCannoyingDarguing53.AacaedemiceBstength C. benefit D moralities54.AdroppingB.setting C. implementing D. imposing54.A.official B. existent C. gradual D. eventualDirections: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)Jack London, o ne of America’s major writers of adventure tales, was born in California in 1876. During his life, London worked at many jobs. His broad life experiences would become the background for his writing.London loved to read. As a teenager, he spent many hours educating himself at the Oakland, California, public library. He attended college at the University of California at Berkeley, but he stayed for only six months. He thought Berkeley was “not lively enough” and wanted to do something more exciting.London wrote stories about working people and the hard times they had making a living. He knew their problems first hand. He worked as a sailor, farmer, factory employee, railroad worker, and gold prospector, to name just a few of his many jobs.London grew up near the waterfront in Oakland. He loved the water. When he was fifteen years old, he bought a small sailboat called a sloop. Later he sailed to Japan on a schooner, which is a much larger sailing boat. Like many people of the time, London caught the Klondike Gold Rush Fever. In 1897, he headed for Alaska. He didn’t find gold,but he discovered something even more valuable. He discovered that people enjoyed listening to the stories he made up with his vivid imagination. London entertained the miners with story after story. Later, using his experiences during the Gold Rush, he created many more colorful stories.London resolved to live a full, exciting life. He once said, “I would rather be a superb meteor(流星), every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” Each day, he pushed himself. Once London determined that he was going to be a writer, nothing could stop him. His goal was to write at least one thousand words every day. He refused to stop evenwhen he was sick. In eighteen years, the writer published fifty-one books and hundreds of articles. He was the best-selling and highest-paid author of his day. Many people also considered him to be the best writer. White Fang and The Call of the Wild are his most famous stories and are about surviving in the Alaskan wilderness. Readers can enjoy Jack London’s energy and his talent for telling wonderful stories each time they open one of his novels.56. Why was Jack London able to write on many topics?A. He pushed himself to reach goals.B. He had a variety of experiences and jobs.C. He was drawn to the Klondike Gold Rush.D. He was the best-selling and highest-paid author.57.What prevented Jack London form finishing college?A. That he was hired to sail to Japan.B. That he traveled to Alaska in 1897.C. That he spent much of his time writing.D. That he was not interested in college life enough.58.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph indicates that Jack London______.A.is expert at universe.B. aims high and strive to succeed.C.is excited about life if the wildness.D. face a choice between life and death.59.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A. To support the statement that London was the “best writer?.B. To describe life during the klondike Gold Rush.C. To p rovide information on Jack ‘s life.D. To identify books written by Jack London.( B)USING YOUR GOLDEN ARROW MULTIPURPOSE CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE THE DATE AND TIME AT YOUR LOCATION AS WELL AS LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE SEETING THE DATE AND TIME FOR YOUR LOCATION Use the TIME ZONE chart below to locate code that corresponds with the time zone in whichyou live. Select the major city that shares your time zone. Press the code that corresponds to that city (e.g. ,if you live in Washington ,Oregon California, or Nevada, all of which are located in the Pacific time zone, you would choose Los Angeles and press the corresponding code which is the 1 key).1.Press TIME twice. The two digits representing hours will begin to flash.2.Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until the desired hour flashes. Then release.3.Press SET. The two digits representing minutes will begin to flash.4.Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until the desired minute fleshes. Then release.5.Press SET. The two digits representing seconds will begin to flash.6.De press and hold the ▲or▼ key until 00 flashes. The release.7.Press SET. To set the year, month, and day press DATE three times. Then repeat steps 2 through7.NOTE: At this point, hour ,minutes and seconds will change to year, month, and day. DETERMINAING D ATE AND TIME FOR THE WORLD’S16 TIME ZONES1.PRESS ZONE TWICE.2. Use the TIME ZONE chart below to locate the code that corresponds to the time zone for which you desire the date and time. Press that code (e.g., press = to determine the date and time in Hong Kong). The selected date and time will alternately display for 10 seconds and then return automatically to your home date and time.60. This article serves to explain how to ________.B. determine the time zone around the worldC. set global locations to find Pacific time zoneD. use the calculator to display time, date and location61. If you are at a net meeting in London at 9 a.m., what time is it for your colleagues in Japan?A. 9 p.m..B. 6 p.m..C.11 a.m..D. 8 a.m..62. What sequence of steps would you follow to check the time in Moscow?A. Press ZONE twice. Press 9.B. Press ZONE twice. Press+3.C. Press ZONE twice. Press 9.Press+3.D. Press ZONE twice. Press 9 three times.(C)Medicine is the most noble of all the arts, but owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and those who inconsiderately form a judgment of them, it is now far behind all the other arts. Their mistake appears to me to arise principally from the fact that there is no punishment for the practice of medicine except disgrace, and that does not hurt those who are familiar with it. Such persons are like the figures introduced in tragedies, for as they have the shape, and dress, and appearance of an actor, but are not actors, so also physicians are many in title but very few in reality.Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine ought to proccess the following advantages: a natural character; instruction; a favorable position for the study; early tuition; love for labor; leisure. First of all, a natural talent is required, for Nature leads the way to what is most excellent; then instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to adopt by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for instruction. He must also bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance to ensure the instruction takes root.Instruction in medicine is like the culture of the productions of the earth. For our natural character, is, as it were, the soil; the principals of our teacher are, as it were, the seed. Instruction in youth is like the planting of the seed in the ground at the proper season. Diligent study is like the cultivation of the fields; and it is time which passes on strength to all thingsand brings them to maturityHaving brought all these essentials to the study of medicine, and having acquired a true knowledge of it, we shall thus, in travelling around, be respected physicians not only in name but in reality. Inexperience is a bad trait, and does harm to those who possess it, nurturing either timidity or audacity(胆大安为). For timidity reveals a want of powers, and audacity a lack of skill. Physicians who are eager for power or those who are undertrained are not a blessing to a community.Those things which are sacred or noble, are to be delivered only to sacred persons; and it is wrong to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science.63. Based on paragraph 1, which of the following best characterizes bad physicians?A. They are greedy.B. They are pretenders.C. They are difficult to contact.D. They are the minority.64. According to paragraph 2, what must accompany the personal quality of a physician?A. A good education.B. A supportive family.C. Approval from the authority.D. Popularity in the community.65. If the author of the passage were to use a heading for each paragraph, which heading would fit best before paragraph 3?A. An Herbal Treatment.B. Medicine and Gardening.C. The Growth of a Physician.D. Understanding Agriculture First.66. Based on the underlined sentences in paragraph 5, what is the relationship between the words "sacred” and "profane"?A. The two words are exactly the same in meaning.B. The two words are similar in meaning.C. The two words are of the same root.D. The two words are opposites.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.Help Migrant WorkersThere is nothing like going home. More so if it is for the Spring Festival family reunion. For a migrant worker it perhaps means even more. To be able to set out on a homeward journey with money from a year’s toil in his pocket is the best thi ng he can think of. 67 . They had to press hard for their defaulted payments, the salaries that were failed to pay up.About 200 million migrant workers nationwide are something left behind by economic reforms and opening up due to their contributions in the past three decades. It is almost impossible to imagine life in these places without them. However, they still form a disadvantaged group. Their rights are violated in different forms. Among other things, unpaid salaries are the most painfulof such violations that are likely to drive a migrant worker to desperate actions. 68 .69 . They have taken measures to prevent employers from holding back payments to them.Yet, as the financial crisis bites deep, some small enterprises that are struck the most try to reduce their economic losses by laying off migrant workers or refusing to pay them. So it is particularly important for governments at all levels to do an even better job in helping villager-turned-workers recover their unpaid salaries before the Spring Festival.It is good news that quite a number of local governments have organized special taskforces to conduct inspections in those labor-intensive enterprises to make sure they have paid their migrant workers in a timely and fair manner. Construction commissions in almost all provinces have published hotlines for farmer-turned-construction workers to lodge complaints against their employers for withholding their salaries. 70 . But we need to look for solutions that will work at all times. We need to put in place a mechanism that will effectively prevent employers from holding back salaries to workers.Ⅳ. Summary Writing.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.To Friend or UnfriendSocial networking makes it very easy to have friends – lots and lots friends. Hundreds or millions of people have joined QQ, Wechat, and other sites so that they can communicate with friends online. However, the meaning of the word “friend” seems changed. In the past, a friend was someone you had a close personal relationship with. Now, anyone in the world can be your friend online! Some people have thousands of cyber fr iends, but what do you do if you don’t want to have so many friends?Easy! You can dump an unwanted friend with just one click of your mouse. in recent years, it has become so common to get rid of friends in this way that there is a new word to describe it –to “unfriend”. The new Oxford American Dictionary named it word of the Year in 2009 and defined it like this: “to remove someone as a ‘friend’ from social networking site”. But why would you want to do such a thing as unfriending someone?The most common reason for unfriending someone is to eliminate annoying people from your social life. For example, some friends post messages much too frequently, especially those messages found to be extremely boring. They endlessly post status updates which say someth ing like “I’m cookingdinner” or “I’m doing homework”. Another reason for unfriending someone is disagreement about world issues. A third reason is to get rid of people who write dirty things on social websites.Although dumping friends is not just an Internet phenomenon, far more online friendships end suddenly than off-line ones. Even in this computer age, it remains true that many people prefer spending time together face-to face. After all, that’s what friends are for!Ⅴ. Translation.Directions：Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 人们普遍认为对颜色的偏爱能反映一个人的性格。
上海市2019-2020届高三上学期期末学业质量调研英语试题含解析
高三期末学业质量调研测试高三英语(满分140分，完卷时间120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10分)Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.A. At a restaurant.B. In a plane.C. In an office.D. At a hotel.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
2.A. Doctor and patientB. Professor and student.C. Customer and waiter.D. Secretary and manager.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
3.A. 7:00 p.m.B. 4:45 p.m.C. 5:00 p.m.D. 5:30 p.m.【答案】A【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
4.A. Satisfied.B. Understanding.C. Doubtful.D. Appreciative. 【答案】C【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
【高三一模】2020届上海青浦区高三英语一模（含答案听力完整版）
青浦区2019学年第一学期高三英语期终学业质量调研试卷（时间120分钟，满分140分）T. 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 wi" be spoken only once. After you hear a conversationand the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the questio you have heard.l.A. 10. B. 20. C. 30. D. 40.2. A. A teacher. B. A coach. C. A judge. D. A doctor.3. A. Tn the school clinic. B. Tn the bookstore.C. In the teacher's office.D. In the theatre.4. A. The man didn't even know Jenny. B. Jenny changed the color of her hair.C. The woman dialed Jenny last week.D. The man didn't notice Jenny's hair.5. A. He kept awake last night, feeling hot.B.He stayed up late last night, working hard.C.He didn't have an air conditioner in his room.D.He didn't go to work last night because he was tired.6. A. Checking in. B. Giving suggestions.C. Making complaints.D. Looking for the toilet.7. A. Reasonable. B. Practical. C. Serious. D. Ridiculous.8. A. He was attracted. B. He was puzzled.C. He was bored.D. He was unconscious.9. A. The man is already fed up with playing the piano.B.The piece of music the man played is very popular.C.The woman came to the concert at the man's request.D.The man's unique talents are the envy of many people.10. A. Whether the houses are for sale.B.Whether the article is worth reading.C.Whether the house developers are negative.D.Whether paying a visit to the house is helpful.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Sunlight exposure. B. Stress level. C. Health risks. D. Lifestyle.12. A. Because fatty fish contain Vitamin A& D.B.Because eyes have special needs for nutrition.C.Because eye maintenance mainly relies on foods.D.Because leafy green vegetables are rich in nutrition.13. A. By using computers with 24-inch screens. B. By glaring at the screen.C. By reducing exposure to blue light.D. By rubbing the eye every two hours.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Contented and relieved. B. Anxious and depressed.C. Proud but a bit nervous.D. Excited but a bit sad.15. A. Choose the right school for them. B. Help them to learn by themselves.C. Read books and magazines to them.D. Set an example for them to follow.16. A. Their intelligence. B. The quality of their school.C. Their family life.D. The effort put in learning.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the fallowing conversation.17. A. Mother and son. B. Tour guide and visitor.C. Husband and wife.D. Shop assistant and customer.B. Tt is a comedy show she has watched before.18. A. It will not be fun with Mr. Whitehead hosting.C. Tt has been criticized in the local papers.D. Tt consists of a lot of different acts.19. A. It has little impact on people's daily life. B. It sounds quite alarming.C. It is getting more serious these days.D. It seems a depressing topic.20. A. Watch a charity comedy. B. Go and see Carmen.C. Look after the kids.D. Book tickets for City Theatre.II.Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For theblanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that be fits each blank.Mako sharks get new protectionsAt the global wildlife trade meeting in Geneva, countries have decided to protect the endangered mako shark from trade. GENEVA made the proposal (21) more protections should be taken for both short fin and longfin mako sharks and was adopted today after a 102-40 vote at the global wildlife trade summit. The vote still needs to be finalized at the fulmeeting at the end, when all appendix ( (附录附录附录))change proposals passed in committee are officially adopted.The proposal, debated at this year's CITES Conference, lists mako sharks under Appendix TT, meaning that they can't be traded (22) it can be shown that fishing wouldn't threaten their chances for survival. Conservationists say this was the world's last chance to prevent mako shark populations from collapsing.(23) (list) mako sharks on CITES Appendix TT is great news for shark conservation. More than 50 of the 183 CITES members signed on as supporters of the proposal brought forth by Mexico. Nonetheless, conservationists feared that opposition from a few countries with fairly large mako fishing industries —primarily the United States, Canada, and Japan —(24) tip the scale. Japan opposed the measure during the debates, and the United States announced afterward it (25) (vote) no.In the past, the U.S. and others have supported listing other shark species under CITES, but not so in this case, (26)commercial interests. For a lot of these countries, they were happy to list shark species when it was ones they weren't so heavily involved in fishing. Suddenly, when they're being asked to be responsible, rather than asking other people to be responsible, they're (27) (little) keen to take it on board.The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which determines the conservation status of species claims that both species of mako sharks to be endangered, saying an (28) (estimate) (estimate) 50 to 79 percent population decline over three generations, or about 75 years. They (29) (target) for their fins (鳍)，used in shark fin soup —a dish inAsian countries, thafs often served at weddings as a sign of respect fbr guests. Their meat is more edible compared to (30) of other sharks, which is often acidic and is usually sold as a byproduct of the fin trade for "pennies on the dollar".Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is on word more than you need.A. benefitsB. refreshingC. promisesD. capitalisticE. increasedF. launchedG. nationwide H. intake T. advisable J. responding K. depression In between all the measures to battle the severe air pollution levels in Delhi, there's one more option for you 一a bar that has "pure air". Delhi's first-ever oxygen bar 一 named "Oxy Pure"— offers 15 minutes of 80-90 percent pure oxygen starting fi*om Rs 299.The bar, 31 31 in May, also offers its customers several aromas (香味香味))to choose from that can be filled with oxygen.The aromas include lemongrass, cherry, mango and more.Customers are given a lightweight tube, used for supplementary oxygen 32 . The device is placed near thecustomer's nose through which they are advised to breathe in the aroma-filled oxygen.According to the aroma you choose, each session 33 to improve one's sleep patterns and digestion, cure headaches and even claims to work as a remedy for 34 .“I was passing by and saw that they were offering pure oxygen. 1 thought I would give it a try and went for the lemongra flavour. Tt was 35 ，" Manjul Mehta, a customer at Oxy Pure told Delhi Daily.Speaking to Delhi Daily, Bonny Irengbam, senior sales assistant at the bar, said customers were 36 positivelyafter a few sessions.“Some people, who try it for the first time, will feel relaxed and fresh. But only people who undergo the sessions regularly will get real37 of the aroma," he added. "Though we have regular customers, we don't encourage back-to-back sessions, as 38 levels of oxygen in the body can make a person dizzy. It is 39 to to do do it once or twice a month or to stick with the 10-15 minute sessions a day," he said.Dr. Rajesh Chawla, a senior consultant in medicine said that though such sessions do not have any side-effects, it does not help in the long run either. "Even if you breathe in the so-called pure oxygen for two hours in a day, you will go back to breath the polluted air for the rest of the 22 hours", he said. He added that the concept is purely a(n)40 move.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Stories about the problems of tourism have been numerous in the last few y ears. years. Yet it not does not have have to be a problem.Although tourism inevitably affects the region in which it takes place, the costs to these fragile ( (脆弱的脆弱的脆弱的) ) environments and theirlocal cultures can be41 . Indeed, as has happened with some Alpine villages, it can even be a(n) _42 for refreshing local cultures. And a growing number of adventure tourism _43 are trying to ensure that their activities benefit the local population and environment over the long term. In the Swiss Alps, communities have decided that their fiiture depends on combining tourism more effectively with the local44 . Local concern about the rising number of second home developments in the Swiss Pays-dTnhaut resulted in 45 being imposed on their growth. There has also been a new interest in cheese production in the area, providingthe locals with a 46 source of income that does not depend on outside visitors.Many of the Arctic tourist destinations have been exploited by 47 companies, who employ temporary workers andsend most of the profits back to their home base. But some Arctic communities are now operating tour businesses themselves, thereby ensuring that the benefits increase48 . For instance, a native corporation in Alaska, employing local people, is running an air tour from Anchorage to Kotzebue, where tourists eat Arctic food, walk on the lands and watch localmusicians and dancers.Native people in the desert regions of the American Southwest have followed 49 strategies, encouraging tourists to visit their towns and reservations to 50 high-quality handicrafts and artwork. Some have established highly profitable stoneware businesses, while the Navajo and Hopi groups have been similarly 51 51 with jewelry.Too many people living in fragile environments have lost control over their economies, their culture and their environment when tourism has spread through their homelands. Merely restricting tourism cannot be the 52 to the imbalance because people's desire to see new places will not just disappear.53 , communities in fragile environments must achieve greater control over tourism ventures in their regions, in order to 54 their needs and desires withthe demands of tourism. A growing number of communities are 55 that, with firm combined decision-making, this is possible. The critical question now is whether this can become the normal status, rather than the exception.41. A. promoted B. minimized C. inherited D. deleted 42. A. vehicleB. responsibilityC. exampleD. entrance 43. A. operatorsB. professorsC. mayorsD. journalists 44. A. committeeB. cultureC. sceneryD. economy 45. A. viewsB. burdensC. limitsD. qualifications 46. A. costlyB. criticalC. reliableD. sensible 47. A. responsibleB. nativeC. thoughtfulD. outside 48. A. locallyB. extensivelyC. virtuallyD. typically 49. A. positiveB. personalizedC. similarD. primary 50. A. estimateB. collectC. appreciateD. purchase 51. A. relevantB. successfulC. combinedD. impressed 52. A. desire B. solution C. appeal D. priority 53. A. InsteadB. MoreoverC. HoweverD. Besides 54. A. balanceB. meetC. requireD. recognize 55. A. complainingB. mentioningC. demonstratingD. protestingSection B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is folio-wed 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 th passage you have just read.(A)McCoy was looking fbr a safe place to do drugs when something clearly out of place caught his eye: a luxurious brown leather handbag. McCoy, 36, could relate all too well. One of his few possessions, the sleeping bag he used in an abandoned house, had recently been stolen. Remembering how angered he'd been by his own loss, he resolved to return the purse to its owner.He began right away, starting with the address on the bill found in the handbag. After traveling much of the day and finallyapproaching the address on the bill, he was stopped by a woman, who asked whether she could buy the purse. McCoy refused,saying he was searching for its owner. 6C But T am the owner," the woman said. "That's my purse.” A month earlier, Kaitlyn Smith, 29, a sales representative fbr a medical device company, had woken up to find her apartment broken into and her purse stolen. Now she came across a tall, messy-looking man holding it tightly. She could instantly tell he wasn't in good shape.At Smith's urging, McCoy told her his story. He'd been in charge of a landscaping business until 2012, when a car accident left him addicted to drugs.Smith, amazed this stranger had gone to such great lengths to return her bag, asked whether there was anything she could do to help. 'Tm a drug addict," McCoy warned. "I don't want to intrude on your life; I'm probably gonna let you down.,,Unafraid, Smith gave him her phone number, saying, "If you want to go to rehab ( (戒毒所戒毒所戒毒所))，call me." She then drove himback to his neighborhood and left, thinking that would be the end of it. Two days later, she got a call.Smith realized that McCoy was serious about getting better, so she dug into her savings account and bought McCoy a plane ticket to Florida. While there, he would call her to let her know how he was doing. C6We were getting to know each other," Smith says. "His scared, desperate voice turned into a healthy, lively one.,, After 28 days at a rehab program at Johns Hopkins Hospital,McCoy is drug-free. He lives at a residential recovery center in Baltimore, and a GoFundMepage set up by Smith has covered his rent, groceries, and incidentals. His life is back on track, all because one crime victim could understand another's loss. 56. What drove McCoy to look for the owner of the handbag?A. The urge to find a business partner.B. The resolution to recover his sleeping bag.C. His own unfortunate experience.D. His anger over the poor living condition.57. What was McCoy's initial reaction towards Smith's intention to help?A. Enthusiasm.B. Resistance.C. Hostility.D. Gratitude.58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. McCoy was a victim of an identity theft.B. Smith offered McCoy a ride home at his request.C. McCoy looked unhealthy when he bumped into Smith.D. Smith covered McCoy's living expense in the recovery centre. 59. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. Drug-abuse Can Heal. B. Lost and Found.C. Mutual Communication Matters.D. Good Deeds Repaid.(B)Growing Green ThumbsCallie's Kids by Calloway NurseryDenton, 940/591-8865;Flower Mound, 972/691-2650;Lewisville, 972/315-3133.LEARN: Kids ages 5-12 can explore and plant in the Calloway gardens with a parent/caregiver 9s supervision at 9:30 am on thefirst or third Wednesdays from June to August. A garden expert will share tips and advice fbr the best gardening practices during the 45-minute session (beginning on June 2). Preregistration online is required.COST: FreeDenton Children's Community Garden2200 Bowling Green Ave., Denton, 940/349-2883.LEARN: Join the weekend work at the community garden, where caregivers, parents and master gardeners help children of all ages plant new vegetables, water the plants, harvest from the gardens and more. The instructors also lead games about nutrition, good and bad insects and more. 10 am-5 pm on Saturdays.COST: FreeCoppell Community Gardens255 Parkway Blvd., Coppell.LEARN: Kids of all ages (with a parent/caregiver) can volunteer at either the Helping Hands Garden (255 Parkway Blvd.) or Ground Delivery Garden (450 S. Denton Tap Road). Children will have the opportunity to till ( (耕耕)the ground, plant vegetables, harvest from the garden and more. Master gardeners are available on site; all harvested foods are either sold at the community's farmers 9 market or donated to the area food bank. Work begins every Saturday at about 9 am. COST: Free60. If a child wants to plant in the Calloway gardens, he / she . .A. needs to register online before handB. should be present every Wednesday morningC. must be under supervision throughout the yearD. can visit fbr more information 61. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. All the three gardens are based in Denton.B. Experts in Calloway Gardens are tipped for their instructions.C. Kids in Coppell Community Gardens may take harvests home.D. Activities in Denton Children's Community Gardens are entertaining.62. This piece of writing is most probably issued by .A. a food industry in bad need of fundingB. a website promoting gardening facilitiesC. an institution offering learning programsD. an association publicizing botanical gardens（C ）Though the spread of goodreproduction （复制品）of works of art can be culturally valuable, museums continue to promote the special status of original work and highlight the authenticity （真实）of its exhibits. Unfortunately, this seems to place severelimitations on the kind of experience offered to visitors.One limitation is related to the way the museum presents its exhibits. Art museums are often called "treasure houses". We are reminded of this even before we view a collection by the presence of security guards who keep us away from the exhibits. I addition, a major collection like that of London's National Gallery is housed in numerous rooms, where a single piece of work is likely to be worth more than all the average visitor possesses. Tn a society that judges the personal status of the individual so mucby their material worth, it is therefore difficult not to be impressed by one's own relative "worthlessness" in such an environment. Furthermore, consideration of the "value" of the original work in its treasure house setting impresses upon the viewer that since these works were originally produced, they have been assigned a huge value in terms of money by some person or institution more powerful than themselves. Evidently, nothing the viewer thinks about the work is going to alter that value, and so today's viewer is discouraged from trying to extend that spontaneous, immediate, self-reliant kind of interpretation which would originally have met the work.The visitor may then be struck by the strangeness of seeing such a variety of paintings, drawings and sculptures broughttogether in an environment fbr which they were not originally created. This '"displacement effect" is further heightened by the huge volume of exhibits. In the case of a major collection, there are probably more works on display than we could realistically view in weeks or even months.This is particularly distressing because time seems to be a vital factor in the appreciation of all art forms. A fundamental difference between paintings and other art forms is that there is no prescribed time over which a painting is viewed. Operas, novelsand poems are read in a prescribed time sequence, whereas a picture has no clear place at which to start viewing, or at which finish. Thus art works themselves encourage us to view them superficially, without appreciating the richness of detail and labor that is involved.Consequently, the dominant critical approach becomes that of the art historian, a specialized academic approach devoted to "discovering the meanmg,, of art within the cultural context of its time. This is in harmony with the museum's function, since the approach is dedicated to seeking out and conserving "authentic", "original" readings of the exhibits.63. The writer mentions London's National Gallery to illustrate . A. the undesirable cost to a nation of maintaining a huge collection of artB. the conflict that may arise in society between financial and artistic valuesC. the negative effect a museum can have on visitors 5opinion of themselvesD. the need to put individual well-being above large-scale artistic schemes64. The writer says that today viewers may be unwilling to criticize a work because they .A. lack the knowledge neededB. fear it may have financial implicationsC. have no real concept of the work's valueD. feel their personal reaction is of no significance65. The writer says that unlike other forms of art, the appreciation of a painting does not . .A. involve direct contact with an audienceB. require a specific location fbr performanceC. need the involvement of other professionalsD.call fbr a specific beginning or ending 66. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Original work: killer of artistic appreciationB. Original work: reduction to value of art worksC. Original work: substitute for reproductionD. Original work: art historians 9 bread and butter Section CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. Heart failure can by all means be cured by Vitamin D3.B. Changes in heart function were measured by ultrasound.C. Tn the others, who took placebo, there was no change in cardiac function.D. Participants were asked to take vitamin D3 or a placebo tablet for one year.E. Sunscreen will prevent people from absorbing more Vitamin D3 to a great extent.F. The finding could make a significant difference to the care of heart failure patients.Vitamin D3 Improve Heart FunctionA daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with heart failure, a five-year University of Leeds research project has found.Dr. Klaus Witte, from the School of Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, led the study. He said: "This is a significant breakthrough for patients. It is the first evidence that vitamin D3 can improve heart function of people with heart muscle weakness -known as heart failure.,, 67Vitamin D3 can be boosted by exposure to sunlight, but heart failure patients are often deficient in it even during the summer because older people make less vitamin D3 in response to sunlight than younger people. Vitamin D3 production in the skin is also reduced by sunscreen.study, The study, which which was funded by the Medical Research Council, involvedmore than 160 patients from Leeds who were already being treated for their heart failure using proven treatments including beta — blockers, ACE-inhibitors and pacemakers. 68 Those patients who took vitamin D3 experienced an improvement in heart function which was not seen in those who took a placebo.69 Heart specialists measure heart function by taking an ultrasound scan of the heart and measuring how much blood pumps from the heart with each heartbeat, known as ejection fraction. The ejection fraction of a healthy person is usually between 60% and 70%. In heart failure patients, the ejection fraction is often significantly impaired 一 in the patients enrolled into thestudy the average ejection fraction was 26%.70 ThisIn the 80 patients who took Vitamin D3, the heart's pumping function improved from 26% to 34%. 70means that for some heart disease patients, taking vitamin D3 regularly may lessen the need for them to be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), a device which detects dangerous irregular heart rhythms and can shock the heart to restore a normal rhythm.TV. 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.Social media and teens' anxietyFrom cyber-bullying to cruel comments, social media can be a land mine for kids. Issues parents never worried about are now a risk fbr many teens. With kids' digital well-being a concern, researchers are exploring potential links between social media and the rise in teen suicide rates, tech addiction, and loss of real-life social skills. Many parents are wondering: Is social media causing my kid to have anxiety?It's a question that worried parents. Some research has observed a relationship between social media use and anxiety in kids, but ifs difficult to know if and when social media causes anxiety or whether kids who are anxious turn to social media as a way seek support. How kids use social media matters, too. Social comparison and feedback-seeking behaviors have been associated with depressive symptoms, which often co-occur with anxiety.How can parents keep social media a positive fbr kids?1.Seeing photos of a trip to the beach your friends didn't invite you to can really be upsetting. If your kid is tired of digit drama, suggest they take a break from social media fbr a while. In fact, if they post a status update that they're taking a break, th friends might be very accepting because they've had similar feelings.—not the homework struggles, or the fight they had with their dad.2.People post stuff that makes their lives look perfectRemind kids that social media leaves the messy stuff out—and that everyone has ups and downs.In a world where kids could spend their days lying around looking at Wechat, it's doubly important for them to feel as3.as though they're cultivating their inner lives. Prompt them to balance social media with soul-nourishing activities such as hobbies, exercise, reading, and helping others. Otherwise, what are they going to show off about on social media?V. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72. 艺术节开幕式上学生的演出真是太棒了艺术节开幕式上学生的演出真是太棒了 ！（performance ）73. 图书管理员提醒新生，杂志阅毕要放回原处。
上海市青浦区高三上学期期末学业质量调研英语---精校解析Word版
青浦区高三期末学业质量调研测试高三英语(满分140分，完卷时间120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10分)II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: 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.Wayward Penguin(企鹅)Released South of New Zealand He needed a little push before speeding backward down a slide. Once in the water, he held his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin ___21___ (know) as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after a temporary stay in New Zealand.Happy Feet was released into the ocean south of New Zealand on Sunday, more than two months after he came ashore on a beach nearly 2,000 miles from home and became an instant celebrity. ___22___ (speak) from a satellite phone, Wellington Zoo veterinarian Lisa Argilla said Happy Feet’s rel ease went remarkably smoothly. Argilla said crew members from the boat carried the penguin inside his box to the rear part of the ship for his final send-off.___23___ when they opened the door of the box, the penguin showed no interest in leaving.“I needed to give him a little tap on his back,” Argilla said.The penguin slipped down the slide on his stomach, bottom first, she said. He resurfaced about 6 feet from the boat, ___24___ (take) a look up at the people aboard, and then disappeared beneath the surface.“I was really happy to see him go,” Argilla said. “The best part of my job is when you get to release animals back into the wild ___25___ they are supposed to be.”The 3-foot-tall bird was found on June 20 on Peka Peka Beach, about 40 miles northwe st of New Zealand’s capital, Wellington. It has been 44 years ___26___ an emperor penguin was last spotted in the wild in New Zealand.At first, conservation authorities said they would wait and let nature take its course with the penguin. But it soon beca me clear the bird’s condition was growing ___27___ (bad), as he swallowed sand and, likely mistaking it for snow.___28___ the world watching, authorities finally took action, moving the penguin to the Wellington Zoo four days after he was discovered. It was at the zoo ___29___ the bird was given a home in a room filled with a bed of ice so he wouldn’t overheat.Now that Happy Feet ___30___ (nurse) back to health, his chances are as good as they are for any other penguin in the wild.“He swam away, not caring about us anymore,” Argilla said.She paused.“And that is a good thing,” she said.【答案】21. known22. Speaking23. But 24. took25. where 26. since27. worse 28. With29. that 30. has been nursed【解析】本文讲述了一只叫做“快乐的大脚”的淘气帝企鹅觅食时迷路，它北漂千里至新西兰，在惠林顿动物园员工照料下“快乐的大脚”将会回到大自然的怀抱。
上海市青浦区2019届高三上学期期末学业质量调研英语试题
青浦区2018学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷高三英语（满分140分，完卷时间120分钟）2018.12 考生注意：1．本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分，试卷包括试题与答题要求，所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。
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I. Listening ComprehensionSection A （10分）Directions:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At a restaurant. B. In a plane.C. In an office.D. At a hotel.2. A. Doctor and patient B. Professor and student.C. Customer and waiter.D. Secretary and manager.3. A. 7:00 p.m. B.4:45 p.m. C.5:00 p.m. D.5:30 p.m.4. A. Satisfied. B. Understanding. C. Doubtful. D. Appreciative.5. A. Dick is a real horse lover. B. Dick will go to town.C. Dick will break his word.D. Dick will finish the task.6. A. ¥110. B. ¥165 C.¥220 D. ¥1357. A. The woman should decide where to travel.B. The woman should ask others for advice.C. He will make the decisionD. He is going abroad.8. A. How to cultivate a hobby. B. What to listen to.C. How to handle stress.D. What to read.9.A. She is lovely. B. She is ambitious.C. She is humorous.D. She is responsible.10.A. The man prefers dining out tonight.B. There's something wrong with the kitchen.C. The woman would not help the man with cooking.D. The woman doesn't think cooking at home is a good idea.Section B （15分）Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Animals have emotion and social skills.B. Animals' mental experience can be tested.C. Animals' choice of partnership relies on pictures.D. Animals feel pain in the same way that humans do.12. A. Identify a familiar face. B. Make a crying sound.C. Build up short-up term partnershipsD. Avoid being shut in the same stall.13. A. Cows can remember what happened in the past.B. Cows are better at making friends with people.C. Cows are happy when seeing a familiar face.D. Cows have a better memory than sheep.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A. When one‟s throat is soft.B.When one dreams at night.C.When one sleeps with the mouth open.D.When one breathes with the mouth closed.15.A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.16.A. A new anti-snoring device. B. A tissue causing snoring.C.A university dentist.D. A common problem.D.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. Simon. B. Lisa. C. Mr. Green. D. The repairman.18.A. The ceiling was broken.B.The apartment was falling.C.The lights were not working.D.The air-conditioner was out of order.19.A. He would get a repair person to repair the room.B.He had taken the cost from the rent check.C.He needed a month to get the job done.D.He would take the apartment back.20.A. Skills for fixing an apartment. B. A request for legal consultation.C.A tip for dealing with landlords.D. Steps of signing renting contracts.II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: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 thegiven word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Wayward Penguin （企鹅）Released South of New ZealandHe needed a little push before speeding backward down a slide. Once in the water, he held his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin (21) _____ (know) as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after a temporary stay i n New Zealand.Happy Feet was released into the ocean south of New Zealand on Sunday, more than two months after he came ashore on a beach nearly 2,000 miles from home and became an instant celebrity. (22) ____ (speak) from a satellite phone, Wellington Zoo veterinarian Lisa Argilla said Happy Feet‟s release went remarkably smoothly. Argilla said crew members from the boat carried the penguin inside his box to the rear part of the ship for his final send-off.(23) ____ when they opened the door of the box, the penguin showed no interest in leaving. “I needed to give him a little tap on his back,” Argilla said.The penguin slipped down the slide on his stomach, bottom first, she said. He resurfaced about 6 feet from the boat, (24) ____ (take) a look up at the people aboard, and then disappeared beneath the surface. “I was really happy to see him go,” Argilla said. “The best part of my job is when you get to release animals back into the wild (25) ____ they are supposed to be.”The 3-foot-tall bird was found on June 20 on Peka Peka Beach, about 40 miles northwest of New Zealand‟s capital, Wellington. It has been 44 years (26) ____ an emperor penguin was last spotted in the wild in New Zealand.At first, conservation authorities said they would wait and let nature take its course with the penguin. But it soon became clear the bird‟s condition was growing (27) ____ (bad), as he swallowed sand and, likely mistaking it for snow.(28) ____ the world watching, authorities finally took action, moving the penguin to the Wellington Zoo four days after he was discovered. It was at the zoo (29) ____ the bird was given a home in a room filled with a bed of ice so he wouldn‟t overheat.Now that Happy Feet (30) ____ (nurse) back to health, his chances are as good as they are for any other penguin in the wild.“He swam away, not caring about us anymore,” Argilla said.She paused.“And that is a good thing,” she said.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Is climatechange consuming your favorite foods?Coffee: Whether or not you try to limit yourself to one cup of coffee a day, the effects of climate change on the world‟s coffee -growing regions may leave you little choice. C_____________ America, Africa, Asia and Hawaii are all being threatened by rising air temperatures and unstable rainfall patterns, which invite disease and ____32____ species to live on the coffee plant and ripening beans. The result? A. shrinking B. undergo C. presently D. plantations E. satisfying F. innovative G. encourage H. stocks I. notably J. invasive K. impactsSignificant cuts in coffee yield and less coffee in your cup. It is estimated that, if current climate patterns continue, half of the areas ____33____ suitable for coffee production won't be by the year 2050.Tea: When it comes to tea, warmer climates and erratic precipitation aren't only ____34____ the world's tea-growing regions, they're also messing with its distinct flavor. For example, in India, researchers have already discovered that the Indian Monsoon has brought more intense rainfall, making tea flavor weaker. Recent research coming out of the University of Southampton suggests that tea-producing areas in some places, ____35____ East Africa, could decline by as much as 55 percent by 2050 as precipitation and temperatures change. Tea pickers are also feeling the ____36____ of climate change. During harvest season, increased air temperatures are creating an increased risk of heatstroke for field workers.Seafood: Climate change is affecting the world's aquaculture as much as its agriculture. As air temperatures rise, oceans and waterways absorb some of the heat and ____37____ warming of their own. The result is a decline in fish population, including in lobsters (who are cold-blooded creatures), and salmon (whose eggs find it hard to survive in higher water temps). Warmer waters also _____38____ toxic marine bacteria, like Vibrio, to grow and cause illness in humans whenever ingested with raw seafood, like oysters or sashimi.And that ____39_____ "crack" you get when eating crab and lobster? It could be silenced as shellfish struggle to build their calcium(碳) carbonate shells, a result of ocean acidification (absorb carbon dioxide from the air). According to a study, scientists predicted that if over-fishing and rising temperature trends continued at their present rate, the world's seafood ____40___ would run out by the year 2050.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.Michael Wang was a senior at James Logan High School, US, back in 2012. According to The New Yorker, he was confident that he could get into an Ivy League university, such as Harvard or Yale. He had a high GPA, ___41___ at debating and co-founded a math club. He was also a talented pianist. ____42___, his dream universities turned him down. His less talented classmates, who were Hispanic orAfrican-American, were admitted into these schools. It made him wonder if he was ____43___ because he was Asian.On Oct 15, a lawsuit against Harvard brought on behalf of Asian-American students like Wang Began. students for Fair Admissions(SFFA),a US non-profit organization. 44 Harvard for using racial balancing in their admissions process. Harvard has denied the 45 considers many factors whether a student should be admitted, including academic performance and extracurricular activities . Harvard added that the number of Asian-Americans admitted to the school had greatly increased since 2010.”Race alone is never the reason a students 47 admission, ”William Lee, a lawyer for Harvard, told the guardian. ”And race is never the reason a student is denied.”Harvard is not the only university to have been accused of 48 against Asian-Americans. In September, the US Justice Department begin to 4 9 whether Yale University discriminates against Asian-Americans, The case has 50 a longstanding debate over affirmative action policies(平均法案政策) that allow universities to use race as a factor when considering applications. The policies 51 benefit African-American and latino students in an effort to make up for centuries of racial discrimination,according to THE NEW YORK Times, the SFFA wants the use of race in the admissions process to be ended,52 that it causes inequality.”People sh ould be judged on character a and 53 ,”However,in a student, Havard said that 54 the race criterion would “reduce students‟ opportunities to live and learn in a diverse campus environment”.Although the case has just begun, the 55 judgement” could i nfluence admissions to US universities for years to come,” according to AI Jaxeera, a Qatar _based TV station.41.A.crazy B. amazed C . gifted D. slow42.A.Besides B. Fortunately C. Undoubtedly D. However43.A.rejected B. dismissed C. enclosed D. stopped44.A.trapped B. oppressed C. sued D. blamed45.A.charge B. mistake C. claim D. compaint46.Aconforming B. determining C. acknowledging D. surveying47.A.robbed B. granted C. entitled D .convinced48.A.preference B. favor C. opposition D. discrimination49.A.investigate B. research C. wonder D. inquire50.A.preference B. infected C. fueled D. brought51.Anecessarily B.equally C. traditionally D. unintentionally52.Aconsider Bdebating C.annoying D.arguing53.Aacaedemice Bstength C. benefit D moralities54.Adropping B.setting C. implementing D. imposing54.A.official B. existent C. gradual D. eventualDirections: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)Jack London, one of America‟s major writers of adventure tales,was born in California in 1876. During his life, London worked at many jobs. His broad life experiences would become the background for his writing.London loved to read. As a teenager, he spent many hours educating himself at the Oakland, California, public library. He attended college at the University of California at Berkeley, but he stayed for only six months. He thought Berkeley was “not lively enough” and wanted to do something more exciting.London wrote stories about working people and the hard times they had making a living. He knew their problems first hand. He worked as a sailor, farmer, factory employee, railroad worker, and gold prospector, to name just a few of his many jobs.London grew up near the waterfront in Oakland. He loved the water. When he was fifteen years old, he bought a small sailboat called a sloop. Later he sailed to Japan on a schooner, which is a much larger sailing boat. Like many people of the time, London caught the Klondike Gold Rush Fever. In 1897, he headed for Alaska. He didn‟t find gold, but he discovered something even more valuable. He discovered that people enjoyed listening to the stories he made up with his vivid imagination. London entertained the miners with story after story. Later, using his experiences during the Gold Rush, he created many more colorful stories.London resolved to live a full, exciting life. He once said, “I would rather b e a superb meteor(流星),every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” Each day, he pushed himself. Once London determined that he was going to be a writer, nothing could stop him. His goal was to write at least one thousand words every day. He refused to stop even when he was sick. In eighteen years, the writer published fifty-one books and hundreds of articles. He was the best-selling and highest-paid author of his day. Many people also considered him to be the best writer. White Fang and The Call of the Wild are his most famous stories and are about surviving in the Alaskan wilderness. Readers can enjoy Jack London‟s energy and his talent for telling wonderful stories each time they open one of his novels.56. Why was Jack London able to write on many topics?A. He pushed himself to reach goals.B. He had a variety of experiences and jobs.C. He was drawn to the Klondike Gold Rush.D. He was the best-selling and highest-paid author.57.What prevented Jack London form finishing college?A. That he was hired to sail to Japan.B. That he traveled to Alaska in 1897.C. That he spent much of his time writing.D. That he was not interested in college life enough.58.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph indicates that Jack London______.A.is expert at universe.B. aims high and strive to succeed.C.is excited about life if the wildness.D. face a choice between life and death.59.What is the author‟s purpose in writing the passage?A. To support the statement that London was the “best writer?.B. To describe life during the klondike Gold Rush.C. To provide information on Jack …s life.D. To identify books written by Jack London.( B)USING YOUR GOLDEN ARROW MULTIPURPOSE CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE THE DATE AND TIME AT YOUR LOCATION AS WELL AS LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE SEETING THE DATE AND TIME FOR YOUR LOCATIONUse the TIME ZONE chart below to locate code that corresponds with the time zone in which you live. Select the major city that shares your time zone. Press the code that corresponds to that city (e.g. ,if you live in Washington ,Oregon California, or Nevada, all of which are located in the Pacific time zone, you would choose Los Angeles and press the corresponding code which is the 1 key).1.Press TIME twice. The two digits representing hours will begin to flash.2.Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until the desired hour flashes. Then release.3.Press SET. The two digits representing minutes will begin to flash.4.Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until the desired minute fleshes. Then relea se.5.Press SET. The two digits representing seconds will begin to flash.6.Depress and hold the ▲or▼ key until 00 flashes. The release.7.Press SET. To set the year, month, and day press DATE three times. Then repeat steps 2 through 7.NOTE: At this point, hour ,minutes and seconds will change to year, month, and day.DETERMINAING DATE AND TIME FOR THE WORLD‟S16 TIME ZONES1.PRESS ZONE TWICE.2. Use the TIME ZONE chart below to locate the code that corresponds to the time zone for which you desire the date and time. Press that code (e.g., press = to determine the date and time in Hong Kong). The selected date and time will alternately display for 10 seconds and then return automatically to your home date and time.60. This article serves to explain how to ________.A. press the or keys to adjust timeB. determine the time zone around the worldC. set global locations to find Pacific time zoneD. use the calculator to display time, date and location61. If you are at a net meeting in London at 9 a.m., what time is it for your colleagues in Japan?A. 9 p.m..B. 6 p.m..C.11 a.m..D. 8 a.m..62. What sequence of steps would you follow to check the time in Moscow?A. Press ZONE twice. Press 9.B. Press ZONE twice. Press+3.C. Press ZONE twice. Press 9.Press+3.D. Press ZONE twice. Press 9 three times.(C)Medicine is the most noble of all the arts, but owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and those who inconsiderately form a judgment of them, it is now far behind all the other arts. Their mistake appears to me to arise principally from the fact that there is no punishment for the practice of medicine except disgrace, and that does not hurt those who are familiar with it. Such persons are like the figures introduced in tragedies, for as they have the shape, and dress, and appearance of an actor, but are not actors, so also physicians are many in title but very few in reality.Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine ought to proccess the following advantages: a natural character; instruction; a favorable position for the study; early tuition; love for labor; leisure. First of all, a natural talent is required, for Nature leads the way to what is most excellent; then instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to adopt by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for instruction. He must also bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance to ensure the CODE CITY TIME 8 Cairo +2 9 Moscow +3 + Karachi +5 - Bangkok +7 = Hong Kong +8 * Tokyo +9 / Sydney +10 # Wellington +12 CODE CITY TIME 0 Honolulu -101 Los Angeles -82 Denver -73 Chicago -64 New York -55 Rio de Janeiro -36 London 07 Paris +1instruction takes root.Instruction in medicine is like the culture of the productions of the earth. For our natural character, is, as it were, the soil; the principals of our teacher are, as it were, the seed. Instruction in youth is like the planting of the seed in the ground at the proper season. Diligent study is like the cultivation of the fields; and it is time which passes on strength to all things and brings them to maturityHaving brought all these essentials to the study of medicine, and having acquired a true knowledge of it, we shall thus, in travelling around, be respected physicians not only in name but in reality. Inexperience is a bad trait, and does harm to those who possess it, nurturing either timidity or audacity(胆大安为). For timidity reveals a want of powers, and audacity a lack of skill. Physicians who are eager for power or those who are undertrained are not a blessing to a community.Those things which are sacred or noble, are to be delivered only to sacred persons; and it is wrong to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science.63. Based on paragraph 1, which of the following best characterizes bad physicians?A. They are greedy.B. They are pretenders.C. They are difficult to contact.D. They are the minority.64. According to paragraph 2, what must accompany the personal quality of a physician?A. A good education.B. A supportive family.C. Approval from the authority.D. Popularity in the community.65. If the author of the passage were to use a heading for each paragraph, which heading would fit best before paragraph 3?A. An Herbal Treatment.B. Medicine and Gardening.C. The Growth of a Physician.D. Understanding Agriculture First.66. Based on the underlined sentences in paragraph 5, what is the relationship between the words "sacred” and "profane"?A. The two words are exactly the same in meaning.B. The two words are similar in meaning.C. The two words are of the same root.D. The two words are opposites.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.Some have reportedly climbed up chimneys to jump to their death unless they get their defaulted salaries.B. It is something every Chinese look forward to as the traditional gala draws near.C. Unfortunately, weeks preceding the Spring Festival have turned out to be hard times for migrant workers.D. Hopefully, these efforts will send more workers on a happy journey home for the Spring Festival with their salaries in their pockets.E. However difficult the situations they are in, it is too cruel and unfair for employers to hold back salaries they should pay their migrant workers.F. Objectively speaking, governments at various levels have done a great deal in helping theseworkers recover their defaulted salaries.H elp Migrant WorkersThere is nothing like going home. More so if it is for the Spring Festival family reunion. For a migrant worker it perhaps means even more. To be able to set out on a homeward journey with money from a year‟s toil in his pocket is the best thing he can think of. 67 . They had to press hard for their defaulted payments, the salaries that were failed to pay up.About 200 million migrant workers nationwide are something left behind by economic reforms and opening up due to their contributions in the past three decades. It is almost impossible to imagine life in these places without them. However, they still form a disadvantaged group. Their rights are violated in different forms. Among other things, unpaid salaries are the most painful of such violations that are likely to drive a migrant worker to desperate actions. 68 .69 . They have taken measures to prevent employers from holding back payments to them. Yet, as the financial crisis bites deep, some small enterprises that are struck the most try to reduce their economic losses by laying off migrant workers or refusing to pay them. So it is particularly important for governments at all levels to do an even better job in helping villager-turned-workers recover their unpaid salaries before the Spring Festival.It is good news that quite a number of local governments have organized special taskforces to conduct inspections in those labor-intensive enterprises to make sure they have paid their migrant workers in a timely and fair manner. Construction commissions in almost all provinces have published hotlines for farmer-turned-construction workers to lodge complaints against their employers for withholding their salaries. 70 . But we need to look for solutions that will work at all times. We need to put in place a mechanism that will effectively prevent employers from holding back salaries to workers.Ⅳ. Summary Writing.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.To Friend or UnfriendSocial networking makes it very easy to have friends – lots and lots friends. Hundreds or millions of people have joined QQ, Wechat, and other sites so that they can communicate with friends online. However, the meaning of the word “friend” seems changed. In the past, a friend was someone you had a closepersonal relationship with. Now, anyone in the world can be your friend online! Some people have thousands of cyber friends, but what do you do if you don‟t want to have so many friends?Easy! You can dump an unwanted friend with just one click of your mouse. in recent years, it has become so common to get rid of friends in this way that there is a new word to describe it –to “unfriend”. The new Oxford American Dictionary named it word of the Year in 2009 and defined it like this: “to remove someone as a …friend‟ from social networking site”. B ut why would you want to do such a thing as unfriending someone?The most common reason for unfriending someone is to eliminate annoying people from your social life. For example, some friends post messages much too frequently, especially those messages found to be extremely boring. They endlessly post status updates which say something like “I‟m cooking dinner” or “I‟m doing homework”. Another reason for unfriending someone is disagreement about world issues. A third reason is to get rid of people who write dirty things on social websites.Although dumping friends is not just an Internet phenomenon, far more online friendships end suddenly than off-line ones. Even in this computer age, it remains true that many people prefer spending time together face-to f ace. After all, that‟s what friends are for!Ⅴ. Translation.Directions：Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 人们普遍认为对颜色的偏爱能反映一个人的性格。
2019-2020学年上海市青浦区高三上学期英语期末调研试卷
青浦区2019学年度第一学期高三年级期终调研测试英语试卷（完卷时间：120分钟满分：140分）2019年12月第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 . 10 B . 20 C . 30 D . 402 . A . A teacher B . A coach C . A judge D . A doctor3 . A . In the school clinic B . In the bookstoreC . In the teachers officeD . In the theatre4 . A . The man didn't even know Jenny B . Jenny changed the color of her hairC . The woman dialed Jenny last weekD . The man didn't notice Jenny's hair5 . A . He kept awake last night , feeling hotB . He stayed up late last night , working hardC . He didn’t have an air conditioner in his roomD . He didn't go to work last night because he was tired6 . A . Checking in .B . Giving suggestionsC . Making complaints .D . Looking for the toilet .7 . A . Reasonable B . Practical C. Serious D . Ridiculous8 . A . He was attracted . B . He was puzzled .C . He was boredD . He was unconscious9 . A . The man is already fed up with playing the pianoB . The piece of music the man played is very popularC . The woman came to the concert at the mans requestD . The man's unique talents are the envy of many people10 . A . Whether the houses are for saleB . Whether the article is worth readingC . Whether the house developers are negative .D . Whether paying a visit to the house is helpfulSection BDirections:In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. 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 passage.11 . A . Sunlight exposure B . Stress levelC . Health risksD . Lifestyle12 . A . Because fatty fish contain Vitamin A&DB . Because eyes have special needs for nutritionC . Because eye maintenance mainly relies on foodsD . Because leafy green vegetables are rich in nutrition13 . A . By using computers with 24-inch screens B . By glaring at the screenC.By reducing exposure to blue light -D. By rubbing the eye every two hoursQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14 . A. Contented and relieved B. Anxious and depressedC. Proud but a bit nervousD. Excited but a bit sad15 .A . Choose the right school for them B . Help them to learn by themselvesC.Read books and magazines to them D . Set an example for them to follow16 . A . Their intelligence B . The quality of their schoolC . Their family lifeD . The effort put in learning Questions 17through 20 are based on the following conversation.17 . A . Mother and son B . Tour guide and visitorC . Husband and wifeD . Shop assistant and customer .18 . A . It will not be fun with Mr Whitehead hostingB . It is a comedy show she has watched beforeC . It has been criticized in the local papersD . It consists of a lot of different acts19 . A . It has little impact on people's daily lifeB . It sounds quite alarmingC . It is getting more serious these daysD . It seems a depressing topic20 . A . Watch a charity comedyB . Go and see CarmenC . Look after the kidD . Book tickets for City Theatre【答案】1-5 CDBBA 6-10 CDCBD 11-15 DBCDD 16-20 CCADB【文本】1. M: How much is the T-shirt over there?W: They are on sale. Buy one for 20 dollars, and half price for the second one.Q: How much should the man pay if he buys two T-shirts?2. W: I broke my knee a week ago, and it still hurts a lot.M: Oh, you should have had an examination earlier.Q: What is most probably the man?3. M: Excuse me, where can I find something by the writer Mark Twain?W: Go upstairs, and you will find what you need near the checkout counter.Q: Where is the conversation most probably taking place?4. W: Did you notice that Jenny had her hair dyed last week?M: Noticed? I didn’t even recognize her.Q: What can we learn from the conversation?5. W: You look tired, Eddie. What’s up?M: I couldn’t sleep at all last night. It’s really hot these days, but the air conditioner in my room doesn’t work. Q: What can be learned about the man?6. M: Good evening, Madam. Is there anything wrong?W: I’m afraid there is. We checked in an hour ago, only to find the toilet didn’t flush smoothly.Q: What is the woman doing?7. M: I’m taking a trip to the Happy Valley this weekend.W: You can’t be serious! We’ve got two reports to finish this weekend.Q: What does the woman think of the man’s plan?8. W: John, what do you think of yesterday’s lecture?M: I tried to listen. But soon my mind began to wander and I lost concentration.Q: How does the man feel about the lecture?9. W: I really enjoy that piece you just played on the piano. I bet you have a lot of requests for it.M: You said it. People just can’t get enough of it.Q: What do we learn from the conversation?10. M: This article is nothing but advertising for housing developers. I don’t think the houses for sale are half that good.W: Come on, David. Why so negative? Just a trip to look at the places won’t cost us much.Q: What is the focus of the conversation?Section BDirections:In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.Good vision helps you perform well. That’s why it’s important to take a few simple steps to make sure you help keep your eyesight at its best. Here are some simple tips to help maintain eye health:Your eyes are unique and have their own set of nutritional needs. As part of your healthy diet, choose foods rich in Vitamins A and C.Foods like leafy, green vegetables and fatty fish are important to the health of the eye.When you get the right hours of sleep, there is a high chance of you waking up without a burn feeling in both eyes as a result of lack of sleep. Also, you will look great and get to perform at your best.Smoking exposes your eyes to high levels of stress. While the connection has not been clearly identified, it is known that smoking increases your risk for a variety of health conditions affecting the eye.Making use of digital devices for hours each day exposes your eyes to high energy blue light which isn’t healthy. Therefore, keep your computer screen within 20 to 24 inches of your eye. Adjust lighting to minimize glare on the screen, rub the eye gently and take a break every 20 minutes.(Now listen again, please.)Questions:11.What is eye health related to?12.According to the passage, why does diet matter much to the eyes?13.How can one protect his eyes while using digital devices?Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.When children start school for the very first time, parents often feel a sense of excitement together with a touch of sadness. This is the start of a new adventure for children playing and interacting with new friends sharing, taking turns and settling into a new routine.But of course, this is not the start of children’s education, which in fact began at birth. Back then, parents would have been their children’s most influe ntial teachers. During this time at home, a child would have learned more than at any other period in his life. During children’s first year in school much time will be spent in learning to read and they need to know that this is fun and worthwhile. Children will naturally copy parents so it is important that parents are seen reading and enjoying books, newspapers and magazines rather than just absorbed in screens. Ultimately an excellent education should be a close partnership between parents and teachers. A child’s year splits fairly neatly into thirds: a 3rd at school, a 3rd asleep and a third awake at home or on holiday.Regardless of the quality of a school, a child’s home life is of key importance. It is the determining factor of their academic success. A child may have started on a new journey but his parents’ work is far from finished.(Now listen again, please.)Questions:14. How do parents feel when their children start going to school?15. What should parents do for the success of their children’s education?16. What is the key factor of children’s academic success according to the passage?Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.M: Cindy, do you feel like going out tonight?W: Yeah. Why not? Tonight, Mom will come here to look after the kids. Plus, we haven’t been out for ages.M: What a shame. Well, let’s see in the paper what we can see tonight. Look, it says there is a comedy special on. W: Where is it on?M: It’s at the City Theatre. It’s a charity comedy night with lots of different acts. It looks pretty good. The critic in the local papers says it’s the funniest thing he’s ever seen. It says here Roger Whitehead is an amazing host to a night of foreign performances.W: Emm, I’m not keen on him. He’s not very funny.M: Then what about a film on climate change? Does it sound good to you?W: No, not really. It doesn’t appeal to me. What is it about? Just climate change?M: I think it’s about how climate change affects everyday life. I wonder how they make it entertainin g.W: Well, it sounds really awful. It’s an important subject, I agree. But I’m not in the mood for anything depressing. What else is on?M: There is a Spanish Dance Festival. It says in the paper, “Anna Gomez leads in an exciting production of the great S panish love story, Carmen.”W: Oh, I love dance. That sounds really interesting. Then, what time is it on?M: At 7:30 at the City Stadium.W: Well, that’s good. We still have enough time to get there.M: Great. I’ll book the tickets online now.(Now listen again, please.)Questions:17. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?18. Why is Cindy not in favour of the comedy at the City Theatre?19. What does the woman think of climate change?20. What do they decide to do finally?That’s the end of listening. 听力部分到此结束。