2021年1月23日发(作者：虚无缥缈)
松江区
2020
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）

















2020.12

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I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

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. A zoo keeper.














B. A postal worker.

C. A shop assistant.







D. An airport security guard.

2.

A. Satisfied.






B. Disappointed.



C. Afraid.






D. Apologetic.

3.

A. They got there at different time.




B. The woman didn’t go there.





C. The man forgot about the meeting.




D. They didn’t agree on the meeting place.

4.

A. Her husband couldn’t find a suitable job.







B. Her husband quarreled with their son.





C. She had an argument with her husband.





D. She had to stay home because she was fired.

5.

A. Exciting.





B. Funny.






C. Outdated.



D. Terrible.

6.

A. At a restaurant.


B. At a grocery.



C. In a theater.


D. On a farm.

7.

A. She doesn’t work hard enough.





B. She never falls asleep in class.





C. She has a Japanese cultural background.



D. Her parents urge her to have more sleep.

8.

A. Take a course on sailing.









B. Watch some sailing shows.

C. Buy things needed for sailing.





D. Learn sailing from an app.


9.

A. The birds are not beautiful enough.







B. The woman prefers to teach a cat to talk.



C. The birds actually cannot imitate human voice.







D. The woman won’t have the birds at such a price.

10.

A. He didn’t see the sign.






B. He got three parking tickets this month.





C. He refused to pay a fine.






D. He parked his car there after working hours.

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Section B

Directions:

In
Section
B,
you
will
hear
two
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 is the best answer to the question you
have heard.


Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11.

A. His regular water therapy.




B. His disability to swim like others.




C. Lack of proper training.




D. A terrible experience in a pool.

12.

A. He wanted to train an Olympic champion.


B. He hoped kids like Zulfic could learn swimming.




C. He wanted to improve physical education for kids.


D. The existing swimming equipment wasn’t standard.


13.

A. He will soon compete in a world game.


B. He could swim twice as fast as average swimmers.



C. He could swim the length of Olympic-sized pools with help.

D. He won a local swimming competition for disabled people.


Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14.

A. A cell phone.


B. A leather wallet.


C. A mini camera.


D. An alarm clock.

15.

A. It will track the thief with GPS system.


B. It will contact banks to stop withdrawing.





C. An alarm will be sent to the police station.



D. A picture of the opener will be taken.

16.

A. It is a multifunctional wallet.


B. It’s old-fashioned in this age.

C. It is unique in size and function.

D. It can text messages automatically.


Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17.

A. 30%.



B. 24%.




C. 96%.




D. 50%.

18.

A. He nearly became blind.




B. His vision became even worse.




C. He couldn’t see very well at night.


D. His eyes were dry for several months.

19.

A. Nervous.


B. Regretful.


C. Painful.




D. Relaxed.

20.

A. Laser surgery is safe despite its side effects.







B. Two weeks’ home rest is required after the surgery.

C. The cost of the surgery is too high for ordinary people.








D. People with poor vision are all good candidates for the surgery.


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II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A

Directions:
After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and
grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of
the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.


Music Festival in Montreal

Every Sunday afternoon in the
Plateau section

(
高原地区
)

of Montreal, thousands of people
of all ages, nationalities, and economic backgrounds gather at the Jacques Cartier Monument in Mont
Royal Park to play instruments, sing and dance. This weekly joyful event is called the “Tam-tam” —
a
name

(21)
_________
(refer)
to
an
African
drum
—
and
has
become
an
institution
among
Montreal’s
bohemians
(
放荡不羁的文化人
).

The Plateau is one of Canada’s most racially varied districts where French and English are both
spoken, unlike the rest of French-speaking Montreal. Many artists, musicians, and writers inhabit
this
area
due
to
the
cheap
rent
of
apartments
and
studios.
In
the
sixties,
it
became
known
(22)
_________ the bohemian area of Montreal, and the stores began selling clothing, music and books
(23) _________ satisfied the tastes.

Mont Royal Park is (24) _________ many of these artists and musicians would meet in the
sixties
to
have
lunch
or
just
spend
an
afternoon
together.
Musicians
brought
instruments,
and
eventually
impromptu
(
即兴的
) performance of jazz got started, (25) _________ (attract) poets who
recited their works to the music being performed.

Word got out about these gatherings, and it appealed to even more people until it was decided
that these gatherings would happen every Sunday afternoon. Not only (26) _________ people have
a
great
time
at
these
gatherings,
but
it
was
also
an
excellent
opportunity
for
musicians
(27)
_________ (schedule) further meetings in order to cooperate on musical projects.

Tam-tam (28) _________ (become) a sort of Montreal institution already, which is
drawing
thousands of people every week and representing freedom and creativity, owing to (29) _________
impromptu nature. The event begins around noon and ends at sunset. Everyone is invited to attend a
Tam-tam with an instrument, (30) _________ the hosts think the crowd participation can make Tam-
tam a special occasion.


Section B


Directions:
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.

A.

increased

B.
inexcusable

C.
reverse


D.
shelter


E.
governing

F.
priority


G. widespread

H. departing




I. assigned




J. response



K. extra


This
corona-virus
affects
everyone,
but
not
equally.
Because
of
covid-19,
the
number
of
extremely poor people would rise by 70,000,000 to 100,000,000 this year, the World Bank predicted.
Using a broader measure, including those who lack basic



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or clean water and children
who
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go hungry, the poor would rise by 240,000,000 this year, said the UN. That could



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almost
a
decade of progress.
Vaccination
(
疫苗注射
) will to some extent help economies recover, but





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vaccination

will take years and the very poor cannot wait that long.


The IMF and World Bank have



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lending, but only 31% more of the bank’s money
has reached poor countries, says the Centre for Global Development. Governments in poor countries
need to spend their money wisely. Even when money is



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for good purposes, it is too often
wasted or stolen.



The best way to help the poor is to give them money in a direct manner. With a little



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cash in their pockets, the poor can feed their children and send them back to school, which will help
them make a living in the future. One country that has done well getting cash into poor pockets is
Brazil,
despite
President
Jair
Bolsonaro’s
habit
of
underst
ating
the
effects
of
covid-19.
Various
measures of poverty there have actually fallen. A(n)



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for governments should be basic
health care, which the corona-virus has interrupted so badly that vaccination rates for children have
been set back about 20 years. The crisis requires politicians to make hard choices quickly, and they
can follow the example of China.
Mistakes are unavoidable, given how much remains unknown about the disease, but some are



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. India’s sudden lockdown forced millions of m
igrant workers to head back to their villages
on foot or crowded trains, spreading the virus far and wide. Politicians



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remotely from
their
comfortable
home
offices
should
think
harder
about
how
their
decisions
might
affect
those
whom
covid-19
is
plunging
back
into
extreme
poverty.
It
is
shameful
when
their



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to
covid-19 adds to the suffering of the least fortunate.

III. Reading Comprehension



Section A

Directions:
For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B,
C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Fitness apps such as Strava can be useful tools for motivating you to start and stick to an exercise
plan. But, according to a study at the National University of Ireland, Galway, these apps can make
people
become



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to
exercise. The
study,
which
observed
272
cyclists
who
use
Strava,
found that people who mainly use the tool to show off,



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, posting their exercise to receive
praise, are more likely to develop an unhealthy desire and high stress levels.

It seems obvious that being able to track and share the tiniest details of your exercise may not
always be a(n)



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thing. I had an eating disorder as a teenager and, for a very unhappy time,




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dominated my life. I weighed myself several times a day. I calculated everything from
how many calories were in one bite of an apple to how many extra calories I would



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by
exercising in cold weather. I used in-brain calculating technology to track all this. Had I had access
to
the
health
apps
available
now,
it
would
have
taken
me
much
longer
to



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–
not
only
because these kinds of tools enable
obsessive
(
强迫性的
)
behaviour, but because they



47




and
even glorify it.

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We live in an age when you can never be too rich or too



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. Calorie- counting is now
celebrated
as
a
data-driven
route
to
self- improvement.
It
is



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to
spot
the
symptoms
associated with eating disorders when everyone seems to get hooked on their fitness statistics. Also,
because
eating
and
exercise
disorders
are
still
associated
with
women,
it
is
particularly
easy
for
problematic behaviour among men to fly under the radar.

The negative connection between these technologies and wellbeing has received



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attention. Only a handful of studies hint at the dark side of these devices. A 2019 study of female
Fitbit users by CNN, for instance, found that 59% felt as if their routines were



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by their
device, while 30% said their Fitbit made them feel guilty. A 2015 study at Duke University found
that tracking can reduce



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in the activity being quantified and make people do less of that
activity when they are not measuring it. Going for a long bike ride can cease to be an enjoyment in
itself but an achievement to



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about online.

Fitness apps themselves are not a bad thing.



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, as health-tracking technology becomes
increasingly common – even kids use fitness apps – it is important to be aware that



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every
aspect of our lives is not necessarily healthy.


41.

A. accustomed


B. addicted



C. blind






D. grateful

42.

A. in practice




B. above all



C. for example


D. in brief

43.

A. annoying



B. positive



C. strange



D. original

44.

A. fantasy



B. doubt




C. exercise



D. data

45.

A. count







B. drain




C. burn




D. exhaust

46.

A. recover



B. suffer




C. adapt




D. explore

47.

A. advertise



B. realize



C. criticize



D. normalize


48.

A. strong



B. fit




C. young



D. energetic

49.

A. harder



B. smarter



C. more likely


D. more beneficial

50.

A. little




B. special



C. considerable


D. immediate

51.

A. guaranteed



B. revealed



C. damaged



D. controlled

52.

A. anxiety



B. benefit



C. pleasure



D. significance

53.

A. bring




B. boast




C. inquire



D. hesitate

54.

A. However



B. Therefore



C. Additionally


D. Contrarily

55.

A. assessing



B. adjusting



C. quantifying


D. inspecting


Section B

Directions:
Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the
one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)


Fur Babies

Kong Qin, a 32-year-old white-collar worker in Beijing, recently noticed that Cheese, her cat,
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