轻微2017上海虹口区高三二模英语试题及答案

虹口区

2016

学年度第二学期期中教学质量监 控测试

高三英语

试卷

第

I

卷

(

共

100

分

)

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions:

In

Section

A,

you

will

hear

ten

short

conversations

between

two

speakers.

At

the

end

of

each

conversation,

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. Go to the office

B. Keep calling

C. Try online booking

D. See a doctor

2.

A. A reporter

B. An athlete

C. A fisherman

D. An organizer

3.

A. At a post office

B. At a fast-food restaurant

C. At a booking office

D. At a check-in desk

4.

A. He already has plans.

B. The woman should decide where to eat.

C. He will make a reservation.

D. The woman can ask her brother for advice.

5.

A. He got wet in the rain.

B. The shower was out of order.

C. He didn’t hear the phone ringing.

D. He got out of the shower to answer the phone.

6.

A. Reasonable

B. Bright

C. Serious

D. Ridiculous

7.

A. Send leaflets

B. Go sightseeing

C. Do some gardening

D. Visit a lawyer

8.

A. Her doorbell doesn’t need repair.

B. She didn’t expect him to come so earl

y

C. The man has just arrived on time.

D. It is not the right time for her.

9.

A. She won’t go to the beach if it rains.

B. She would like the man to go to the beach.

C. It will clear up tomorrow.

D. It was pouring when she was at the beach.

10.

A. What to take up as a hobby.

B. How to keep fit.

C. How to handle pressure.

D. What to play with.

Section B

Directions:

In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one 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 would be

the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11.

A. Greet guests and talk to hotel staff.

B. Have breakfast and examine room service.

C. Prepare for the meeting and write new reports.

D. Review the previous night’s

reports and check emails.

12.

A. Saying hello to every guest.

B. Considering different bath requirements.

C. Dining with a different staff member.

D. Holding various operational meetings.

13.

A. A day’s life of a hotel manager.

B. The daily routine at a hotel.

C. Hotel service and improvement.

D. Meetings attended by a hotel manager.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14.

A. Educating children.

B. Saving rare animals.

C. Recreating an environment.

D. Making a profit.

15.

A. Because animals make visitors stressful.

B. Because animals must live their lives in cages.

C. Because animals can feel bored and sad.

D. Because animals are in danger of extinction.

16.

A. They are still useful and necessary.

B. They have more disadvantages than advantages.

C. They are a perfect environment for animals.

D. They are recreative places for animals.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. Tuesday.

B. Wednesday.

C. Thursday.

D. Friday.

18. A. Either is acceptable.

B. The guest doesn’t mind it.

C. The guest does mind it.

D. It’s up to the hotel waitress.

19. A. 400 dollars

B. 600 dollars

C. 800 dollars

D. 1200 dollars

20. A. There is no free WiFi access in the rooms of the hotel

B. There is only WiFi access in the lobby of the hotel

C. There is no free Internet access in the hotel

D. There is no Internet access in the hotel

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.

Loss of

Biodiversity

(

生物多样性

) Affects Human Society

If

a

species

of

bee

disappears

forever

or

a

particular plant

is

extinct,

what

does

it

have

to

do

with

us

humans?

Well,

according to a team of international scientists, biodiversity is dropping below levels (21) ______ (consider) safe for the health

and happiness of human societies.

The issue is that everything is inter-connected and ecosystems support our societies (22) ______ they provide us with, for

example,

food,

fibres

and

fuels.

If

species

go

on

disappearing,

this

can

disturb

many

vital

processes

(23)

______

crop

pollination

(

授粉

) and the

decomposition

(

分解

) of waste.

A framework which defines the environmental limits within (24) ______ humans can really operate

-- called planetary

boundaries

--

says

(25)

______

(lose)

more

than

10%

of

the

biodiversity

in

an

area

places

the

local

ecosystem

at

risk.

Ecosystems are all different but this percentage is considered as a good measure of safety.

A study published in the magazine Science suggests that 58% of the world’s land surface (26) ______ (reduce) below this

level already. These areas house 71% of the global population. Professor Andy Purvis, from Imperial College London and the

Natural History Museum, is one of the authors of the study. He says, “Once we’re the wrong side of the boundary

, (27) ______

doesn’t

mean

e

verything

goes

wrong

immediately,

but

there

is

a

remarkable

higher

risk

(28)

______

things

will

go

badly

wrong.”

The

researchers

found

that

grasslands,

savannas

and

shrub

lands

were

most

affected

by

biodiversity

loss

on

average.

Purvis

hopes

this

report

(29)

______

become

a

wake-

up

call

to

those

who

design

policies.

Here’s

his

warning:

“Decision

-makers worry a lot about economic

recessions

(

衰退

), but an ecological recession could have even (30) ______ (bad)

consequences

–

and the biodiversity damage we’ve had means we’re at risk of that happening. Until and unless we can bring

biodiversity back up, we’re playing ecological

roulette

(

轮盘赌

).”

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. characteristic

B. environmentally

C. announced

D. imports

E. exposing

F. invest

G. extensively

H. acquire

I. machinery

J. competitiveness

K. crucial

China Set to Make Own Ballpoint Pen Tips

One of China’s major

stainless steel

(

不锈钢

) producers has independently developed the special steel needed to make

the ballpoint pen tips and plans to mass-produce the material to replace __31__ in two years.

The

group

has

spent

five

years

on

research

and

development

to

__32__

the

technology,

ending

a

long-term

Chinese

reliance on foreign pen tips.

Without

this

technology,

China’s

pen

manufacturers,

which

produce

38

billion

ballpoint

pens

per

year,

have

had

to

purchase the __33__ parts from overseas markets, costing the industry $$17.3 million a year, according to the China National

Light Industry Council.

“It will be one of our

__34__ products in the long run, and we will try more materials for tips of ballpoint pens to remain

competitive,” said Li Jianmin, director of TISCO’s research and develo

pment center.

Wang

Huimian,

TISCO’s

senior

engineer,

said

the

company

will

__35__

more

financial

resources

and

manpower

to

develop

next-generation

ballpoint

pen

tips

in

a(n)

__36__

friendly

way

to

further

compete

with

rivals

in

Japan

and

Switzerland.

“If t

hese real economy- related factors are underdeveloped, its key __37__

won’t be strong,” said Wang.

The pen tip issue was first brought into the spotlight by Premier Li Keqiang in January last year,

__38__ a major issue

facing Chinese manufacturers

—

weak competitiveness in key technology.

Making

such

products

requires

high-precision

__39__

and

extremely-thin

steel

plates.

Special

microelements

must

be

added to liquid steel to make a quality tip that can write continually for at least 800 meters.

Eager to enhance its earning ability, the company __40__ that it planned to produce 10.5 million metric tons of steel this

year, including 4.5 million stainless steel products.

Zhao Ying, a researcher at the Institute of Industrial Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, said,

“All these elements can be reached only through long

-

term investment and increasing development,” he said.

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.

Throughout history, many lives have been lost at the hands of severe weather.

Meteorologists

(

气象学家

) and scientists

alike are always investigating new ways to increase the warning time for storms, with the hope of reducing the __41__ of lives.

In the past few decades, local weather radar advancements have been made, which allow for better accuracy in __42__ the

paths of storms.

Meteorologists and scientists have been able to successfully track severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes by using

an

advanced

tracking

system

called

NEXRAD

(Next-Generation

Radar).

NEXRAD

is

a

tracking

network

__43__

158

Doppler

weather radars. And during a storm this high-resolution computerized __44__ takes readings on the amount of

precipitation

(

降水

) in the air, the movements in the clouds, and the wind speeds.

These

__45__

are

bounced

back

to

a

local

weather

computer,

and

a

colorful

image

appears

on

the

screen,

giving

meteorologists

a

clear

picture

of

what

kind

of

weather

is

on

the

horizon.

This

final

image

is

what

you

see

when

the

meteorologist breaks in with severe weather reports and warnings. __46__, on your television screen you will see a computer

animated image of the approaching storm.

If the storm is severe enough, then the National Weather Service (NWS) will __47__ severe weather reports of severe

thunderstorm warnings for your area. __48__, the storm captured on the radar will have produced strong readable winds,

detectable lightning, and some

hail

(

冰雹

). Paying attention to the weather map is __49__ when severe weather is around.

On the television screen you will see several colors on the precipitation map, __50__ from blue (the lightest) to black (the

heaviest). If the colors for your __51__ area are yellow, take caution. If the colors range between orange and red, take cover

immediately, as damaging winds and dangerous lightning have been reported.

When local weather radar in Atlanta, Georgia reported high winds,

__52__ wind patterns and large hail earlier this year,

the National Weather Service issued a tornado __53__. Meteorologists in the area used the collected data to predict what

path the storm would take, __54__ which areas needed to be warned.

Thanks to this technology, most residents received the severe weather reports early enough to seek __55__ before the

storm hit. Paying attention to your local weather source during severe weather plays a vital role in your safety.

41.A. loss

42.A. changing

43.A. faced with

44.A. structure

45.A. figures

46. A. Most likely

47.A. decide

48.A. By the way

49.A. vital

50.A. expanding

51.A. proper

52.A. straight

53.A. process

54.A. indicating

55.A. rescue

B. increase

B. controlling

B. exposed to

B. system

B. data

B. Most evidently

B. estimate

B. In that case

B. reasonable

B. spreading

B. specific

B. unique

B. threat

B. recognizing

B. residence

C. protection

C. predicting

C. involved in

C. mode

C. readings

C. Most interestingly

C. handle

C. To some extent

C. normal

C. ranging

C. typical

C. general

C. warning

C. revealing

C. support

D. value

D. guiding

D. made up of

D. style

D. statistics

D. Most importantly

D. issue

D. On the contrary

D. available

D. extending

D. regular

D. circular

D. sign

D. recommending

D. shelter

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)

In this section we consider what you can do to train your brain to improve your game playing skills.

1. Daily workout

It is very easy to find tactical puzzles and train. However, you must try to solve them. Don

’

t just stare at the position for

10 seconds and then turn to the solution. You won

’

t learn anything. Have a go at trying to solve the puzzle. If you got it right

then great ---- well done. However, if you got it wrong, then have another look. Ask yourself questions such as the following:

?

Why did I get it wrong?

?

What was wrong with my solution?

?

What was the weakness that the tactic exploited?

Where can you find tactical puzzles?

It

’

s easy. They are everywhere. Many newspapers, including

Independent

, and magazines have a daily or weekly chess

puzzle. Key

“

chess puzzles

”

into Google and you

’

ll find a whole load of them. There are plenty of puzzle books.

2. Use software

Nowadays

chess

software

is

terribly

cheap.

World

Champion

Vladimir

Kramnik

recently

lost

a

match

4

–

2

against

a

software program. This program is available for about

￡

30.

In general, people use chess software for the wrong reasons. They often play game after game against the machine and

get beaten every time. Bored with this, they turn the playing level right down so that the program is almost playing random

moves and then they can beat it every time and feel better.

Neither method will help you improve. However, chess software can be a fantastically useful learning tool if used in two

particular ways.

The first is if you have tried to solve a puzzle but it

’

s a bit too difficult and you don

’

t really understand the solution. Never

mind ---- well done for trying. Now set the position up on the program and try different moves. Chess software is faultless at

tactical play. It will instantly tell you the right and wrong moves and why they do or don

’

t work.

Secondly

you

can

run

over

games

you

have

played

to

learn

where

you

have

gone

wrong

and

where

you

could

have

improved. Get into the habit of keeping the score (i.e. writing down the moves) of games that you play. This will help you to

improve and refine your understanding of tactical themes and patterns.

56. What would be the best title of this passage?

A. How to Train Your Brain

B. Where to Find Tactical Puzzles