幼儿园英语2017届上海市宝山区高三英语二模(含答案)

宝山区

2016

学年 第二学期期中

高三年级英语学科教学质量监测试卷

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

1.

A. At a train station.

B. At a travel agency.

C. At a bus station.

D. At an airport.

2.

A. Receptionist and guest.

B. Teacher and student.

C. Boss and secretary.

D. Husband and wife.

3.

A. $$5

B. $$10

C. $$15

D. $$50

4.

A. Confused.

B. Annoyed.

C. Embarrassed.

D. Bored.

5.

A. Planning to phone a friend.

B. Camping in the countryside.

C. Touring in a wonderful city.

D. Discussing a weekend plan.

6.

A. The woman will soon be a superstar.

B. Camping in the

countryside.

C. The woman should find a new partner.

D.

The

woman

should

not

give

up.

7.

A. To a dress-up party.

B. To the tailor’s.

C. To the theater.

D. To a shopping mall.

8.

A. Y

oungsters don’t really know what fashion is.

B. Styles change more quickly than necessary.

C. People should care more about their appearance.

D. It’s not sensible to go after designer clothing.

9.

A. He will have an agent serve the woman.

B. The woman should buy an

apartment.

C. He will talk to the woman in a moment.

D. The woman should pay the

rent first.

10.

A. Keep working at the restaurant.

B.

Wash

dishes

for

her

in

the

kitchen.

C. Stop delivering flowers every day.

D. Leave the present job to

work for her.

11. A. The location. B. The scenery.

C. The seafood. D. The culture.

12. A. Attract whales to the closershore. B. Tell people where to

see whales.

C.

Warn

people

to

stay

away

from

shore. D.

Go

around

to

gather

enough

visitors.

13.

A. It is held every other year in summer.

B. It helps Whale Crier to show his talents.

C. It guarantees every to find something to enjoy.

D. It is one of the best eco-art festivals in South Africa.

14. A. Weak bones. B. Loose teeth C. Skin problems. D. Heart diseases.

15. A. Having food rich in vitamin.

B. Walking midday in the sun with no suncream.

C. Taking vitamin D pills every day.

D. Wearing darker coloured clothes and sunhats.

16. A. To analyze the common causes of lack of vitamin D.

B. To encourage people to be exposed to the sun for vitamin D.

C. To emphasize the importance of vitamin D in one’s health

D. To introduce some different ways to gain vitamin D.

17. A. She wants to find a topic for her research.

B. She tries to help the man with his paper.

C. She hopes to learn how to write a paper.

D. She plans to work on a similar topic.

18. A. In 1813.

B. In 1826. C. In 1839. D. In 1856.

19. A. They are mainly grown for the domestic market.

B. They were introduced to China from Australia.

C. They were the first plant to be planted in England.

D. They are kept warm in large plastic houses.

20. A. Growth of domestic economy in Australia.

B. Export and import of bananas in Australia.

C. History of banana cultivation in Australia.

D. Role of agriculture in Australian economy.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions:

Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the

passage

coherent. For

the

blanks with a

given word, fill

in each

blank with

the

proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with

one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

Surviving Art Tradition

Native

American

Indians

expressed

themselves

through

their

artwork,

which

is

carved

onto

totem

（图腾）

poles.

Many

people

hold

the

belief

(21)

__________all

Native

American

Indian

tribes

（部落）

carve< /p>

的

totem

poles,

but

this

is

far

from

the truth . Carving totem poles was a tradition among many tribes , especially

those

that

lived

along

the

Pacific

coast

(22)____________forest

grew.

However

,

those Native American Indians who lived in the south west and the plains , and

Indians , but (23)_________(few) trees to carve than Pacific tribes.

The

height

of

totem

poles

can

vary

considerably

.

Long

ago

totem

poles

(24)

___________(find) to stand around 12m tall . Today , Native American Indian

artists continue to care trees, but some totem poles are short and are used in

homes as decoration .(25) _____________is not surprising that a genuine pole

will cost more than $$1500 per meter because traditionally carved totem involve

a great deal of work , craftsmanship and time to produce.

The raising of a totem pole is an important celebration among the India

tribe .

A hole is dug

for the pole

to stand

in

. The pole

is carried to

the site

in a ceremony which other hundreds of people attend. Ropes are used

(26)__________(raise) the pole into place. Singing and dancing to drums

accompanies the pole raising . Often poles are raised in this way (27)

___________the carving begins . Carvers do their jobs then on the site.

Many

people

believe

that

totem

poles

are

religious

symbols

,

but

this

idea

is false. Instead of (28) __________(act) as religious symbols , carvings

represent the tribal nation and convey the tribes’ history . The story of a

totem

pole

is

frequently

passed

down

from

generation

to

generation

.

Having

the

story

documented

this

way

helps

keep

this

tradition

(29)

__________(recognize)

in our history . These days , many totem poles no longer exist (30) _______

__________ decay and rot. However , there are still some tribes that continue

to

practice

this

ancient

are

form

,

and

these

totem

poles

are

still

being

enjoyed

by collections of tribal art.

Section B

Directions:

Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each

word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. acknowledging B. bottled C. consequences D. demanding

E. financial F. Further G. inappropriately H. handle

I. negative J. neglect K. unresolved

Emotional Debt

Many people

today live

under

the weight of debt

from loans or credit cards

.

As harmful as ___31_______ debt is , there is another form of debt that is even

more damaging ------emotional debt.

Dr . James Richards states that emotional debt occurs ‘when we experience

emotional pain that remain ______32___.” If the pain is not d

ealt with , it

will affect us our entire lives. Throughout the years , we have chances for

happiness , love and success . But unresolved pain can emerge , causing us to

respond

in ways

that

aren’t reasonable ,

resulting

in destroyed relationships

and lost opportunities . Another ___33____result of emotional debt is that our

friends and loved ones are affected by it and pay a high price. When we have

a

tendency

to

respond

_____34____,

we

often

hurt

those

around

us

.

Unfortunately

our

unsettled

problems

sometimes

become

too

much

for

them

to

_____35____

causing

them to abandon the relationship .

People with destructive patterns should check their lives for signs of

unresolved pain , for your emotional debt can come from various forms of past

unfair , cruel or violent treatment or ____36_____. You may be holding onto

painful

memories

of

controlling

parents

or

very

_____37_____teachers

,

also

you

may

not

have

dealt

with

the

pain

of

a

broken

relationship

or

the

death

of

a

loved

one. Any negative emotion that you have controlled over the year can come back

to cause harm when you least expect it.

Recognize your feelings , but don’t focus on them all the time , because

___38______and challenging your pain is difficult , but recognizing it is the

first step toward dealing with it . Admit you are angry about the past , and

discuss

it

with

someone

you

trust

,

or

write

it

down

because

this

will

ease

some

of the danger and hatred you’ve kept _____39____ up for years . Refuse to be

a victim and accept responsibility for dealing with your painful past because

this puts you in charge and limits the power your emotions have over you .

Take

specific

steps

to

resolve

your

emotional

debt

now

rather

than

deal

with

the ___40_____later .

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.

Ask Siri if she’s a woman. Go ahead; try it. She’ll tell you she’s

______41_____

. “Like cacti. And certain species of fish,” she might say. So

is Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, Samsung’s S Voice, and Google Now.

But, man, do they ever sound a lot like women. ____42_______, we think of them

as ladies too. (In Old Norse, Siri tran

slates to “a beautiful woman who leads

you to victory.”) We assign female pronouns to them, and, in turn, they fold

feminine turns of phrase into their robotic and occasionally inane answers to

our requests.

If we prize gender diversity in other areas of daily life, why does our

tech sound so_____43______? The biggest reason for the female phone fixation

rests in social science. “Research indicates there’s likely to be greater

acceptance of female____44_______

,” says Karl MacDorman, an associate

professor

at

Indiana

University

who

specializes

in

human-computer

interaction.

MacDorman and his

team

played clips of

male and female

voices to

people of

both

genders, then asked

them

to identify which

they _____45______. The researchers

also measured the way participants responded to the voices. In a 2011 paper,

they

reported

that

both

women

and

men

said

female

voices

came

across

as

warmer.

_____46______

, women even showed a subconscious preference for responding to

females; men remained subconsciously neutral.

Why

the

_______47____

?

Stanford

University

communications

professor

Clifford

Nass, who coauthored

the field’s seminal book,

Wired for Speech

, wrote that

people tend to perceive female voices as helping them solve their problems by

themselves, while they view male voices as authority figures who tell them the

answers to their problems. We want _____48______ to help us, but we also want

to be the boss of it, so we are more likely to opt for a female interface.

This tendency suggests

that

companies

will

make

a

better

impression

on

a

______49_____

group of customers with a woman’s voice. But not just any voice.

It

has

to

______50_____

a

brand’s

personality.

For

help

with

that,

companies

often

turn

to

Greg

Pal,

vice

president

of

marketing,

strategy,

and

business

development

at

Nuance

Communications,

which

licenses

its

_____51______

of

more

than

100

voices.

Pal insists that some brands choose male speakers. He turned on his iPhone and

pulled

up

the

Domino’s

Pizza

app,

which

has

an

assistant,

Dom.

He

sounded

like

my

high

school

English

teacher

—

educated

and

helpful

but

not

______52_____

.

That’s

about right for a brand attempting to

____53_______

guys ordering pies before the

big game.

As voice technology improves, though, designers say diversity will too.

Many devices already let you

_______54____

a voice interface. Homer Simpson can

tell you where to take a left on your GPS device. And Siri can become a sir,

if you take the time to

___55________

. Want to know how to do it? Ask her. She’ll

tell you in her uniquely warm, helpful

—

and female

—

tone.

41. A. robotic B. high-tech C. genderless

D. creative

42. A. Culturally B. Obviously C. Grammatically

D. Undoubtedly

43. A. female B. ridiculous C. professional

D. reasonable

44. A. charm B. researchers C. speech

D. participants

45. A. accepted B. misunderstood C. studied

D. preferred

46. A. In practice B. On the contrary C. By this means D. At first

47. A. neutrality

B. prejudice C. authority

D. conscience

48. A. interaction

B. technology C. personality

D. society

49. A. more sociable

B. more talented C. broader

D. wealthier

50. A. improve

B. develop C. admire

D. suit

51. A. market

B. business C. research D. library

52. A. strange B. bossy C. reliable D. unique

53. A. appeal to

B. look into C. meet with D. run after

54. A. build B. tailor C. play D. improve

55. A. repeat B. assist C. reprogram D. communicate

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)

When Frank and I stepped through the post office doors, there was a crowd

gathered, gawking at the new fixture on the wall like a chorus of wide-mouthed

frogs. I had to get closer, and that was where being a girl that's scrawnier

than a wire fence came in handy. Fortunately, Frank, my twin of eleven years,

was just the same.

between people until we spilled out in front.

Finally I got a good look. It was fixed to the plaster next to the

postmaster's

window,

the

place

of

honor

usually

reserved

for

the

Wanted

posters.

Beady-eyed Zedekiah Smith, the bank robber, still hung there, but even he had

been pushed aside for something more important.

A telephone. The first one in town.

around,

and

I

could

tell

he

was

itching

to

get

his

fingers

on

those

shiny

knobs.

goatee as if it might tell him.

wires strung on poles. It's sort of like the telegraph, only you hear words

instead of dots and dashes.

I gazed at that gleaming wood box and something happened inside me.

Something

—

I

can

only

guess

—

that

might

be

like

falling

in

love.

The

thought