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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.
C. At a bus station.
B. At a travel agency.
D. At an
airport.
B. Teacher and student.
D. Husband and wife.
D. $$50
D. Bored.
2.
A. Receptionist and
guest.
C. Boss and
secretary.
3.
A. $$5
B. $$10
C. $$15
4.
A. Confused.
B. Annoyed.
C. Embarrassed.
5.
A. Planning
to phone a friend.
C.
Touring in a wonderful city.
B. Camping
in the countryside.
D. Discussing a weekend plan.
B. Camping in the
countryside.
6.
A. The woman
will soon be a superstar.
C. The woman should find a new partner.
D. The woman
should not give up.
B. To the
tailor’s.
7.
A.
To a dress-up party.
C. To
the theater.
D. To a
shopping mall.
8.
A.
Youngsters 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.
B. The
woman should buy an apartment.
D. The
woman should pay the rent first.
B.
Wash dishes for her in the kitchen.
D.
Leave the present job to work for her.
9.
A. He will have an agent
serve the woman.
C. He
will talk to the woman in a moment.
10.
A. Keep working at the restaurant.
C. Stop delivering flowers
every day.
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
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
dealt 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
tra
nslates 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,
he
lpful
—
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.
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.
could tell he was itching to
get his fingers on those shiny knobs.
tell him.
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 of talking into that
box
—
of
making
my voice sail through wires in the sky
—
it took over my brain. I
couldn't get it out.
Five minutes
later, Frank towed me up Main Street, toward home.
—
but I cut him
off. We two thought so much alike, I had Frank's
questions answered before he
even
asked.
56. People crowded
in the post office because ___________.
A.
they were attracted by a new poster
B. the
postmaster was delivering a speech
C. they were
curious about the telephone
D. there was a wanted bank robber
captured