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普陀区
2017
学年
第一学期高三英语质量调研
英语试卷
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I. Listening Comprehension
Section A 10%
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. Mother and child.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Husband and
wife.
D.
Boss and secretary.
2. A.
They like reading today
’
s
paper.
B. They are interested in
today
’
s paper.
C.
They found nothing interesting in
today
’
s paper.
D.
They have no idea what the paper is about.
3. A. In the concert.
B. In the theatre.
C. In the exhibition.
D. In the
studio.
4. A. Getting ready
to board a plane.
B. Queuing up for the
check-in.
C. Meeting friends at the
arrivals.
D. Waiting at the baggage
claim area.
5. A. The man
doesn
’
t care which colour is
chosen.
B. The woman
prefers the colour.
C. The man is
concerned about the colour.
D. The man intends to choose a
different colour.
6. A.
Doing a lot of homework.
B. Staying
focused in class.
C. Sleeping for a short break.
D. Devoting all her spare time to
learning.
7. A. He was
chairman of the club.
B. He wanted to learn a new language.
C. He wanted to know more about the
club.
D. He was
interested in international advertisement.
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8. A. The man should work
hard.
C. The man may
have another chance.
9. A. Its ending is not good enough.
C. It deserves an award.
10. A. She likes watching instead of
playing.
C. She
doesn
’
t like any kind of
sports.
B. The man should turn down the job
offer.
D. The man can apply for the job
again.
B. Its structure is not
satisfying.
D. It is good except for
the writing skills.
B. She is a good
team sports player.
D. She likes taking
part in team sports.
Section B 15%
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.
It contains protein.
B.
It contains water.
C. It helps the
brain work properly.
D. A full stomach leads to a good
sleep.
12.
A.
Sleep helps the brain control the senses.
B. Sleep
promotes rest.
C. Sleep helps the brain
revise and store information.
D. Sleep reduces tiredness.
13.
A. Factors related to
memory development.
B. The
importance of a good memory.
C. The
importance of improving memory.
D. The misery caused by a poor memory.
Questions 14 through 16 are
based on the following weather forecast.
14.
A. Mountainous Area.
B. Northern Europe.
C. Eastern Europe.
D. Southern Europe.
15.
A. Snowy.
B. Cloudy.
C.
Rainy.
D. Fine.
16.
A. Northern parts of the
Mediterranean.
B. Eastern parts of the
Mediterranean.
C. Central parts of the
Mediterranean.
D. Southern parts of the
Mediterranean.
Questions 17
through 20 are based on the following
conversation.
17.
A. A
university tutor.
B. An insurance adviser.
C.
An overseas study officer.
D. A visa
officer.
18.
A.
It is purchased in the country you will travel.
B. It provides just a few kinds of
medical services.
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C. It provides doctors who
may speak your native language.
D. It offers sufficient cash to pay the
entire bill on the spot.
19.
A. It must be purchased
in one
’
s home country before
going abroad.
B. It does not cover the
minor medical expenses.
C. It only
recommends native doctors when you are aboard.
D. It features personal paying first
and getting money later.
20.
A. Consult other
insurance companies.
B. Buy the student
health insurance.
C. Get the
international travel insurance.
D.
Choose neither insurance since it is not a must.
II. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A 10%
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.
Recreational Vehicles
(
房车
): On the Road
Recreational
vehicles
(RVs)
are
a
typically
American
invention.
Nationally,
sales
rose
to
430,000 units last year, a 40-year
high. At the inexpensive end, they sell for as
little as $$5,000 for a
caravan
(
大篷车
); deluxe versions cost
up to $$1,000,000 and are typically equipped with a
bedroom,
kitchen and bathroom that are
bigger than ones in many European flats. The share
prices of Thor
Industries, the biggest
RV-manufacturer in America, and Winnebago, the
third-largest, (21) _____
(rise) by 43%
and 17%, respectively so far.
That
is
a
big
change.
During
the
2008-09
recession,
notes
Mr.
Troiano,
the
owner
of
Continental RV
, RV
dealerships everywhere closed down, leaving his
shop among the very few (22)
______
(leave) serving the New York metropolitan area.
Mr. Troiano is on track (23) ______ (sell)
more RVs this year than in any other
since the early 2000s. The current rebound
(
反弹
) is mostly
(24) ______
______ the
economy
’
s recovery, but it
also springs from the fact that new types of
customer are embracing the lifestyle.
A decade ago, the average age of an RV-
owner was 49, and over 90% were white, says Kevin
Broom
of
the
Recreational
Vehicle
Industry
Association
(RVIA),
which
doesn
’
t
indicate
a
bright
future. Another boost comes from
sufficient immigrants, (25) ______ are keen to
experience long,
self-planned road
trips in America. Mr.
Troiano
’
s most recent big
sale was to (26) ______ rich Asian
family.
The industry
hopes
that its poor
record
with foreign sales
—
last
year less than 1% of RVs
produced
domestically
(27)
______
(ship)
to
foreign
markets
—
may
improve,
too.
China
’
s
government, for example, has planned to
build 2,000 campgrounds by 2020, up from an
estimated
300 today, in a bid to
promote domestic tourism, particularly to remote
rural regions. Chinese firms
such
as
Yutong
Bus
make
RVs,
but
not
of
the
quality
that
many
Chinese
want.
The
country
imported 1,000
vehicles last year, over half of them American.
RV
manufacturers
are
also
marketing
the
concept
(28)
______
their
motor
homes
can
be
commercial as well as
leisure vehicles. They (29) ______ allow
travelling salesmen, businessmen to
save on food and hotel costs. (30)
______ you park it, it can be your office, as well
as your home.
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Section B 10%
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.
accompanied
B.
commercially
C.
computerized
D.
contents
E.
decline
F. distinguish
G
.
funded
H.
measures
I. potentially
J.
processing
K. respond
Training the
Brain to Hear Better
The din
（喧嚣）
of a loud restaurant or
party can make conversation difficult for anyone
—
but
for
the
elderly,
these
settings
can
make
it
nearly
impossible.
The
mechanics
of
hearing
____31____ with age,
but the latest research focuses on another part of
the problem
—
the
slower
____32____ speed of aging
brains, which have to work harder to
translate sound into intelligible
(
可理解的
) language.
Research
shows
that
musicians
are
better
able
to
pick
out
speech
from
surrounding
noise
as
they
age
compared
to
non-
musicians
．
And
a
new
study
of
auditory
training
with
a
____33____
available brain training program
suggests that most people who are hard of hearing
can develop the
same
skills
．
The
scientists
showed
that
people
trained
for
40
hours
over
8
weeks
with
Posit
Science
’
s
“Brain Fitness”
were able to
pick out 41% more words from background noise
compared
to
those
who
watched
educational
DVDs
and
were
quizzed
on
their
____34____
after
the
same
amount
of time
．
The authors received
no funding from the makers of the program; the
study was
____35____ by the National
Institutes of Health.
The
research
included
67
older
adults
between
55
and
70,
with
an
average
age
of
63
．
The
auditory training came in the form of
____36____ hearing tasks that primed the
participants to hear
better
by
requiring
them
to
identify
various
speech
sounds
and
____37____
between
similar
sounding syllables
(
音节
), for example, as well
as repeating back words and remembering
stories
．
Both
those who received the training and those who
watched the DVDs were tested on short
term memory, brain processing speed and
the ability to hear speech in
noisy
settings
．
All of the
participants
showed
improvement in
these three
____38____, but
for the
first time, the scientists
also
documented that the sharper hearing was ____39____
by earlier signaling in the brainstem.
As the authors write in their paper,
the training not only improved the ability to
decode speech
in noisy situations, but
also sped up the brain
’
s
ability to ____40____ to the sound
—
bringing it to
more
“youthful’’
levels
．
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A 15%
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.
Depression: Second Biggest Cause of
Disability in the World
Depression
is
the
second
most
common
cause
of
disability
worldwide
after
back
pain,
according to
a review of
research.
The disease must be treated
as a global public health __41__,
experts report in the
journal
PLOS Medicine
. The
study __42__ clinical depression with more than
200 other diseases and injuries as a
cause of disability. Globally, only a small
proportion of patients
have __43__ to
treatment, the World Health Organization says.
Depression was __44__ at number two as
a global cause of disability, but its impact
varies in
different countries and
regions. __45__, rates of major depression were
highest in Afghanistan and
lowest
in
Japan.
In
the
UK,
depression
was
rated
at
number
three
__46__
years
lived
with
a
disability.
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Dr. Alize
Ferrari from the University of
Queensland
’
s School of
Population Health led the study.
“
Depression is a big problem
and we __47__ need to pay more
a
ttention to it than we are
now,”
she
told BBC News.
There
’
s still more work to
be done in arousing awareness of the disease and
also in
__48__ successful ways of
treating it.
“
The burden is
different between countries, so it tends to be
higher in low and middle income
countries
and
_
_49__
in
high
income
countries.”
Policy-makers
had
made
an
effort
to
bring
depression to the forefront, but there
was a lot more work to be done, she added.
“
There
’
s lots
of
stigma (
病症
) we
know __50__ with mental
health,”
she explained.
“
What one person
recognizes as disabling might be
different to another person and might be
different across countries as well.
There are lots of cultural __51__ and
interpretations that come in
place,
which makes it all the more important to
__52__awareness of the size of the problem and
a
lso signs and how to __53__
it.”
The data
—
for the year 2010
—
follows similar studies in
1990 and 2000 looking at the global
burden of depression.
Commenting
on
the
study,
Dr.
Daniel
Chisholm,
a
health
economist
at
the
department
for
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
at
the
World
Health
Organization
said
depression
was
a
very
disabling condition.
“
It
’
s
a big public health __54__and a big problem to be
reflected on but not
enough
is being
done.” Around
the
world only a tiny __55__ of people get any sort of
treatment or
diagnosis.
The
WHO
recently
launched
a
global
mental
health
action
plan
to
raise
awareness
among
policy-makers.
41. A. concern
B. issue
C. priority
D.
discussion
42. A. compared
B. combined
C. confused
D. contacted
43. A. objection
B. access
C. adaptation
D. contribution
44. A. considered
B. evaluated
C. determined
D. ranked
45. A. For example
B. In addition
C. In other words
D. All in all
46. A. in regard of
B. in name of
C. in terms of
D. in face of
47. A.
probably
B. definitely
C. significantly
D. randomly
48.
A. coming up with
B. making
up
C. putting up with
D. consisting of
49. A. severer
B. heavier
C. lighter
D. lower
50. A. related
B. associated
C. relevant
D. close
51. A.
ingredients
B.
interactions
C.
implications
D.
identities
52. A. remove
B.
recreate
C.
raise
D. rise
53. A.
avoid
B. treat
C. cure
D.
detect
54. A. challenge
B. agreement
C. prediction
D. outcome
55. A. amount
B. proportion
C. quantity
D. population
Section B 22%
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)
Digital Etiquette
(
礼节
)
Digital
Etiquette,
or
netiquette,
is
a
set
of
rules
for
how
to
behave
online.
It
’
s
a
lot
like
life
etiquette,
which
is
basically
having
good
manners
and
treating
others
with
respect.
It
’
s
just
as
5
important
in
our digital
lives, including how we act
in
online games or
how we communicate in
emails, texts, instant messages and on
social networking websites. All of these platforms
let us talk
and share instantly
wherever we are.
Unfortunately, some
people can lose control the second they jump
online. When they disagree
with
someone, or have strong feeling about
a
topic, they end up saying stuff
they
’
d never say in
person! They may send ruder emails and
IMs or try to start arguments on message boards.
That
’
s
called
flaming, and it can lead to full-on flamewars,
insulting arguments between two or more users.
On the Internet,
it
’
s pretty easy to stay
anonymous, or unidentified. Having a secret
identity to
hide behind can make people
pretty brave. And when all they see of you is
screen name or a funny
icon, they might
forget that they
’
re dealing
with a real human being!
The principle
is simple: Just like in real life, you should
treat other people the way you want to
be treated. You
wouldn
’
t want somebody to be
rude to you, so don
’
t be
rude to anyone else.
Of
course,
netiquette
isn
’
t
just
about
being
nice;
it
’
s
also
about
communicating
clearly.
That
means keeping emails
and IMs clear, and to the point. It also means
making your messages easy to
read
and
understand,
which
can
depend
on
your
audience.
For
instance,
some
abbreviations
and
emoticons may be fine
with friends. But they
’
re
generally not appropriate in formal communication.
And whatever you do,
don
’
t write in all capital
letters! Writing in all caps makes it seem like
you
’
re
yelling.
Lastly, make sure you ask
permission before posting anything about your
friends on a blog or a
social
networking
site.
People
’
s
personal
information
is
private,
and
you
can
really
ruin
relationships if you
post something that a friend
—
or a
friend
’
s parents
—
don
’
t want on the web.
And keep in mind that the Internet is
not a private place; if you
wouldn
’
t want a parent,
teacher or
future employer to see
something you post, don
’
t
post it!
56. According to the passage, the users
of social media are advised ______.
A.
to trigger arguments on message boards
B. to behave online with common
courtesy
C. to be respectful of others
online rather than offline
D. to apply
abbreviations and emoticons as many as possible
57. Why might an anonymous
Internet user feel bold enough to say horrible
things in response to a
blog post?
A. Because he can make more friends if
he says mean things.
B. Because he
knows his friends will recognize him and think
better of him.
C. Because he can insult
others and not worry about revenge.
D.
Because he can impress older, smarter people with
his remarks.
58. Which of
the following is the best way to text your uncle
to say you
’
ll be back in an
hour?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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59. Which of the following
is a clear rule about posting photos online?
A. If you take a photograph, it is
yours to do as you please online.
B.
Information about your friends, including
photographs, is private.
C.
It
’
s illegal to post
pictures online without permission from people in
the pictures.
D. You should always
avoid posting images on the internet.
(B)
Recycling at work - handy hints to
employers
It is
estimated that avoidable waste costs UK businesses
up to 4.5% of their annual revenue.
Reducing
waste
in
the
workplace
is
about
being
efficient.
By
becoming
more
efficient,
businesses not
only increase profits but they also save natural
resources.
Setting up a company scheme
Get everyone involved
?
Arouse
awareness internally within the company, perhaps
by putting up educational posters.
?
Appoint a
person to be the point of contact for anyone with
queries (
问讯
).
There are also a couple of ways to
increase motivation:
?
Hold
internal
competitions
between
different
departments.
For
example,
see
which
can
reduce
their
waste the
most within a specific time period.
?
Send out
regular newsletters reporting on all waste
improvements. Staff will then see the impact their
actions are having.
What to recycle
and how
Paper
?
According
to
a
recent
survey,
65%
of
waste
produced
is
paper
waste.
Waste
paper
will
inevitably
be
produced in the workplace, but it is
not necessary to discard it. It can serve a
variety of purposes before it is
recycled, such as writing notes.
Envelopes too can be reused for internal mail.
Plastic cups
?
Rather than supplying disposable
plastic cups in your workplace, get ceramic mugs
that can be reused.
Not
only do they make your tea taste better, but they
can reduce your office waste by up to 10%!
Electrical equipment
?
Rather than giving up on
any old electrical equipment and just throwing it
away, why not try upgrading
it? This
reduces waste, as well as avoiding the need to
manufacture a new machine - a process which
creates a
large amount of
waste. You could also consider donating your old
computers to charities when
it comes to replacing them.
60.
What can the employer distribute to motivate staff
to recycle more?
A. Educational
posters.
B. Annual reports.
C. Regular newsletters.
D.
Competition rules.
61. What
can be bought to cut down on the waste produced by
staff refreshments?
A. Disposable
goods.
B. Writing notes.
C. Envelopes.
D. Ceramic tableware.
Recycling at work - handy hints to
employers
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62. Which of the following is NOT
included in the hints?
A. Unwanted PCs
can be sent to charities if the company has to buy
new ones.
B. Waste paper can be used as
envelopes for internal mails before being thrown
away.
C. One of the staff should be
assigned to be responsible for the recycling
issue.
D. Educational posters can be
displayed in the workplace to publicize the
recycling scheme.
(C)
Given
how
valuable
intelligence
and
automation
are,
we
will
continue
to
improve
our
technology if we are at all able to. At
a certain point, we will build machines that are
smarter than
we are. Once we have
machines that are smarter than we are, they will
begin to improve themselves.
And then
we risk what the mathematician IJ Good called an
“intelligence explosion”. The process
could get out of control.
The concern is really that we will
build machines that are much more competent than
we are.
And the slightest
divergence
between their
goals and our own
could
destroy
us.
Just
think about
how
we
relate
to
ants.
We
don’t
hate
them.
We
don’t
go
o
ut
of
our
way
to
harm
them.
In
fact,
sometimes we take
pains not to harm them. We step over them on the
sidewalk. But whenever their
presence
seriously conflicts with one of our goals, we will
kill them without hesitation. The concern
is that we will one d
ay
build machines that, whether they’re conscious or
not, could treat us with
similar
disregard.
The bare fact is that we
will continue to improve our intelligent machines.
We have problems
that
we
desperately
need
to
solve.
So
we
will
do
this,
if
we
can.
The
train
is
already
out
of
the
station,
and there’s no brake to pull. If we build machines
that are more intelligent than we are, they
will
very
likely
develop
in
ways
that
we
can’t
imagine,
and
exceed
us
in
ways
that
we
can’t
imagine.
So
imagine
we
hit
upon
a
design
of
superintelligent
AI
that
has
no
safety
concerns.
This
machine
would
be
the
perfect
labor-saving
device.
It
can
design
the
machine
that
can
build
the
machine which can do any physical
work, powered by sunlight,
more or less for the cost
of
raw
materials. So we’re talking about
the end of human labour. We’re also talking about
the end of most
intellectual work. So
what would apes like ourselves do in this
circumstance?
What would some nations
do if they heard that some company in Silicon
Valley was about to
deploy
(
配置
)
a
superintelligent
AI?
This
machine
would
be
capable
of
starting
war,
whether
terrestrial
(
陆地的
) or cyber, with
unbelievable power.
Given that the
companies and governments building
superintelligent AI are likely to perceive
(
感知
) themselves
as being in a race against all others, and that to
win this race is to win the world,
it
seems
likely
that
whatever
is
easier
to
do
will
get
done
first
unless
it
is
destroyed
in
the
next
moment.
But the moment we admit that
information processing is the source of
intelligence, we have to
admit that we
are in the process of building some sort of god.
Now would be a good time to make
sure
it’s a god we can live with.
63. When an intelligent
machine becomes smarter than humanity, ______.
A. it will make itself better and may
go beyond human control
B. it will help
people to the fullest, especially in physical work
C. it will threaten people by robbing
them of jobs
D. it will view itself as
human race
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