2018-2019年上海市市西中学高三上英语期中试卷(含答案)

2018-2019

年上海市市西中学高三上英语期中试卷（含答案）< /p>

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年高三年级英语第一学期期中 考试试卷

I. Listening Comprehension

II. Grammar and vocabulary

Section A

On the morning of September 11,2001, computer sales manager Michael Hingson, who is blind, went

early to his office on the 78

th

floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center to prepare for a meeting.

As Michael worked, his guide dog, a Labrador retriever __21__ (name) Roselle, dozed by his feet.

At 8:46 a.m., a tremendous boom rocked the building, eliciting screams throughout the floor. Michael

grabbed Roselle, trusting that the dog __22__ (lead) him out of the danger, and they navigated their way to

a stairwell.

“Forward,” Michael instructed, and they descended the first of 1,463 steps to the lobby. __23__ about

ten floors, the stairwell grew crowded and hot, and the fumes from jet fuel had made it hard to breathe.

When a woman became crazy, yelling that they wouldn’t make it. Roselle accompanied the woman

__24__ she finally petted the dog, calmed herself, and kept walking down the stairs.

Around the 30th floor, firefighters started passing Michael on their way up. Each one stopped to offer

him

assistance.

He

declined

but

let

Roselle

be

petted,

__25__

(provide)

many

of

the

firefighters

with

__26__ would be their last experience of unconditional love.

After

about

45

minutes,

Michael

and

Roselle

reached

__27__

booby,

and

15

minutes

later,

they

emerged outside to a scene of chaos. Suddenly the police yelled for everyone to run as the South Tower

began to collapse.

Michael

kept

a

t

ight

grip

on

Roselle’s

harness,

using

voice

and

hand

commands,

as

they

ran

to

a

street opposite the crumbling tower. The street bounced like a trampoline, and “a deafening roar” like a

hellish freight train filled the air. Hours later, Michael and Roselle made it home safely. At that moment,

they thought they were __28__ (lucky ) in the world.

In

the

months

that

followed,

Michael

became

a

spokesperson

for

Guide

Dogs

for

the

Blind,

the

organization

by

which

Roselle

__29__

(train).

Together,

they

spread

their

message

about

trust

and

teamwork.

In 2004, Roselle developed a blood disorder, __30__ prevented her from guiding and touring. She

died in 2011.

“I’ve had many other dogs,” Michael wrote, “but there is only one Roselle.”

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Section B

Smartphone Application Tracks Mental Health

Military

service

is

obviously

rough

on

a

service

member’s

mental

health.

According

to

some

__31__,

30

percent

of

service

members

develop

some

type

of

mental

health

issue

within

four

months

of

returning

home

after

leaving

the

army.

The

military

is

spending

more

money

than

ever

to

__32__mental

health

issues

within

the

ranks,

and

their

latest

attempt

is

a

smart

phone

application

called

the

T2

MoodTracker

application,

which

helps

service

members

keep

track

of

their

mental

health

after

leaving

the

army.

The

app

works

like

a

high-tech

diary,

allowing

users

to

__33__

emotions

and

behaviors

that

result

from

therapy,

medication,

daily

experiences

or

changes

happening

at

work

or

in

the

home.

The

smartphone

app

isn’t

supposed

to

be

a

pocket

__34__

though.

It

serves

more

as

an

extremely

accurate

and

__35__ record

of

a

service

member’s

mental

health.

Perry

Bosmajian

is

a

psychologist

with

the

National

Center

for

Telehealth

and

Technology

where

this

smart

phone

app

was

created.

He

says

this

smartphone

app

will

produce

much

more

accurate

results

on

the __36__ conditions

of

service

members

who

have

returned

home. “Therapists

and

physicians

often

have

to

rely

on

patient

__37__

when

trying

to

gather

information

about

symptoms

over

the

previous

weeks

or

months,”

Bosmajian

said.

”Research

has

shown

that

information

collected

after

the

fact,

especially

about

mood,

tends

to

be

__38__.

The

best

record

of

an

experience

is

when

it’s

recorded

at

the

time

and

place

it

happens.”

The

app

specifically

tracks

anxiety,

depression,

general

well-being,

life

stress,

post-traumatic

(

受

伤

后

的

）

stress

and

brain

injury.

The

daily

expressions

add

up

over

time

to

produce

a(n)

__39__

that

can

be

observed

by

physicians

and

therapists.

The

app

has

been

downloaded

more

than

5,000

times

since

it

became

__40__

on

the

Android

Market

a

year

ago.

Users

of

iPhones

can

also

have

access

to

the

app

some

time

next

year.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A: Cloze

Though people have discussed the relationship between science and nature for many years, there is

no

consensual(

统一的

)

explanation.

While

some

view

science

as

a

powerful

tool

in

__41__

nature’s

source of power, others view it as a danger. One example is Barry Commoner’s article, Unraveling(

解开

)

the

DNA

Myth,

which

explains

the

recent

developments

in

DNA

technology

and

expresses

__42__.

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Another example is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, The Birthmark. It is a tale about a famous scientist,

Aylmer, who seems to be unraveling nature’s deepest secrets one by one. Despite all of his __43__ a

nd

vast understanding of science, Aylmer is unable to direct that knowledge into __44__ free from nature’s

grasp. He was unable to rid his wife of her birthmark and, in the end, killed her.

Despite the different presentations of the concepts, though time separated the two men, both pieces

express a similar view on the relationship between science and nature. Both pieces suggest that nature is

__45__ and holds wonders, secrets, and powers that many scientists constantly dream about discovering.

Although

there

is

a

gap

of

one

hundred

and

sixty

years,

Commoner

still

shares

and

gives

evidence

to

Hawthorne’s

beliefs

that

there

is

a

unique

__46__

in

nature

that

cannot

be

discovered

or

understood

through

science

and

that

the

__47__

to

uncover

nature’s

secrets

are

__48__

and

can

lead

to

disaster.

According

to

Commoner,

nature’s

universal

power

continues

to

prevent

and

control

their

discoveries.

Commoner criticizes and __49__ doubt on the true power of science.

As Commoner’s article suggests, nature only allows scie

nce to have limited power and success. Both

men

believe

that

complete

trust

in

science

is

__50__,

however

wonderful

and

groundbreaking

some

scientific discoveries are. Commoner believes that people only seem to focus on the few achievements,

while

avoiding

and

ignoring

all

of

the

laws.

For

example,

“most

clones

exhibit

developmental

failure

before or soon after birth”. By stressing all of the __51__ and shortcomings of science, he conveys the

notion

that

nature’s

secrets

are

well

kept

and

far

from

being

und

erstood

and

__52__

by

man.

The

government and private companies have invested billions of dollars in mapping the human genome, but

we still have no __53__ for it. Such a discovery is useless, however interesting it might be.

Commoner’s article clearly rep

resents science as weak and useless, but more importantly, dangerous.

It

gives

evidence

to

support

the

suggested

dangers

__54__

with

science’s

attempts

to

discover

nature’s

power. If the result is not __55__ dangerous, it can still have harmful side effects.

41.

A. building

B. defining

B. views

C. showing

C. findings

D. uncovering

D. achievements

D. thoughts

D. breaking

D. special

D. integrity

D. attempts

D. significant

D. casts

42.

A. concerns

43.

A. interests

B. ambitions

B. earning

C. discoveries

C. destroying

C. fantastic

44.

A. preventing

45.

A. mysterious

46.

A. prosperity

47.

A. beliefs

B. powerful

B. perfection

B. experiences

B. meaningful

B. expresses

C. improvement

C. actions

C. useless

C. holds

48.

A. disappointing

49.

A. throws

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50.

A. improper

51.

A. reforms

B. unbelievable

B. failures

B. digested

B. doubt

B. supplied

C. dangerous

C. experiments

C. shared

C. hope

D. unwise

D. changes

D. applied

D. use

D. compared

D. necessarily

52.

A. controlled

53.

A. question

54.

A. provided

55.

A. directly

Section B

C. associated

C. definitely

B. especially

(A)

Look to many of history’s cultural symbols, and there you’ll find an ancestor of Frosty, the snowman

in

the

movie

Frozen.

It

appeared

on

some

of

the

first

postcards,

starred

in

some

of

the

earliest

silent

movies,

and

was

the

subject

of

a

couple

of

the earliest

photos,

dating all

the

way

back

to

the

1800s.

I

discovered even more about one of humanity’s earliest

forms of life art during several years of research

around the world.

For example, snowmen were a phenomenon in the Middle Ages, built with great skill and thought. At

a

time

of

limited

means

of

expression,

snow

was

like

free

art

supplies

dropped

from

the

sky.

It

was

a

popular

activity

for

couples

to

leisurely

walk

through

town

to

view

the

temporary

works

of

chilly

art.

Some were created by famous artists, including a 19-year-old Michelangelo, who in 1494 was appointed

by the ruler of Florence, Italy, to bui

ld a snowman in his mansion’s courtyard.

The Miracle of 1511 took place during six freezing works called the Winter of Death. The city of

Brussels

was

covered

in

snowmen

—

an

impressive

scene

that

told

stories

on

every

street

corner.

Some

were

political

in

n

ature,

criticizing

the

church

and

government.

Some

were

a

reflection

of

people’s

imagination. For the people of Brussels, this was a defining moment of defining freedom. At least until

spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.

I

f

you

fear

the

heyday

of

the

snowman

has

passed,

don’t

worry:

I’ve

learned

that

some

explosive

snowman

history

is

still

being

made

today.

Every

year

since

1818,

the

people

of

Zurich,

Switzerland,

celebrate the beginning of spring by blowing up a snowman. On the third Monday of April, the holiday

Sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the Boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded

through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the crowds. The parade ends with the

Boogg being placed on a 40-foot pile of firewood. After the bells of the Church of St. Peter have rung six

times, representing the passing of winter, the pile is lit. When the snowman explodes, winter is considered

officially over

—

the quicker it is burnt down, the longer summer is said to be.

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56.

According to the passage, why did snowmen become a phenomenon in the Middle Ages?

A. People thought of snow as holy art supplies.

B. People longed to see masterpieces of snow.

C. Building snowmen was a way for people to express themselves.

D. Building snowmen helped people develop their skill and thought.

57.

“The heyday of the snowman” (paragraph 4) means the time when _________.

A. snowmen were made mainly by artists

B. snowmen enjoyed great popularity

C. snowmen were politically criticized

D. snowmen caused damaging floods

58.

In Zurich, the blowing up of the Boogg symbolizes ________.

A. the start of the parade

B. the coming of a longer summer

D. the success of tradesmen

C. the passing of the winter

59.

What can be concluded about snowmen from the passage?

(B)

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