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2015
学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷
高三英语试卷
2016.1
考生注意：
1.
< br>考试时间
120
分钟，试卷满分
150
分。
2.
< br>本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第
I
卷和第
II
卷，全卷共
11
页。所有答题必须涂（选
择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分
。
3.
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第
I
卷（共
103
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.
$$14.
B. $$40.
1
C.
$$45.
D. $$80.
2.
A. Go
sightseeing.
C. Ride a
bike.
3.
A. A bus driver.
C. A
deliverer.
B. Go to a singing club.
D. Sleep in bed.
B. A post office clerk.
D. A salesperson.
B. Start doing
exercise.
D. Go to the
doctor.
B. At a railway station.
D. In the
field.
B. The man knows nothing about
Spanish.
D. The man likes
drawing pictures.
B. A
careless woman driver.
D. A traffic
accident.
B. She has been told about
the changed time.
D. She is ignorant of
the change of the time.
B.
The woman could have said it better.
D.
It’s better to save money for a house.
4.
A. Set up a
museum.
5.
A. On
a bus.
C. Stop buying cellphones.
C. On a plane.
6.
A. The man can
only speak Spanish.
7.
A. The poor cell phone service.
C. Traffic lights.
C. The man is reading an English book.
8.
A.
She plans to quit the school sports meet.
C. The school sport meet
has been put off.
C. He does feel uneasy to buy a house.
9.
A. It
’
s right for
the woman to spend the money.
10.
A. The man hasn
’
t
contacted his parents this term.
B.
The man didn’t pass the exam last term.
C. The woman will send a message to his
parents.
D. The exam result hasn’t
been declared yet.
Section B
Directions:
In
Section B, you will hear two short passages, and
you will be asked three questions on each
of the passages. The passages 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. A musical
instrument.
B. A special holiday.
C. A family tradition.
D. A historical event.
12.
A. On the day
after Christmas.
B. For the week
after Christmas.
C. Throughout the year.
D. Since the beginning of December.
13.
A. It is celebrated by
African Americans only.
B. It is a
traditional religious holiday in Africa.
C. It is a time for people to honor
black culture.
D. It was created as an
alternative to Christmas.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on
the following report.
14.
A. The earthquake struck at 19:54
Thursday night.
B. There
was no aftershock following the earthquake.
C. The earthquake caused a low-
intensity
tsunami
(
海啸
).
D. The quake center
was 44 miles away from Santiago.
15.
A. 3,000 houses were damaged.
B. Some boats were stuck
inland.
C. At least 11 people were
killed.
D.
Over 1 million people got injured.
16.
A. Powerful support from the
government.
B. Confidence in conquering
disasters.
C. Deep concern
for the victims.
D.
Determination to take more adventures.
Section C
Directions
:
In Section C, you will hear two longer
conversations. The conversations will be read
twice.
After you hear each
conversation, you are required to fill in the
numbered blanks with the information you
2
have heard.
Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the
following conversation.
Complete the
form.
Write
ONE
WORD
for each answer.
Complaint Form
Caller:
Allen Smith
Phone No.:
17
.
Location of Problem:
A Korean
18
Restaurant(238, Zhongshan Road)
Details:
It
dumps its
19
on the street.
It
has no
20
equipment for oil-smoke
draining.
Blanks 21 through
24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form.
Write
NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS
for each answer.
What is couch surfing?
How much does it cost?
It
is
21
which
allows
travelers
to
meet
people in their destinations.
It costs
22
.
What kind of people might be interested
in
Those who want to share their
experiences and meet
people from
23
.
couch surfing?
What
is
people
’
s
major
concern
about
couch surfing?
II. Grammar and
Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:
After
reading
the
passages
below,
fill
in
the
blanks
to
make
the
passages
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.
(A)
My business has to come
before sleep
The moment I fall into bed
at around
10.30pm, I’m dead to the
world
... until
－
ping!
－
it’s 3 a.m.
and I’m
wide
awake.
I instantly
check my phone and spend the next 40 minutes in
bed (25) ________ (answer) emails on
my
computer. By 4 a.m.,
my brain is
in overdrive and
there is
only one thing for it: to get up and start
working.
24
.
3
I know most people are foggy at this
time, but I find the early morning to be (26)
________ period of
great creativity. I
get more done in those few hours than the rest of
the day, (27) ________ I’m constantly
interrupted.
People ask (28)
________ I find time to run a business, prepare
presentations, write books, network
with clients and raise a family. Well,
this is the answer: by having only four-and-a-half
hours of sleep.
Yes, I probably (29)
________ just about do everything if I got up at
6.30 a.m., but it would mean
working in
the evening when I need to spend time with my
family. I have lots of friends
with the
same
problem. We have what
we jokingly call “
Insomniacs
(
失眠症患者
)
Group” on Facebook, where we chat
with each other in the middle of the
night. It ha
s become a real way (30)
________ friendship, and I’d miss
it if
we didn’t have that time to
chat.
While I’m often
perfectly happy starting my day at 3 a.m.,
sometimes, (3
1
) ________ I’m
tired, I feel
annoyed with
m
yself. Why can’t I just switch off?
But then I don’t want to either. There are so many
things
I have to do, and a 3 a.m. start
is the only way (32) ________ (achieve)
everything.
(B)
The Renaissance
(
文艺复兴
)
For many
people, the Renaissance means 14th to 16th century
Italy, and the developments in art and
architecture, music and literature
which took place there all that time. But there is
one work which, perhaps
more than any
other, (33) ________ (express) the spirit of the
Renaissance: the Mona Lisa. It is believed to
be
(34) ________
(good) example of a new lifelike style of painting
that amazed people when it was first
used. (35) ________ (paint) by Leonardo
da Vinci in the years 1503-1506, the Mona Lisa is
a mysterious
masterpiece. People want
to know who Mona Lisa is, and why
she is smiling. (36) ________ ________
people do not know much about the
Renaissance, they have heard of this painting.
The Renaissance was a time of
scientific invention, too. Leonardo, as well as
being one of the greatest
painters the
world has ever known, was also a skilled inventor.
Wherever he went, he carried a notebook
around with him, (37) ________ ________
he wrote down his ideas. They included detailed
drawings of
the human body, plans for
engineers to build canals and bridges, and (38)
________(astonish) drawings of
machines
which were not to be built until hundreds of years
later, such as aeroplanes,
parachutes
(
降落伞
),
s
ubmarines
(
潜水艇
)
and
tanks.
Towards
the
end
of
his
life
he
(39)
________
(employ)
by
the
King
of
France
to
do
scientific
research,
and
he
did
not
have
a
lot
of
time
for
painting.
In
short,
he
was
an
extraordinary genius, an
example of what has been described as
“
Renaissance
man
”
: someone interested in
(40) ________ and with many different
talents.
Section B
Directions:
Complete the
following passage by using the words in the box.
Each word can only be used
4
once. Note that there is
one word more than you need.
A. delivery
B. alternative
C. enormously
D. floating
E.
analyzed
F. process
G. determine
H.
visible
I. messy
J. disturbingly
K. patterns
Everyone
knows
that
the
Internet
has
changed
how
business
operate,
governments
function
and
people
live.
However,
a
new,
less
41
technological
trend
is
just
as
transformative:
“
big
data.
”
Big
data
starts
with
the
fact
that
there
is
a
lot
more
information
42
around
these
days
than
ever
before
and
it
is
being put to extraordinary new uses.
Consider language translation, for
example. When IBM first started to work on machine
translation in
the 1990s, it just fed a
small number of high-quality translation into a
computer and programmed it to infer
which word in one language is the best
43
for another. Although this
44
revolutionized the task
of translation, the result was far from
being perfect. Then, in 2006, Google burst in.
Instead of millions of
pages of texts,
the search giant
45
billions, from corporate websites to
documents in every language
from the
European Union. The result is that its
translations are much better than
IBM
’
s were and it covers
65 languages. Large amounts of
46
data defeated small amounts
of cleaner data.
Another
good
example
of
how
big
data
can
be
47
helpful
is
online
shopping.
Using
data
collected from customer
shopping habits, today, Amazon can
48
who is most likely to purchase what
and
when. Details
such
as your
history
and
wish
list
help
the
company
gain
a
glimpse
(
一瞥
)
into
your
interests. Goods will then be
dispatched to a
logistics
center
(
物流中心
) near
you and get packed before you
even
order, meaning that when you do make an online
purchase, same-day
49
would be possible.
With big
data, instead of trying to understand exactly why
an engine breaks down or why a
drug
’
s side
effect disappears, researchers can
instead collect and analyze massive quantities of
information about such
events
and
everything
that
is
associated
with
them,
looking
for
50
that
might
help
predict
future
occurrences.
Big data answers not why but what.
Finally, it will mark the moment when the
“information
society
”
finally
fulfills the promise implied by its name.
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.
Are we too slow to praise and quick to
blame? It seems we are.
Praise
is
like
sunlight
to
the
human
spirit;
we
cannot
flower
and
grow
without
it.
And
yet,
we
are
somehow
51
to give our fellows the warm sunshine
of praise. To make matters worse, most of us are
only too ready to apply to others the
cold wind of
52
.
It’s strange how
chary
(
吝啬的
) we are about
praising. Perhaps it’s because few of us know how
to
5
accept
compliments
gracefully.
53
,
we
are
embarrassed
and
shrug
off
(
不予理睬
)
the
words
we
are
really
so
glad
to
hear.
Because
of
this
54
reaction,
direct
compliments
are
surprisingly
difficult
to
give. That is why some of
the most valued pats on the back are those which
come to us
55
, in a letter
or
passed on by a friend. When one thinks of the
speed with which
spiteful
(
恶意的
) remarks are conveyed,
it seems a pity that there isn’t more
effort to
pass
56
comments.
It’s especially
rewarding to give praise in areas
where
effort generally goes unnoticed or
57
.
An
artist gets complimented for a
glorious picture, a cook for a perfect meal. But
do you ever tell your
58
manager how pleased you are when the
shirts are done just right?
Praise is particularly appreciated by
those doing
59
jobs: gas-station attendants,
waitresses
－
even
housewives.
Do
you
ever
go
into
a
house
and
say,
“What
a
tidy
room”?
Hardly
anybody
does.
Shakespeare
said,
“Our
praises
are
our
wages.”
Since
so
often
praise
is
the
only
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a
housewife
receives, surely she of all people
should get her measure.
Teachers
agree
about
the
value
of
praise.
One
teacher
writes
that
instead
of
drowning
students’
compositions in critical red ink, the
teacher will get far more
61
results by finding one or two things
which have been done better than last
time, and commenting
62
on them. “I believe that a student
knows when he has handed in something
above his usual standard,” writes the teacher,
“and that he waits
hungrily
for a brief comment in the
margin
(
空白处
) to show him that
the teacher is aware of it
,
too.”
To give praise
63
the giver nothing but a
moment's thought and a moment’s effort. It is such
a
small
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.
And
yet
consider
the
results
it
may
produce.
“I
can
live
for
two
months
on
a
good
compliment,” said Mark Twain. So, let’s
be
65
to the small
excellences around us
—
and
comment
on them. We will not only bring
joy into other people’s lives, but also, very
often,
add happiness into our
own.
51. A.
guilty
B.
impatient
C.
fortunate
D.
reluctant
52. A. charity
B. criticism
C. chemical
D. command
53. A. Instead
B. Therefore
C. Moreover
D. Otherwise
54. A. extreme
B. immediate
C. defensive
D. positive
55. A. naturally
B. indirectly
C. similarly
D. closely
56. A. pleasing
B. unfair
C. interesting
D.
objective
57. A. unchanged
B. unmatched
C. unmentioned
D. unemployed
58. A. hotel
B. personnel
C. sales
D. laundry
59. A. ideal
B. routine
C. demanding
D. steady
60. A. wage
B. chance
C.
input
D. support
61. A. inevitable
B. constructive
C. disappointing
D. concrete
62. A.
frequently
B. occasionally
C. critically
D. favorably
63.
A. highlights
B. provides
C. costs
D.
signals
64. A. achievement
B. challenge
C. investment
D. substitute
65. A. certain
B. alert
C. resistant
D. superior
Section B
Directions:
Read the
following three passages. Each passage is followed
by several questions or unfinished
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