上海市长宁区2017届高三第二学期期中教学质量监测英语试题

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学年第二学期期中高三英语教学质量监测试卷

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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. 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. 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.

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.

Section B

Directions

：

In Section B

，

you will hear several short passages and longer conversations, and you will be

asked some questions on each of the passages and the conversations. The passages and the conversations

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. 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.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.

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.

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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.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

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

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腾）

poles. Many people hold the belief (21) _____all Native American Indian tribes

（部落）

carved 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 pole is carried to the site in a ceremony which other hundreds of people attend. Ropes

are

used

(26)____(raise)

the

pole

into

g

and

dancing

to

drums

accompanies

the

pole

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 sym

bols , 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

2

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 relations

hips 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 deal

ing

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 translates 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

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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__. T

hat?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.

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.

itching to get his fingers on those shiny knobs.

do know the sound of your voice moves along 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 of talking into that box

—

of making my voice sail

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