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上海市闸北区
2012
学年第二学期高三英语学
科期末练习卷
（本卷满分
150
分；完卷时间
120
分钟）
第
I
卷（共
105
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. Husband and
wife.
B. Passenger and air
hostess.
D. Customer and café waitress.
C. In the restaurant.
D. At
the airport.
C. Boss and secretary.
2.
A.
In the supermarket.
B. In the bakery.
3.
A. Hiring a
maid.
B. Sharing household
chore.
D. Focusing on work.
D. It
’
s cheap.
B.
It
can
’
t
be
C. Cleaning the house.
4.
A.
Its colour turned pale.
hand-washed.
C. It is not strong enough.
5.
A. Because
apartments are not as expensive as houses.
B. Because their dogs
don
’
t like apartments.
C. Because his wife feels uncomfortable
in houses.
D. Because he
doesn
’
t have to look after
the garden.
6.
A.
He will invite Jack later.
C. He
won
’
t invite Jack.
7.
A.
0.
B. 10.
B. Jack always
arrives at his parties late.
D. Jack is
his boss at work.
C. 20.
D.
30.
8.
A. Jenny
is playing the match now.
C. Jenny went
to visit Mary in hospital.
accident.
9.
A. He is not
used to the diet of the city.
C. He
disagrees with the woman
’
s
remarks.
people.
B. Jenny
was wounded in a car accident.
D.
Mary
knocked
Jenny
down
in
a
car
B. The hot
weather doesn
’
t suit him.
D.
He
doesn
’
t
think
highly
of
the
local
10.
A. He just
changed his job and doesn
’
t
have much to say.
B. He
does
1
fishing for
the job.
C. The new job
doesn
’
t suit him.
D. He always thinks of the bad
experiences in his last job.
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. 10%.
B. 20%.
C. 30%.
D. 50%.
12.
A. Because they feel less stress at
work.
problems.
B.
Because
they
don
’
t
have
friendship
C. Because they are good at adjusting
themselves.
D.
Because
they
rarely
use
drugs
and
alcohol.
13.
A. They should stop basing hope on work
success.
B. They should try to find a
balance between work and life.
C. They
should try to change to less-competitive work.
D. They should share their problems
with people for help.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on
the following passage.
14.
A. Because they
can
’
t produce honey as
European bees.
B. Because they are
children of fierce African bees.
C.
Because they defend themselves when endangered.
D. Because the media gave them the
name.
15.
A.
Europe.
States.
16.
A. They are
larger than their European cousins.
B.
They have yellow markings on them.
C.
They are ordinary-looking of pale brown.
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 have heard. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.
D. They
look like spiders.
B. Africa.
D. South America.
D.
The
United
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21
.
Leadership in
22
Design.
What
are
two
elements
to
make
a
high-
quality
Being
23
.
building?
Of what style is
the building?
24
.
II.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:
Beneath each of the following sentences
there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Choose the one answer that best
completes the sentence.
25.
The CEOs of many famed international
companies are participating _____ special
observers
in this
year
’
s
Mayor
’
s
Forum
(
论坛
).
A. as
B. in
C. at
D.
for
26.
Thanks to
modern technology, today contacting a friend
thousands of miles away seems to
be
_____ saying hello to a next door neighbour.
A. as easy as
B. as easily
as
C. so easy that
D. so
easily as
27.
At
least 20 people lost their lives in the air crash
and, according to the hospital, _____ was
the pilot, who died soon after he was
sent to the hospital.
A. among which
B. among whom
C. among them
D. among what
28.
Grass skiing is a rising form of
entertainment, popular with young people, _____
sliding on
the grass would be
adventurous and enjoyable.
A. who
one
’
s own kid.
A. other
last week.
A. hadn
’
t been
B. isn
’
t
C. wasn
’
t
D. won
’
t be
31.
Many
< br>“
successful
”
Americans try hard to be different from others
_____ the myth of success
implies
comparison between people.
A. unless
B. because
C. although
D. in case
B. another
C. the other
D. some other
30.
A ticket
agent _____ at all necessary for passengers could
have bought the air tickets online
B.
when
C. where
D. whose
29.
To
a
teacher
and
parent,
it
’
s
one
thing
to
educate
students
but
it
is
quite
_____
to
teach
32.
The
income
gap
in
Switzerland
is
much
smaller
than
in
many
other
European
countries
_____ the
country
’
s social stability
and harmony.
A. ensuring
ensured
33.
Apart
from
police
guns,
there
are
only
49
legal
handguns
in
Japan,
_____
in
the
hand
of
highly skilled expert civilian
shooters.
A. hold
B. to hold
C. held
D. holding
34.
The
basketball player is not good with words and he
_____ a
ghostwriter
(
代笔者
) for his
newly-published
autobiography
(
自传
).
A. should
have called in
B. must have called in
C. must call in
ten percent
of its oil supply with grain energy is its current
goal.
A. replaces
B. has
replaced
C. replacing
D. to
be replaced
36.
Becoming successful is achieved through
focus on what one is doing, without being tempted
by factors like money or title, _____?
A. doesn
’
t it
B. won
’
t one
C. is it
D.
isn
’
t it
37.
The Chinese
first lady
’
s dressing during
her state visit to Russia _____ much in newspapers
and on TV, which sparked heated
discussion at home and abroad.
A.
reported
B. has reported
C.
was reported
D. was reporting
38.
Many teachers
maintain that preschooling is the best way to
prepare children for study but
there is
no real agreement, however, about _____ this
preparation can be achieved.
A. what
A. John shaves
shaved
40.
The former
Hollywood superstar Greta Garbo announced to
retire as she was tired of being
made
by the press and fans _____ as if living in a
goldfish tank.
A. feeling
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. mild
B. unique
C. mistakes
D. competition
F.
restrictions
G. basics
H.
trend
I. proposed
B. to feel
C. to be feeling
D. felt
B. which
B. will John shave
C. who
C. is John shaved
D. how
D.
was
John
39.
Never _____
his
beard
(
胡子
) if his school team
fails to achieve a 50%+ win rate.
D.
would call in
35.
Brazil is a nation with a successful
investment in energy that comes from grains and
_____
B. ensured
C. ensures
D.
to
have
E. emerged
H. fall
III. Reading
Comprehension
Section A
Directions:
For each blank
in the following passages 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.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
A. disappear
A. translated
A. special
A. unique
A. positive
A. temporarily
A. luxury
A. prove
A. explosion
A. walls of
ears
A. drives out
A.
company
A. decorated
A.
imitate
A. refer to
B.
collapse
B. responded
B.
inferior
B. memorable
B.
personal
B. carefully
B.
expense
B. buy
B. promotion
B. seeing is believing
B.
wears out
B. introduction
B.
distinct
B. guide
B. compare
with
C. freeze
C. invented
C. standard
C. painful
C. flexible
C. readily
C. convenience
C.
investigate
C. shift
C. word
of mouth
C. pays off
C.
benefit
C. blank
C. exploit
C. suffer from
D. rise
D. applied
D. loose
D. normal
D. heated
D. traditionally
D.
information
D. convey
D.
spread
D. grave of teeth
D.
died away
D. end
D.
mechanical
D. replace
D.
persist in
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)
The
Matterhorn
of
Switzerland
had
been
climbed
hundreds
of
times
since
it
was
first
conquered by Edward
Whymper in 1865. He, and the many that followed
him over the years, had
scaled
the
mountain
by
the
relatively
easy
southern
approach.
The
vertical
(
垂直的
)
northern
face presented a
much more frightening challenge. Although some
climbers had scaled the north
wall,
their
attempts
were made
in
summer.
Experts
had
predicted
that
it
was
unimaginable
to
make the climb in the winter.
Water Bonatti announced that he was
going to attempt a winter climb of the near-
vertical
ice-covered northern face in
the February. What was shocking was that he
intended to use the
more direct route
from base to peak without any of the passes made
by his pioneers. It seemed a
suicidal
bid.
Covered
in
a
yellow
wind-breaker,
Bonatti
gathered
his
skills,
nerves,
strength
and
vigor
against
the
north
face.
Slowly
and
carefully,
his
strong
but
cold-
stoned
fingers
searched
for
hand-holds. One false
move and he would plunge straight down thousands
of feet to his death.
The
higher
he
went,
the
more
the
wind
increased
its
force,
striking
him
with
icy
power,
threatening to dash him onto the rocks
below. After two tough days, he reached 12,800
feet. At
night, he napped in a
hammock
(
吊床
) between two steel
sticks hammered in the rock face.
At
first
light,
he
continued
ever
upward,
without
a
thought
of
turning
back.
The
cruel,
sub-zero
temperature
cracked
his
goggles
(
护目镜
)
and
he
struggled
half-blinded.
Often
his
hands which were
bleeding, failed to settle on an opening and he
had to make attempts with his
instinct.
His tiring body was in pain but still climbed up
towards the peak.
At dawn on the fourth
day, he was on the edge of complete exhaustion,
but with victory in
sight,
he
prepared
himself
for
the
critical
trek
.
Just
after
three
in
the
afternoon,
excited
spectators
in
the
helicopters
saw
Bonatti
suddenly
appear
crawling
over
the
shining
tip
of
the
mountain. He had achieved the
impossible and won the world acclaim.
65.
Why was
Bonatti
’
s attempt regarded
as an impossible task?
A. Because no
one had climbed the mountain since the last
conquest by Whymper.
B. Because the
mountain presents the biggest challenge in the
world.
C. Because no one had reached
the peak from the north in cold weather.
D. Because the Swiss government forbade
people to climb the mountain in severe weather.
66.
How did he manage to climb up?
A. He used the wind-breaker to locate
holes on the north face and climbed up.
B. He made his hands fish for openings
and relied on them to climb.
C. He took
advantage of steel hammer to climb up the
mountain.
D. He borrowed the force from
the ice to help him rise.
67.
The
underlined word
trek
in the
last paragraph is closest in the meaning to _____.