上海市育才中学2016届高三下学期信心考试(三模)英语试题(含听力) Word版含答案

2015

学年育才中学高三第二学期

英语信心考试卷

(2016.5.20)

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. A policewoman.

B. A judge.

C. A reporter.

D. A waitress.

2.

A. Confident.

B. Puzzled.

C. Satisfied.

D. Worried.

3.

A. At a restaurant.

B. At a car rental agency.

C. In a bank.

D. In a driving school.

4.

A. A disaster.

B. A new roof.

C. A performance.

D. A TV station.

5.

A. Catch the train.

B. Meet Jane.

C. Get some stationery.

D. Clean the backyard.

6.

A. Ask for something cheaper.

B. Buy the vase she really likes.

C. Protect herself from being hurt.

D. Bargain with the shop assistant.

7.

A. Use a computer in the lab.

B. Take a chemistry course.

C. Help him revise his report.

D. Get her computer repaired.

8.

A. Amused.

B. Embarrassed.

C. Shocked.

D. Sympathetic.

9.

A. She doesn't plan to continue studying next year.

B. She has already told the man about her plan.

C.

She isn’t planning to leave her university.

D. She recently visited a different university.

10.

A. It spoke highly of the mayor.

B. It misinterpreted the mayor’s speech.

C.

It made the mayor’s view clearer.

D. It carried the mayor’s sp

eech accurately.

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. 70

B. 20

C. 25.

D. 75

12. A. The houses there can't be sold.

C. The cabins and facilities are shared.

13. A. A skiing resort.

C. A splendid mountain.

B. It is a place for work and holiday.

D. It is run by the residents themselves.

B. A special community.

D. A successful businesswoman.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.

14.

A. Those who often sent text messages.

B. Those who suffered from heart disease.

C. Those who did no physical exercise.

D. Those who were unmarried

15.

A. They responded more slowly than usual.

B. They sent more messages.

C. They typed 10 percent faster on average.

D. They edited more passages.

16.

A. Why chemical therapy works.

B. Why marriage helps fight cancer.

C. How unmarried people survive cancer.

D. How cancer is detected after marriage.

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.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write

ONE WORD

for each answer.

Travelers’

Survey Sheet

Travel purpose:

for a(n)

17

in London

Comments on the airport environment / facilities:

Likes:

?

18

?

19

walkways

Dislikes:

?

20

shops

?

small trolleys

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write

NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS

for each answer.

What is critical thinking in reading?

Assessing the writer’s ideas and thinking about

the

21

of what the writer is saying.

What

is

the

first

step

in

reading

an

academic

Finding out the argument and the writer's main

text critically?

line of

22

.

What may serve as the evidence?

What is the key to critical thinking?

23

, survey results, examples, etc.

To read actively and

24

.

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)

James shook his money box again. _____25_____! He carefully counted the coins that lay on

the bed. $$24.52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $$90! _____26_____ on

earth was he going to get the rest of the money?

He

knew

that

his

friends

all

had

bicycles.

It

was

hard

to

hang

around

with

people

_____27_____ you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There

was

no

point

_____28_____

(ask)

his

parents,

for

he

knew

they

had

no

money

_____29_____

(spare).

There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn it. He would have to find a job.

But

who

would

hire

him

and

what

could

he

do?

He

decided

to

ask

Mr.

Clay

for

advice,

who

usually had opinions on most things.

“

Well, you _____30_____ start right here,

”

said Mr. Clay.

“

My windows need cleaning and

my car needs washing.

”

That was the beginning of James

’

s odd-job business. For three months he worked every day

after finishing his homework. He was amazed by _____31_____ variety of jobs that people found

for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He

lost count of the number of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the money did increase.

The

day

finally

came

when

James

counted

his

money

and

found

$$94.32,

enough

for

the

bicycle he longed for. Since then he has firmly believed that _____32_____ has a clear target and

works endlessly towards it is sure to get the desired result.

(B)

It was the end of my exhausting first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. The

loaded

tray

I

carried

_____33_____

(feel)

heavier

and

heavier.

Tired

and

discouraged,

I

didn

’

t

seem

able

to

do

anything

right.

As

I

made

out

a

complicated

check

for

a

family

with

several

children who had changed their ice- cream order a dozen times, I was ready to quit.

Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip.

“

Well done,

”

he said.

“

You

’

ve looked

after us really well.

”

Suddenly my tiredness was _____34_____ (go). I smiled back, and later, when the manager

asked

me

how

I’

d

liked

my

first

day,

I

said,

“

< br>Fine!

”

Those

few

words

of

praise

had

changed

everything.

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow _____35_____ it. And

yet, most of us are _____36_____ (ready) to apply to others the cold wind of criticism than the

warm sunshine of praise.

Why

can

one

word

bring

such

pleasure?

A

friend

of

mine

_____37_____

travels

widely

always tries to learn a little of the language of any place she visits. She knows how to say one

word ----

“

beautiful

”

---- in several languages. She can use it to a mother _____38_____ (hold)

her

baby,

or

to

someone

with

pictures

of

his

family.

Most

of

her

friends

across

the

world

_____39_____ (earn) thanks to the ability.

Don

’

t hesitate to show your appreciation to those around you, even strangers, for on the far

horizon _____40_____ (be) unexpected rewards for not only the givers but also the receivers.

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. advanced

B. briefed

C. browsing

D. click

E. general

F.

impose

G

. plunged

H. relief

I. response

J. shrinking

K. surrounding

Despite the fear __41__ terrorism, disease and war, the world is better off than it has ever

been. This is how I spent a few days at the end of last summer. At a meeting in Europe, I heard

colleagues who work on humanitarian __42__ tell heartbreaking stories of suffering in the refugee

camps and rubbled cityscapes of the Middle East. Back in the U.S. for Labor Day, with Ukraine in

the headlines, I was at a dinner at which well- informed conversation turned---for the first time I

can remember, and I’m 63

---- on the real possibility of a(n) __43__ war in Europe. At work after

the holiday, I read reports of the cruel execution by ISIS of the journalist Steven, and then was

__44__

on

the

terrifying

spread

of

Ebola

in

West

Africa

----

and

the

pitifully

inadequate

international __45__.

Then,

trying

to

escape

the

despond

into

which

the

news

had

__46__

me,

and

__47__

Facebook on evening, as you do, I came across a post by Aric Press, an old friend, and colleague.

Aric was writing from Darkar, Senegal, where he and his wife were visiting his daughter and new

grandson. He described his thrill at being able to Skype another daughter in her New York City

office from thousands of kilometers away, to __48__ on an app and listen to his beloved Cleveland

Indians (even if they lost) and to wake up to a banquet of content from NPR to Haaretz. Aric felt

he was living in an age of miracles.

So do I. My parents essentially lived their lives within a few kilometers of where they were

born. My daughters, by contrast, had each flown some 50,000 km before they were 2, and have

lived so far in a combined total of seven cities on four continents. Aric and I, to be sure, are lucky.

We are members of the fortunate few for whom __49__ medical care, instant communications and

world-__50__ transport are the norm.

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.

Then

tragedy

struck.

Bachal’s

1

-year-old

cousin

died

minutes

after

being

given

__51__

medicine ---- h

is mother couldn’t read the expiry date on the bottle. __52__ cost Bachal’s cousin

his life, but the tragedy was an epiphany (

顿悟

)

for her: “I made up mind that the children of the

area must be educated.”

Bachal began haunting the squat, concrete houses of Goth, working to persuade parents to let

their

children

----

and

especially

their

daughters

----

go

to

school.

Many

__53__

her

as

a

troublemaker and demanded she be __54__. Bachal ignored their threats and just kept talking and

teaching. Public opinion eventually turned.

Pakistan is a(n) __55__ when it comes to female education. Literacy for women stands at just

26%. Only 13 million of 32 million girls under 14 are __56__ enrolled in school. In addition, the

Taliban frequently target schools, as __57__ by the horrific attack on a military-run campus in the

northern city of Peshawar on Dec.16, which __58__ at least 147 lives, __59__ children.

Pakistan’s education system feeds Islamization, as the poorest __60__ madrasahs

(

伊斯兰学

校

).

These

institutions

are

comparatively

wealthy,

__61__

funded

via

Saudi

or

other

overseas

benefactors,

with

free

__62__.

But

the

__63__

is

largely

religious,

and

a

parochial

worldview

dominates.

She quit high school six months before graduation. “Women don’t need burqas

(

罩袍

),” says

Bachal, who married a childhood friend in late 2014. “If a man looks at me with bad __64__, I can

smash him in the face ---let him

know I’m equal to men. If they kill me, I would have __65__ for

my people. They will achieve nothing as there are now many like me.”

51. A. one-sided

52. A. Illiteracy

53. A. insulted

B. out-of-date

B. Ignorance

B. summarized

B. banned

B. exception

B. consequently

B. illustrated

B. claimed

B. attend to

B. typically

B. religion

B. modes

B. deliberately

C. brand-new

C. Neglect

C. boasted

C. model

D. instant

D. Conscience

D. dismissed

D. authorized

D. desert

D. accordingly

D. quoted

D. succeeded

D. tenderly

D. set up

D. progressively

D. facilities

D. strength

D. offences

D. accounted

54. A. kidnapped

55. A. representative

56. A. formally

57. A. expected

58. A. split

59. A. directly

60. A. admit to

C. threatened

C. willingly

C. emphasized

C. intensified

C. mostly

C. turn to

C. mildly

61. A. frequently

62. A. instructions

63. A. theme

64. A. remarks

65. A. sacrificed

C. assessment

C. publication

C. intentions

C. striven

B. curriculum

B. substituted

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 teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happens, my aunt. She was Myrtle

C. Manigault, the wife of

my

mother's brother Bill. She taught me in second grade at all-black

Sumner School in Camden, New Jersey.