届上海市十二校高三上学期联考英语试题.docx

届上海市十二校高三上学期联考英语试题.docx

《届上海市十二校高三上学期联考英语试题.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《届上海市十二校高三上学期联考英语试题.docx（21页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

届上海市十二校高三上学期联考英语试题

上海市十二校2017-2018届高三12月联考英语试题

学校：

周浦中学学校:

曹杨中学

第I卷（共103分）

I.ListeningComprehension

SectionA

Directions:

InSectionA,youwillheartenshortconversationsbetweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversationandthequestionaboutit,readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaper,anddecidewhichoneisthebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.

1.A.$100.B.$40.C.$20.D.$60.

2.A.Gotoseeamovie.B.LeaveforChicago.

C.Meetherauntatthestation.D.Prepareaparty.

3.A.Shedoesn’thaveanytime.B.Itdoesn’tbotherhertowait.

C.She’sneverhadtowaitbefore.D.Shehasn’tseenanyoneatall.

4.A.History.B.Mathematics.C.Literature.D.Politics.

5.A.Sheisonlytoopleasedtocome.B.Shewasanexcellentmountain-climber.

C.Shedidn’tgoinformountaineering.D.Shewastoobusytocome.

6.A.Readanarticleonpoliticalscience.B.Readmorethanonearticle.

C.Presentadifferenttheorytotheclass.D.Chooseabetterarticletoread.

7.A.Placeanotherorder.B.Callontocheckonit.

C.Waitpatiently.D.Goandfindthefurniture.

8.A.Sheregardsitasanexercise.B.Shewantstosavemoney.

C.Shelovesdoinganythingthatisnew.D.Herofficeisn’tveryfar.

9.A.Athome.B.Attheriverside.

C.Atthehealthcenter.D.Athisoffice.

10.A.Heneedstofindanewjob.B.Hecan’tfindhiskeys.

C.Hiscarneedstoberepaired.D.Hedoesn’tknowwherehiskeysare.

SectionB

Directions:

InSectionB,youwillheartwoshortpassages,andyouwillbeaskedthreequestionsoneachofthepassages.Thepassageswillbereadtwice,butthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Whenyouhearaquestion,readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaperanddecidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.

Questions11through13arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

11.A.Thedoctorwasnotveryexperienced.

B.Thedoctorhadn’tseenthemedicalreports.

C.Thepatientdidn’tworkwellwiththedoctor.

D.Thepatientwasmisunderstoodbythedoctor.

12.A.Thedoctortreatedherwiththehelpofherpreviousdoctors.

B.Thedoctoralwayslistenedtoherandbelievedher.

C.Thedoctortreatedherasahopelesspatient.

D.Thedoctortreatedherwithstrongmedicines.

13.A.Tochangeherjob.

B.Tokeepacloserrelationshipwithherfamily.

C.Tosendhimanoteeveryday.

D.Togetmarried.

Questions14through16arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

14.A.Apieceofequipment.

B.Theworkbookofthelaboratorycourse.

C.Theframeworkofthelaboratorycourse.

D.Oneexperimentofthelaboratorycourse.

15.A.Thestudentsmustfollowtheinstructionscarefully.

B.Agreatdealofequipmentisavailabletoallthestudents.

C.Studentscanmaketheirownchoicesabouttheactivities.

D.Homeworkmustbehandedinaccordingtoinstructions.

16.A.Theactivitiesaretobedoneinclass.

B.Theactivitiestakelesstimethantheexperiment.

C.Thestudentsarenotrequiredtodotheactivities.

D.Fewdetailedinstructionsaregivenfortheactivities.

SectionC

Directions:

InSectionC,youwillheartwolongerconversations.Theconversationswillbereadtwice.Afteryouheareachconversation,youarerequiredtofillinthenumberedblankswiththeinformationyouhear.

Blanks17through20arebasedonthefollowingconversation:

Completethereportform.WriteONEWORDforeachanswer.

SummerholidayswithFather

Lily’sfeelingsaboutthesummerholidayswithherfather:

17.

WhydidLilyandhersistertakeasummercoursethisyear?

Becauseherfatherthoughthe18thepartoftheireducation.

Lily’ssummercourseincluded:

19historyandnavigation.

ThegoalofLilyandhersister’ssail:

Towardsan20.

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

（A）

LearninginChina

WecanalwayshearvoicescomparingtheeducationalsystemsinChinaandtheUS.It’struethatthereexistalotofdifferences,butthiscannotbeanexcuse（25）______havingapassiveattitudetowardstudyinginChina.

WhenIcamebackfromtheUSlastyearandcontinuedmyseniormiddleschooleducationinChina,Isensedmanygreatdifferences.IthoughtthatschoolinChinawastoohard,andthatwedidn’tdoenoughfunexerciseexceptrunningaroundplaygroundstogether.IwasnotpatientenoughandIcouldn’thelpbut（26）______（cry）tomymom.Inshort,I（27）______notfacethechangesandthepressure.

Afteralongtalkwithmymother,IrealizedthatthoughhighschoollifeinChinais（28）______（hard）,itcangiveusmore.Thepressurehelpsuslearnthetruemeaningofcompetitionbeforewestepintosociety,whichgivesusa（29）______（determine）heartandteachesustostepforward（30）__________________therealityis.It’slikeclimbingamountain,whichmightmakeyoudizzyandnervous,butthetopisalwaystherewaitingforyouaslongasyouarestrongenough（31）______（take）onemorestep.

Meanwhile,aneasylifeisnotalwaysgoodforus.EvensomeofmyAmericanfriendscall（32）______“lazyAmericans”,becausetheschoolintheUSisnotalwayseasy.Whentheygotocollege,theyalsoneedtoworkveryhard.Wecomplainmainlybecausewecan’tseethewholepicture.

Sometimeswejustsimplylistentoothers’wordswithoutthinkingabout（33）______they’retrue.Wecan’talwayscomplain.Instead,weallneedtounderstandthatsuccesstakeseffortsandtears.

（B）

Science–AwayofThinking

Manyscientists,fromtheirearlierwork,haveenoughknowledgetomakegoodguessastothesolutiontoaproblemwhich（34）______（work）on.Inmakingnewdiscoveries,theymayusethetrial-and-errormethod,theymaydrawonpastexperiences,ortheymaytrytofindout（35）______othershavediscovered.Theymaydesignnewinvestigationsandnewwaysoftestingtheirresults.Scientistshavetotrainthemselvestousetheirbrainsefficiently.

Forexample,whenThomasA.Edisonwastryingtomakeanelectriclamp,heneededtheonlysubstanceinsidethebulb（36）______wouldglowbrightlywithoutburningupquickly.Hetriedmorethanonethousandtimes（37）______hefoundtheexactsubstancehecoulduse.Afterhehadexperimentedforalongtime,someoneaskedMr.Edisonwhetherhewasdiscouragedatthewasteoftime.Hereplied,“Ihavenotbeenwastingtime.I（38）______（find）onethousandmaterialsthatwon’twork.NowIcanlookforothers.”Edison’sstatementisveryimportant.Aboveall,scientistsdemandtoknowwhenandwheretheyarewrong.Agoodquestiontoaskinscienceisnot“AmIright?

”but“AmIwrong?

”.

Scientistsspendmanyyearsofstudy（39）______（train）themselvestousetheirbrainsandthetoolsofinvestigation.Theyalsouseeachother’swork.IsaacNewton,（40）whois______uniqueBritishscientist,saidhesawfurtherthanothersbecausehestoodontheshouldersofgiants.

SectionB

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.dominanceB.consistentC.necessarilyD.adapted

E.senseF.emergenceG.expressiveH.simply

I.evolvedJ.copiedK.actually

Grammarisuniversalandplaysavitalpartineverylanguage.Sothequestionwhichhaspuzzledmanylinguistsis:

whocreatedgrammar?

Inordertoanswerthequestionofhowcomplexlanguagesare＿41＿formed,theresearcherneedstoobservehowlanguagesarestartedfromscratch.Tofindouthowgrammariscreated,someoneneedstobepresentatthetimeofalanguage’screation,documentingits＿42＿.Atfirst,itseemsthatthisquestionisimpossibletoanswer.Amazingly,thisispossible.

Someofthemostrecentlanguages＿43＿duetotheAtlanticslavetrade,whenslavesfromanumberofdifferentethnicitieswereforcedtoworktogetherunderthecolonizer’s＿44＿.Sincetheyhadnoopportunitytolearneachother’slanguages,theydevelopedamake-shiftlanguagecalledapidgin（混杂语）.Pidginsarestringsofwords＿45＿fromthelanguageofthelandowner.Interestingly,however,allittakesforapidgintobecomeacomplexlanguageisforagroupofchildrentobeexposedtoitatthetimewhentheylearntheirmothertongue.Slavechildrendidnot＿46＿copythestringsofwordsutteredbytheirelders,they＿47＿theirwordstocreateanewlanguage.

Furtherevidenceofthiscanbeseeninstudyingsignlanguagesforthedeaf.Previously,alldeafpeoplewereisolatedfromeachother,butin1979agovernmentintroducedschoolsforthedeaf.Althoughchildrenweretaughtspeechandlipreadingintheclassroom,intheplaygroundstheybegantoinventtheirownsignsystem,whichwasbasicallyapidgin.Eachchildusedthesignsdifferently,andtherewasno＿48＿grammar.However,whenthisinventivesignsystemwasalreadyaround,aquitedifferentsignlanguagewasdeveloped.

Thereforeitwouldappearthateventhemostwidespreadlanguageswerepartlycreatedbychildren.Childrenappeartohaveinnate（天生的）grammaticalmachineryintheirbrains,whichspringstolifewhentheyarefirsttryingtomake＿49＿oftheworldaroundthem.Theirmindscanservetocreate＿50＿,complexstructures,evenwhenthereisnoexistinggrammarforthemtocopy.

III.ReadingComprehens