上海市上海中学学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

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上海市上海中学学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题Word版含答案

上海中学2017-2018学年高三英语期中考试试卷

17.RomanEmpire________forcenturies.

A.hasexistedB.existedC.hadexistedD.wasexisted

18.Largequantitiesofpetrol________usedeveryyear,causingalotofpollution.Whatweneed________greenvehicles.

A.is;areB.are;areC.is;isD.are;is

19.Out________,withthe________moneyinhishand.

A.didherush;remainedB.hewasrushing;remaining

C.rushedhe;remainedD.herushed;remaining

20.________likeasettingfromthefilmCharlie&theChocolateFactory,Singapore’sChocolateResearchFacility（CRF）hasover100varietiesofchocolates.

A.LookedB.LookingC.TolookD.Beinglooked

21.________isknowntoallisthattheinventionoftelegram________thetransmissionofmessagestoanypartoftheworldwithinafewseconds.

A.What;madeitpossibleB.As;madeitpossible

C.It;madepossibleD.What;madepossible

22.Soinvolvedinmakingfalseaccounting________thatIdon’tthinkthisbusinesspartnerisworthy________.

A.hashebecome;ofbeingtrustedB.hehasbecome;tobetrusted

C.hebecomes;totrustD.ishebecoming;oftrusting

23.Whenwefirstarrivedin________Detroittwentyyearsago,thecarproductionthenwasonlyone-tenth________itisnow.

A.whatisnow;whatB.whereisnow;as

C.nowis;thatD.whichnowis;than

24.________lastweek,shelivedaquietandhappylifeinthatarea.

A.Notuntiltheearth-movingmachinescame

B.Theearth-movingmachinescame

C.Untiltheearth-movingmachinescame

D.Thencametheearth-movingmachines

（A）

Vegetariansarepeoplewhodon’teatanyanimals.Inthepast,vegetarianswasuncommon,butrecentlymoreandmorepeoplearechoosingavegetariandiet.IntheUSAalonethereareabout13millionpeople____25____（call）themselvesvegetariansandthatnumberisexpectedtoreach25millionbytheyear2015.Therearemanyreasonswhypeoplethinkitmakessensenot____26____（eat）animals.Theycanberelatedtoreligion,health,ethicalorecologicalconcerns.

Peoplewithareligiousbackgroundavoideatingmeat.Buddhistsbelievethathumanbeings____27____notkillanimals.MuslimsandJewsdon’thavepork.Somepeoplearebecomingworriedaboutthesafetyofeatingmeatbecauseofthewayitisfarmed.Certainchemicalsareusedtomakeanimalsgrowfastandmanyanimalsarefedfood____28____isnotpartoftheirnaturaldiet.

Anotherreasonforchoosingtogiveupmeatis____29____theyconsiderfarminganimalsforfoodiswrongandthatanimalshaverightstoliveonasmandoes.

Thelastmajorreasonisecological.Raisinganimalswastesnaturalresources____30____（fast）thangrowingcrops.Muchrainforesthasbeenclearedtomakefarmlandtoraiseanimalsforfood.

Humanbeingshavealwayseatenmeat,____31____thereisagrowingmovementtowardsvegetarianism.____32____thereasonyouhavefornoteatingmeat,vegetarianismcanmakemuchsense.

（B）

Typethewords“Spring（FruitTreesinBloom）”intoanonlinesearchengineandinlessthanasecondyouwillbelookingatasparklingvistaoftreeseruptinginastarburstofpaleblossomlikean____33____（explode）firework.ThephraseisthetitleofanImpressionistoilpaintingbytheFrenchmasterClaudeMonetthatbelongstotheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNewYork.Accordingtothemuseum’swebsite,thepainting____34____（complete）in1873inArgenteuil,France.Signedanddated“73ClaudeMonet”inthelowerleftcorner,it____35____（measure）almost1mwideand62cmhigh.In1903,____36____itwasknownasAppleBlossoms,itwasboughtfor$2,100bytheNewYorkartdealershipKnoedler&Co.TheMetacquireditin1926.

Informationlikethisistypicaloftheinsightsthatmuseumscommonlyprovideaboutartworksintheircollections.Dates,dimensions,provenance:

thesearethebreadandbutterofscholarshipandarthistory.

Butbyofferingdetailsaboutpictures____37____thismanner,aremuseumsfundamentallymissingthepointof____38____artisallabout?

Onemanwhobelieves____39____areistheBritishphilosopherAlaindeBotton.“Spring（FruitTreesinBloom）”isexactlythesortofpicture____40____________deBottonisreferring:

peaceful,untroubled,andremindingpeopleofasimplepleasureoflife.Yet,theMetropolitanavoidstacklinganyofthis.Readingtheonlinelabel,youwouldneverguessthatMonethadthepowertosummonpleasurableandsoothingemotionssuchasthese.

A.disapproved

B.understated

C.signals

D.commercials

E.triggered

F.scale

G.indicator

H.depressing

I.alert

J.revealing

K.religiously

GeorgeOrwellwrotein1941thatEnglandwas“themostclasscountryunderthesun”.Britonsaresurprisingly____41____toclass-boththeirownandthatofothers.Almosteverythingelsein