上海市十二校届高三联考英语试题.docx

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上海市十二校届高三联考英语试题

上海市十二校2015届高三12月联考英语试题

                            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

DirectionsInSectionB,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

DirectionsInSectionC,youwillheartwolongerconversations.Theconversationswillbereadtwice.Afteryouheareachconversation,youarerequiredtofillinthenumberedblankswiththeinformationyouhear.

Blanks17through20arebasedonthefollowingconversation

Completethereportform.WriteONEWORDforeachanswer.

SummerholidayswithFather

Lily’sfeelingsaboutthesummerholidayswithherfather     17    .

WhydidLilyandhersistertakeasummercoursethisyear?

 Becauseherfatherthoughthe     18     thepartoftheireducation.

Lily’ssummercourseincluded     19     historyandnavigation.

ThegoalofLilyandhersister’ssail Towardsan     20    .

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

DirectionsCompletethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.dominance         B.consistent        C.necessarily         D.adapted

E.sense              F.emergence        G.expressive         H.simply

I.evolved             J.copied           K.actually

Grammarisuniversalandplaysavitalpartineverylanguage.Sothequestionwhichhaspuzzledmanylinguistsiswhocreatedgrammar?

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