上海市届高三英语上学期期末质量监控试题.docx

1、上海市届高三英语上学期期末质量监控试题第一学期期末质量监控试卷高三英语（满分140分，完卷时间120分钟）考生注意：1本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分，试卷包括试题与答题要求，所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。2答题前，务必在答题纸上填写考试号和姓名。3答题纸与试卷在试题编号上是一一对应的，答题时应特别注意，不能错位。I. Listening Comprehension Section A （10分）Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speak

2、ers. 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 ques

3、tion you have heard. 1. A. A bus. B. A computer. C. A telescope. D. An elevator.2. A. Salesman and customer. B. Boss and secretary.C. Husband and wife. D. Interviewer and interviewee. 3. A. Stamp collecting. B. Reading. C. Painting. D. Photography.4. A. He lost a button at work. B. He thinks he dama

4、ged the womans calculator.C. He doesnt know where he put the calculator. D. Hes not sure how to solve a maths problem.5. A. At 6:45. B. At 7:15. C. At 7:45. D. At 8:15.6. A. Borrow the books from the woman. B. Go to buy the books in the shop.C. Go to his grandpa for some books. D. Search for the boo

5、ks on the Internet.7. A. Buying chairs. B. Preparing for a party.C. Arranging the place for a contest. D. Taking part in a contest.8. A. She works in a very nice restaurant. B. The restaurant food made her ill.C. Her job involves a lot of business dinners. D. She feels tired when preparing meals at

6、home.9. A. Amy didnt seem to be nervous during her speech.B. Amy needs more training in making public speeches.C. The man didnt think highly of Amys presentation.D. The man can hardly understand Amys presentation. 10. A. In France. B. In China. C. In Italy. D. In Japan.Section B （15分）Directions: In

7、Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possi

8、ble answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following news. 11. A. A notice was put in a window seat. B. Some of the seats were not occupied. C. There was a window seat unoccupied. D. The plane was not very

9、 crowded.12. A. Mr. Jackson was the last passenger to get on board the plane. B. Mr. Jackson was surprised to see the notice on the seat. C. Mr. Jackson sat next to the soldier. D. The plane Mr. Jackson took was heavily loaded with luggage.13. A. The notice was put on the seat by the soldier. B. The

10、 soldier was waiting for his girlfriend. C. The girl was the last passenger who got on the plane. D. The seat by the window was kept for the last passenger. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news. 14. A. Beijing was the most polluted city.B. The air quality index reading for Xian re

11、ached 500.C. The AQI for Xingtai in Hebei Province was 491.D. Emergency measures against air pollution have not been taken.15. A. About 100 cities. B. About 50 cities. C. About 500 cities. D. About 20 cities.16. A. Limiting government vehicle use. B. Putting off all construction.C. Asking polluters

12、to apologize for their action. D. Reducing the emissions from power companies.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. In a studio. B. In a clothing store. C. At a beach resort. D. At a fashion show.18. A. To live there permanently. B. To stay there for half a year. C.

13、To find a better job to support herself. D. To sell leather goods for a British company.19. A. Designing fashion items for several companies. B. Modeling for a world-famous Italian company. C. Working as an employee for Ferragamo. D. Serving as a sales agent for Burberry.20. A. It has seen a steady

14、decline in its profits. B. It has become much more competitive. C. It has lost many customers to foreign competitors. D. It has attracted a lot of more designers from abroad.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A （10分）Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage c

15、oherent 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. Marvel and Disney Remember Stan LeeToday, Marvel Comics and The Walt Disney Company pause and reflect with gre

16、at sadness on the passing of Marvel Chairman Emeritus, Stan Lee. With a heavy heart, we share our deepest condolences （哀悼）(21) _ his daughter and brother, and we honor and remember the creator, voice and champion of Marvel. “Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created. A super hero in

17、 his own right to Marvel fans around the world, Stan had the power to inspire, to entertain, and to connect. Nothing but his heart (22) _ exceed the scale of his imagination.” said Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company.Stan Lee loved the (23) _ (write) word from an early age, and wan

18、ted to craft stories like those in his favorite books and films, which he consumed greedily. From a simple upbringing in Manhattan, young Stanley worked his way through a series of jobs (24) _ he found himself an assistant at a comic book publishing company Timely Comics.Marvel fans found a friend i

19、n Stan Lee. He introduced the famous “Stans Soapbox” to speak directly to his readers, (25) _ (reach) a personal level rarely seen in comics of the day. Always pushing for new ways of creating comics, Stan also started the “Marvel method” of plotting and art, creating some of (26) _ (fantastic) stor

20、ies in the industry to this day. An entire generation of young readers expanded and strengthened their vocabulary and knowledge through Stans stories.Roy Thomas, (27) _ succeeded Lee as editor-in-chief at Marvel, had visited Lee two days before (28) _ death to discuss the upcoming bookThe Stan Lee S

21、tory, and stated “I think he was ready to go. But he was still talking about doing more cameos（配角）. (29) _ _ _ he had the energy for it and didnt have to travel, Stan was always up (30) _ (do) something more.” Marvel and the entire Walt Disney Company salute the life and career of Stan Lee and offer

22、 their undying gratitude for his unmatchable accomplishments within their halls. Every time you open a Marvel comic, Stan will be there. Section B （10分）Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you ne

23、ed.A. interpret B. encounter C. subjective D. ratings E. previously F. belief G. bubbles H. preciously I. illustrates J. compliments K. site The ability of the herd mentality（从众心理）to increase peoples chances of liking or believing something may help explain a wide variety of phenomena. Aral (A manag

24、erial economist at the Massachusetts institute of technology) says, from housing _31_ to gold prices and from political polls to restaurant reviews, the _32_ that other people like something has a powerful ability to make people like it themselves. The new study _33_ how simple it would be for compa

25、nies to control reviews of their products by simply adding a few positive _34_ of their own early reviews in the process, Aral adds. It found that effects were strongest when stories were about politics, business and cultures than for fun or lifestyle pieces. In situations where there are more _35_

26、news reviews, you have to be a little more cautious about interpreting likes and dislikes. “Think twice before you trust, how many likes something has,” he adds. “Thats something you have to _36_ with a grain of salt (持怀疑态度).” And its a situation many online users _37_ on a daily basis.Aral recently

27、 went onY to review a restaurant with a plan to give it three out of five stars, but when he got to the _38_, he was shown how other people describe the same place and those reviews include someone with five stars. Seeing those positive reviews made him think twice about his own _39_ average opinion

28、. “A woman _40_ how great it is, how great her great prices are and how the lemon sauce is so great,” he says. “Maybe its not such a good idea to say some rating right before you make your own.”III. Reading Comprehension Section A （15分）Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are fo

29、ur words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Whether its from an awful breakup or a painful life event, some memories can return repeatedly to our mind for the entire lives. But, what if science can _41_ your bad memories so that you

30、 can start all over again? As is known to all, memory is an incrediblycomplex_42_. While scientists used to believe it was like a filing cabinet and particular memories were stored in different sections of the brain, we now know this is _43_.In fact, each memory is a brain wide process. If you end u

31、p remembering something, its because the cells in your brain are being fired, _44_ newconnectionsand links and literally rebuild the circuitry of your mind. And this change is partially _45_ by proteins in the brain. So what if the proteins arent available?Simply put, memories cant be made. Seriously, scientists have tested this by giving animals drugs that prevent these proteins from forming. _46_, the animals have no recollection of the things that took place shortly after the drug was taken. From this research, scientists actually found a way to target long-ter