上海市青浦区届高三上学期期末学业质量调研英语试题.docx

1、上海市青浦区届高三上学期期末学业质量调研英语试题青浦区2018学年度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） 2018.12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 conversa

2、tions 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

3、best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. At a restaurant. B. In a plane.C. In an office. D. At a hotel.2. A. Doctor and patient B. Professor and student.C. Customer and waiter. D. Secretary and manager.3. A. 7:00 p.m. B.4:45 p.m. C.5:00 p.m. D.5:30 p.m.4. A. Satisfied. B. Understanding. C.

4、Doubtful. D. Appreciative.5. A. Dick is a real horse lover. B. Dick will go to town.C. Dick will break his word. D. Dick will finish the task.6. A. 110. B. 165 C.220 D. 1357. A. The woman should decide where to travel.B. The woman should ask others for advice.C. He will make the decisionD. He is goi

5、ng abroad.8. A. How to cultivate a hobby. B. What to listen to. C. How to handle stress. D. What to read.9.A. She is lovely. B. She is ambitious. C. She is humorous. D. She is responsible.10.A. The man prefers dining out tonight. B. Theres something wrong with the kitchen. C. The woman would not hel

6、p the man with cooking. D. The woman doesnt think cooking at home is a good idea.Section B （15分）Directions: In 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 conversatio

7、n 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Animals have emotion and s

8、ocial skills. B. Animals mental experience can be tested.C. Animals choice of partnership relies on pictures. D. Animals feel pain in the same way that humans do.12. A. Identify a familiar face. B. Make a crying sound. C. Build up short-up term partnerships D. Avoid being shut in the same stall. 13.

9、 A. Cows can remember what happened in the past. B. Cows are better at making friends with people.C. Cows are happy when seeing a familiar face.D. Cows have a better memory than sheep.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. When ones throat is soft.B. When one dreams at nig

10、ht.C. When one sleeps with the mouth open.D. When one breathes with the mouth closed.15. A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.16. A. A new anti-snoring device. B. A tissue causing snoring.C. A university dentist. D. A common problem.D. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17

11、. A. Simon. B. Lisa. C. Mr. Green. D. The repairman.18. A. The ceiling was broken.B. The apartment was falling.C. The lights were not working.D. The air-conditioner was out of order.19. A. He would get a repair person to repair the room.B. He had taken the cost from the rent check.C. He needed a mon

12、th to get the job done.D. He would take the apartment back.20. A. Skills for fixing an apartment. B. A request for legal consultation.C.A tip for dealing with landlords. D. Steps of signing renting contracts.II. Grammar and vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the

13、 blanks to make the passage 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.Wayward Penguin（企鹅）Released South of New Zealand He needed a little push before sp

14、eeding backward down a slide. Once in the water, he held his head up for one last look. And then he was gone. The wayward emperor penguin (21) _ (know) as “Happy Feet” was back home in Antarctic waters after a temporary stay in New Zealand. Happy Feet was released into the ocean south of New Zealand

15、 on Sunday, more than two months after he came ashore on a beach nearly 2,000 miles from home and became an instant celebrity. (22) _ (speak) from a satellite phone, Wellington Zoo veterinarian Lisa Argilla said Happy Feets release went remarkably smoothly. Argilla said crew members from the boat ca

16、rried the penguin inside his box to the rear part of the ship for his final send-off. (23) _ when they opened the door of the box, the penguin showed no interest in leaving. “I needed to give him a little tap on his back,” Argilla said. The penguin slipped down the slide on his stomach, bottom first

17、, she said. He resurfaced about 6 feet from the boat, (24) _ (take) a look up at the people aboard, and then disappeared beneath the surface. “I was really happy to see him go,” Argilla said. “The best part of my job is when you get to release animals back into the wild (25) _ they are supposed to b

18、e.” The 3-foot-tall bird was found on June 20 on Peka Peka Beach, about 40 miles northwest of New Zealands capital, Wellington. It has been 44 years (26) _ an emperor penguin was last spotted in the wild in New Zealand. At first, conservation authorities said they would wait and let nature take its

19、course with the penguin. But it soon became clear the birds condition was growing (27) _ (bad), as he swallowed sand and, likely mistaking it for snow. (28) _ the world watching, authorities finally took action, moving the penguin to the Wellington Zoo four days after he was discovered. It was at th

20、e zoo (29) _ the bird was given a home in a room filled with a bed of ice so he wouldnt overheat. Now that Happy Feet (30) _ (nurse) back to health, his chances are as good as they are for any other penguin in the wild. “He swam away, not caring about us anymore,” Argilla said. She paused. “And that

21、 is a good thing,” she said.Section BDirections: 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 need.A. shrinking B. undergo C. presently D. plantations E. satisfying F. innovative G. encourage H. stocks I. notabl

22、y J. invasive K. impacts Is climate change consuming your favorite foods? Coffee: Whether or not you try to limit yourself to one cup of coffee a day, the effects of climate change on the worlds coffee-growing regions may leave you little choice. C_ America, Africa, Asia and Hawaii are all being thr

23、eatened by rising air temperatures and unstable rainfall patterns, which invite disease and _32_ species to live on the coffee plant and ripening beans. The result? Significant cuts in coffee yield and less coffee in your cup. It is estimated that, if current climate patterns continue, half of the a

24、reas _33_ suitable for coffee production wont be by the year 2050. Tea: When it comes to tea, warmer climates and erratic precipitation arent only _34_ the worlds tea-growing regions, theyre also messing with its distinct flavor. For example, in India, researchers have already discovered that the In

25、dian Monsoon has brought more intense rainfall, making tea flavor weaker. Recent research coming out of the University of Southampton suggests that tea-producing areas in some places, _35_ East Africa, could decline by as much as 55 percent by 2050 as precipitation and temperatures change. Tea picke

26、rs are also feeling the _36_ of climate change. During harvest season, increased air temperatures are creating an increased risk of heatstroke for field workers. Seafood: Climate change is affecting the worlds aquaculture as much as its agriculture. As air temperatures rise, oceans and waterways abs

27、orb some of the heat and _37_ warming of their own. The result is a decline in fish population, including in lobsters (who are cold-blooded creatures), and salmon (whose eggs find it hard to survive in higher water temps). Warmer waters also _38_ toxic marine bacteria, like Vibrio, to grow and cause

28、 illness in humans whenever ingested with raw seafood, like oysters or sashimi. And that _39_ crack you get when eating crab and lobster? It could be silenced as shellfish struggle to build their calcium(碳) carbonate shells, a result of ocean acidification (absorb carbon dioxide from the air). Accor

29、ding to a study, scientists predicted that if over-fishing and rising temperature trends continued at their present rate, the worlds seafood _40_ would run out by the year 2050. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases mar

30、ked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Michael Wang was a senior at James Logan High School, US, back in 2012. According to The New Yorker, he was confident that he could get into an Ivy League university, such as Harvard or Yale. He had a high GPA,

31、 _41_ at debating and co-founded a math club. He was also a talented pianist. _42_, his dream universities turned him down. His less talented classmates, who were Hispanic or African-American, were admitted into these schools. It made him wonder if he was _43_ because he was Asian. On Oct 15, a laws

32、uit against Harvard brought on behalf of Asian-American students like Wang Began. students for Fair Admissions(SFFA),a US non-profit organization. 44 Harvard for using racial balancing in their admissions process. Harvard has denied the 45 considers many factors whether a student should be admitted, inc