上海市上海中学届高三上学期期中考试英语试题 Wor.docx

1、上海市上海中学届高三上学期期中考试英语试题 Wor上海中学2016学年高三英语期中考试试卷17. Roman Empire _ for centuries.A. has existed B. existed C. had existed D. was existed 18. Large quantities of petrol _ used every year, causing a lot of pollution. What we need _ green vehicles.A. is; are B. are; are C. is; is D. are; is 19. Out _, wit

2、h the _ money in his hand.A. did he rush; remained B. he was rushing; remaining C. rushed he; remained D. he rushed; remaining 20. _ like a setting from the film Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Singapores Chocolate Research Facility (CRF) has over 100 varieties of chocolates.A. Looked B. Looking C.

3、 To look D. Being looked 21. _is known to all is that the invention of telegram _ the transmission of messages to any part of the world within a few seconds.A. What; made it possible B. As; made it possible C. It; made possible D. What; made possible 22. So involved in making false accounting _ that

4、 I dont think this business partner is worthy _.A. has he become; of being trusted B. he has become; to be trusted C. he becomes; to trust D. is he becoming; of trusting 23. When we first arrived in _ Detroit twenty years ago, the car production then was only one-tenth _ it is now.A. what is now; wh

5、at B. where is now; as C. now is; that D. which now is; than 24. _ last week, she lived a quiet and happy life in that area.A. Not until the earth-moving machines cameB. The earth-moving machines came C. Until the earth-moving machines came D. Then came the earth-moving machines (A)Vegetarians are p

6、eople who dont eat any animals. In the past, vegetarians was uncommon, but recently more and more people are choosing a vegetarian diet. In the USA alone there are about 13 million people _25_ (call) themselves vegetarians and that number is expected to reach 25 million by the year 2015. There are m

7、any reasons why people think it makes sense not _26_ (eat) animals. They can be related to religion, health, ethical or ecological concerns.People with a religious background avoid eating meat. Buddhists believe that human beings _27_ not kill animals. Muslims and Jews dont have pork. Some people ar

8、e becoming worried about the safety of eating meat because of the way it is farmed. Certain chemicals are used to make animals grow fast and many animals are fed food _28_ is not part of their natural diet.Another reason for choosing to give up meat is _29_ they consider farming animals for food is

9、wrong and that animals have rights to live on as man does.The last major reason is ecological. Raising animals wastes natural resources _30_ (fast) than growing crops. Much rainforest has been cleared to make farmland to raise animals for food.Human beings have always eaten meat, _31_ there is a gro

10、wing movement towards vegetarianism. _32_ the reason you have for not eating meat, vegetarianism can make much sense.(B)Type the words “Spring (Fruit Trees in Bloom)” into an online search engine and in less than a second you will be looking at a sparkling vista of trees erupting in a starburst of p

11、ale blossom like an _33_ (explode) firework. The phrase is the title of an Impressionist oil painting by the French master Claude Monet that belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. According to the museums website, the painting _34_ (complete) in 1873 in Argenteuil, France. Signed and

12、 dated “73 Claude Monet” in the lower left corner, it _35_ (measure) almost 1m wide and 62cm high. In 1903, _36_ it was known as Apple Blossoms, it was bought for $2,100 by the New York art dealership Knoedler & Co. The Met acquired it in 1926.Information like this is typical of the insights that mu

13、seums commonly provide about artworks in their collections. Dates, dimensions, provenance: these are the bread and butter of scholarship and art history.But by offering details about pictures _37_ this manner, are museums fundamentally missing the point of _38_ art is all about? One man who believes

14、 _39_ are is the British philosopher Alain de Botton. “Spring (Fruit Trees in Bloom)” is exactly the sort of picture _40_ de Botton is referring: peaceful, untroubled, and reminding people of a simple pleasure of life. Yet, the Metropolitan avoids tackling any of this. Reading the online label, you

15、would never guess that Monet had the power to summon pleasurable and soothing emotions such as these.A. disapprovedB. understatedC. signalsD. commercialsE. triggeredF. scaleG. indicatorH. depressingI. alertJ. revealingK. religiouslyGeorge Orwell wrote in 1941 that England was “the most class country

16、 under the sun”. Britons are surprisingly _41_ to class - both their own and that of others. Almost everything else in England is about class and this aspect is frequently _42_ of by other cultures.Mondeo-test is a good _43_. Mention the Ford Mendeo to middle-class or upper-middle classes and they w

17、ill sneeringly remark on it as something belonging to an insurance salesman. Some upper-middles may be too polite to laugh out loud, so you have to wash their faces carefully for the characteristics moue(撅嘴) of distaste that will be _44_ by the word Mondeo. In other words, lower-class is associated

18、with this car. Mercedes Benz tells another story. Upper-middle class people in respectable professions, such as barristers, doctors, civil servants and senior army officers turn up their noses at the _45_ world. In their mind, vulgar rich business people drive the Merc. They might well drive a top-o

19、f-the range Audi, which costs about the same as a big Mercedes, but is regarded as more elegantly _46_.The unwritten class rules involved in car care are even more _47_ than those governing choice of car. The English will gauge your social rank by the appearance and condition of your car, which may

20、be sending out even more powerful class _48_ than the car mode. Dirty cars are connected with both the highest and lowest ends of the social _49_, clean cars with the middle ranks. Do you wash and polish the car yourself _50_ every weekend, in the driveway or the street outside your house? Then you

21、are almost certainly lower-middle.Robert Frank, an economist at Cornell, believes that his profession is restricting cooperation and generosity. In the U.S., economics professors give _51_ money to charity than professors in other fields. Economics students in Germany are more likely than those from

22、 other majors to recommend an overpriced plumber when they are _52_ to do it. Economics majors tend to rate _53_ as “generally good,” “correct,” and “moral” more than their peers.Does studying economics change people? Maybe not. It could be self-selection: students who already believe in self-intere

23、st are _54_ to economics. But this doesnt exclude the possibility that studying economics pushes people further toward the selfish extreme. By spending time with like-minded people, economics students may become _55_ that selfishness is widespread and reasonable - or at least that giving is rare and

24、 foolish.“As a business school professor, these effects worry me, as economics, _56_ every aspect of our lives, is taught widely in business schools, providing a _57_ for courses in management, finance, and accounting.” says Frank.If economics can _58_ pro-social behavior, which is central to the we

25、ll-being of people or society, what should we do about it? A change in economics and business _59_ is suggested. Courses in behavioral economics, which considers the role of “social preferences” like _60_, fairness and cooperation, are required for students of economics major. In fact, economics cou

26、rses not involving some behavioral economics are considered both an inadequate education and a poor preparation to be a practising economist. Also, _61_ width, economics majors are required to take courses in social sciences like sociology and psychology, which place considerable emphasis on how peo

27、ple are _62_ about others, not only themselves. _63_, within economics courses, we should do a better job _64_ the principle of self-interest, which involves anything a person values - including helping others.Until then we may be dooming students and society to a fate foreshadowed by Nobel Prize-wi

28、nning economist and philosopher Amartya Sen. Calling economists “rational fools,” Sen observed: “The purely economic man is indeed _65_ to being a social moron(傻子).”51. A. fewer B. less C. smaller D. more52. A. encouraged B. requested C. assigned D. paid53. A. teamwork B. greed C. desire D. economic

29、s54. A. opposed B. entitled C. drawn D. attached55. A. convinced B. depressed C. relaxed D. doubtful56. A. depending on B. adapting to C. differing from D. relating to57. A. potential B. judgment C. foundation D. reason58. A. assess B. research C. discourage D. cause59. A. education B. standard C. a

30、pproach D. application60. A. competition B. evaluation C. community D. generosity61. A. in case of B. in terms of C. in relation to D. in need of62. A. concerned B. anxious C. curious D. enthusiastic63. A. However B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. Otherwise64. A. claiming B. defining C. overlooking D. recalling65. A. resistant B. familiar C. eager D. closeASir William Osler has a few words for you: “In the Life of a young man, the most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship.” Truer words were never spoken. For what more could you ask than comrad