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

1、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. 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.

2、 Out _, with 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.

3、 Looking C. 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 accoun

4、ting _ that 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

5、 is now; what 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)Vegeta

6、rians are people 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.

7、There are many 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. Som

8、e people are 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 f

9、or food is 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_ the

10、re is a growing 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 sta

11、rburst of pale 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.

12、 Signed and 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 insig

13、hts that museums 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 w

14、ho believes _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

15、label, you 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 under the sun”. Britons are surprisingly _41_ to class - both their own and that of others. Almost everything else in