1、虹口区 2017 学年第二学期期中教学质量监控测试高三英语 试卷 2018.4考生注意：1. 考试时间 120 分钟，试卷满分 140 分。2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答題必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。3. 答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上，在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.
2、 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 question
3、 you have heard.1. A. In a restaurant. B. In a bookstore. C. At a bus stop. D. In a library.2. A. Guest and receptionist. B. Passenger and air hostess. C. Customer and shop assistant. D. Consumer and waitress.3. A. Writing his term paper. B. Having a coffee break.C. Playing computer games. D. Attend
4、ing an online school.4. A. Its quite dear. B. Its not good.C. Its very cheap. D. She doesnt like it.5. A. Work in a restaurant. B. Look for a full-time job.C. Travel around Hainan Island. D. Make a plan for a trip.6. A. Hes too busy to serve her. B. Hes sorry for there being no enough cash.C. She sh
5、ould open a new savings account. D. She has to go to the managers desk.7. A. He works as a gardener. B. He is too busy at work to play.C. He prefers sports to gardening. D. He lives in the countryside.8. A. 60 MPH. B. 50MPH. C. 40MPH. D. 10MPH.9. A. The man could not wait to see Susan. B. Susan is e
6、ager to pass on information.C. Susan is waiting for the latest news. D. The man knows the latest news in town.10. A. Risks may exist when they chase high profits in a short time.B. Its feasible for people to be after large short-term profits.C. No one can avoid being victims of financial tricks.D. E
7、very one is likely to make large short-term profits.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one 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 que
8、stions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays. B. On Tuesdays and Thurs
9、days.C. On Wednesdays and Thursdays. D. On Tuesdays and Fridays.12. A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Once a month. D. Twice a month.13. A. Classroom tests. B. Attendance rate.C. Research papers. D. Final exam.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Parents. B. Teachers.
10、 C. Experts. D. Businessmen.15. A. Maintain a savings account. B. Visit the bank regularly.C. Hire a personal accountant. D. Manage his own money.16. A. The current economic situation has a negative influence on America.B. Parent-child communication on financial matters must be open.C. Teens should
11、learn to handle money matters well on their own. D. Financial managers are most needed during the economic crisis.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. March. B. April. C. May. D. September.18. A. Inform the director of student housing in a letter.B. Deposit some mon
12、ey in the bank.C. Go to the housing office to make a dorm deposit.D. Maintain a high grade average.19. A. There are too many freshmen. B. It costs too much.C. The rooms are too small. D. It is too noisy.20. A. Where to live the following year. B. When to move.C. How much time to spend at home. D. Wh
13、ose house to visit.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the 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 wor
14、d that best fits each blank.Nooks arrival, Good or Bad?Booklovers, most of them, will tell you (21)_ a pleasure it is to lend a favorite read to a friend the novel you stayed up all night to get to the end of; the travel book that made you feel (22)_ _ you yourself were on a train ride through India
15、. For a while it seemed that e-book users were to be denied this pleasure of lending to friends. You could buy a book or magazine for your reading device, but you couldnt lend it out.But now, with the Nook, the US book chain Barnes and Nobles response to Amazons Kindle, electronic readers will be ab
16、le to have their latest literary enthusiasm (23)_ (press) on their friends, just like readers of physical books can. You simply email the book from your Nook and your friend can read it for two weeks, (24)_ (use) any device with the Barnes thats $10 more than the going rate among thieves. If you thi
17、nk youre a victim of identity theft, you can ask for fraud alerts to be put on file at each of the three credit-report companies. You can also download a theft-report form at www.consumer.gov/idtheft, which, along with a local police report, should help when irate creditors come knocking. Just dont
18、expect justice. That audacious help-desk worker was one of the fewer than 2% of identity thieves who are ever caught.63. The expression “inside job”(Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably means _.A. a crime committed by a person working for the victim B. a crime that should be punished severelyC. a crim
19、e that does great harm to the victimD. a crime that poses a great threat to the society64. You can protect your identity in the following way except _.A. destroying your junk mailB. leaving your Social Security card at homeC. visiting the credit-report website regularlyD. obtaining the free report f
20、rom the government65. It is easy to have credit-theft because _.A. More people are using credit service B. The application program is not safe enoughC. Creditors usually disclose their identity D. Creditors are not careful about their identity66. The best title of the text is _. A. The danger of cre
21、dit-theft B. The loss of the creditorsC. How to protect your good name D. Why the creditors lose their identitySection C Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences tha
22、n you need.Ways to Be More EfficientNot all tasks of the day are inspiring, fun or exciting. But you still have to wash those dishes and take care of those routine tasks at work or in school. So what can you do not to get lost in procrastination (拖延) ?Ill share how I do it, how I get some motivation
23、 and find more pleasure in what may seem to be a boring task.Instead of focusing your mind on how boring a task may feel, focus your thoughts on why you are doing this and how good it will feel when you are done with it. If needed, sit down for a few minutes, close your eyes and see in your mind. Th
24、en go to work with that motivation and those positive feelings in your body.Do it attentively. 67 Focus 100% on just the work with all your senseshow it feels, looks and smellsas you are scrubbing it and nothing else. Dont get lost in daydreams. If you are just there, I have found that even such a s
25、imple task becomes more enjoyable and something that can bring inner calm rather than distress.Make a deal with yourself and set a timer for 10 minutes. It is often easier to do tasks like these in small bursts. So make a deal with yourself to just spend 10 minutes on your reading or cleaning the ho
26、use.68 When the timer rings you can continue doing it if you feel like it (this often happens to me because getting started is the hard part) . Or you can stop and go do something more interesting instead.Create a pleasurable distraction. If possible, try to listen to the radio, your favorite songs,
27、 an audio book or watch a movie or TV episode while doing your boring task. 69 I often listen to music or watch an episode of the Simpsons while doing the dishes or other routine work at home.70 Take a walk in the sun. Move on to a more fun or creative task at work or in school. Have a tasty treat.
28、This habit can make it easier to get started and to keep going each day. Because you know that you can look forward to not just being done and the long-term payoff from that but also your immediate reward right after you are finished.IV. Summary Writing Directions: Read the following passage. Summar
29、ize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.71. Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis b
30、y the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news or comment and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society.A. When you are done with your tas
31、k then reward yourself.B. Make sure you only rest for 10 minutes.C. Or you can work harder and start an even bigger project.D. Set a kitchen timer and say to yourself that you only have to do this work for 10 minutes.E. When you sort papers, do the laundry or do the dishes, be fully there.F. You don
32、t always have to do just one thing at a time in silence.Face-to face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of current society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormo
33、us growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news, whi
34、ch itself is often almost eclipsed (失去优势) by international news.No longer is the possession of information restricted to a wealthy minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries. Forty years ago, people used to go to the
35、cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that is being channeled into millions of homes.Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modern communication influences the way people live in society and broadens their hor
36、izons by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.V. Translation Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.
37、 应该采取措施阻止新病毒的蔓延。(stop)73. 在澳大利亚期间，他养成了每天和父母视频通话的习惯。(habit)74. 与成年人相比，年轻人更容易犯错误是因为他们不够成熟，缺少经验。(likely)75. 近年来，电子白板系统应高效灵活地运用于课堂教学的想法已被广泛接受，难道不是吗? (idea)VI. Guided Writing Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.76. 假如你叫李华，你们学校将组织高
38、三毕业典礼，并在校园网上公布了如下方案，征求师生意见。写一封邮件给活动组织者，内容须包括： 你认为方案中哪些地方需要改进，并提出修改建议； 你的理由。毕业典礼方案主题：再见了，母校（Alma Mater）！时间：2018 年 5 月 31 日（周四）下午 3:00流程：1. 校长致辞 2. 颁发证书 3. 学生表演虹口区 2017 学年第二学期期中教学质量监控测试高三英语 试卷 听力材料及参考答案I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations
39、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 best a
40、nswer to the question you have heard.1. M: How long can I keep the books?W: Three weeks. Then youll have to pay a fine for each day when they are overdue. Q: Where does the conversation probably take place? 2. M: Sorry to trouble you. May I have a blanket please? I feel cold.W: Yes, of course, but c
41、ould you wait until after take-off please?Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?3. W: Have you been wasting your time on those online games again?M: Not really. Ive worked on my term paper a lot this week and I need a break.Q: What is the man doing now?4. M: I often have some
42、 soup to start with. For my main course I prefer beef and chicken.W: That must be very expensive, but they are excellent.Q: What does the woman think of the mans meal? 5. W: Were planning a trip to Hainan Island this winter vacation. Want to join us? M: Id love to, but Ill be working full-time in a
43、restaurant. Q: What will the man do during the winter holidays?6. W: Could you help me withdraw 10,000 dollars from my saving account? M: Im sorry, you will have to step over to the managers desk. Q: What does the man mean? 7. M: Gardening is too much like hard work for me. If I have time, I like to
44、 play tennis or go for a country walk.W: Well, I think of gardening as play, not as work. Im never as happy as when Im busy in the garden.Q: What can we learn about the man?8. M: Why are you giving me a ticket for speeding, officer? I was only on 50.W: Cant you read? That was 10 MPH over the limit.
45、Q: Whats the speed limit in this area? 9. W: You were on the phone for a long time. Who were you talking to?M: Oh, to Susan. She always knows the latest news in town and she couldnt wait to share it with me.Q: What can we learn from the conversation? 10. W: Some people are always after large, short-
46、term profits. And they become victims of financial tricks. M: Well, they should know that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Q: What does the man think people should know? Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you wi
47、ll 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 possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the qu
48、estion you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.Hello, everyone. My name is Karl Roberts, and Ill be your teacher of this course, Language and Culture.To begin with, please take a look at the teaching program in front of you. As you should all know by now, this course is given on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 to 4:30 in the afternoon. We will be meeting in this room for
