1、 虹口区2016-2017学年度第一学期期终教学质量监控测试高三英语试卷 2016.12第 I 卷 (共100分)I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will b
2、e 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 you have heard.1. A. This afternoon.B. Tomorrow.C. Next week.D. Next month.2. A. She doesnt play tennis well. B. She like
3、s other sports as well.C. She is an enthusiastic tennis player.D. She is a professional athlete.3. A. At a paint store.B. At an oil market. C. At a science museum.D. At a gallery.4. A. Work in the yardB. Buy some wood.C. Go to the bookstoreD. Take a walk.5. A.A taxi driver.B. A passenger.C. A car cl
4、eaner. D. A mechanic.6. A. Call a repairman. B. Get out the paper stuck.C. Turn to her colleague for help.D. Restart the machine.7. A. There are not enough gardens. B. Parking areas are full before 10:00.C. Parking areas are closed after 10:00. D. All classes begin at 10:00.8. A. The presentation wi
5、ll begin at noon. B. Shell present her work to the man.C. Shed like to invite the man for lunch.D. She suggests working on the presentation at 12:00.9. A. The dormitory hours.B. The problem with the rules.C. The door number of the dormitory. D. The time to open the dormitory.10. A. The chairs didnt
6、need to be painted.B. He doesnt like the color of the chairs.C. The park could have avoided the problem.D. The woman should have been more careful.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 p
7、assages 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 question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13
8、are based on the following passage. 11. A. Worried. B. Surprised. C. Satisfied. D. Uninterested.12. A. It spoiled Joannas reputation. B. It copied her ideas without permission.C. It bought Joannas dishwashers. D. It wanted to share the dishwasher market.13. A. A successful business case. B. Joannas
9、waterless laundry.C. A case against a global company. D. The worldwide dishwasher market.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Footprints. B. Food. C. Living insects. D. Orange seeds.15. A. Dont touch animals under any circumstances.B. Dont take away any natural objects
10、from the park.C. Dont leave litter in the park or throw any off the boat.D. Dont transport animals from one island to another.16. A. To protect the guides interest. B. To improve the unique environment.C. To ensure a trouble-free visit. D. To get rid of illegal behaviors.Questions 17 through 20 are
11、based on the following conversation.17. A. Writing a book. B. Preparing a lecture.C. Searching for references. D. Reading comedies18. A. Make his topic more specific. B. Make a complete reading list.C. Read at least six books. D. Read some Hollywood comedies19. A. Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s.B.
12、 20th-century Hollywood comedies. C. Comedies in the 1930s and 1940s.D. Golden Age Hollywood comedies.20. A. Student and teacher. B. Reader and librarian.C. Customer and shop assistant. D. Two strangers reading in the libraryII. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage be
13、low, 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 word that best fits each blank.Wedding in the United StatesWeddings in the United States vary as
14、much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain tops with guests (21) _ (seat) on the rocks and even barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, (22) _ _ _ or how they a
15、re performed，include certain traditional customs.Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes (23) _ (exciting) moment of all.The wedding itself
16、 usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party is walking through the aisle of the church as the Wedding March (24) _ (play). The bride carrying a bouquet (花束) enters last with her father who will “give her away”. The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is g
17、athered by the altar (圣坛), the bride and groom exchange vows. (25) _ is traditional to use the words “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part”. (26) _ (follow) the vows, the cou
18、ple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom.(27) _ the ceremony there is often a party called a “reception”, which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlywed.The car in (28) _ the couple leaves the church is decorated
19、with balloons, streamer and shaving cream. The words “Just Married” are painted on the trunk or back window to tell people (29) _ they are married. Now comes the last step of the wedding ceremony. As a tradition, the bride and the groom (30) _ run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedd
20、ing guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking (鸣喇叭) and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that
21、 there is one word more than you need.A. public B. inadequate C. lowered D. released E. disappointment F. casting G. possibility H. objective I. desperately J. balance K. comparedWhy Arent Women Happier?Why arent women happier these days? Thats the question raised by a thought-provoking study, The P
22、aradox of Declining Female Happiness, _31_ last month. The research showed that over the past 35 years womens happiness has declined, both _32_ to the past and relative to men even though the lives of women in the US have improved in recent decades by most _33_ measures.The research, by University o
23、f Pennsylvania economists Stevenson and Wolfers, and made _34_ by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found the decline in happiness to be widespread among women across a variety of demographic (人口统计的) groups. The researchers, for instance, measured similar declines in happiness among women wh
24、o were single parents and married parents, “_35_ doubt on the hypothesis (假设) that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family _36_ are at the root of the happiness declines among women,” they wrote.One theory for the decline in happiness is that expectations for workplace and g
25、eneral advancement were raised too high by the womens movement and women might feel _37_ for not “having it all,” as a Los Angeles Times columnist recently put it.The researchers acknowledge thats a _38_:“If the womens movement raised womens expectations faster than society was able to meet them,” t
26、he paper says, “they would be more likely to experience _39_ in their lives.” But they add things could change for the better: “As womens expectations move into adjustment with their experiences, this decline in happiness may reverse.”Readers, why do you think women are unhappier than in the past? D
27、o you think that if expectations for “having it all” were _40_ to “move into adjustment with experiences,” women might be happier? III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the
28、word or phrase that best fits the context.A Cashless SocietyThere is nothing worse than feeling around in your pocket trying to find some small change to pay for a newspaper or a coffee. So its good to know that new _41_ is making cash - banknotes and coins - a thing of the past, turning us into a c
29、ashless society.Today, many of us already use credit and debit cards for _42_ transactions (交易) so theres no need to carry around huge amounts of money. And now its _43_ to make contactless payments using tap-and-go cards which are regular bankcards but with a built-in chip. The card reader _44_ a r
30、adio signal and, when you bring the card close to the reader, the chip picks up the signal to make the payment._45_ money this way or spending on “plastic” - an informal name for a credit card - can put you at risk of fraud (诈骗). Criminals try to steal cards, or the information on them, to make _46_
31、 online or in shops, which, as a result, adds too much difficulty to the polices detective work. _47_, contactless payment is capped - in the UK the limit is 30. And, if someone does go on a crazy spending with your card, your bank covers you against the loss. Also, the _48_ of chip and PIN technolo
32、gy has even been helping businesses by cutting the time people spend at the cashiers in shops and has led to a(n) _49_ in fraud.But, if getting your bankcard out seems like too much trouble, theres now a _50_ using wearable technology - something you can wear that include computer and electronic tec
33、hnologies. Kenneth Cukier, economist and technology expert, says “this is _51_ for people who dont want to take their card out of their wallet, or use their phone, or use their watch. People are going to be making more purchases more of the time - _52_ for small-valued goods.”And, although our mobil
34、e phones are another way of making payments, BBC reporter Kate Russell says that when this is _53_ you can use the fingo-pay (指纹支付) system which “reads the unique maps of veins under the surface of your finger.” The trick is remembering which finger you _54_ with in the bank - thats when good old-fa
35、shioned cash might save the day! What do you _55_ to use when you buy something? 41. A. experimentB. evidenceC. technologyD. analysis42. A. financialB. equalC. economicalD. moderate43. A. definiteB. possibleC. formalD. legal44. A. work outB. makes outC. gives outD. sends out45. A. RefundingB. Deposi
36、tingC. PayingD. Withdrawing46. A. bargainsB. purchasesC. preparationsD. troubles47. A. SimilarlyB. MeanwhileC. FurthermoreD. However48. A. introductionB. contactC. cooperationD. extension49. A. riseB. dropC. changeD. increase50. A. questionB. reasonC. conceptD. solution51. A. reservedB. providedC. i
37、ntendedD. chosen52. A. particularlyB. speciallyC. simplyD. purposefully53. A. inexactB. unnecessaryC. impracticalD. inconvenient54. A. cancelledB. registeredC. testedD. restricted55. A. attemptB. demandC. preferD. aimSection B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed b
38、y several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)You are checking your emails when you start daydreaming about where to go on your summer h
39、oliday. This reminds you to compare the cost of local gyms. Then you suddenly decide to look up some place for your birthday party.You may think you are browsing the Internet in a slightly absent-minded manner. You are, in fact, “wilfing”. According to a survey for a financial website, almost seven
40、in ten Internet users admit to the newly named habit. The study of 2400 people carried out by YouGov found that more than a quarter of Internet users wilf - a rough acronym of What Was I Looking For? - for two days every month.Pete Cohen, GMTVs resident life coach and motivator, said, “Stopping your
41、self wilfing takes a mixture of planning and willpower. These days there are all manners of website attracting our attention. Internet users need to set themselves a specific surfing goal and a time limit to keep on track.”Shopping in the online activity is most likely to make users wilf. Men are mo
42、re likely to admit to being wilfers than women. A third of the men questioned said the habit had damaged their relationship with a partner. The good news is that wilfing is a habit people tend to grow out of. Internet users aged 55 or over were three times less likely to wilf than those aged under 2
43、5.Jason LIoyed, from , said, “The Internet was designed to make it easier for people to access the information they need quickly and conveniently. Although people log on with a purpose, they are now being offered so much choice and online distractions that many forget what they are there for, and sp
44、end hours aimlessly wilfing instead. Its important that people do not allow unnecessary online distractions to get in the way when surfing in the Internet, as it can affect productivity in the workplace and relationship at home.”Are you a wilfer, lost in the Internet?56. The underlined word “acronym
45、” in Para. 2 most probably means _.A. a phenomenon that makes people daydreamB. a summary of the book “What Was I Looking For?”C. an expression meaning taking peoples attention away D. a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase57. What is an efficient way to stop wilfing according
46、 to the passage? A. Stopping taking a mixture of planning and willpower to keep on track. B. Trying to focus on different subjects at the same time. C. Trying to set a surfing goal and a time limit. D. Logging on the Internet all the time.58. It can be concluded from paragraph 4 that _. A. men are l
47、ess likely to be wilfing than women B. wilfing damages the relationship between partners C. as you grow older, youll become more and more wilfing D. one third of Internet users will be wilfers lost on the Internet59. What can be called “wilfing” according to the passage? A. You spend hours aimlessly surfing the Internet every day.
