2017届上海市宝山区高三英语二模试卷(含答案)
高考作文范文-建筑工地宣传标语
宝山区2016学年第二学期期中
高三年级英语学科教学质量监测试卷
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
1. A. At a train station. B. At a travel
agency.
C. At a bus station. D. At an
airport.
2. A. Receptionist and guest. B.
Teacher and student.
C. Boss and secretary.
D. Husband and wife.
3. A. $$5 B. $$10 C.
$$15 D. $$50
4. A. Confused. B. Annoyed.
C. Embarrassed. D. Bored.
5. A. Planning to
phone a friend. B. Camping in the countryside.
C. Touring in a wonderful city. D.
Discussing a weekend plan.
6. A. The woman
will soon be a superstar. B. Camping in the
countryside.
C. The woman should find a new
partner. D. The woman should not give up.
7.
A. To a dress-up party. B. To the tailor‟s.
C. To the theater. D. To a shopping
mall.
8. A. Youngsters don‟t really know what
fashion is.
B. Styles change more quickly
than necessary.
C. People should care more
about their appearance.
D. It‟s not sensible
to go after designer clothing.
9. A. He will
have an agent serve the woman. B. The woman
should buy an apartment.
C. He will talk to
the woman in a moment. D. The woman should pay
the rent first.
10. A. Keep working at the
restaurant. B. Wash dishes for her in the
kitchen.
C. Stop delivering flowers every
day. D. Leave the present job to work for her.
11. A. The location.
B. The scenery.
C. The seafood.
D. The culture.
12. A. Attract whales to the
closershore. B. Tell people where to see
whales.
C. Warn people to stay away from
shore. D. Go around to gather enough
visitors.
13. A. It is held every other
year in summer.
B. It helps Whale Crier to
show his talents.
C. It guarantees every to
find something to enjoy.
D. It is one of the
best eco-art festivals in South Africa.
14.
A. Weak bones. B. Loose teeth C. Skin
problems. D. Heart diseases.
15. A. Having
food rich in vitamin.
B. Walking midday
in the sun with no suncream.
C. Taking
vitamin D pills every day.
D. Wearing
darker coloured clothes and sunhats.
16. A.
To analyze the common causes of lack of vitamin D.
B. To encourage people to be exposed to
the sun for vitamin D.
C. To emphasize
the importance of vitamin D in one‟s health
D. To introduce some different ways to gain
vitamin D.
17. A. She wants to find a topic
for her research.
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B. She tries to help the man with his paper.
C. She hopes to learn how to write a paper.
D. She plans to work on a similar topic.
18.
A. In 1813. B. In 1826. C. In 1839. D. In
1856.
19. A. They are mainly grown for the
domestic market.
B. They were introduced to
China from Australia.
C. They were the
first plant to be planted in England.
D.
They are kept warm in large plastic houses.
20. A. Growth of domestic economy in
Australia.
B. Export and import of bananas
in Australia.
C. History of banana
cultivation in Australia.
D. Role of
agriculture in Australian economy.
II.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Read the following two passages.
Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent.
For the blanks with a given word, fill in each
blank with the proper form of the given word.
For the other blanks, fill in each blank with
one proper word. Make sure that your answers are
grammatically correct.
Surviving Art Tradition
Native
American Indians expressed themselves through
their artwork, which is carved
onto
totem（图腾）poles. Many people hold the belief (21)
__________all Native American
Indian tribes
（部落）carve的totem poles, but this is far from the
truth . Carving totem poles
was a tradition
among many tribes , especially those that lived
along the Pacific coast
(22)____________forest
grew. However , those Native American Indians who
lived in the
south west and the plains , and
Indians , but (23)_________(few) trees to carve
than Pacific
tribes.
The height of totem
poles can vary considerably . Long ago totem poles
(24)
___________(find) to stand around 12m
tall . Today , Native American Indian artists
continue
to care trees, but some totem poles
are short and are used in homes as decoration
.(25)
_____________is not surprising that a
genuine pole will cost more than $$1500 per meter
because traditionally carved totem involve a
great deal of work , craftsmanship and time to
produce.
The raising of a totem pole is an
important celebration among the India tribe . A
hole is
dug for the pole to stand in . The
pole is carried to the site in a ceremony which
other
hundreds of people attend. Ropes are
used (26)__________(raise) the pole into place.
Singing
and dancing to drums accompanies the
pole raising . Often poles are raised in this way
(27)
___________the carving begins . Carvers
do their jobs then on the site.
Many people
believe that totem poles are religious symbols ,
but this idea is false.
Instead of (28)
__________(act) as religious symbols , carvings
represent the tribal nation and
convey the
tribes‟ history . The story of a totem pole is
frequently passed down from
generation to
generation . Having the story documented this way
helps keep this tradition (29)
__________(recognize) in our history . These
days , many totem poles no longer exist (30)
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_______ __________ decay and
rot. However , there are still some tribes that
continue to
practice this ancient are form ,
and these totem poles are still being enjoyed by
collections of
tribal art.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by
using the words in the box. Each word can
only
be used once. Note that there is one word more
than you need.
A.
acknowledging B. bottled C. consequences
D. demanding
E. financial F.
Further G. inappropriately H. handle
I. negative J. neglect K.
unresolved
Emotional Debt
Many people today live under the weight of debt
from loans or credit cards . As harmful
as
___31_______ debt is , there is another form of
debt that is even more damaging
------emotional debt.
Dr . James Richards
states that emotional debt occurs „when we
experience emotional
pain that remain
______32___.” If the pain is not dealt with , it
will affect us our entire lives.
Throughout
the years , we have chances for happiness , love
and success . But unresolved
pain can emerge ,
causing us to respond in ways that aren‟t
reasonable , resulting in destroyed
relationships and lost opportunities . Another
___33____result of emotional debt is that our
friends and loved ones are affected by it and
pay a high price. When we have a tendency to
respond _____34____, we often hurt those
around us . Unfortunately our unsettled problems
sometimes become too much for them to
_____35____ causing them to abandon the
relationship .
People with destructive
patterns should check their lives for signs of
unresolved pain , for
your emotional debt can
come from various forms of past unfair , cruel or
violent treatment or
____36_____. You may be
holding onto painful memories of controlling
parents or very
_____37_____teachers , also
you may not have dealt with the pain of a broken
relationship or
the death of a loved one. Any
negative emotion that you have controlled over the
year can
come back to cause harm when you
least expect it.
Recognize your feelings , but
don‟t focus on them all the time , because
___38______and
challenging your pain is
difficult , but recognizing it is the first step
toward dealing with it .
Admit you are angry
about the past , and discuss it with someone you
trust , or write it down
because this will
ease some of the danger and hatred you‟ve kept
_____39____ up for years .
Refuse to be a
victim and accept responsibility for dealing with
your painful past because this
puts you in
charge and limits the power your emotions have
over you .
Take specific steps to resolve your
emotional debt now rather than deal with the
___40_____later .
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III.
Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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 word
or phrase that best fits the context.
Ask
Siri if she‟s a woman. Go ahead; try it. She‟ll
tell you she‟s ______41_____.
“Like cacti. And
certain species of fish,” she might say. So is
Amazon‟s Alexa, Microsoft‟s
Cortana, Samsung‟s
S Voice, and Google Now. But, man, do they ever
sound a lot like
women. ____42_______, we
think of them as ladies too. (In Old Norse, Siri
translates to “a
beautiful woman who leads you
to victory.”) We assign female pronouns to them,
and, in turn,
they fold feminine turns of
phrase into their robotic and occasionally inane
answers to our
requests.
If we prize
gender diversity in other areas of daily life, why
does our tech sound
so_____43______? The
biggest reason for the female phone fixation rests
in social science.
“Research indicates there‟s
likely to be greater acceptance of
female____44_______,” says
Karl MacDorman, an
associate professor at Indiana University who
specializes in
human-computer interaction.
MacDorman and his team played clips of male and
female
voices to people of both genders, then
asked them to identify which they _____45______.
The researchers also measured the way
participants responded to the voices. In a 2011
paper,
they reported that both women and men
said female voices came across as warmer.
_____46______
, women even showed a
subconscious preference for responding to females;
men
remained subconsciously neutral.
Why
the
_______47____
? Stanford University
communications professor Clifford Nass,
who
coauthored the field‟s seminal book, Wired for
Speech, wrote that people tend to
perceive
female voices as helping them solve their problems
by themselves, while they view
male voices as
authority figures who tell them the answers to
their problems. We want
_____48______ to help
us, but we also want to be the boss of it, so we
are more likely to opt
for a female interface.
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This tendency
suggests that companies will make a better
impression on a
______49_____
group of
customers with a woman‟s voice. But not just any
voice. It has to
______50_____
a brand‟s
personality. For help with that, companies often
turn to Greg Pal, vice
president of marketing,
strategy, and business development at Nuance
Communications,
which licenses its
_____51______
of more than 100 voices. Pal
insists that some brands choose
male speakers.
He turned on his iPhone and pulled up the Domino‟s
Pizza app, which has an
assistant, Dom. He
sounded like my high school English
teacher—educated and helpful but
not
______52_____
. That‟s about right
for a brand attempting to
____53_______
guys ordering pies
before the big game.
As
voice technology improves, though, designers say
diversity will too. Many devices
already let
you
_______54____
a voice interface. Homer
Simpson can tell you where to take a left
on
your GPS device. And Siri can become a sir, if you
take the time to
___55________
. Want to
know how to do it? Ask her. She‟ll tell you in
her uniquely warm, helpful—and
female—tone.
41. A. robotic B. high-tech
C. genderless D. creative
42. A.
Culturally B. Obviously C. Grammatically
D. Undoubtedly
43. A. female B.
ridiculous C. professional D. reasonable
44. A. charm B. researchers C.
speech D. participants
45. A. accepted
B. misunderstood C. studied D. preferred
46. A. In practice B. On the contrary C.
By this means D. At first
47. A. neutrality
B. prejudice C. authority D. conscience
48. A. interaction B. technology C.
personality D. society
49. A. more sociable
B. more talented C. broader D. wealthier
50. A. improve B. develop C.
admire D. suit
51. A. market B.
business C. research D. library
52.
A. strange B. bossy C. reliable
D. unique
53. A. appeal to B. look into
C. meet with D. run after
54. A. build
B. tailor C. play D. improve
55. A. repeat B. assist C.
reprogram D. communicate
Section
B
Directions: Read the following three
passages. Each passage is followed by 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)
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When Frank and I stepped through the post
office doors, there was a crowd gathered,
gawking at the new fixture on the wall like a
chorus of wide-mouthed frogs. I had to get
closer, and that was where being a girl that's
scrawnier than a wire fence came in handy.
Fortunately, Frank, my twin of eleven years,
was just the same.
we spilled out in
front.
Finally I got a good look. It was
fixed to the plaster next to the postmaster's
window, the
place of honor usually reserved
for the Wanted posters. Beady-eyed Zedekiah Smith,
the bank
robber, still hung there, but even he
had been pushed aside for something more
important.
A telephone. The first one in
town.
could tell he was itching to
get his fingers on those shiny knobs.
tell him.
like the telegraph, only you
hear words instead of dots and dashes.
I gazed at that gleaming wood box and
something happened inside me. Something — I
can only guess — that might be like falling in
love. The thought of talking into that box — of
making my voice sail through wires in the sky
— it took over my brain. I couldn't get it out.
Five minutes later, Frank towed
me up Main Street, toward home. —
but I cut
him off. We two thought so much alike, I had
Frank's questions answered before he
even
asked.
56. People crowded in the post
office because ___________.
A. they were
attracted by a new poster B. the postmaster was
delivering a speech
C. they were curious
about the telephone D. there was a wanted bank
robber captured
57. Which of the following is
Not True according to the passage?
A. Many
people stared at the new device in open-mouthed
amazement.
B. The slight-figured twins
managed to push to the front of the crowd.
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C. Even the best fix-it
man in the town got no idea about the new device.
D. The postmaster didn‟t know anything
about how the telephone worked.
58.
By“
It took over my brain. I couldn‟t get
it out.”,we get a clear picture of the girl‟s
______.
A. eagerness to use the
telephone B. fascination for the wood box
C. puzzlement over the strange sound D.
determination to fly in the sky
59. What is
the passage mainly about?
A. The twins‟
frustrating experiences in the town.
B. A
special assembly called in the local post office.
C. People‟s reaction to the arrival of the
first telephone.
D. A great celebration of
the start of telephone service.
（B）
Welcome to the LUSH Life!
Out values are
at the core of everything we do. From morally
sourcing each ingredient and
piece of packing
to creating fresh, innovative cosmetics by hand,
you‟ll find a world of love
and care in every
product. Breathe deeply and soak up everything
inside this box：we‟ve made
it just for you!
60. From the leaflet, we can get to know
all the following facts about LUSH except _____.
A. providing financial support to society
B. taking the lead in cosmetics marketing
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C. testing on humans
instead of on animals
D. crafting and
packing their products by hand
61. In the
section Naked!, LUSH claims that they _______.
A. advocate recyclable or even no packaging
B. sell cosmetics without any wrapping
paper
C. have invented some recyclable
cosmetics
D. have improved ways of
transporting products
62. What is LUSH‟s
business philosophy we can find from the leaflet?
A. The market image of a company should
make way for its beliefs.
B. Cosmetics are
among the essentials of our lives in modern
society.
C. Homegrown vegetables and fruit
are natural and reliable sources of cosmetics.
D. Social responsibilities of a company can
go hand in hand with profit making.
（C）
Since quitting can start feelings such as
guilt and shame, we often do everything possible
to avoid it. “We‟re taught from our earlist
days that if you quit something. It means you‟re a
failure,”says counseling psychologist Will
Meek. He, however, suggests we view quitting
differently.
Quitting is like deciding
to rearrange a room: you‟ve grown comfortable with
the status,
and it can be hard to picture the
end result or even see why change is necessary.
And yet,
there‟s the upsetting feeling that
you‟re no longer entirely satisfied with your
current
circumstances, perhaps even that
you‟ve stopped making progress. While it‟s not out
of the
question for feeling or regret to
surface after a major refit, leaving a position,
project or
situation can reveal exciting
possibilities, making you feel inspired and
renewed.
Quitting, often happens in situations
where we‟re unhappy, fearful or have determined we
have no other choice, factors that can have
opposing effects on our health. Perhaps you find
your work unfulfilling, or you‟ve jumped into
a new relationship before you‟re ready —and,
as a result, you‟re operating under intense
pressure.“If stress is enduring and not managed
well, it can start to take a toll.”says Meek.
According to the American Psychological
Association, long-term, ongoing stress can
increase the risk for high blood pressure and
heart
attack, so walking away from whatever is
causing it can deliver significant physical and
emotional health benefits.“We often see a
reduction in the stress hormone
cortisol（应激激素
皮质醇）, which can lower blood
pressure and may even decrease the heart
rate,”says Dr Alex
Lickerman, a GP and expert
on developing mental adaptability.
Leaving
situations that fail to bring you joy can leave
you with sufficient time to explore
where your
heart is truly leading you. In a study that was
published in 1999, then Harvard
University
professor Hermina Ibarra looked at how bankers
tried different roles that required
new skill
sets—someone who spent a lot of time dealing with
computers, for instance, was
asked to take on
personal interactions. Subjects were especially
drawn to acting out a version
of their future
solves through „imitation strategies‟—an approach
they compared to „trying on
different
clothes,‟ Mark Franklin, the president of
CareerCyles, suggests a similar approach as
a
way to figure out what your true desires might be
in your post-quitting life and foresee your
future self.“Pretend to be a certain kind of
person, or go and meet others who are doing what
you want to do.”he says,“Try it on, see how it
feels and decide if it‟s a good fit for you.”It
may not feel like it at the time, but just
moving on from a situation that‟s not quite right
can
help you get back on track.
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63. It can be inferred from
paragraph 2 that quitting may bring us feelings of
being both ____.
A. guilty and ashamed
B. stupid and enthusiastic
C. troubled and
hopeful D. inspired and determined
64.
The phrase“take a toll”（paragraph 3）can be best
replaced by“_____”.
A. develop mental
adaptability B. bring about changes
C.
keep up the pressure D. have a bad
effect
65. An approach suggested by Mark
Franklin similar to „trying on different clothes‟
is for
_______.
A. helping people find
what truly suits them in career
B. telling
capable employees from inadequate ones
C.
training employees to acquire different working
skills
D. providing people with
opportunities to have a role play
66. It can
be concluded from the passage that ______.
A. quitting is track that only the timid will
choose to follow
B. personal interaction
can be must for reducing emotional pressure
C. mental adaptability can be improved by the
stress hormone cortisol
D. knowing when to
stop is wise and may make dreams happen
Section C
Directions: Complete the
following passage by using the sentences given
below. Each sentence can be used
only once.
Note that there are two more sentences than you
need.
Exoplanets：The Hunt Is On
Today scientists believe that planets could
outnumber the stars. For centuries, scientists
and natural philosophers have proposed that
stars in the night sky have planetary systems
similar to our own solar system. The existence
of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, has long
been discussed. ___67___ Although not the
first exoplanet discovery, a planet near a sun-
like
star was discovered by astronomers in
1995. This kicked off an era of exoplanet hunting,
with
thousands of discoveries and
confirmations following in its wake.
___68___
However, in 2015 NASA‟s Kepler space telescope
found its first Earth-sized
planet in a
“habitable”zone. This is the distance form a star
where surface temperatures of a
planet
wouldn‟t be too hot or too cold for liquid water.
So far, only a small slice of our galaxy,
the
Milky Way, has been explored. Even so, scientists
have confirmed over 3,500 exoplanets,
with
more being added every day.
To detect
exoplanets, scientists use data from a variety of
sources. Large ground-based
telescopes, earth-
circling and sun-circling satellites all collect
different types of information.
Because
exoplanets are so far away and very close to
stars, it is very difficult to see them
directly. ___69___ For example, when an
exoplanet moves between its star and us, it causes
a
small drop in the star‟s brightness.
Measuring this drop is the transit（凌日）method of
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discovery. NASA‟S
Kepler space telescope has discovered many
exoplanets this way.
As a planet circles a
star, it pulls on it and causes it to shake.
___70___ Measuring these
slight changes is the
radial velocity（径向速度）method of discovering
planets. It is one of the
most productive
methods for finding and confirming exoplanets.
These are just two examples of the many
methods scientists use in their hunt for
exoplanets, hoping for more information and
enhanced detail. As time progresses and
technology improves, who knows what else we
may find!
Ⅳ.Summary Writing
Hope
Nothing in my life had prepared me for what I
had to do. Choosing my words carefully,
and
fighting to stay calm, I told my 4-year-old
daughter that her grandmother had suffered a
stroke（中风），that she was unconscious, and that
the doctors said she would probably never
wake
up. As she moved closer to me, Amelia looked at
me, eyes bright, and said,“Maybe
Grandma will
be okay.”“Maybe she will,”I said, keeping back the
tears, But I knew better. I
was flying up to
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, from our Florida
home in the morning to say
good-bye to my mom.
The rest of that awful week, I joined my
brother and father sitting by my mother‟s side in
the hospital room. I held her hand and talked
to her. I told her that we still needed her. I
told
her that it wasn‟t time to leave yet. I
told her how much I loved her. And I told her that
her
little granddaughter, Amelia, believed
that she‟d get better. The doctors, with all their
years of
training and experience, offered no
hope for recovery. The damage was simply too
extensive.
Then, a couple of weeks later, an
odd thing happened. Mom woke up. She regained
consciousness. Persevered through a long and
tough recovery, during which she had to learn
to walk, read, and write all over again, and
eventually returned home to Dad. The only one
who wasn‟t shocked was Amerlia. The doctors
couldn‟t explain it. Amelia didn‟t need to.
Hope came as naturally to her as breathings.
So why are we so afraid to hope sometimes?
Maybe it‟s because over the year, life‟s
disappointments can turn us to
disillusionment（理想破灭）. How many times have you
heard
someone say:“Hope for the best, expect
the worst”?That‟s not really hope at all.
Hope
is being able to look at our world with all of the
joy and wonder of a child.
V. Translation
72.她在舞台上的表现让她成了“网红”。（become）
73.李教授写的这本书是面向学术读者的。（intend）
74.当球迷们向篮球队员献花时，队员们激动得热泪盈眶。（So
）
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5.一项新的研究发现，那些拥有年轻心态的人比自我感觉年龄大的人更加长寿。（
thos
e who
）
Writing
古人云：“儿行千里母担忧。”你今
年暑期计划与朋友结伴出国旅游，但是你母亲对此担
心不已，未予准许。现请你给母亲写一封电子邮件以
消除母亲对你的种种担忧，具体要
求如下：
① 陈述你出国旅游的理由；
②
通过事例说明你对生活和困难有应对能力。
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2016学年第二学期高三英语教学质量检测卷
参考答案
I.
Listening Comprehension
1-5 DCABB 6-10
DCDAD 7-13 ABC 14-16 CBB 17-20 ADAC
II.
Grammar and Vocabulary
21. that 22. where
23. fewer 24. were found 25. It
26. to
raise 27. before 28. acting 29. recognized
30. because of
31-35 EKIGH 36-40 JDABC
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension
41-45 CAACD
46-50 ABBCD 51-55 DBABC
56-59 CDAC 60-62
BAD 63-66 CDAD 67-30 EBAC
Ⅳ. Summary
writing
Doctors were pessimistic about my
mother‟s stroke while my little daughter, Amelia,
full
of hope. I passed on Amelia‟s hope when
our family gathered to bid farewell to her in
hospital.
Incredibly, she recovered and came
back home after a period of restoration. Everyone
was
astonished except Amelia. Hope does bring
people in trouble amazement.（55 words）
Translating
72. She has become
famous online because of her performance on the
stage .
73. The book (written) by
Professor Li is intended for academic audience
readers.
74. So excited were the
basketball players when their fans presented
flowers to them that
their eyes were filled
with tears.
75.A new study has found that
people who are young(er) at heart live longer than
those who
feel older than they truly are.
VI. Guided Writing
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