上海市松江区2019届高三英语上学期期末质量监控试题.docx

松江区2018-2019学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷高三英语（满分140分，完卷时间120分钟）考生注意：1本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分，试卷包括试题与答题要求，所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。2答题前，务必在答题纸上填写考试号和姓名。3答题纸与试卷在试题编号上是一一对应的，答题时应特别注意，不能错位。I. Listening Comprehension Section A （10分）Directions: 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 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 you have heard. 1. A. A bus.B. A computer.C. A telescope.D. An elevator.2. A. Salesman and customer.B. Boss and secretary.C. Husband and wife.D. Interviewer and interviewee. 3. A. Stamp collecting.B. Reading.C. Painting.D. Photography.4. A. He lost a button at work.B. He thinks he damaged the womans calculator.C. He doesnt know where he put the calculator.D. Hes not sure how to solve a maths problem.5. A. At 6:45.B. At 7:15.C. At 7:45.D. At 8:15.6. A. Borrow the books from the woman.B. Go to buy the books in the shop.C. Go to his grandpa for some books.D. Search for the books on the Internet.7. A. Buying chairs.B. Preparing for a party.C. Arranging the place for a contest.D. Taking part in a contest.8. A. She works in a very nice restaurant.B. The restaurant food made her ill.C. Her job involves a lot of business dinners.D. She feels tired when preparing meals at home.9. A. Amy didnt seem to be nervous during her speech.B. Amy needs more training in making public speeches.C. The man didnt think highly of Amys presentation.D. The man can hardly understand Amys presentation. 10.A. In France.B. In China.C. In Italy.D. In Japan.Section B （15分）Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a 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 questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following news. 11.A. A notice was put in a window seat.B. Some of the seats were not occupied.C. There was a window seat unoccupied.D. The plane was not very crowded.12.A. Mr. Jackson was the last passenger to get on board the plane.B. Mr. Jackson was surprised to see the notice on the seat.C. Mr. Jackson sat next to the soldier.D. The plane Mr. Jackson took was heavily loaded with luggage.13.A. The notice was put on the seat by the soldier.B. The soldier was waiting for his girlfriend.C. The girl was the last passenger who got on the plane.D. The seat by the window was kept for the last passenger. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news. 14.A. Beijing was the most polluted city.B. The air quality index reading for Xian reached 500.C. The AQI for Xingtai in Hebei Province was 491.D. Emergency measures against air pollution have not been taken.15.A. About 100 cities. B. About 50 cities. C. About 500 cities. D. About 20 cities.16.A. Limiting government vehicle use. B. Putting off all construction.C. Asking polluters to apologize for their action. D. Reducing the emissions from power companies.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. In a studio.B. In a clothing store.C. At a beach resort.D. At a fashion show.18.A. To live there permanently.B. To stay there for half a year.C. To find a better job to support herself.D. To sell leather goods for a British company.19.A. Designing fashion items for several companies.B. Modeling for a world-famous Italian company.C. Working as an employee for Ferragamo.D. Serving as a sales agent for Burberry.20.A. It has seen a steady decline in its profits.B. It has become much more competitive.C. It has lost many customers to foreign competitors.D. It has attracted a lot of more designers from abroad.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A （10分）Directions: 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 word that best fits each blank. Marvel and Disney Remember Stan LeeToday, Marvel Comics and The Walt Disney Company pause and reflect with great sadness on the passing of Marvel Chairman Emeritus, Stan Lee. With a heavy heart, we share our deepest condolences （哀悼）(21) _ his daughter and brother, and we honor and remember the creator, voice and champion of Marvel. “Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created. A super hero in his own right to Marvel fans around the world, Stan had the power to inspire, to entertain, and to connect. Nothing but his heart (22) _ exceed the scale of his imagination.” said Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company.Stan Lee loved the (23) _ (write) word from an early age, and wanted to craft stories like those in his favorite books and films, which he consumed greedily. From a simple upbringing in Manhattan, young Stanley worked his way through a series of jobs (24) _ he found himself an assistant at a comic book publishing company Timely Comics.Marvel fans found a friend in Stan Lee. He introduced the famous “Stans Soapbox” to speak directly to his readers, (25) _ (reach) a personal level rarely seen in comics of the day. Always pushing for new ways of creating comics, Stan also started the “Marvel method” of plotting and art, creating some of (26) _ (fantastic) stories in the industry to this day. An entire generation of young readers expanded and strengthened their vocabulary and knowledge through Stans stories.Roy Thomas, (27) _ succeeded Lee as editor-in-chief at Marvel, had visited Lee two days before (28) _ death to discuss the upcoming bookThe Stan Lee Story, and stated “I think he was ready to go. But he was still talking about doing more cameos（配角）. (29) _ _ _ he had the energy for it and didnt have to travel, Stan was always up (30) _ (do) something more.” Marvel and the entire Walt Disney Company salute the life and career of Stan Lee and offer their undying gratitude for his unmatchable accomplishments within their halls. Every time you open a Marvel comic, Stan will be there. Section B （10分）Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. interpret B. encounter C. subjective D. ratings E. previously F. belief G. bubbles H. preciously I. illustrates J. compliments K. site The ability of the herd mentality（从众心理）to increase peoples chances of liking or believing something may help explain a wide variety of phenomena. Aral (A managerial economist at the Massachusetts institute of technology) says, from housing _31_ to gold prices and from political polls to restaurant reviews, the _32_ that other people like something has a powerful ability to make people like it themselves. The new study _33_ how simple it would be for companies to control reviews of their products by simply adding a few positive _34_ of their own early reviews in the process, Aral adds. It found that effects were strongest when stories were about politics, business and cultures than for fun or lifestyle pieces. In situations where there are more _35_ news reviews, you have to be a little more cautious about interpreting likes and dislikes. “Think twice before you trust, how many likes something has,” he adds. “Thats something you have to _36_ with a grain of salt (持怀疑态度).” And its a situation many online users _37_ on a daily basis.Aral recently went onY to review a restaurant with a plan to give it three out of five stars, but when he got to the _38_, he was shown how other people describe the same place and those reviews include someone with five stars. Seeing those positive reviews made him think twice about his own _39_ average opinion. “A woman _40_ how great it is, how great her great prices are and how the lemon sauce is so great,” he says. “Maybe its not such a good idea to say some rating right before you make your own.”III. Reading Comprehension Section A （15分）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.Whether its from an awful breakup or a painful life event, some memories can return repeatedly to our mind for the entire lives. But, what if science can _41_ your bad memories so that you can start all over again? As is known to all, memory is an incrediblycomplex_42_. While scientists used to believe it was like a filing cabinet and particular memories were stored in different sections of the brain, we now know this is _43_.In fact, each memory is a brain wide process. If you end up remembering something, its because the cells in your brain are being fired, _44_ newconnectionsand links and literally rebuild the circuitry of your mind. And this change is partially _45_ by proteins in the brain. So what if the proteins arent available?Simply put, memories cant be made. Seriously, scientists have tested this by giving animals drugs that prevent these proteins from forming. _46_, the animals have no recollection of the things that took place shortly after the drug was taken. From this research, scientists actually found a way to target long-term memories for _47_. You see, every single time you remember a memory, your brain is once again firing and rewiring.In fact, each time you reflect on a memory, you are physically changing that memory in your mind. And each time the memory is changed a little, it reflects your _48_ thoughts. Remembering, to a great extent, is an act of _49_ and imagination, which means that the more you reflect on old memories, the less accurate they will become. And scientists have actually quantified this change.After 9/11, hundreds of people were asked about their memories of the dreadful day. A year later, 37% of the details had changed. By 2004, nearly 50% of the details had changed or gone _50_. And because memories are formed and rebuilt every time, if you administer (服药) the protein-preventing drug while recalling a memory, the memory can be _51_ removed.To test this, scientists took lab rats and played sound for them, shortly followed by an electric shock. _52_ doing this for many times, the rats quickly learned that if they heard the sound, a shock was soon to follow. Therefore, they would stress up and freeze every time they heard it. Months later, these rats would still _53_ the noise. However, if they administered the drug first, the rats would lose the memory of the sound, and simply continue on. They had lost their memory of that specific noise.To be sure that the drug wasnt just causing large-scale brain damage, scientists repeated these experiments with various tones this time. Both sounds would warn for a shock and _54_ the rats would fear both. But if they administered the drug and played only one of the sounds, the mice would only forget that one tone, while still remaining _55_ of the other. Over time scientists have discovered specific drugs to target particular proteins across different parts of the brain.41.A. refresh B. forget C. control D. erase42.A. range B. process C. idea D. structure43.A. incorrect B. evident C. partial D. complex44.A. eliminating B. decreasing C. bringing D. building45.A. inspired B. stopped C. identified D. perfected46.A. By contrast B. On the contrary C. As a result D. For example47.A. evaluation B. estimation C. deletion D. production48.A. terrified B. critical C. current D. former49.A. repetition B. creation C. function D. reproduction50.A. uncontrolled B. complicated C. valuable D. missing51.A. repeatedly B. effectively C. hardly D. consistently52.A. BeforeB. UntilC. AfterD. While53.A. turn to B. respond to C. adapt to D. return to 54.A. surprisinglyB. especially C. eventually D. similarly55.A. suspicious B. careful C. painful D. fearfulSection B （22分）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)Who would win in a fight, a lion or a tiger? Well, if size has anything to do with the matter, the tiger would win. Thats because tigers are the largest of all cat species. Tigers are not only large, they are also fast. They can sprint as fast as 40 miles per hour for short distances and leap as far as 30 feet horizontally. You might not think that such large, fast, and fierce creatures need help to survive, but they do. It is estimated that at the start of the 20th century, there were over 100,000 tigers living in the wild. By the turn of the century, the number of tigers outside of captivity dwindled to just over 3,000. Interestingly, the most serious threats that tigers face come from a much smaller species, one with an average weight of around 140 lbs. That species is Homo sapiens, better known as humans. Humans threaten tigers in primarily two ways: hunting and destroying habitat. Tigers are hunted for many reasons. People have long valued the famous striped skins. Though trading tiger skins is now illegal in most parts of the world, tiger pelts are worth around $10,000 on the black market. Though the fur would be incentive enough for most poachers, other parts of the tiger can also fetch a pretty penny. Some people in China and other Asian cultures believe that various tiger parts have healing properties. Traditional Chinese medicine calls for the use of tiger bones, amongst other parts, in some prescriptions. Tigers have also been hunted as game. In other words, people hunted tigers solely for the thrill and achievement of killing them. Such killings took place in large scale during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when an English hunter might claim to kill over a hundred tigers in their hunting career. Though this practice is much less popular today than it was in the past, it has not ceased entirely. Humans have done considerable damage to the worlds tiger population through hunting, but perhaps more damage has been caused through the destruction of habitat. Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, all the way from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia. But over the past 100 years, tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. Instead of spanning all the way across Asia, the tiger population is now isolated in small pockets in southern and southeastern Asia. This is because humans have drastically changed the environments. Humans have built towns and cities. Road and transit systems were created to connect these towns and cities. To feed the people living in these areas, forests and fields have been cleared to create farmland. A major obstacle to preserving tigers is the enormous amount of territory that each tiger requires. Each wild tiger demands between 200 and 300 square miles. Tigers are also both territorial and solitary animals. This means that they are protective of the areas that they claim and they generally do not share with other tigers. Because tigers need so much territory, it is really difficult for conservationists to acquire enough land to support a large population of tigers. 56.Which of the following is NOT a reason in the article explaining why tigers are hunted?A. Because tiger skins are worth a lot of money.B. Because tiger parts are used as medicines in some cultures.C. Because some tigers attack local villages.D. Because tigers are hunted for enjoyment by some people.57.The underlined word “incentive” in the third paragraph probably means _.A. attractiveB. innovativeC. alternativeD. respective 58.Which best explains why tigers have lost so much of their habitat according to the text?A. Because tigers are under threat from other animals.B. Because tiger skins are extremely valuable.C. Because the environment has been changed.D. Because tigers need so much space to survive.59.Which of the following best describes the authors main purpose in writing this article?A. To provide readers with interesting information about the lifestyles of tigers.B. To persuade readers to help the worlds tiger population and to offer ways to help.C. To entertain readers with stories about how tigers hunt and are hunted.D. To explain to readers why the worlds tiger population is endangered. (B)Learning English Video Project1. Encounters in the UK (17 minutes)Watch | CommentsEncounters in the UK is the first film in this documentary mini-series. It tells the story of four girls from different countries who travel to Cambridge in England to study English and stay with local families in what is called a “homestay” arrangement. For the four girls the homestay arrangement is a positive experience. As one of the homestay hosts explains: