上海市杨浦区2017学年度第一学期质量检测试卷-高三英语

1、精选优质文档倾情为你奉上精选优质文档倾情为你奉上专心专注专业专心专注专业精选优质文档倾情为你奉上专心专注专业杨浦区2017届高三第一学期模拟质量调研英语试题 2016.12II. 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 t

2、he proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.In two days , it will be Christmas, children all over world (21) _(look) forward to this day for weeks. People celebrate Christmas with food, decorations, music and more. But for many people , gift-giving

3、is the most exciting part of the holiday.I have fond memories of Christmas shopping with my family as a child. I enjoyed the challenge of keeping my parents gifts a secret. It was hard to buy gifts right.(22)_their noses without them seeing. Everyone placed(23)_(wrap) gifts under the Christmas tree

4、until Christmas morning, (24)_we opened them. Picking a great gift require (25)_(know) the person youre giving it to. You need to know the persons tastes and find something the person doesnt already have. This can be quite a big challenge . Often its wise to provide a receipt (26)_ _the person needs

5、 to exchange the gift.The best gifts are personal . Many Americans dont feel money constitutes a good gift(27)_it doesnt require any thought. They prefer something chosen just for the person. If the gift is a high-quality homemade gift, thats even better.Gift-giving reflects the reason(28)_ people c

6、elebrate Christmas. Christians in particular remember the birth of Jesus. When he was born, wise men traveled many miles to visit him, (29)_(bring) expensive gifts. But the greatest gift wasnt from the wise man, but from Godthe baby Jesus. God gave this gift because everyone needed it. We needed God

7、 to forgive our bad actions so that we (30)_ live forever with him. So on Christmas we give presents to imitate Gods action of giving the perfect gift.Section BDirections: Fill 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 y

8、ou need.A. dominance B. lifts C. divided D. assumes E. urged F. military G. suspend H. guidance I. violently J. claimed K. illegallyDonald Trump _31_ his place as the United States 45th president after crossing the 270 electoral vote threshold(门槛) on November 9. The 70-year-old Republican will take

9、over from Barack Obama, a two-term president to occupy with White House.The rise of Trump , a celebrity businessman with no previous experience in the _32_ or elected office, surprised nearly everyone in politics. Trumps victory over Clinton will end eight years of Democratic _33_of the White House.

10、 He will govern with Congress fully under Republican control and lead a country deeply _34_ by his campaign against Clinton. Given the numerous Republicans who never backed him , Trump will have to face divisions within his own party, too.As he claimed victory, Trump _35_ Americans to “ come togethe

11、r as one united people.” “I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans ,” he said in his victory speech . Striking a gentle tone, Trump continued that he would teach out to a few of those who had chosen not to support him for _36_and help so that “ we can work tog

12、ether and unify our great country.”As president, Trumps governing agenda remains unclear. The president elect has promised to bring changes to the United States. He said he would build a wall along the U.S-Mexio border to stop immigrants from coming into the country_37_._38_ immigration from countri

13、es with ties to terrorist groups, and bargain with foreign governments such as those of Russia and China. Trump has also promised to prioritize the economic growth that creates jobs and _39_incomes for all Americans.Trump is a wild card, many voters said, but he definitely has a chance to be a succe

14、ssful president as long as he recognizes the responsibilities he _40_and follows through on his promises.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 word or phrase that best f

15、its the context.Security guard, truck driver, salespersonyear after year, these jobs appear on lists of the unhappiest careers. Although many factors can make a job _41_ -unusual hours, low pay, no chance for advancementthese three jobs _42_ for another reason: a lack of small talk.Psychologists hav

16、e long said that connecting with others is central to our well-being, but just how much conversation we require is under _43_. In one study, researchers overheard undergraduates for four days and then _44_ each conversations either “small talk” (“What do you have there? Pop corn? Yummy!”) or “seriou

17、s” (“Did they break up soon after?”). They found that the second type is connected with happinessthe happiest students had roughly twice as many “serious” talks as the unhappiest ones. Small talk, meanwhile, _45_ only ten percent of their conversation, versus almost 30 percent of conversation among

18、the unhappiest students.However, dont just consider small talk _46_ yet. Scientists believe that small talk could promote bonding. Chatting with strangers could _47_ our morning. In a series of experiments, psychologists found that those who chatted with other train passengers reported a more pleasa

19、nt journey than those who didnt.Small talk can also help us feel connecter to our _48_. People who smiled at, made eye contact with and _49_ spoke with their Starbucks baristas （咖啡师） reported a greater sense of _50_ than those who rushed through the transaction（交易）. _51_, when volunteers broke the s

20、ilence of the art gallery to chat with gallery-goers, the visitors felt happier and more connected to the exhibit than those who were not _52_.Of course, some of us are better than others at turning small talk into something bigger. In one study, people who were rated “less curious” by researchers h

21、ad trouble getting a conversation _53_ on their own. People who were considered “curious”, meanwhile, needed no help _54_ conversations about ordinary things like favorite holidays into friendly exchanges. A “curious mindset,” the researchers concluded, can lead to “positive social _55_.”Therefore,

22、go aheadsmall talk neednt be idle, and nosiness isnt all bad.41. A. rewardingB. depressingC. exhaustingD. challenging42. A. stand outB. turn upC. give offD. put forward43. A. negotiationB. constructionC. investigationD. examination44. A. dividedB. entitledC. imposedD. cataloged45. A. figured outB. m

23、ade upC. look overD. added to46. A. worthlessB. essentialC. boringD. ridiculous47. A. occupyB. satisfyC. brightenD. spoil48. A. emotionsB. heartC. customersD. surroundings49. A. purposefullyB. brieflyC. continuouslyD. generally50. A. responsibilityB. securityC. belongingD. achievement51. Consequentl

24、yB. OppositelyC. UnexpectedlyD. Similarly52. A. approachedB. attachedC. addressedD. attended53. A. breakingB. pausingC. rollingD. stopping54. A. evolvingB. substitutingC. adaptingD. transforming55. A. interactionB. standardC. impactD. involvementSection BDirections: Read the following three passages

25、. 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)Dear Alcohol,Youve been around forever, I can remember all the

26、 pain youve caused me.Do you remember the night you almost took my fathers life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. Hes addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went

27、spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasnt the only one hurt by you that night.Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that t

28、hey could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. “Im so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit. “Im sorry,” they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. “This wont happen again,” t

29、hey said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how

30、we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didnt realize her brother

31、 was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And its all your fault.I wish youd walk out of my life forever. I dont want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain youve caused. Sure, youve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage youve caused in the lives of millions is i

32、nexcusable. Stop luring（引诱）in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.Sincerely,Anonymous56. What did alcohol do to the authors father?A. It took his life away one night.B. It helped to get rid of his problems.C. It pushed him to hurt others when driving.D. It got him seriously injured in a car a

33、ccident.57. The underlined words “were intrigued by” in paragraph 3 are closest in meaning to _.A. were familiar withB. were curious aboutC. were disappointed at D. were fed up with58. Which of the statements is TRUE about the authors neighbor or his sister?A. He drove to pickup his drunken sister.B

34、. His sister was to blame for the car accident.C. He crashed into a car from the other direction.D. His sister was too scared to look at the scene of the accident.59. What is the tone of the article?A. HumorousB. DoubtfulC. indifferentD. Critical(B)60. The total capacity for the public forum on nee

35、and joint pain is _ people.A. 5B. 20C. 50D. 10061. Mr Li, a marathon runner, has an irreparable slip disc（椎间盘突出）.Which hospital should he go to if he does not want to undergo any operation?A. Mt Elizabeth HospitalB. Gleneagles HospitalC. Changi General HospitalD. Singapore General Hospital62. Which

36、of the following statements is TRUE?A. Any Singaporean can attend Dr Tans talk free-of-charge.B. Participants of public forum can get a book $20 cheaper.C. People “like” the Mind Your Body Facebook page can win a prize.D. People can book the Bone Density Scan on Feb 4th at a special price.(C)Chinas

37、domestically developed, long-acting experimental AIDS drug is undergoing a final review by the China Food and Drug Administration, the last stage in the approval process.Different from traditional oral drugs that require daily use, but its a heavy burden for patients to take medicine every day for y

38、ears. As a result, long-acting drugs are the future direction in developing innovative AIDS medicine. For Chinese patients, the number of oral drugs available in the domestic market is very limited, so there is an urgent need for drugs to solve the problem of drug resistance.Zhao Yan, a treatment sp

39、ecialist at the National Center for AIDS said seven or eight oral drugs for AIDS are currently provided to patients for free. “The injection solution could give an alternative to patients if it could be included in the countrys health insurance system,” she said.“Now very few patients are using drug

40、s from the health insurance system, both because no differentiated drugs are provided and because the procedure is more complex and could harm their privacy,” she said. “New drugs will be broadly used only if the system can embrace more varieties of drugs.”Albuvirtide went into the research and deve

41、lopment stage in 2002 and entered phase three of clinical trialsa step to assure safety and effectiveness before market approvalin 2014. Phase three is the last round of clinical trials for new drug tests in China. If the drug can pass the reviews of the countrys drug watchdog, usually at least two

42、rounds, it can then enter the market. The time needed for the review ranges from months to years.Clinical trials showed that the new drug performs even better than the oral drugs being used. Most of the oral drugs for AIDS being used in China are generic drugs developed in the 1970s and 80s that are

43、 not so efficient. In terms of safety and effectiveness, evidence so far showed that Albuvirtide is better than most second-line drugsdrugs used when first-line standard drugs failin developed countries because of lower toxicity（毒性）and fewer side effects.Worldwide, a number of long-acting AIDS drug

44、are in development. None has been approved for sale. Only Albuvirtide and a few in the United States have entered phase three of clinical trials.63. Albuvirtide is _.A. a China-developed long-acting oral AIDS drugB. undergoing a clinical test on dogs to assure its safetyC. more efficient than other

45、AIDS drugs and has fewer side effectsD. the only AIDS drug that has entered the last round of clinical trials64. Albuvirtide is good news for AIDS patients in China because _.A. its a new drug and they are not resistant to itB. it is one of the most effective first-line drugsC. it has been included

46、in the health insurance systemD. they can keep their privacy by being injected once a week65. Which of the following statements is FALSE?A. The research and development of Albuvirtide began in 2002.B. There are usually three phases in the clinical trial for a new drug.C. Albuvirtide is now in the st

47、age of carrying out clinical trials.D. The time needed for review varies from drug to drug.66. We can infer from the passage that _.A. Albuvirtide can spare patients from taking oral drugs every dayB. the health insurance system has room for further improvementC. most AIDS drugs being used now were

48、developed in last centuryD. China is leading the whole world in the field of AIDS researchSection CDirections: Read the following passage. 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 than you need.A. In a lis

49、t ranking countries by the happiness of their citizens, it pm tropical Fiji 50 places below freezing Iceland.B. The street sweeper can hold his head up high as he proudly does his job.C. Danish people arent as suspicious as many other nations.D. Most Danes are used to seeing between 50-70% of their

50、salary going to the government!E. Those 5.5 million people who call Denmark their home.F. People have nice things in their houses, but theyre not mad about shopping and spending.Where do you think the worlds happiest people live? Somewhere hot with sandy beaches? A country with a tradition of the fi

51、ne food and culture? Not according to a recent study by the university of Leicester. Who are the happiest people on Earth? _67_ Surprised? Well youll be more surprised when you hear that the Danes pay some of the highest taxes in the world. So what is the secret of their success?Lets start with all

52、that tax they pay. The Danish government provides its people with one of the finest education and health systems in the world. It spends more on children and elderly people per capital than other country.And theres another advantage to those high taxes. Because a shop assistants final salary is not

53、that much less than someone who works in a bank, for example, Danes dont choose their careers based on money or status as people in other countries do. They choose the job they want to do. Theres a philosophy in Denmark known as “Jante-lov”, which translates as “youre no better than anybody else.” _

54、68_ But workers in order countries are not used to looking at life in this way. Money doesnt seem as important in Denmark. It has been called a “post consumerist” society. _69_ What is more important is the sense of society and its no surprise that Danes are very used to socializing. 92% of Danes be

55、long to some kind of social club and these clubs are even paid for by the government._70_ They also show an amazing amount of trust in each other and their government. You can see sighs of this all over the country. Youll find vegetable stalls with no assistant. You take what you want and leave the

56、money in a basket. perhaps the bike is a good symbol for Denmark. The Danes can afford cars but they choose bikessimple, economical, non-polluting machines that show no status and help keep people fit.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main poi

57、nts of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.On a damp, boring, stay-in-house kind of day, I was a 4-year-old artist armed with a new treasure: my own big box of crayons（蜡笔）. Somehow, the usual paper wasnt special enough for these 64 perfect, sweet-smelling stic

58、ks of vivid color. I looked around for a bigger canvas（画布）. If only there were hidden walls. Walls like the ones in Mom and Dads closet.Slipping quietly down the hall to the bedroom, I stood on tiptoe to reach the string for the closet light. Words and images filled my mind faster than my hands coul

59、d make them.A brilliant rainbow was seen on one wall, with a cheery golden sun peeking out from above. Below, a giant shade tree supported a swing for stick-figure children. Around them, flowers bloomed everywhere.My masterpiece! All my very own magic! I look in the walls, the colors and the brightness. Joy swelled inside me. But as my creativity wound down, a thought popped up: Ive got to show Mom! Sudd