上海市2016届高三上学期期中质量监控英语试.doc

上海市向明中学2015-2016学年第一学期质量监控考 高三年级英语试卷第I卷 （共103分）I. Listening Comprehension (30分)Section AShort Conversations1. A. Impatient.B. Confused.C. Pleased.D. Regretful.2. A. At a bus stop.B. At a laundry.C. At the dentists.D. At the chemists.3. A. An actor.B. A salesmanC. A translator.D. A writer.4. A. He lost his classmates homework.B. He cant help the woman with her math.C. He broke the womans calculator.D. He doesnt know where the “on” button is5. A. The woman should go to another counter.B. The woman gives the man so many choices.C. The man dislikes the sandwiches offered there.D. The man is having trouble deciding what to eat.6. A. She has no idea where to find the mans exam result.B. She isnt allowed to tell students their grades.C. Dr. White hasnt finished grading the papers.D. Dr. White doesnt want to be contacted while hes away.7. A. Move to a neat dormitory.B. Find a person to share their apartment.C. Clean the room with the roommate.D. Write an article about their roommate.8. A. Bob wont take her advice.B. Bob doesnt want to go abroad.C. She doesnt think Bob should study overseas.D. She hasnt talked to Bob since he went abroad.9. A. The snack bar isnt usually so empty.B. Dessert is served in the snack bar.C. The snack bar is near the library.D. Snacks arent allowed in the library.10. A. Take her bicycle to the repair shop.B. Leave her bicycle outside.C. Clean the garage after the rain stops.D. Check if the garage is dry.Section BPassagesQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. It helps care for customers dogs.B. You have to buy food for dogs.C. None of the dogs are caged.D. There is a dog named Princess.12. A. She likes the food there.B. She enjoys the fun with a pet.C. She can have free coffee.D. She doesnt like to be alone.13. A. A new kind of caf.B. A new brand of coffee.C. A new home for pets.D. A new way to raise pets.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. A trend that high achievers are given a lower salary.B. A view that life quality is more important than pay.C. A dream of the young for fast-paced jobs.D. A new term created by high achievers.15. A. 10%B. 12%C. 6%D. 7%16. A. People are less satisfied with their lives.B. The financial investment may increase.C. Well-paid jobs are not easy to find.D. Unexpected problems may arise.Section CLonger ConversationsBlanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.SRTService NotesAccount No.: _17_Service Request: Check the _18_Solutions: Send another _19_ (2 p.m. on _20_)Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.In what way are these climbers special?They are all _21_.Why did they choose to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro?To prove _22_.What did they do in time of difficulty?They persevered, _23_ each other.How did they record their adventure?By keeping _24_.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (26分)Section A Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.( A )The BBC documentary Are Our Kids Tough Enough? recently became one of the top topics on social networks in both China and Britain, with many education specialists commenting and retweeting.In the documentary, five Chinese teachers _25_ (take) over a British classroom with 50 teenagers aged 13 and 14 in Bohunt School for one month, and taught them in a typical Chinese way: no talking, no questions, wearing a special uniform and experiencing the harsh classroom discipline within a long school-hour from 7am to 7pm.In the documentary, most of the teens found it difficult to adapt to the Chinese-style education. Their teachers were not prepared for the differences between Chinese and British students as well. One of the teachers couldnt help but _26_ (complain) that the classroom was always “chaotic”.Many Chinese netizens, especially the post-1980 netizens, said that the documentary reminded them of past school-days. Meanwhile, they criticized the British students lack _27_ respect for others after watching the documentary.However, Zou Hailian, the math teacher in the program from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, said that the British students were all nice children. “Students look lax and absent-minded sometimes, but this is understandable. They have to stay at school for 12 hours each day, even longer than the school-time in Hangzhou Foreign Language School. They are not accustomed to _28_ for sure,” he said.Zou emphasized that Chinese students usually study harder and have a clearer goal, _29_ (compare) with British students. But British students have a very good _30_ (cope) capacity hands-on skills.Furthermore, Zou pointed out that Chinas tough education system produces strong results in subjects like math and science, capturing the interest of educators in the U.S. and Europe _31_ some feel the child-centered approach does not do enough to teach the basics.Though Zous words _32_ (orginise) by several education experts in China and Britain, there are several voices in defense of the British education system. “Student autonomy, questioning and the development of skills to allow students to think for themselves are the key elements in British teaching approaches. As teachers in the program take lessons from the experiment, no doubt the Chinese teachers will also learn from the U.K.s approach to teaching,” one said.(/culture/2015-08/06/content_21521754.htm)(B)Every year, millions of people all over the world die in hospital when their lives may have been saved. Ordinary people like you can easily help change this situation. You _33_ help save lives by becoming an organ donor after you pass away.These days it is common for people to donate blood in order to save lives, so why not donate your organs? All you need to do is register and then you can live with the knowledge _34_ one day your organs could save a persons life. Donating organs assures that _35_ (many) people can live longer, happier lives.Organ transplants have been around for a long time. The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954. Today, these operations are conducted regularly. Indeed, right now there are people who are seriously ill that are waiting for such operations. Unfortunately, there are not enough organs for everyone in need, which is _36_ more organ donors are needed.Transplants have _37_ high success rate in this day and age. The internal organs used in these situations include the heart, the lungs, the liver and the kidneys. Many patients with severe heart failure rely on the hope of a transplant, _38_ they have no other option if medicines fail.Only the organs of people who carry a donor card can be used to save lives. Without one, organs may go to waste. In 2008, a total of 882 heart and lung transplants alone were carried out in China this is great work. However, it is estimated that 5 million people throughout the country need some form of organ transplant. They need your help._39_ (donate) your organs will enable you to continue to help people even after you are gone. To get a donor card, first you have to register at your local hospital. Your details will be kept private, but it is still necessary for you to tell relatives of your decision 40 _ _ they will know what to expect if anything happens to you. Many people wish to help, but put off getting a donor card until it is too late.Death is always upsetting for friends and relatives. However, they may be comforted to know that their loss has given the gift of life to others.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. jealous B. whisper C. alternative D. comfort E. gaze F. ashamedG. bare H. admired I. memory J. slightest K. remainingOnce upon a time, in a solar system that is so, so far away from here that you wouldnt believe me if I told you, were two planets. Their names were Yee and Lan, and they loved each other very much. Every time they saw each other they would _41_ planet secrets, or share wisps(缕，股) of atmosphere, or tell silly jokes.But they were a little sad, because it was so long between times when they got to be near each other. Most of the time they had to _42_ from afar.Centuries went by, and one time as they passed, reaching out through the emptiness to be with one another, Yee slipped Lan a moon, because Yee had three and Lan had none. Lan looked so perfect with the new moon that all the other planets were a little _43_, and Yee didnt mind giving up that moon at all.So the planets kept on dancing and Lans moon was _44_ by all, until one day an evil-minded ice-hearted comet viciously slammed into it, shattering it into a thousand pieces. At that time, Yee was all the way on the other side of the sun and couldnt hear the wails and shouts. All the nearby planets made fun of Lan. Lan was so _45_ of what had happened to the moon, so generously given by Yee, that Lan began to be afraid of their meeting.After so long they were together again. Lan was almost afraid to look at Yee, but Yee reached out a wisp of atmosphere in _46_. Yee hesitated a minute, because all planets know how beautiful moons are, but then went ahead and smashed the two _47_ moons together so that Lan would have no reason to feel bad.So around and around they went, so very much in love that they thought they would burst, even though they looked a little _48_, and felt a little cold without their lovely moons. But then something beautiful happened - their bits of moon dust started to flatten out, and made two large circles, one for each of them. And before too long, the circles became rings, great wonderful rings, sparkling in the pure sunlight. The other planets were too awed (敬畏) by Yee and Lans new beauty to feel even the _49_ drop of jealousy.And that is why, even on this planet, when two people have strong feelings for each other, so much love that they think theyll burst, sometimes theyll give each other rings, in _50_ of the planetary love of Yee and Lan. (http:/kirk.is/works/viewer.cgi?file=loveletters.html)III. Reading ComprehensionSection 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.While the full picture has yet to emerge, it appears that the reason for the loss ofAirAsia flight QZ8501is different from the losses ofMH370and MH17earlier this year. MH17, shot down in Ukraine, wasclearly a man-made disaster;QZ8501s disappearanceappears to be weather-related. MH370s lossremains a mystery.Even though cloud-computing couldhelp advance the status of the black boxin terms of the investigation after such incidents, as we are only too aware, nature in the form of bad weather often plays a significant role in airline disasters. Is there anything we can do, on the ground, to lower the _51_ of these weather-related incidents.Recently,Microsoft Research illustratedthat by combining real-time data from nearby flights, it is possible to _52_ the wind speed to an accuracy 10 times better than the weather simulations(模拟) by supercomputers. Augmenting the data collected from real-time sensors from the cloud, one can create a better simulation, _53_ the advances in the internet of flying things.Theinternet of flying thingsrefers to the technology that is ready for adoption by agencies on the ground that want to get a birds-eye view of weather conditions. The basic technology is already _54_ for less than 500: equipping a drone (无人机) or unmanned airborne vehicle with a GoPro quality camera, enthusiastic fans can already survey the neighborhood from the air.If we look at the air crash incidents caused by bad weather conditions, can the killer technology of cloud computing and augmented reality be used as a life saver?When you fly into such wind speeds, is it not difficult to change ones actions _55_? Isnt the flight simply doomed? Not necessarily. In this case, had nearby flying objects logged the abnormal wind speeds earlier, they would have been able to inform air traffic control in time to _56_ a warning to flight QZ8501. In these situations, often timely interventions can save lives.But before this idea can _57_ be realized, there are at least three obstacles to overcome if we want to use the power of the internet of flying objects.The first thing to note is that these flying objects shouldnt be _58_ to aircraft. We could be talking about weather balloons, drones anything in the air, in short, but these objects need to be identifiable. Only through _59_ can messages from these flying objects be recognized and trusted by authorities such as FAA. So, for example, the drones that it is imagined will be carrying goods to households must be _60_ and their call signs logged by the authorities before they can be of any practical help. At present they are not. In other words, the autonomous (非政府的) flying objects arerequired to collaboratewith air traffic controllers if we want to build a picture that will deliver a secure and trustworthy solution. _61_, these regulated and registered flying objects need to be effectively networked, so that through the _62_ of real-time data the crowd-sourced (基于大众资源的) information delivers as accurate a picture as possible. Resolving any conflicts arising from information coming in from multiple sources requires a good computational model that can assign appropriate weight to the _63_ sources. And this collected data needs to depict a physical truth to decision makers whether they are in front of the desk in the air traffic control center, on the flight deck of a nearby aircraft or in command of the rescue team. The task of confirming available _64_ against any possible internal flaws or external tampering (干扰) would require that network security levels are brought to another level. These three _65_ are basic, but if they can be overcome, they might offer us a better opportunity to use todays technology to provide safer air transport in the future. (/posteverything/wp/2014/12/29/the-relatively-simple-fix-that-could-prevent-planes-like-airasia-qz8501-from-disappearing/)51.A. riskB. disturbance C. uncertainty D. threat52.A. check B. follow C. predict D. monitor53.A. thanks to B. in spite of C. with reference toD. other than 54.A. feasible B. possible C. profitable D. available55.A. secretly B. accordingly C. ambitiously D. unexpectedly56.A. ignore B. withdraw C. issue D. reserve57.A. practicallyB. financially C. academicallyD. purposely58.A. committedB. entitledC. limitedD. presented59.A. administrationB. identificationC. communicationD. indication60.A. sponsored B. selectedC.eliminatedD. regulated 61.A. By contrastB. In additionC. As a result D. In general62.A. preparation B. protection C. exchange D. description63.A. various B. similarC. extraD. tremendous64.A. instruction B. outlookC. measure D. evidence65.A. arrangementsB. requirements C. achievements D. argumentsSection B（24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)The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apples products sounds cool and has become a fad. Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i” and many other brands are following suit. A lovely bear popular in the US and UK that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version of Londons Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name “i”.Most “i” products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independents “i”, its no surprise that they have selected this fashionable name.But its hard to see whats so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b” or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, head of the Language Center at Kings College, London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didnt have one clear definition,” he says.“However, thanks to Apple, the term is now associated with portability,” adds Thorne.Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.Along with “Google” and blog”, readers of BBC Magazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.But as history shows, people grow tired of fads. From the 1