2012年上海格致中学高三期中考试英语附答案.doc

格致中学班级_姓名_学号_准考证号_ 二一一学年度第一学期期中考试高三年级 英语试卷（共 11 页）(测试120 分钟内完成，总分150分，试后交答题卡和答题卷)友情提示：昨天，你既然经历了艰苦的学习，今天，你必将赢得可喜的收获！祝你：诚实守信，沉着冷静，细致踏实，自信自强，去迎接胜利！第I卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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. Hes finished with the dishes.B. He worked on his chemistry homework after finishing the dishes.C. He doesnt like doing his homework.D. The dishes arent done yet.2. A. He will let the woman use that computer.B. He will need the computer for a long time.C. There are no longer any computers in the library.D. He would like the woman to go to the library.3. A. Drive to the library. B. Return home. C. Drive to some other place. D. Take the man to the library.4. A. She does not like cakes.B. She is going to dive.C. She is afraid to diet.D. She wants to lose weight.5. A. She agrees that they met before.B. She met Professor Wang at the mans office.C. She denies the fact that they met before.D. She wants to meet the man at Professor Wangs office.6. A. She has a strong opinion.B. She likes the man a lot. C. She wants to choose.D. She doesnt care which kind they get.7. A. Mr. Adams is the manager. B. The manager is a man. C. The manager is married.D. The manager is not here.8. A. She is annoyed.B. She is apologetic.C. She is understanding.D. She is bored.9. A. Its just past ten oclock. B. Theres no time to talk.C. She needs a little more time.D. She has more than ten minutes.10. A. He is a visiting professor at the university.B. He doesnt know where the library is.C. He is just visiting the library.D. He thinks he can help.Section B PassagesDirections: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages 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 are based on the following passage.11. A. For the Olympic Games.B. For a victory of the spirit.C. For the national championship.D. For the world championship.12. A. In her match against Esther.B. In the final selection match.C. In the Sydney Olympic Games.D. In the last match before the finals.13. A. She knew Kay was a better wrestler.B. She thought she was a real champion.C. She did it for a reward.D. She was her friend.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. How do you decide what you are going to buy in a supermarket? B. Why is it useless to make a list for supermarket shopping? C. Who decides what you should buy in a supermarket? D. How does a supermarket make people spend more money?15. A. To lead customers to all sections of the store.B. To make it easy for customers to locate the food.C. To provide a good service.D. For all the reasons mentioned in A,B and C.16. A. 40 cents each minute.B. 50 cents each minute.C. One dollar each minute.D. Five dollars each minute.Section C Longer ConversationsDirections: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. Each conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. _ 18. _ 19. _ 20. _Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.21. _ 22. _ 23. _ 24. _II. Grammar and Vocabulary （25分）Section A （16分）Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. Sarah is second _ speed _ none as a famous athlete.A. at, toB. at, withC. in, toD. in, with26. The Chinese government has made_ what it strives to achieve in space science in the next 5 years. A. clearly B. it clear C. clear D. it clearly27. They sat together on a couch in the teachers lounge, _ excited to tell their experiences in working as volunteers for Beijing Olympics that they could hardly control themselves. A. as B. so C. very D. too 28. If you behave well from now on, you _ have a computer on your 18th birthday.A. willB. shallC. canD. must29. The long and tiring talk, filled with quarrels and arguments, ended in disorder, _no agreement at all.A. reached B. to reach C. reaching D. reach30. Chinas import and export growth slowed in July, _ rapid economic expansion cooled.A. thoughB. ifC. whetherD. as31. Shortly after the exam he told us that he made a mistake, but then he corrected the situation _ it got worse.A. untilB. whenC. beforeD. as32. _ a superman, I have no idea how to teach the students who have neither interest inEnglish nor sense of responsibility.A. I am notB. I wasnt C. Being notD. Not being33. There seems to be no pocket money in Jacks pocket today, _？A. is itB. isnt itC. does thereD. doesnt there34. On stepping into the office, the girl was frightened to find that the whole office was filled with _ looked like tiny worms. A. that B. something C. what D. anything35. The last winter holiday in my high school seemed to be too precious to be spent on the internet and _ with other netizens about things that did no good to my future.A. talkingB.talkedC. to talkD. talk36. The experiment is worrth trusting _ it is based on scientific facts. A. in whichB. in thatC. in the wayD. in order that 37. Television has never really destroyed interpersonal communication, _ it has decreased quality time spent with family members and friends to a degree.A. as ifB. so thatC. even thoughD. in case38. The exchange students got lost in the central park and decided to remain _they were until their host families came to collect them. A. where B. what C. howD. who39. Bernard Madoff is reported _to the maximum 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud (欺诈) scheme in New York on Monday, in June, 2009.A. to sentence B. to be sentencedC. having been sentencedD. to have been sentenced40. He is desperately searching for a notebook in which_ bank account, password and his friends address.A. wrote B. recorded C. was written D. were recordedSection BDirections: 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. barely B. path C. uncertain D. worried E. partlyF. revised G. discouraged H. undertake I. majors J. grantsHaipiao（海漂）is a word used to describe young Chinese people striving in a foreign country facing a(n) _41_ future. Their nomadic（游牧的）lifestyle is encouraged by _42_ visa policies and their desire to develop themselves, usually free from social expectations back in China.A MyCOS survey, among 5,126 college graduates who chose to _43_ further study abroad in 2009, found that 43 percent of them planned to stay abroad after graduation. “Their enthusiasm to try their luck in a foreign country is _44_ due to changes in visa policies,” said Wang Qian from Aoji Enrollment Center of International Education Ltd.According to Wang, in 2008 the UK extended the validation time for the Post Study Worker (PSW) visa from one year to two years. With a PSW visa, international graduates can stay in the country, look for a job and decide on their future _45_. The US also extended the Optional Practical Training (OPT) period for science and engineering _46_ to land a job from 12 months to 29 months. If they land a full-time job during that period, they can apply for an H1B work visa that _47_ a maximum 6-year stay in the US. Besides, Chinese societys relatively rigid（刻板的）expectations of young people have _48_ some graduates from returning after completing their studies, said Li Jinzhao, director of the Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University.“Men in China are expected to be well-established in a career at 30 and women should be _49_ if they are still single at that age,” said Li. “To many this seems less attractive than Western culture which encourages more diversified（多样化的）lifestyles.”. 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 fits the context.In most cultures superiors are freer to look at subordinates than the other way around. _50_, Eye contact also is related to power. If Alberto looks directly at his employee John, he indicates that he has a right to do so. If John _51_his eyes when Alberto looks at him, he may be indicating that he accepts his subordinate position. Of course, eye contact is only one aspect of showing _52_. Since several cultures consider the eye to be “the window of the soul,” eye contact or its _53_is interpreted to have special meaning. In these cultures eye contact is related to honesty. In other cultures eye contact is seen as a(n) _54_ of privacy. “He couldnt even look at me in the eye” is a common phrase that in Western cultures indicates that the speaker had something to _55_. In North American and Northern European cultures eye contact shows openness, and trustworthiness. If a woman from the United States looks _56_ at someone, she allows that person to see her eyes and decide whether she is trustworthy. Someone who does not make eye contact is considered shifty and makes the listener _57_. In that case, the _58_ go up and one becomes more careful. People from all cultures carry their cultural attitudes toward eye contact with them, and like most aspects of nonverbal behavior, eye contact does not travel easily across cultural boundaries. In most cases we dont consciously think of eye contact; we do it subconsciously. _59_, habits relating to eye contact are difficult to change. Arab cultures, even more than Western cultures, use very _60_ eye contact and concentrate on eye movement to read real intentions. The feeling is that they do not lie. To see the eye more clearly, Arabs move closer, and that makes non-Arabs uncomfortable. This links eye contact to the use of _61_. A person from Japan, for example, would feel uncomfortable both with the intense eye contact and with the _62_ closeness. That person will feel even more uncomfortable if the Arab, in addition to making close eye contact and standing very close to the listener, touches the listener. In this case the Arab is _63_ three very strong nonverbal signals, all of which run counter to what is acceptable nonverbal behavior in Japan.In many cases an Arab speaker may not want to show his feelings, yet because of the culture, he cannot refuse eye contact. Therefore, he may look for other means to protect his feelings and intentions. Some people say that the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, for example, always used to wear sunglasses so that the people he was talking to could not follow the movement of his eyes. They argued that the _64_ were an attempt to hide his true intentions.50. A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. BesidesD. Nevertheless51. A. liftsB. opensC. closes D. lowers52. A. power B. honestyC. privacyD. rudeness53. A. communication B. expressionC. lookD. lack54. A. respectB. protectionC. invasion D. principle55. A. sayB. concealC. deny D. admit56. A. shylyB. directlyC. cowardly D. uncomfortably57. A. boredB. suspiciousC. embarrassedD. frustrated58. A. defenseB. preservationC. reflection D. destruction59. A. On the contrary B. In contrastC. On the other hand D. As a result60. A. casual B. conservativeC. intense D. reserved61. A. postureB. facial expression C. gestureD. space62. A. mental B. physicalC. psychological D. physiological63. A. conveying B. indicatingC. receivingD. interpreting64. A. frowns B. eye browns C. eye movements D. sunglassesADomestic horses now pull ploughs (a kind of farm tool), race in the Kentucky Derby, and carry police. But early horses werent tame enough to perform these kinds of tasks. Scientists think the first interactions (相互影响) humans had with horses were far different from those today.Thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horses that lived around them for food. Over time, people began to catch the animals and raise them. This was the first step in domestication.As people began to tame and ride horses, they chose to keep those animals that had more desirable characteristics. For example, people may have chosen to keep horses that had a gentle personality so they could be ridden more easily. People who used horses to pull heavy loads would have chosen to keep stronger animals. Characteristics like strength are partly controlled by the animals genes. So as the domesticated horses reproduced, they passed the characteristics on to their young. Each new generation of horses would show more of these chosen characteristics.Modern-day horse breeds come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. This variety didnt exist in the horse population before domestication. The Shetland horse is one of the smallest breedstypically reaching only one meter tall. With short, strong legs, the animals were bred to pull coal out of mine shafts (井) with low ceilings. Huge horses like the Clydesdale came on the scene around 1700. People bred these heavy, tall horses to pull large vehicles used for carrying heavy loads.The domestication of horses has had great effects on societies. For example, horses were important tools in the advancement of modern agriculture. Using them to pull ploughs and carry heavy loads allowed people to farm more efficiently. Before they were able to ride horses, humans had to cross land on foot. Riding horses allowed people to travel far greater distance in much less time. That encouraged populations living in different areas to interact with one another. The new form of rapid transportation helped cultures spread around the world.65. The author uses the Shetland horse as an example to show _.A. it is smaller than the Clydesdale horseB. horses used to have gentle personalitiesC. some horses have better shapes than othersD. horses were of less variety before domestication66. Horses contributed to the spread of culture by _.A. carrying heavy loadsB. changing farming methodsC. serving as a means of transportD. advancing agriculture in different areas67. The passage is mainly about _.A. why humans domesticated horsesB. how humans and horses needed each otherC. why horses came in different shapes and sizesD. how human societies and horses influenced each otherB Michael Fish may soon be replaced as a weather forecaster by something truly fishier-the shark(鲨鱼).Research by a British biology student suggests that sharks could be used to predict storms. Lauren Smith, 24, is close to completing her study on sharks ability to sense pressure.If her studies prove the theory, scientists may be able to monitor the behaviour of sharks to predict bad weather.Miss Smith had previously studied the behaviour of lemon sharks in the Bahamas.She then used their close relatives, lesser spotted dogfish, for further research at Aberdeen University.Her work-thought to be the first of its kind to test the pressure theory - resulted from the observation that juvenile (幼年的) blacktip sharks off Florida moved into deeper water ahead of a violent storm in 2001.Miss Smith said: “Ive always been crazy about traveling and diving and this led me to an interest in sharks.”“I was delighted to have been able to research in the area for my degree. I know theres so much more we need to understand - but it certainly opens the way to more research.”It has been discovered that a shark senses pressure using hair cells in its balance system.At the Bimini Shark Lab in the Bahamas, Miss Smith fixed hi-tech sensors to sharks to record pressure and temperature, while also tracking them using GPS (Global Positioning System) technology.In Aberdeen, she was able to study the effects of tide and temperature changes on dogfish-none of which were harmed. She also used a special lab which can mimic(模拟) oceanic pressure changes caused by weather fronts.She is due to complete her study and graduate later this year. She says she will be looking for a job which will give her the chance to enrich her experience of shark research.68. The passage is most probably taken from _.A. a short-story collectionB. a popular science magazineC. a