2016届上海市复旦大学附中高三上学期期中考试英语试卷及答案.doc

复旦大学附属中学2015-2016学年第一学期高三年级英语期中考试试卷第i卷 （共103分）i.listening comprehensionsection adirections: 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 conversation and the question 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. this afternoon.b. tomorrow.c. next week.d. next month.2. a. she doesnt play tennis well.b. she likes other sports as well. c. she is an enthusiastic tennis player.d. she is a professional athlete.3. a. at a paint store.b. at an oil market. c. at a science museum.d. at a gallery.4. a. work in the yard.b. buy some wood. c. go to the bookstore.d. take a walk.5. a. a taxi driver.b. a passenger.c. a car cleaner.d. a mechanic.6. a. call a repairman.b. get out the paper stuck. c. turn to her colleague for help.d. restart the machine.7. a. there are not enough gardens.b. parking areas are full before 10:00. c. parking areas are closed after 10:00.d. all classes begin at 10:00.8. a. the presentation will begin at noon. b. shell present her work to the man. c. shed like to invite the man for lunch. d. she suggests working on the presentation at 12:00.9. a. the dormitory hours.b. the problem with the rules. c. the door number of the dormitory.d. the time to open the dormitory.10. a. the chairs didnt need to be painted. b. he doesnt like the color of the chairs. c. the park could have avoided the problem. d. the woman should have been more careful.section b directions: 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. worriedb. surprised.c. satisfied.d. uninterested.12. a. it spoiled juanas reputation.b. it copied her ideas without permission. c. it bought juanas dishwashers.d. it wanted to share the dishwasher market.13. a. a successful business case.b. juanas waterless laundry. c. a case against a global company.d. the worldwide dishwasher market.questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. a. footprints.b. food.c. living insects.d. orange seeds.15. a. donttouch animals under any circumstances. b. dont take away any natural objects from the park. c. dont leave litter in the park or throw any off the boat. d. dont transport animals from one island to another.16. a. to protect the guides interest.b. to improve the unique environment. c. to ensure a trouble-free visit.d. to get rid of illegal behaviors.section cdirections: in section c, you will hear two longer conversations. the conversations will be read twice. after you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. (本题做在答题纸上)blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation:customs formdestination: contents in details:value:type of mail:weight:_17_18_$_19_20_1.5 poundsyour item must not contain any dangerous articles prohibited by postal regulations.write only one wordfor each blank.blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation:what is the mans oral report on?an _21_ woman.what kind of people are called refugees?those who _22_ to escape war or other problems.how many refugees are there worldwide?about _23_.what does the man think of ms. ogata?she is successful both in _24_.write no more than three words for each blank.ii. grammar and vocabularysection adirections: 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)libraries are my world. ive been a patron all my life, and for the past nine years i (25) _ (work) at multiple libraries and archives in and around detroit. the library (26) _ an institution has many roles, but as our country struggles through an economic crisis, i have watched the library where i work evolve into a career and business center, a community gathering place and a bastion for hope.in the spring of 2007 i got a library internship at the southfield public library, just north of detroit. summers at spl (27) _ (be) usually slow, but that year, we experienced a library that hustled and bustled like science-fair project week, midterms or tax season. yet patrons werent looking for mosbys nursing drug reference or 1040 forms. they were coming for information on entrepreneurship and growing their small business.i interpreted peoples interest in our business collection as the first step to (28) _ (pursue) their dreams, but these patrons were not motivated by dreams. they were responding to reality, and they were looking for plan b.things worsened in 2008, and in 2009 the economic crisis continues to suffocate michigan. last year, we put up a display with a variety of job resources that we restocked every hour. each night the library closed, the display was bare. (29) _ we normally keep displays up for a week, we kept the job resources display up for months.then theres the tightening credit market. people see the writing on the wall and they want to get educated. they cant afford a financial adviser, but checking books out is free. some of (30) _(popular) titles now are rich dad, poor dad, think and grow rich, and suze ormans 2009 action plan.the economic downturn affects us all. i have had to work long hours and dont get to see (31) _ of my boyfriend or experience any kind of social life lately, but i am thankful to be in a position where i can help people overcome this struggle. in michigan, we havent lost hope. (32) _ _ _ there are libraries here, there will always be hope.(b)its estimated that 300 million people in china are studying, or (33) _ (study), english. thats an impressive number and i cant think of any other country in the world where one quarter of the population is so dedicated to (34) _ (learn) a second language. but some people are questioning whether this “craze” for studying english is worthwhile. professor zhang shuhua of the chinese academy of social sciences says that too much emphasis is placed on learning english and that it is a waste of education resources as well as a threat to the study of chinese. he says that having english as a compulsory course in university “has distracted much of students attention (35) _ specialized subjects,” and that some students have been denied access to postgraduate education because they failed english. others have admitted that studying so much english has made them (36) _ (poor) chinese speakers. both of these criticisms are legitimate, but they beg the question of why so many chinese still want to learn english. english, (37) _ recognize, is the lingua franca of the modern world. it is the language of business and has become the language of international relations and culture. when people from different countries get together, they frequently speak in english rather than try to translate their native languages. it seems that everyone everywhere can speak at least some english. for china to be part of that international conversation, it is necessary that some level of english proficiency (38) _ be achieved. but what, you may ask, about those who will never speak a word of english once they leave school? well, for good or ill, they will still be surrounded by english. it is there in signs, in music, in movies and in the casual conversations they overhear of the increasing number of foreigners on the city streets. to know english is to be included in the rest of the world, (39) _ _ your world is limited to china. i agree with professor zhang on one point, (40) _. english should not be a compulsory subject in university. for most, passing the cet is just the endless drudgery of memorizing word lists. there is little emphasis placed on communication. and if you cant communicate in english after years of study in primary school, middle school and high school, a few more years in university probably wont help.section 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.wondersb. wayc.bared. detailse. learnedf.focusesg.cornerh. featurei.missedj.symbolk. maturefor writers in western cultures, autumn is a difficult season to describe. on the one hand, it is the end of the summer, and therefore a little sad. the nights draw in, and when you wake in the morning, theres mist and its cooler: winter is around the _41_. american writer ernest hemingway wrote in his book a moveable feast: “you expected to be sad in the fall. part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were _42_against the wind and the cold, wintry light.”on the other hand, autumn has its good side. there are so many changes in nature at this time of year, such as the reds and browns that the leaves change to, and the _43_ they fall from the trees. french writer albert camus even though autumn was a second spring: “autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” its a view you can also find in the most famous autumn poem in english literature, to autumn by john keats. in that poem keats says that the autumn has its own songs, just like spring.another autumn theme is wisdom. the arrival of the season is thought to be similar to a person becoming _44_. their summer peak may have been and gone, but old age has not yet come. at this time its thought that people have _45_ a thing or two about life. the great irish poet w.b. yeats takes up this theme in his poem the wild swans at coole. yeats puts together a picture for the reader out of the _46_ of the changing seasons in coole park in the west of ireland, a place he knew well. seeing and counting 59 swans, he remembers first making the count 19 years ago. he _47_ whether he can still love like the lover swans do.of course, many other themes and subject matters can play a part in the literature of autumn. for example, its the beginning of a new term of the school year. as you would expect, autumn can_48_ in writing for children and young people. but autumn writing usually _49_ on the changes in nature that we see, which writers often use as a _50_ for changes in human life.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 fits the context.after the college-board examinations in june, basil duke lee and five other boys from st. regis school _51_ the train for the west. two got out at pittsburgh, one slanted south toward st. louis and two stayed in chicago; from then on basil was alone. it was the first time in his life that he had ever felt the need of tranquility, but now he took long breaths of it; for, though things had gone better toward the end, he had had a / an _52_ year at school.he wore one of those extremely flat derbies (常礼帽) in vogue during the twelfth year of the century, and a blue business suit became a little too short for his constantly _53_ body. within he was by turns a disembodied (空洞的) spirit, almost _54_ of his person and moving in a mist of impressions and emotions, and a fiercely competitive individual trying _55_ to control the rush of events that were the steps in his own _56_ from child to man. he believed that everything was a matter of _57_ the current principle of american education and his fantastic _58_ was continually leading him to expect too much. he wanted to be a great athlete, popular, brilliant and always happy. during this year at school, where he had been punished for his “freshness,” for fifteen years of thorough spoiling at home, he had grown uselessly introspective, and this _59_ with that observation of others which is the beginning of wisdom. it was apparent that before he obtained much success in dealing with the world he would know that hed been in a fight.fifteen is of all ages the most difficult to _60_ to put ones fingers on and say, “thats the way i was.” and all one can know is that somewhere between thirteen, boyhoods _61_, and seventeen, when one is a sort of counterfeit young man, there is a time when youth _62_ hourly between one world and another pushed ceaselessly forward into unprecedented experiences and _63_ trying to struggle back to the days when nothing had to be _64_ for. fortunately none of our contemporaries remember much more than we do of how we behaved in those days; nevertheless the _65_ is about to be drawn aside for an inspection of basils madness that summer.51. a. boardedb. missedc. jumpedd.followed52. a. happyb. unhappyc.memorabled.favourable53. a. swellingb. bendingc. lengtheningd. strengthening54. a. awareb.fondc. criticald. unconscious55. a. randomlyb. desperatelyc. particularlyd. indifferently56. a. evolutionb. revolutionc. solutiond.introduction57. a. factb. opinionc. coursed. effort58. a. fashionb. ambitionc. characterd. treasure59. a. contactedb. associatedc. interferedd. smashed60. a. digestb.describec. deald. locate61. a. majorityb. minorityc. seniord. junior62. a. floatsb. variesc. fluctuatesd. ranges63. a. successfullyb. vainlyc. wildlyd. gently64. a. huntedb. providedc. compensatedd. paid65. a.curtainb. adolescencec. portraitd. ceilingsection bdirections: 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)there are people in italy who cant stand soccer. not all canadians love hockey. a similar situation exists in america, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. baseball to them means boring hours watching grown men in funny tight outfits standing around in a field staring away while very little of anything happens. they tell you its a game better suited to the 19th century, slow, quiet, gentlemanly. these are the same people you may be one of them who love football because theres the sport that glorifies “the hit”.by contrast, baseball seems abstract, cool, silent, still.on tv the game is fractured into a dozen perspectives, replays, close ups. the geometry of the game, however, is essential to understanding it. you will contemplate the game from one point as a painter does his subject; you may, of course, project yourself into the game. it is in this projection that the game affords so much space and time for involvement. the tv wont do it for you.take, for example, the third baseman. you sit behind the third base dugout and you watch him watching home plate. his legs are apart, knees flexed. his arms hang loose. he does a lot of this. the skeptic still cannot think of any other sports so still, so passive. but watch what happens every time the pitcher throws: the third baseman goes up on his toes, flexes his arms or brings the glove to a point in front of him, takes a step right or left, backward or forward, perhaps he glances across the field to check his first basemans position. suppose the pitch is a ball. “nothing happened,” you say. “i could have had my eyes closed.”the skeptic and the innocent must play the game. and this involvement in the stands is no more intellectual than listening to music is. watch the third baseman. smooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch the eyes of the batter, the speed of the bat, the sound of horsehide on wood. if football is a symphony of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber music, a spacious interlocking of notes, chores and responses.66. those who dont like baseball may complain that _.a. it is only to the taste of the oldb. it involves fewer players than footballc. it is not exciting enoughd. it is pretentious and looks funny67. the author admits that _.a. baseball is too peaceful for the youngb. baseball may seem boring when watched on tvc. football is more attracting than baseballd. baseball is more interesting than football68. by stating i could have had my eyes closed. the author means (4th paragraph last sentence):a. the third baseman would rather sleep than play the game.b. even if the third baseman closed his eyes a moment ago, it could make no difference to the result.c. the third baseman is so good at baseball that he could finish the game with eyes closed all the time and do his work well.d. the consequence was too bad he could not bear to see it.69. we can safely conclude that the author _.a. likes football b. hates footballc. hates baseball d. likes baseball(b)some of the worlds most significant problems never hit headlines. one example comes from agriculture. food riots and h