2017年上海闵行区高三英语一模试卷和答案

1、百度文库-让每个人平等地提升自我2016-2017学年第一学期高三英语教学质量检测试卷英语试卷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 conversations and the questions will be spoken on

2、ly 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.16B. It's overcrowded.C. It's empty.1. A. A postman.B. A policeman.2. A. $50.B. $75.3. A. It's delayed.C.

3、 A delivery man.D. A taxi driver.C. $150.D. $200.D. It's cancelled.B. Having a meeting.D. Making some coffee.4. A. She has never talked in public.C. She enjoys serious moments.5. A. Finishing the lunch.C. Arranging the room.6. A. By going on a diet.C. By having fewer meals.7. A. The man doesn

4、9;t have a good memory.C. The man lost the chocolate in the kitchen.8. A. The man shouldn't go for the interview.C. The man can send the resume out.9. A. Finish the paper before meeting his professor.B. She probably is poor at giving speeches.D. She wants to give up the public speech.B. By doing

5、 physical exercise.D. By eating fruit and vegetables.B. The man shouldn't have bought the chocolate.D. The man's son has taken the chocolate.B. The man's resume is not well-prepared.D. The man should get ready for the interview.B. Shorten his paper into a 3000-word article.C. Get a new a

6、nd more specific topic for his paper.D.Ask his professor's help on hischoice of topics10. A. He will remain in his current job.B.He is quite satisfied with his job.C. He will ask for a higher salary.D.He can never find a better job.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passa

7、ges and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and 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 o

8、ne would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Public education against smoking is lacking.B. There is no campaign against smoking.C. There are no rules regarding smoking.D. That smokers ignore the rules about smoking.12.

9、A. It made her respect smokers in the United States.B. It made her think that smoking rules need to be changed.C. It made her want to be more polite towards nonsmokers.D. It made her more tolerant to smoker behavior.13. A. It's no easy job to stop people smoking in Europe.B. There should be seve

10、rer rules against smoking in Europe.C. We should take non-smokers 'rights into consideration.D. The speaker changed the attitude towards different smokersQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. The weight of the boxes moving across the stage.B. The number of times of repea

11、ting the process.C. The size of the objects shown on the stage.D. The shape of the cubes used in the show.15. A. Girls seem to be able to reason earlier than boys.B. Boys enjoy playing with cubes more than girls.C. Girls tend to get excited more easily than boys.B. They talk at an earlier age.D. The

12、y have a different brain pattern.B. A professor's lecture.D. A jewelry store robbery.D. Boys pay more attention to moving objects than girls.16. A. They are easy to be nervous.C. They are better at physical activities.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following passage.17. A. A detective

13、story.C. A class assignment.18. A. She was involved in a jewelry store robbery.B. She had trouble finishing her assignment.C. She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.D. She was taking too many courses.19. A. Take some extra time.C. Do some work for another course.20. A. To do researc

14、h for her story. C. To meet her professor.B. Put down whatever ideas she has first.D. Write the story ending first.B. To go shopping.D. To take a break from her work.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and

15、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.Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recyclin

16、g in the home is very important of course. However, (21)(force) to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better (22)we did not need to bring so much material home in t

17、he first place.The total amount of packaging increased (23) 12% between 1999 and 2005. A large number of companies believe that they can attract customers' attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus (24)(gain) more profits.Too much packaging is doing dama

18、ge to the environment. If such packaging (25)(burn), it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, (26) the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is aserious problem, too. Too many supermarket

19、s encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea (27)this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with q

20、uality. We have learned to think that (28)without packaging is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, (29)often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just

21、 how much unnecessary materials are collecting. However, despite the ongoing campaigns (30)(promote) consumers' green awareness, we still have a long way to go.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is o

22、ne word more than you need.A. equalB. demandingC. benefitsD. employE. reachF. increaseG. accessH. conveyI .conditionsJ. superiorK. approachedThere is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. Thus we can 31 the word reading "in two distinct senses.The first sens

23、e is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. We can get 32 to the content of those materials easily. Such materials may increase our store of information,but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don't have any difficulty in gaining the newinformation, f

24、or our understanding was 33 to them before we started. Otherwise, we would havefelt the shock of puzzlement.The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writ

25、er is communicating something that can 34 the reader 's understanding. Such communication between unequals mustbe possible. Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here learning " means understanding more, not remembering more information.What are the 35 in this kind of reading

26、? First, there is inequality in understanding. Thewriter must be 36" to the reader in understanding. Besides, his book must 37 something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to 38 the sa

27、me level of understanding withthe writer. If the equality is 39, success of communication is achieved.Besides gaining information and understanding, there 's another goal of reading - entertainment. It is the least 40 and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can re

28、adfor entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.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

29、each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Celebrities, in other word, famous people, have become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrit

30、y attached to a specific 41. Besides, fashion magazines have almost 42 the practice of putting models on the cover because they don't sell nearly as wellas famous faces.43, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others' products to

31、 developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines aren't a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the 44 consum ers, while today they ' re starteddby曲sttars whose products enjoyequal fame with some world top 45. The most successful start-ups have been those by c

32、elebritieswith specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale 46, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there' s aningatele wfaa celebrity who 47 hisconsumer appeal. No matter h

33、ow famous the prod uct ' s origin is, if it 48 to impress consumerswith its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial attention dies down, consumer interest might fade,49 returning to labels which have proved to bereliable.Today, celebrit

34、ies face even more severe 50. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger thanever, but its rate of turnover （逆转）has 51 as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity 'sshelf life and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him 52 has no problem severelycriticizing him and taking eve

35、rything from him when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego's（自我的） potential for 53 is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, manycelebrities see 54 as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failurealways go hand in hand. Their succe

36、ss as designers might last only a short time and as a matter of fact, fashion - like celebrity - has always been 55. So the next time celebrities introduce their lines offashion, let ' s just wait and see how long they will stay.41. A. filmB. characterC. productD. magazine42. A. abandonedB. prom

37、otedC.enhancedD. developed43. A. All in allB. As a resultC. Above allD. On the contrary44. A. wealthyB. famousC. specialD. ordinary45. A. technologiesB. brandsC. studiosD. producers46. A. rapidlyB. moderatelyC. reluctantlyD. carefully47. A. ignoredB. disapprovedC. overvaluedD. estimated48. A. intend

38、sB. failsC. managesD. strengthens49. A. loyaltyB. promotionC. regretD. disappointment50. A. depressionB. failureC. punishmentD. embarrassment51. A. slowed downB. called offC.speeded upD. faded away52. A. fameB. fortuneC. troubleD. risk53. A. informationB. knowledgeC. reputationD. expansion54. A. aud

39、ienceB. fashionC. charmD. performance55. A. admirableB. productiveC. temporaryD. respectableSection 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 tha

40、t fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)They swim lovely along the shore, looking for underwater greens to feed on. But these days, along Florida's western coast, something is mixing with the sea grass thatmanatees(海牛)like to eat. And it 'smaking t

41、hem sick - even killing them.It ' aspoisonous form of algae, usually called “redide "because of its color. Algae are plant-like organisms that live mainly in water. Most are harmless, but not red tide. When it gets mixed in with the grass and the manatees eatit, they get so sick that they c

42、an' t even swim.They're basically paralyzed(瘫痪的),and they become unconscious/' said Virginia Edmonds, an animal care manager. Manatees are mammals and they need to surface often to breathe in air. If a manatee is paralyzed, it can't swim and will drown.As of Monday, the current red t

43、ide outbreak has killed at least 174 manatees since the beginning of this year. That has already beaten Florida-high 'nusmecofdr manatee deaths in a single year - andwe still have nearly nine months to go!The experts aren ' t sure when the red tide outbreak will end. So many more manatees ar

44、e in danger. The situation has gotten so desperate that Florida zoos have rescued at least a dozen manatees. You can find manatees anywhere from Brazil up to Florida - and throughout much of the Caribbean Sea.In fact, the manatee is officially considered an endangered species. Thanks to the US gover

45、nment protection, Florida ' s manateteopopas grown to approximately 5,000 in recent years. But the red tide is threatening their survival. Some experts suspect that pollution from farms even might be fueling the red tide outbreak, because fertilizer that ' used on farms often winds up in wat

46、er. And when that fertilized water runs off into the Gulf of Mexico, it makes things grow faster - just like on land.56. The word them” (in the 1st paragraph) probably refers to ”.A. underwater greensB. algaeC. manateesD. endangered animals57. We can learn from the passage that the red tide.A. cause

47、s 174 manatees ' deaths every month B. disables manatees ' ability to surface to breathe C. has destroyed most of the underwater greens D. helps to fertilize farm lands58. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. The experts ' efforts to keep the red tide from spreading.

48、B. The potential cause of the expansion of the red tide.C. The present situation of manatees in Florida.D. The deadly effect of the poisonous red tide on manatees.59. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The red tide has been changing the manatees' habitant.B. The manatee is officially an

49、endangered species.C. More efforts should be made to save the manatees.D. The red tide has been threatening the manatees.(B)For centuries, mankind and dogs have suffered from a communication failure. We can tell dogs what we want them to do and sometimes they comply, but we' vealw ays struggled

50、when it comes to understanding the true meaning of their barks and whimpers. There is exciting news now - a dog translator called body harness (see the picture) has been invented to help you communicate with your furry friend. HOW IT WORKSThe platform itself is a harness that fits comfortably onto t

51、he dog, and which is equipped with a variety of technologies.Wireless sensors can determine when they' re sitting, standing, running, etc, even when theysight.The team developed software to collect, interpret and communicate those data, and to translate human requests into signals on the harness

52、 through speakers and vibrating motors.WHAT S FORThe harness could be used to train pets, guide dogs and other working animals.Sensors on the harness monitor the dog ' s heart rate and body temperature.The sensor-packed harness can sense the animal 'movement, and the sounds it makes, letting

53、 the owner knows how they feel.Speakers and vibrating pads in the harness also allow owners to“talk back " to their animals.The harness is also intended for dogs involved in search and rescue and other front-line work.D. attack60. The word comply" in the first paragraph probably meansA. sh

54、outB. obeyC. disappear61. Which of the following is NOT the intension of the harness?A. To create a better communication between dogs and human.B. To enable the dogs to do demanding jobs.C. To transfer human thoughts to the dogs by means of technology.D. To monitor dog ' s commiiivedaehaviors.62

55、. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?A. New platform: for better performances of dogs.B. Harness: a two-way communication device.C. Dog care: a completely new way possible.D. Technology: toward healthier life of dogs.(C)Books, Films and PlaysThe novelist medium is t

56、he written word. One might almost say the printed word. Typically the novel is consumed by a silent, individual reader, who may be anywhere at the time. The paperback novel is still the cheapest, most portable and adaptable form of narrative entertainment. It is limited to a single channel of inform

57、ation - writing. The narrative can go, effortlessly, anywhere: into space, people palaces, prisons and pyramids, without any consideration of cost or practical possibility. In determining the shape and content of his narrative, the writer is restricted by nothing except purely artistic criteria （评判标

58、 准）.The novelist keeps absolute control over his text until it is published and received by the audience. He may be advised by his editor to revise his text, but if the writer refused to meet this condition no one would be surprised. It is not unknown for a well-established novelist to deliver his or her manuscript （手稿）and expect the publisher to print it exactly as written.However, not even the most well-established playwright or screenplay writer wouldsubmit（提交）ascript and expect it to be performed without any rewriting. This is because plays and motion pictures are cooperative forms