最新2015学年第一学期上海市11校高三联考英语试卷(2015年12月).

1、 2015学年度第一学期十一校联考 高三英语试卷 (150分)第I卷(103分)I. Listening Comprehension(30分)Directions: 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. Af

2、ter 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. Two hours.B. Half an hour. C. An hour.D. An hour and a half.2. A. She doesnt like either one.B. Its a difficult decision.

3、C. She doesnt agree with the man.D. Its unimportant which one to choose.3. A. A teacher.B. A shop assistant.C. A dentist.D. A bank clerk.4. A. She had a new computer.B. She watched the volleyball match online. C. She was busy in her office.D. She was uninterested in the match.5. A. She doesnt need a

4、ny break while typing.B. She will have coffee later. C. She doesnt like to have the discussion.D. She often has coffee before the discussion.6. A. She will go out for running. B. She needs £1 at the moment. C. She will go to the supermarket with the man. D. She needs some sugar.7. A. She change

5、d the reservation.B. She was late for the flight. C. She had an hour to go to the airport.D. She misunderstood the man.8. A. Stay in the garden.B. Join the man. C. Watch TV.D. Do some housework.9. A. He writes for the school.B. He learns painting. C. He teaches art.D. He paints for the school.10. A.

6、 She hasnt handed in her photo yet.B. She wonders where to pick up her card. C. The photo studio was closed.D. The library is out of service today.Section BDirections: 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

7、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. The topics are too broad.B. Th

8、e topic papers are too long. C. The topics arent original.D. The topic papers arent in the textbook style.12. A. To give students suggestions on what topic to choose.B. To help students to make proper revisions in their outlines. C. To set a final date when students must hand in the research papers.

9、D. To remind students of what they must include in the papers.13. A. The outlines can be written in students favourite style. B. The outline papers must cover at least six pages. C. Students must make clear their points at the beginning of their outlines. D. Students must hand in their final outline

10、s before the conference.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. At age one.B. At age two.C. At age five.D. At age seven.15. A. She is the first in her family to act in movies. B. She used to appear in many romantic tragedies. C. She once gave up acting for a long time. D. S

11、he is now an actress, a director and a producer.16. A. Her films.B. Her career.C. Her company.D. Her childhood.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 b

12、lanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Reservation FormName:Hamilton 17 CompanyHow many rooms:Three (one double and two 18 )How many nights:Four,

13、 from 19 30th till November 5thWay of payment:By bank 20 Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What did the woman watch last night?A program that was on 21 Channel last night.What did the woman say about insects

14、?They are the 22 on earth.Why are mosquitoes mentioned?To illustrate that insects are 23 .How do mosquitoes respond to insecticide?They change 24 II. Grammar and VocabularySection A(16分)Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically c

15、orrect. 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)Strange things happen when you travel The Johnson family expected to see some whales when they rented a boat to sail around the Austral

16、ian coast. But they didnt expect a 30-foot humpback whale to leap out of the ocean onto their boat. Amazingly, no one was seriously hurt, not even (25) whale.If you think thats unbelievable, how about the story of Roger Lausier? Aged four, he had wandered away from his mother on Salem beach, Massach

17、usetts and (26) (save) from drowning by a woman called Alice Blaise. After nine years, Roger was on the same beach when he saw a man fall overboard. Roger saved his life. The man turned out to be Alice Blaises husband.Some of the most unbelievable travel stories, it seems, are about a pet. Charlie,

18、a cat who decided to take a nap inside the engine of his neighbours car and was found after (27) (drive) 160 miles away. Luckily for him, he was completely unhurt.What about the things people lose and find when they are travelling? Rings top the list. In Hawaii, Ken Da Vico, who is a professional di

19、ver, claims (28) (find) about fifteen wedding rings a year in the sea. He returns many of them to their owners. (29) a fish eats the ring, there is still hope. There are many reports (30) rings are found years later inside the stomachs of sharks, and other kinds of fish. (B)The Worlds Best Restauran

20、tOne day, my colleague and I went to visit a factory in Marinjab. As we drove back along the long road, (31) of us were hungry and tired. Our only hope was of finding a small roadside café to have some weak tea and a little sugar.Just then we came to a village made of small huts with flat roofs

21、. Outside one of the many huts (32) (be) a sign, “ghahvehkhaneh” (café) so we went in. It was cool inside, and the owner came in from the back and greeted us. “Good afternoon,” he said, (33) perfect English. “My name is Hosseini. We do not usually get any foreigners here. It will be a pleasure

22、and an honour to prepare a meal for you.”A pale-faced lady appeared with a tablecloth, and some knives and forks, shortly followed by Mr Hosseini himself, (34) (carry) a couple of bowls of soup. (35) (make) with spinach and yoghurt, it was the most delicious soup I have ever eaten. Soon, the next co

23、urses arrived. We ate in silence, and finished with Turkish coffee. We asked Mr Hosseini how much it (36) (cost), and I can tell you it was astonishingly cheap. I told a lot of friends about the meal I had, but no one believed me. “How (37) you get such a meal in such a remote place?” an English eng

24、ineer friend asked me.A few months (38) (late), I returned on exactly the same route with this engineer friend. We reached the village but there was no sign of the café. It seemed (39) the building had never existed. We drove away disappointed. Naturally, my companion laughed at me. “You have a

25、 wonderful imagination,” he said. I dont have any explanation. I only know that I definitely had a meal in this village, in a café (40) , ever since, I have called “the worlds best restaurant”. Section B(10分)Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can

26、 only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. allowedB. broadcastC. checkedD. complaintsE. degradeF. entertainG. fictionalH. figuresI. remoteJ. seriesK. unpleasantReality TV began in the early 1980s, when a Japanese television company made a programme, Endurance. Starting wit

27、h thousands of contestants in the first show, the programme presenters made them do really difficult and 41 things in every episode (集). The presenters made fun of the contestants, too. Viewing 42 in Japan were enormous.In another reality TV programme, Survivor, sixteen people are taken to a(n) 43 i

28、sland and made to stay there for more than a month. They have to find their own food or go hungry. The producers let the contestants take one luxury item each. Every three days, one contestant must leave the island and the last person wins £1 million.Its not just adults who take part in these s

29、hows. A television 44 in Britain in 2003, Thatll teach em, took 30 teenagers and put them in a(n) 45 Kings school, where they lived for one month and received 1950s-style tuition. The pupils were made to wear thick 1950s school uniforms (including a school hat) during the hot summer and they had to

30、do a long run every day. “They made us have cold showers and we had to have our hands 46 every day to see if they were clean,” says one pupil. “We couldnt take anything from our modern lives into the school.” Although there was no prize money in this programme, the teenagers learned a lot from the e

31、xperience.In 2004, there was a programme in Britain where contestants were not 47 to sleep for seven days to try to win £97,000 prize money. The winner was 19-year-old Clare Southern. However, this programme had many 48 from viewers.But where will it stop? Programmes like this are 49 all over t

32、he world. But there are people who think that these programmes 50 both the contestants and the viewers, and feel that contestants are often made to do dangerous things to make good television.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A(15分)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four w

33、ords or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Think of three historical figures. What do you know about them? Where did you get your information from? The chances are that you either read it somewhere or someone who read it somewhere told

34、 you about it. Did you ever 51 who wrote down these facts? How can you be sure that they are 52 ? The thing is, many historical “facts” are not like what you know about them.Lets think about the 53 of America. Whats the first name that comes to mind? More than likely its Christopher Columbus. But is

35、 it the case? He had 54 to reach Asia and thats where he thought he was when he came to America. But there were many people there before him. The first ones were 55 the Native Americans, thousands of years before 1492. Even the Vikings had made a number of expeditions, with Leif Eriksson landing the

36、re in around 1000 A.D. Perhaps Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, was the discoverer of America. 56 , unlike Columbus before him, he was the first fifteen-century explorer to realize where he was, or rather, where he definitely wasnt. So, maybe the word “re-discover” is more 57 when it comes to

37、Columbus, if history is to give him any credit at all.Everyone believes such historical “facts” because, like you, they got them from what they thought was a 58 source. But how can such things be written down in the first place? One of the reasons must be that history is seldom “cut and dried”. The

38、events are often complicated and 59 . Another reason is that such “facts” always 60 a grain of truth. Columbus was not the first person to travel to America, but he was the first fifteen-century explorer to go there. His “re-discovery” was, from a historical point of view, extremely 61 for Europe si

39、nce his voyages opened up large-scale commerce between Europe and America.History has 62 been written by the winners. If the conquered peoples had written the history of the discovery of the New World, it would most probably have been very different, but not necessarily objective: the point of view

40、of the conquered can be just as 63 as the point of view of the conqueror. But that is not the 64 story. The writing of history depends not only on the “side” the writer is on, but also on the culture and attitudes of the era it is written in.History is always 65 . So, remember: when you read history

41、, take it with a pinch of salt.51. A. go overB. make upC. see toD. think about 52. A. completeB. funnyC. strangeD. true53. A. conquerB. developmentC. discoveryD. foundation54. A. gone onB. set outC. turned outD. taken on55. A. certainlyB. historicallyC. necessarilyD. unbelievably56. A. In additionB.

42、 After allC. To sum upD. For example57. A. accurateB. commonC. harmoniousD. familiar58. A. politicalB. secretC. reliableD. thorough59. A. messyB. clearC. properD. evil60. A. exhibitB. overlookC. abandonD. contain 61. A. pointlessB. significantC. troublesomeD. purposeful62. A. traditionallyB. excepti

43、onallyC. marvelouslyD. unconsciously63. A. impersonalB. changeableC. prejudicedD. thoughtful64. A. realB. wholeC. famousD. false65. A. inevitableB. importantC. unexpectedD. subjective Section B(24分)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfini

44、shed 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)Home to 8.2 million people, 36 percent of whom were born outside the United States, New York, known as the Big Apple, i

45、s the biggest city in America. Nearly twenty times bigger than the capital, Washington DC, you might expect New York to be twenty times more dangerous. Actually, its safer. Recent figures show that New York now has fewer crimes per 100,000 people than 193 other US cities. Its also healthier than it

46、used to be. For example, the smoking rate has gone down from 21.5 percent a few years ago, to 16.9 percent today.New Yorkers should be delighted, shouldnt they? In fact, many feel that New York is losing its identity. It used to be the city that never sleeps. These days its the city that never smoke

47、s, drinks or does anything naughty (at least, not in public). The Big Apple is quickly turning into the Forbidden Apple. If you decided to have a picnic in Central Park, youd need to be carefulif you decided to feed the birds with your sandwich, you could be arrested. Its banned. In many countries a

48、 mobile phone going off in the cinema is annoying. In New York its illegal. So is putting your bag on an empty seat in the subway. If you went to a bar for a drink and a cigarette, that would be OK, wouldnt it? Er no. You cant smoke in public in New York City. In fact, you cant smoke outdoors on the

49、 street or in parks either. The angry editor of Vanity Fair magazine, Graydon Carter, says, “Under New York City law it is acceptable to keep a gun in your place of work, but not an empty ashtray.” He should know. The police came to his office and took away his ashtray.But not all of New Yorks inhab

50、itants are complaining. Marcia Dugarry, seventy-two, said, “The city has changed for the better. If more cities had these laws, America would be a better place to live.” The new laws have helped turn the city into one of the healthiestand most pleasant places to live in Americavery different from it

51、s old image of a dirty and dangerous city. Its pavements are almost litter-free, its bars clean and its streets among Americas safest. Not putting your bag on subway seats might be a small price to pay.66. The author writes Paragraph 1 in order to tell the reader that New York is _. A. bigger than W

52、ashington D.C.B. the city with most immigrantsC. safer and healthierD. the most populated city in the U.S.67. Which of the following is forbidden by law in New York? A. Eating sandwich in the Central Park.B. Putting a bag on an empty subway seat. C. Turning on the sound of the mobile phone.D. Smokin

53、g at home.68. What does Graydon Carter imply? A. Some of New Yorks new laws are not reasonable. B. A gun is much easier to get than an ashtray. C. The police had no right to take away his ashtray. D. There should be a law to keep guns away from people.69. What is the authors attitude towards New Yor

54、ks new laws? A. Supportive.B. Negative.C. Neutral.D. Uninterested(B)With the price of DNA sequencing falling, and the increasing smartness of handheld electronics and point-of-care diagnostics, the prospect of personalised medicine fine-tuned to a patients genetic make-up no longer seems a far-off d

55、ream. Health apps are already giving the public unprecedented opportunities to monitor and manage their own fitness; in the future, were promised, technology and genomics (基因组学) will combine to change the patients experience.As major projects like UK governments 100,000 Genomes Project gear up to pr

56、ovide the fundamental medical science this future will need, what differences will this new era of personalised healthcare delivera medicine for our ills, or a Pandoras Box?And are weand our health servicesready for it?70. All of the following are very likely to be invited to the debate advertised above EXCEPT _. A. doctorsB. biologistsC. engineersD. accountants71. What is the topic of the debate? A. The reason why reading our genes wont be as expensive as it is now. B. The changes that personlised healthcare may bring about. C. How health apps will become in the fut