2019-2020学年杨浦区高三上英语期中考试

1、杨浦区2019学年度第一学期高三期中质量调研英语学科试卷2019.11考生注意：.考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。.本次考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。.务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上。1. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation

2、, 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.A. At a hospital

3、. B. At a sports shop. C. At a gym.D. At a cafe.A. No train going to her village is in operation now.A car crash caused the cancellation of all trains.It is her turn to be on night shift in the office.She failed to catch the train back to the village in time.A. Jason s view on global warming was of

4、great importance.Jason s article on global warming was well-written.Jason shouldn t have been so critical of global warming.Jason s article leaves no room for further discussion.A. Give up on the projectC. Go for an outdoor activityA. Puzzled B. AnnoyedA. Customer and serverC. Chef and assistantBook

5、 a weekend trip to a resort.D. Work on something less stressful.Excited. D. Scared.B. Manager and employee.Accountant and cashier.A. A meeting of two friends has been arranged.A most surprising coincidence has occurred.A small neighborhood has seen great changes.The unbelievable incident happened a

6、long time ago.A. Dan s office is holding a late-night party.Dan often goes to the pub after late shift.Dan is unhappy about having to work tonight.Dan doesn t mind doing the late shift.A. Bob s is the wrong place to taste real Greek foodSalt& Pepper is designed to trick tourists.1 / 14It is difficul

7、t to cook tasty Greek food.Food tasting is an important part of the tour.A. He regretted not preparing well for the interview.He didn t have the right qualifications for the job.He was angry about being insulted at the job interview.He should have been considered for the job.Section BDirections: In

8、Section B , you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four po

9、ssible 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,A. 24,000.B. 2500.C. 35,000.D. 49,000.A. iTrash is capable of recycling half of household waste in Taiwan.iTrash is aimed to take waste

10、 treatment in Taiwan to a new level.Household garbage is banned from being thrown into the iTrash.iTrash is a smart machine that recycles garbage automatically.A. People are awarded money as stimulus for recyclable items.People are given a free public transportation smartcard.People are encouraged t

11、o recycle around the clock.People are entitled to credits which can later be cashed in.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.A. Recording how long the snow lasts.Spotting where the snow is the thickest.Hunting the snow that hasn t melted yet.Tracking the snow that remains unpoll

12、uted.A. He earns extra money by snow hunting.He wants to help battle climate change.He considers it a good form of exercise.He is fascinated at the sight of snow melting.A. Since 2000, snow melting has occurred three times faster than since 1840.Snow first disappeared from the whole of Scotlands mou

13、ntains in 1840.Half of the recorded snow melting has happened in the past 20 years or so.Records of snow-hunting didn t come into being until the end of 20th century.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.A. It contains rare minerals and salts.B. It boasts certain health ben

14、efits.C. The brand is most advertised on TV .D. It has a wide range of prices.A. Taste tests run by the manufacturers.A campaign launched by Green Life.2 / 14Advertisements paid for by the manufacturers.Advertisers who prefer top brands of bottled water.A. It is beneficial to health.B. It is more po

15、pular than Cola.C. It is enriched with minerals.D. It is safer to drink than bottled water.A. Jack is convinced that bottled water is not necessarily better.Jack refuses to believe that bottled water is less superior in taste.Jack is still doubtful whether he should stop buying bottled water.Jack is

16、 concerned that the bottled water will cause plastic pollution.Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given

17、 word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Phone-surfing Results in More PurchasesLeaving your mobile phone at home when you go shopping could prevent mindless overspending, a new study suggests. Research from the University of Bath discovered that when people are distracted

18、 by their mobiles during a trip to the supermarket their shopping bills (21)rise by an average of 41 per cent. Attention-weakening devices also encourage shoppers to wander along more shelves, (22)they come across more products.In one study, 294 people aged between 18 and 73 at four Swedish supermar

19、kets wore eye-tracking glasses throughout a shopping trip to measure where they went and (23)they looked at. Their receipts were then used (24)(assess) their spending. Those using a mobile phone spent on average3 33.73 compared to2 23.91 for those who did not.A second study of 117 shoppers found tho

20、se with mobile phones spent longer in the store, (25)(give) more attention to shelves. They also spent an average of3 36. This study found shoppers using a mobile phone spent(3 36.16 on 20.85 items, compared to2 25.59 on 13.22 products.Dr Carl-Philip Ahlbom, of the University of Bath s School of Man

21、agement said:a Business owners hworry that mobiles distract shoppers from spending money, (26)we were amazed to find completely the reverse effect. The findings were very clear - the more time you spend on your phone, the more money you“So if you re trying to bu(28e_(leave) your phone in your pocket

22、. Its not the phone (29)thatcauses more purchases, but its impact on our focus. Researchers believe people spend more because using a phone distracts people from their (30)(plan) lists. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once.

23、Note that there is one word more than you need.A. complications B. immediateC. undergoneD. seriouslyE. assumingF. addressG.tradeH. coveredI. switchJ. apparentlyK. offerHave you ever looked at someone else s life,wjthseenpugh envy that you wish for a moment or two (orlonger) that you could be them? A

24、re there moments when, if the opportunity to be them were on 31, you might3 / 14 be tempted by it?Would we really want this? And what might we learn about ourselves or how we see our lives if we 32_considered it? To be sure, there are 33 here. If you had someone else s life, who would raise youiyour

25、 spouse or take care of your parents in their old age?In fact, if you were someone else your own children would not have come into existence in the first place. That happy thought. To 34 this, perhaps the best way to cast this is in terms of a trade: If you had their life then theywould have yours,

26、and live it exactly as you would have. Your responsibilities would be 35, so there would benothing to feel guilty about.If we think of it this way, then the question of wanting to be someone else is a question of what we might call experience: Is there anybody else whose experience of life you would

27、 prefer,36 everything else would be equal? One 37 concern about wanting someone else s experience is that my desire to be someone else is grounded invalues and desires that 1 have, and so I have to be me in order to want to be him. However, it s iany real obstacle to such a desire. The fact is that

28、there would be at least enough overlap （ 重叠）with them that they are exemplifying my values and desires but have a better experience than I do. So I can still prefer to be them.I think that, on reflection, most of us would not want to 38 with another person, no matter how successfulor tempting their

29、lives seem. To see why, though, we ll need to 39 our angle of vision. We will have to locown experiences rather than at theirs, or perhaps look at our experiences first. What would I be willing to give up to be another? My relationships with everyone children, spouse, friends and my whole history. I

30、 wouldnit. My loss would be that of the whole of my own experience.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.It has been one of the dead

31、liest climbing seasons on Everest, with at least 10 deaths. And at least some seem to have been 41.The problem hasn t bavoilanches （雪崩）,blizzards or high winds. Experienced climbers and industry leaders42 too many people on the mountain, in general, and too many inexperienced climbers, in particular

32、.Fly-by-night adventure companies are taking up untrained climbers who pose a risk to everyone on the mountain.And the Nepalese government,43 for every climbing dollar it can get, has issued more permits than Everest cansafely 44, some experienced mountaineers say.Add to that Everest s unmatched 45

33、to a growing body of thrill-seekers the world over. And the fact thatNepal, one of Asians poorest nations and the site of most Everest climbs, has a long record of bad regulations and mismanagement.To reach the peak, climbers 46 every pound of equipment they can and take with them just enough cans o

34、fcompressed oxygen to make it to the top and back down. It is hard to think straight at that altitude （海拔）According to the climbers, some of the deaths this year were caused by people getting held up in the long lines on the last 1,000 feet or so of the climb, unable to get up and down fast enough t

35、o 47_ their oxygen supply. Others weresimply not fit enough to be on the mountain 48.Nepal has no 49 rules about who can climb Everest, and experienced climbers say that is a direct reason for4 / 1450.“ You have to reach certain standards to do the Ironman,“ said Alan Arnett, a remarkable Everestyou

36、 don t have to 51 to climb the highest mountain in the world? What s wrong with this picture?The last time 10 or more people died on Everest was in 2015, during an avalanche. By some measures, the Everest machine has only gotten more out of 52. Last year, experienced climbers, insurance companies an

37、d news organizations 53 a far-reaching scheme by guides, helicopter companies and hospitals to trick millions of dollarsfrom insurance companies by evacuating （疏散）climbers with 54 signs of altitude sickness.Despite all the problems, this year the Nepali government issued a record number of permits,

38、381, as part of a bigger55 to commercialize the mountain. Climbers say the permit numbers have been going up steadily each year andthat this year the traffic jams were heavier than ever.41. A. recognizableB. sustainableC. avoidableD.feasible42. A. burdenB. blameC. borderD.balance43. A. hungryB. crit

39、icalC. jealousyD.hesitant44. A. favorB. extendC. grantD.handle45. A. appealB. adjustmentC. adaptionD. agreement46. A. catch sight ofB. make use ofC. get rid ofD.take hold of47. A. removeB. refillC. recycleD.release48. A. for the first timeB. at long lastC. from time to timeD. in the first place49. A

40、. strictB. socialC. scientificD.creative50. A. discomfortB. decayC. disadvantageD.disaster51. A. manageB. qualifyC. promiseD.schedule52. A. contactB. touchC. controlD.power53. A. activatedB. exposedC. introducedD.dismissed54. A. inferiorB. minorC. superiorD. major55. A. pushB. prospectC. patternD. p

41、atentSection 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）A fa

42、mily in Edinburgh has discovered that an old chess piece they kept in a drawer for 55 years is a long-lostpart of a medieval （中世纪的） chess set. The piece was bought by their grandfather for 5 from an antique dEdinburgh in 1964. It is estimated that it could now sell forauction（捅骂 miltliisnDae of five

43、 missing piecesfrom the Lewis Chessmen, a set of medieval chess pieces that were found in a sand hill on the Isle of Lewis, off Scotland west coast, in 1831.The piece is 8.8 centimeters tall and made from walrus ivory, a rare material in those days. It is warder, which is a prison guard, with a helm

44、et, shield and sword. This piece would be the same as a rook（车）,or castle in a modern chess set.The family, who don t want to make their name public, explained how their grandfather was unaware of the piece importance when he bought it in 1964. After he died, it was looked after by his daughter, who

45、 believed that it had magical 5 / 14qualities. They finally realized how important the piece was when it was examined by Alexander Kader, an expert at Sotheby s auction house in London.The Lewis Chessmen are famous all over the world. The set is split between the National Museum of Scotland in Edinb

46、urgh, and the British Museum in London, attracting lots of visitors. They are thought to have been made in Trondheim, Norway, between AD 1150 and 1200, and were probably buried on Lewis for safekeeping on their way to being sold in Ireland. Nobody really knows for sure why they were buried there or

47、how they were discovered.HoThe piece will go on display in Edinburgh and then London before its auction on 2 July. It is expected to either be bought by, or loaned to, a museum. Kader says there are still four missing pieces out there, 150 years for one to show up.”Which of the following is TRUE abo

48、ut the Lewis Chessmen?A. It has a history of 55 years.B. It consists of 5 missing chesses.C. It is made from walrus ivory.D. It is the equivalent of a rook.People are most likely to see the Lewis Chessmen.A. in a sand hillB. in the museumsC. in a family drawerD. at an auction houseWhy did the daught

49、er keep the chess piece for so many years?She was honoring her late grandfather s wish.She knew it had certain historical value.C She didn t want to make its existence public.D. She thought it had some mysterious power-What can be inferred from the last paragraph?Where the chess piece will end up re

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