2019学年第一学期学习能力诊断卷
高三英语 试卷
（满分140分，考试时间120分钟） 2019.12
I. Listening Comprehension Section A
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. 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. Buying a handbag. B. Trying on a piece of clothing.
C. Taking a picture. D. Attending a fashion show. 2. A. To the library. B. To the school. C. To the cafeteria. D. To the cinema. 3. A. Make a budget. B. Buy the painting.
C. Decorate the living room. D. Bargain with the art dealer. 4. A. She didn’t get the promotion. B. She doesn’t look attractive.
C. She is not in good mood. D. She can’t stand foggy days. 5. A. The man needs to arrive earlier. B. The woman has to work overtime.
C. The woman dislikes air travel. D. The man wants to save money. 6. A. He has earned a big fortune. B. He is good at saving.
C. He has little money. D. He spends money like water. 7. A. He didn’t attend the ceremony. B. He took a lot of precious pictures. C. He forgot to take his cell phone. D. His recorded the ceremony with his camera. 8. A. Set a deadline for the staff to meet. B. Encourage his staff to work harder.
C. Ask for a progress report on the project. D. Hold a conversation with his employees. 9. A. He doesn’t need a vacation. B. The company is short of hands.
C. He is afraid of losing the job. D. The boss told him to take a chance. 10. A. No seats are available now. B. It’s not the right time to enter.
C. It’s too dark for him to find the seat. D. She can’t get in until the interview ends.
Section B
Directions: In 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 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. More cheerful. B. Less stressed. C. More resolute. D. Less attractive. 12. A. To find out how clothes can affect people’s feelings.
B. To show how scientists pay more attention to details. C. To prove people make fewer mistakes in lab coats. D. To test the effect of clothes on people’s attention.
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13. A. Body movements change the way people think.
B. How people dress can change their appearance. C. What people wear can affect their performance. D. People doing different jobs wear different clothes.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Experts who specialize in preventing natural disasters.
B. People trained to respond to medical emergencies. C. Super heroes devoted to defending the earth.
D. Doctors and nurses who provide medical services. 15. A. Decent and promising. B. Busy but secure.
C. Tough and stressful. D. Demanding but well-paid. 16. A. Passing a physical training program. B. Getting a certificate in CPR (心肺复苏术).
C. Possessing a medical school diploma. D. Keeping calm in any situation.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. 18-26. B. 27-35. 18. A. Jogging. B. Swimming. 19. A. Launch a new promotion campaign.
C. Increase the production of athletic shoes. 20. A. Make products more appealing.
C. Focus on fitness business. II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: 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 word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Once upon a time ...
Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers. At school they met a wise man who led them to a treasure — a library of old books with tales more fascinating than any they had ever heard. (21) _________(inspire), the brothers began collecting their own stories, listening to the folktales people told them. Soon they produced their own treasure — a book of fairy tales that would charm millions in faraway lands for generations (22) ________(come).
The brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, named their story collection Children’s and Household Tales and published it in Germany in 1812. The collection (23)________(translate) into more than 160 languages up to now. The stories and their characters continue to feature in virtually every media: theatre, opera, comic books, movies, paintings, rock music, advertising and fashion.
Such fame would have shocked the modest Grimms. During their lifetimes the collection (24)________(sell) few copies in Germany. The early editions were not even aimed at children. They had no illustrations, and scholarly footnotes took up almost as much space as the tales (25) __________. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began their work at a time (26)__________ Germany had been occupied by the French under Napoleon. The new rulers restricted local culture. As young scholars, the brothers Grimm began to work on the fairy tale collection in order to save the endangered oral storytelling tradition of Germany.
(27)_______ the brothers implied that they were just keeping records of tales, Wilhelm continued to polish and reshape the stories up to the final edition of 1857. In an effort to make them more acceptable to children and their parents,
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C. 36-45. D. 46-55. C. Tennis. D. Cycling. B. Carry out another survey.
D. Hold more athletic competitions. B. Follow the trend.
D. Target older customers.
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