黄浦区2017学年度第一学期高三年级期终调研测试
英 语 试 卷
（完卷时间： 120分钟 满分： 140分）
2017年12月15日上午
第I卷（共100分）
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. Before dinner. B. During the meal.
C. After dinner. D. Tomorrow evening. 2. A. In a hotel. B. At a bus station.
C. In a cinema. D. At an airport. 3. A. Salesman and customer. B. Boss and secretary.
C. Doctor and patient. D. Doctor and nurse. 4. A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. D. 7. 5. A. The lecture. B. The heat.
C. The workload. D. The air quality. 6. A. Confident. B. Nervous. C. Uninterested. D. Annoyed. 7. A. Visit the company. B. Re-write his resumé.
C. Get a job on campus. D. Apply for a job with PICC. 8. A. He is fearless. B. He is forgetful.
C. He is helpful. D. He is thoughtful. 9. A. Talking about sports. B. Writing up local news.
C. Reading newspapers. D. Putting up advertisements. 10. A. She expects to see him soon. B. She agrees with the man.
C. She doesn‘t believe he can do it. D. She will work for the library.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear one longer conversation and two short passages. After each conversation or passage, you will be asked several questions. The conversation and 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 14 are based on the following conversation. 11. A. The scientific steps to write a paper.
B. A funny story that they read recently.
C. An assignment of a creative writing course. D. A detective case that was just finished. 12. A. She encountered a bottleneck when writing a story.
B. She was happy that she finished the story easily. C. She was expected to finish the story in a month. D. She decided to give up the story eventually. 13. A. Change to another topic.
B. Give the story an ending first.
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C. Do work for another course. 14. A. Buy jewels for her mother.
D. Write everything occurring to her. B. Locate the security camera. D. Rob a jewelry store for ideas.
C. Do some research for her writing.
Questions 15 through 17 are based on the following passage. 15. A. They don‘t attach importance to scores.
C. They will take place next week.
16. A. To inspire young people to practice more.
B. To encourage young people to be creative. C. To motivate young people to keep learning. D. To urge young people to start up companies. 17. A. To bring more economic benefits.
Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following passage. 18. A. More communication with others.
C. Revealing of determination. 19. A. Depression and isolation.
C. Lack of sleep.
B. Construction of the life journey. D. Loss of the social identity. B. Walking around the corner. D. Getting impatient.
B. To help students memorize better. D. To develop teachers‘ multi-skills.
C. To change the present education system.
B. They attract fewer and fewer students. D. They will no longer exist.
20. A. Making it possible to get a pay rise.
B. Providing people with new business.
C. Giving people time to think about their life again. D. Helping people to find jobs based on their hobbies.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Directions: After reading the passage 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.
Norway is Teaching Travelers to Travel
After 15 people died during Easter in 1967, the Norwegian Trekking Association and the Red Cross announced their campaign ?Welcome to the mountains, but be responsible‘. Fjellvettreglene, the ?mountain code‘ (21) ______ encourages people to have a healthy and respectful relationship with nature, has since become a crucial part of Norwegian culture. It includes points such as bringing necessary equipment (22) ______ (assist) yourself and others, seeking shelter if necessary and feeling no shame in turning around.
Nationally, Norway (23) ______ (experience) an 11% increase in tourism in the past decade. From just 1,000 tourists in the whole of 2010, Trolltunga, a piece of rock that stands horizontally out of the mountain, (24) ______ (see) 1,800 visitors in one 2017 day alone. Why? Because people want the same picture they see on Instagram and Facebook. A lot don‘t care about the experience of the hike. They just want proof (25) ______ they did it. But, while good for the economy, this tourism boom has become a threat (26) ______ Norway‘s natural environment.
Used toilet paper, (27) ______ (abandon) tents and plastic bottles can be found littered all around Trolltunga. And with the high amount of people who come unprepared for such an active hike, Norway‘s leading hiking group, Friluftsliv, also has called for regulations on the number of tourists (28) ______ (hike) to Trolltunga. Lasse Heimdal, leader of the outdoor organization said, ―On a busy day, you may have to wait in
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line for an hour and a half just to get a picture. To control this, we‘d like to regulate (29) ______ _____ people can hike in a day. Starting hike times should also have regulations so people don‘t start too late and find (30) ______ stuck up here.‖
Section B
Directions: 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. accommodation B. annual C. decline D. destination E. diners G. ingredients H. precisely I. ranked J. remote K. talented F. hosted World’s Best Restaurant The Black Swan, a rural pub in England has been named ―the world‘s best restaurant‖ by TripAdvisor. After scoring up positive feedback, the review website 31 the pub over fine dining establishments from New York to Paris in its 32 Travelers' Choice awards. So what‘s it got going for it? Firstly, this isn‘t some backwater pub enjoying in insignificance. Tommy Banks, a(n) 33 young cook, is already a TV regular in the UK and has had a Michelin star to his name since becoming the youngest receiver ever in 2013 at the age of 24. Secondly, it's not really a pub anymore. Like many rural UK pubs, the Black Swan had been in 34 for many years before 2006, when Banks' family took over. After their attempts to run it as a pub struggled, they decided to make it a dining 35 . It now operates as both restaurant and fashionable 36 , offering food-and-stay packages that help draw customers to its truly 37 location. It's usually booked up well in advance with 38 coming from near and far. During CNN's visit, neighboring tables included a couple on an overnight break from their kids. Another 39 two of the Banks brothers' old school teachers, on a trip up from York— 40 the kind of crowd that have helped lift the Black Swan to TripAdvisor glory.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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.
Could Buying Paintings Make You Rich?
Is investing in paintings a good way to get rich fast? And how should you invest in art?
―With extreme 41 ‖ is the advice of Patrick Connolly, a financial adviser. ―We don‘t 42 our customers to invest in art because the downsides are greater than the upsides. It doesn't produce income or earnings. What you 43 is exclusively based on supply and demand, and there are big movements upwards or downwards if there are changes in the economic environment,‖ he said.
To invest in art as a true investment, you need a starting fund of at least $5,000. But it‘s not just about having enough 44 to buy the painting in the first place. Expensive works of art are often stored in protective boxes complete with detectors to monitor humidity and temperature levels, and to protect them from sun damage or other 45 such as a spilled cup of coffee. And if you do put it on your wall, then your insurance costs are likely to be high. If word gets out that you have expensive art hanging on your wall, t
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上海市黄浦区2017-2018学年度高三第一学期期终调研测试英语试题
