金山区2017学年第一学期质量监控
高三英语试卷
（时间120分钟，分值140分）
2017年12月
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. At home. B. In a hotel. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
C. In a library.
A. Librarian and reader. C. Boss and secretary.
A. Tuesday. C. Friday.
A. The museum schedule. C. A part-time job.
A. Stop the bus. C. Cross the street.
A. Reasonable. C. Serious.
A. Move to a neat dormitory. C. Clean the room with the roommate.
A. He talks too fast. C. He likes to use big words.
D. At a bank.
B. Teacher and student. D. Shop-assistant and customer.
B. Thursday. D. Saturday.
B. Library hours. D. School hours.
B. Walk to the zoo. D. Call the police. B. Bright. D. Ridiculous.
B. Find a person to share their apartment. D. Write an article about their roommate.
B. He seldom talks.
D. He doesn’t speak in a direct way.
9. 10.
A. The girl’s favorite sweets are chocolates and candies. B. The girl should go to the supermarket with him together. C. It’s time for the girl to try something sweet. D. The girl’s teeth are in bad condition.
A. Smith will keep the surprise party a secret. B. Lucy hasn’t got any promise from Smith. C. They shouldn’t have told Lucy about the party. D. There’s no secret between Smith and Lucy.
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. Morris Michtom.
12. A. Because he didn’t want to please his friends.
B. Because he wanted an artist to draw a picture for the bear. C. Because he thought shooting a bear tied to a tree was unfair. D. Because he thought it was uninteresting.
13. A. The biography of Teddy Roosevelt. C. The experience of a newspaper artist.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. At least 20% of the population is at least 65 years old. B. There are fewer working-age people to replace the retired ones. C. The older workers are more than the younger ones. D. Aging population changes are taking place quickly.
15. A. Aging will increase the household savings rates. B. Aging will reduce the household savings rates. C. Aging will balance the household investment rates. D. Aging will increase the household investment rates.
B. The founding history of a toy store.
D. The origin of Teddy Bears.
B. President Roosevelt. D. One of Roosevelt’s friends.
C. A newspaper artist.
16. A. The problem of aging population in the world. B. The increasing population around the world. C. The situation of labour market in Europe. D. The discussion about the retiring age in Asia.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. To fix his broken cellphone.
18. A. He thinks it has fewer functions. C. He thinks its price is suitable.
19. A. She thinks Haier model is much better than the man thought. B. She thinks Nokia model is good enough for the man. C. She is not satisfied with Haier model. D. She thinks Haier model is of low quality.
20. A. $2420.
B. $2300.
C. $2010.
D. $1890.
B. He likes its color display. D. He can’t afford it.
B. To buy a spare battery for his cellphone. D. To change his cellphone.
C. To get a brand-new cellphone.
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.
At first glance, these impressive images look like moment captured by a talented photographer. But you cannot always believe what you see. These pictures, with their incredible photographic details, are in fact the creations ____21___ (draw) by Scottish hyper-realist Paul Cadden.
With often nothing more than a pencil in hand, the 47-year-old artist produces elaborate drawings that could easily ___22___ (mistake) for the work of any modern digital camera. From the wrinkles on a woman’s face and beads of water, to a breath of smoke from a cigarette, Cadeen is able to capture ___23___ (complicated) features of his subjects in such painstaking detail that the images look astonishingly real.
Cadden said he began drawing at a very young age and has always been interested in art. With some experience in animation and graphic design, he moves into hyper-realism ___24___ he has a special gift for capturing details.
His creations reflect his love for details, with a single image __25_____ (take) up to six weeks to produce. Working with pencil, graphite and white chalk, Cadden is able to create seven poster-size pieces a year, ___26__ sell for up to $5,000 each.
The artist explained that he does not want people to focus completely on the techniques involved in his pieces. “I want them to think about the work and ___27____ I’m actually drawing,” he said, “I prefer to study the internal aspect of the subject ___28___ _______ focus solely on the external part.”
Now, Cadden is planning to take his pieces to more foreign countries, and to hold exhibitions in China, Cuba and Brazil. He hopes to get established enough __29____ (make) a living from his work. “I want to be doing lots of exhibitions in five years’ time. To have a successful solo show is a long-cherished dream of mine,” he said. “It’s such a fantastic feeling ___30___ somebody buys your paintings and you know the paintings are sitting somewhere in their houses.” Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. established B. cultural C. freely D. introduce E. official F. release G. extremely H. attraction I. drew J. unexpectedly K. mystery A large-scale cultural exploration program National Treasure 《国家宝藏》 made its first show on CCTV on Sunday night . In the first episode, the Palace Museum in Beijing showcased three treasures.
As a ___31___ variety show, the National Treasure aims to showcase the background stories of national treasures and ___32___ various art forms. In the show, \treasure keepers\collections and interpreting the historical ___33___. The show aims to inspire the ancient Chinese civilization and make the national treasures \
This is not the first time for the Palace Museum in Beijing to be ___34___ welcomed online in China, thanks to its efforts in cultural products and self-promotion in recent years.
Last year, the museum ___35___ so much attention because of the huge success of the three-episode TV documentary, Masters in the Forbidden City and a movie with the same name. Over the last few years, the museum has ___36___ 495 signposts and 1,400 new chairs have been provided. In addition, the Palace Museum opened a (an) ___37___ online store on e-commerce platform Taobao, selling related products. It also started their self-promotion through new media, publishing articles to promote the culture of the museum. It ___38___ swept the Internet by its humorous style and interesting content. At the same time, the Palace Museum has published several mobile apps, one of which saw over 200,000 downloads just two weeks after its ___39___ in 2013. Its self-promotion has achieved great results. In 2012, the museum saw 15 million visitors. And it received 16 million visitors last year.
The museum is also a popular ___40___ among foreign leaders. For example, US President Donald Trump and his wife visited the Palace Museum on Nov 8.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: 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.
AlphaGo has struck again, defeating Ke Jie, the world’s number one Go player, 3-0. After his defeat, the young Chinese prodigy said AlphaGo sees the ___41___ of Go while he could only see a small area around him. This win, coupled with last year’s victory over Lee Se-dol, shines a light on the awe-inspiring ___42___ of technology and places AlphaGo among the greatest Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems created to date.
The AI industry is certainly making great advancements, constantly surprising the public with new and interesting tools and making life ___43___. Twenty years ago, just connecting to the Internet was a ___44___. Now, we can do just about anything on our phones, from online banking to ___45___ shows. The shifting sands of technology have placed so many paths in front of humanity that it is hard to ___46___ even the immediate future.
We may talk about how AI can make our lives better, but we also consider the risks. Many stories and films ___47___ around the theme of AI vs. human. One that comes to my mind now is The Terminator. The film is about an AI system called Skynet, which was ___48___ to protect humans. What the programmers did not expect was that Skynet began to think. It came to the conclusion that humans were a danger to its existence, so it started a global nuclear war and tried to “___49___” humanity.
AlphaGo’s recent achievements highlight the ___50___ that technology and AI can bring about. They also serve to remind us of the ___51___ and risks we may not have had time to think about. Some of us used to ___52___ the possibility of creating an actual “thinking” AI system, or believe that humans will always be able to ___53___ an AI system, but certain facts have now been placed in front of us. All that’s left to be done is to ___54___ the actual “thinking” part of advanced AI systems like AlphaGo to more fields. Once that happens, human beings will be pretty much ___55___. If we do not fully understand the risks of AI systems, we might be flying too close to the “sun”, and like Icarus in Greek mythology, we will fall.
41. A. fun
B. secret B. slower B. instant B. frame B. reverse
C. universe C. risks C. harder C. loss
D. potential D. threats D. faster D. leisure D. direct D. encounter D. revolve D. developed
42. A. intelligence 43. A. easier 44. A. mess 45. A. live 46. A. tell
B. advancements B. headache
C. immediate C. predict C. resolve
47. A. reveal 48. A. processed
B. modified C. introduced
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