虹口区2017年度高三英语一模试卷.doc

,. 虹口区2016学年度第一学期期终教学质量监控测试 高三英语　试卷 2016.12 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. This afternoon. B. Tomorrow. C. Next week. D. Next month. 2. A. She doesn’t play tennis well. B. She likes other sports as well. C. She is an enthusiastic tennis player. D. She is a professional athlete. 3. A. At a paint store. B. At an oil market. C. At a science museum. D. At a gallery. 4. A. Work in the yard B. Buy some wood. C. Go to the bookstore D. Take a walk. 5. A.A taxi driver. B. A passenger. C. A car cleaner. D. A mechanic. 6. A. Call a repairman. B. Get out the paper stuck. C. Turn to her colleague for help. D. Restart the machine. 7. A. There are not enough gardens. B. Parking areas are full before 10:00. C. Parking areas are closed after 10:00. D. All classes begin at 10:00. 8. A. The presentation will begin at noon. B. She’ll present her work to the man. C. She’d like to invite the man for lunch. D. She suggests working on the presentation at 12:00. 9. A. The dormitory hours. B. The problem with the rules. C. The door number of the dormitory. D. The time to open the dormitory. 10. A. The chairs didn’t need to be painted. B. He doesn’t like the color of the chairs. C. The park could have avoided the problem. D. The woman should have been more careful. 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. Worried. B. Surprised. C. Satisfied. D. Uninterested. 12. A. It spoiled Joanna’s reputation. B. It copied her ideas without permission. C. It bought Joanna’s dishwashers. D. It wanted to share the dishwasher market. 13. A. A successful business case. B. Joanna’s waterless laundry. C. A case against a global company. D. The worldwide dishwasher market. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Footprints. B. Food. C. Living insects. D. Orange seeds. 15. A. Don’t touch animals under any circumstances. B. Don’t take away any natural objects from the park. C. Don’t leave litter in the park or throw any off the boat. D. Don’t transport animals from one island to another. 16. A. To protect the guide’s interest. B. To improve the unique environment. C. To ensure a trouble-free visit. D. To get rid of illegal behaviors. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Writing a book. B. Preparing a lecture. C. Searching for references. D. Reading comedies 18. A. Make his topic more specific. B. Make a complete reading list. C. Read at least six books. D. Read some Hollywood comedies 19. A. Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. B. 20th-century Hollywood comedies. C. Comedies in the 1930s and 1940s. D. Golden Age Hollywood comedies. 20. A. Student and teacher. B. Reader and librarian. C. Customer and shop assistant. D. Two strangers reading in the library 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. Wedding in the United States Weddings in the United States vary as much as the people do. There are church weddings with a great deal of fanfare; there are weddings on mountain tops with guests (21) _____ (seat) on the rocks and even barefooted; and there have been weddings on the ocean floor with oxygen tanks for the guests. But many weddings, (22) _____ _____ _____ or how they are performed，include certain traditional customs. Before a couple is married, they become engaged. And then invitations are sent to those who live nearby, their close friends and their relatives who live far away. When everything is ready, then comes (23) _____ (exciting) moment of all. The wedding itself usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes. The wedding party is walking through the aisle of the church as the Wedding March (24) _____ (play). The bride carrying a bouquet (花束) enters last with her father who will “give her away”. The groom enters the church from a side door. When the wedding party is gathered by the altar (圣坛), the bride and groom exchange vows. (25) _____ is traditional to use the words “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part”. (26) _____ (follow) the vows, the couple exchange rings. Wearing the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is an old custom. (27) _____ the ceremony there is often a party called a “reception”, which gives the wedding guests an opportunity to congratulate the newlywed. The car in (28) _____ the couple leaves the church is decorated with balloons, streamer and shaving cream. The words “Just Married” are painted on the trunk or back window to tell people (29) _____ they are married. Now comes the last step of the wedding ceremony. As a tradition, the bride and the groom (30) _____ run to the car under a shower of rice thrown by the wedding guests. When the couple drives away from the church, friends often chase them in cars, honking (鸣喇叭) and drawing attention to them. And then the couple go on their honeymoon. 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. public B. inadequate C. lowered D. released E. disappointment F. casting G. possibility H. objective I. desperately J. balance K. compared Why Aren’t Women Happier? Why aren’t women happier these days? That’s the question raised by a thought-provoking study, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, __31__ last month. The research showed that over the past 35 years women’s happiness has declined, both __32__ to the past and relative to men even though the lives of women in the US have improved in recent decades by most __33__ measures. The research, by University of Pennsylvania economists Stevenson and Wolfers, and made __34__ by the National Bureau of Economic Research, found the decline in happiness to be widespread among women across a variety of demographic (人口统计的) groups. The researchers, for instance, measured similar declines in happiness among women who were single parents and married parents, “__35__ doubt on the hypothesis (假设) that trends in marriage and divorce, single parenthood or work/family __36__ are at the root of the happiness declines among women,” they wrote. One theory for the decline in happiness is that expectations for workplace and general advancement were raised too high by the women’s movement and women might feel __37__ for not “having it all,” as a Los Angeles Times columnist recently put it. The researchers acknowledge that’s a __38__: “If the women’s movement raised women’s expectations faster than society was able to meet them,” the paper says, “they would be more likely to experience __39__ in their lives.” But they add things could change for the better: “As women’s expectations move into adjustment with their experiences, this decline in happiness may reverse.” Readers, why do you think women are unhappier than in the past? Do you think that if expectations for “having it all” were __40__ to “move into adjustment with experiences,” women might be happier? 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. A Cashless Society There is nothing worse than feeling around in your pocket trying to find some small change to pay for a newspaper or a coffee. So it’s good to know that new __41__ is making cash -- banknotes and coins -- a thing of the past, turning us into a cashless society. Today, many of us already use credit and debit cards for __42__ transactions (交易) so there’s no need to carry around huge amounts of money. And now it’s __43__ to make contactless payments using tap-and-go cards which are regular bankcards but with a built-in chip. The card reader __44__ a radio signal and, when you bring the card close to the reader, the chip picks up the signal to make the payment. __45__ money this way or spending on “plastic” -- an informal name for a credit card -- can put you at risk of fraud (诈骗). Criminals try to steal cards, or the information on them, to make __46__ online or in shops, which, as a result, adds too much difficulty to the police’s detective work. __47__, contactless payment is capped -- in the UK the limit is 30. And, if someone does go on a crazy spending with your card, your bank covers you against the loss. Also, the __48__ of chip and PIN technology has even been helping businesses by cutting the time people spend at the cashier’s in shops and has led to a(n) __49__ in fraud. But, if getting your bankcard out seems like too much trouble, there’s now a __50__ using wearable technology -- something you can wear that include computer and electronic technologies. Kenneth Cukier, economist and technology expert, says “this is __51__ for people who don’t want to take their card out of their wallet, or use their phone, or use their watch. People are going to be making more purchases more of the time -- __52__ for small-valued goods.” And, although our mobile phones are another way of making payments, BBC reporter Kate Russell says that when this is __53__ you can use the fingo-pay (指纹支付) system which “reads the unique maps of veins under the surface of your finger.” The trick is remembering which finger you __54__ with in the bank -- that’s when good old-fashioned cash might save the day! What do you __55__ to use when you buy something? 41. A. experiment B. evidence C. technology D. analysis 42. A. financial B. equal C. economical D. moderate 43. A. definite B. possible C. formal D. legal 44. A. work out B. makes out C. gives out D. sends out 45. A. Refunding B. Depositing C. Paying D. Withdrawing 46. A. bargains B. purchases C. preparations D. troubles 47. A. Similarly B. Meanwhile C. Furthermore D. However 48. A. introduction B. contact C. cooperation D. extension 49. A. rise B. drop C. change D. increase 50. A. question B. reason C. concept D. solution 51. A. reserved B. provided C. intended D. chosen 52. A. particularly B. specially C. simply D. purposefully 53. A. inexact B. unnecessary C. impractical D. inconvenient 54. A. cancelled B. registered C. tested D. restricted 55. A. attempt B. demand C. prefer D. aim Section B Directions: 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) You are checking your emails when you start daydreaming about where to go on your summer holiday. This reminds you to compare the cost of local gyms. Then you suddenly decide to look up some place for your birthday party. You may think you are browsing the Internet in a slightly absent-minded manner. You are, in fact, “wilfing”. According to a survey for a financial website, almost seven in ten Internet users admit to the newly named habit. The study of 2400 people carried out by YouGov found that more than a quarter of Internet users wilf ---- a rough acronym of What Was I Looking For? ---- for two days every month. Pete Cohen, GMTV’s resident life coach and motivator, said, “Stopping yourself wilfing takes a mixture of planning and willpower. These days there are all manners of website attracting our attention. Internet users need to set themselves a specific surfing goal and a time limit to keep on track.” Shopping in the online activity is most likely to make users wilf. Men are more likely to admit to being wilfers than women. A third of the men questioned said the habit had damaged their relationship with a partner. The good news is that wilfing is a habit people tend to grow out of. Internet users aged 55 or over were three times less likely to wilf than those aged under 25. Jason LIoyed, from moneysupermarket.com, said, “The Internet was designed to make it easier for people to access the information they need quickly and conveniently. Although people log on with a purpose, they are now being offered so much choice and online distractions that many forget what they are there for, and spend hours aimlessly wilfing instead. It’s important that people do not allow unnecessary online distractions to get in the way when surfing in the Internet, as it can affect productivity in the workplace and relationship at home.” Are you a wilfer, lost in the Internet? 56. The underlined word “acronym” in Para. 2 most probably means ______. A. a phenomenon that makes people daydream B. a summary of the book “What Was I Looking For?” C. an expression meaning taking people’s attention away D. a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase 57. What is an efficient way to stop wilfing according to the passage? A. Stopping taking a mixture of planning and willpower to keep on track. B. Trying to focus on different subjects at the same time. C. Trying to set a surfing goal and a time limit. D. Logging on the Internet all the time. 58. It can be concluded from paragraph 4 that ______. A. men are less likely to be wilfing than women B. wilfing damages the relationship between partners C. as you grow older, you’ll become more and more wilfing D. one third of Internet users will be wilfers lost on the Internet 59. What can be called “wilfing” according to the passage? A. You spend hours aimlessly surfing the Internet every day. B. Yo