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1、2020学年第二学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷高三英语试卷 2021.4考生注意：1.考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。2.本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。3.答题前，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，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。I.Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speak

2、ers.At the end ofeach conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversations and thequestions will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and the question about it,read thefour possible answers on your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the question youh

3、ave heard.1.A.Lock the computer lab later.C.Buy a new lock for the computer lab.2.A.She is very nervous.C.She is sad very much.3.A.Theyll have a competition.C.They are to talk about dreams.4.A.He is to stand before the woman.C.He has lost face in the project.5.A.The exam was too difficult to him.C.H

4、e blew something in the exam.B.Leave with the man.D.Show the man where the lab is.B.She feels cool.D.She is getting calm.B.The woman is puzzled with the mans dream.D.The man is to wait for the woman in his dream.B.He doesnt believe the project is risky.D.He is supportive of the woman.B.He didnt do a

5、 good job in the exam.D.He didnt take part in the final exam.6.A.The man needs some suggestions from Mrs.Janes.B.The woman is available all through next week.C.The man is only available next Tuesday to meet Mrs.Janes.D.The man wants to talk to Mrs.Janes about his exam grade.7.A.She thought Jane and

6、Peter split up.B.She wanted to make it up for Jane and Peter.C.She wanted to have a quarrel with Jane.D.She was happy about Jane and Peter.8.A.Her mood is changeable.C.She is worried about her father.B.She doesnt like Michael.D.She envies Michael having a new house.9.A.Teacher and students.C.Mother

7、and son.B.Policewoman and thief.D.Employer and employee.10.A.He is not sure what course to take.B.He may not meet the graduation requirements.C.The math course is too short.D.The graduation date has been changed.Section BDirections:In Section B,you will hear several two short passages and one longer

8、 conversation,andyou will be asked several questions on each of the conversation and the passage.The conversationand the passages will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once.When you hear aquestion,read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the besta

9、nswer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11.A.50 million people.B.150 million people.C.500 million people.D.115 million people.12.A.Because it would cost more to harvest the food.B.Because the food in the field would be sold out.C.Because people

10、 prefer meat and dairy.D.Because they didnt know how to store the food.13.A.Because the cost on food accounts for a small part of the family budget in every country.B.Because they didnt care about the cost on food.C.Because they could get more money on food from the government.D.Because they were ju

11、st fond of leftovers.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A.A customers demands.B.The prediction of a customers words.C.The preparation of some key words a customer may use.D.The rehearsal of some answers in free time.15.A.You just tell the customer that you cant understand

12、and let him go.B.You should guess what the customer is talking about by grasping some key words.C.You just let the customer pick anything he wants at will.D.You are supposed to use sign language to communicate.16.A.To tell people learning English is not easy.B.To teach English learners to enhance th

13、eir listening skills.C.To help English learners to predict what they will hear.D.To introduce some oral English strategies in communication.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A.Used the library search engine.C.Read the books about his research.18.A.7 days per week B.5

14、 days per week19.A.Use the computers.C.Find the electrical engineering books.20.A.At around 12:15.B.At around 12:30.B.Reserved some books.D.Been on a library introduction tour.C.2 days per week D.1 day per weekB.Sign up for a library tour.D.Meet Mark Taylor.C.At around 1:00.D.At around 2:00.IL Gramm

15、ar and vocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent andgrammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form ofthe given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Cosmic r

16、ays are mysterious,high-charged atomic particles traveling through space at the speedof light,(21)have puzzled scientists for years.But for Yang Jia,a member of the NationalCommittee of Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference(CPPCC),Chinas top politicaladvisory body,the ability to see and

17、study them(22)help generate interest in science andspace among schoolchildren.Cosmic rays,first(23)(discover)in 1912,have been an enigma for years,but theirdetectability means they can be studied by middle and high school students with a basic knowledgeof physics.Yang,also a professor and a member o

18、f the Jiusan Society,a democratic political party,proposed further(24)(promote)the study of cosmic rays on school campuses at this yearsTwo Sessions.Its a wonderful idea.I heard a presentation from a scientist Zhang Chuang,and I was quiteexcited.I think it is a wonderful way(25)(share)their knowledg

19、e with young people.Atthat time,I heard in Los Angeles,there were already 80 high schools having such extra curriculums,and in Italy,there were 50.But in China,there were just a few,said Yang.An organization called Campus Cosmic Ray Observation Collaboration(26)(establish)in September 2020 to promot

20、e the idea.Zhang,head of the organization,said they plan to build morestations on school campuses across China.Weve been working on building more observation stations on campuses.At the moment,wehave three in Dongzhimen,and we plan to set up more.Now we are working with three schools tobuild such st

21、ations.We also try to put our existing data on the website so that students can carry outrelated studies with open access,1 said Zhang.(27)cosmic ray observation belongs to the field of frontier physics,experts sayintroducing it to the campus helps popularize science among students.Chinese scientist

22、 Shen Changquan,79,(28)(guide)Dongzhimen High Schoolworkshop for seven years since his retirement.He said such activities can help increase youngstudents9 interest in science.“By exposing students to cutting-edge science,students can stand on the shoulders of giants andtouch a wider world.Its not ab

23、out(29)being scientists.Its just that a lot of advancedequipment today requires physics knowledge,and improving the physics level of all people is veryimportant,said Shen.Talking about the future of the proposal,Yang said she is looking forward to seeing moredialogue between top scientists and stude

24、nts in China.She said they are optimistic,and(30)the difficulties ahead,the drive for humans to fully understand the unknown can neverbe stopped.Section BDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can be used onlyonce.Note that there is one word more than you need

25、.A.collectivelyB.engineC.convincedD.contributeE.distributeF.envisionedG.addressH.increasinglyI.seeminglyJ.engagementK.initiativeOcean plastic has become a defining problem of our time,and a challenge to the worldsbrightest thinkers and innovators.With a significant portion of plastic waste entering

26、through rivers,the Alliance to End Plastic Waste is supporting the work of Renew Ocean to(31)the lackof waste infrastructure in developing regions.Research published in Environmental Science&Technology in 2017 shows that rivers(32)dump anywhere from a half to three million tons of plastic into the s

27、eas every year.According to the data,ten rivers alone carry 93 percent of the river-borne plastics that end up in theocean.To help prevent this plastic waste from reaching the ocean,the Alliance to End Plastic Wastewill sponsor Renew Oceans,a localized(33)and investment project focused onhigh-leakag

28、e rivers.As a Founding Global Oceans Sponsor,the Alliance will(34)itsmaterials and logistics(物流)capabilities.The National Geographic Society has also supported theRenew Oceans(35).Renew Oceans is part of the Renewology partnership,a brainchild of Priyanka Bakaya.Growing up in Australia,Bakaya became

29、 fascinated by science,chemistry,and the environment.Trips to India as a child(36)her of the need to do something positive for an environment(37)strained by plastic waste.At Stanford University,she became aware of socialentrepreneurship and continued developing her ideas for ending plastic waste in

30、business school atMIT.How does Renew Oceans plan to tackle a(n)(38)insurmountable(难以克服的)problem?First,using”力根以也专利的)“biofbnce“technology designed by Renewology,plasticwaste is collected as it flows down rivers and branches.ReFences divert the plastic and thus keep itfrom accumulating and entering th

31、e ocean.As(39),the program has major side benefits.The plastic collected across the developing world will be converted into fuel,while waste pickerswill receive compensation directly tied to the fuel generated from the plastic they collect.Renewology can become a powerful(40)for empowering local com

32、munitieswhile cleaning up the worlds trash and providing necessary fuel.HI.Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,Cand D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Today we continue our se

33、ries on ecology and conservation with a look at a particularlyendangered member of the black bear family.One in ten black bears is(41)born with awhite coat,which is the result of a/an(42)gene that surfaces in a few.Local people havenamed it 4the spirit bear.And according to the legends of these comm

34、unities,its snowy fur bringswith it a special power.Because of this,it has always been highly(43)by themso muchthat they do not speak of seeing it to anyone else.It is their way of protecting it when strangers visitthe area.The white bears(44)is quite interesting.The bears strong relationship with t

35、heold-growth rainforest is a complex one.The white bear relies on the huge centuries-old trees in theforest in many ways.(45),the old-growth trees have extremely long roots that helpprevent erosion(腐蚀)of the soil along the banks of the many fish streams.Keeping thesebanks undamaged is important beca

36、use these streams are home to salmon,which are the bears mainfood(46).The bears feeding habits nurture the forest(47).As the bears eatthe salmon,they abandon the skin and bones in great amounts on the forest floor,which providevital nutrients.These produce vegetation that(48)thousands of other types

37、 of life forms,from birds to insects and more.Today,the spirit bear lives off the coast of the province of British Columbia on a few islands.There is great concern for their survival since it is estimated that less than two hundred of thesewhite bears remain.The best way to protect them is to make e

38、very effort to preserve the(49)balance of their forest environmentin other words,their ecosystem.The greatest(50)to the bears existence is the loss of its habitat.Over many years,logging companies have stripped the land by(51)a large number of trees.In addition,theyhave built roads which have fractu

39、red the areas where the bear usually(52),andmany hibernation sites have also been lost.The logging of the trees along the streams has damagedthe places where the bears fish.To make matters worse,the number of salmon in those streams isdeclining because there is no legal(53)on fishing at the moment.A

40、ll these(54)have a negative impact on the spirit bears very existence,which ismade all the more fragile by the fact that reproduction among these bears has always been(55)low.While it is important to maintain the spirit bears habitat,there also needs to bemore emphasis on its expansion.The move is j

41、ustified as it will also create space for other bears thatare losing their homes.41.A.originallyB.actually42.A.externalB.scarce43.A.justifiedB.threatened44.A.habitatB.behavior45.A.MoreoverB.For example46.A.originB.issue47.A.by the wayB.in return48.A.stimulatesB.owes49.A.typicalB.specific50.A.threatB

42、.symbol51.A.calling inB.cutting down52.A.feedsB.sleeps53.A.possibilityB.ambition54.A.doubtsB.influences55.A.optimisticallyB.reliablyC.speciallyD.cautiouslyC.circularD.specialC.regardedD.instructedC.habitD.dataC.In other wordsD.In additionC.resourceD.sourceC.to some extentD.on the contraryC.originate

43、sD.sustainsC.delicateD.originalC.signD.effectC.pushing around D.wearing outC.revealsD.indicatesC.limitD.lawC.guaranteesD.continuesC.fundamentallyD.disappointinglySection BDirections:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements.For each of th

44、em there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.ANot enough American students want to be engineers,mathematicians,or scientists.The federalgovernment wants to change that.They are spending money to do it.T

45、he government will investthree billion dollars in the education of young Americans in science,technology,engineering andmath.The four areas together are kown as STEM.Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in thecoming years.The U.S.governments investment aims to increase the number of Americans whoc

46、an take those jobs.Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects than boys.Only 25 percentof STEM students are girls.Debbie Sterling is an engineer.She invented a construction toy for girls.The name of the toy is nGoldie Blox.u Ms.Sterling hopes Goldie Blox will help girls develop skillsin s

47、pace and shapes,which help engineers and builders to think about objects in three dimensions.To interest girls,Sterling created the character Goldie.1 Goldie does not care about beauty orclothes.Goldie tells stories,solves difficult problems and creates imaginary worlds.Mia is a seven-year-old girl

48、who likes science.In her room,she has no fashion dolls.Instead,she has a pegboard,wheels,blocks and an inventors journal to write her observations.Mia receiveda set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother.She learned to make machine with the blocks.When my grandmother first sent me the present,a spinnin

49、g machine,I was really excited.Iknew it had to do with engineering,so I grabbed the box and opened it.Then I went for more-1went to the website;I went on YouTube to find more videos.My mom asked me why I was justwatching videos instead of building.I told her I dicin t have enough pieces.She got me t

50、hebuilder survival kit.Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects.They should also provide a good education.At school,girls should participate in projects thatrequire teamwork and creative thinking.Women in scientific and technical jobs are also wo