1、上海市闸北区届高三英语期中练习二模试题闸北区2016届高三4月期中练习（二模）英语试题I. Listening Comprehension（30分）Section ADirections: 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 conversation and the question will be spoken onl
2、y 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. Hospital. B. Drugstore. C. Department Store. D. Hotel.2. A. Waiter. B. Car dealer. C. Mechanic. D. Accountant.3.
3、 A. 12. B. 50. C. 60. D. 600.4. A. The woman should carry enough money on her. B. The woman should not go to the U.S. C. The woman should be aware of going abroad. D. The woman should try to use credit cards.5. A. Go camping. B. See the dentist. C. Take the piano lesson. D. Watch a movie.6. A. Ask J
4、ennifer for recommendation. B. Watch a popular reality show. C. Taste a delicious dish. D. Know about the TV show online.7. A. He is a very generous person. B. He is the customer of the company. C. He is rather mean on money. D. He doesnt get on well with colleagues.8. A. Leonardo is the mans good f
5、riend. B. Leonardo is not interested in match boxes. C. Leonardo likes watching sports matches. D. Leonardo enjoys gathering match boxes.9. A. There are several Peters in his class. B. Peter has greatly changed his personality. C. Peter was not likely to win the debate contest. D. Peter had received
6、 training on debate.10. A. He was forced to go to the art exhibition. B. He found no interest in the art exhibition. C. He was poor at investing in the field of art. D. Watching soap operas is his favourite form of entertainment.Section B Directions: In section B, you will hear two short passages, a
7、nd you will be asked three questions on each of the passages.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 t
8、hrough 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. To treat eating disorder during high school. B. To increase confidence in herself. C. To achieve external perfection. DTo try to lose some weight.12. A. She felt pleased to find a good husband. B. She was upset about her unsatisfactory image. C. Sh
9、e was anxious to read about the story of Ancient Italians. D. She was stressed about the tight wedding schedule.13.A. Getting well along with friends. B. Improving self-image through various ways. C. Being devoted to meaningful activities. D. Relying on people around her.Questions 14 through 16 are
10、based on the following passage.14. A. Because e-gaming has earned a lot of money worldwide. B. Because e-gaming has held millions of spectators. C. Because e-gaming has a huge audience base in South Korea. D. Because e-gaming has become everyones form of entertainment.15. A. Thatsport requires a com
11、bination of different skills. B. That players have to make quick decisions throughout the match. C That sport doesnt necessarily need much physical work. D. That sport involves not only body engagement but also entertainment.16. A. Players. B. International Olympic Committee C. Audiences D. E-gaming
12、.Section CDirections: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you hear. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation:Complete the
13、 form. WRITE NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Wildlife Night Safari:Shuttle Bus:Location: _17_Time: 6 p.m.Section to feed animals:_18_.Avoid food high in _19_.Animal museum:Animals with pictures and videos.Free _20_.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation:Complete the fo
14、rm. WRITE NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What is World Food Day aimed to honour?To honour _21_ of Food and Agriculture Organization.What is Food and Agriculture Organization doing?It is concerned about _22_.Why is a theme used every year?To offer _23_.What can improve the current world foo
15、d situation?_24_.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word
16、. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. (A)Have you noticed that your friends are like your mothers friends? Study has found that the manner (25)_ _ a mother interacts with her friends makes a role model for an adolescent child when building (26)_ his/her own peer friendships.Unfort
17、unately, teens often pick up on the negative elements in a relationship, such as conflict and opposition, and then copy these attitudes into their own relationships。The new study investigated a previously understudied association how a parents friendships influence the emotional well-being of their
18、adolescent children.For the study, researchers studied the development of friendships and (27)_ peer relationships during adolescence and their impact on psychological adjustment.They found that adolescents (28)_imitate the negative characteristics of their mothers relationships in their own peer-to
19、-peer friendships. The finding shows that mothers (29)_(serve) as role models for their adolescents during formative years.Additional findings suggest that adolescents internalize their reactions to their mothers conflict with adult friends and (30)_they have learned might lead them to anxietyand de
20、pression.Actually, conflict is a normal part of any relationship be it a relationship between a parent and a child, or a mother and her friends. But (31)_(expose) to high levels of such conflict generally isnt going to be good for children. Parents should consider whether they are good role models f
21、or their children. Parents should behave well especially where their friends are concerned. (32)_ things go wrong, parents should talk with their children about how to act with their friends, but more specifically, how not to act. (B)Today, women are beating men in education and in the workplace, cr
22、eating a new generation of stay-at-home fathers.It (33)_ (predict) that relationships and traditional household structures will be transformed aswomen are earning more than their male partners.Successful women will have to marry down by choosing partners (34)_(qualified) and they may increasingly se
23、lect men based on how supportive they might be to their wivescareers, rather than (35)_ they can be the breadwinner for the family.Educator Mr Willetts said there was clear evidence from schools that boys are lagging behind, and (36)_(overtake) , to some peoples surprise, by female students at unive
24、rsity.He said: I am not against women having those advantages but there is now a rather striking distance. If you look at the statistics, approximately 50 percent of women (37)_(graduate) from university by the time theyre 30 compared with only 40 percent of men. It looks(38)_ _ women have beaten me
25、n academically.Many educated British women think that finding a financially capable husband is so difficult that many of them even give up having (39)_ try.And they are taught all along (40)_(rely) on themselves for everything.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in
26、 the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. just B. gap C. irrelevant D. company E. evidentF. victim G. typical H. identify I. address J. alternative K. owedMost men and women feel that a dinner bill should be split down the middle, but how fair is th
27、is really?A new app aims to answer this question, and for others who fall_41_ to income inequality, by dividing the check up according to each persons race and gender.Equipay uses Bureau of Labor Statistics and math to calculate how much is _42_ from each person and if the diner protests, it will gi
28、ve you statistics about the wage _43_.Equipay helps you avoid the firm discrimination that exists in our society. It doesnt work out an equal split of the bill but a _44_one. the companys site says.You pay what you should to balance out the wage diversity.The app is the brain child of Luna Malbroux,
29、 a diversity educator, who wanted to make the touchy subject of racial and gender inequalities more _45_. The problem is expected to catch peoples eyeeasily.I hope that this, more than anything, starts a discussion and helps people to start thinking a little bit differently about how we can use tech
30、nology and innovation to _46_gender discrimination and wage inequality, Malbroux said.The app has a built in diversity tool that allows you to _47_ how diverse your friends really are and the app also displays the level of income for each person.Type in the amount of the entire bill at the top, tip
31、included, and the software will begin calculating the split based on who your _48_ is.Finally it will show you the list again, but now with how much each person has to pay.Before paying your share, there is the _49_ to protest, in which the app will ask whats your excuse and lists reasons for you to choose from.You can say I was a middle child or Im unaware of my privilege.Equipay will find the best reply possible, whether it is facts regarding income differences or something seemingly_50_but also makes you think twice before keep d
