1、英语上海市浦东新区届高三上学期期末教学质量检测英语试题浦东新区 2017-2018 学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测试题高三英语试卷第一卷. Listening Comprehension（25 分）Section A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the endof each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conv
2、ersations and thequestions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, readthe four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the questionyou have heard.1. A. In a gym. B. In a shoe-repair shop.C. In a department store. D. At a
3、track.2. A. $200. B. $400.C. $250. D. $500.3. A. Take classes. B. Find a job.C. Learn more. D. Get ready for the next term.4. A. To leave her a message with her roommate. B. To solve a problem in his homework.C. To talk with her roommate. D. To ask about his homework.5. A. He likes physics. B. His p
4、hysics is the best in the class.C. He is working hard at physics. D. His physics is very poor in the class.6. A. A sportsman. B. A doctor.C. A news reporter. D. A game designer.7. A. Unforgettable. B. Impressive.C. Pleasant. D. Disappointing.8. A. Coins and banknotes. B. Weights and measures.C. Shap
5、es and areas. D. Volumes and sizes.9. A. Its too crowded and he cant breathe very well. B. The next stop is the terminal station.C. The next stop is their stop. D. A lot of people get off at the next stop.10. A. The Parking places are very far away. B. He had no problem finding the park.C. There is
6、enough parking space. D. He isnt very good at parking the car.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and youwill be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and theconversation will be read twice, but
7、 the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear aquestion, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer tothe question you have heard.Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. The driver took the wrong route. B. He missed his flig
8、ht.第 1 页 / 共 12 页C. He failed to get to the airport. D. His taxi got stuck in a traffic jam.12. A. One of the wings caught fire. B. The plane encountered a strong storm.C. There was something wrong with the engine. D. The hijacker forced the captain to do so.13. A. He had forgotten to lock his front
9、 door. B. He had lost his keys to the front door.C. He had left his luggage in the taxi. D. He had picked up the wrong suitcase.Question 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Women now want to be car repairwomen instead of teachers.B. Women tend to do jobs that are traditionally in
10、tended for men.C. More girls are choosing fixed jobs in Scotland.D. British women choose non-traditional jobs more than women in other countries.15. A. Because women see many job opportunities on TV.B. Because women feel car repairing is cool on TV.C. Because women are influenced by their stars on T
11、V.D. Because women are told about job choices by career officers on TV.16. A. Britain needs more women to do non-traditional jobs.B. The media should call for women to do non-traditional jobs.C. British women have taken up too many traditional jobs for men.D. The change in mens attitudes is not impo
12、rtant for women job choices.Question 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. For ten years. B. For nine years. C. For eight years. D. For one year.18. A. She is more concentrated on her career. B. She is not sure about the marriage.C. Shes holding hatred against Frank. D. Shes n
13、ot comfortable with children around.19. A. Keeping persuading Claire. B. Give up and compromise.C. Fight harder with Claire. D. Give Claire some time.20. A. They have just been to Hawaii for a holiday.B. They cannot reach an agreement on having a baby.C. They are planning to get a divorce.D. They ar
14、e trying to overcome career crisis. Grammar and Vocabulary（20 分）Section ADirections: Read the following passage. 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,
15、 use one word that best fits each blank.As a young child, Ann Makosinski would spend hours experimenting with her toys and othereveryday objects around her to create her own inventions.Now a first-year Arts student, Makosinski is a well-known inventor and entrepreneur（创业者）.She won the 2015 Sustainab
16、le Entrepreneurship Award of Excellence, _21_ recognizesinnovative business solutions to social problemsthe same recognition given to Barack Obama in2014. Her own inventions, the Hollow Flashlight and the e-Drink, have been causing excitementinternationally _22_ their creation.At the age of 15, Mako
17、sinski created a prototype（原型）for a flashlight _23_（power）第 2 页 / 共 12 页by the heat of ones hand. This invention was the result of a ninth grade science project, butMakosinskis goal was _24_（offer）a practical solution to people with unlimited access topower and electricity.“Im half-Filipino and half
18、-Polish, and one of my friends from the Philippines told me that shefailed school _25_ she couldnt afford electricity. She had no light to study with at night, sothat was kind of the inspiration,”Makosinski explained.“Ive always been interested in doingscience projects, so I thought, why dont I find
19、 a way to provide her and a lot of other people withlight?”The Hollow Flashlight is made from Peltier tiles（珀耳贴贴片）that produce energy when oneside _26_（heat）and the other side remains cool. The flashlight can produce a steady beamof LED light for 20 minutes. _27_（use）only the warmth of the human han
20、d.Her advice to other student innovators?“Start now. There _28_ be nothing holding youback. Some students at colleges or even in high school thinkOh, Im a student. I just need to study._29_ may think it important to make friends and be social. The truth is, you can do a lot ofother things. You can d
21、o _30_ you want. Just go ahead.”Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only beused once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. potentially B. filmed C. dropped D. commonly E. treats F. sympathyG. sensitive H. eyebrow I. domesticat
22、ed J. selection K. confidentPuppy Dog Eyes Are for the Benefits of HumansDogs make puppy dog eyes for the benefit of humans and rarely use the pleasing facialexpression when on their own, a new study has shown.It has long been assumed that animal facial expressions are involuntary and dependent onem
23、otional state rather than a way to communicate.But scientists at the Universitys Dog Cognition Centre at Portsmouth University have foundthat dogs mostly use facial expressions when humans are present, as a direct response to attention.Puppy dog eyes, in which the _31_ is raised to make the eyes app
24、ear wider and sadder, wasfound to be the most _32_ used expression in the study. Researchers do not know whether thedogs are aware they look sadder, or have just learned that widening their eyes invites _33_ andaffection in humans.Dog cognition expert Dr Juliane Kaminski: “We can now be _34_ that th
25、e production offacial expressions made by dogs are dependent on the attention state of their audience and are notjust a result of dogs being excited.”“In our study they produced far more expressions when someone was watching, but seeingfood _35_ did not have the same effect.”“The findings appear to
26、support evidence dogs are _36_ to humans attention and thatexpressions are _37_ active attempts to communicate, not simple emotional displays.” Theresearchers studied 24 dogs of various breeds, aged one to 12. All were family pets. Each dog wastied by a lead a metre away from a person, and the dogs
27、faces were _38_ throughout a rangeof exchanges, from the person being oriented towards the dog, to being distracted and with her bodyturned away from the dog.第 3 页 / 共 12 页They found that when a human was not watching the animal, they _39_ facial expressions.Dr Kaminski said it is possible that dogs
28、 expressions have evolved as they were _40_.“Domestic dogs have a unique history they have lived alongside humans for 30,000 years andduring that time selection pressures seem to have acted on dogsability to communicate with us, ”shesaid. Reading comprehension（45 分）Section ADirections：For each blank
29、 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.When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers.I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for chil
30、dren. Being _41_ with the sound of awhistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I handed over all my money for one.I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but_42_ all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, when I told of t
31、he _43_ I hadmade, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in mind of whatgood things I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my follythat I cried with vexation(烦恼). Thinking about the matter gave me more _44_ than the whistlegave me pleasure._45_, this was afterwards of use to me, for the impression continued on my mind, so thatoften, when I was _46_ to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, “Dont give too muchfor the whistle, ” and I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the
