1、届上海市徐汇区高三上学期期末学习能力诊断英语试题解析版2018-2019学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷高三英语 试卷考生注意: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。所有答題必须涂(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.答題前，务必在答題纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码貼在指定位置上，在答題纸反面清楚地填写姓名。I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short con
2、versations 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
3、 the best answer to the question you have heard.1.音频A. At a special party. B. At a hair-dressing salon.C. At a night club. D. At a fashion show.【答案】B【解析】【分析】M: How would you like your hair today? The same style as usual?W: I have a special party to attend tonight and Id like to change my style.Q: Wh
4、ere does the dialogue most probably happen?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。2.音频A. Finland. B. Egypt. C. Mexico. D. Zambia.【答案】D【解析】【分析】W: Where would you probably go for this coming vacation?M: Hmm. I think I would go to Southern Africa.Q: Which of the following countries will the man probably go?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。3.音频
5、A. Camping. B. Travelling. C. Sporting. D. Shopping.【答案】A【解析】【分析】M: Youre absolutely right. Its such a good escape from everyday life.W: Yes. I love sleeping outside, cooking over an open fire and hearing all the nature sounds.Q: What are they most probably talking about?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。4.音频A. She is
6、 also a fan of Argentina. B. She is also working very hard.C. She loves American football so much. D. She works for the World Cup.【答案】B【解析】【分析】M: Im saving up my vacation time at work so I can go to the World Cup next year.W: Really? Me too. Actually, Im an Argentina fan.Q: Why does the woman say “M
7、e too.”?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。5.音频A. She threw something at a truck. B. She threw herself out of window and broke her leg.C. She moved a truck to save a little boy. D. She rushed to a moving truck to save a kid.【答案】D【解析】【分析】W: What? Sara broke her leg? What happened?M: Well. She threw herself in front of a
8、 moving truck to save a little boy in the middle of the road.Q: What did Sara do?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。6.音频A. They planned to go skiing in the rain. B. They just want to grab the chance.C. They will probably change their mind. D. Theyll go skiing even in the rain.【答案】C【解析】【分析】M: The weather forecast said t
9、hat there is a chance of rain tomorrow. Well still go skiing?W: Maybe we shouldnt risk it. Im not sure I want to get stuck in the rain.Q: What do we learn from the talk?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。7.音频A. Lisa likes the messy situation. B. Lisa made the mess.C. He and Lisa are settling a problem. D. Lisa likes th
10、e new place.【答案】D【解析】【分析】W: How are you settling in?M: Oh, we are still in a bit of a mess, but Lisa seems to like it here.Q: What does the man mean?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。8.音频A. The lady should stop being patient. B. He cant understand the ladys feeling.C. The lady should not blame others. D. Nobody may be
11、 interested in her problem.【答案】C【解析】【分析】W: You just dont know what I feel! Everything is getting worse, because of him.M: Stop blaming other people. Be patient, and think positively.Q: What does the man mean?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。9.音频A. Certain gift from Hawaii. B. A grand wedding party.C. Two plane ticket
12、s to Hawaii. D. A picture of the moon.【答案】C【解析】【分析】M: Congratulations! Its absolutely a grand wedding party. Have you opened the gift I gave you?W: Yes. Thanks a lot. Hawaii is a nice place for the honeymoon.Q: Whats probably the gift?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。10.音频A. They went to see a movie. B. The dancers i
13、mpressed them both.C. The woman is also a dancer. D. The man invited the lady to the show.【答案】B【解析】【分析】M: What a fantastic performance! Thank you for inviting me to the musical.W: You are welcome. Im happy you enjoyed the show. The dancers were amazing. It reminds me of when I used to dance.Q: What
14、do we learn from the conversation?【详解】此为听力题， 解析略。Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) will be read twice,
15、 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 are based on the following passage.音频11. A. Aircraft design. B. Mathematics. C. Engineering. D. S
16、cience.12. A. 40. B. 14. C. 4. D. 0.13. A. She stuck to studying engineering at college.B. She addressed to students at high schools and colleges.C. She tried to persuade women not to do engineering for its hard work.D. She researched defense systems of satellites and rockets.【答案】11. B 12. D 13. B【解
17、析】Mary Ross was born on August 9, 1908, in the state of Oklahoma. Her work is considered critical to the early stages of the age of space travel.Ross showed special abilities in math and science from an early age. As a student, she developed an interest in aviation, the practice of flying aircraft.
18、She went on to earn a masters degree in mathematics from Colorado State Teachers College - now called the University of Northern Colorado.During World War II, Ross began working for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as a mathematician. There, she was urged to complete work in aircraft engineering. S
19、he earned a special certification in the field from the University of California - Los Angeles in 1949.Ross was later chosen to join Lockheeds top-secret Skunk Works team that worked on aircraft designs. The name refers to a group that is permitted to work independently on advanced projects. She was
20、 the only female engineer among the teams 40 members.Early on, she researched defense systems. By the late 1950s, her work centered on satellites and a series of space rockets called Agenda. The rockets were extremely important in the 1960s during the Apollo moon program.Ross retired from Lockheed i
21、n 1973. But she continued to give talks at high schools and colleges to encourage more women and Native Americans to study engineering.Mary Ross died in 2008, a few months before her 100th birthday.Questions:In what major did Ross get her masters degree?How many female colleagues did Ross have when
22、working in a Lockheeds top-secret team?What did Ross go on to do after her retirement?【11题详解】此为听力题， 解析略。【12题详解】此为听力题， 解析略。【13题详解】此为听力题， 解析略。Questions are based on the following passage.音频14. A. The South Atlantic Ocean. B. The coast of South America.C. African continent. D. The coast of Angola.15. A
23、. He studies the similarities between ancient and modern animals.B. He discovers the remains of ancient sea animals on the coast.C. He studies the cause of separation of South America and Africa.D. He helps do the arrangement of the ancient animal remains in a museum.16. A. Because the remains were
24、exposed on the coast.B. Because these animals used to live close to each other in one place.C. Because these animals were driven to one place and killed.D. Because these animals were all eaten by one large, fierce ancient sea animal.【答案】14. D 15. D 16. B【解析】Millions of years ago, many large, strange
25、-looking sea creatures lived in what is now the South Atlantic Ocean. Scientists say the continents of South America and Africa separated millions of years ago. As this happened, they say, many kinds of dangerous animals and other life forms settled in the newly formed body of water off the coast of
26、 Angola.Today, scientists are studying ancient animal remains discovered on the Angolan coast. They knew there would be remains in the area, but didnt know how good they would be.Jacobs and a team of scientists and students helped prepare the remains to be shown at the National Museum of Natural His
27、tory in Washington, D.C. He said visitors to the museum can see the similarity between the ancient and modern ocean environment and animals.Michael Polcyn, another researcher, says one ancient fish-eating animal had a long nose and teeth similar to that of a dolphin. He notes that visitors can see t
28、he remains of large, fierce animals, as well as gentler creatures like an ancient giant sea turtle.We have a clear picture of this moment in time 72 million years ago that has preserved all of these animals that were living together in one place.Scientists say a large rock from space hit the earth m
29、illions of years ago and killed most of the animals.Questions:Where are scientists studying the ancient animal remains?What does Jacobs do?Why could scientists find so many ancient animal remains?【14题详解】此为听力题， 解析略。【15题详解】此为听力题， 解析略。【16题详解】此为听力题， 解析略。Questions are based on the following passage.音频17.
30、 A. A saving account in a single name. B. A saving account in joint names.C. A checking account in a single name. D. A checking account in joint names.18. A. 4. B. 3 C. 2 D. 119. A. The lady and her brothers or sisters. B. The ladys parents.C. The lady and her father. D. The lady and her mother.20.
31、A. Identification paper, photograph, a letter of introduction and some money.B. Identification paper, some clarifications, a letter of introduction and some money.C. A letter of introduction, photographs, a check book and some money.D. Driving license, identification paper, photos, and a letter of introduction.【答案】17. B 18. A 19. C 20. A【解析】W: Good morning, sir. May I come in?M: Good morning. Yes, please. Take a seat. I guess you want to open an account, right?W: Yes.M: Great! What account do you want to open, a checking account or a savings account?W: I would like
