1、上海市闸北区届高三英语上学期期末练习试题闸北区2015学年度第一学期高三年级英语学期期末练习卷（120分钟，150分）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 wi
2、ll 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. David B. James C. Peter D. John2. A. Bank clerk. B. Secretary. C. Shop assistant. D. Customs off
3、icer.3. A. Father and child. B. Brother and sister. C. Travel agent and customer. D. Colleagues.4. A. $20. B. $35. C. $55. D. $75.5. A. The man caused a serious car accident. B. A woman was hurt in a car crash. C. A passenger was knocked down by a car. D. The man offered the victim medical help.6. A
4、. Things in Europe are mostly rather expensive. B. Germany offers goods of better quality to foreign visitors. C. Things in Italy are the cheapest of the three countries. D. Germany is not worth visiting compared with Italy.7. A. People now can enjoy online entertainment resources free of charge. B.
5、 Most people rent movie discs for the weekend enjoyment. C. Online movies and music are available to users at low price. D. Enjoying online movies and music is not popular with people.8. A. Badminton is the second favourite activity for the man. B. The man used to suffer from headache much. C. The d
6、octor advised the man to play badminton. D. All sports activities make the man energetic.9. A. The woman is good at investment but poor at maths. B. The woman is sure to fail the maths test next time. C. The woman is poor at maths because of poor IQ. D. The woman has spent too little time studying m
7、aths.10. A. The woman should decide right now where to eat. B. The woman should put on thick clothes against the cold. C. They can enjoy meals at both restaurants as both are good. D. They can wait until the woman decides on a better restaurant.Section B Directions: In section B, you will hear two s
8、hort passages, and 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 hea
9、rd.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. She changed residence. B. She joined a country club. C. She found a job. D. She wrote a book.12. A Because Steven worked in an airline company. B. Because she flew across the country to live with Steve. C. Because Steven flew weekl
10、y with airline companies. D. Because her boyfriend flew during every snow storm.13. A.The growth of a woman writer after divorce. B. The love that has lasted for 30 years. C. The important things broken women can do. D. A womans rediscovery of happiness and love.Questions 14 through 16 are based on
11、the following passage.14. A. That men are more intelligent than women. B. That students aged 17 and 18 are cleverer than other age groups. C. That race could affect peoples IQ. D. That women have received fair treatment at work in general.15. A. Because women have to take care of families more. B. B
12、ecause women suffer from discrimination at work. C. Because women are given less opportunities at work. D. Because women are less intelligent than men.16. A. That girls are more intelligent than boys in middle schools. B. That girls are more suitable to learn certain subjects. C. That girls grow fas
13、ter than boys on the stage of middle school. D. That girls perform as well as boys in middle schools.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
14、 the information you hear. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation:Complete the form. WRITE NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.Youth Club membership inquiry:Name: Kataline Johnson.Yearly membership fees:_17_.Member benefits:_18_ introducing youth information.Local youth acti
15、vities._19_ for Christmas sales.Application:Providing _20_.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation:Complete the form. WRITE NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What date is the World Sleep Day?_21_ of March.What does the World Sleep Day want the public to pay attention to?_
16、22_.What is the World Sleep Days focus against sleep loss?_23_.What does the World Sleep Day promote?_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 pro
17、per form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. (A)In 1885, Karl Benz, a German, invented the first motorcar. Today, the use of motorcar has become an important form of transport. There are currently ab
18、out 200 million cars on the roads all over the world. Some are designed for speed and others are produced with special technology (25)_ _ fuel can be saved.Although cars are a comfortable and convenient form of transport, (26)_(own) a car bears disadvantages as well. Cars may cause accidents and emi
19、t carbon monoxide which gives rise to pollution， not (27)_ (mention) the high maintenance cost and the anxiety you feel when looking for a parking lot in downtown areas. Fortunately todays car manufacturers (28)_ (realize) the problems and they are trying every means to produce (29)_ they call“safer
20、, cleaner and cheaper” auto.An even bigger hit came from the worlds recent craze toward self-driving car. Different manufacturers showed their concept cars (30)_after another trying to attract public attention in order to get an edge in the field. The (31)_(late) model in this trend comes from Gener
21、al Motors, which showed off a self-driving car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In all, people really dont know and are eager to see (32)_ new technologies will lead the car industry. Lets take a deep breath and watch.(B)Tokyo train companies are providing pregnant women with badges(徽章
22、)(33)_ the hope of encouraging other passengers on the Japanese capitals crowded trains to offer them seats.The pink and blue badges reading: There is a baby in my belly are being handed out at stations around the region. No proof of pregnancy (34)_(require).Especially in the early stages, it is dif
23、ficult to tell from someones appearance (35)_ she is pregnant, said an official at the Health Ministry which came up with the idea. But these early stages are rather unstable and it is important to take care.The move comes as Japan struggles for ways to persuade women to have more babies. The countr
24、y (36)_population of the elderly people has reached a dangerous level, is among the worlds most developed countries. However, Japan is now facing a serious aging problem, (37)_(regard) as a big burden on its economy. It is now trying to create(38)_ environment that is pleasant for pregnant women.The
25、 move was welcomed by many.People(39)_provide care and help for pregnant women. But when I was three months pregnant and got on a train, no one would really notice me and I found (40)_ embarrassing to ask them to give me a seat, said Yoshiko Kato, a self-employed 38-year-old who is five months pregn
26、ant. So these badges, I hope, will make me more noticeable, she said.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A sore B. containing C. conditions D. interpret E. consciousF. data
27、G. enhancing H. resist I. definitely J. producing K. characterIn an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny temper were less likely to fall ill.The findings were built on evidence that a positive emotional style can help
28、 to _41_the common cold and other illnesses.Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness _42_ immune function and subjective as in happy people being less disturbed by a _43_ throat or running nose.People with a positive emotional style may have active immune responses to th
29、e virus, explained lead study author Dr. Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. And when they do get a cold, they may _44_ their illness as being less severe.Based on the previous study results, Cohen and his colleagues have been _45_certain that pleasant people are, for most cas
30、es, lesslikely to catch a cold, but some questions remained as to whether a persons_46_itself brings about the effect.For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality tendency, self-_47_ health and emotional style. Those who tended to be happy, ener
31、getic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, while those who were often unhappy, tense and opposed had a negative style.The researchers gave them nasal(鼻子的) drops _48_ either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the volunteers reported on any aches, pains, or other symptomsthey experienced, while the researchers collected _49_, like daily mucus(唾液) production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective analysis of nose_50_, happy people were less likely to develop a
