1、上海市十二校高三英语联考试题 2016学年第一学期十二校联考英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionPart A Short ConversationsDirections: In Part 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 conversations and the questions will be spoken o
2、nly 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. Lend the man some money. B. Take the man to the bank. C. Ask the man when hell be paid. D. Help the man to dra
3、w some cash.2. A. She broke her mobile phone. B. She forgot to reply to the man. C. She didnt get the mans messages. D. She couldnt remember the mans phone number.3. A. He received permission to carry on an extra bag. B. He doesnt know the woman ahead of him. C. Hes carrying someone elses suitcase.
4、D. Hed like some help with his luggage.4. A. Go to the city on another day. B. Avoid driving after taking her medicine. C. Pick up her medicine before they leave. D. Wait to take her medicine until after their trip.5. A. The air will be cleaner if they go to a different city. B. Itll soon be too lat
5、e to control the pollution. C. Society will not pay attention to the new laws. D. The situation will improve if changes are made.6. A. He didnt have time to look for his jacket. B. He misunderstood the weather report. C. He didnt know it would be cold. D. He forgot where his jacket was.7. A. Attend
6、a conference with her. B. Mail her the paper after the deadline. C. Hand in a handwritten draft of the paper. D. Complete the course without handing in the paper.8. A. He saw Mary earlier. B. Someone else saw Mary. C. He cant help the woman. D. Mary asked for directions to the office.9. A. She fell
7、asleep before the program ended. B. She especially enjoyed the end of the program. C. She missed the beginning of the program. D. She wishes she had gone to sleep earlier.10. A. He may feel better soon. B. He doesnt like to take pills. C. He may not be able to wake up. D. He may want to take the pil
8、ls without food.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear several short passages and longer conversations, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and the conversations. The passages and the conversations will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. Wh
9、en 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 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. They couldnt fall asleep there. B. There was no empty room available. C. The melting sno
10、w blocked their view. D. Their room was taken up by someone else.12. A. Skiing. B. Shopping. C. Bowling. D. Jogging.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The scientific evidence that those who are good at sports make more money. B. The scientific evidence that the length
11、of our fingers isnt inherited from parents. C. Whether there is connection between numbers-based skills or words-based ones. D. Whether there is link between peoples talents and the length of their fingers.15. A. They are more likely to do well in sports. B. They are more likely to be interested in
12、literature. C. They are less likely to be good at maths. D. They are less likely to make a big fortune.16. A. Cambridge scientists study challenged some established theories. B. Cambridge scientists study had chosen the improper subjects. C. Cambridge scientists findings may not be true to the fact.
13、 D. Cambridge scientists findings were the same as theirs.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. The mans terrible experience on the day. B. The womans unlucky first day at work. C. The womans boss, who is hard to deal with. D. The mans daughter, who failed in the job
14、 interview.18. A. He feeds on vegetables alone. B. He seldom talks to his employees. C. He didnt go to the meeting that day. D. He has decided to fire the woman.19. A. A cup of coffee. B. A salad. C. A hammer. D. A stone.20. A. Take a break. B. Apologise to her boss. C. Call her friends. D. Leave th
15、e company.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that be
16、st fits each blank.Lightning Bolt Usain Bolt is the worlds fastest man. He first came to the publics attention at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, where he won three gold medals. During that race, he reached a top speed of 43.9 kmph. So, we ask, how does the man (21)_ nickname is “Lightning Bolt” run s
17、o fast? Usain Bolt was born in Jamaica on 21 August 1986. He was running around at primary school, when a teacher noticed (22)_ talent for sprinting (短跑). He became one of the best sprinters at his high school even though he didnt train very hard. At the age of fifteen, Bolt was 196 cm tall and he d
18、ominated the 2002 World Junior Championships, becoming the youngest person ever (23)_ (win) the 200 metres. He turned professional when he left high school, (24)_ (age) seventeen. During the first couple of years of Bolts professional life, he got a few injuries, but his health soon improved and he
19、began to win all the major championships. He went from strength to strength, (25)_ (amaze) the world with his speed. So, how does he do it? Bolt says that he is naturally fastjust something he was born (26)_. Hes also got a number of people looking after him and one of the main reasons for his succe
20、ss is Norman Peart, his manager. Peart (27)_ (look) after Bolt since he was fifteen, working hard to keep him focused. (28)_ you explain it, Bolts performances in Beijing were truly marvellous. Whats more marvellous is (29)_, since then, he has continued to get even faster. In August 2009, he broke
21、his own record by running the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds. At the (30)_ (fast) point in this race, he ran at an astonishing 44.9 kmph. Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A.
22、attendedB. beliefC. classicD. commonlyE. crewF. evidenceG. furtherH. originsI. purposesJ. rebelledK. relativelyColumbus: Myth and Reality Everyone knows the name of Christopher Columbus, and, as with any historical icon, there are as many myths as truths about the man. Take, for example, the disagre
23、ement about his 31 . The Spanish say he was from Spain, and the Italians claim he was from Italy. There is, in fact, some 32 that he was born in 1451 in Genoa, which is now part of Italy. Columbus became a sailor at an early age and had made journeys as far as Iceland and Guinea before he made his f
24、amous voyage in 1482. Contrary to popular 33 , Columbus didnt sail to the Americas in order to find out whether the Earth was round: at the end of the 15th century almost everyone knew it was round. We do know that he sailed in part to fulfill a religious quest: he saw his journeys as a fulfillment
25、of a divine (神圣的) plan for his life. Of course, the other 34 known reason for this voyage was that Columbus was looking for a new route to the Spice Islands (now part of Indonesia), and he believed he could reach them by sailing west rather than east. The discovery of the New World was therefore a(n
26、) 35 case of “serendipity (机缘凑巧)”. In 1492, when he unexpectedly discovered the Americas, he had been traveling for five weeks and had sailed for 3,000 miles. He thought he had arrived in the East Indies. Columbus left on the voyage of discovery from the south of Spain, with a(n) 36 made up mainly o
27、f experienced sailors from the area. He made two 37 voyages before the end of the century, taking Europeans across to the new lands. On his third voyage in 1498, he also took women to the New World. This third voyage was not a happy one for Columbus. The settlers 38 against him, and he was unable to
28、 send a lot of gold back, so he was arrested and returned to Spain in chains. However, the King and Queen soon apologized, saying there had been a mistake, and Columbus was freed. By this time, 1500, Columbus was not a well man and he died quietly at the age of 55 in Valladolid, Spain, on May 20, 15
29、06, in his own apartment 39 by family and friends. He was a(n) 40 rich man at the time of his death.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits t
30、he context.Agree to Disagree In a world of 6.5 million opinionated people, arguments are sure to happen. Many people see arguments as an inevitable and negative part of life. Inevitable, yes; 41 , maybe not. Arguments can often lead to positive changeif you argue 42 .Arguing “well” “There 43 is such
31、 a thing as a healthy argument,” says Marian Donahue, a human relations professional, San Diego. “In a healthy argument, ones own goal should be to explain the issues in detail, to communicate the upset behind the issues, and to really seek to move forward toward a 44 ,” she says. “The minimum goal
32、should be to preserve the relationship well enough to keep 45 alive.”What not to do Nothing 46 a healthy argument like a personal attack, and personal attacks are a big no-no if you want an argument to end positively. Dina Connolly, a graduate student at Northwestern University, Illinois, says that when professiona
