1、上海市复兴高级中学学年第一学期期中考试上海市复兴高级中学2013学年第一学期期中考试高三年级英语学科试卷第I卷 (共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Directions: 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 conversations and the questions
2、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 the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. The newsstand. B. The hair salon. C. The grocery store. D. The bookstore.2. A. Customer and re
3、ceptionist. B. Patient and doctor. C. Driver and traffic policeman. D. Student and teacher.3. A. She will probably punish the woman. B. She herself is often late for work.C. She wont know the woman is late. D. She may ignore the womans lateness.4. A. She doesnt have enough money to help the man. B.
4、She may ask the man to drive her somewhere.C. She doesnt want to lend the man any money.D. She owes the man eight dollars.5. A. The man might not be able to leave campus early. B. The class might not finish their oral presentations. C. This weeks class might be longer than expected. D. The professor
5、 might give an exam in class.6. A. Buy the woman a birthday cake. B. Celebrate his birthday some other time. C. Save a piece of cake for later. D. Have some cake with the woman.7. A. He disagrees with the woman. B. He has much experience listening to others.C. He can keep a secret well. D. He has se
6、veral brothers and sisters.8. A. She has several pages more to copy. B. She likes the way the copies look. C. She wonders how to operate the machine. D. Shell finish using the machine soon.9. A. They plan to go hiking this weekend. B. They have to change their weekend plans. C. They hope to join the
7、 club next year. D. They recently visited Mount Henry Forest.10. A. Buy three concert tickets. B. Meet Karen at the airport. C. Watch a concert. D. Make a phone call to Karen.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the pas
8、sages. 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 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. In
9、 the USA. B. In France. C. In Germany. D. In Canada.12. A. The rich people. B. The working men.C. The business people. D. The fashion designers.13. A. Strauss was once among those looking for gold in California Gold Rush.B. The reason why the trousers are called “jeans” remains unknown.C. Office wor
10、kers are not allowed to wear jeans at work.D. The word “denim” refers to the name of a city.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They used to be made by machine. B. They used to be shorter. C. They are made of wood now. D. They are lighter now.15. A. It can stop the boar
11、d going far when they fall off. B. It helps to keep them warm in cold water. C. It enables their feet to stick to the board. D. It can increase the pleasure of surfing.16. A. A brief introduction to a sport. B. Essential things for surfing. C. The origin of a professional sport D. How to surf skilfu
12、lly in waves.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 have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 throu
13、gh 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Renal Property ManagementWriting PadName:Phone Number:Room Type:Price Range:Location:Facilities:Bill Harrington053-787-6695A 17 apartmentAround 18 Near the 19 A 20 and central air conditioningBlanks 21 th
14、rough 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What project is Pauline Jones working on?A project to protect 21 .What is Pauline Jones doing at the moment?She is 22 on the sea water.How does Pauline Jones spend her free time?She he
15、lps her host family 23 .How does Pauline Jones feel about her work?It is 24 .II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the pro
16、per form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.(A)Now I still remember my first day at a fast food restaurant three years ago. I wanted to save up money and buy my own car, so I applied everywhere I (25)_ that summer. The restaurant called me right away and I
17、 thought to (26)_, “This is going to be easy.” But within four hours of my first shift, I had angry customers who complained how slow I was. I watched in fear as a kid spilled his milk everywhere, and I heard (27)_ words that no 16-year-old boy or anyone for that matter wants to hear: “Mike, theres
18、a problem in the mens bathroom and you might want gloves for this one.” I realized right away that (28)_ (work) at the restaurant was not going to be a picnic. Over three years later I still work at that restaurant whenever I go home during vacations. I love my co-workers there and all the customers
19、 know (29)_ I am. Every morning the same senior citizens come in and get their morning coffees. They chat with us and joke around. Our smiles have just as (30)_ (much) to do with them making us a part of their everyday lives as the coffee does.From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork
20、and devotion. I also learned staying positive (31)_ _ _rough things seem to get. I will forever carry the experience that I gained at the restaurant (32)_me as I go forward in my life.(B) On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another househo
21、ld as the well-chosen presents (33)_ (unwrap). Linda has never met the children, but thats all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas. “Its an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous (匿名的) basis,” says Linda, who does charitable work as a member of the American Womens Club of Toronto. To fi
22、nd her “adopted” family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family thats struggling (34)_ (survive). It was a single mother with three children (35)_ she helped last year. The mother works as a cleaning lady in a nursing home. “(36)_ the list includes is always heartbreak
23、ing. They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite, (37)_ (ask) for basic clothes or simple toys,” she says. “We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and gloves.” She also buys gifts for the parents. Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish listone (38)_ did
24、nt include the basics. “Every child should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime.” She (39)_ (purchase) iPods for the two older children and a video game system for the youngest. Linda says that the valuable lesson (40)_ (learn) in all of this is to pay attention to whats going on in
25、 your own backyardwherever you live.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. accidentallyB. accountC. achievedD. approachingE. artfully F. eagerG. generalizationH. groupedI. l
26、ifelikeJ. longK. puttingA short story is like any work of fiction. It is not a real-life 41 but the product of an authors imagination. As such, stories can be written on a wide range of subjects. The only limit on a story is how 42 it isa short story should be readable in one sitting. A good short s
27、tory, however, presents enough 43 qualities to help us better understand ourselves and our world.The following stories illustrate the enormous range and wealth of short stories. Some stories are great adventure tales that make us read on, 44 to find out what will happen next. Some stories present qu
28、iet, ordinary-sounding events. Other stories carry us to faraway places or times. Always, a story presents us with a world of the authors imagination. The author 45 combines people, places, events, and ideas to create a unique, fictional world. In 46 these parts together to form a story, the author
29、always has at least one important purpose in mind: to illustrate a trutha(n) 47 about life.The stories on the following pages are 48 according to some of the basic elements that an author works with when writing a story: plot, character, setting, point of view, and theme. The last group of stories i
30、llustrates the total effect 49 from skilfully varying and mixing these basic ingredients. These elements contain the key to 50 any story with deeper understanding and greater pleasure. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phra
31、ses marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In parts of Africa, wars have been going on for many years. Millions of people have lost their homes, schools, markets, and hospitals. In these conditions, food supplies 51 and people face starvation. During the past decade, international aid organizations have done their best to help prevent starvation by sending food to people in the areas.However, this is a short-term solution. Most ai
