1、11 宝山高三英语一模卷2018.1 宝山区高三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷(满分：140分 考试时间：120分钟)第I卷 (共100分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10分) 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 th
2、e 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 the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At a dancing show. B. At an airport. C. At home. D. At a cinema.2. A. He cant find
3、 the manager. B. His new watch doesnt work. C. He doesnt get the right watch. D. His deposit was missing.3. A. The plan of their holiday trips. B. Their feeling of the trip to Washington. C. The weather of the beach. D. Their wishes and dreams.4. A. Save money on the rent. B. Share the rent with som
4、eone. C. Find a part-time job. D. Apply for a student loan.5. A. The woman has watered too much. B. Moving plants is not a good idea. C. The plants may need more sunshine. D. The woman should get some professional help.6. A. She is ill and has to stay at home. B. She hates watching TV at home. C. Sh
5、e cant go to work herself. D. Shes wasting much time watching TV7. A. Look at the laundry basket. B. Check the business time of the laundry. C. Go to do her laundry. D. Find another suitable blouse.8. A. The man will have a business trip tomorrow. B. The woman has no idea what the boss is doing. C.
6、The terrible weather has delayed all the flights. D. The boss is not supposed to be at the office.9. A. He is used to going out on cold days. B. He is used to wearing a wool hat. C. He is used to wearing no hat in winter. D. He is used to carrying a heavy bag.10. A. The woman often suffers from bad
7、traffic. B. The woman is used to getting up late. C. The woman lives in the downtown area. D. The woman lives far away from the company.Section B (15分)Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages
8、 and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heardQuestions 11 through 13 are based on t
9、he following news.11. A. How to stay calm. B. How to order a meal. C. How to complain politely. D. How to deal with an argument.12. A. Customers are less likely to get help. B. Customers will get problems fixed. C. Managers will be frightened. D. Managers will smile happily.13. A. Asking to speak to
10、 a manager.B. Blaming the person youre talking to. C. Saying There has been a misunderstanding. D. Giving the person a chance to explain.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Sharing your wishes. B. Supplying things with you. C. Chatting with you. D. Carrying things for
11、you.15. A. Its special Wi-F. B. Fingerprint identification system. C. Its built-in cameras. D. Its partners.16. A. Security. B. Convenient. C. Independent. D. Unpractical.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Kids should do chores on weekends. B. Parents should help
12、kids with chores. C. Parents feel pride in helping around the house. D. Chores teach children responsibility.18. A. Kids academic achievements will improve.B. Kids rooms will be clean and tidy. C. Kids will take care of themselves.D. Kids will finish schoolwork sooner.19. A. Kids like doing schoolwo
13、rk. B. Kids dont need to do chores. C. Kids are spoiled. D. Kids appreciate parents.20. A. The woman wont ask her kids to do chores. B. The woman will encourage her kids to do chores. C. The man wont ask his kids to do chores. D. The man will encourage his kids to study.II. Grammar and VocabularySec
14、tion A (10分)Directions: After reading the passage below, /ill 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 best fits each blank.Why My Best Fr
15、iend Is a BookWriting about beliefs is hard. It makes you reach deep into your soul and truly look at what is there. It requires time and effort, and then hits you in the face and someone in the background says “Oh, why didnt you think of that before?” Beliefs change, they mature and grow just (21)
16、_ a child. The best beliefs are the ones that (22) _ ( cherish) throughout a lifetime. One belief I cherish above all others is the power and enjoyment of reading.Reading can be for fun and that learning is (23) _ (easy) when youre having fun. Being able to relate to the characters, imagine the conf
17、licts in your head,and feel the characters sadness, as well as their joy, is the most amazing thing about reading. A chance to live another life for a short time, to be another person, Reading lends the soul and mind a place (24) _ (escape). I would much rather pick up a good luck than watch a telev
18、ision show.Reading can teach us. Whether its a fantasy novel or a historical account, you learn when you read. It provides grammar and (25) _ (write) language skills. Reading teaches us about emotion. Reading gives you new words and expands your vocabulary by forcing you to challenge yourself. In it
19、s own way it makes us feel the emotions of the characters. (26) _ _ _ you read, I believe you will learn, mind and soul.Reading can bring people together. I cannot count the number of new friends and people that have entered my life because of books. My stepmother, grandmother, and I all rad the sam
20、e books. (27) _ is better than being able to share the tense moments, near misses, and happy endings while (28) _ (drink) a steaming cup of coffee together with someone. Reading allows you to lower your walls and let people in to form genuine chains. Plus people (29) _ read impressive books are usua
21、lly pretty cool themselves!Over the years reading has been my companion. Always with a book in my purse, I have never faced the world without a best friend by my side. Books (30) _ (help) me through difficult periods and applauded me in times of celebration. Books always make me smile. Thats the big
22、gest reason I believe in reading, because it will make you happy.Section B (10分) Directions: Fill in each blank with. a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. extent B. substance C. normal D. potential E. refreshing F. inst
23、ructionsG. function H. caused I. physical J. restore K. mentally The discovery builds on earlier findings showed that a class of genes called splicing (胶接) factors is progressively switched off as we age. The research team found that splicing factors can be switched back on with chemicals, making ag
24、ing cells not only look 31 younger, but start to divide like young cells.The researchers applied compounds chemicals based on a 32 naturally found in red wine, dark chocolate, red grapes and blueberries, to cells in culture. The chemicals 33 splicing factors, which are progressively switched off as
25、we age to be switched back on. Within hours, the cells looked younger and started to rejuvenate, behaving like young cells.The discovery has the 34 to lead to therapies that could help people age better, without experiencing some of the degenerative effects of getting old. Most people by the age of
26、85 have experienced some kind of chronic illness, and as people get older they are more prone to stroke, heart disease and cancer.Professor Harries as saying, “This is a first step in trying to make people live 35 lifetime, but with health for their entire life. Our data suggests that using chemical
27、s to switch back on the major class of genes that are switched off as we age might provide a means to 36 to old cells.”Dr Eva Latorre, Research Associate at the University of Exeter, who carried out the experiments, was surprised by the 33 and rapidity of the changes in the cells.“When I saw some of
28、 the cells in the culture dish 38 I couldnt believe it. These old cells were looking like young cells. It was like magic,” she said. “I repeated the experiments several times and in each case the cells rejuvenated. I am very excited by the implications and potential for this research.”As we age, our
29、 tissues accumulate senescent cells which are alive but do not grow or 39 as they should. These old cells lose the ability to correctly regulate the output of their genes. This is one reason why tissues and organs become susceptible to disease as we age. When activated, genes make a message that giv
30、es the 40 for the cell to behave in a certain way. Most genes can make more than one message, which determines how the cell acts.Splicing factors are crucial in ensuring that genes can perform their full range of functions.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15分)Directions: For each blank in the fo
31、llowing 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 the content.Cameron Buckner, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Houston, argues in an article published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research that
32、 a wide range of animal species exhibit so-called “ executive control” when it comes to making decisions, 41 considering their goals and ways to satisfy those goals before acting.He acknowledges that language is 42 for some experienced forms of higher-order thinking, or thinking about thinking. But supported by a review of
