浦东新区2012学年度第一学期期末质量测试

高三英语试卷

 

第I卷 （105分）

I. Listening Comprehension

Section 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 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. Manager and customer.                                          B. Boss and secretary.

       C. Doctor and patient.                                                  D. Friends.

2.    A. In a department store.                                            B. In an office.   

C. In a stationery store.                                                         D. In a drugstore.

3.    A. 30 minutes.                  B. An hour.                         C. 15 minutes.                  D. 45 minutes.

4.    A. Cleaning off the dirt.                                                  B. Looking for water.

       C. Digging out the seed.                                               D. Planting something.

5.    A. Sorry.                       B. Annoyed.                      C. Excited.                         D. Surprised.

6.    A. The book is too expensive.                                      B. The book is of poor quality.

       C. The book is inexpensive.                                          D. The book is not as good as expected.

7.    A. He has been offered a new job.                             B. He has been warned by his boss.

       C. He has been fired by the company.                       D. He has been asked to have a holiday.

8.    A. He did better than expected.                                 B. He failed his test.

C. He always gets excellent grades.                         D. He found his notes.

9.    A. The man and the woman live on Salisbury Villas.

       B. The man and the woman are unfamiliar with the area.

       C. The woman failed to call for directions.

       D. The directions the woman got were wrong.

10. A. The man blamed the woman for being careless.

       B. The man misunderstood the woman’s apology.

       C. The woman offered to pay for the man’s coffee.

       D. The woman made the man’s jacket dirty with coffee.

 

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short 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 heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. She was a 19-month-old British girl.

     B. The hospitals in Qatar were full at that time.

     C. She was the daughter of a doctor in London.

     D. The Qatar doctors were unsure how to cure her.

12. A. A doctor in Qatar.                                                      B. A nurse in London.      

C. Dr. Brown.                                                                   D. Agatha Christie.

13. A. Substance used in making glass.                           B. Drug found in a detective story.

     C. Medicine often used in hospital.                           D. A deadly poison easily got in Qatar.

 

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. The design of the laboratory.                       

B. The laboratory experiment.

     C. The workbook for the laboratory course.                              

D. A piece of equipment in the laboratory.

15. A. Homework must be handed in on time.

    B. A great deal of equipment is available.

        C. The students must follow all instructions exactly.

     D. The students can make choices about the lab work.

16. A. The activities take less time.

B. The activities are to be done in class.       

C. Few instructions are given for the activities.

     D. Students are not required to do the activities. 

 

Section C

Directions: 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 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

The Suggestions Box
The first suggestion:	Change morning tea break to __17__.
The second suggestion:	Reducing the __18__ of the printer.
The third suggestion:	Adopting __19__ working hours.
The attitude of the man:	He __20__ with the Managing Director about the third suggestion.

Questions 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

What has happened to the woman’s car?	There’s something wrong with the __21__.
How much did the mechanic charge the woman?	He said he would call her with __22__ later on.
What does the man warn the woman?	Not to be __23__ by mechanics.
What does the man offer the woman?	He offers the woman __24__.

 

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

 

25. China has made a series of technological advances _______ constructing high-speed railways.

A. on                       B. to                        C. in                          D. for

26. Our principal would like to accept _______ of the practical suggestions on how to improve students’ lunch.

       A. either                 B. neither                    C. both                      D. any

27. — Look! Someone _______ the laptop.

   — Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.

        A. has repaired                B. is repairing              C. had repaired              D. was repairing

28. After the meeting, we went to the supermarket to do some shopping, only to be told that it  _______.

        A. was being decorated                                             B. was decorating  

C. is being decorated                                                           D. has been decorating

29. Babies given more love and affection by their mothers _______ deal better with stress and anxiety when they grow up.

A. need                   B. must                   C. shall                      D. may

30. The latest research _______ shows that micro blog is the most popular social networking tool among Chinese netizens.

A. to undertake                                                             B. undertaken

C. undertaking                                                           D. having been undertaken

31. _______ our life goals will guide us to a bright future, without which we may waste our lifetime.

A. Having set                 B. Set                      C. Setting                    D. To be set

32. The government will come up with more volunteer projects just _______ the volunteer industry. 

A. to promote              B. to be promoted          C. promoting                D. being promoted

33. _______ you start with one small positive thing during your day, you’ll begin to move into a more positive situation.

A. Even if                  B. In case                           C. As long as                 D. As far as

34. When you are older, you are better equipped mentally to cope with _______ happens.

       A. however                B. whenever                C. whichever                 D. whatever

35. A lot of lovers chose to get married on Dec. 12, 2012, _______ the date, the month and the year match.

A. that                          B. on which             C. in which                   D. which

36. The limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but _______ he reaches these limits depends on his environment.

     A. if                        B. that                      C. whether                         D. what

37. From inside the dark house _______.

A. some strange smell came                                  B. came some strange smell

C. had some strange smell come                                D. did some strange smell come

38. Changing the password on your hacked account isn’t a lasting solution if you don’t remove any virus, _______?

        A. don’t you                    B. do you                             C. isn’t it                           D. is it

39. The word ‘positive energy’ is becoming more than common in newspapers and magazines _______ you could notice.

A. before                    B. since                 C. when                      D. after

40. _______ several important decisions based on emotion instead of reason, he felt bitterly regretted.

A. Making                            B. Having made                 C. Made                              D. To make

 

Section B

Directions: 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. inappropriate       B. question     C. inexperienced      D. changes         E. trends F. job-related             G. assess     H. dissatisfaction     I. profession       J. occurs

 

Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression that nurses are there to wait on the position. As nurses, we are licensed to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral obligation to any physician. We provide health teaching, __41__ physical as well as emotional problems, coordinate patient-related services and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any circumstance, we feel that the physician’s order is __42__ or unsafe, we have a legal responsibility to __43__that order or refuse to carry it out. Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they enter the __44__. The emotional and physical stress, however, which __45__ due to hard working hours is a prime reason for a lot of the career __46__. It is sometimes required that we work overtime and that we change shifts four or five times a month. That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except __47__ friends and activities. The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. Most hospitals are now staffed by new graduates as experienced nurses finally give up trying to change the system. Consumers of medically-related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to demand __48__ in our medical system. But if __49__ continue as predicted, they will find that most critical hospital care will be provided by new, inexperienced and sometimes inadequately-trained nurses.

 

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: 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 the context.

The famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison once claimed that genius was one percent inspiration and ninety­-nine percent perspiration(汗水). Now, it seems, there is scientific evidence to __50__ his claim. The idea that geniuses such as Shakespeare, Mozart, and Picasso possessed certain inborn talents is a false belief, according to a study by a British psychologist and his colleagues.

After examining outstanding performance in the arts and sports, these researchers concluded that __51__ is determined by opportunity, encouragement, training, motivation, self-confidence, and — most important of all — __52__. Even people who were not thought to be    53__ with any special talent could, after having received training, reach levels __54__ considered attainable (可获得的) only by gifted individuals. ‘Talent is a false belief, and it is time that people got rid of it,” they said.

This theory — a dramatic __55__ with traditional beliefs — has been __56__ by academics worldwide. In fact, studies of accomplished artists and mathematicians, and top tennis players and swimmers, have reported few early signs of __57__ in these people before any parental encouragement. No case has been found of anyone reaching the highest levels of achievement without __58__ himself or herself to thousands of hours of serious training. Even those who are believed to be exceptionally talented — whether in music, mathematics, chess, or sports — have needed lengthy periods of instruction and practice to achieve their highest level of success. ‘The persistent false belief that some people reach high levels of performance without spending numerous hours practising __59__ much to the fact that their practice is usually outside the casual observer’s view,’ stated one scientist.

The importance of practice has been noticed in athletics. For instance, differences in the composition of certain muscles were once thought to be __60__ predictors of athletic performance. However, the differences in the proportion of certain muscle fibers(