吴淞中学2011学年第一学期

高三年级期中考试英语学科试卷

考生注意：

1、答第I卷前，考生务必在答题纸上用钢笔或圆珠笔清楚填写班级、姓名、准考证号，并用铅笔在答题纸上正确涂写准考证号。

2、第I卷（1—16小题，25— 80小题）由机器阅卷，答案必须全部涂写在答题纸上。考生应将代表正确答案的小方格用铅笔涂黑。注意试题题号和答题纸编号一一对应，不能错位。答案需要更改时，必须将原选项用橡皮擦去，重新选择。答案不能涂写在试卷上，涂写在试卷上一律不给分。第I卷中的第17—24小题, 81到84小题和第II卷的试题，将答案用钢笔或圆珠笔写在答题纸上。用铅笔答题或将答案写在试卷上也一律不给分。

第I卷（共105分）

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A  Short Conversation

Directions: 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 only once. After you hear the conversation and question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1.       A. She is not sure about going.                          B. She doesn’t want to go to the show.

C. She wants to know why the man asked her.      D. She would like to go with the man.

2.    A. See a documentary.                                     B. Change the channel. 

C. Watch television                                           D. Go to a movie.

3.    A. Study with her.                                            B. Help her on the test.

       C. Take a break.                                               D. Lend her his notebook.

4.    A. She won’t be able to come to dinner.                   

B. She would like to invite the man to the theater.

C. She doesn’t like to go out on Friday.

D. It was kind of the man to give her the tickets.

5.    A. She earned an A.                                                 B. She received a B.     

C. Her grade was C.                                         D. She got a D or F.

6.    A. It’s sunny and warm.                                    B. It’s cold and cloudy.

       C. It changes daily.                                           D. It will change in two weeks.

7.    A. At the toy store.                                           B. At the bicycle-repair shop.

       C. At school.                                                    D. At the office.

8.    A. Sally rarely borrows money.                         B. Sally rarely repays loans quickly.

       C. Sally has a lot of expenses lately.                   D. He’s never lent Sally any money.

9.    A. Sophie won’t be at her apartment.                

B. The man can inform Sophie at the meeting.

C. The man shouldn’t bother Sophie.

D. Sophie will think this is bad news.[来源:学.科.网]

10. A. Accept the man’s offer.                                 B. Walk home.

       C. Give the man a ride.                                     D. Go for a walk with the man.

Section B   Passages

Directions: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passage will b e read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11.     A. They were listening to the music.

B. They were going down a hill.

C. They were sleeping.

D. They were crying and hugging each other.[来源:Z§xx§k.Com]

12.   A. 4                      B. 30                    C. 36                    D. 42

13. A. The number of kids killed in the crash.

       B. The cause of the bus crash.

       C. The reason for this bus trip.

       D. The condition of the injured.

Question 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14.   A. A union leader.                                            B. A hotel manager.

       C. A tourist guide.                                            D. A restaurant manager.

15. A. They are booked into a luxurious hotel.         

B. The weather is changeable.

       C. They are far away from any towns and cities. 

D. Local food is both cheaper and delicious.

16.   A. Skiing.             B. Hiking                     C. Swimming               D. Sunbathing

Section C  Longer conversations

Directions: In part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the 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.

Bob’s complaints	The girl’s opinion
Didn’t (17) __________ he wanted. It is (18) __________. It won’t (19) _________ to make him happy.	His hair looks nice. He’ll get (20) _______.

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

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

The man’s problem	Doesn’t know how to put the (21) _______ on.
The woman’s suggestion	First, press (22) ________. Second, (23) _________. Third, print.
Explanation	Numbers don’t show up (24) ________, but they will be on the printed copy.

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

 

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. It is not sensible for parents to try to shelter their kids _____ all the problems.

A. on                               B. at                         C. for                      D. from

26. In my opinion, to pay to see that film will be silly when you can see it on the Internet

for       .

       A. everything            B. nothing                 C. something             D. anything

27. — He is really a brave man.

    — We can’t admire his courage___________.

A. little                          B. a lot                   C. too much             D. a bit 

28. — Do you like cats?

      — Of course. They mean           a kind of pet to their masters.

       A. better than           B. no more than        C. more than            D. not more than

29. Milk bottles need cleaning thoroughly before they are used again, _________they?

       A. don’t                    B. mustn’t                C. needn’t                 D. aren’t

30. Mike didn’t notice Alice entering his room. He __________ a phone call.

                                       A. answered                                              B. had answered

                                       C. was answering                                       D. has been answering

31. _____ he did a great deal to help the poor was known to every voter.

A. That                               B. What                C. Whether                   D. As

32. Nobody believed his reason for being absent from the class ______ he had to meet his uncle at the uncle.

A. why                                B. that                   C. where                      D. because

33. All flights ________ because of the snowstorm, many passengers could do nothing but

take the train .

A. had been canceled                                        B. was canceled

C. having been canceled                                    D. being canceled

34. Many scientists believe that global warming, if ___________ , will cause extreme

climate changes this century .

A. not stopping           B. no stop              C. not stopped       D. without stop

35. Simon did the Engl ish test ______it took Kate.

A. four-fifths the time                         B. four-fifths time

C. four-fifths a time                           D. the four-fifths time

36. We’d like to know _________ a businessman like your age has succeeded in remaining beautiful.

A. that how      B. how that              C. how it is that    D. how is it that

37. The pilot lost contact with the military base,          the plane crashed in the desert.

A. by means of which                                       B. for which

C. in case of which                                           D. as a result of which

38. Nearly a month had gone by _______ they showed some sign of giving up the price for which they had held out.

A. until           B. while            C. before          D. so that

39. I refused the offer to be a model because never ________ I could earn money with my looks.

A. I had imagined          B. had I imagined        C. have I imagined      D. I have imagined

40. ______ I really don’t like art, I find his work impressive.

A. While                      B. As                           C. Since                  D. If

Section B

Direction: 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. tends        B. for        C. regular        D. national        E. progress F. increasingly   G. harvest     H. decline       I. receive          J. matter

If you look for a book as a present for a child, you will be spoiled for choice. Even in a year there is no new Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling’s wizard is not alone. The past decade has been a ___41___ for good children’s books, which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The Lord of the Rings.

    Yet despite that, reading is ___42 ___ unpopular among children. According to statistics in 1997, 23% said they didn’t like reading in all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6 % of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.

     Maybe the ___43___ is caused by the increasing availability of computer games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class. In his pre-budget report, he announced the ___44___ project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.

     Reading Recovery is aimed at six year olds, who ___45 ___ four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation either this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ ___46 ___ in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.

International research ___47___ to find that when British children leave primary school they read well, but read texts often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading __48 __ fun matters because children who are keen on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success. According to the OECD, being a ___49___ and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage.

 

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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.

Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to   50  .

    I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85mph   51   we realized we were   52  . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new $ 20 bill. I was so excited because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on food seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line.   53   I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I  54   I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just walked out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.

    My conscience opened its mouth and   55    me in one big bite. I couldn’t  56   over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and   57   for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I   58   to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream for   59   that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change for the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?” I was not so   60   of my cash now.

    For the next two years, whenever I was   61   of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it…”

    I have learned two things from this   62   .Maybe I was a fool for   63   in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a free pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will catch up with you.

    This reflects the saying, “A coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “  64 ” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.

50. A. say                  B. talk            C. share           D. explain

51. A. as                   B. while                                           C. then             D. when

52. A. lost                 B. tired             C. hungry          D. anxious

53. A. Luckily              B. Finally          C. Immediately     D. Actually

54. A. thought              B. recognized        C. noticed          D. realized

55. A. drank                     B. shallowed             C. swallowed             D. sharpened

56. A. look                 B. get                                             C. turn             D. think

57. A. ask                  B. exchange                                        C. apologize         D. send

58. A. refused              B. wanted           C. hoped          D. meant

59. A. hope                B. surprise         C. anger                                    D. fear

60. A. sure                B. upset           C. proud           D. pleased

61. A. warned              B. reminded        C. thought         D. told

62. A. experience            B. experiment      C. story           D. mistake

63. A. turning              B. taking          C. handing         D. giving

64. A. coward              B. fool            C. loser           D. hero

 

Section B

Directions:    Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

One sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at a driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or international trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so.

Training costs have dropped to 2,600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver’s permit has become another factor.

“In the job market, owning a driver’s permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student’s competitiveness for a good position,” says Zhou Yang, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law.

Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years, and it’s difficult to get a permit out of campus because of the pressures on working people’s time. “Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of opportunities to learn.”

Xu Jian, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what it took ordinary people four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle-aged people, young women and college students are the main customers.

To get a driver’s permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’ practice before the final road test.

65. The undergraduates are learning to drive because         .

      A．They like to drive cars

       B．They need this skill to find a good job.

       C．Most of them will be able to buy cars in the future

       D．They want to become full-time drivers after graduation

66. Which of the following is Xu Jian’s opinion of students learning to drive?

       A．He decided it was a waste of money and time.

       B．He thought they must learn it at school.

       C．He thought they would spend three times more time.[来源:学_科_网]

       D．He agreed that young people had an advantage in learning to drive.

67. Which of the following would be the best title of this passage?

A.     Students Learn to Drive 　                        

B.  Welcome to Driving School

C.      It’s Better to Learn to Drive at College 　　

D.  Students Pay Less to Learn to Drive Now

(B)

       You feel happiest when you create a healthy balance between giving and receiving. If you give and give without making time to fill your own needs, then it’s likely you will burn out, or feel upset .When you take and take without giving anything back, you never feel fulfilled, so you are always searching for ways to fill the void in your life.

       The way to create a healthy balance between giving and receiving is to know and then live by your values .I break values up into two groups which I call being and having values. Your being values are the character traits of the ideal person you would like to be. I suggest to my clients that they choose three being values that they are willing to make a commitment to live by. An example of some being values are: kind, loving, generous, inspirational, peaceful, wise and even powerful. By acting on these values you give to others through your actions and you inspire others by being a positive role model. Mastering being these character traits becomes your life purpose.

       Your having values are the feelings you need to create in order to be happy. These could be companionship, achievement, support, being valued or financial security. This is what you receive. You take responsibility for filling your own needs by taking steps to create these feelings and conditions in your life.

       When you make a commitment to live by your being values, it becomes easier to make conscious choices rather than reactionary ones. If your usual pattern is to talk about your problems, you could choose to think and act like a calm person. A calm person might go for a walk , meditate, or set a time limit before responding. If your usual pattern is to worry, you could choose to act like a responsible or wise person. In other words, you would act like the person you choose to be—this is the key to personal power.

       When you choose to act on your values, you not only feel good about yourself, you reinforce your chosen beliefs. Over time acting in this way changes how you see the world, and in turn the way other people think of you.

68. The main purpose of this passage is to     .

       A．persuade the readers to make a commitment

       B．explain to the readers what personal values are

C．inform the readers how to be truly happy

       D．instruct the readers how to make wise choices

69. According to the text, living by your being values, you would     .

       A．gain a lot of power                              B．form positive personality

       C．seek all human virtues                          D．fill your own needs

70. The underlined word “void” in Paragraph 1 means     .

       A．a feeling of emptiness                          B．an absence of one’s mind

       C．a break of continuity                            D．a state of confusion

71. What can be inferred from the text?

       A．Having values are better than being values.

       B．A calm person does not choose to complain.

       C．The way other people think of you decides who you are.

       D．A responsible person does not care about financial security.

(C)

I hear many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning how to stand on your own two feet. But take a look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are clutching at (attempting to seize) one another's hands for reassurance.

    They claim that they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon -- into a lager cocoon.

    It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry had firmly carved out a teenager market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come toward high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.

    But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don't care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really counts.

72. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to tell________.

A. readers how to be popular with people around

    B. teenagers how to decide things for themselves

    C. parents how to control and guide their children

    D. people how to understand and respect each other

73. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    A. There is no popularity that really counts.[来源:Z#xx#k.Com]

    B. What many parents are doing is in fact preventing their children from finding their own paths.

    C. It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.

    D. Many teenagers claim that they want to do what they like to do.

74. The author thinks of advertisements as _____.

    A. debatable    B. instructive      C. inevitable      D. authoritative

75. During the teenage years, one should learn to ___________.

    A. differ from others in as many ways as possible

    B. become as popular as possible.

    C. find one’s real self and not to follow others’ fashion blindly.

D. rebel against parents and the popularity waves

 

Section C

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

76. ____________ Museums are places where collections of objects are preserved and put on show. The objects may be anything found in nature made by man. There are museums devoted to art, science, history, industry and technology.

77. ____________ But museums are no longer just storehouse for collections. Today nearly all museums , large or small, carry on educational programs. Museums offer guided tours, lectures, films, music recitals, art lessons, and other attractions. They organize field trips and clubs. They publish guides to help visitors to gain a better understanding of the collections.

78. _____________ All museums share a common aim —— to attract visitors and help them to understand and enjoy the collections. Museums are always on the watch for new additions to their collections. Works of art are bought from art dealers and private collectors. Museums also accept gifts, but the large museums no longer accept everything that is offered to them. They accept only objects of collections that meet their high standards.

79. ______________ Museums often arrange loan exhibitions of important works from private owners, art dealers and other museums. In this way a famous masterpiece may be viewed by people who otherwise might never have the chance to see it. For example, in 1963 the Metropolitan Museums of Art in New York city exhibited one of the world’s most famous ladies —— Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. The government of France had lent the painting to the United States. Attendance at the Metropolitan and reached an all-time high during the month Mona Lisa was shown there.

80. _______________ What is to be gained from visiting museums? Museum exhibits can teach us about the world in which we live —— the materials it is made of, the trees and plants that cover it, and the animals that have lived on it since its beginning. We can learn about the activities of m an —— his history and development as well as his accomplishments in arts and crafts. Most people see a great work of art for the first time in a museum. We cannot all be explorers or collectors in other lands. But in a museum we can see for ourselves the objects that have been gathered from every part of the world.

 

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

Cooking was once regarded as an essential part of education in England－even if it was mainly aimed at girls. In recent decades cooking has progressively become an unimportant activity in schools. In many cases the schools themselves have given up cooking meals in kitchens on the premises. But the rising level of obesity(肥胖)， has led to a rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught. Ed Balls is the minister in charge of schools. “What I want is for young people to be taught how to do basic, simple recipes like a tomato sauce, a simple curry, a stir-fry－which they can use then at home an in their later life, experiment with, discover the joy of food, having got the basics under control.”  The new lessons are due to start in September but some schools without kitchens will be given longer to adapt. There is also likely to be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since the trend has been to teach food technology rather than practical cooking. Also the compulsory lessons for hands on cooking will only be one hour a week for one term. But the well known cookery writer, Pru Leith, believes it will be worth it.

“If we’d done this thirty years ago we might not have the crisis we’ve got now about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so on. Every child should know how to cook, not just so that they’ll be healthy, but because it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure and we deny children that pleasure.”

The renewed interest in cooking is primarily a response to the level of obesity in Britain which is among the highest in Europe, and according to government figures hall of all Britons will be obese in 25 years if current trends are not halted.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN ELEVEN WORDS)

81. Cooking used to be __________________________________________________ in England.

82. What made people reconsider the importance of cooking in education?

_____________________________________________________________________________

83. Why does the author think there won’t be enough teachers with the right skills?

_____________________________________________________________________________

84. Pru Leith believes that cooking lessons will not only make the children healthy, but also _____________________________________________________________________________

 

 

第II卷 (共45分)

I. Translation

Directions:    Translate the following sentences into English, using the word or phrase given in the brackets.

1. 和他的表现比较起来，你的表现好多了。（compare）

2. 由于缺乏工作经验他没有通过面试。（lack）[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]

3. 学校定了一条规则，开始上课时学生要起立。(rule)

4. 为了保持身心健康，我们既要专心学习又要积极锻炼。（absorb）

5. 虽然空气污染被公认为是这个地区最严重的问题，但是当地政府所采取的行动还远不尽如人意。（consider）

 

II. Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120～150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

一些奥运冠军纷纷进入各大名校学习，有人觉得他们为国家做出了巨大的贡献，理应被破格录取（admitted to universities as exceptions）；而也有人觉得这对于其他学生不公平。你是否支持奥运冠军被大学破格录取？为什么？

 

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