2019年七宝中学高三第一学期暑假作业检测
考试时间：120分钟满分：150
出卷人：封杏玉审卷人：汤晓燕
I. Listening Comprehension 25%
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. She’s too sick to have any visitor. B. Her sister’s flight was canceled.
C. Her sister has changed her plans.
D. She picked up her sister last night.
2. A. The library closes at five o’clock. B. She’ll get the things the man needs.
C. Mary wants to go to the classroom too.
D. There isn’t enough time to go to the classroom.
3. A. Take less medicine each day. B. Visit him as often as possible.
C. Have more stretching exercises.
D. Try a new kind of headache medicine.
4. A. The next bus leaves in 15 minutes.
B. The man can go to the exhibition by bus.
C. The man missed the subway train to the exhibition.
D. The subway will arrive at the exhibition before 11:30.
5. A. The cellphone cannot be repaired.
B. The woman misunderstood what he said.
C. He doesn’t know what’s wrong with the cellphone.
D. The problem is different from what he thought it was.
6. A. She wished she had gone to sleep earlier.
B. She missed the beginning of the program.
C. She fell asleep before the program ended.
D. She was awakened in time to see the program.
7. A. More copies of the letter are needed.
B. It’s too late to apply for the university.
C. The man should get a more recent reference letter.
D. The principal is the best person to write the letter of reference.
8. A. He wants to talk to Sally and Mark.
B. The woman should not let out others’ secret.
C. He will explain to the woman what happened.
D. The woman s houldn’t get involved in the situation.
9. A. He wants the woman to postpone the lecture.
B. He hasn’t finished preparing for his lecture.
C. He can’t explain the simple concepts of economics.
D. He regularly gives lectures to high school students.
10. A. Hire a tutor before the mid-term exam. B. Avoid making any mistake in the exam.
C. Turning to the same tutor that she had.
D. Work hard to catch up with others.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the question 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 heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following lecture.
11. A. Most canals were not wide enough for the boats.
B. Other means of transportation became accessible.
C. The boats were no longer considered fashionable.
D. They learned the boats were bad for the environment.
12. A. Some people get frustrated with their speed.
B. They are mainly used for transportation.
C. People can have easy access to them.
D. A license is needed to operate them.
13. A. The changing role of narrow boats.
B. The uniqueness of the design of narrow boats.
C. The importance of narrow boats in the 18th century.
D. The reason why British people say hello to strangers.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. To get new design ideas.
B. To make furniture used in space.
C. To take part in scientific training.
D. To create an environment similar to Mars.
15. A. It is operated by NASA.
B. It offers people a taste of isolated life on Mars.
C. It is used to train people for an educational purpose.
D. It helps people to get used to living with limited resources.
16. A. How to store things.
B. How to think creatively.
C. How to live in space.
D. How to cut down the cost.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Profession. B. Manners. C. News reports. D. Psychology tests.
18. A. By travelling worldwide. B. By testing the door holder.
C. By dropping a pile of papers.
D. By putting cups of coffee on a tray.
19. A. 35. B. 55. C. 70. D. 90.
20. A. She impressed the reporter with what she held in her hands.
B. She helped the reporter even though her hands were full.
C. She was looking for what she could do for others.
D. She told the reporter a warm enough story.
II. Grammar (1*10=10)
Directions: 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 best fits each blank.
***A new study shows that ___21____(good) your short-term memory, the faster you feel fed up and decide you’ve had enough. T he findings appear in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Noelle Nelson, assistant professor of marketing and consumer behavior at the University of Kansas School of Business. She and her colleague Joseph Redden at the University of Minnesota tried to think outside the lunch box. “Something that was interesting to me is that some people get tired of things ___22___ very different rates. When you think about pop songs on the radio, some people must still be enjoying them and requesting them even after hearing them a lot. But a lot of other people are really sick of those same songs.” The difference, the researchers supposed, might have to do with memories of past consumption.
The researchers tested the memory capacity of undergraduates. The students then viewed a repeating series of three classic paintings…like The Starry Night, American Gothic, and The Scream…or listened and re-listened to a series of three pop songs…or three pieces of classical music. Throughout the test, the participants were asked to rate t heir experience on a scale of zero to ten. “We found that people with larger capacities remembered more about the music or art, which led to them ___23____(get) tired of the music or art more quickly. So remembering more details actually made the participants feel like they’d experienced the music or art more often.” The findings suggest that marketers ___24___ cope with our desire for their products by figuring out ways to distract us and keep us from fully remembering our experiences. We could also trick ____25____ into eating less junk food by recalling the experience of a previous snack. As for kids easily bored, just tell them to forget about it—it might help them have more fun.
***Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations ___26____ we give information or opinions, receive news or comment and very likely have our views ____27____(challenge) by other members of society.
Face-to face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication ____28___(become) one of the dominating factors of current society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications 29_____ ______ local news often takes a back seat to national news, which itself is often almost eclipsed (失去优势) by international news.
No longer is the possession of information restricted to a wealthy minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries. Forty years ago, people used to go to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that _____30_____(channel) into millions of homes…..
Vocabulary 10’
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
You're trying your best to enjoy an evening cookout, but a constant swarm of mosquitoes follows you from grill to poolside. The threat? A pierce to your skin, leaving behind an itchy red welt and possibly even a serious illness. As you swat madly at the pests, you notice that others seem completely unbothered. Could it be that mosquitoes prefer to bite some people over others?
The short answer is yes. Mosquitoes do ___31___ blood-sucking preferences, say the experts. "One in 10 people are highly attractive to mosquitoes," reports Jerry Butler, PhD, professor emeritus at the University of Florida. But it's not dinner they're sucking out of you. Female mosquitoes -- males do not bite people -- need human blood to develop ___32___ eggs. And apparently, not just anyone's will do. Who Mosquitoes Like Best? Although researchers have yet to ___33___ what mosquitoes consider an ideal hunk (大块) of human flesh, the hunt is on. "There's a tremendous amount of research being conducted on what compounds and odors people exude that might be attractive to mosquitoes," says Joe Conlon, PhD, technical advisor to the American Mosquito Control Association. With 400 different compounds to examine, it's an extremely laborious process. "Researchers are just beginning to ___34____ the surface," he says.
Scientists do know that genetics ____35____for an overwhelming 85% of our susceptibility to mosquito bites. They've also identified certain elements of our body chemistry that, when found in excess on the skin's surface, make mosquitoes swarm closer.
"People with high ____36____of steroids or cholesterol on their skin surface attract mosquitoes," Butler tells WebMD. That doesn't necessarily mean that mosquitoes prey on people with higher overall levels of cholesterol, Butler explains. These people simply may be more efficient at processing cholesterol, the byproducts of which remain on the skin's surface.
Mosquitoes also __37___ people who produce excess amounts of certain acids, such as uric acid, explains entomologist John Edman, PhD, spokesman for the Entomological Society of America. These substances can trigger mosquitoes' sense of smell, luring them to land on ___38___victims.
But the process of attraction begins long before the landing. Mosquitoes can smell their dinner from a(n) _____39___ distance of up to 50 meters, explains Edman. This doesn't bode well for people who emit large quantities of car bon dioxide…..Luckily, there are chemical-based mosquito repellents and the soybean oil-based repellent that can help to keep the bite at___40____.
III. Reading comprehension
Section A Cloze: 15
I recently met a Texan couple whose son was still in diapers. They were seeking to get him into a preschool that ___41___ a private preparatory school with a great record for college admissions.
The couple were ambivalent (uncertain)about doing this. They were from immigrant and working-class backgrounds, and had thrived in public schools. In theory, they believed that all children should have an equal chance to succeed. But I ___42___ that if they got their son a spot in the preschool, they’d take it.
It’s a familiar story. Psychologists, socio logists and journalists have spent over a decade critiquing
（评论；评判）the habits of “helicopter parents” and their school____43___. They insist that hyper-parenting backfires —creating a generation of stressed-out kids who can’t ___44___ alone. Parents themselves alternate between feeling guilty, panicked and ridiculous.
But a new research shows that in our unequal era, this kind of parenting brings life-changing benefits. According to the research, when inequality hit a low in the 1970s, there wasn’t tha t much of a gap between what someone earned with or without a college degree. Strict parenting ___45___ an era of “permissive parenting” — giving children lots of freedom with little oversight.
In the 1980s, however, inequality increased sharply in Western countries, especially the United States, and the gap between white- and blue-collar pay widened. Permissive parenting was replaced by helicopter parenting. Middle- and upper-class parents who’d gone to public schools and spent evenings playing kickball in the neighborhood began elbowing their toddlers into fast-track preschools and spending evenings monitoring their homework and driving them to activities.
American parents eventually increased their ___46____ caregiving by about 12 hours a week, compared with the 1970s.
Not all the changes were rational. But___47___, the new parenting efforts seemed effective. When the researchers analyzed the 2012 PISA, an academic test of 15-year-olds around the world, along with reports from the teenagers and the ir parents about how they interact, they found that an “intensive parenting style” correlated with higher scores on the test.
It’s not enough just to ___48___ over your kids, however. If you do it as an “authoritarian” parent —defined as someone who ___49___ directives, expects children to obey and sometimes hits those who don’t —you won’t get the full benefits.
The most effective parents, according to the authors, are “authoritative.” They use reasoning to persuade kids to do things that are good for them. Instead of strict obedience, they emphasize ___50____, problem-solving and independence — skills that will help their offspring in future workplaces that we can’t even imagine yet.
And they seem most successful at helping their kids achieve the holy grails(圣杯) of modern parenting: college and postgraduate degrees, which now have a huge financial payoff.
The benefits aren’t just ___51____. In a British study, kids raised by authoritative parents reported better health and higher self-esteem. In the American study, they were less likely to use drugs, smoke or ___52____ alcohol.
So why wouldn’t eve ryone just become a(n) ___53___ parent? Religious people, regardless of their income, are more likely to be authoritarian parents who expect obedience and believe in corporal punishment, the authors found.Working-class and poor parents might not have the leisure time to hover or the budget to pay for activities and expensive schools. And they may __54___ feel that they need to prepare their children for jobs in which rule-following matters more than debating skills. Those who can afford to helicopter are probably making things even more unequal for the next generation. Since there’s apparently no ___55___ to how much people will do for their kids, the prognosis for parenting doesn’t look good. Yet another reason to elect people who’ll make America more equa l: We grown-ups can finally stop doing homework.
41.A. changes into B. feeds into C. turns into D. transforms into
42.A. claimed B. doubted C. suspected D. questioned
43.A. obsessions B. associations C. observations D. investigations
44.A. mention B. action C. transition D. function
45.A. objected to B. contributed to C. gave rise to D. gave way to
46.A. hands-down B. hands-off C. hands-on D. hands-over
47.A. for all the attention B. for the most part C. within defined areas D. under right supervision
48.A. look B. hover C. take D. protect
49.A. issues B. figures C. employs D. evaluates
50.A. reliability B. probability C. regularity D. adaptability
51.A. financial B. physical C. academic D. mental
52.A. abuse B. refuse C. counter D. command
53.A. permissive B. authoritative C. authoritarian D. helicopter
54.A. neutrally B. formally C. rightly D. reluctantly
55.A. link B. proof C. comparison D. limit
Section B 22
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)
As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations —— UNESCO and National Geographic among them—have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.
Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience of living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India , Nepal, Bhutan, and China . But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.
At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials——including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes—— which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.
Now, through the two organizations that he has founded ——the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project ——Turin has started a campaign to make such documents available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.
56. Many scholars are making efforts to ______.
A. promote global languages
B. rescue disappearing languages
C. search for language communities
D. set up language research organizations.
57. What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to ?
A. Having full records of the languages
B. Writing books on language teaching.
C. Telling stories about language users
D. Living with the native speaker.
58. What is Turin’s book based on?
A. The cultural studies
B. The documents available at Yale.
C. His language research in Bhutan.
D. His personal experience in Nepal.
59. Which of the following best describe Turin’s work?
A. Write, sell and donate.
B. Record, repair and reward.
C. Collect, protect and reconnect.
D. Design, experiment and report.
(B)
The global energy crisis is approaching. What can we do? Here are some steps you can take.
Cooling puts the greatest stress on your summer energy bill and the power grid. Just as a tune-up for your car can improve your gas mileage, a yearly tune-up of your heating and cooling system can improve efficiency and comfort. Clean or replace filter monthly or as needed.
For central air conditioning systems and room air conditioners, look for the ENERGY STAR, the federal government’s symbol for en ergy efficiency. For central air, purchase the system with the highest possible Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio. (SEER)
Use energy efficient ceiling fans either alone or with air conditioning. Ceiling fans do a great job of circulating air. When used with air conditioning, fans allow you to raise the thermostat and cut costs. Ceiling fans cool people, not rooms, so before you leave, turn off the ceiling fan.
Let a programmable thermostat “remember for you” to automatically adjust the indoor climate with your daily and weekend patterns to reduce cooling bills by up to 10 percent. You can come home to a comfortable house without wasting energy and creating pollution all day while you are at work.
Try to make your home airtight enough to increase your comfort, make your home quieter and cleaner and reduce your cooling costs up to 20 percent.
Cut your air conditioning load, and reduce pollution by planting leafy trees around your home and fixing reflective bricks on your roof.
Close blinds or shades on south-and west-facing windows during the day, or fix shading equipment to avoid heat build-up.
Turn off everything not in use: lights, TVs, computers. And use fluorescent bulbs, which provide bright, warm light while using at least two-thirds less energy, producing 70 percent less heat and lasting
up to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs.
Drive the car that gets better gas mileage whenever possible if you own more than one vehicle. If you drive 12,500 miles a year, switching 10 percent of your trips from a car that gets 20 miles per gallon to one that gets 30 mpg will save you more than ￡65 per year.
Carpool. The average U.S. commuter could save about ￡260 a year by sharing cars twice a week with two other people in a car that gets 20.1 mpg-assuming the three passengers share the cost of gas.
60. According to the passage, the thermostat is used to ________.
A. make rooms quieter
B. control room temperature
C. turn off the air conditioner
D. reduce room air pollution
61. We can conclude from the passage that the author probably discourages _________.
A. planting leafy trees around your home
B. turning off the ceiling fan before you leave your house
C. keeping your south-facing windows open during the day
D. using fluorescent bulbs instead of incandescent bulbs
62. According to the passage, you can save fuel by _______.
A. using energy-efficient ceiling fans
B. sharing cars with others on workdays
C. turning off everything not in use
D. reducing 10% of your car trips every year
(C)
Earlier this year a series of papers in The Lancet reported that 85 percent of the $265 billion spent each year on medical research is wasted because too often absolutely nothing happens after initial results of a study are published. No follow-up investigations to replicate(复制) or expand on a discovery. No one uses the findings to build new technologies.
The problem is not just what happens after publication — scientists often have trouble choosing the right questions and properly designing studies to answer them. Too many studies test too few subjects to arrive at firm conclusions. Researchers publish reports on hundreds of treatments for diseases that work in animal models but not in humans. Drug companies find themselves unable to reproduce promising drug targets published by the best academic institutions. The growing recognition that something has gone wrong in the laboratory has led to calls for, as one might guess, more research on research —attempts to find rules to ensure that peer-reviewed studies are, in fact, valid.
It will take a concerted effort by scientists and other stakeholders to fix this problem. We can do so by exploring ways to make scientific investigation more reliable and efficient. These may include collaborative team science, study registration, stronger study designs and statistical tools, and better peer review, along with making scientific data widely available so that others can replicate experiments, therefore building trust in the conclusions of those studies.
Reproducing other scientists’ analy ses or replicating their results has too often in the past been looked down on with a kind of “me-too” derision(嘲笑) that would waste resources — but often they may help avoid false leads that would have been even more wasteful. Perhaps the biggest obstacle to replication is the inaccessibility of data and results necessary to rerun the analyses that went into the original experiments. Searching for such information can be extremely difficult. Investigators die, move
and change jobs; computers crash; online links malfunction. Data are sometimes lost —even, as one researcher claimed when confronted about spurious(伪造的) results, eaten by termites(白蚁).
There has definitely been some recent progress. An increasing number of journals, including Nature and Science, have adopted measures such as checklists for study design and reporting while improving statistical review and encouraging access to data. Several funding agencies, meanwhile, have asked that researchers outline their plans for sharing data before they can receive a government grant.
But it will take much more to achieve a lasting culture change. Investigators should be rewarded for performing good science rather than just getting statistically significant (“positive”) but nonreplicable results. Revising the present incentive(激励) structure may require changes on the part of journals, funders, universities and other research institutions.
63. What is the problem reported in those papers in The Lancet?
A. Great achievements in medical research failed to get published.
B. Money was wasted on follow-up investigations in medical research.
C. Too many new research findings are not put into use after publication.
D. Few scientists are devoted to building new technologies for mankind.
64. Which of the following situation is most similar to the problem described in paragraph 2?
A. A high school decides to cut its art programs due to the lack of fund.
B. A patient gets sicker because he does not follow the doctor’s advice.
C. A marketing firm tests a website with participants that are not target population.
D. A drug company fails to produce the new drug due to no access to the latest data.
65. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Measures are taken to ensure publication of tested results only.
B. Scientific experiments must be replicable to be considered valid.
C. Experiment replication is unoriginal and not worthwhile.
D. Rewards should be given only to those nonreplicable findings.
66. The purpose of this article is to ___________.
A. argue that scientific research lacks efficiency
B. explain the result of a recent scientific study
C. introduce some recent progress in medical research
D. highlight the possible problems of research studies
Section C （8分）
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
According to a new study just published in Psychological Science, any one person seen in a group just seems better looking than when viewed alone. The reason: human eyes average things out, and when it comes to faces, average is usually good.
_____67________ Facial analysis studies show the symmetry(对称) is almost always regarded as prettier that asymmetry and the most beautiful faces are the ones on which eyes are no more or less than a certain distance apart, and the forehead, chin, cheeks and other features take up no more than a certain share of the whole. It’s the reason that models may be gorgeous but can prove awfully difficult to tell apart.
“Perhaps,” says psychological scientist Drew Walker of the University of California, San Diego, in a statement that accompanied the release of the study, “beautiful people are all alike, but every unattractive person is unattractive in their own ways.”
To test how that plays out in a group setting, Walker and his UCSD collaborator, psychological scientist Edward Vul, recruited 130 undergraduate students and showed them pictures of 100 different men and women. _______68_______ Other times they were cut out to show just one face at a time. Still other times, the faces were taken out of context and arranged on a simple grid (网格) of either four, nine or 16 faces.
Consistently, the researchers found, the sole shots were regarded as less attractive than the faces viewed in a group—whether in a real setting or on the grid. This was true regardless of the gender of the subjects and regardless of whether they would broadly be described as following most definitions of attractiveness or unattractiveness. ___________69_________
The explanation for the phenomenon, they believe, is the averaging effect and how it works. ______70__________ “Individuals with complementary features—one person with narrow eyes and one person with wide eyes—would enjoy a greater boost in attractiveness when seen together, as compared to groups composed of individuals who have similar features,” Walker and Vul write.
VI: Summary (10’)
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then write an English summary within 60 words in your own words according to the passage given below.
“Parents today want their kids spending time on things that can bring them success, but i ronically, we’ve stopped doing one thing that’s actually been a proven predictor of success—and that’s household chores.” says Richard Rende, a developmental psychologist in Paradise Valley, Ariz., and co-author of the forthcoming book “raising Can-Do Kids”. Decades of studies show the benefits of chores--academically, emotionally and professionally.
Giving children household chores at an early age helps to build a lasting sense of mastery, responsibility and independence, according to research by Marty Rossmann, professor at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Dr. Rossmann analyzed data from a longitudinal(纵向的) study that followed 84 children across four periods in their lives--in preschool around ages 10 and 15, and in their mid-20s. She found that young adults who began chores at ages 3 and 4 were more likely to have good relationships with family and friends and to achieve academic and early career success and to be self-sufficient, as compared with those who didn’t have chores or who started them as te ens.
Chores also teach children how to be empathetic and responsive to others’ needs, notes psychologist Richard Weissbourd. In research, his team surveyed 10,000 high-school students and asked them to rank what they treasured more: achievement, happiness or caring for others. Almost 80% chose either achievement or happiness over caring for others. As he points out, however, research suggests that personal happiness comes most reliably not from high achievement but from strong relationships. “We’re out of b alance,” says Dr. Weissbourd. A good way to start re-adjusting priorities, he suggests, is by learning to be kind and helpful at home.
The next time that your child asks to skip chores to do homework, resist the urge to let him or her off the hook. Being slack(懈怠的) about chores when they compete with school sends your child the message that grades and achievement are more important than caring about others. What may seem like small messages in the moment add up to big ones over time.
Translation
Part One Translate the following phrases 1’*20
1. 包办旅游11. 代我向你的父母问好remember
2. 学生会主席12. 使我国摆脱贫困rid
3. 挑食particular 13. 导致一系列的问题rise
4.随着时间的推移passage 14. 为了安全起见sake
5. 在我看来view 15. 权衡利弊weigh
6. 给委员会递交申请present 16.掌握….线索track
7. 把一半的工资储存起来以备不时之需put 17. 创造奇迹
8. 不可能question 18. 为保持健康而每天锻炼work
9. 理解字里行间的意思read 19. 一位不速之客
10. 自立stand 20.不辞辛劳做某事trouble
Part Two Translate the following sentences (3+3+4+5)
1.学生在英语写作中词不达意的现象值得每位英语教师关注。(worth)
2. 下周一整周都可以用肉眼观察到火星，这让很多天文(astronomy)爱好者欣喜若狂。
(visible)
3. 应当鼓励孩子从小接触音乐，音乐一直被认为是灵感的恒久源泉。source
4. 中日两国的共同利益远远大于分歧，对话与合作始终是两国关系的主流。（outweigh）
听力和答案
Keys:
Listening Comprehension
1.C
2.D
3.A
4.B
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.D
9.B 10.A 11.B 12.C 13.A
14.A 15.D 16.A 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.B
Grammar:
21. the better 22. at 23. getting 24. could /can 25. ourselves 26. where
27. challenged 28. has become 29. so that 30 is being channeled (虹口summary)
Vocabulary:
31—40: C AC BC BD AB // ABC B AD D A
Cloze:
41—55 B C A D D // C B B A D //C A B C D
Reading:
A: BADC B: BCB C: CCBD
4 out of 6 : D B A AB
Suggested version:
Parents today overlook the significance of kids sharing housework, but studies show chores help children develop better in studies, mental health and even future careers. Besides, it enables kids to become responsible and self- reliant. Still, by doing their share of chores, kids grow to be loving, caring and helpful. So it’s important for pare nts to let children take up housework. 60
Translation:
1. 包办旅游package tour
2. 学生会主席Chairman of the Students’ Union
3. 挑食be particular about food/what sb eats
4. 随着时间的推移passage with the passage of time
5. 在我看来from my point of view = in my view
6. 给委员会递交申请present an application to the committee
7. 把一半的工资储存起来以备不时之需Put aside half of one’s salary for a rainy day
8. 不可能out of the question
9. 理解字里行间的意思read between the lines
10. 自立stand on one’s own feet
11. 代我向你的父母问好remember me to your parents
12. 使我国摆脱贫困rid our country of poverty
13. 导致一系列的问题give rise to a series of problems
14. 为了安全起见for the sake of safety= for safety’s sake
15. 权衡利弊weigh the pros and cons= weigh the advantages and disadvantages
16. 掌握….线索track keep track of sth
17. 创造奇迹do/perform/work/accomplish wonders/miracles
18. 为保持健康而每天锻炼work out every day to keep fit
19. 一位不速之客an unexpected guest
20. 不辞辛劳做某事take trouble to do sth
Part Two Translate the following sentences
1.学生在英语写作中词不达意的现象值得每位英语教师关注。(worth)
The phenomenon th at students can’t convey/express their ideas is worth paying attention to by every English teacher.
2. 下周一整周都可以用肉眼观察到火星，这让很多天文(astronomy)爱好者欣喜若狂。
(visible)
Mars will be visible to the naked eye all week next week, which makes many astronomy lovers wild with joy.
3. 应当鼓励孩子从小接触音乐，音乐一直被认为是灵感的恒久源泉。source
Kids should be encouraged to be exposed to/ expose themselves to music from an early age because music is regarded as an enduring source of inspiration.
4. 中日两国的共同利益远远大于分歧，对话与合作始终是两国关系的主流。（outweigh）
The common interests between China and Japan far outweigh their differences, so dialogue and cooperation should remain the main stream of their relations.
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I. Listening comprehension
Section A
Directions: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. Al 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 a 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.
M: I thought you would be picking up your sister to the airport.
W: Oh, she called last night to say she had the flu.
Question: What does the woman imply?
2.
M: I think I' run down to the classroom and take up a few things
W: But aren't we going to meet Mary at the library, she is expecting us at five, it's almost that now. Question: What does the woman mean?
3.
W: Doctor Smith, those stretching exercises you recommended are really helpful to my sore muscles, but the pills I took are giving me a headache.
M: Let's try cutting back to just one pill a day.
Question: What does the man suggest the woman do?
4.
M: Do you know where the nearest subway station is? I need to be at the industry exhibition by eleven thirty.
W: The number eight bus nearby will take you directly there, and it's only a fifteen-minute ride Question: What does the woman imply?
5.
W: Two hundred dollars to fix my cell phone? I thought you said you could do it for forty dollars.
M: I did, but it's not the screen after all. The major part inside the phone does cost a lot more. Question: What does the man mean?
6.
M: I really enjoyed that TV special about dolphins last night. Did you get home in time to see it?
W: Well, yes. But I wish I could have stayed awake long enough to see the whole thing.
Question: What does the woman mean?
7.
M: That university I am applying for requires a letter of reference, I guess the one my principal wrote for me last term should be fine.
W: It's a little dated, though.
Question: What does the woman imply?
8.
W: Sally and Mark haven't been talking to each other lately. I wonder what happened
M: I'd stay out of it if I were you.
Question: What does the man mean?
9
W: what's the problem, Paul?
M: I'm going to give a lecture about economics at a high school this afternoon, but I have no idea how I'm going to simplify some of the concepts for them.
Question: What can be inferred about the man?
10.
M: I'm having a hard time keeping up my chemistry class. I am seriously considering hiring a tutor
W: A word of advice, don't make a mistake I made last term and wait
until after mid-term exam to do it.
Question: What does the woman suggest the man do?
Section B
Directions: In section B, you will hear two passages and one longer
conversation, after each passage or conversation you will be asked several questions. 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 heard. Questions eleven through thirteen are based on the following passage
Do you know anything about narrow boats in Britain? Their boats you see in the British canals which are truly narrow, about two meters wide. They are, however, long enough to have bedrooms, kitchens and bathrooms, where people can live for weeks at a time. These days more and more people are spending their vacations on narrow boats. We can trace the origin of the boats to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In the mid-eighteenth century, British people constructed many canals all over the island of Great Britain. The canals were narrow, and the boats had to be narrow too. The boats were used to transport coal, iron and steel. After railroads became common, narrow boats went out of fashion and were forgotten, only the canals remained. Why are the boats so popular today? First, as there are canals all over Britain, narrow boats can be easily accessed. People do not have to travel far or rush to an airport to start their vacations; Second, the boats are safe and easy to steer. Even though they have engines now, they sail just a little faster than walking speed, so no license is required; Finally, the slow pace makes the voyage fun. People on board enjoy saying hello to other boaters when they pass each other. Since most of the canals are for leisure use, nobody is in a hurry. In this way, British people can refresh themselves and forget about their busy life. What used to carry iron and steel now provides a slow, peaceful experience.
（Now listen again, please.）
Questions:
11. Why did people once stop using narrow boats?
12. According to the passage, what is true of modern narrow boats?
13. What is the passage mainly about?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage
Ikea is known for designing furniture that people can put together themselves. Recently, five Ikea
designers spent three days inside a Mars Research Center to get new design ideas. The Mars Desert Research Station in the U.S. State of Utah operated by the Mars Society attempts to create a Mars environment for humans taking part in experiments and training. There are also separate areas for eating, sleeping and other activities to prepare future space travelers for living in very small areas with limited supplies. Constance Adams, a space architect from NASA said the experience was meant to show the team how conditions in space affect the whole design process. For example, air is very limited in space and must be reused for many months, even years. Another consideration is the huge cost of space transportation. Adam said it would currently cost about two million dollars to transport just one kilo of mass to the surface of Mars. Marcus Engman Ikea'shead of design, "my dream outcome would be to solve the biggest problem on earth, I guess it's the same problem in space, and that is the thing about storage, how could you make storage in a completely new way. Being put in such a different and demanding environment forces us to think much morecreatively." The Ikea designers are also working with NASA to create aspace-inspired furniture collection to launch in 2019, and who knows. Ikea might even make it to Mars someday. If so, the company's popular products could be discovered by new life forms we don't even yet know about
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
14. Why did Ikea send a team to a Mars Research Center recently?
15. What is true of the Mars Desert Research Station?
16. What's the biggest problem Ikea is facing when designing space-inspired furniture
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
M: Today our guest is Sarah Jones who recently did a survey of manners. I'll let her explain what she did. Welcome
W: Thank you! Many people are complaining lately that people are becoming very rude, so we try to find out if that's true.
M: I see, but it'd be hard to test manners, how did you do it?
W: We sent two reporters to large cities all around the world, to be exact, thirty five countries. We tested many different people, men, women, business people, high school students, police officers, anyone and everyone.
M: So what's the test?
W: Well, the reporters did two things, a door test and a paper drop. First, we wanted to see if people would hold the open for the reporters.
M: Hmm, that's simple, then a paper drop?
W: The reporters dropped a pile of papers to see if people would help pick them up.
M: So what did you find?
W: Ninety percent of the people passed the door test.
M: Wow!
W: But only fifty-five percent helped pick the papers up.
M: Only fifty-five? That's not very good. But sometimes you just can't help. What if your hands are full? W: Yes, but one woman had two cups of coffee on a tray and her keys and wallet in the other hand, she put everything in one hand and helped. The reporter wanted to help her
M: Did the reporter ask why she wanted to help?
W: Well, she said: "I was standing there, of course，I would help."
M: Oh! What a warm story!
(Now listen again, please.)
Questions:
17. What is the survey mainly concerned about?
18. How did the reporter's test people in the survey?
19. How many countries were involved in the survey?
20. Why does Sarah Jones mention the woman at the end of the interview? That's the end of listening comprehension.
II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section B Recently,I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting.As we were about to arrive,the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight delay before setting down.High desert winds had forced the airport to close all but one runway.He said that we would be circling the city for a few minutes waiting to land.We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts(21)________(fasten) because there might be a few bumps.Well,that few minutes turned into about forty-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster(22)________(pale)by comparison. The movement was so sudden(23)________several passengers felt sick and had to use airsickness bags.(24)________you might guess,that’s not good thing to happen in a narrow space because it only serves to increase the discomfort of the situation. About twenty minutes into the adventure,the entire airplane became very quiet.There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be distinctly noticed.Every passenger simply held on for dear life… (25)________one.A baby was having a good time!With each bump of the aircraft,he(26)________let out a giggle of happiness.As I observed this,I realized that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his safety.He(27)________thought about the past nor about the future.Those are (28)________we grown-ups have learned from experience.He was enjoying the ride because he (29)________(not teach)to fear it.(30)________(understand)this,I took a deep breath and sat back into my seat,pretending I was really on a roller coaster.I smiled for the rest of the flight.I even managed to giggle once or twice,which is much to the chagrin of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag. C Section People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.If you lived in the Mediterranean,for instance,you would consider octopus a great__31__.You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.On the other hand,your stomach would__32__ at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat---the__33__accepted practice in many northern countries.The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we__34__to them all our lives. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.There are countless people who,ever since their early years,have learned to__35__snails with food.My friend,Robert,lives in a country where snails are despised.As his flat is in a large town,he has no garden of his own.For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.The idea never appealed to me very much,but one day,after a heavy__36__,I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my__37__plants.Acting on a sudden impulse,I collected several dozen,put them in a paper bag,and took them to Robert.Robert was delighted to see me and__38__pleased with my little gift.I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. 第1页/共8页
格致中学 二〇一七学年度第一学期期中考试 高三年级 英语试卷（共 10 页） (测试 120 分钟内完成，总分 150 分，试后交答题卷) I. Listening Comprehension (30%) Section A Short Conversations 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. 7. A. Give his ankle a good rest. B. Treat his injury immediately. C. Continue his regular exercises. D. Be careful when climbing steps. 8. A. Go on a diving tour in Europe. B. Add 300 dollars to his budget. C. Travel overseas on his own. D. Join a package tour to Mexico. 9. A. In case some problems should occur. B. In case they should be late. C. To avoid more work later on. D. To make better preparations.1. A. Sorry. B. Annoyed. C. Excited. D. Puzzled. 2. A. An accountant. B. A surgeon. C. An artist. D. A scientist. 3. A. 2000 yuan. B. 3200 yuan. C. 1200 yuan. D. 3600 yuan. 4. A. On a plane. B. In a physical medical room C. In a boat. D. In a school rest room. 5. A. A j ob. B. An article. C. A book. D. An author. 6. A. Twins. B. Classmates. C. Friends. D. Cousins.
2018年七宝中学高三下英语月考测试卷 2018.3 满分：150分命题：杜丽华审题：马霄燕 第I卷 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. Impatient. B. Confused. C. Sincere. D. Comfortable. 2. A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. In a café. D. In a snack bar. 3. A. American literature. B. Elementary education. C. Children’s literature. D. Art history. 4. A. She will continue her work on vacation. B. Papers piled while she was on vacation. C. She has too much work to do. D. She has made her vacation plans. 5. A. The man can only make a local call. B. The man can’t use her telephone. C. The man can call any person in the world. D. The man can be her guest at any time. 6. A. Because the working hours were not suitable. B. Because the job was quite difficult. C. Because he had to do a lot of travelling. D. Because the job was not well paid. 7. A. Finish checking his reference. B. Complete the research. C. Put the material in order. D. Finish typing the paper. 8. A. He’ll ask Steve to go to the beach with them. B. He wants to make sure the weather is clear. C. He doesn’t know if they can have a room. D. He isn’t sure whether there’ll be space for Steve. 9. A. Go on a trip. B. Take a long sail. C. Run a restaurant. D. Prepare a meal. 10. A. She only read the contents of the book. B. She didn’t omit a single detail.
2019年上海市黄浦区格致中学高考英语二模试卷 1. A Venturing Pilot Charles Lindberg born in December Michigan was raised on a farm in Minnesota，where his father（1）______（elect）to the U．S．Congress in 1907．From then on，he spent his boyhood alternatively in Washington D．C．，and Little Falls，Minnesota．（2）______ Lindbergh exhibited exceptional mechanical talent，in 1921，he was admitted to the University of Wisconsin to study engineering．（3）______（seek）more challenges，he left university before graduation and became a pilot，who performed exciting flight show at country fairs and public assemblies．This unusual and dangerous undertaking paid off so greatly in the sense that it allowed him to gain all-round experience in flying．He was particularly delighted in（4）______ he called "wing-walking" and parachute jumping． （5）______（train）in air service for a year，Lindberg completed his program at the Brooks and Kelly airfields at the top of his class．He was offered a job in Robertson Aircraft Corporation of St．Louis in Missouri where he retained his job （6）______ 1927，running the routes between St．Louis and Chicago．During this period，he set out to win the Raymond B，Orteig prize of $25，000 to be awarded to the first pilot （7）______（fly）nonstop from New York to Paris．He knew this ambitious flight（8）______（change）his life． On board the greatest adventure of his time，Lindberg left Roosevelt Airport at 5：52 a．m．on May 20，1927 and landed at Le Bourget Field at 5：24 p．m．the next day．Fearing that he would be unknown when he arrived，Lindberg carried letters of introduction to the officials in Paris，but when his plane came to a stop，he found himself （9）______（crowd）with welcoming people．He was decorated in France，Great Britain，and Belgium．President Coolidge sent a specially designated cruiser，the Memphis to bring him back．His accomplishments in flying brought（10）______ more medals and awards that had ever been received than any other person in private life．
2016高三英语模拟考试 II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: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 proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. (A) Once just a science fiction idea, VR has now become more accessible than ever. (25) _________ (wear) a pair of VR goggles connected to your computer and you can experience a lot of things without stepping out of the room. From climbing (26) _________ (high) mountain in the world to flying a spacecraft, the things you can experience with VR are limitless. This new 'reality ' is starting to takeover China. The Report on Chinese VR Users' Behavior was released on March 18 during the 12th TFC Global Mobile Game Conference & Intelligent Entertainment Expo held in Beijing. The report is based on a survey of 5,626 people, (27) _________ (age) between 15 and 39, from across the country. It shows that up to 68.5 percent of people have heard of or are interested in VR products. But surprisingly, it isn't new technology that has made VR so popular. 'VR has been (28) _________ for many years, but it will stick this time because there's enough computer power and the price will just keep going down,' Todd Richmond, a VR group member with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in the US, told USA Today. VR (29) _________ (expect) to change various different fields. For example, VR could be used to train pilots and miners before they had to actually risk their lives in highly dangerous working environments, or to treat patients with acrophobia(恐高症）by making them think they were standing on top of a high building. 'If you have perfect virtual reality, (30) _________ you'll be able to simulate everything that a human can experience or imagine experiencing,it's hard to imagine where you go from there,' Palmer Luckey, 23 inventor of the Oculus VR goggles, told NPR. But the technology is still far from perfect. Users report experiencing motion sickness, headaches and other discomfort while wearing VR goggles. Also, (31) _________ more and more tools are flooding the market, the software that runs VR games and simulators has yet to catch up with all the new advancements. It could take (32) _________ while for VR to be widely accepted. When every new technology is first introduced, the technology (33) _________ is the driving force. But for it to really blend into people's lives, meeting basic and practical needs should be the main aim. (B) It has become the talk of the town: A stranger allegedly attacked a woman in a Beijing hotel at night on April 3. The man is said to have clutched her by the neck and attempted to drag her into the elevator. Lodgers passed by, but no one tried to intervene until one woman did. Her actions are believed to (34) _________ (save) the victim from whatever was going to happen to her. The incident has pushed the risks of solo traveling into the spotlight. Online forums like Sina Weibo (35) _________ (flood) with advice for how women (36) _________ protect themselves
III. Reading Comprehension 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. B Kettlebells do not hurt people. People do. A kettlebell will get your respect – the easy way or the hard way. Here is the easy way. 1. Get a medical clearance. Get clearance, especially from an orthopedist and a cardiologist. The latter is no joking matter, since kettlebell training can be extremely intense. 2. Always be aware of your surroundings. Find a training area with a non-slippery surface on which you are not afraid to drop a kettlebell. The area must be clear of objects you might trip over – including other kettlebells – or that you might hit with a kettlebell. There should be no people or animals in a radius where you could injure them. 3. Train barefoot or wear shoes with a flat, thin sole and room for the toes to spread. Training barefoot is superior for health and performance reasons. If you must wear shoes, wear Converse Chuck Taylors, Vibram Five Fingers, or similar shoes that have thin soles and do not pinch the toes together. You have sensory receptors on the bottoms of your feet that make you stronger and improve balance and coordination. Wearing traditional shoes diminishes the ability of these receptors to work properly, and therefore inhibits performance and can increase the risk of injury. Go native. 4. Never contest for space with a kettlebell. Do not try to save a rep that has gone wrong. Guide the kettlebell to fall harmlessly, and move out of the way if necessary. And remember, quick feet are happy feet. 5. Practice all safety measures at all times. Respect every kettlebell, even the lightest one. Always use perfect form picking up and setting down a kettlebell. The set is not over until the bell is safely parked.
福州格致中学2015级高一学段第一学期质量评定 高一年级第五次月考英语试卷 时间：100分钟分值120分 ★祝考试顺利★（完型填空启用备用卷题号不同答题卡区域注意区别） 第Ⅰ卷选择题（共两部分，满分70分） 第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Most of us are highly aware of various channels through which we can obtain information on food safety. A majority of us have shown much __36___ in experts and authorities and taken a(n) __37___ part in science activities organized by such experts. __38_, we do not always form an accurate picture When there is __39_news about one brand, our trust in all brands or similar products tends to be __40___ . We would doubt not only the brand in __41___ but also similar brands when a safety issue (问题）_42___ in the news. At the same time，our purchase __43___ change as food safety incidents occur. We are becoming _44___ confident in domestic(国内的）food companies ，for they have done too little in publishing and sharing food safety __45__ so far. As a result ，we would turn to __46__ brands more often. Food safety incidents in China have attracted a lot of attention. As a matter of fact ，we only have a very _47__ knowledge base on the issue. In developed countries，there have been relatively _48__ measures and response system toward safety issues. Therefore, the __49___ in those countries are less likely to become over-panicked and form serious _50 about all brands. Food companies should pay more attention to our insights, listen to our voices, _51___ the opinions of experts and authorities ,have effective strategies for response _52____ various media channels, and __53___ information in time and face the public honestly. In addition ，both the government and an independent third - party should have a role to play in providing information about food companies__54___ in raw material selection, production and distribution (流通) However, this might require several years and we still need to learn more about food __55___ 36. A. respect B.enthusiasm C. distrust D. confidence 37. A. slight B. broad C. active D. natural 38. A. However B. Consequently C. Meanwhile D. Furthermore 39. A. negative B. exciting C. detailed D. special 40. A. protected B. affected C. increased D. preserved
七宝中学2017 学年高三英语月考试卷 2017.09 Ⅱ.Grammar and vocabulary Section A Directions: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 best fits each blank. "Have you gotten married?""Have you received a salary raise??""Have you bought a house???" Are you familiar with these questions starting with "have you" and ending in at least one question mark? If your answer is yes and you are getting sick of answering these questions, you probably have become a member of the "home-fear group". The "home-fear group" refers to ____1____ feeling anxious about returning home during the Spring Festival. They have deep concerns about going back home for such factors as heavy economic pressure, high costs of the festival, the troubles of buying tickets, the long distance of the journey and exposure of private matters ____2____(involve) family or love life. Now, a special song has been tailor-made for this group. The seven-minute song utilizes a choir style and rap. The beginning of the song ____3____(sing) by the choir, which involves a family scene ____4____ a recently returned young adult is asked a series of questions by family members. After the "question attack" from relatives, the young man decides to reflect ____5____ his past and also defend himself through rap. According to the official weibo account of Shanghai Rainbow Indoor Chorus, this is more than just a funny song, but a useful guide for young people. A careful listen to some of the lyrics will inspire you on ____6____ to wisely answer many ’Spring Festival-specific’ questions. "It is a very interesting yet brainwashing song, truly describing the ____7____(satisfactory) situation quite a few young Chinese people have been trapped in," Sina Weibo user Santilin Clouds said. According to a survey recently conducted among 1,918 young people by the research center at China Youth Daily, an overwhelming 86.4 percent of interviewees think it is necessary ____8____(return) to their homeland during the Spring Festival, ____9____ ________ they are afraid of losing face for an average life or career. “Indeed, we ____10____ not be that good but we will work hard in the future. That’s enough! After all, the essence of spending the Spring Festival is reunion not compression,” the song echoes the theme at the ending. 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.