2017届上海市宝山区高三英语二模(修订版) -
中华人民共和国统计法-法律事务工作总结
2016学年宝山区第二学期期中
高三年级英语学科教学质量监测试卷
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Read the following two passages.
Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent.
For the blanks with a given word, fill in each
blank with the proper form of the given word.
For the other blanks, fill in each blank with
one proper word. Make sure that your answers are
grammatically correct.
Surviving
Art Tradition
Native American Indians
expressed themselves through their artwork, which
is carved
onto totem（图腾）poles. Many people
hold the belief (21) __________all Native American
Indian tribes （部落）carve的totem poles, but this
is far from the truth . Carving totem poles
was a tradition among many tribes , especially
those that lived along the Pacific coast
(22)____________forest grew. However , those
Native American Indians who lived in the
south
west and the plains , and Indians , but
(23)_________(few) trees to carve than Pacific
tribes.
The height of totem poles can vary
considerably . Long ago totem poles (24)
___________(find) to stand around 12m tall .
Today , Native American Indian artists continue
to care trees, but some totem poles are short
and are used in homes as decoration .(25)
_____________is not surprising that a genuine
pole will cost more than $$1500 per meter
because traditionally carved totem involve a
great deal of work , craftsmanship and time to
produce.
The raising of a totem pole is an
important celebration among the India tribe . A
hole is
dug for the pole to stand in . The
pole is carried to the site in a ceremony which
other
hundreds of people attend. Ropes are
used (26)__________(raise) the pole into place.
Singing
and dancing to drums accompanies the
pole raising . Often poles are raised in this way
(27)
___________the carving begins . Carvers
do their jobs then on the site.
Many people
believe that totem poles are religious symbols ,
but this idea is false.
Instead of (28)
__________(act) as religious symbols , carvings
represent the tribal nation and
convey the
tribes‟ history . The story of a totem pole is
frequently passed down from
generation to
generation . Having the story documented this way
helps keep this tradition (29)
__________(recognize) in our history . These
days , many totem poles no longer exist (30)
_______ __________ decay and rot. However ,
there are still some tribes that continue to
practice this ancient are form , and these
totem poles are still being enjoyed by collections
of
tribal art.
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. acknowledging B.
bottled C. consequences D. demanding
E. financial F. Further G.
inappropriately H. handle
I. negative
J. neglect K. unresolved
Emotional Debt
Many people today live under the weight of
debt from loans or credit cards . As harmful
as ___31_______ debt is , there is another
form of debt that is even more damaging
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------emotional debt.
Dr . James
Richards states that emotional debt occurs „when
we experience emotional
pain that remain
______32___.” If the pain is not dealt with , it
will affect us our entire lives.
Throughout
the years , we have chances for happiness , love
and success . But unresolved
pain can emerge ,
causing us to respond in ways that aren‟t
reasonable , resulting in destroyed
relationships and lost opportunities . Another
___33____result of emotional debt is that our
friends and loved ones are affected by it and
pay a high price. When we have a tendency to
respond _____34____, we often hurt those
around us . Unfortunately our unsettled problems
sometimes become too much for them to
_____35____ causing them to abandon the
relationship .
People with destructive
patterns should check their lives for signs of
unresolved pain , for
your emotional debt can
come from various forms of past unfair , cruel or
violent treatment or
____36_____. You may be
holding onto painful memories of controlling
parents or very
_____37_____teachers , also
you may not have dealt with the pain of a broken
relationship or
the death of a loved one. Any
negative emotion that you have controlled over the
year can
come back to cause harm when you
least expect it.
Recognize your feelings , but
don‟t focus on them all the time , because
___38______and
challenging your pain is
difficult , but recognizing it is the first step
toward dealing with it .
Admit you are angry
about the past , and discuss it with someone you
trust , or write it down
because this will
ease some of the danger and hatred you‟ve kept
_____39____ up for years .
Refuse to be a
victim and accept responsibility for dealing with
your painful past because this
puts you in
charge and limits the power your emotions have
over you .
Take specific steps to resolve your
emotional debt now rather than deal with the
___40_____later .
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.
Ask Siri if she‟s a woman.
Go ahead; try it. She‟ll tell you she‟s
______41_____.
“Like cacti. And certain
species of fish,” she might say. So is Amazon‟s
Alexa, Microsoft‟s
Cortana, Samsung‟s S Voice,
and Google Now. But, man, do they ever sound a lot
like
women. ____42_______, we think of them as
ladies too. (In Old Norse, Siri translates to “a
beautiful woman who leads you to victory.”) We
assign female pronouns to them, and, in turn,
they fold feminine turns of phrase into their
robotic and occasionally inane answers to our
requests.
If we prize gender diversity in
other areas of daily life, why does our tech sound
so_____43______? The biggest reason for the
female phone fixation rests in social science.
“Research indicates there‟s likely to be
greater acceptance of female____44_______,” says
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Karl MacDorman, an associate
professor at Indiana University who specializes in
human-computer interaction. MacDorman and his
team played clips of male and female
voices to
people of both genders, then asked them to
identify which they _____45______.
The
researchers also measured the way participants
responded to the voices. In a 2011 paper,
they
reported that both women and men said female
voices came across as warmer.
_____46______
, women even showed a
subconscious preference for responding to females;
men
remained subconsciously neutral.
Why
the
_______47____
? Stanford University
communications professor Clifford Nass,
who
coauthored the field‟s seminal book, Wired for
Speech, wrote that people tend to
perceive
female voices as helping them solve their problems
by themselves, while they view
male voices as
authority figures who tell them the answers to
their problems. We want
_____48______ to help
us, but we also want to be the boss of it, so we
are more likely to opt
for a female interface.
This tendency suggests that companies will
make a better impression on a
______49_____
group of customers with a
woman‟s voice. But not just any voice. It has to
______50_____
a brand‟s personality. For
help with that, companies often turn to Greg Pal,
vice
president of marketing, strategy, and
business development at Nuance Communications,
which licenses its
_____51______
of
more than 100 voices. Pal insists that some brands
choose
male speakers. He turned on his iPhone
and pulled up the Domino‟s Pizza app, which has an
assistant, Dom. He sounded like my high school
English teacher—educated and helpful but
not
______52_____
. That‟s about right
for a brand attempting to
____53_______
guys ordering pies
before the big game.
As
voice technology improves, though, designers say
diversity will too. Many devices
already let
you
_______54____
a voice interface. Homer
Simpson can tell you where to take a left
on
your GPS device. And Siri can become a sir, if you
take the time to
___55________
. Want to
know how to do it? Ask her. She‟ll tell you in
her uniquely warm, helpful—and
female—tone.
41. A. robotic B. high-tech C.
genderless D. creative
42. A. Culturally
B. Obviously C. Grammatically D. Undoubtedly
43. A. female B. ridiculous C.
professional D. reasonable
44. A. charm
B. researchers C. speech D. participants
45. A. accepted B. misunderstood C.
studied D. preferred
46. A. In practice
B. On the contrary C. By this means D. At first
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47. A. neutrality B.
prejudice C. authority D. conscience
48. A. interaction B. technology C.
personality D. society
49. A. more sociable
B. more talented C. broader D. wealthier
50. A. improve B. develop C.
admire D. suit
51. A. market B.
business C. research D. library
52.
A. strange B. bossy C. reliable
D. unique
53. A. appeal to B. look into
C. meet with D. run after
54. A. build
B. tailor C. play D. improve
55. A. repeat B. assist C.
reprogram D. communicate
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)
When Frank and I stepped
through the post office doors, there was a crowd
gathered,
gawking at the new fixture on the
wall like a chorus of wide-mouthed frogs. I had to
get
closer, and that was where being a girl
that's scrawnier than a wire fence came in handy.
Fortunately, Frank, my twin of eleven years,
was just the same.
we spilled out in
front.
Finally I got a good look. It was
fixed to the plaster next to the postmaster's
window, the
place of honor usually reserved
for the Wanted posters. Beady-eyed Zedekiah Smith,
the bank
robber, still hung there, but even he
had been pushed aside for something more
important.
A telephone. The first one in
town.
could tell he was itching to
get his fingers on those shiny knobs.
tell him.
like the telegraph, only you
hear words instead of dots and dashes.
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I gazed at that
gleaming wood box and something happened inside
me. Something — I
can only guess — that might
be like falling in love. The thought of talking
into that box — of
making my voice sail
through wires in the sky — it took over my brain.
I couldn't get it out.
Five
minutes later, Frank towed me up Main Street,
toward home. —
but I cut him off. We two
thought so much alike, I had Frank's questions
answered before he
even asked.
56.
People crowded in the post office because
___________.
A. they were attracted by a
new poster B. the postmaster was delivering a
speech
C. they were curious about the
telephone D. there was a wanted bank robber
captured
57. Which of the following is Not
True according to the passage?
A. Many
people stared at the new device in open-mouthed
amazement.
B. The slight-figured twins
managed to push to the front of the crowd.
C. Even the best fix-it man in the town got no
idea about the new device.
D. The
postmaster didn‟t know anything about how the
telephone worked.
58. By“
It took over
my brain. I couldn‟t get it out.”,we get a clear
picture of the girl‟s
______.
A.
eagerness to use the telephone B. fascination
for the wood box
C. puzzlement over the
strange sound D. determination to fly in the
sky
59. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The twins‟ frustrating experiences in the town.
B. A special assembly called in the local
post office.
C. People‟s reaction to the
arrival of the first telephone.
D. A great
celebration of the start of telephone service.
（B）
Welcome to the LUSH Life!
Out
values are at the core of everything we do. From
morally sourcing each ingredient and
piece of
packing to creating fresh, innovative cosmetics by
hand, you‟ll find a world of love
and care in
every product. Breathe deeply and soak up
everything inside this box：we‟ve made
it just
for you!
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60. From the
leaflet, we can get to know all the following
facts about LUSH except _____.
A. providing
financial support to society
B. taking the
lead in cosmetics marketing
C. testing on
humans instead of on animals
D. crafting
and packing their products by hand
61. In the
section Naked!, LUSH claims that they _______.
A. advocate recyclable or even no packaging
B. sell cosmetics without any wrapping
paper
C. have invented some recyclable
cosmetics
D. have improved ways of
transporting products
62. What is LUSH‟s
business philosophy we can find from the leaflet?
A. The market image of a company should
make way for its beliefs.
B. Cosmetics are
among the essentials of our lives in modern
society.
C. Homegrown vegetables and fruit
are natural and reliable sources of cosmetics.
D. Social responsibilities of a company can
go hand in hand with profit making.
（C）
Since quitting can start feelings such as
guilt and shame, we often do everything possible
to avoid it. “We‟re taught from our earlist
days that if you quit something. It means you‟re a
failure,”says counseling psychologist Will
Meek. He, however, suggests we view quitting
differently.
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Quitting
is like deciding to rearrange a room: you‟ve grown
comfortable with the status,
and it can be
hard to picture the end result or even see why
change is necessary. And yet,
there‟s the
upsetting feeling that you‟re no longer entirely
satisfied with your current
circumstances,
perhaps even that you‟ve stopped making progress.
While it‟s not out of the
question for feeling
or regret to surface after a major refit, leaving
a position, project or
situation can reveal
exciting possibilities, making you feel inspired
and renewed.
Quitting, often happens in
situations where we‟re unhappy, fearful or have
determined we
have no other choice, factors
that can have opposing effects on our health.
Perhaps you find
your work unfulfilling, or
you‟ve jumped into a new relationship before
you‟re ready —and,
as a result, you‟re
operating under intense pressure.“If stress is
enduring and not managed
well, it can start to
take a toll.”says Meek. According to the American
Psychological
Association, long-term, ongoing
stress can increase the risk for high blood
pressure and heart
attack, so walking away
from whatever is causing it can deliver
significant physical and
emotional health
benefits.“We often see a reduction in the stress
hormone cortisol（应激激素
皮质醇）, which can lower
blood pressure and may even decrease the heart
rate,”saysDr Alex
Lickerman, a GP and expert
on developing mental adaptability.
Leaving
situations that fail to bring you joy can leave
you with sufficient time to explore
where your
heart is truly leading you. In a study that was
published in 1999, then Harvard
University
professor Hermina Ibarra looked at how bankers
tried different roles that required
new skill
sets—someone who spent a lot of time dealing with
computers, for instance, was
asked to take on
personal interactions. Subjects were especially
drawn to acting out a version
of their future
solves through „imitation strategies‟—an approach
they compared to „trying on
different
clothes,‟ Mark Franklin, the president of
CareerCyles, suggests a similar approach as
a
way to figure out what your true desires might be
in your post-quitting life and foresee your
future self.“Pretend to be a certain kind of
person, or go and meet others who are doing what
you want to do.”hesays,“Try it on, see how it
feels and decide if it‟s a good fit for you.”It
may
not feel like it at the time, but just
moving on from a situation that‟s not quite right
can help
you get back on track.
63.
It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that quitting
may bring us feelings of being both ____.
A. guilty and ashamed B. stupid and
enthusiastic
C. troubled and hopeful
D. inspired and determined
64. The phrase“take
a toll”（paragraph 3）can be best replaced
by“_____”.
A. develop mental adaptability
B. bring about changes
C. keep up the
pressure D. have a bad effect
65. An
approach suggested by Mark Franklin similar to
„trying on different clothes‟ is for
_______.
A. helping people find what truly suits
them in career
B. telling capable employees
from inadequate ones
C. training employees
to acquire different working skills
D.
providing people with opportunities to have a role
play
66. It can be concluded from the passage
that ______.
A. quitting is track that only
the timid will choose to follow
B. personal
interaction can be must for reducing emotional
pressure
C. mental adaptability can be
improved by the stress hormone cortisol
D.
knowing when to stop is wise and may make dreams
happen
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Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by
using the sentences given below. Each sentence can
be used
only once. Note that there are two
more sentences than you need.
A.
Scientists use indirect methods to discover
exoplanets.
B. Most exoplanets are very
different from the ones in our solar system.
C. As the star moves unsteadily, it changes
the wavelength of the light we see.
D.
Astronomers have detected signals indicating the
presence of a planet
E. However, we have
developed the technology to prove their existence
only in the last few decades.
F. Direct
detection of the visible light from giant planets
in space is becoming increasingly possible.
Exoplanets：The Hunt Is On
Today
scientists believe that planets could outnumber
the stars. For centuries, scientists
and
natural philosophers have proposed that stars in
the night sky have planetary systems
similar
to our own solar system. The existence of
extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, has long
been discussed. ___67___ Although not the
first exoplanet discovery, a planet near a sun-
like
star was discovered by astronomers in
1995. This kicked off an era of exoplanet hunting,
with
thousands of discoveries and
confirmations following in its wake.
___68___
However, in 2015 NASA‟s Kepler space telescope
found its first Earth-sized
planet in a
“habitable”zone. This is the distance form a star
where surface temperatures of a
planet
wouldn‟t be too hot or too cold for liquid water.
So far, only a small slice of our galaxy,
the
Milky Way, has been explored. Even so, scientists
have confirmed over 3,500 exoplanets,
with
more being added every day.
To detect
exoplanets, scientists use data from a variety of
sources. Large ground-based
telescopes, earth-
circling and sun-circling satellites all collect
different types of information.
Because
exoplanets are so far away and very close to
stars, it is very difficult to see them
directly. ___69___ For example, when an
exoplanet moves between its star and us, it causes
a
small drop in the star‟s brightness.
Measuring this drop is the transit（凌日）method of
discovery. NASA‟S Kepler space telescope has
discovered many exoplanets this way.
As a
planet circles a star, it pulls on it and causes
it to shake. ___70___ Measuring these
slight
changes is the radial velocity（径向速度）method of
discovering planets. It is one of the
most
productive methods for finding and confirming
exoplanets.
These are just two examples of the
many methods scientists use in their hunt for
exoplanets, hoping for more information and
enhanced detail. As time progresses and
technology improves, who knows what else we
may find!
Ⅳ.Summary Writing
Hope
Nothing in my life had prepared me for what I
had to do. Choosing my words carefully,
and
fighting to stay calm, I told my 4-year-old
daughter that her grandmother had suffered a
stroke（中风），that she was unconscious, and that
the doctors said she would probably never
wake
up. As she moved closer to me, Amelia looked at
me, eyes bright, and said,“Maybe
Grandma will
be okay.”“Maybe she will,”I said, keeping back the
tears, But I knew better. I
was flying up to
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, from our Florida
home in the morning to say
good-bye to my mom.
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The rest of that awful week,
I joined my brother and father sitting by my
mother‟s side in
the hospital room. I held her
hand and talked to her. I told her that we still
needed her. I told
her that it wasn‟t time to
leave yet. I told her how much I loved her. And I
told her that her
little granddaughter,
Amelia, believed that she‟d get better. The
doctors, with all their years of
training and
experience, offered no hope for recovery. The
damage was simply too extensive.
Then, a
couple of weeks later, an odd thing happened. Mom
woke up. She regained
consciousness.
Persevered through a long and tough recovery,
during which she had to learn
to walk, read,
and write all over again, and eventually returned
home to Dad. The only one
who wasn‟t shocked
was Amerlia. The doctors couldn‟t explain it.
Amelia didn‟t need to.
Hope came as naturally
to her as breathings.
So why are we so afraid
to hope sometimes? Maybe it‟s because over the
year, life‟s
disappointments can turn us to
disillusionment（理想破灭）. How many times have you
heard
someone say:“Hope for the best, expect
the worst”?That‟s not really hope at all.
Hope
is being able to look at our world with all of the
joy and wonder of a child.
V. Translation
72.她在舞台上的表现让她成了“网红”。（become）
73.李教授写的这本书是面向学术读者的。（intend）
74.当球迷们向篮球队员献花时，队员们激动得热泪盈眶。（So
）
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5.一项新的研究发现，那些拥有年轻心态的人比自我感觉年龄大的人更加长寿。
（
those who
）
Writing
古人云：“儿行千里母担忧
。”你今年暑期计划与朋友结伴出国旅游，但是你母亲对此担
心不已，未予准许。现请你给母亲写一封电
子邮件以消除母亲对你的种种担忧，具体要
求如下：
① 陈述你出国旅游的理由；
② 通过事例说明你对生活和困难有应对能力。
2016学年第二学期高三英语教学质量检测卷
参考答案
I. Listening Comprehension
1-5
DCABB 6-10 DCDAD 7-13 ABC 14-16 CBB
17-20 ADAC
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
21.
that 22. where 23. fewer 24. were
found 25. It
26. to raise 27. before 28.
acting 29. recognized 30. because of
31-35 EKIGH 36-40 JDABC
Ⅲ. Reading
Comprehension
9
41-45
CAACD 46-50 ABBCD 51-55 DBABC
56-59 CDAC
60-62 BAD 63-66 CDAD 67-30 EBAC
Ⅳ.
Summary writing
Doctors were pessimistic
about my mother‟s stroke while my little daughter,
Amelia, full
of hope. I passed on Amelia‟s
hope when our family gathered to bid farewell to
her in hospital.
Incredibly, she recovered and
came back home after a period of restoration.
Everyone was
astonished except Amelia. Hope
does bring people in trouble amazement.（55 words）
Translating
72. She has become
famous online because of her performance on the
stage .
73. The book (written) by
Professor Li is intended for academic audience
readers.
74. So excited were the
basketball players when their fans presented
flowers to them that
their eyes were filled
with tears.
75.A new study has found that
people who are young(er) at heart live longer than
those who
feel older than they truly are.
VI. Guided Writing
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