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2019学年第二学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷
高三英语试卷
（满分140分，考试时间120分钟）2020.5 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.To answer the door. B.To fix the doorbell.
C.To get a job.
D.To ask for instructions.
2. A.At the airport. B.In a restaurant.
C.In a booking office.
D.At the hotel reception.
3. A.She has lost a lot of weight. B.She lost some money last year.
C.She spent a lot on cosmetic surgery.
D.She is having health problems.
4. A.Taking photographs. B.Downloading images.
C.Fixing cameras.
D.Painting pictures.
5. A.The woman is going to hold a party tomorrow.
B.The man asks the woman not to attend the party.
C.The woman doesn’t know how to get to the party.
D.The man offers to drive the woman to the party.
6. A.Tokyo is a city with a short history.
B.He can provide little useful information.
C.He can show the woman around the city.
D.He has lived in Tokyo for a long time.
7. A.She will meet the man in his office.
B.She has an appointment with the man.
C.She had a traffic accident that morning.
D.She can’t finish making the jam before9.
8. A.Play some music. B.Remove the power plug.
C.Repair the sound box.
D.Start the car engine.
9. A.She can’t stand the hot weather. B.The beach resort is a better choice.
C.She enjoys visiting the art museums.
D.The man should develop a taste for art.
10. A.He is satisfied with his new job. B.He wants his workload to be shared.
C.He doesn’t like his new office.
D.He gets pressure from his new position.
Section B
Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one 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 questions will be spoken only once.When you hear a question,read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions11through13are based on the following passage.
11. A.A promotion of outdoor clothes. B.An introduction of West Virginia.
C.A weekend vacation to a famous resort.
D.A free trip to an unknown destination.
12. A.Regretful. B.Frustrating. C.Worthwhile. https://www.doczj.com/doc/fc16410675.html,fortable.
13. A.Mystery trips. B.Outdoor adventures.C.Social media. D.Travel destinations. Questions14through16are based on the following passage.
14. A.Goods are scarce and hard to get for ordinary consumers.
B.People aim for social distinction through what they own.
C.Manufacturers make more money by mass production.
D.Growth of consumerism is restricted by artificial products.
15. A.To cut down on labour costs by reducing working hours.
B.To make customers feel they own something rare.
C.To increase their coffee price without losing customers.
D.To focus more on quality and customer satisfaction.
16. A.Consumer awareness. B.Social distinction.
C.Artificial scarcity.
D.Mass production.
Questions17through20are based on the following conversation.
17. A.In the gym. B.At a bookstore. C.At the library. D.In the classroom.
18. A.Wait for a month. B.Keep the receipt.
C.Mark on the book.
D.Accept a discount.
19. A.The man doesn’t need the book now. B.He’s afraid he might damage the book.
C.The book costs too much for him.
D.He prefers the edition with footnotes.
20. A.Bargain with the woman. B.Go to another bookstore.
C.Wrap his book.
D.Surf the Internet.
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.
Discovering a Lost Brother
Kieron Graham always knew he had an elder brother named Vincent.His adoption papers,(21)
_______(sign)when he was three months old,listed a brother named Vincent but no last name. Though Kieron spent years thinking about Vincent,he could never track him down.
That changed in December2017,when Kieron’s adoptive parents gave him an DNA test as a Christmas gift.When his results came back,he was surprised(22)_______(find)he had a lot of DNA matches for relatives who had also taken the test.Most were distant connections,but one match was so strong that it(23)_______(label)“close family.”His name was Vincent Ghant.Kieron looked for him on Facebook and soon made a possible connection.
When they connected,it was(24)______________they had known each other their whole lives.As they talked,the brothers realized they lived about20minutes from each other.(25) _______(surprisingly),they attended the same university and majored and minored in the same subjects.
Vincent was nine when Kieron was born and remembers caring for his baby brother.But times were tough,and Shawn,who worked15-plus hours a day as a nurse,decided that(26) _______(place)Kieron for adoption would give him the best chance to succeed.
“She was very emotional about that time,to the point(27)_______it was hard for her to put into words anything about what happened,”Vincent says.
Now the brothers had the chance to make up for lost time.They decided to meet at a local tea shop that week.One of Vincent’s concerns was that Kieron(28)_______hate his birth family for placing him for adoption.He was relieved Kieron didn’t,and(29)_______he’d grown up in a loving family.After that first meeting,the brothers played football together and celebrated Christmas with their families.“We’ll keep growing our relationship(30)_______it’s time to leave this planet,”says Vincent.That shouldn’t be hard.As Kieron says,“We’ve got years and years to catch up on.”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.motive
B.deliberately
C.convinced
D.injurious
E.alerts
F.desperately
G.swept
H.accounts
I.unconscious
J.preserving
K.charging