松江区2019学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷高三英语（满分140分，完卷时间120分钟）2019.12I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 you 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. Leave the errors in the paper. B. Let the woman use the typewriter.C. Read the newspaper again.D. Check the paper for mistakes.2. A. It takes time for her to learn new things.B.She should have been informed earlier.C.She won't attend the meeting.D.She has made preparations for the meeting.3.A, American students are not talkative in class.B.Being talkative in class means active participation.C.She thinks highly of her experience in the American school.D.One can participate in class activities in different ways.4. A. Crying. B. Talking loudly.C. Watching TV.D. Having a walk.5. A. It is the only property she has.B.Her father asked her not to sell it.C.She inherited it from her father.D.Her father has nowhere to live after selling it.6. A. No one knows how to get it to work.B.It won the match in the company.C.It is second to none in communication.D.It works more efficiently than any employee.7. A. The food critic didn't speak highly of that restaurant.B.They waited a long time for the table at that restaurant.C.The food at the restaurant was the best in Chinatown.D.They used to work for a food magazine.8. A. She is too tired to go out. B. She has to write a paper.C. She do esn’t like coffee.D. She has to get up early the next day.9. A. Tom should have realized his mistake earlier. B. Tom's trousers don't match his jacket.C. Tom shouldn't have hurried to the office.D. Tom's taste in clothes can be improved.10. A. He has been taken for a fool. B. He doesn't (eel at ease in the firm.C. He has been given a better position.D. He doesn't get on well with the others. Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short 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 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 II through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Motorcycle riding. B. Parcel wrapping.C. Language training.D. Basic manners.12. A. 11c wanted to learn how the delivery of online shopping runs.B.He intended to open a delivery company in the future.C.He hoped to fully enjoy the city's festive atmosphere.D.He needed the experience as part of his social practice requirement.13. A. Packing a heavy load. B. Finding the way.C. Asking for directions.D. Riding on narrow streets.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They can solve some of our most crucial problems.B.They lead to many exciting professional careers.C.They help establish government and private labs.D.They are the new application of mathematics.15. A. They learn, make and analyze mathematical models.B.They help create new branches of the science.C.They make prediction in finance and economy.D.They work on the development of new technology.16. A. The importance of research. B. The necessity of modeling.C. The study of mathematics.D. The evolution of science.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A chef. B. A nurse assistant.C. A medical transcriptionist.D. A housewife,18. A. Listening to the conversation between the doctor and patients.B.Writing down the medical report on the computer.C.Finding the problems in the medical treatment.D.Helping the doctor to take scare of patients.19. A. She gets paid every two weeks.B.She can explain it to her son.C.She can learn from different medical cases.D.She can balance work with domestic duties.20. A. He regards the job meaningless and looks down upon it.B.He insists that it should be done by the doctor himself.C.He is proud of his mother and understands her choice.D.He feels sorry that it is not paid as well as his father's job.Ⅱ. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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.Climbing the world’s highest mountain could not have been further from Xia Boyu’s mind as a 25-year-old in 1974, when the played for the provincial soccer team in Qinghai. But when the Chinese Mountaineering Association announced it was looking for climbers to join an upcoming journey, Xia put in an application so that he (21) ________ at least get a free health check - up.After just a few months of training, Xia and his fellow climbers started climbing the 8,848 - metre mountain in January 1975. However, Xia suffered such severe frostbite（冻伤）after lending a teammate his sleeping bag (22) ________ her later lost both of his feet.Three years later, a foreign expert (23) ________ (invite) to assess Xia’s condition concluded that with artificial legs, Xia would be able to walk again and even climb mountains. It made him determined to challenge (24) ________ to climb Mount Qomolangma again.Xia set himself a demanding schedule, (25) ________ (wake) at 5 a.m. to train for five or six hours. Unfortunately, Xia suffered another major setback in 1996, when he (26) ________ (diagnose) with lymphoma（淋巴瘤）. He had to undergo another round of amputation（截肢）, losing part of his legs.It was not until 2014 that he was able to organize a team to make another attempt at scaling the world’s highest mountain. Sadly, his team arrived at Qomolangma Base Camp, only to be informed that all journeys had been stopped, following an avalanche（雪崩）(27) ________ had killed 16 people.The Nepalese government announced a ban on double - amputee climbers on Qomolongma in December 2017, but it didn’t last long after a protest (28) ________ a disabled support group. That allowed Xia, at the age of 69, (29) ________ (climb) to the top on May 14, 2018. The feeling, however, was not (30) ________ he had imagined it would be. “I had thought when I finally reached the summit, I would shout it to the world. I would do all these poses for photos. But when the moment arrived, I just felt cla m.” Xia said.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.spent a year researching a possible __31__ that could serve as a possible raw material for making paper. Then Garcia read about a Taiwanese company making commercial paper out of stone and a(n) __32__ struck.A year later, in July 2017, they launched Karst Stone Paper. The company produces paper without using wood or water. Their source is stone waste __33__ from construction sites and other industrial waste dumps.“If you look at the whole process of how paper is traditionally made, it __34__ chopping trees, adding chemicals, using lots of water and then __35__, drying and flattening it into sheets of paper,” said Garcia. “It contributes to high carbon emission and deforestation.”In 2019, Garcia estimates Karst’s paper production has helped save 540 large timber trees（成材木）from being deforested, 83,100 liters (21,953 gallons) of water from being used and 25,500 kilograms (56,218 pounds) of carbon dioxide from being __36__.“We collect disposed limestone（石灰石）from wherever we can find it, wash it, and grind it into fine powder,” he said. The powder is mixed with a HDPE resin（高密度聚乙烯树脂）, which __37__ over time from sunlight, leaving only calcium carbonate（碳酸钙）behind.The paper can be as thin as notebook paper or as thick as a cardboard paper and is waterproof, __38__ and difficult to tear. The notebooks cost $10 to $25. Karst’s products are mainly sold through the company’s website, but are also stocked in 100 stores, __39__ throughout Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. “Over 70% of the customers are US - based,” he said.The hope to have the notebooks in 1,000 stores by the end of the year. Garcia said they are now thinking about __40__ investors for the first time in order to scale up their operations. They declined to reveal how much the company makes or their annual revenue.Ⅲ. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.When happens when the right to know comes up against the right not to know? The case -- ofgenetic testing has brought this question to light. Two __41__ legal cases - one in Britain, the other in Germany - stand to alter the way medicine is practiced.Both cases involve Huntington’s disease (HD), whose __42__ include loss of co-ordination（协调）, mood changes and cognitive（认知的）decline. It develops between the ages of 30 and 50, and is eventually fatal. Every child of an __43__ parent has a 50% chance of inheriting it.In the British case, __44__ for trial at the High Court in London in November, a woman known as ABC - to protect the __45__ of her daughter, who is a minor - is charging a London hospital, St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, for not __46__ her father’s diagnosis of HD with her. ABC was pregnant at the time of his diagnosis, in 2009. She argues that had she been aware of it, she would have stopped the pregnancy. As it was, she found out only after giving birth to her daughter. She later tested __47__ for HD.The German case is in some ways the mirror image of the British one. Unlike in Britain, in Germany the right not to know genetic information is protected in law. __48__, 2011 a doctor informed a woman that her divorced husband - the doctor’s patient - had tested positive for HD. This meant their two children were __49__ the disease. She accused the doctor, who had acted with his patient’s permission. Both children being minors at the time, they could not legally be tested for the disease, which, as the woman’s lawyers pointed out, is currently __50__. They argued that she w as therefore helpless to act on the information, and __51__ suffered a reactive depression that prevented her from working.Both cases test a legal grey area. If the right to know is __52__ recognized in Britain later this year, that my remove some uncertainties, but it will also create new ones. To what lengths should doctors go to track down and inform family members, __53__?It is the law’s job to __54__ these rights for the modern age. When the law falls behind technology, somebody often pays the price, and currently that somebody is __55__. As these two cases demonstrate, they find themselves in a difficult situation - charged if they do, accused it they don’t.41. A. remarkable B. distinct C. contrasting D. dominant42. A. consequences B. symptoms C. indications D. diagnoses43. A. influenced B. affected C. inherited D. annoyed44. A. scheduled B. determined C. approved D. implemented45. A. possession B. status C. health D. identity46. A. revealing B. sharing C. reminding D. concealing47. A. convinced B. suspicious C. infected D. positive48. A. Nevertheless B. Thus C. Additionally D. Fundamentally49. A. in advance of B. in the course of C. at the close of D. at the risk of50. A. inevitable B. inextinguishable C. incurable D. intolerable51. A. as a result B. after all C. above all D. in return52. A. financially B. academically C. legally D. culturally53. A. on occasion B. by comparison C. in effect D. for example54. A. reserve B. balance C. defend D. draft55. A. lawmakers B. victims C. patients D. doctorsSection BDirections: Read the following three passage. 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)For Western designers, China and its rich culture have long been an inspiration for Western creative.“It’s no secret that China has always been a source of inspiration for designers,” says Amanda Hill, chief creative officer at A-E Networks, a global media company and home to some of the biggest fashion shows.Earlier this year, the China Through A Looking Glass exhibition in New York exhibited 140 pieces of China - inspired fashionable clothing alongside Chinese works or art, with the aim of exploring the influence of Chinese aesthetics（美学）on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. The exhibition had record attendance, showing that there is huge interest in Chinese influences.“China is impossible to overlook,” says Hill, “Chinese models are the faces of beauty and fashion campaigns that sell dreams to women all over the world, which means Chinese women arenot just consumers of fashion - they are central to its movement.” Of course, not only are today’s to p Western designers being influenced by China, but some of the best designers of contemporary fashion are themselves Chinese. “Vera Wang, Alexander Wang, Jason We are taking on Galliano, Albaz, Marc Jacobs - and beating them hands down in design and sales,” adds Hill.For Hill, it is impossible not to talk about China as the leading player when discussing fashion. “The most famous designers are Chinese, so are the models, and so are the consumers,” she says, “China is no longer just another market; in many senses it has become the market. If you talk about fashion today, you are talking about China - its influences, its directions, its breathtaking clothes, and how young designers and models are finally acknowledging that in many ways.”56. What can we learn about the exhibition in New York?A. It promoted the sales of artworks.B. It attracted a large number of visitors.C. It showed ancient Chinese clothes.D. It aimed to introduce Chinese models.57. What does Hill say about Chinese women?A. They do business all over the world.B. They admire super models.C. They start many fashion campaigns.D. They are setting the fashion.58. The underlined phrase “taking on”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.A. competing againstB. learning fromC. working withD. looking down on59. Which of the following is the most suitable title for the text?A. Chinese Art Exhibition Held in New YorkB.Young Models Selling Dreams to the WorldC.Chinese Culture Fueling International Fashion TrendsD.Differences Between Eastern and Western AestheticsBComments on the March Issue of Reader 's Digest60.What happened to Anita Lawrence after her husband's diagnosis?A.She felt very painful.B.She gained some life lessons.C.She paid more attention to her own health.D.She showed deep sympathy for her husband.61.According to Sain Kieffer's letter, what can we learn about John All?A.lie is an expert in mountaineering.B.He wrote the article entitled Trapped Inside a Glacier.C.Few people could survive in the same situation as he did.D.His story is the best one that Sam Kieffer has ever read in Reader s Digest.62.In her letter. Janet Toole quoted two examples of Switzerland and Italy in order to ________.A.advise chefs to stop cooking live lobstersB.show how cruel it is to cook lobsters liveC.raise chefs’ awareness of protect animalsD.share with readers these countries’laws regarding cooking(C)The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, pure, unprejudiced, objectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide mere: it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is a very important assignment facing American journalists 一to make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news understandable as community news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing as "local” news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in the financial market, political circles, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life. There is in journalism a widespread view that when you start an interpretation, you are entering dangerous waters, the rushing tides of opinion. This is nonsense.The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall limit themselves to the “f acts". This insistence raises two questions: What are the facts? Are the bare facts enough?As for the first question, consider how a so-called "factual" story conics about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall make up the beginning of the article, which is an important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the right editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large influence, or on page twenty four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.Thus in the presentation of a so-called “factual”or ''objective”, story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporters and editors, calling upon their research resources, their general background, and their "news neutralism", arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, arc both objective and subjective processes. If an editor is determined to give a prejudiced view of the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that support his particular viewpoint. Or he can do it by the place he gives a story 一promoting it to page one or dragging it to page thirty.63.According to the first paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE?A.If a reporter makes clear the facts he writes, he will no doubt get into trouble.B.Journalists must select facts objectively to make current events clear to the readers.C.The most important task of reporters is Io provide unprejudiced facts for the readers.D.For reporters, interpretation of facts is no less important than presentation ofthe facts.64.The beginning of the article should present the most important fact because ______.A.it will influence the reader to continueB.most readers read only the first paragraphC.it details the general attitude of the writerD.it's the best way to write according to the schools of journal ism65.Where a story is presented in a newspaper shows ______.A.the editor's prejudiceB.the reporter's backgroundC.the story's factual matterD.the story's effect on the readers66.Which of the following can best express the author's attitude toward objectiveness?A.Objectiveness is controlled by editors rather than writers.B.Properly choosing facts prepares a solid ground for objectiveness.C.He doesn't think there exists complete objectiveness in news writing.D. To make clear the news is a way to be objective and responsible for the readers. Section CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can he used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.When he rolls into a gas station to fill his tank, Barkhad Dahir doesn't get out of his car. He pushes a few buttons on his cellphone and within seconds he has paid for the fuel. With the same quick pushes on his phone he pays for almost everything he needs.Electronic payments offer consumers convenience, provide profits for banks, credit card companies and payment processors and offer merchants improved cash flow and convenience. "I haven't seen cash for a long time. Almost every merchant even hawker（小贩）on the street accepts payment by cellphone. 67. ________________ " says Adan Abokora, a democracy activist.Purchases are made by dialing a three-digit number, entering a four-digit PIN and then entering the retailer's payment number and the amount of money. Both customers and merchants receive text messages to confirm the payment.68.________________ For instance, the printing and handling of money is expensive. Cash payments can be anonymous（匿名的）and it is hard to track criminal activities conducted in secret. Many governments favor reducing cash dealings in order to better monitor and understand the activities of their citizens. The Swedish government has been discussing the removing of cash since 2010.69. ________________ Do they choose to rob? Do they sit at home and wait? What happens to people who rely on their cellphones to process money dealings when cell service and the Internet are interrupted? A world affected by terrorism and increasingly violent weather may not yet be ready to abandon currency."Other people tear that electronic payments may create security risks and enable dealings to be tracked and reported. 70. ________________ New technologies which balance and address these factors may enable people to remove cash.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point （s）of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.It goes without saying that the language spoken by the majority of British people has the same name as the language spoken by most citizens of the U.S.A. Nonetheless, quite apart from well-documented lexical (词汇的) differences - pavement/sidewalk, lift/elevator, etc. 一there are still some words and phrases which can cause confusion and misunderstanding between speakers of the two different forms. That's why sonic people say that Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language. There are practical reasons for this.When the first English settlers arrived in what we now call America, the language they spoke was naturally the same as that spoken by their compatriots (同胞) on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. However, they immediately saw things which didn't exist in Europe, often items used and made by Native Americans, such as canoes and moccasins and creatures such as buffalo. They also picked up words which they heard being used by other European immigrants. The word "boss”, f or example, was used by settlers from Holland in New York ill the mid-17th century. It comes from the Dutch word "baas'" which means master. The word "cookie" also comes from the Dutch "koekje”.There are many words, phrases and even grammatical structures which are mistaken for Americanisms (美式英语用语) in Britain when they are nothing of the sort. Very often, they represent not an American import, but an original form of British English which has disappeared in Britain. The verbs "guess” meaning think and “l oan”meaning lend and the adjective "mad" meaning angry are frequently criticized as Americanisms, yet they all appeared in British English hundreds of years ago. In the case of “loan”, it was used as long ago as 1,200 years! In fact, English spoken in the UK has changed so thoroughly in the last 500 years that AmericanEnglish now represents the last place where some original British English forms can be found.V Translation （15 分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.他很少意识到与他人交流的重要性o（Seldom）_____________________________________________________________________ 73.大学扩招了，这就意味着更多人能有机会接受商等教弃。
