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上海市部分重点中学2009—2010学年高三年级第一次联考英语试题（考试时间120分钟，满分150分）第一卷（105分）I．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 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．Boss and clerk．B．Driver and passenger．C．Mother and son．D．Teacher and student．2．A．A school bag．B．A watch．C．A T-shirt．D．A wallet．3．A．Outside an art museum．B．Outside a department store．C．In front of a photo studio．D．In front of a book store．4．A．She went to the dancing party．B．She had a stomachache．C．She stayed in bed．D．She went to the hospital．5．A．Cindy．B．Cindy‘s mother．C．The man．D．The man‘s daughter．6．A．In 2002．B．In 2003．C．In 2005．D．In 2008．7．A．She hasn‘t heard the news．B．She thought Peter shouldn‘t be so shy about what he did．C．She thought Peter shouldn‘t have cheated in the final exam．D．She was not interested in the news．8．A．He doesn‘t agree with the woman．B．He doesn‘t like Tina‘s dress．C．He also thinks Tina looks great．D．He thinks Tina should get a new dress．9．A．Some stores are open on Christmas Eve．B．She agrees with the man．C．There should be more stores open on Christmas Eve．D．No one goes shopping that day．10．A．The man can speak German．B．The man knows nothing about German．C．The man can read in German．D．The man knows both English and German．Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages．The passages 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．Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage．11．A．A kind of strange disease．B．A computer programmer．C．A kind of computer virus．D．A computer game．12．A．China．B．South Korea．C．Japan．D．America．13．A．Use a computer virus program．B．Refuse computer information from strangers．C．Copy any kind of information from the Internet．D．Keep your computer in a safe place．Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage．14．A．Two bathrooms．B．A garage．C．A bedroom for each child．D．Several computers．15．A．Working hard for health．B．Watching TV programs about the rich．C．Reading about the poor．D．Buying dresses costing over $20,000．16．A．Easy way of spending money．B．Hard work for wealth．C．A great contrast between the poor and the rich．D．The American way of life．Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations．The conversations will be read twice．After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard．Write your answers on your answer sheet．II．Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence．25．。

----Do you rent rooms ______ the week? You see, I‘m not sure whether I‘ll stay for a whole month?----Yes．The rent is higher，though．A．for B．by C．at D．on26．Knowing the meaning of a word is one thing; yet using it both grammatically and communicatively properly is quite ______．A．much B．many C．little D．another27．Because of climate change, the ice that polar bears depend on for survival _____．A．are slowing disappearing B．is slowly disappearingC．are slowly disappeared D．have slowly disappeared28．I don‘t suppose anyone will volunteer to go, ______?A．do I B．don‘t I C．will they D．won‘t they29．The question that puzzled them is ______ they can get rid of the air pollution in the area． A．how is it that B．that howC．what is it D．how it is that30．Yesterday evening the board had a discussion regarding ______ they should set up more scholarships to meet the increasing demands．A．what B．whether C．that D．who31．I really appreciate ______ to help me out．A．you for lending me the money B．your lending me the moneyC．you to lend me the money D．it that you lend me the money32．Hours of playing violent video games can affect the way the brain works, ______ damage to certain cells of brain and slowing brain activity．A．to cause B．causing C．cause D．caused33．It is generally accepted that Chinese were the earliest ______ football while the Europeans established the modern rules for football．A．played B．playing C．to play D．having played34．The house rent is expensive．I‘ve got about half the space I had at home and I‘mpaying _______ here．A．as three times much B．as much three timesC．three times as much D．much as three time35．In the survey they listed twelve kinds of food ___would affect the work of the brain． A．that were believed B．which the experts believedC．the experts believed that D．the experts believed36．But when I got ______ the town ought to have been, all I found was a gas station．A．where B．wherever C．there D．that37．---- We did not see him at the lecture yesterday．---- You ______ him, since I went to an international conference with him．A．mustn‘t have seen B．can‘t have seenC．couldn‘t see D．needn‘t have seen38．______ the Hope Project was carried out in this poor area, students here had no access to education．A．Once B．As C．Before D．After39．______ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research．A．So curious the couple were B．Such curious the couple wereC．So curious were the couple D．Such curious were the couple40．The married couple regularly discussed the life habits they find ______ in each other．A．they were annoying B．annoyingC．they were annoyed D．annoyedSection BDirections: 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．elements into itsExpressing the specific culture of the city will be the 43 features of metro stations by 2010, when the World Expo is staged, according to an international Metro and Expo-related forum last week．According to the city officials on the forum, they want to share valuable experiences from other cities all over the world which have 44 used metro stations for art exhibitions．―The Metro will be an influential 45 for cultural exhibitions during the 2010 world Expo,‖ said Ying Minghong, chairman of Shanghai Shentong Metro Group．Currently, the city‘s 140-kilometer metro network 46 16 percent of the city‘s overall public transport volume．By 2010, Shanghai will have 11 metro lines, totaling some 400 kilometers．It is estimated that about 50 percent of the 47 400,000 passengers during the World Expo period （from May 1 to October 31, 2010）are expected to use the metro as their major transportation 48 ．The huge amount of passengers can 49 a cultural communication through our metro culture．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．A worldwide poll of more than 100 million people has selected what it calls the new seven wonders of the world．The new wonders are expected to boost ___50__ to some popular destinations, but it is also prompting（唤起）some serious rethinking on the responsibility of tourists．Of the __51___ seven wonders of the world, only the Pyramids of Giza are still standing．But the organizers of the New Seven Wonders say there is ___52___ shortage of wonders in the world．Tia Viering is communications chief for the Zurich-based committee．"A wonder, we have been known to say in the past, is what makes you __53___,‖ says Viering．―It makes you ___54___ and it takes your breath away for a second and you think 'Oh wow! Why? How? Who? When?' And it's not just a building that you think, 'Oh, that's sort of a nice building' -- it takes your breath away and it ___55___ touches you．"Viering says the ___56__ was choosing only seven from a list of 21 of the world's most awe-inspiring sites．Among them are the ancient temples of Angkor Wat．Some fear rampant（无节制的）tourism is ___57___ one of Cambodia's most popular destinations．Historical preservationist John Stubbs is with the World Monument Fund．"There's not a minute to___58___ in looking after this precious place because, without a doubt, it could be ruined by some wrong ___59__," says Stubbs．___60___ for many years, these monuments built for a 12th century king attract more than two million visitors every year．From just two hotels 10 years ago, today there are more than 100．In what was once jungle, new shopping malls, pizza restaurants and massage parlors ___61___ the landscape．Even tourists have ___62___ feelings about the commerce surrounding what were ___63___ places of worship．People had various reactions．"I think it takes away from it, I do," says one．"I don't,‖ says another．―I feel that the importance of this place deserves people to watch it, see it, ___64___ it．"50．A．adventure B．tourism C．curiosity D．worship51．A．imaginary B．newly-elected C．honorable D．original52．A．a B．such C．no D．another53．A．wonder B．sigh C．laugh D．agree54．A．escape B．wander C．stop D．hurry55．A emotionally B．physically C．critically D．artificially56．A．conflict B．agreement C．surprise D．difficulty57．A．destroying B．changing C．overdeveloping D．discovering58．A．spend B．find C．waste D．spare59．A．concepts B．decisions C．designs D．findings60．A．Independent B．Unexpected C．Unknown D．Inaccessible61．A．use B．equip C．dot D．symbolize62．A．similar B．mixed C．strong D．changeable63．A．once B．promisingly C．ever D．eventually64．A．witness B．love C．improve D．protectSection BDirections: Read the following four 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）We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn‘t even lift her eyes from the book．Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down．While I watched mouth open in surprise, Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold．She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop ．She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up, Mum nodded and said, ―Very dirty floor．‖―Yes．I‘m glad they‘ve finally decided to clean them,‖ the nurse answered．She looked at Mum strangely and said, ―But aren‘t you working late?‖Mum just pushed harder, each swipe of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall．I watched until she was out of sight, and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book．After a long time Mum came back．Her eyes were shining, She quickly put the mop back and took my hand．As we turned to go out of the door．Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, ―Thank you．‖Outside, Mum told me, ―Dagmar is fine．No fever．‖―You saw her, Mum?‖―Of course．I told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow．Dad will stop worrying as well．It‘s a fine hospital．But such floors! A mop is no good．You need a brush．‖65．When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was ___．A．to clean the floor B．to please the nurseC．to see a patient D．to surprise the nurse66．When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a ____．A．nurse B．visitor C．patient D．cleaner67．After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?A．It is a children‘s hospital．B．It has strict rules about visiting hours．C．The conditions there can‘t be very good．D．The nurses and doctors there don‘t work hard．68．From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely ___．A．the story teller‘s sister B．Mum‘s friendC．the story teller‘s classmate D．Dad‘s boss（B）When I asked my daughter which item she would keep; the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said ―the phone‖．Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual．Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology．Point 1: The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic．My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day．If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?Point 2: The mobile phone means that we are never alone．―The mobile saved my life,‖says Crystal Johnstone．She had an accident in her V olvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton．Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance（救护车）to her rescue．Point 3: The mobile removes our secret．It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of the day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went．Point 4: The telephone separates us．Antonella Bramante in Rome says, ―We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window．It was easy to get his number．We were so near——but we didn‘t meet for the first two weeks!‖Point 5: The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives．Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously （同时地）on chat lines （at least my daughter does．I wouldn‘t know what to talk about）．We can talk across the world．We can even talk to astronauts （if you know any）while they‘re space-walking．And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access（存取）the Internet, the biggest library on Earth．69．How do you understand ‗Point 1 —The telephone creates the need to communicate．‘？A．People don‘t communicate without telephone．B．People communicate because of the creating of the telephone．C．People communicate more since telephone has been created．D．People communicate more because of more traffic．70．It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through _____．A．the TV screenB．a fax machineC．the phone line hooked up to the computerD．a microphone71．The best headline for the passage is _____．A．Phone Power B．Kinds of PhoneC．How to Use Phones D．Advantage of Phones（C）Nuclear power's（核能的）danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be described in one word; radiation（辐射）．Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected （探测）by human senses．It can't be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us．There are other things like that．For example, radio waves are all around us but we can't detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver．Similarly, we can't sense radioactivity without a radiation detector．But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things．At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright （全部地）by killing masses of cells （细胞）in important organs （器官）．But even the lowest levels can do serious damage．There is no level of radiation that is completely safe．If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant．This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright．Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones．But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble．They reproduce themselves in an unusual way．They can grow into cancer．Sometimes this does not show up for many years．This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation．Serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has occurred．A person can be irradiated（放射治疗）and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result．Or a child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents．Radiation can hurt us．We must know the truth．72．According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in __________．A．nuclear mystery B．radiation detectionC．radiation level D．nuclear radiation73．Radiation can lead to serious results even at the lowest level ________．A．when it kills few cellsB．if it damages few cellsC．though the damaged cells can repair themselvesD．unless the damaged cells can reproduce themselves74．Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _____．A．kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediatelyB．damage cells which may grow into cancer years laterC．affect the healthy growth of our younger generationD．lead to all of the above results75．Which of the following can be best inferred from the passage?A．The importance of protection from radiation cannot be too overemphasized （过分强调）．B．The mystery about radiation remains unsolved．C．Cancer is mainly caused by radiation．D．Radiation can hurt those who do not know about its danger．（D）Some people believe that international sports creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together．Others say that the opposite is true: that international contestsencourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred．There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourages international brotherhood．Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests．One country received its second-place medal with visible indignation after the hockey final．There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions．They were convinced that one of their goal should not have been disallowed and that their opponents‘ victory was unfair．Their manager was in a rage when he said: ―This wasn‘t hockey．Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished．‖ The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years．The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest．The game had ended in disturbance．It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play．A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket．It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match．An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand．The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals．Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game．The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for．But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism．76．According to the author, the recent Olympic Games have __________．A．created goodwill between nationsB．bred only false national prideC．barely showed any international friendshipD．led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred77．What would the manager do by saying, ―…．Hockey and the International HockeyFederation are finished‖?A．His team would no longer take part in international games．B．Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisionsC．There should be no more hockey matches organized by the FederationD．The Federation should be dissolved78．The basketball example implied that_________．A．too much patriotism was displayed in the incidentB．the announcement to prolong the match was wrongC．the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decisionD．the American team was right in rejecting the silver medals79．What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?A．The organization of the Olympic Games must be improvedB．Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic GamesC．Sports should be played competitively rather than for the love of the gameD．International contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations．Section CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph．There is80______To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actors: you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear．81______Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit unmoved before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, his hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feeling．Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and the musical note if his voice always changing according to what he is talking about．82______The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn‘t mean that he will indeed be able to act well in the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher‘s work and the actor‘s．The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand．What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural; on the stage．83______A good teacher works in quite a different way．His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask questions, they obey orders, and if they don‘t understand something, they say so．The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his audience, which in his class．He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along．84______As a good teacher presently, you must take your audience as your friends, take care of them, help them and give them enough freedom and space．I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn‘t keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written．第二卷（45分）I．TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets．1．在网上，我们可以获得我们想要的任何信息。

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2．答答题要求，所有答题必须涂(选择题)或写(非选择题)在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3．答2．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上。

4．考试时间150分3．答题纸与试卷在试题编号上是一一对应的，答题时应特别注意，不能错位。

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阅读下文，完成第1—6题。

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试卷满分150分。

①毛笔、墨是中国书法和绘画的主要工具，原本并无奇特之处，不过分别是由兽毛与熏烧的越
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但是，在中国的书画艺术史上，它们始终扮演着不可或缺的角色。

上海杨浦高级中学2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末联考试题含解析

上海杨浦高级中学2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末联考试题含解析

上海杨浦高级中学2023-2024学年高三英语第一学期期末联考试题注意事项1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。

2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。

第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。

3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。

第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．I hope my teacher will take into _______ the fact that I was ill just before the exams when she marks my paper.A．idea B．considered C．account D．thought2．—Hi, Mary. I’m coming, but it’s snowing and traffic is moving slowly.—________, Jack. We’ll wait for you. Then we can have dinner together.A．Take your time B．Don’t be ser iousC．What a day D．Y ou are kidding3．volleyball is her main focus, she is also great at basketball.A．Since B．OnceC．Unless D．While4．Why are some brands more popular than others ______ the products are of similar quality?A．as though B．even if C．so that D．in case5．I’m not sure of the reason for the dog’s illness, but it ____ by eating too much. A．may have been caused B．need have been causedC．should have been caused D．must have been caused6．Mary liked to look back on her high—school days，she thought were the happiest in her life．A．that B．what C．which D．when7．— Can you tell me something about _________ science.— OK. _ Nobel Prize in Chemistry is usually awarded to Americans.A．the; The B．/; The C．a; / D．the; /8．Acceptance is not about liking a situation. It is about acknowledging all that has been lost and ________ to live with that loss.A．learning B．learnedC．to learn D．having learned9．Wolf Warrior 2, which ________ the “Award for Best Visual Effects” at the BeijingFilm Festival, indicates China's film industry has come of age.A．wins B．wonC．has won D．had won10．merchant A．machine B．achieve C．stomach D．technology 11．—Did Linda see the traffic accident?—No, no sooner ________ than it happened.A．had she gone B．she had goneC．has she gone D．she has gone12．______ caught in the rain unexpectedly, we still enjoyed the journey very much. A．When B．AsC．Unless D．Although13．________ they’ve managed to get everything finished so quickly is not clear to us. A．Which B．WhatC．That D．How14．People ________ with anyone who is always talking about how wonderful he is. A．fall in B．keep company C．catch up D．get fed up15．--- It’s raining hard and we can’t go picnicking today.---If only the weather _____ fine!A．is B．were C．had been D．would be16．The new local law in Nanjing says parents not physically harm young children or expose them to long-term hunger as a punishment.A．can B．shallC．will D．need17．—I think the paper is taking you a long time to write.—I ______ on it for almost a month now.A．worked B．was workingC．am working D．have been working18．Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.A．is B．are C．is there D．are there 19．Don't you think _______of great importance that we should keep fit by taking exercise regularly?A．this B．that C．which D．it20．We should bear in mind that social development and balance of nature should go in .A．company B．sympathy C．association D．harmony第二部分阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

上海市七宝中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题

上海市七宝中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题

上海市七宝中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题一、语法填空Directions: After reading the passage 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.Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soliders, while the people 1 (help) civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat or calculated the length of the year, or manured (施肥) a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers.People think a great deal of them, so much that on all the highest pillars (纪念柱) in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a solider. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are 2 that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not 3 (civilized). Animals fight; so 4 savages (野蛮人); so to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently — this, after all, is 5 conquerors and generals have done — is not being civilized. People fight 6 (settle) quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some ways of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side 7 kill off greater number of the other side, and then saying that the side which has killed most 8 (win). It means 9 (say) that power is right.This is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars,10 millions of people were killed or disabled. And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life-nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages.二、选词填空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.Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the bad distinction by setting up paid family leave starting in 2011. I wasn’t surprised when this didn’t make the news here in the United States - we’re now the only wealthy country without such a policy.The United States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It 11 workers to as much as 12 week’s unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the 12 of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as “government-run personnel management” and a “dangerous precedent (先例)”. In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly 13 .As Yale law professor Anne Alstott, argues, 14 parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. Parents are 15 in many ways in their lives: there is “no exit” when it comes to children. Society expects parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the 16 and intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed.While most parents do this out of love, there are public punishments for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep 17 to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only 18 urgent but important to the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children’s welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society 19 . To classify parenting as apersonal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting, really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (累积) to the whole of society as today’s children become tomorrow’s citizens. In fact, by some 20 , the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money, is equal to 20%-30% of GDP. If these investments bring huge social benefits-as they clearly do-the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.三、完形填空Before 1815 manufacturing in the United States had been done in homes or shops by skilled artisans. As master craft workers, they imparted the knowledge of their trades to apprentices (学徒) and journeymen (熟练工). 21 women often worked in their homes part-time, making finished articles from raw material supplied by merchant capitalists. After 1815 this older form of manufacturing began to 22 factories with machinery tended by unskilled or semiskilled laborers. 23 transportation networks, the rise of cities, and the availability of capital and credit all stimulated the shift to factory production.Apprentices were considered part of the family, and masters were responsible not only for teaching their apprentices a trade but also for providing them with some education and for 24 their moral behavior. Journeymen knew that if they 25 their skill, they could become respected master artisans with their own shops. Also, skilled artisans did not work by the clock.The factory changed that. Goods produced by factories were not as finished or elegant as those done by hand, and pride in craftsmanship gave way to the 26 to increase rates of productivity. The new methods of doing business involved a new and stricter sense of time. Absenteeism and lateness hurt productivity and, since work was specialized, 27 the regular factory routine. Industrialization not only produced a fundamental change in the way work was organized; it 28 the very nature of work.The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily. The factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules. One mill worker who finally 29 complained revealingly about “obedience to the ding-dong of the bell-just as though we are so many living machines.” With the 30 of personal freedom also came the loss of standingin the community. Unlike artisan workshops in which apprentices worked 31 with the masters supervising them, factories sharply separated workers from management. Few workers rose through the ranks to supervisory positions, and even well-paid workers sensed their 32 in status.In this newly emerging economic order, workers sometimes organized to protect their rights and traditional ways of life. The labor movement gathered some momentum (动力，势头) in the decade before the Panic of 1837, but in the depression that followed, labor’s strength 33 . During hard times, few workers were willing to strike or 34 collective action. And skilled craft workers, who led the union movement, did not feel a particularly strong bond with semiskilled factory workers and unskilled laborers. More than a decade of agitation (激烈争论) did finally bring a workday shortened to 10 hours to most industries by the 1850s’, and the courts also recognized workers’ right to strike, but these 35 had little immediate impact. 21．A．Otherwise B．Moreover C．However D．Therefore 22．A．give way to B．make up for C．get rid of D．end up with 23．A．Expensive B．Public C．Difficult D．Cheap 24．A．displaying B．supervising C．respecting D．predicting 25．A．shared B．assessed C．perfected D．applied 26．A．pressure B．hatred C．freedom D．disappointment 27．A．followed B．broke C．established D．fixed 28．A．ignored B．demanded C．guaranteed D．transformed 29．A．succeeded B．recovered C．quitted D．revenged 30．A．restoration B．change C．loss D．protection 31．A．closely B．efficiently C．independently D．diligently 32．A．stability B．independence C．decline D．security 33．A．maintained B．developed C．returned D．collapsed 34．A．protest against B．give up C．account for D．engage in 35．A．emphases B．limits C．evidences D．gains四、阅读理解The person who set the course of my life was a school teacher named Marjorie Hurd. When I stepped off a ship in New York Harbor in 1949, I was a nine-year-old war refugee, who had lost his mother and was coming to live with the father he did not know. My mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, had been imprisoned and shot for sending my sisters and me to freedom.I was thirteen years old when I entered Chandler Junior High. Shortly after I arrived, I was told to select a hobby to pursue during “club hours.” The idea of hobbies and clubs made no sense to my immigrant ears, but I decided to follow the prettiest girl in my class. She led me into the presence of Miss Hurd, the school newspaper adviser and English teacher.A tough woman with salt-and-pepper hair and determined eyes, Miss Hurd had no patience with lazy bones. She drilled us in grammar, assigned stories for us to read and discuss, and eventually taught us how to put out a newspaper. Her introduction to the literary wealth of Greece gave me a new perspective on my war-tom homeland, making me proud of my origins. Her efforts inspired me to understand the logic and structure of the English language. Owing to her inspiration, during my next twenty-five years, I became a journalist by profession.Miss Hurd retired at the age of 62. By then, she had taught for a total of 41 years. Even after her retirement, she continually made a project of unwilling students in whom she spied a spark of potential. The students were mainly from the most troubled homes, yet she alternately bullied and charmed them with her own special brand of tough love, until the spark caught fire.Miss Hurd was the one who directed my grief and pain into writing. But for Miss Hurd, I wouldn’t have become a reporter. She was the catalyst that sent me into journalism and indirectly caused all the good things that came after.36．Which of the following caused the author to think of his homeland differently?A．Stepping on the American soil for the first time.B．Her mother’s miserable deathC．Being exposed to Greek literary works.D．Following the prettiest girl in his class. 37．It can be inferred from Paragraph Four that ________.A．Miss Hurd’s contribution was recognized across the nation.B．Students from troubled homes preferred Miss Hurd’s teaching styleC．The students Miss Hurd taught were all finally firedD．Miss Hurd employed a unique way to handle these students38．The passage is mainly concerned with ________.A．how the author became a journalist B．the importance of inspiration in one’s life C．the teacher who shaped the author’s life D．factors contributing to a successful careerWhen you first arrive in Oxford，it may take a little while for you to find your way around. The university is a large organization that is fully integrated into the city and has been evolving for 800 years. Some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike ( most students in Oxford find cycling is the best way to go around), setting up a bank account , getting their computer and mobile phone working , finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialize.One of the major events you will experience shortly after "coming up" to Oxford is matriculation. Matriculation is held at the University's Sheldonian Theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.International students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. Sessions run throughout the day that will give you practical information about living and studying in UK and introduce you to other graduate students from all over the world who are starting their studies at Oxford at the same time as you , as well as to current Oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you . The day covers topics such as studying and learning in the Oxford system, University services, information on living in Britain and culture differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. You can choose which talks to attend and at the end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow student.Another good thing to experience early on is college dining. Most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses and the atmosphere of an evening out in a nice restaurant. On some of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they may return the favor. In this way you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many often historical college grounds and dining halls.Further information on your first few weeks at Oxford is available via the Students Gateway on our website and you can get first-hand accounts of what life at Oxford is like bywatching videos of students talking about their experiences on our Wall of 100 Faces. 39．Which of the following is not the first thing for a newcomer to Oxford to do_______？A．to find a best place to socializeB．to set up a bank accountC．to go to the Sheldonian TheatreD．to get mobile phone working40．When do students feel they are truly admitted to Oxford University______？A．They arrived in Oxford and settled down on campus．B．They received the offer from the admission office．C．They met the staff and took some required courses．D．They experienced the matriculation in the university．41．Why is an orientation important for international students？A．It is a good chance to ask the staff for help．B．It offers practical information about living and studying．C．It helps get students' computers hooked to the Internet．D．It can help deal with the problem of culture differences．42．"Return the favor"in the passage probably means___．A．inviting you for dinnerB．visiting your historic college in returnC．sharing favorite videosD．providing you with some good advice．In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fighters. We’re pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes to they can get into the college of our first choice. I’ve twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids’ college background as a prize demonstrating how well we’ve raised them. But we can’t acknowledge that our obsession is more about us than them. So we’ve come up with various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn’t matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won’t be enough prizes to goaround. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria (歇斯底里) is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausible--and mostly wrong. We haven’t found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters. Selective schools don’t systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools, On two measures- professors’ feedback and the number of essay exams selective schools do slightly worse.By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates’ lifetime earnings. The gain is considered at 2-4% for every 100-point increase in a school’s average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke (偶然). A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools.Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition. But it’s not the only indicator and its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college is not life’s only competition. In the next competition--the job market and graduate school-the results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Princeton economist Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D．program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn’t.So, parents, lighten up. The stakes (风险) have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize (合理化) our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints. 43．Why does the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?A．They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.B．They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.C．They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.D．They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application. 44．What does the author mean by “kids count more than their colleges” Line 1, para.4?A．Continuing education is more important to a person’s success.B．Kids’ actual abilities are more important than their college background.C．A person’s happiness should be valued more than their education.D．What kids learn at college cannot keep up with job market requirements.45．What does Krueger’s study tell us?A．Getting into Ph.D．programs may be more competitive than getting into college.B．Graduates from prestigious universities do not care much about their GRE scores.C．Connections built in prestigious universities may be sustained long after graduation.D．Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs. 46．According to the passage, one possible result of pushing children into elite universities is that ________.A．they experience more job dissatisfaction after graduationB．they earn less than their peers from other institutionsC．they turn out to be less competitive in the job marketD．they overemphasize their qualifications in job applicationDirections: 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.In business, there is a speed difference: It’s the difference between how important firm leaders say speed is to their competitive strategy and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. 47In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.48 They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed of production, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that oftenleads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. 49 And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast, performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. 50 That kind of strategy must come from the top.A．How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better?B．Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals.C．More haste, less speed, which in the study proves wrong.D．Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.E．They valued efficiency rather than consideration.F．They encouraged new ways of thinking.五、书面表达51．Directions: Read the following three passages. 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 is found that American students spend less than 15% of their time in school. While there’s no doubt that school is important, a number of recent studies remind us that parents are even more so. A study published earlier this month by researchers at North Carolina State University, for example, finds that parental involvement-checking homework, attending school meetings and events, discussing school activities at home — has a more powerful influence on students’ academic performance than anything about the school the students attend.So parents matter. But it is also revealed in researches that parents, of all backgrounds, don’t need to buy expensive educational toys or digital devices for their kids in order to give theman advantage. What they need to do with their children is much simpler: talk.But not just any talk. Recent research has indicated exactly what kinds of talk at home encourage children’s success at school. For example, a study conducted by researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health found that two-way adult-child conversations were six times as potent in promoting language development as the ones in which the adult did all the talking.Engaging in this back-and-forth gives children a chance to try out language for themselves, and also gives them the sense that their thoughts and opinions matter.The content of parents’ conversations with kids matters, too. Children who hear talk about counting and numbers at home start school with much more extensive mathematical knowledge. While the conversations parents have with their children change as kids grow older, the effect of these exchanges on academic achievement remain strong. Research finds that parents play an important role in what is called “academic socialization” — setting expectations and making connections between current behavior and future goals. Engaging in these sorts of conversations has a greater impact on educational accomplishment._______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _六、翻译52．意识到犯了大错，我马上向在场所有的人表达了诚挚的歉意。

上海市闵行区六校联考2024-2025学年高一上学期10月期中英语试题

上海市闵行区六校联考2024-2025学年高一上学期10月期中英语试题

上海市闵行区六校联考2024-2025学年高一上学期10月期中英语试题一、听力选择题1．A．$30.B．$27.C．$20.D．$10.2．A．He may feel better soon.B．He doesn’t like to take pills.C．He may not be able to wake up on time.D．He may want to take the pills without food. 3．A．Post her the paper after the deadline.B．Hand in a handwritten draft of the paper.C．Attend a conference with her two weeks later.D．Complete the course without handing in the paper.4．A．Lose some weight.B．Shop for new clothes.C．Have his jeans altered.D．Wear clothes that fit better.5．A．Sharpen the man’s pencil.B．Ask the model to move his arm.C．Give the man a new sheet of paper.D．Show the man a drawing technique.6．A．Disappointed.B．Curious.C．Satisfied.D．Casual.7．A．He’d like some help at the baggage counter.B．He doesn’t know the woman ahead of him.C．He was permitted to carry one extra bag.D．He is carrying someone else’s suitcase.8．A．Some of her colleagues may not take part in the program.B．A few of them are allowed to participate in the training.C．All her colleagues have agreed to go for the program.D．Employees are all required to receive the training.9．A．She would rather take a direct train.B．It doesn’t take long to get to Chongqing.C．She doesn’t care how long the trip takes.D．Taking an airplane might be more practical.10．A．If he has more than a dollar.B．If he makes a phone call first.C．If he finds the change machine.D．If he buys something from her.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。