上海闵行区2017学年第一学期高三英语质量调研 2017.12.27

上海闵行区2017学年第一学期高三质量调研2017.12.27ⅡGrammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: 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 blankHonesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. But when it comes to medicine, I had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients. After all, the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential, or so I thought.I had just started working in geriatrics(老年病科). Mr. McMahon 21 in when his body was found very swollen （浮肿的）. I took a medical history 22 his daughter who had accompanied him in the ambulance. She'd been his main carer for years. I stood 23 (look) at him as she gave a detailed history. "Has he lost any weight recently?" I asked, "Well, it's funny you should mention that, but yes." She said slowly. There was silence for a few moments. "Why? What are you worried about?" she asked. She was obviously very involved in his care and it was only fair that I told 24 the truth. "Well, we need to prove it's not cancer." I said and talked briefly about some of the tests I was going to order.Half an hour later, a nurse called me: "Mr. McMahon's daughter broke down－she said you told her he had cancer." My heart sank. By the time I arrived at the ward, my consultant was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed 25 he had cancer. I stood silently at the end of the bed. My consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left Mr. McMahon, she turned to me. "Why on earth did you do that?" she asked in disbelief. I looked at her and bit my lip. "She asked me what I was worried about and I told her." I said, hanging my head. "And give her more 26 (worry) about?" replied my consultant. "You don't say the word 'cancer' until it's confirmed. 27 you suspect it, think very carefully before you tell people."28it turned out, it wasn't cancer. But I did learn that when someone is stressed and worried about their loved one they're sometimes selective in 29 they hear－and as a doctor it's important to be mindful of this. In being truthful, I'd made the situation 30 (bad).Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note thatface out of their phone and focusing on the world around them? It's completely normal for parents of growing children to be concerned about their child's safely, but is their 31 to social media really harming them.Social media was created to connect people with others online and has recently been added to smartphones, making it fat more accessible than it 32 was. This new way to easily be able to use social media has encouraged children and teens to begin to use sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram frequently. Maturing teens and children are usually very timid when it comes to 33 with their families, which they sometimes view as "annoying”. So, what do these kids use as a solution or a(n)“ 34 " The answer is simple social media.However when they use social media for a large amount of time, parents lend to show concern for their child and blame social media for 35 their attention.The word, "social", was entered into the term, social media, for a reason. Parents of growing teens don't seem to understand that. When they see their child using Twitter or Instagram they think that they using it to get away from real world 36 .The truth, however, is that they are using it to conned with their close friends, make new friends, and receive information about what is currently happening in the modem worldChildren and teens are 37 accused for using social media only for entertainment purposes and for huge amounts of time. Sure everyone who uses social media enjoys contacting their friends and viewing entertaining things, but howcome children receive all of the 38 for abusing it? Parents should really think about how social media can help children and teens learn and grow in the real world rather than it just being another 39 .Social media as a whole has both positive and negative aspects, but after all of the 40 from pre-teens, teens, and parents is put together, it shows that media is actually helping the newer generations in their lives.Ⅲ. Reading ComprehensionSection AYour boss tells you that you did a bad job. Your coworker criticizes you in front of your whole team. Ouch! It's not easy to take criticism, no matter who it comes from. But, it is easy to 41 the blow when you offer criticism to someone in English. Merely by altering your wording and your attitude, you can help someone grow instead of making them feel 42 .Phrases like "You’re wrong! ” and “Your presentation was terrible!" have no place i n effective 43 . In fact, it's best to leave the word "you" out, if at all possible. 44 attacks make people feel defective, and then they won't really listen to anything you have to say.Before starting with the criticism, warm the person up with 45 . If you are discussing their work, find several things you truly like about what they have done. For example, "I enjoyed your presentation today. You presented a lot of good and helpful information in it, and I can tell you put a lot of effort into it. I appreciate your hard work." This will lower their 46 and make them feel appreciated.However, a short 47 compliment followed by "but" such as “It was a helpful talk, but you really need to improve your presentation skills" won't do much to help the process. After you’ve shared your compliments, allow them time to be 48 . As a matter of fact, 49 following your compliment with a “,bu t” will destroy all you've tried lo accomplish by making your 50 seem false and insincere.Remember that the goal of constructive criticism isn’t to make the person feel terrible: it's to help them grow. Instead of directly 51 the person, try to get the message through to them in the form of light-hearted advice. Phrases like. "Next time you might want to…” or “I find it helpful to " can 52 the blame while still leaving an impact: "Next time you might want to give a little more attention to the audience. I find it helpful to look people in the eyes while I am speaking"People can't change overnight, especially if they don’t get detailed 53 . As you might have known, 54 saying “you need to work on your presentation skills “won’t help a soul! Be detailed in your advice! Show moderation when you criticize anyone and keep in your mind that over-criticism can easily 55 people. Remember, you want them to keep trying and improving. Don't leave them feeling defeated'41. A. suffer B. accept C. soft D. ignore42. A defeated B encouraged C. motivated D. disturbed43. A. discussion B. argument C. explanation D. criticism44. A. Immediate B. Personal C. Accurate D. Continuous45. A. interactions B. impressions C. personalities D. compliments46. A. defense B spirit C. moral D. position47. A. decisive B. serious C. vague D. concrete48. A. corrected B. challenged C. debated D. absorbed49. A. carefully B. reluctantly C. immediately D. occasionally50. A. praise B. attitude C. assistance D. achievement51. A. helping B. accusing C. praising D. dismissing52. A. make up B. focus on C. lead to D. take away53. A. command B. comment C. instruction D. information54. A. sincerely B. simply C. politely D. unwillingly55. A. overload B promote C. inspire D simulateSection B(A)Korean Americans at GBS High .SchoolGlenbrook South (GBS) High School is in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is an award-winning school with a highly competent teaching staff. It has over 400 Asian Pacific .American students-over 17 percent of die students in the school. Of these, the majority are Korean American. This is very unusual in a state where Korean Americans are less than 1 percent of the population. The interactions of the Korean American students at UBS were the subject of an article in Asian Week magazine.Different Korean American students react differently to being in a high school were most students are white. Professor Pyong Gap Min, an expert on Korean life in America, believes that Korean Americans in this situation can sometimes feel inhibited or ashamed of their Korean identity. Asian Week interviewed a number of GBS students, and each had a different attitude.Alice 18 years oldI used to spend time only with Korean American friends Although I felt secure with those friends, I found myself motivated to form closer relationship with non-Koreans, too. I felt I was missing out on new experiences and challenges. Paul 16 years oldI have some Korean American friends, but I spend most of my time with white friends. I’m often the only Asian American in the group, but I don’t mind. What I like about the white culture is that I can be more radical. I can be as loud and funny as I want to be. I don’t see as much of that among the Asian students.John 17 years oldIn junior high school, most of my friends were white. After coming to GBS, my sense of my Korean American identity was restored, and I decided to have mainly Korean American friends. I feel that my Korean American friends and I mainly understand each other better. For example, we understand about severe parental pressures to succeed at school; I felt my white friends couldn’t really und erstand.Without belittle(轻视）the importance of what these students had to say, it’s imp ortant to remember that their opinions at this phase of their lives ate bound to change as they grow into adulthood. But these honest opinions can help us better understand issues of culture relations, and their honesty might help Americans from different cultural groups to get along better in the future.56. The passage mainly discusses .A. how Korean American students interact among themselves and with othersB. why Illinois is a very special stateC. how an Illinois high school welcomes Korean American studentsD. different opinions of the friends of Korean American students57. Which statement best summarizes Alice's attitude?A. She feels that her white friends don’t really understand h erB. She likes her Korean American friends but wants to have non-Korean friends too.C. She feels she is missing out on experiences with her Korean American fiends.D. She doesn’t fe el secure in her relationships with non-Koreans.58. The underlined word “radical” most probably means" "A. timidB. expressiveC. considerateD. sensitive(B)The documentary Blood Lions shows South Africa's cruel "canned' lion hunting industry. In canned hunts, lions are raised by humans and kept in enclosed spaces on private hunting areas. Hunters can get trophy （战利品）easily in exchange for fees of up to $50, 000. There are about 8,000 ranch lions in South Africa. So the country’s hunt operators can make a fortune.Ian Michler was a lead character in the film. He talked about Blood Lions last July when it was shown in Durban, South Africa. The film has since been viewed in 185 countries. More than 50 screenings have been held at film festivals and in meetings of special interest groups. This year, Blood Lions will be shown at every major tourism conference in Europe and Africa.Outside the film, Michler and the team are running a global campaign. They are aiming at ending canned hunts and other cold-blooded activities involving lions and other animals.Australia became the first country, in February 2015, to forbid imports of lion trophies. It was followed by France in November, That month, Blood Lions was shown in the European Parliament. As a result, the government of Finland, Italy, and Spain decided to hold their own screenings. There are a number of other countries likely to do the same.At the same time, at the end of last year, the world's leading group of African lion researchers offered an important suggestion They advised that any analysis of the present state of wild lions in South Africa should not include its thousands of ranch lions. Wild lions in South Africa now number some 3, 000. There are around 20,000 wild lions in Africa."The g reat majority of lion populations in Africa have been reduced,” says Hans Bauer, lion researcher at Oxford University Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. 'It's important to stress that South Africa's ranch lions are horror that has nothing to do with lion protection. These lions should never be taken into account in any serious analysis of the state of lions in Africa."59. What do we learn about the documentary Blood Lions?A. It has an international influence.B. It has attracted many tourists.C. It tell the story of a lion fighter.D. It has brought the producer lots of money60. Michler and his team's campaign .A. was first started in AustraliaB. has won little support in EuropeC. has achieved noticeable effectsD. aims to save endangered animals61. What can we infer about Hans Bauer?A .He suggests analyzing lions properly. B. He has seen an increase of African wild lionsC. He maybe a strong supporter of trophy hunting.D. He hopes that there will be more ranch lions in Africa.62. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To explain the main idea of a new film.B. To report an animal protection campaignC. To encourage fanners lo raise ranch lions.D. To advertise South Africa's hunting industry.(C)One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend. "One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states." said Nellie Alexander, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative education in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.In response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade. In some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 "Toubon Law" in France, but the idea has been copied in many countries since then. Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as futile by language experts, who are well aware of the difficultly in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.It is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the “purity” of a language by law. Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language. English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but there has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation is that it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academic Francaise in France.The need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon—especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessary take over too many fields. Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields lo defend63. Neville Alexander believes that?A. mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countriesB. globalization has resulted in the economic failure of AfricaC. globalization has led to the rise of multi-language trendsD. lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure64. The underl ined word ”futile'' (i n paragraph 2) most probably means “”.A. workableB. practicalC. uselessD. unnecessary65. Why do many English-speaking countries not support the language protection efforts described in the passage?A. They think language protection laws are ineffective.B. They want their language to spread to other countries.C. They have a long history of taking words from other languages.D. It reduces a language's ability to acquire international importance66. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. English has taken over fields like public communication and educationB. Many sheets of national culture are threatened by the spread of English.C. Most language experts believe it is important to promote a national language.D. Europeans have long realized the need to protect their national languages.Section CDirections: Read the following passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentenceThe latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not IQ, a generally bad predictor' of success. 67 Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you'd take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or shared the same birthday.68 It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success, Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. She’d able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error focused. By practising in this way, site delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repealing, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems-how do I get characters into a room-dozens and dozens of times. 69 The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It's the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. The latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we're "hardwired" to do. And it's true that genes play a role in our capabilities. 70 We construct ourselves through behaviour.Ⅳ. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.California condors are North American’s largest birds, will wing-length of up to 3 meters. In the 1980s, electrical lines and lead poisoning nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shock training and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birds.In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild, and there are now more than 150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico. Electrical lines have been killing them off. “As they go in to rest for the night, they just don’t see the power lines,” says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution(电死) if they touch two lines at once. So scientists have come up with a shocking idea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%.Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney failures and death. So condors with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2011.Rideout’s team thinks that the California condors’ average survival time in the wild is now just under eight years. “Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital for now,” he says. “They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recovering them.”V. Translation72. 这个专家所推荐的方法被证明是十分有效的。

2017年上海闵行区高三二模英语试卷-学生用卷一、短文填空1、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第21~30题10分2021年上海高三高考模拟（新题型十二）第21~30题One steamy July afternoon in central Arkansas. I was working on an important project in my home office. My trusty printer was busy producing an important report1it simply stopped . After fifteen minutes of trying to repair, I decided to buy a new printer. Upon my return, my heart froze to see my house on fire.2having spent much of my life writing, I was speechless when facing this situation. I was lost for adequate words3(describe) the sick, sinking feeling of seeing my home, business, and belongings going up in flames along with photographs and memories4(collect) over a lifetime. But the panic that filled my shocked heart in that awful moment was for the nine cats that shared my homeafter5(rescue) from situations of ill-treatment and abandonment.Responding to an early security—system warning, the amazing firefighters arrivedimmediately,6the chemical smoke had already caused deaths. I examined and kissed each cat goodbye, extremely grateful that they had passed gently, without injuries or burns.Only animal lovers really understand the unbelievable impact7the loss of one beloved four-legged family member can have on your heart, mind and soul. The loss of so many dearly loved creatures sent me in great sorrow.After staying with a friend of mine for a couple of weeks, I was relocated to a furnished apartment. One evening, about a month after moving in, I8(occupy) in writing a mystery novel, and at that time a "meow" sounded from outside the apartment door. Was it my mind playing tricks again? More than once I had heard, seen or felt the brush of one of my departed funny roommates. The meow grew louder and more repetitive. Curious, I opened the door.Sitting on the doorstep was a kitten with a black coat and alert eyes. Aneighbor9(walk) by picked him up and began petting him. When I remarked how cute her kitten was, she explained that it had been born under a bridge and looked around for food. This kitty-loving neighbor was quick to offer an extra litter box if I was interested in giving him a home. My immediate reaction was "that's all I need !" without hesitation she put the cute kitten down. I thanked her and closed the door, determined to just let him stay10 a real home could be found.二、选词填空2、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第31~40题10分There are two basic ways see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have generally viewed personal growth as a(n)1result or product that can easily be identified and measured. The worker who gets a promotion the students whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new language—all these are examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts.By2—the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitude and feelings people have, their caution or courage, as we3new experiences and unexpected obstacles. In this process, the journey never really ends. There are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a4to take risks. And we are supposed to be ready to face the5, and to accept the possibility that we may "fail" at first . How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do we perceive ourselves as quick an curious? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more open to unfamiliar experiences. Do we thinkwe're6and shy? Then our7of shyness can cause us to hesitate , to move slowly , and not to take a step until we know the ground is safe. Do we think we're slow to adapt to change to change or that we're not smart enough to cope with a new challenge? If so, then we are likely to take a more8role or not try at all.These feelings of insecurity and self-doubt are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. We will9to grow, if we do not confront and overcome these internal fears and doubts, and if we protect ourselves too much. Webecome10inside a shell of our own making.A. contrastB. unknownC. trappedD. responsibilityE. willingnessF. externalG. senseH. cease三、完形填空3、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第41~55题15分To Apologize or Not to ApologizeWhy difficult ?When we do wrong to someone we know, even not1, we are generally expected to apologize so as to improve the situation. But when we're acting as leaders, the circumstance are2. The act of apology is carried out not merely at the level ofthe3but also at the level of the institution. It is a performance in which every word or expression4, as they become part of the public record. Refusing to apologize can be smart, or it can be stupid. So, readiness to apologize can be seen as a sign of strong character or as a sign of weakness.Why now ?The question of whether leaders should apologize publicly has never beenmore5. During the last decade or so, the United States in particular has developed an apology culture—apologies of all kinds and for all sorts of wrongdoings are made farmore6than before. More newspaper writers have written about the growing importance of7—apologies. Meanwhile, more and more articles, advice colums, and radio and television programs have similarly dealt with the subjectof8apologies . Although they are not carried out in the public places, we can't neglect the importance of this performance.Why9?Why do we apologize? Why do we ever put ourselves in situations likely to be difficult, embarrassing, and even risky? Leaders who apologize publicly could be an easy targetfor10. They are expected to appear strong and capable. And whether they make public statements of any kind, their individual and institutional reputations are in danger. Clearly, then, leaders should not apologize often. For a leader to express apology, there needs to be astrong11. Leaders will publicly apologize if and when they think the costs of doing so are lower than the costs of not doing so.Why refuse ?Why is it that leaders so often try every means to12apologies, even when a public apology seems to be in order? Their reasons can be individual or institutional. Because leaders are public figures, their apologies are likely to be personally uncomfortable andeven13risky. Apologies can be signals for admitting mistakes and mistakes can be an indication of job insecurity. Leaders may also be afraid that14of a mistake will damage or destroy the organization for which they are responsible. There can be good reasons for hanging tough（硬撑）in tough situation, as we shall see, but it is a high-risk15.A. immediatelyB. intentionallyC. occasionallyD. accidentallyA. simpleB. ridiculousC. abnormalD. differentA. individualB. companyC. familyD. societyA. conflictsB. mattersC. appealsD. deceivesA. urgentB. riskyC. boringD. simpleA. interestedlyB. patientlyC. frequentlyD. hopefullyA. faithfulB. reliableC. confusingD. publicA. sincereB. acceptableC. privateD. positiveA. botherB. reduceC. regretD. ignoreA. promotionB. criticismC. appreciationD. identificationA. personallyB. willC. reasonD. desireA. attemptB. involveC. commitD. avoidA. politicallyB. professionallyC. academicallyD. physicallyA. avoidanceB. admissionC. involvementD. eliminationA. fulfillmentB. statementC. occupationD. strategy四、阅读理解4、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第56~59题8分2017年上海松江区高三二模（A篇）第56~59题8分If your in-box is currently reporting unread messages in the hundreds or thousands, you might have a hard time believing the news: e-mail is on the decline.At first blush, that might seem to be the case. The incoming generation, after all, doesn't do e-mail. Oh, they might have an account. They use it only as we would a fax machine: as a means to communicate with old-school folks like their parents or to fulfill the sign-up requirements of Websites. They rarely check it, though.Today's instant electronic memos—such as texting and Facebook and Twitter messages—are more direct, more concentrated, more efficient. They go without the salutation（称呼语）and the signoff; we already know the "to" and "from". Many corporations are moving to messaging networks for exactly that reason: more signal, less noise and less time. This trend is further evidence that store-and-forward systems such as e-mail and voicemail are outdated. Instead of my leaving you a lengthy message that you pick up later, I can now send you an unobtrusive, easily-consumed message that you can read—and respond to—on the go. The decline of e-mail corresponds neatly to the dawn of the mobile era. Instantaneous（及时）written messages are different. These are neatly tailored to fit in just about any time: before a movie, in a taxi, waiting for lunch. And because these notes are invariably brief, they're a natural for smartphone typing. With these formats, you also have control over who can correspond with you, which you usually don't in e-mail. And especially on Facebook, instant messaging can take on the character of a chat room, where several people can talk at once.Does this mean e-mail is on its way to the dustbin of digital history? Not necessarily. E-mail still has certain advantages. On the other hand, tweets and texts feel TAL#NBSP ephemeral—you read them, then they're gone, into an endless string, e-mail still feels like something you have and that you can file, search and return to later. It's easy to imagine that it will continue to feel more appropriate for formal communications: agreements, important news, longer explanations.So, e-mail won't go away completely. Remember, we've been through a transition like this not so long ago: when e-mail was on the rise, people said that postal mail was dead. That's not how it works. Postal mail found its smaller niche, and so will e-mail. Technology rarely replaces an institution completely; it just adds new avenues.(1) What would the incoming generation like to do with their e-mail accounts?A. Contact close friendsB. Send long messagesC. Fill in some formsD. Communicate with their colleagues(2) Which of the following is mainly discussed in the paragraph 3 and 4?A. The possible reasons behind the decline of e-mail.B. The likes and dislikes of the young generation.C. The rapid development of e-communication channels.D. Evidence about the uncertain future of easily-consumed messages.(3) What does the underlined word "TAL#NBSP ephemeral"in paragraph 5 mean?A. Automatically-sendingB. Randomly-writtenC. Hardly-recognizedD. Shortly-appearing(4) According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. It's too early to determine the decline of e-mail.B. E-mail has reasons to exist on its own advantage.C. E-mail, just like postal mail has come to its end.D. We should feel sorry for the decline of e-mail.5、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模（B篇）第60~62题6分(1) The Fox News review mentioned the first party scene in the film toA. reveal the fact that Nick wants to know more about Gatsby.B. show the version of Rhapsody in Blue matches the film well.C. prove that the director is good at combining visual and music.D. convince us that the first scene is perfectly filmed by the director.(2) According to Time Magazine, what did Baz Luhrmann do to make the film a success?A. He adapted the story in the novel as he wished.B. He made the film more powerful than the book.C. He mixed his style with the elegance of the book.D. He changed the story to meet his own style.(3) Which of the following can be used to describe Gatsby?A. Faithful and warm-hearted.B. Charming and professional.C. Selfish and timid.D. Mysterious and devoted.6、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第63~66题8分2017年上海松江区高三二模（C篇）第63~66题8分The British Medical Journal recently featured a strong response to what was judged an inappropriately merciful reaction by a medical school to a student cheating in an examination. Although we have insufficient reliable data about the extent of this phenomenon, its prevention, or its effective management, much can be concluded and acted upon on the basis of common sense.There is general agreement that there should be zero tolerance of cheating in a profession based on trust and one on which human lives depend. It is reasonable to assume that cheaters in medical school will be more likely than others to continue to act dishonestly with patients, colleagues, and government.The behaviors under question are multifactorial in origin. There are familial（家庭的）, religious, and cultural values that are acquired long before medical school. For example, countries, cultures, and subcultures exist where bribes and dishonest behaviour are very normal. There are secondary schools in which neither staff nor students tolerate cheating and others where cheating is common; there are homeswhich cultivate young people with high standards of moral behaviour and others which leave moral training to the harmful influence of television and the market place.Medical schools reflect society and cannot be expected to remedy all the ills of a society. The selection process of medical students might be expected to favour applicants with positive moral behaviour. Medical schools should be the major focus of attention for cultivating future doctors with moral sensitivity. Unfortunately there are troubling data that suggest that during medical school the moral behaviour of medical students does not necessarily improve; indeed, moral development may actually stop or even regress（倒退）.It is critical that the academic and clinical leaders of the institution set a personal example on moral behaviour. Medical schools must do something to make sure that their students are expected to be clear from day one. The development of a school's culture of moral behaviour requires cooperation with the students in which they play an active role in its creation and developing. Moreover, the school's examination system and general treatment of students must be fair. Finally, the treatment of infractions must be firm, fair, transparent（透明的）.(1) What does the author say about cheating in medical schools?A. Extensive research has been done about this phenomenon.B. We have sufficient data to prove that prevention is possible.C. We know that this phenomenon exists in every medical school.D. We still need more reliable data to know how serious it is.(2) According to the author, it is important to prevent cheating in medical schoolsbecause.A. the medical profession is based on trustB. there is zero tolerance of cheating in medicineC. the medical profession depends on the governmentD. cheating exists extensively in medical schools(3) Which of the following statements will the author probably agree with?A. Medical schools should make a less competitive environment for students.B. Outstanding people should create a set of moral standards to be followed.C. Medical students should be positive in creating and preserving moral behavior.D. We should focus on the cause-and-effect of the cheating in exams in medical schools.(4) Which of the following can be implied from the passage?A. It makes little sense to talk about medical school student cheating in exams.B. Medical schools haven't been doing well to help students develop morally.C. Cheating in exams is tolerable outride of medical school circle.D. Elimination of exams helps cultivate healthier characters of medical school students.五、信息匹配7、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第67~70题8分2017年上海松江区高三二模第67~70题8分The worst time to look for a job is when you feel desperate and must have a new one immediately.1If you are not in need of an immediate career change, here are ways you can improve your long-term career prospects today:Identify at least two different roles. You do not have to be qualified for these positions today, nor do they have to exist in your company. However, these roles should be related to your current skill set. They are career options that look interesting.2Pay close attention to what appeals to you, and write it down. This will give insight into your motivations and targets.Subscribe to a career specific magazine. Knowledge is power in the workplace. All businesses must stay relevant to their customers in order to win the competitions and increase revenue（收益）. Reading about industry trends, advancements and success stories keeps you in touch with market conditions. This information allows you to see which companies and professionals are leading the pack. You can follow their examples in your own workplace.3Do exceptional work. In any role, there is a way to perform at your best. Look for ways to deliver a top performance. Show up early, be flexible to new assignments, have a positive attitude, cooperate with other departments, pay attention to the little details.Be professionally curious. Talk to people about their careers. Learn more about how success is measured in other roles, departments and companies. Ask people their thoughts on different industries.4People hire people. You never know what connections may be relevant when you start your next job search, so develop a habit of making good connections no matter where you go. Take the time to learn about others, and be helpful when you can.As in all things in life, getting in front of a different task early is always less stressful than reacting to a career surprise. Changing jobs is to be expected. No matter how secure you feel today, the time will come when either you or your employer decide it is time to change.A. If you associate with distinguished people, you are likely to find yourself with better opportunities.B. Challenge yourself to expand your business knowledge through interactions with people at regular time.C. In addition, the chances, if any, are low that you can find a satisfactory job in an economic situation like this.D. Once you have a couple of targets, think about why and what interests you.E. That is to say, the people you keep company with determine your character development.F. Job searching under pressure often results in nervous interviewing and decision-making from relatively few options.六、阅读简答8、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第71题5分2017年上海松江区高三二模第71题5分Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.There are various means consumers can do if they find that an item they bought is faulty or in some other way does not live up to the manufacturer's claims. A simple and common method used by many consumer is to complain directly to the store manager. In general, the "higher up" his or her complaint, the faster he or she can expect it to be settled. In such a case, it is usually settled in the consumer's favor, assuming he or she has a just claim.Consumers should complain in person whenever possible, but if they cannot get to the place of purchase, it is acceptable to phone or write the complaint in a letter.Complaining is usually most effective when it is done politely but firmly, and especially when the consumer can demonstrate what is wrong with the item in question. If this cannot be done, the consumer will succeed best by presenting specific information as to what is wrong, rather than by making general statements. For example, "The left speaker does not work at all and the sound coming out of the right one is unclear" is better than "This stereo does not work". The store manager may advise the consumer to writeto the manufacturer. If so, the consumer should do this, stating the complaint as politely and firmly as possible. If a polite complaint does not achieve the desired result, the consumer can go to a step further. She or he can threaten to take the seller to court or report the seller to a private or public organization responsible for protecting consumer's rights.七、翻译9、【来源】 2017年上海闵行区高三二模第72~76题10分Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.(1) 看孩子们在沙滩上打排球很有趣。

闵行区2016-2017学年第一学期教学质量监测高三年级英语学科试卷2016.12 考生注意：1.考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。

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自助获取听力音频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. A delivery man. B. A postman. C. A policeman. D. A taxi driver.2. A. $50. B. $75. C. $150. D. $200.3. A. It’s delayed. B. It’s overcrowded. C. It’s empty. D. It’s cancelled.4. A. She has never talked in public. B. She probably is poor at giving speeches.C. She enjoys serious moments.D. She wants to give up the public speech.5. A. Finishing the lunch. B. Having a meeting.C. Arranging the room.D. Making some coffee.6. A. By going on a diet. B. By doing physical exercise.C. By having fewer meals.D. By eating fruit and vegetables.7. A. The man doesn’t have a good memory.B. The man shouldn’t have bought the chocolate.C. The man lost the chocolate in the kitchen.D. The man’s son has taken the chocolate.8. A. The man shouldn’t go for the interview.B. The man’s resume is not well-prepared.C. The man can send the resume out.D. The man should get ready for the interview.9. A. Finish the paper before meeting his professor.B. Shorten his paper into a 3000-word article.C. Get a new and more specific topic for his paper.D. Ask his professor’s help on his choice of topics.10. A. He will remain in his current job. B. He is quite satisfied with his job.C. He will ask for a higher salary.D. He can never find a better job.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 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.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Public education against smoking is lacking.B. There is no campaign against smoking.C. There are no rules regarding smoking.D. That smokers ignore the rules about smoking.12. A. It made her respect smokers in the United States.B. It made her think that smoking rules need to be changed.C. It made her want to be more polite towards nonsmokers.D. It made her more tolerant to smoker behavior.13. A. It’s no easy job to stop people smoking in Europe.B. There should be severer rules against smoking in Europe.C. We should take non-smokers’ rights into consideration.D. The speaker changed the attitude towards different smokersQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. The weight of the boxes moving across the stage.B. The number of times of repeating the process.C. The size of the objects shown on the stage.D. The shape of the cubes used in the show.15. A. Girls seem to be able to reason earlier than boys.B. Boys enjoy playing with cubes more than girls.C. Girls tend to get excited more easily than boys.D. Boys pay more attention to moving objects than girls.16. A. They are easy to be nervous. B. They talk at an earlier age.C. They are better at physical activities.D. They have a different brain pattern.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following passage.17. A. A detective story. B. A professor’s lecture.C. A class assignment.D. A jewelry store robbery.18. A. She was involved in a jewelry store robbery.B. She had trouble finishing her assignment.C. She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.D. She was taking too many courses.19. A. Take some extra time. B. Put down whatever ideas she has first.C. Do some work for another course.D. Write the story ending first.20. A. To do research for her story. B. To go shopping.C. To meet her professor.D. To take a break from her work.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, (21)__________(force) to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better (22)__________ we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased (23)__________ 12% between 1999 and 2005. A large number of companies believe that they can attract customers’ attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus (24)__________(gain) more profits.Too much packaging is doing damage to the environment. If such packaging (25)__________(burn), it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, (26)__________ the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea (27)__________ this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that (28)__________ without packaging is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, (29)__________ often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collecting. However, despite the ongoing campaigns (30)__________(promote) consumers’ green awareness, we still have a long way to go.Section 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.There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. Thus we can ____31____ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. We can get ____32____ to the content of those materials easily. Such materials may increase our store ofinfor mation, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was ____33____ to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can ____34____ the reader’s understanding. Such communication between unequals must be possible. Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information.What are the ____35____ in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. The writer must be “____36____” to the reader in understanding. Besides, his book must ____37____ something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to ____38____ the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is ____39____, success of communication is achieved.Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading - entertainment. It is the least ____40____ and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.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.Celebrities, in other word, famous people, have become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to a specific ____41____. Besides, fashion magazines have almost ____42____ the practice of putting models on the cover because they don't sell nearly as well as famous faces. ____43____, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines aren't a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ____44____ consumers, while today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top ____45____. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale ____46____, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who ____47____ his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it ____48____ to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, ____49____ returning to labels which have proved to be reliable.Today, celebrities face even more severe ____50____. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover(逆转) has ____51____ as well. Each misstep threatens toreduce a celebrity’s shelf life and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him ____52____ has no problem severely criticizing him and taking everything from him when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s(自我的) potential for ____53____ is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see ____54____ as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time and as a matter of fact, fashion - like celebrity - has always been ____55____. So the next time celebrities introduce their lines of fashion, let’s jus t wait and see how long they will stay.41. A. film B. character C. product D. magazine42. A. abandoned B. promoted C. enhanced D. developed43. A. All in all B. As a result C. Above all D. On the contrary44. A. wealthy B. famous C. special D. ordinary45. A. technologies B. brands C. studios D. producers46. A. rapidly B. moderately C. reluctantly D. carefully47. A. ignored B. disapproved C. overvalued D. estimated48. A. intends B. fails C. manages D. strengthens49. A. loyalty B. promotion C. regret D. disappointment50. A. depression B. failure C. punishment D. embarrassment51. A. slowed down B. called off C. speeded up D. faded away52. A. fame B. fortune C. trouble D. risk53. A. information B. knowledge C. reputation D. expansion54. A. audience B. fashion C. charm D. performance55. A. admirable B. productive C. temporary D. respectableSection BDirections: 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)They swim lovely along the shore, looking for underwater greens to feed on. But these days, along Florida’s western coast, something is mixing with the sea grass that manatees(海牛) like to eat. And it’s making them sick - even killing them.It’s a poisonous form of algae, usually called “red tide” because of its color. Algae are plant-like organisms that live mainly in water. Most are harmless, but not red tide. When it gets mixed in with the grass and the manatees eat it, they get so sick that they can’t even swim.“They’re basically paralyzed(瘫痪的), and they become unconscious,” said Virginia Edmonds, an animal care manager. Manatees are mammals and they need to surface often to breathe in air. If a manatee is paralyzed, it can’t swim and will drown.As of Monday, the current red tide outbreak has killed at least 174 manatees since the beginning of this year. That has already beaten Florida’s record-high number for manatee deaths in a single year - and we still have nearly nine months to go!The experts aren’t sure when the re d tide outbreak will end. So many more manatees are indanger. The situation has gotten so desperate that Florida zoos have rescued at least a dozen manatees. You can find manatees anywhere from Brazil up to Florida - and throughout much of the Caribbean Sea.In fact, the manatee is officially considered an endangered species. Thanks to the US government’s protection, Florida’s manatee population has grown to approximately 5,000 in recent years. But the red tide is threatening their survival. Some experts suspect that pollution from farms even might be fueling the red tide outbreak, because fertilizer that’s used on farms often winds up in water. And when that fertilized water runs off into the Gulf of Mexico, it makes things grow faster - just like on land.56. The word “them” (in the 1st paragraph) probably refers to “________”.A. underwater greensB. algaeC. manateesD. endangered animals7. We can learn from the passage that the red tide ________.A. causes 174 m anatees’ deaths every monthB. disables manatees’ ability to surface to breatheC. has destroyed most of the underwater greensD. helps to fertilize farm lands58. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. The experts’ efforts to kee p the red tide from spreading.B. The potential cause of the expansion of the red tide.C. The present situation of manatees in Florida.D. The deadly effect of the poisonous red tide on manatees.59. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The red tide has been changing the manatees’ habitant.B. The manatee is officially an endangered species.C. More efforts should be made to save the manatees.D. The red tide has been threatening the manatees.(B)For centuries, mankind and dogs have suffered from a communication failure. We can tell dogs what we want them to do and sometimes they comply, but we’ve always struggled when it comes to understanding the true meaning of their barks and whimpers. There is exciting news now - a dog translator called body harness (see the picture) has been invented to help you communicate with your furry friend.HOW IT WORKS●The platform itself is a harness that fits comfortably onto the dog, and which is equipped witha variety of technologies.●Wirel ess sensors can determine when they’re sitting, standing, running, etc, even whenthey’re out of sight.●The team developed software to collect, interpret and communicate those data, and totranslate human requests into signals on the harness through speakers and vibrating motors. WHAT’S FOR✧The harness could be used to train pets, guide dogs and other working animals.✧Sensors on the harness monitor the dog’s heart rate and body temperature.✧The sensor-packed harness can sense the animal’s movement, and the sounds it makes, lettingthe owner knows how they feel.✧Speakers and vibrating pads in the harness also allow owners to “talk back” to their animals.✧The harness is also intended for dogs involved in search and rescue and other front-line work.60. The wo rd “comply” in the first paragraph probably means “________”.A. shoutB. obeyC. disappearD. attack61. Which of the following is NOT the intension of the harness?A. To create a better communication between dogs and human.B. To enable the dogs to do demanding jobs.C. To transfer human thoughts to the dogs by means of technology.D. To monitor dog’s communicative behaviors.62. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?A. New platform: for better performances of dogs.B. Harness: a two-way communication device.C. Dog care: a completely new way possible.D. Technology: toward healthier life of dogs.(C)Books, Films and PlaysThe novelist’s medium is the written word. One might almost say the printed word. Typ ically the novel is consumed by a silent, individual reader, who may be anywhere at the time. The paperback novel is still the cheapest, most portable and adaptable form of narrative entertainment. It is limited to a single channel of information - writing. The narrative can go, effortlessly, anywhere: into space, people’s head, palaces, prisons and pyramids, without any consideration of cost or practical possibility. In determining the shape and content of his narrative, the writer is restricted by nothing except purely artistic criteria(评判标准). The novelist keeps absolute control over his text until it is published and received by the audience. He may be advised by his editor to revise his text, but if the writer refused to meet this condition no one would be surprised. It is not unknown for a well-established novelist to deliver his or her manuscript(手稿) and expect the publisher to print it exactly as written.However, not even the most well-established playwright or screenplay writer would submit(提交) a script and expect it to be performed without any rewriting. This is because plays and motion pictures are cooperative forms of narrative, using more than one channel of communication.The production of a stage play involves, as well as the words of the author, the physical presence of the actors, their voices and gestures, the “set” and possibly music. Although the script is the essential basis of both stage play and film, it is a basis for subsequent revision negotiated between the writer and the other creati ve people involved. They are given “approval” of the choice of director and actors and have the right to attend rehearsals(排演), during which period they may undertake more rewriting work. In the case of the screenplay, the writer may have little or no control over the final form of his work. Contracts for the production of plays protect the rights of authors in this respect.In film or television work, on the other hand, the screenplay writer has no contractual right to this degree of consultation. While the script is going through its various drafts, the writer is in the driver’s seat, although sometimes receiving criticism from the producer and the director. But once the production is under way, artistic control over the project tends to pass to the director. This is a fact overlooked by most journalistic critics of television drama, who tend to give all the credit or blame for success or failure of a production to the writer and actors, ignoring the contribution, for good or ill, of the director.63. From the first and second paragraph, we know that ________.A. there should be artistic criteria for the novelists to followB. playwright or screenplay writers often have to rewrite their workC. compared with playwrights, novelists are relatively independentD. audience sometimes are the key factors to determine artistic criteria64. Why can the novelist expect the publisher to print the manuscript exactly as written?A. Because the novelist keeps absolute control over his text.B. Because the words in the novel are not difficult for readers.C. Because the novel is limited to a single channel of information - writing.D. Because the novelist is seldom advised by editors to revise the text.65. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?A. Playwrights envy the simplicity of the novelist’s work.B. Experience in the theatre improves the work of screenplay writers.C. Screenplay writers usually have the final say in how a TV drama will turn out.D. Playwrights are frequently involved in revising their work.66. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Screenplay writers should take the success of television drama in their hands.B. Screenplay writers should be more sensitive about their contractual right.C. The directors play a decisive role in the final outcome of television drama.D. Critics of television drama tend to neglect the importance of writer and actors.Section CDirections:Read the following passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.In so many ways, cyberspace(网络空间) mirrors the real world. People ask for information, play games, and share hobby tips. Others buy and sell products. Still others look for friendship, or even love.Unlike the real world, however, your knowledge about a person is limited to words on a computer screen. Identity and appearance mean very little in cyberspace. ____67____ So even the shyest person can become a chat-room star.Usually, this "faceless" communication doesn't create problems. Identity doesn't really matter when you’re in a chat room discussing politics or hobbies. In fact, this emphasis on the idea themselves makes the Internet a great place for exciting conversation. Where else can so many people come together to chat about their interests?____68____ They are looking for serious love relationships. Is cyberspace a good place to find love? That answer depends on whom you ask. Some of these relationships actually succeed. Others fail miserably.Supporters of online relationships claim that the Internet allows couples to get to know each other intellectually first. Personal appearance doesn't get in the way.But critics of online relationships argue that no one can truly know another person in cyberspace. Why? Because the Internet gives users a lot of control over how others view them. Internet users can carefully craft their words to fit whatever image they want to give. And they don't have to worry about what their “faceless” communication is doing for their image. ____69____All of this may be fine if the relationship stays in cyberspace. But not knowing a person is a big problem in a love relationship. ____70____ This inevitably leads to disappointment when couples meet in person. How someone imagines an online friend is often quite different from the real person.So, before looking for love in cyberspace, remember the advice of Internet pioneer Clifford Stoll: "Life in the real world is far richer than anything you'll find on a computer screen."IV. Summary WritingDirection: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness, namely, temporary loneliness, situational loneliness, and chronic(长期的) loneliness.The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation - for example a family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year. The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems in socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts, e.g. friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents share similar interests and activities.However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more. They question their own popularity.V . TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.你认为谁该为这起严重的事故负责？(responsible)73.他伤得很严重，应该马上送医院。

闵行区2017 学年第一学期高三年级质量调研考试英语试卷2017.12.27 考生注意：1.考试时间120 分钟，试卷满分140 分.2.本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分，试卷共12 页。

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. 答题前，务必在答题纸上填写考生号和姓名.Ⅰ. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end ofeach conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the questionswill be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read die fourpossible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you haveheard.1. A. At a gas station B. At a gas stationC. In a park.D. In an emergency room.2. A. Clean the backyard. B. Washing something.C. Sit in the backyard.D. Do some shopping.3. A. He finds his present job boring. B. He is too foolish to do the present job.C. lie has got a beer position.D. He doesn’t get on well with the others4. A. She has a tight schedule. B. She has lost interest in sports.C. The training is too hard.D. She is only interested ill routine work.5. A. Rules restricting smoking. B. Ways to quit smoking.C. Smokers’health problems.D. Dangers of smoking6. A. He's going to visit a photo studio. B. He's just had his picture taken.C. He's on the way to the theater.D. He's just returned from a job interview.7. A. He had to reject their request. B. He felt sorry for the other students.C. He agreed to consider their requestD. He regretted that he had said “Y es".8. A. She is trying to find a good-looking chair.B. She thinks it is a well-designed chair.C. She thinks the chair is actually comfortable.D. She's never sat in that chair before.9. A. She used to be in poor health. B. She was popular among boysC. She was somewhat overweightD. She didn ’t do well at high school10. A. Review the details of all her lessons B. Compare notes with his classmatesC. Talk with her about his learning problems.D. Focus on the main points of her lecturesSection BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and 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 tothe question you have heard.Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. The excitement of nerve activities in the brain.B. The difference between complex music and simple music.C. The effects of music on the results of math tests.D. The classical music and reasoning ability.12. A. Because it stimulates your nerve activity.B. Because it keeps you calmC. Because it strengthens your memory.D. Because it interferes your reasoning ability.13. A. Rock music might help improve your math test scoresB. The effects of music on tests do not last long.C. Listen to music just before you take a testD. The more you listen to music, the better your reasoning ability will beQuestions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. It is the most unlucky day in a year. B. It is the busiest shopping day now.C. It is the day after ThanksgivingD. It is the day before Christmas.15. A. Check out the latest price reduction online.B. Look round for items in the physical stores.C. Order the products from the online stores.D. Wait in queue outside the stores overnight.16. A. 100 million dollars. B. 670 million dollars. C. 20 billion dollars. D. 25 billion dollars.Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A Their attitudes about work B. Different forms of work.C. Importance of work for oneself.D. Balanced life and work.18. A. The most hopeful. B. The most challenging.C. The most creative.D. The most enjoyable.19. A. His negative attitude towards work.B. His unwillingness to do something for others.C. His selfishness in doing things.D. His misunderstanding about publishing work20. A. The work is worth doing if it is challenging and competitive.B. The work should be very creative leading to a wonder.C. One should like his work and stick to it as long as he takes it.D One should find satisfaction in his work if it is necessary.Ⅱ. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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 ofthe given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blankHonesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. But when it comes to medicine, Ihad assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients. After all, the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential, or so I thought.I had just started working in geriatrics( 老年病科). Mr. McMahon 21 in when his body was found very swollen（浮肿的）. I took a medical history 22 his daughter who had accompanied him in the ambulance. She'd been his main career for years. I stood 23 (look) athim as she gave a detailed history. "Has he lost any weight recently?" I asked, "Well, it's funnyyou should mention that, but yes." She said slowly. There was silence for a few moments. "Why?What are you worried about?" she asked. She was obviously very involved in his care and it wasonly fair that I told 24 the truth. "Well, we need to prove it's not cancer." I said and talkedbriefly about some of the tests I was going to order.Half an hour later, a nurse called me: "Mr. McMahon's daughter broke down －she said youtold her he had cancer." My heart sank. By the time I arrived at the ward, my consultant was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed 25 he had cancer. I stood silently at the end of the bed. My consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left Mr. McMahon, she turned to me. "Why on earth did youdo that?" she asked in disbelief. I looked at her and bit my lip. "She asked me what I was worriedabout and I told her." I said, hanging my head. "And give her more 26 (worry) about?" replied my consultant. "You don't say the word 'cancer' until it's confirmed. 27 you suspect it, think very carefully before you tell people."As it turned out, it wasn't cancer. But I did learn that when someone is stressed and worriedabout their loved one they're sometimes selective in 29 they hear－and as a doctor it's important to be mindful of this. In being truthful, I'd made the situation 30 (bad).Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only beused once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. demandingB. addictionC. quarrelingD. feedbackE. socializingF. DistinctionG. wronglyH. escapeI. originallyJ. blameK. responsibilityHow many times have parents had to ague with their young son or daughter about gettingtheir face out of their phone and focusing on the world around them? It's completely normal for parents of growing children to be concerned about their child's safely, but is their 31 to social media really harming them.Social media was created to connect people with others online and has recently been added to smartphones, making it fat more accessible than it 32 was. This new way to easily be able to use social media has encouraged children and teens to begin to use sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram frequently. Maturing teens and children are usually very timid when it comes to 33 withtheir families, which they sometimes view as "annoying ”. S w o h,a t do these kids use as a solutionor a(n)“34 " The answer is simple social media.However, when they use social media for a large amount of time, parents lend to show concern for their child and blame social media for 35 their attention.The word, "social", was entered into the term, social media, for a reason. Parents of growing teens don't seem to understand that. When they see their child using Twitter or Instagram they think that they using it to get away from real world 36 . The truth, however, is that they are using itto conned with their close friends, make new friends, and receive information about what is currently happening in the modem worldChildren and teens are 37 accused for using social media only for entertainment purposes andfor huge amounts of time. Sure, everyone who uses social media enjoys contacting their friendsand viewing entertaining things, but how come children receive all of the 38 for abusing it? Parents should really think about how social media can help children and teens learn and grow inthe real world rather than it just being another 39.Social media as a whole has both positive and negative aspects, but after all of the 40 frompre-teens, teens, and parents is put together, it shows that media is actually helping the newer generations in their lives.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.Your boss tells you that you did a bad job. Your coworker criticizes you in front of yourwhole team. Ouch! It's not easy to take criticism, no matter who it comes from. But, it is easy to_41_ the blow when you offer criticism to someone in English. Merely by altering your wordingand your attitude, you can help someone grow instead of making them feel 42.Phrases like "You ’rewrong! ”and “Yourpresentation was terrible!" have no place ineffective 43. In fact, it's best to leave the word "you" out, if at all possible. 44 attacks make peoplefeel defective, and then they won't really listen to anything you have to say.Before starting with the criticism, warm the person up with 45 .If you are discussing theirwork, find several things you truly like about what they have done. For example, "I enjoyed yourpresentation today. You presented a lot of good and helpful information in it, and I can tell you puta lot of effort into it. I appreciate your hard work." This will lower their 46 and make them feelappreciated.However, a short 47 compliments fo llowed by "but" such as “It was a helpful t a l y k o,u b u treally need to improve your presentation skills" won't do much to help the process. After you ’veshared your compliments, allow them time to be 48 . As a matter of fact, 49 following your compliment with a “,but” willdestroy all you've tried to accomplish by making your 50 seem false and insincere.Remember that the goal of constructive criticism isn ’t to make the person feel terrible: it's tohelp them grow. Instead of directly 51 the person, try to get the message through to them in theform of light-hearted advice. Phrases like. "Next time you might want to ⋯”o r “I find it helpful to" can 52 the blame while still leaving an impact: "Next time you might want to give a little moreattention to the audience. I find it helpful to look people in the eyes while I am speaking"People can't change overnight, especially if they don’gtet detailed 53. As you might haveknown, 54 saying “y ou need to work on your presentation skills “w on’t help a soul! Be detailed inyour advice! Show moderation when you criticize anyone and keep in your mind thatover-criticism can easily 55 people. Remember, you want them to keep trying and improving.Don't leave them feeling defeated'41. A. suffer B. accept C. soft D. ignore42. A defeated B encouraged C. motivated D. disturbed43. A. discussion B. argument C. explanation D. criticism44. A. Immediate B. Personal C. Accurate D. Continuous45. A. interactions B. impressions C. personalities D. compliments46. A. defense B spirit C. moral D. position47. A. decisive B. serious C. vague D. concrete48. A. corrected B. challenged C. debated D. absorbed49. A. carefully B. reluctantly C. immediately D. occasionally50. A. praise B. attitude C. assistance D. achievement51. A. helping B. accusing C. praising D. dismissing52. A. make up B. focus on C. lead to D. take away53. A. command B. comment C. instruction D. information54. A. sincerely B. simply C. politely D. unwillingly55. A. overload B promote C. inspire D simulateSection BDirections: Read the following 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 theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Korean Americans at GBS High SchoolGlenbrook South (GBS) High School is in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.It is an award-winning school with a highly competent teaching staff. It has over 400 Asian Pacific.American students-over 17 percent of die students in the school. Of these, the majority are Korean American. This is very unusual in a state where Korean Americans are less than 1 percent of the population. The interactions of the Korean American students at UBS were the subject of an articlein Asian Week magazine.Different Korean American students react differently to being in a high school were most students are white. Professor Pyong Gap Min, an expert on Korean life in America, believes thatKorean Americans in this situation can sometimes feel inhibited or ashamed of their Korean identity. Asian Week interviewed a number of GBS students, and each had a different attitude.Alice 18 years oldI used to spend time only with Korean American friends Although I felt secure with thosefriends, I found myself motivated to form closer relationship with non-Koreans, too. I felt I wasmissing out on new experiences and challenges.Paul 16 years oldI have some Korean American friends, but I spend most of my time with white friends. I ’m often the only Asian American in the group, but I don ’t mind. What I like about the white cultureis that I can be more radical. I can be as loud and funny as I want to be. I don ’t see as much of that among the Asian students.John 17 years oldIn junior high school, most of my friends were white. After coming to GBS, my sense of my Korean American identity was restored, and I decided to have mainly Korean American friends. Ifeel that my Korean American friends and I mainly understand each other better. For example, we understand about severe parental pressures to succeed at school; I felt my white friends couldn ’ t really understand.Without belittle( 轻视）the importance of what these students had to say, it ’s i m p ortant to remember that their opinions at this phase of their lives ate bound to change as they grow into adulthood. But these honest opinions can help us better understand issues of culture relations, andtheir honesty might help Americans from different cultural groups to get along better in the future.56. The passage mainly discusses .A. how Korean American students interact among themselves and with othersB. why Illinois is a very special stateC. how an Illinois high school welcomes Korean American studentsD. different opinions of the friends of Korean American students57. Which statement best summarizes Alice's attitude?A. She feels that her white friends don’t really understand e h rB. She likes her Korean American friends but wants to have non-Korean friends too.C. She feels she is missing out on experiences with her Korean American fiends.D. She doesn’t f e e l secure in her relationships with non-Koreans.58. The underlined word “radical”mospt r obably means" "A. timidB. expressiveC. considerateD. sensitive(B)The documentary Blood Lions shows South Africa's cruel "canned' lion hunting industry. In canned hunts, lions are raised by humans and kept in enclosed spaces on private hunting areas. Hunters can get trophy （战利品）easily in exchange for fees of up to $50, 000. There are about 8,000 ranch lions in South Africa. So the country ’hsunt operators can make a fortune.Ian Michler was a lead character in the film. He talked about Blood Lions last July when itwas shown in Durban, South Africa. The film has since been viewed in 185 countries. More than50 screenings have been held at film festivals and in meetings of special interest groups. This year, Blood Lions will be shown at every major tourism conference in Europe and Africa.Outside the film, Michler and the team are running a global campaign. They are aiming at ending canned hunts and other cold-blooded activities involving lions and other animals.Australia became the first country, in February 2015, to forbid imports of lion trophies. It was followed by France in November, That month, Blood Lions was shown in the European Parliament. As a result, the government of Finland, Italy, and Spain decided to hold their own screenings. There are a number of other countries likely to do the same.At the same time, at the end of last year, the world's leading group of African lion researchers offered an important suggestion They advised that any analysis of the present state of wild lions in South Africa should not include its thousands of ranch lions. Wild lions in South Africa now number some 3, 000. There are around 20,000 wild lions in Africa."The g reat majority of lion populations in Africa have been reduced, says Hans Bauer, li”on researcher at Oxford University Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. 'It's important to stress thatSouth Africa's ranch lions are horror that has nothing to do with lion protection. These lions should never be taken into account in any serious analysis of the state of lions in Africa."59. What do we learn about the documentary Blood Lions?A. It has an international influence.B. It has attracted many tourists.C. It tell the story of a lion fighter.D. It has brought the producer lots of money60. Michler and his team's campaign .A. was first started in AustraliaB. has won little support in EuropeC. has achieved noticeable effectsD. aims to save endangered animals61. What can we infer about Hans Bauer?A .He suggests analyzing lions properly.B. He has seen an increase of African wild lionsC. He maybe a strong supporter of trophy hunting.D. He hopes that there will be more ranch lions in Africa.62. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To explain the main idea of a new film.B. To report an animal protection campaignC. To encourage fanners lo raise ranch lions.D. To advertise South Africa's hunting industry.(C)One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the faceof globalization and the growing multi-language trend. "One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states." said Nellie Alexander, Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative education in South Africa at the University ofCape Town.In response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration, many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade. In some, the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters. One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 "Toubon Law" in France,but the idea has been copied in many countries since then. Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as futile by language experts, who are well aware of the difficultly in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.It is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the“p urity ”o f a language by law. Since the time of Shakespeare, English has continually absorbedforeign words into its own language. English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world, but there has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and power. Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of state regulation isthat it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things. English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academic Francaise inFrance.The need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent phenomenon—especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessary take over too many fields. Public communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields lo defend63. Neville Alexander believes that?A. mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countriesB. globalization has resulted in the economic failure of AfricaC. globalization has led to the rise of multi-language trendsD. lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure64. The underlined word “f utile ”(in paragraph 2) most probably means “”.A. workableB. practicalC. uselessD. unnecessary65. Why do many English-speaking countries not support the language protection efforts described in the passage?A. They think language protection laws are ineffective.B. They want their language to spread to other countries.C. They have a long history of taking words from other languages.D. It reduces a language's ability to acquire international importance66. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. English has taken over fields like public communication and educationB. Many sheets of national culture are threatened by the spread of English.C. Most language experts believe it is important to promote a national language.D. Europeans have long realized the need to protect their national languages.Section CDirections: Read the following passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence givenin the box. Each sentence can be used only once .Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. But the brain is also very plastic.B. Most importantly, geniuses all seem to have a mission beyond their individual identityC. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.D. Practicing ambitiously would be a driving force of women approaching the success.E. This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self.F. Instead, it's deliberate practice.The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not IQ, a generally bad predictor' of success. 68 Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you'd take agirl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn ’t have to be a big talent,just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet,say, a novelist, who coincidentally some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the sametown, had the same family background, or shared the same birthday.68 It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. It would alsohelp if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success, Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and lifestories of writers without end. This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. She ’d able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error focused.By practising in this way, site delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repealing, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her totake on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems-how do I get characters into a room-dozens and dozens of times. 69The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It's the abilityto develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. The latest research takes some ofthe magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we're "hardwired" to do. And it's true that genes play arole in our capabilities. 70 We construct ourselves through behavior.Ⅳ. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of thepassage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.California condors are North American ’s largest b i r d s-l,e w n g i l t h w o i n f g u p to 3 meters. Inthe 1980s, electrical lines and lead poisoning nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shocktraining and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birds.In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild, and there are now more than150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico. Electrical lines havebeen killing them off. “As they go in to rest for the night, they just don ’t see the power li Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting inelectrocution( 电死) if they touch two lines at once. So scientists have come up with a shockingidea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines bygiving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% ofset-freed condors died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%.Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies ofother animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervoussystems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney failures and death. So condorswith high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, achemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. Theannual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5.4% in 2011.Rideout ’t e sam thinks that the California c ondors ’average survival time in the wild isnow just under eight years. “Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital fornow, ”he says. “Theyare truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recoveringthem. ”。

2017.1 闵行区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷（满分150 分，完卷时间100 分钟）考生注意：本卷有7 大题，共94 小题。

试题均采用连续编号，所有答案务必按照规定在答题卡上完成，做在试卷上不给分。

Part 1 Listening （第一部分听力）I. Listening comprehension (听力理解) (共30 分)A.Listen and choose the right picture (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片) (6 分)1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.B.Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案)：(8 分)7. A) White. B) Black. C) Blue. D) Orange.8. A) $700. B) $500. C) $300. D) $200.9. A) Xiao Ming and Fang Fang. B) Xiao Ming and his uncle.C) Fang Fang and her uncle. D) Fang Fang and her father.10. A) 9:20. B) 10:00. C) 9:40. D) 10:40.11. A) Worried. B) Thirsty. C) Tired. D) Hungry.12. A) Peter's. B) Kitty's. C) John's. D) Jane's.13. A) In the classroom. B) In a restaurant. C) At their office. D) In a bookshop.14.A) He wants to go to Hong Kong. B) He doesn't want to go to Hong Kong.C) He wants to buy an iPhone 6. D) He doesn't want to buy an iPhone7Plus.C.Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示）（6 分）15.Mr. Smith was the manager of a big company in London.16.Mr. Smith walked to his company when the weather was good.17.Mr. Smith had given the stranger some money some years before.18.Mr. Smith had been willing to take a chance because he wanted to help the man.19.Mr. Smith didn't remember the stranger but he wanted to listen to the story of him.20.From the passage we know the stranger wanted to give the money back to Mr. Smith.D.Listen to the passage and complete the following sentences (听短文，完成下列句子。

高中英语真题：2017届高三上学期教学质量检测英语试题Word版.doc一、未分类(共2题)1.A. encourageB. commonC. uncivilizedD. immigrantsE. illegalF. proposedG. panicH. consumptionI. freedomJ. extraordinaryK. fineHong Kong subway. The reason? Eating in public.In Hong Kong it is 31.__________ to eat on the subway, and when the tourist was scolded by a Hong Kong local, the situation escalated（升级）into a verbal slinging match.In New York City, eating on the subway is also controversial. No law bans the practice, but a Democratic state senator (参议员) introduced one last week. The 32.__________ law would ban eating on the subway system and 33.__________ first time violators $250 (1,579 yuan), according to the New York Times. Proponents of the bill argue that eating on the subway attracts rats. Others say the broader target should be litterbugs, rather than those who carefully sip their coffee and eat their bread on the way to work. They also argue that "street food" is an important part of New York's culture and history. Banning its 34.__________ in public areas such as the subway would have negative effects.Street food, and eating in public places is a deep-rooted cultural practice in cities as diverse as New York, Beijing and Paris. While 35__________, it has been traditionally thought of as the behavior of the lower classes. Eating in public was (and in some places, still is) associated with 36__________, poorer people. In the 19th century, eating in public was seen as a threat to morality and public health. Putnam's (a popular magazine at the time) stated: "Eating in public may cause a certain 37.__________of manner and disinterest in little ladies and gentlemen. It was something people in the Victorian era did not want to 38.__________. A recent New York Times article drew a link between this moral 39.__________ about street food and concern over the growingcarts in the 1800s.Whether you love eating street food, or have to eat your breakfast on the run, it's best to be considerate when enjoying a bite in public.2.A.Keep an eye on your storage media.anization makes it easy to find your stuff later.C.Write down where you have important files.E.Remember something is better than nothing.F. Preserve your digital memories now, before it's too late.How to Keep Your Digital Memorials Safe?Do you value your digital stuff? Nearly everyone is creating things with computers, and some do it without any concern for its value. Others recognize its current value, but think little about what it could mean to them in the future, and either aren't aware or don't think that all of it could be destroyed tomorrow. But hard drives die all the time, and the online services into which people sink their time close with alarming regularity, taking the work of millions of people with it._________67____________.Steps1.Prepare to make a quick backup. If nothing else, get a cheap USB stick and drag-and-drop your documents folder onto it. Worry about the other things later. You should do more than this, but it's most important to take the most valuable, irreplaceable information from your hard drive and put it on a second medium to guard against hard drive failure, theft or loss.2.Decide what you value. Some questions to ask yourself are:How replaceable is this data? How good are you at assessing the value of items? _______68__________. For things like business accounts and documents, the answer is of course you would. This kind of thing should be your first priority.3.Start making backups. __________69__________ Diminishing returns (效益递减) apply in backups as they do with everything else. The cheapest and simplest backup methods take care of an overwhelming majority of likelymore complicated and expensive you insist on making it, the less likely you are to do it.4.____________70______________If one of your backup drives fails, replace it immediately. Remember that all storage devices eventually become obsolete (陈旧的). If you have valuable files on obsolete media, those files become increasingly difficult to access with every passing year. So in order to keep your files accessible, remember to migrate your collection to new storage media periodically.IV Summary WritingDirection: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main file of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Airline seats have been one-size-fits-all since the beginning. Today, those 16.5 to 18-inch wide seats are anything but.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity(肥胖症) has more than doubled since 1980. In 2014, more than l.9 billion adults were overweight, and over 600 million were obese.The unchanged seat size and increase of obese passengers highlight the conflict between airlines' needs and basic passenger rights.Last month, lawyer Giorgio Destro, an Italian lawyer, sued Emirates, claiming his flight was disturbed by an obese passenger seated next to him. According to reports, Destro was not able to comfortably sit in his assigned seat, and spent much of the nine-hour flight standing or sitting in crew seats,Many airlines have responded to the growing obesity by insisting passengers of size buy two seats to ensure safety and comfort. Samoa Air, for example, is charging by weight (which has become known as a "fat tax"). At first glance, the fat tax issue sounds discriminatory (歧视的, but some argue that this is purely down to numbers. A kilo is a kilo. It has nothing to do, with the condition of the weight.The heavier a plane is, the more fuel it burns through.In other words, the argument is whether it is fair that a 150-pound person is charged for their 50-pound bag, when a 300-pound person with a carry-on isn’t charged anything extra.However, Peggy Howell of NAAFA argues that obesity is an illness, and that obese people should be entitled to having certain rights protected.“We question the legality of the discrim inatory policy and whether it violates the Air Carrier Access Act governing the treatment of passengers with disabilities,” she says. “The American Medical Association (AMA) recently declared obesity a disease, which should make fat passengers a protect ed class.”Howell points out that the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) addressed this issue in 2009, and issued a ‘one-person, one-fare’ ruling covering passengers with disabilities. Those passengers include ones who are ‘clinically obese’ and who cannot fit into a single seat.二、完型填空(共1题)1.The two most common organizational patterns of the family are the nuclear family and the extended family. To a large extent, these patterns 41.________ a society's primary subsistence (存在) strategy.American social scientists have generally agreed that families everywhere fulfill four crucial social 42.________ : (a) reproduction of new members, (b) child care, (c) socialization of children to values, traditions, and norms of the society, and (d) intimacy and support for members. Although we can define the family 43.________ its functions, the emphasis given to each of them varies widely both geographically and 44.________ . For example, in nineteenth-century America, people married mainly to have children. Today, emotional support among family members has now become the dominant function of the family, and the family has become an economic unit for consumption rather than for 45.________.In recent years, social scientists have discovered important 46.________in family types, such as the single-parent family and the nuclear family fixed within a network of kin(亲戚). American families also 47.________ according to social class. A couple's social class affects the number of children they will decide to have, if any, and also the likelihood of 48.________to the family because of illness, death, or divorce. Social class also influences the amount of stress a marriage is likely to undergo and the way parents raise their children. 49.________, the extent to which American families now differ by 50.________appears to be much less than it was fifty years ago.past few decades. Many people are marrying later, having children later, and having fewer children or none at all. These social changes have 52.________ diverse household patterns, including single-person households and childless couples. Role changes are also occurring as both partners pursue 53.________ and share family responsibilities.Many innovative family arrangements are attempts to enhance the commitment of marriage while increasing individual freedom and fulfillment. In this way, families are 54________ such broad social trends as delayed marriage, greater participation of women in the job market, and a rising rate of divorce. Undoubtedly, the American family will continue to be subjected to such pressures, but how 55.________ will these future adaptations be?41. A. reflectB. changeC. confirmD. replace42. A. performancesB. activitiesC. relationsD. functions43. A. with regard toB. in terms ofC.in combination withD. for the purpose ofB. financiallyC. historicallyD. spiritually45. A. inhabitationB. competitionC. connectionD. production46. A. variationsB. unitsC. arrangementsD. characteristics47. A. developB. extendC. differD. evolve48. A. contributionB. destructionC. combinationD. application49. A. ThereforeB. AlsoC. ContrarilyD. HoweverB. work pressureC. economic statusD. social class51. A. expandingB. dividedC. valuedD. changing52. A. focus onB. resulted inC. appealed toD. called for53. A. trendsB. studyC. careersD. goals54. A. adapting toB. dealing withC. worrying aboutD. getting rid of55. A. sociableB. availableC. extensiveD. natural三、阅读理解(共3题)1.The Hawthorne experiment was conducted in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The management of Western Electric's Hawthorne plant, located near Chicago, wanted to find out if environmental factors, such as lighting, could affect workers' productivity and morale. A team of social scientists experimented with a small group of employees who were set apart from their coworkers. The environmental conditions of this group's work area were controlled, and the subjects themselves were closely observed. To the great surprise of the researchers, the productivity of these workers increased in response to any change in their environmental conditions. The rate of work increased even when the changes (such as a sharp decrease in the level of light in the workplace) seemed unlikely to have such an effect.It was concluded that the presence of the observers had caused the workers in the experimental group to feel special. As a result, the employees came to know and trust one another, and they developed a strong belief in the importance of their job. The researchers believed that this, not the changes in the work environment, accounted for the increased productivity.A later reanalysis of the study data challenged the Hawthorne conclusions on the grounds that the changes in patterns of human relations, considered so important by the original researchers, were never measured. However, even if the original conclusions must be revised, they nonetheless raise a problem for social scientists: Research subjects who know they arebeing studied can change their behavior. Throughout the social sciences, this phenomenon hascome to be called the Hawthorne effect.56. The author implies that a sharp decrease in light increased workers' output because _______________.A. the workers experienced less eyestrain in a dark working placeB. the workers had to pay more attention to what they were doingC. the workers knew they were being observed, and this motivated themD. the workers in the experiment were paid more than other workers57. The pattern of organization of the second paragraph is________ A. list of items B. time orderC. definition and exampleD. cause and effect58. The Hawthorne experiment suggests that___________A. workers' attitudes are more important than their environmentB. social scientists are good workersC. productivity in electric plants tends to be lowD. even those who were not in the experiment improved their productivity59. The author's main purpose is________________A. to explain the Hawthorne effectB. to prove the importance of researchC. to amuse with a surprising experimentD. to suggest ideas for future research2.Join IMDb and Become a Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum of Museum of Motion PicturesTh e Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences is building the world’s leading movie museum in the heart of Los Angeles. The Academy Museum ofMotion Pictures, scheduled to open in 2017, will contain six stories of state-of-the-art galleries, exhibition spaces, movie theaters and educational areas. Through groundbreaking exhibitions and innovative programming, the Museum will explore how Hollywood and the film industry have shaped culture and creativity around the world. Designed by Renzo Piano, the Academy Museum will be located next to the Los Angeles. County Museum of Art ( LACMA ) campus in the landmarked Wilshire May Company Building.To help ensure this long-held dream of the Academy becomes a reality, the Academy has launched a $300 million fund-raising campaign, led by Bob Iger, Annette Bening and Tom Hanks.We hope you can join IMDb and the Academy Museum's community of early supporters by making a gift to the campaign today. Or, sign up for the Academy Museum mailing list to hear about upcoming museum events and developments.Donate NowHelp make movie history and join in elite group of supporters, including IMDb, by making your contribution today.To see a full list.of the Academy Museum founding supporters, click here. If you would like to make a donation or leam more about naming opportunities, please contact Christine Joyce Rodriguez, Manager of Annual Giving, at Christine.Rodriguez@ or 310 247 3040.60.The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is located________.A. in the downtown area of Los AngelesB. in the suburb of the city of Los AngelesC. in the Los Angeles County Museum of ArtD. in the centre of Wilshire May Company61.The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will focus on____________.A. the exhibition of film equipmentB. the impact of film industry on world cultureC. the popularity of Hollywood movie cultureD. the achievements of American galleries and theatres62. The passage is intended to ______________.A. promote the Academy Museum and make movie historyB. arouse people's interest in the Academy MuseumC. raise enough money for the Academy MuseumD. help realize the Academy Museum founding supporters' dreams3. To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’s declaration that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it does not exist naturally. A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object. Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter. For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl drive home the human quality of technology; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use out technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impact of technology on ourlives deserves a closer examination.Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the Industrial Revolution. Yet when we ask why the Industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was revolutionary is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few.In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The Industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and animals by mechanical methods. The computer extends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that poses the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society.63. Why does the author give the examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl?A. To show that technology could be used to destroy our world.B. To stress the author's concern about the safety of complextechnology.C. To prove that technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man.D. To demonstrate that being a human creation, technology is likely to make an error.64. What does the phrase "went haywire" in paragraph 2 most probably mean?A. were out of rangeB. went out of dateC. fell out of useD. got out of control65. According to the author, the introduction of the computer is a revolution mainly because___________.A. the computer has revolutionized the workings of the human mindB. the computer can do the tasks that could only be done by people beforeC. it has helped to switch to an information technologyD. it has a great potential impact on society66. In the passage, the author clearly shows his_____________.A. keen insight into the nature of technologyB. sharp criticism of the role of the Industrial RevolutionC. thorough analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computersD. comprehensive description of the negative consequences of technology-->。

闵行区2017学年第二学期高三年级质量调研考试英语试卷参考答案及评分标准I. Listening Comprehension1. A2. B3. C4. D5. D6. D7. D8. B9. C10. C 11. A12. B13. D14. C15.C16. B17. A18. C19. C20. D评分标准: 第1—10小题每题1分；第11—20小题每题2分。

II. Grammar and VocabularySection A21. the latest22. though23. to appear24. were making25. herself26. when27. a28. until29. on30. goingSection B31. C32. F33. G34. K35. H36. A37. E38. I39. D40. J评分标准:每小题1分III. Reading ComprehensionSection A41. C42. B43. D44. A45. C46. B47. D48. A49. C50. B51. C52. A53. D54. A55. B评分标准: 每小题1分Section B56. A57. B58. C59. A60. D61. C62. B63. A64. D65. C 66. A67. E68. B69. D70. F评分标准: 每小题2分IV. Summary Writing参考答案(得分点)：1. Conscientiousness is the feature of model organizational employees and keeps the company functioning successfully.2. Conscientiousness has both advantages and disadvantages.3. With conscientiousness, employees give outstanding performance, so they are less likely to be jobless.4. Meanwhile, conscientious people without social skills tend to have tense relationships with their fellow workers and conscientiousness can also damage creativity.评分标准：另见V. Translation参考答案及评分细则72. Send the letter to whoever is in charge of after-sale service, please.73. More and more citizens are expected to participate in the national fitness program.74. It’s no use complaining about too much homework; you may as well learn how to manage your time properly.75. Now many students are addictive to (obsessed with) online world, substituting face-to-face communication with online chatting, which makes parents and teachers concerned (worried).评分标准1、第72-73题3分；第74题每题4分；第75题5分。

2016-2017学年第一学期高三英语教学质量检测试卷英语试卷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. A postman. B. A policeman. C. A delivery man. D. A taxi driver.2. A. $50. B. $75. C. $150. D. $200.3. A. It’s delayed. B. It’s overcrowded. C. It’s empty. D. It’s cancelled.4. A. She has never talked in public. B. She probably is poor at giving speeches.C. She enjoys serious moments.D. She wants to give up the public speech.5. A. Finishing the lunch. B. Having a meeting.C. Arranging the room.D. Making some coffee.6. A. By going on a diet. B. By doing physical exercise.C. By having fewer meals.D. By eating fruit and vegetables.7. A. The man doesn’t have a good memory. B. The man shouldn’t have bought the chocolate.C. The man lost the chocolate in the kitchen.D. The man’s son has taken the chocolate.8. A. The man shouldn’t go for the interview. B. The man’s resume is not well-prepared.C. The man can send the resume out.D. The man should get ready for the interview.9. A. Finish the paper before meeting his professor. B. Shorten his paper into a 3000-word article.C. Get a new and more specific topic for his paper.D. Ask his professor’s help on his choice of topics.10. A. He will remain in his current job. B. He is quite satisfied with his job.C. He will ask for a higher salary.D. He can never find a better job.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 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.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Public education against smoking is lacking. B. There is no campaign against smoking.C. There are no rules regarding smoking.D. That smokers ignore the rules about smoking.12. A. It made her respect smokers in the United States.B. It made her think that smoking rules need to be changed.C. It made her want to be more polite towards nonsmokers.D. It made her more tolerant to smoker behavior.13. A. It’s no easy job to stop people smoking in Europe.B. There should be severer rules against smoking in Europe.C. We should take non-smokers’ rights into consideration.D. The speaker changed the attitude towards different smokersQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. The weight of the boxes moving across the stage.B. The number of times of repeating the process.C. The size of the objects shown on the stage.D. The shape of the cubes used in the show.15. A. Girls seem to be able to reason earlier than boys.B. Boys enjoy playing with cubes more than girls.C. Girls tend to get excited more easily than boys.D. Boys pay more attention to moving objects than girls.16. A. They are easy to be nervous. B. They talk at an earlier age.C. They are better at physical activities.D. They have a different brain pattern.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following passage.17. A. A detective story. B. A professor’s lecture.C. A class assignment.D. A jewelry store robbery.18. A. She was involved in a jewelry store robbery.B. She had trouble finishing her assignment.C. She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.D. She was taking too many courses.19. A. Take some extra time. B. Put down whatever ideas she has first.C. Do some work for another course.D. Write the story ending first.20. A. To do research for her story. B. To go shopping.C. To meet her professor.D. To take a break from her work.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, (21)__________(force) to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better (22)__________ we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased (23)__________ 12% between 1999 and 2005. A large number of companies believe that they can attract customers’attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus (24)__________(gain) more profits.Too much packaging is doing damage to the environment. If such packaging (25)__________(burn), it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, (26)__________ the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is aserious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea (27)__________ this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that (28)__________ without packaging is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, (29)__________ often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collecting. However, despite the ongoing campaigns (30)__________(promote) consumers’ green awareness, we still have a long way to go.Section 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.There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. Thus we can ____31____ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. We can get ____32____ to the content of those materials easily. Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was ____33____ to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can ____34____ the reader’s understanding. Such communication between unequals must be possible. Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information.What are the ____35____ in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. The writer must be “____36____”to the reader in understanding. Besides, his book must ____37____ something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to ____38____ the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is ____39____, success of communication is achieved.Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading - entertainment. It is the least ____40____ and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.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.Celebrities, in other word, famous people, have become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to a specific ____41____. Besides, fashion magazines have almost ____42____ the practice of putting models on the cover because they don't sell nearly as well as famous faces. ____43____, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines aren't a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ____44____ consum ers, while today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top ____45____. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale ____46____, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, there’s a related war ning tale of a celebrity who ____47____ his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the prod uct’s origin is, if it ____48____ to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, ____49____ returning to labels which have proved to be reliable.Today, celebrities face even more severe ____50____. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover(逆转) has ____51____ as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him ____52____ has no problem severely criticizing him and taking everything from him when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s(自我的) potential for ____53____ is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see ____54____ as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time and as a matter of fact, fashion - like celebrity - has always been ____55____. So the next time celebrities introduce their lines of fashion, let’s just wait and see how long they will stay.41. A. film B. character C. product D. magazine42. A. abandoned B. promoted C. enhanced D. developed43. A. All in all B. As a result C. Above all D. On the contrary44. A. wealthy B. famous C. special D. ordinary45. A. technologies B. brands C. studios D. producers46. A. rapidly B. moderately C. reluctantly D. carefully47. A. ignored B. disapproved C. overvalued D. estimated48. A. intends B. fails C. manages D. strengthens49. A. loyalty B. promotion C. regret D. disappointment50. A. depression B. failure C. punishment D. embarrassment51. A. slowed down B. called off C. speeded up D. faded away52. A. fame B. fortune C. trouble D. risk53. A. information B. knowledge C. reputation D. expansion54. A. audience B. fashion C. charm D. performance55. A. admirable B. productive C. temporary D. respectableSection BDirections: 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)They swim lovely along the shore, looking for underwater greens to feed on. But these days, along Florida’s western coast, something is mixing with the sea grass that manatees(海牛) like to eat. And it’s making them sick - even killing them.It’s a poisonous form of algae, usually called “red tide” because of its color. Algae are plant-like organisms that live mainly in water. Most are harmless, but not red tide. When it gets mixed in with the grass and the manatees eat it, they get so sick that they can’t even swim.“They’re basically paralyzed(瘫痪的), and they become unconscious,”said Virginia Edmonds, an animal care manager. Manatees are mammals and they need to surface often to breathe in air. If a manatee is paralyzed, it can’t swim and will drown.As of Monday, the current red tide outbreak has killed at least 174 manatees since the beginning of this year. That has already beaten Florida’s record-high number for manatee deaths in a single year - and we still have nearly nine months to go!The experts aren’t sure when the red tide outbreak will end. So many more manatees are in danger. The situation has gotten so desperate that Florida zoos have rescued at least a dozen manatees. You can find manatees anywhere from Brazil up to Florida - and throughout much of the Caribbean Sea.In fact, the manatee is officially considered an endangered species. Thanks to the US government’s protection, Florida’s manatee population has grown to approximately 5,000 in recent years. But the red tide is threatening their survival. Some experts suspect that pollution from farms even might be fueling the red tide outbreak, because fertilizer that’s used on farms often winds up in water. And when that fertilized water runs off into the Gulf of Mexico, it makes things grow faster - just like on land.56. The word “them” (in the 1st paragraph) probably refers to “________”.A. underwater greensB. algaeC. manateesD. endangered animals57. We can learn from the passage that the red tide ________.A. causes 174 manatees’ deaths every monthB. disables manatees’ ability to surface to breatheC. has destroyed most of the underwater greensD. helps to fertilize farm lands58. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. The experts’ efforts to keep the red tide from spreading.B. The potential cause of the expansion of the red tide.C. The present situation of manatees in Florida.D. The deadly effect of the poisonous red tide on manatees.59. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The red tide has been changing the manatees’ habitant.B. The manatee is officially an endangered species.C. More efforts should be made to save the manatees.D. The red tide has been threatening the manatees.(B)For centuries, mankind and dogs have suffered from a communication failure. We can tell dogs what we want them to do and sometimes they comply, but we’ve always struggled when it comes to understanding the true meaning of their barks and whimpers. There is exciting news now - a dog translator called body harness (see the picture) has been invented to help you communicate with your furry friend. HOW IT WORKS●The platform itself is a harness that fits comfortably onto the dog, and which is equipped with avariety of technologies.●Wireless sensors can determine when they’re sitting, standing, running, etc, even when they’re out ofsight.●The team developed software to collect, interpret and communicate those data, and to translate humanrequests into signals on the harness through speakers and vibrating motors.WHAT’S FOR✧The harness could be used to train pets, guide dogs and other working animals.✧Sensors on the harness monitor the dog’s heart rate and body temperature.✧The sensor-packed harness can sense the animal’s movement, and the sounds it makes, letting theowner knows how they feel.✧Speakers and vibrating pads in the harness also allow owners to “talk back” to their animals.✧The harness is also intended for dogs involved in search and rescue and other front-line work.60. The word “comply” in the first paragraph probably means “________”.A. shoutB. obeyC. disappearD. attack61. Which of the following is NOT the intension of the harness?A. To create a better communication between dogs and human.B. To enable the dogs to do demanding jobs.C. To transfer human thoughts to the dogs by means of technology.D. To monitor dog’s communicative behaviors.62. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?A. New platform: for better performances of dogs.B. Harness: a two-way communication device.C. Dog care: a completely new way possible.D. Technology: toward healthier life of dogs.(C)Books, Films and PlaysThe novelist’s medium is the written word. One might almost say the printed word. Typically the novel is consumed by a silent, individual reader, who may be anywhere at the time. The paperback novel is still the cheapest, most portable and adaptable form of narrative entertainment. It is limited to a single channel of information - writing. The narrative can go, effortlessly, anywhere: into space, people’s head, palaces, prisons and pyramids, without any consideration of cost or practical possibility. In determining theshape and content of his narrative, the writer is restricted by nothing except purely artistic criteria(评判标准). The novelist keeps absolute control over his text until it is published and received by the audience. He may be advised by his editor to revise his text, but if the writer refused to meet this condition no one would be surprised. It is not unknown for a well-established novelist to deliver his or her manuscript(手稿) and expect the publisher to print it exactly as written.However, not even the most well-established playwright or screenplay writer would submit(提交) a script and expect it to be performed without any rewriting. This is because plays and motion pictures are cooperative forms of narrative, using more than one channel of communication.The production of a stage play involves, as well as the words of the author, the physical presence of the actors, their voices and gestures, the “set” and possibly music. Although the script is the essential basis of both stage play and film, it is a basis for subsequent revision negotiated between the writer and the other creative people involved. They are given “approval” of the choice of director and actors and have the right to attend rehearsals(排演), during which period they may undertake more rewriting work. In the case of the screenplay, the writer may have little or no control over the final form of his work. Contracts for the production of plays protect the rights of authors in this respect.In film or television work, on the other hand, the screenplay writer has no contractual right to this degree of consultation. While the script is going through its various drafts, the writer is in the driver’s seat, although sometimes receiving criticism from the producer and the director. But once the production is under way, artistic control over the project tends to pass to the director. This is a fact overlooked by most journalistic critics of television drama, who tend to give all the credit or blame for success or failure of a production to the writer and actors, ignoring the contribution, for good or ill, of the director.63. From the first and second paragraph, we know that ________.A. there should be artistic criteria for the novelists to followB. playwright or screenplay writers often have to rewrite their workC. compared with playwrights, novelists are relatively independentD. audience sometimes are the key factors to determine artistic criteria64. Why can the novelist expect the publisher to print the manuscript exactly as written?A. Because the novelist keeps absolute control over his text.B. Because the words in the novel are not difficult for readers.C. Because the novel is limited to a single channel of information - writing.D. Because the novelist is seldom advised by editors to revise the text.65. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?A. Playwrights envy the simplicity of the novelist’s work.B. Experience in the theatre improves the work of screenplay writers.C. Screenplay writers usually have the final say in how a TV drama will turn out.D. Playwrights are frequently involved in revising their work.66. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Screenplay writers should take the success of television drama in their hands.B. Screenplay writers should be more sensitive about their contractual right.C. The directors play a decisive role in the final outcome of television drama.D. Critics of television drama tend to neglect the importance of writer and actors.Section CDirections:Read the following passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.In so many ways, cyberspace(网络空间) mirrors the real world. People ask for information, play games, and share hobby tips. Others buy and sell products. Still others look for friendship, or even love.Unlike the real world, however, your knowledge about a person is limited to words on a computer screen. Identity and appearance mean very little in cyberspace. ____67____ So even the shyest person can become a chat-room star.Usually, this "faceless" communication doesn't create problems. Identity doesn't really matter when you’re in a chat room discussing politics or hobbies. In fact, this emphasis on the idea themselves makes the Internet a great place for exciting conversation. Where else can so many people come together to chat about their interests?____68____ They are looking for serious love relationships. Is cyberspace a good place to find love? That answer depends on whom you ask. Some of these relationships actually succeed. Others fail miserably.Supporters of online relationships claim that the Internet allows couples to get to know each other intellectually first. Personal appearance doesn't get in the way.But critics of online relationships argue that no one can truly know another person in cyberspace. Why? Because the Internet gives users a lot of control over how others view them. Internet users can carefully craft their words to fit whatever image they want to give. And they don't have to worry about what their “faceless” communication is doing for their image. ____69____All of this may be fine if the relationship stays in cyberspace. But not knowing a person is a big problem in a love relationship. ____70____ This inevitably leads to disappointment when couples meet in person. How someone imagines an online friend is often quite different from the real person.So, before looking for love in cyberspace, remember the advice of Internet pioneer Clifford Stoll: "Life in the real world is far richer than anything you'll find on a computer screen."IV. Summary WritingDirection: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness, namely, temporaryloneliness, situational loneliness, and chronic(长期的) loneliness.The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation - for example a family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year. The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems in socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts, e.g. friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more. They question their own popularity.V. TranslationDirections:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.你认为谁该为这起严重的事故负责？(responsible)73.他伤得很严重，应该马上送医院。

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可能用到的相对原子质量：H-1 O-16 Al-27 Fe-56一、选择题（本题共40分，每小题2分，每题只有一个正确选项）1．工业上生产乙烯、丙烯的主要方法是A．裂化 B．干馏 C．分馏 D．裂解【答案】D2．熔点最高的晶体是A．干冰 B．食盐 C．碳化硅 D．金刚石【答案】D【解析】干冰是分子晶体，食盐是离子晶体，碳化硅和金刚石是原子晶体，碳化硅和金刚石熔点高于干冰和食盐，原子晶体中原子半径越小，共价键越强，熔点越高，所以金刚石的熔点最高；答案选D。

【点睛】本题考查了不同子晶体的熔点判断，根据不同晶体熔点比较一般规律：原子晶体＞离子晶体＞分子晶体分析，注意把握同种晶体熔点比较方法。

3．原子的种类取决于A．质子数 B．质量数C．质子数和中子数 D．原子序数【答案】C【解析】原子由原子核和核外电子构成，原子核一般由质子和中子构成，元素的种类决定于原子结构中的质子数，同一元素因中子数不同，有多种原子，所以，决定原子的种类的是质子数和中子数，C符合，答案选C。

4．化学式能表示物质分子组成的是A．C6H6 B．SiO2 C．NaOH D．NH4Cl【答案】A【点睛】本题考查了物质的化学式和分子式，应注意的是只有分子晶体才有分子式，原子晶体和离子晶体无分子式。

5．用浓盐酸配制l∶l(体积比)的稀盐酸(约6mol/L)100mL，应选用的定量仪器A．量筒 B．滴定管 C．50mL容量瓶 D．100mL容量瓶【答案】A【解析】用浓盐酸配制l：l（体积比）的稀盐酸（约6mol/L）100mL，操作为用量筒分别量取浓盐酸50mL，水50mL，将二者混合得到溶液，所以应选择仪器为量筒；答案选A。

上海市2017届高三英语12月考试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following passage. For some blanks, there is a word given in the brackets. Fill in each of these blanks with the proper form of the given word. Fill in the other blanks with words that are correct in structure and proper in meaning.(A)Mr. Briggs got a job 25 an insurance pany(保险公司)after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes 26 (sell) them life insurance.One day, after he 27 (work) for the pany for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, “Mr. Briggs, I have been looking 28 your record as a salesman with our pany, and there is one thing 29 surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous conditions? You’ll ruin our pany 30 you go on like that. ”“Oh, no, sir,” answered Mr. Briggs at once, “Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country 31 the past ten years, 32 I can tell you thatfew people die at the age of 95. ”(B)He is the man who for many people has been a role model. Now your __33__ (big) hero deserves a special day when you canexpress your thanks and let him know how important he is to you.The third Sunday of June, ___34__ falls on June 19 this year, is Father’s Day.The idea of Father’s Day came from ___35___ American woman called Sonora Smart Dodd in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day ____36____( honor) her father. He raised six children by ___37_ after his wife died. Dodd thought there needed to be a day to honor loving dads.The first Father’s Day ___38____(celebrate) on June 19, 1910. In 1924, US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a _____39____ (nation) Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June ___40___ Father’s Day.Here are some ways to show your love and respect:Send him a greeting card. Fathers prefer cards that are not too emotional. So choose one that will make him laugh.If he has a puter, cover his desktop with words like “I love you，Dad”.A small present, such as a framed photo of your family, can make him feel like a king.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that thereA department store’s inputs include the land upon which the building is located, the labor of the employees, (41) ______ in the form of building, equipment and merchandise, and the management skills of the store managers. On a farm, the operation system is the transformation that occurs when a farmer’s (42) ______ (land, equipment, labor, etc.) are changed into such outputs as corn, wheat or milk. The exact form of the change process (43) ______ from industry to industry, but it is a(n) (44) ______phenomenon that exists in every industry. Economists refer to this (45) ______ of resources into goods and services as the production function. For all operation systems, the general goal is to create some kind of value-added outputs that are worth more to consumers than just the sum of the inputs. To the consumers, the resulting products (46) ______ use value due to the form, the time, orthe place of their availability from the conversion process. However, the process is subject to random changes. Unplanned or uncontrollable influences may cause the actual output to differ from planned output. Random fluctuations can arise from external disruption (fire, floods or lightning, for example) or from (47) ______ problems in the conversion process. Variability of equipment, material imperfections, and human errors all affect output quality differently. In fact, random variations are the rule rather than the exception in production processes; therefore, to (48)____variation becomes a major management task.The function of the feedback is to provide (49) ______ linkages. Without some feedback of information, management personnel cannot (50) operations because they don' t know the results of their directions.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Filling in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.It was my first day to Miss Hargrove’s seventh grade. Past “newcomer”experiences had been difficult, so I was very__51__ to fit in. After being introduced to the class, I bravely put on a smile and took my seat.Lunchtime was a pleasant surprise when the girls all crowded around my table. They were friendly, so I began to __52__. My new classmates told me about the school, the teachers and the other kids. They __53__ out the class nerd(书呆子) to me: Mary Lou. She was a pretty girl with dark eyes and olive-skin, __54__ she wore a long woolen skirt and an old-fashioned blouse. She looked stupid. The girls whispered and giggled __55__ Mary Lou walked by. She ate alone.After school, the girls invited me to join them in front of the school. I was thrilled to be a member of the club. We waited. For what, I didn’t know. Then Mary Lou came down the school steps. The girls started making fun of her, shouting rudely, biting comments. I __56__, then joined right in. Mean remarks fell from my lips. No one could __57__ I’d never done this before. The other girls stepped back and started cheering for me. Feeling __58__, I pulled on her backpack and then pushed her. Her backpack broke, Mary Lou fell and I backed off. Everyone was laughing. I __59__ in. I was a leader.I was not proud. Something inside me hurt. If you’ve ever picked a wing off a butterfly, you know how I felt. Mary Lou got up, gathered her books and left without a tear or saying anything. She held her head __60__ as blood ran down from herknee. I __61__ her limp away down the street.I turned to leave with my __62__ friends and noticed a man standing beside his car. He must have been Mary Lou’s father ––– he had the same olive skin, dark hair and handsome look. He remained still and watched the __63__ girl walk toward him. Only his eyes ––– shining with both sadness and pride ––– followed. As I passed, he looked at me in silence with burning tears that reminded me of my __64_.Mary Lou’s father’s eyes taught me a good lesson that day.I never again hurt someone for my own __65__.51. A. anxious B. excited C. worried D. afraid52. A. talk B. hesitate C. relax D. suspect53. A. picked B. pointed C. worked D. found54. A. because B. so C. and D. but55. A. as B. before C. after D. since56. A. paused B. refused C. hurried D. escaped57. A. tell B. say C. report D. announce58. A. ashamed B. guilty C. encouraged D. powerful59. A. turned B. went C. took D. fitted60. A. cautiously B. casually C. lowly D. high61. A. watched B. noticed C. glared D. glanced62. A. caring B. laughing C. puzzling D. satisfying63. A. silly B. only C. lonely D. friendly64. A. pain B. pity C. weakness D. shame65. A. loss B. gain C. effort D. dutySection BDirections: 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)Zoe, Damacela, 19, didn't have nice clothes when she was young. It wasn't easy for Zoe’s hard-working single mother to make ends meet. They moved in and out of homeless shelters. Everything changed for Zoe in grade nine. At that time, she heard about a sewing(缝纫) class at her school. She signed up and couldn't wait to turn her designs into clothes. The color of the first dress she made was white-black strips. Soon the clothes she wore were all made by her. Other girls at school loved her designs too. They asked her if they could buy dresses from her. Zoe sold her first dress for $13. Unfortunately, it cost her $25 to make the dress. “I had the creativity in designs," says Zoe. “But I really had no idea about business.”Zoe kept selling the clothes she designed. Her business was booming, and even the girls who had ever teased her became her customers. In the eleventh grade, Zoe took a business class. She learned how to price her clothes so that she could be sure to make a fair profit.Her business teacher suggested she take part in a contest for teenaged entrepreneurs (企业家). The contest was for teens from all over the United States. Zoe sent in her business plan, which explained how she planned to make her pany grow. She won the second prize in the end. Zoe ’s success became a news item.Supermodel Tyra Banks heard about it and she invited Zoe to take part in her TV show. “Being recognized I felt really unreal,”says Zoe. Zoe has advice for teens who want to start their own business. “If you really work hard on it, you will be able to make it happen,” she says. “If I can do it, anyone else can.”66.We can learn that ______ when she was in grade nine.A. Zoe had no interest in designing clothesB. Zoe seldom wore her self-made clothesC. Zoe didn' t know how to make moneyD. Zoe attended a business course67.After winning the contest, Zoe ______A. considered it a rewardB. expected to be knownC. was proud of her own giftD. could hardly believe it68.Zoe advised the teens ______ .A. to make efforts to achieve their dreamsB. to design and make their own clothesC. to try every means to bee famousD. to do whatever they would like to69.What is the main idea of the passage?A. How Zoe learned to design clothes.B. A poor girl achieved success in business.C. How Zoe got a prize in a contest.D. A poor girl was invited to a TV show.can in traditional green. The Haws green 8. 8liter long reach watering can is given a powdercoated painted finish for maximum protection.ThismakesARS 1000L LIGHTWEIGHT HEDGE SHEARSThese ARS hedge shears are really difficult tofind! Made in Japan, they are some of the verybest available, especially for shaping work.These shears are lightweight and perfectlybalanced for maximum fort. The blades are verysharp and are made of hard carbon steel. Thehandles are made of aluminum for both strengthsave your boots.hand trowel is a real workhorse of the garden.Neverthe garden. The mirror polished stainless steelheadThe weatherproofed, hardwood handle gives71. If you buy a set of spade and fork, you should fill in the Order code “______”.A. BSDTS-EGB. SJSST-EGC. ARSHS-EG and HG88WCD. HG88W and BSDTS-EG72. You don’t have to pay for the postage if you buy ______.A. HAWS LONG REACH CAN GREENB. LIGHTWEIGHT HEDGE SHEARSC DIGGING SPADE & FORK SETD. SPEAR & JACKSON TROWEL73. The underlined word workhorse is closest in meaning with ______.A. makerB. laborerC. speakerD. digger(C)American researchers found females are the more talkative sex because of a special “language protein” in the brain.The study, conducted by neuroscientists(神经学家) and psychologist from the University of Maryland, concluded that women talked more because they had more of the Foxp2 protein. The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, found that higher levels were found among humans that were women but in rats that were males. Their findings came after it was previously claimed that ladies speak about 20,000 words a day – over 13,000 more than men. "This study is one of the first to report a sex difference in the expression of a language-associated protein in humans or animals,” said Prof Margaret McCarthy, who led the study. In their study, the researchers attempted to determine what might make male rats more vocal than their female friends.They separated four-day-old rats from their mothers andthen counted the number of times they cried out in the “ultrasonic range”, the frequencies higher than humans can hear, over five minutes. While both sexes called out hundreds of cries, the males called out twice as often, they found. But when the pups were returned to their mother’s cage, she fussed over her sons first. Tests conducted on the parts of the brain known to be associated with vocalcalls showed the male pups have up to twice as much Foxp2 protein as the females. The researchers then increased the production in the brains of female pups and reduced it in males. This led to the female rats crying out more often and their mothers showing more interest to them. In contrast, males became less “talkative”.The researchers then tested samples from ten children, aged between three and five, which showed that females had up to 30 per cent more of the Foxp2 protein than males, in a brain area key to language in humans.“Based on our observations, we assume higher levels of Foxp2 in girls and higher levels of Foxp2 in male rats is an indication that Foxp2 protein levels are associated with the more municative sex,” said Prof McCarthy."Our results imply Foxp2 as a ponent of the neurobiological basis of sex differences in vocal munication in mammals."74. From the second paragraph, we can learn that ________.A. women always speak more words than menB. men and male rats have low levels of language proteinC. women and male rats have similar levels of Foxp2D. McCarthy isn’t the first to find females more talkative75. The underlined phrase “fussed over” in the third paragraph probably means______.A. paid attention toB. related toC. put pressure onD. counted on76. The researchers carried out the experiments on rats in order to _______.A. test which part of the brain is key to language in rats and humansB. prove the levels of Foxp2 protein in humans and rats are differentC. determine the reason why female rats are more talkative than male ratsD. discover the association between Foxp2protein and vocal munication77. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Tests on humans and ratsB. Why women arethe talkative sexC. Sex differences in Foxp2 proteinD. Foxp2protein determines oral abilitySection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they' 11 change America. Rightly so. But selfishly. I' m more fascinated by Michelle Obama and what she might be able to do, not just for this country, but for me as an African-American woman. As the potential First Lady, she would have the world' s attention. And that means that for the first time people will have a chance to get up close and personal with the type of African-American woman they so rarely see.Usually, the lives of black women go largely unexamined. The prevailing theory seems to be that we' re all hot-tempered single mothers who can' t keep a man. Even in the world of make-believe, black women still can' t escape the stereotype of being eye-rolling, oversexed females raised by our never-married, alcoholic （酗酒的） mothers.These images have helped define the way all black women are viewed, including Michelle Obama. Before she ever gets thechance to commit to a cause, charity or foundation as First Lady, her most urgent and perhaps most complicated duty may be simple to be herself.It won't be easy. Because few mainstream publications have done in-depth features on regular African-American women, little is known about who we are, what we think and what we face on a regular basis. For better or worse, Michelle will represent us all.Just as she will have her critics, she will also have millions of fans who usually have little interest in the First Lady. Many African-American blogs have written about what they' d like to see Michelle bring to the White House——mainly showing the world that a black woman can support her man and raise a strong black family. Michelle will have to work to please everyone——an impossible task. But for many African-American women like me, just a little of her poise （沉着）. Confidence and intelligence will go a long way in changing an image that' s been around for far too long. (No more than 10 words)78. Why dose Michelle Obama hold a strong fascination for the author？79. What is the common stereotype of African-American womenaccording to the author？80. What does the author say about Michelle Obama as a First Lady？81. What do many African-American women hope Michelle Obama will do？第II卷 (共45分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.许多专家指出体育锻炼直接有助于身体健康。