上海市黄浦区敬业中学2016届高三第一学期期中考试英语试卷

敬业中学2015-2016学年高三年级期中考试

英语试卷

考生注意：

1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1–12页）和第II卷（第13页），全卷共13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准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。

第I卷 (共103分)

I. Listening Comprehension Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. She’ll get the things the man needs.

B. Shirley wants to go to the convenience store, too. C. There isn’t enough time to go to the convenience store. D. The student center closes at four o’clock. 2. A. He doesn’t feel qualified for it. C. He’s completely satisfied with it. 3. A. Try to get a ride with Pete.

B. He’d like a higher salary.

D. He’d like to work fewer hours per week. B. Take an airplane to Boston. D. Drive her car to Boston.

C. Ask Pete the name of his hotel.

4. A. She’ll give the man the newspaper after class. B. She doesn’t read the newspaper for her class. C. She doesn’t have a newspaper to give the man. D. She only reads one section of the newspaper. 5. A. The man’s roommate dislikes talking much. C. Someone else has caused the problem.

B. The man is upset with his roommate.

D. The man hopes the woman can understand him.

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6. A. The book is very interesting. C. The book is too long.

B. He hasn’t read the book yet. D. He doesn’t usually read novels. B. He needs some exercise at the weekend. D. He rarely uses his computer. B. He is studying to be a doctor. D. He has already tried the new medicine.

7. A. He has been working outdoors lately. C. He’s a good tennis player.

8. A. More doctors should be doing research. C. A new medical treatment is available soon. 9. A. She’s a professional photographer. B. She’ll take the camera to her car at once. C. She just had an argument with her roommate.

D. She worries about leaving the camera with the man. 10. A. Decide against sending the application. B. Order his checks by mail.

C. Enclose a twenty-dollar bill with his application. D. Buy a money order to send with the application.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. After he left high school.

B. In 1995.

D. When he was visiting England and France. B. Listening to good jokes. D. Eating different cakes. B. How to find the perfect design. D. Making cakes for special occasions.

C. Before he worked all around the U.S. 12. A. Being busy all the time. C. Speaking to others.

13. A. Mike’s amazing cakes.

C. Cakes as Christmas presents.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The pianist is an old friend of hers.

B. Many people have come to the presentation. D. She enjoys going to concerts. B. When he finished his studies.

C. The hall has an excellent sound system. 15. A. When he was a child.

C. When he began his concert touring. D. When he was invited to a musical competition. 16. A. Talk about how he learned to compose music. B. Explain why he agreed to give the lecture.

C. Comment on his musical training at the Juliet School. D. Introduce his experiences on the concert tours.

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Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Winston Churchill Born in 1874 and died in 17 At the age of 26: Start his 18 career 1929-1939: Out of 19 Past 40: Take up 20 World War II: British Prime Minister

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Difference between black and white pepper (胡椒) How different do they taste? ripens? When do people pick the pepper corn to When it is still 23 . make black pepper? To make white pepper, what do people do 24 . with the pepper corn before drying it?

II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

Directions: 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.

(A) Man on Wire

A film to make you feel alive …

In 1968 a young Frenchman, Philippe Petit, saw a picture in a newspaper which would change his life. He was sitting in a dentist’s waiting room when he saw an artist’s impression of the soon-to-be-built World Trade Center and decided that one day he 25 (walk) on a high wire between the twin towers.

Man on Wire is the story of a man who made his dream 26 (happen). The film starts on Tuesday August 7th, 1974, 27 day when Petit achieved his goal. We see him 28 (head) for the twin towers and then, through interviews and flashbacks. We see everything 29 led up to that day.

Compared with black pepper, white pepper is 21 . What happens to the pepper corn as it It 22 . The film first shows us how Petit made his earlier high wire walks at Notre Dame and Sydney

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Harbour Bridge, using film and photos 30 (take) from the time.

Then the film almost becomes a crime thriller as we see how Petit and his team made up documents, got past security guards and somehow managed to set up the wire between the towers 31 being seen or heard.

Finally Petit makes his great walk between the towers. There is no film of the original walk, so the whole thing is shown using photos, a reminder of 32 the towers used to look. He stayed 1,350 feet above the ground, apparently quite relaxed, for 45 minutes. The policemen whose job it was to arrest Petit 33 only stand and watch while he smiled and laughed at them.

(B) Across Africa

For six hours we shot through the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera 34 I used words. I had finished three notebooks and considered 35 (start) the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I’d bought in a market in Mozambique.

As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty — we 36 (see) another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was 37 I saw them. Next to us, by the side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them—brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn’t know how long they had been there next to us.

I shouted to Dan: “Look!” but he was in such a deep sleep 38 it was impossible to wake him up before they disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. activities G. loyalty

One highly visible result of marketing strategies is the movement toward a global consumer culture, in which people are united by their common 41 to brand-name consumer goods, film stars, and rock stars. Some products in particular have become so 42 with a particular lifestyle that they are prized possessions around the world.

On the other hand, popular culture continues to 43 as products and styles from different cultures mix and combine in new and interesting ways. For example, although superstars from the United States and the United Kingdom 44 the worldwide music industry, a movement is taking place to include other styles and performers. In Europe, local music acts are grabbing a larger share of

B. associated H. overtaking C. dominate I. popular D. evolve J. promotions E. identities K. understanding F. included “Wild horses?” he said. “Why didn’t you wake 39 up?” “I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”

“Typical,” he said. “The 40 (good) photos are the ones we never take.” We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.

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the market and 45 the popularity of international (that is, English-speaking) acts. In Asia, new songs are being written to accompany 46 for American movies. For example, in Hong Kong the movie Lethal Weapon 4 was promoted with a song by a local heavy metal band called “Beyond.” Shots from the movie were mixed with clips (视频片段) of band members, even though the band does not appear in the film and the song is not 47 on the soundtrack.

Marketing 48 have a major impact on our lives. They influence our personal and group 49 and are used to promote both social ideas and commercial products. Therefore, a great awareness of consumer behavior is important to our 50 of both social issues and the popular culture.

III. Reading Comprehension Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

She wants to be a singer; you think she should go for a long-term career with job security and eventually retire with a good pension (退休金). But a new report suggests that in fact she’s the practical one. Why do parents make terrible careers 51 ? Today’s 14 and 15-year-olds are 52 . They look at their working future in a different way to their parents. A job for life is not in their vocabulary; neither is a dead-end but secure job that is 53 but pays the bills. In the past, this might have counted as 54 news. Certainly when I was 15, my guidance counselors (导师) 55 my plans to become a writer. I’m glad I didn’t change my plans to suit them. But the world has changed. The global economy is not 56 to yesterday’s diligent and dependable worker. The future belongs to quick-thinking people who are resourceful, ambitious and can take the 57 . This means that a 14-year-old who sees her working future as a kind of 58 , to be made up as she goes along is not necessarily being unrealistic. 59 , she has to have the training and guidance to help her develop the right skills for today’s market. Many young people 60 that redundancy (冗余), downsizing (裁员) and freelancing (自由职业) are all part of modern working life, but no one is telling them how they might be able to turn the new rules of the 61 game to their advantage. This is what they need to know if they are to make a life for themselves. So what is to be done? A good first step would be to 62 the way in which schools prepare young people for adult life. The education system is becoming less flexible and stick more to traditional skills at just the time that the job market is going in the 63 direction. What, then, can we as parents do to help them? The best thing is to 64 all the advice that your parents gave you, and step into your teenager’s shoes. Give them the courage to follow their dreams—however odd they might sound right now. In a world that offers economic security to almost no one, imagination is a terrible thing to 65 .

51. A. advisers B. pioneers C. reformers D. pursuers 52. A. curious B. realistic C. depressed D. ambitious 53. A. well-paid B. temporary C. boring D. rewarding 54. A. big B. bad C. exciting D. latest 55. A. were ignorant of B. were horrified at C. were amazed at D. were conscious of 56. A. common B. opposed C. kind D. committed 57. A. initiative B. responsibility C. advantage D. measures

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58. A. reality 59. A. Instead 60. A. object 61. A. competition 62. A. neglect 63. A. opposite 64. A. take 65. A. inherit

Section B

B. terminal B. However B. declare B. employment B. follow B. former B. forget B. keep

C. destiny C. Therefore C. conclude C. knowledge C. change C. regular C. recall C. simplify D. adventure D. Moreover D. understand D. modernization D. cancel D. inevitable D. spoil D. waste

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

To the cheering of taxi drivers and the honking of horns, the comedian and actor Eddie Izzard ran into London yesterday to complete his 43rd marathon in 52 days. In total he had covered 1,100 miles. His 43 marathons were in aid of the charity Sports Relief, which raises money for the poor all over the world. So far Izzard has raised more than ￡200,000.

Fighting blisters (水泡) that have caused the nails on his smaller toes to fall off, he ran up The Mall and into Trafalgar Square, where he had started 7.5 weeks ago. In finishing he proved what many thought was an impossible task: that a 47-year-old comedian with no sporting experience could do something a top athlete might find difficult.

After only six weeks’ training he started out on a journey that would take him to every corner of the British Isles. “The first three weeks were the hardest,” he said. The non-stop pressure on his body made him unable to sleep at night and he would wake exhausted with “blisters on top of blisters”.

But the people he met along the way cheered him up. “People stopped their cars and cheered. They gave me money and food.” More than 500,000 people “followed” the comedian, in a different sense, on Twitter. Running into London he looked lean and muscular. “Everyone says my legs look very good but I thought they looked quite good beforehand,” he said.

Simon Blease, 51, a sports doctor and mountain runner who has been following his progress, was waiting on Tower Bridge. “I didn’t think he could do it,” he said. “Like a lot of people I thought he would have a good try, but his body would break down. Someone with so little training, I find it extraordinary that he has done it.”

Asked what he had gained, Izzard said: “I know now I can do that. Sport is one of those words that stopped being part of my life when I was about 14. Sporting success was not something I ever associated myself with.” He now plans to continue jogging and hopes to inspire others into sport. 66. Which of the following statements is true about Eddie Izzard? A. He took part in 43 marathon competitions in 52 days. B. He was sponsored by Sports Relief in the running. C. He ran 1,100 miles for the purpose of helping the poor. D. He took the challenge to prove he could be a top athlete. 67. What difficulty did Eddie Izzard meet with during the running? A. Injury in his ankles. C. Pressure to win.

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B. Sleeplessness at night. D. Inadequate time.

68. Simon Blease implied that _____. A. he had thought Eddie would fail halfway

B. training may not be necessary for marathon runners C. Eddie was a good model for others to follow

D. it was because of his strong body that Eddie succeeded 69. Which of the following words may NOT describe Eddie Izzard? A. Humourous.

B. Persevering.

(B)

The following is an excerpt (片段) from a website column. Your life, your decisions This week’s problems 1 After leaving university, Linda got a well-paid job with a big city bank. She has now worked there for eight years and has been promoted twice. However, she isn’t really happy in her work. She hates having to commute (通勤) through the rush hour, doesn’t enjoy office politics or the stress and long hours. She has been considering quitting her job and going to work as a volunteer overseas. She would like to be doing a job where she is really making a difference to other people’s lives. But should she take the plunge? It depends on what other responsibilities she has. If she doesn’t have a family to support, then why not? You only live once. Jack, UK If they want to make the relationship work long distance, then it’s certainly possible. But maybe Tom secretly wants to put some distance between them. Is he ready for marriage? Beata, Poland If she is so unhappy then I think she has no real alternative. She should leave—if she doesn’t, she’ll regret it. Vikram, India I think she has a number of different options. She could, for example, ask for a year’s unpaid leave so that she could try out her new lifestyle and still come back to her job if it doesn’t work out. Chiara, Italy

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C. Loving. D. Creative.

2 Tom and his girlfriend Suzie have been together for six years. They were planning to get married and start a family in the near future, but Tom has just been offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity abroad. His employers want him to spend two years at the New York office. Suzie doesn’t want to follow him to New York as she has just landed her dream job in London. Can they realistically maintain a long distance relationship? What should Tom do for the best? I don’t think long distance relationships ever work. Maybe for a while at the beginning of a relationship, but not like this. If he wants to stay with Suzie, he shouldn’t go. Ana, Brazil. I don’t see the problem. They can talk to each other every day if they want to—it’s cheap enough now online. Flights aren’t that expensive either, and the salary will be good. Tom should go for it! Katie, Ireland 70. What is Linda’s problem?

A. She is unhappy with the present job.

B. She has quit her job but hasn’t found a new one. C. She isn’t satisfied with her salary.

D. She has a new boss who enjoys office politics.

71. _____ thinks Linda should follow her dream without hesitation. A. Jack

B. Vikram

C. Chiara

D. Ana

72. What is Tom and Suzie’s problem?

A. They are unable to get married because of their financial problems. B. Their long-distance relationship is on the edge of breaking up.

C. Suzie has found her dream job, which Tom doesn’t give enough support to. D. Tom has got a chance to work in New York, but Suzie prefers to stay in London. 73. Which of the following is true according to Beata?

A. It is Tom who may not want to marry Suzie. B. Long distance relationships seldom work. C. Tom and Suzie need more communication. D. Suzie had better give credit to Tom’s decision.

(C)

Bitcoin is a virtual currency. As such, bitcoins are not issued by a central authority but are nevertheless accepted as payment by individuals and more and more businesses. Instead of being minted (铸造), they are created by computers on the bitcoin network. About 3600 bitcoins are added each day.

The breakthrough idea behind bitcoin—first posted in 2008—is a way to have this without having a central authority. The potential of a currency that is independent from governments and banks soon caught the attention of libertarians around the world, and the early bitcoin community was born. Now it’s going mainstream.

Trust in bitcoin is built into its bookkeeping. Whenever a transaction (交易) takes place—Alice sending a bitcoin to Bob, say—this is recorded in what is essentially a large database shared across all of the computers on the bitcoin network. This public ledger (分类账目) lets anyone see what transactions have taken place at any given time, though users’ names remain unknown.

The trust comes from the method used to guarantee that everyone has the same, up-to-date version “Mining” means using a computer to collect the records of a set of bitcoin transactions into what of the database. And that’s where the miners come in.

is known as a block and adding it to the shared database, known as the block chain. But before the network accepts your block, your computer needs to solve a complex mathematical problem, partly based on the block’s contents. The first miner to solve the problem gets to add the block to the block chain—and gains 25 bitcoins as their reward, worth around $5,000 at the time of writing.

The problem has been designed to take around 10 minutes for computers on the bitcoin network to solve. This ensures there is roughly a 10-minute delay between block chain additions, giving the entire network time to update itself when a block is added.

Miners often buy or sell mining capability through sites like CEX.IO—a process known as “cloud mining”—or gang together in mining pools, which helps to ensure they get a stable portion of the bitcoins created each day. As more miners with ever faster computers join the network, the difficulty of the problem adjusts automatically to maintain the delay.

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The block chain is also extremely hard to revise, making it an accurate record of transactions. To

make any alteration, you’d have to solve a problem for all blocks already in the chain, which is difficult, or control at least 51 percent of the hundreds of thousands of computers on the network.

However, without the backing of a central bank, bitcoin’s value is volatile. In the last few weeks, its price has fallen, forcing several minimal operations to shut down until the price rises again. Bitcoin needs to be worth at least $320 to make mining profitable, says Jeffery Smith of CEX.IO.

74. Which of the following statements is true about bitcoin? A. It is authoritative.

B. It is no real coin.

D. It is issued by a local government.

B. It is not accepted by businesses. A. To confirm who the miners are.

75. What is a function of the mathematical problems that miners must solve? B. To give the system enough time to update.

C. To help the network identify the content of the block. D. To test how fast miners’ computers can work.

76. The word “volatile” (in the last paragraph) most probably means _____. A. not stable

B. not profitable

C. not important

D. not promising

77. What can be inferred from the passage about miners? A. Most of them used to major in maths.

B. It is CEX.IO that hires them to help update the network.

C. Adding the block to the chain is not the only way for them to make money. D. They have no right to revise the block chain unless CEX.IO allows them to.

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

Antarctica was on the map long before anyone ever laid eyes on it. Nearly 2,400 years ago, ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle believed that a great continent must exist at the bottom of the world to balance out the continents. In the 1500s, mapmakers often included a fanciful continent they referred to as Terra Incognita (Latin for “unknown land”) at the bottom of their maps. But it was not until the 1800s—after explorers had sighted and set foot on Antarctica—that mapmakers got down to the business of really mapping the continent, which is one-and-a-half times the size of the U.S.

While the coastline could be mapped by ships sailing around the continent, it took airplanes—and later, satellites—to chart Antarctica’s vast interior. That job continues today. And it is a job that can still require a mapmaker, or cartographer, to put on boots and head out into the wild.

Cole Kelleher is familiar with that. He is a cartographer with the Polar Geospatial Center (PGC), which is based at the University of Minnesota and has a staff at McMurdo Station. PGC teamed up with Google to use the company’s Trekker technology to capture images of Antarctica for the Internet giant’s popular feature, Street View. A Trekker camera, which is the size of a basketball, is fitted about two feet above a backpack. The camera records images in all directions. “It weighs about 50 pounds. I was out for two and a half days, hiking 10 to 12 hours each day,” says Kelleher. “It was hard work, but really a wonderful experience.”

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The PGC staff at McMurdo Station provides highly specialized mapmaking services for the U.S. Antarctic Program. For one project, Kelleher used satellite images to map huge cracks in the ice. That helped a team of seal researchers know whether they could safely approach their field camp on snowmobiles. Another recent project was to help recover a giant, high-tech helium (氦气) balloon used to carry scientific instruments high into the atmosphere. These balloons are launched in Antarctica because there is no danger that they will hurt anyone when they fall back down to Earth. Using satellite images, Kelleher and colleagues created maps of where the balloon could be found.

Antarctica may no longer be Terra Incognita, but it still holds countless mysteries. Cartographers and the maps they make will continue to be essential in helping scientists unlock those secrets.

78. Ships can map the coastline of Antarctica, but they can’t ____________________________. 79. What is a Trekker camera used for?

80. The fourth paragraph talks mainly about __________________________________________ provided by Kelleher and his colleagues. 81. It can be concluded from the passage that in spite of the exploration ever made into Antarctica, it is still a continent that _____________________________________________.

第II卷 (共47分)

I. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1. 人们普遍认为颐和园是北京最美丽的公园之一。(recognize) 2. 每学期最初的一星期往往用来让学生熟悉学校生活。(be meant) 3. 昨天早晨Tom在客厅看到的那个人原来是他的阿姨。(prove)

4. 小组成员们需要完成不同的任务，而他们三个主要负责收集资料。(devote) 5. 医生建议我不要吃止痛片，即便这有助于缓解疼痛。(ease)

II. Guided Writing

Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假设你校英语报就“Better safe than sorry”还是“Nothing ventured, nothing gained”展开讨论，你对该话题很感兴趣，写一篇短文陈述自己的观点。你的短文必须包含以下内容：

1. 你赞同哪一说法。

2. 用一个具体事例说明你为什么赞同这一说法。

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敬业中学2015-2016学年高三年级期中考试

英语试卷答案

1~5 CBACB 6~10 ABCDD 11~13 BCA 14~16 BAD 17. 1965 18. political 19. office 20. painting 21. milder 22. changes colour 23. a little immature 24. Remove the skin

25. would walk 26. happen 27. the 28. heading 29. that 30. taken 31. without 32. how 33. could 34. while 35. starting 36. hadn’t seen 37. when/where 38. that 39. me 40. best

41~45 GBDCH 46~50 JFAEK 51~55 ADCBB 56~60 CADBD 61~65 BCABD 66~69 CBAD 70~73 ABDA 74~77 BBAC

78. chart its vast interior

79. Capturing images of Antarctica. / Recording images in all directions.

80. the highly specialized mapmaking services for the U.S. Antarctic Program 81. hold countless mysteries

1. The Summer Palace is recognized as one of the most beautiful parks in Beijing.

2. The first week of the semester is meant to get students familiar with their school life. 3. The person who Tom saw in the living room yesterday morning proved to be his aunt.

4. The group members need to complete different tasks, and the three of them are devoted to collecting materials.

5. The doctor suggests that I not take any pain-killer, even if it may ease me from the pain.

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敬业中学2015-2016学年高三年级期中考试

英语试卷答案

1~5 CBACB 6~10 ABCDD 11~13 BCA 14~16 BAD 17. 1965 18. political 19. office 20. painting 21. milder 22. changes colour 23. a little immature 24. Remove the skin

25. would walk 26. happen 27. the 28. heading 29. that 30. taken 31. without 32. how 33. could 34. while 35. starting 36. hadn’t seen 37. when/where 38. that 39. me 40. best

41~45 GBDCH 46~50 JFAEK 51~55 ADCBB 56~60 CADBD 61~65 BCABD 66~69 CBAD 70~73 ABDA 74~77 BBAC

78. chart its vast interior

79. Capturing images of Antarctica. / Recording images in all directions.

80. the highly specialized mapmaking services for the U.S. Antarctic Program 81. hold countless mysteries

1. The Summer Palace is recognized as one of the most beautiful parks in Beijing.

2. The first week of the semester is meant to get students familiar with their school life. 3. The person who Tom saw in the living room yesterday morning proved to be his aunt.

4. The group members need to complete different tasks, and the three of them are devoted to collecting materials.

5. The doctor suggests that I not take any pain-killer, even if it may ease me from the pain.

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