1、1静安区高三年级英语期中测试卷（2018.5）I. Listening ComprehensionSection 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
2、 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. By the seaside. B. In a restaurant.C. In a supermarket. D. At home.( ) 2. A. Driving the private car costs little.B. Taking subway
3、 requires a special pass.C. Its more convenient to carry canned fish by private cars.D. Its uncomfortable to take the subway.( ) 3. A. A phone company clerk. B. A mechanic.C. A travel agent. D. A marriage consultant.( ) 4. A. The woman should go out to work.B. The woman should take charge of the cle
4、aning herself.C. Maids are not very trustworthy these days.D. He contributes a lot to the family economy.( ) 5. A. He is not clever enough for the math club.B. He doesnt have enough enthusiasm to explore math.C. He lacks former experiences in math study.D. He will be sooner or later admitted into th
5、e math club.( ) 6. A. 2. B. 3. C. 5. D. 7.( ) 7. A. The woman was mistaken about where she lost her ipad.B. The womans ipad might be kept well in the library.C. Theres a very slight chance of finding back her ipad.D. Her ipad is for public use so she might as well buy a new one.( ) 8. A. As a scienc
6、e fiction fan, she has already seen the film.B. She will go to deal with a dental problem then.C. She will go for a business appointment then.D. She is not very happy to go to see a film with the man.( ) 9. A. Her personal feeling quite contrasts with the research finding.B. Reading books is teenage
7、rs favourite activity.C. All the researches are offering misleading information.D. Mobile phones have taken none of teenagers leisure time.2( )10.A. Previous customers have bought up the ovens on sale.B. Many other goods on sale are still available.C. The man can buy the oven through other channels.
8、D. The oven is now sold at regular price.Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only on
9、ce. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.( )11.A. To take advantage of cheap sugar cane.B. To reduce carbon dioxide emission.C. To add a
10、 selling point for its cola.D. To attract more young customers.( )12.A. To exchange food recipe (配方) with these companies.B. To share customer information with these companies.C. To get investments from these companies.D. To relieve these companys dependence on petroleum.( )13. A. Coca-Colas new way
11、s to cut costs.B. Coca-Colas transfer to recyclable plant plastics.C. Coca-Colas successful partnerships with other business giants.D. Coca-Colas efforts to pay more attention to customers needs.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.( )14. A. It provides jet bursts to strongly c
12、lean the body.B. It installs noise-masking effect equipment.C. It has a private doctor stand by the toilet.D. It collects ones physical data when the toilet is used.( )15. A. The toilet will be more economical on water.B. Users doctor can instantly get the data.C. A device inside the basin will be i
13、nstalled.D. Treatment suggestions will be delivered to the doctor.( )16. A. Because young people are not keen on innovations.B. Because young people are suspicious of the toilets function.C. Because the retail price is high for the young.D. Because young people dont know much about the product.3Ques
14、tions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.( )17. A. Because its an experienced car rental agency.B. Because it provides big discount on the rent.C. Because its convenient to collect the car after arrival.D. Because it offers commute cars and cars for long trip.( )18. A. Unreliable
15、technology.B. Short battery life.C. Potential radiation from electricity.D. Lack of charging points.( )19. A. 370. B. 400. C. 530. D. 560.( )20. A. Car rental service fee.B. Insurance fee.C. Gas fee.D. Traffic fine.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A Directions: After reading the passage below, fill
16、 in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Uh-oh, the new years just begun and already youre finding it hard to keep t
17、hose resolutions to junk the junk food, get off the couch or kick smoking. Theres a biological reason why a lot of our bad habits are so hard to break they get（21）_(wire) into our brains.“Why are bad habits stronger? Youre fighting against the power of an immediate reward,“ says Dr. Nora Volkow, dir
18、ector of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and an authority on the brains pleasure pathway.“We all as creatures are behaving that way, to give greater value to an immediate reward as opposed to (22)_ is delayed,“ Volkow says.How this bit of happiness turns into a habit involves a pleasure-sensing
19、 chemical named dopamine. It causes the brain (23)_(pursue) that reward again and again strengthening the connection each time especially when it gets the right hint from your environment.People tend to overestimate their ability to resist temptations around them, thus (24) _(destroy) attempts to gi
20、ve up bad habits. Even scientists who recognize it (25)_ show weakness. “I know popcorns are not healthy. But every time I go to the cinema, I have to eat it,“ Volkow says，“Its fascinating.“4A movement to pay people for behavior changes may exploit that connection, as some companies offer employees
21、outright payments or insurance reduction for adopting better habits.(26)_well paying for behavior plays out, researchers say there are still some steps that may help fight your brains hold (27)_ newly-established habits:Repeat, repeat, repeat the new behavior the same routine at the same time of day
22、. You decide to exercise. Doing it at the same time of the morning, rather than fitting it in casually, (28)_ (make) the striatum (终脑皮层 )recognize the habit. Therefore, if you dont keep doing it, you will feel frustrated.Exercise itself raises dopamine levels, so eventually your brain will get a fee
23、l-good hit (29)_ _ your muscles protest.Besides, try to reward yourself with (30)_ that you really desire. For instance, if you exercise all week or stick to your diet, you could try a fancy restaurant - safer perhaps than a box of cookies because the price inhibits the quantity.Section B Directions
24、: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. necessary B. infect C. extremes D. refreshed E. spellsF. impact G. accompanied H.sufficient I.shrink J. silenced K. earnedAs the increased amount of carbon
25、dioxide in the atmosphere, heat stress, longer droughts (干旱), and more intense rainfalls linked to global warming continue to upset our daily weather, we often forget they also 31 the quantity, quality, and growing locations of our food. Many foods have already 32 top spots on the worlds “endangered
26、 foods“ list, indicating their possibility to become scarce within the next 30 years.To start with what is 33 in many peoples lives, we are disappointed to find that coffee plantations in South America, Africa, Asia, and Hawaii are all being threatened by rising air temperatures and erratic (不稳定的) r
27、ainfall patterns, which invite disease and invasive species to 34 the coffee plant and beans. The result? Significant cuts in coffee output. And Coffees culinary cousin, cacao (aka chocolate), is also suffering stress from global warmings rising temperatures. But for chocolate, it isnt the warmer cl
28、imate alone thats the problem. Cacao trees actually prefer warmer climatesas long as that warmth is paired with high humidity and 35 rain. However, the problem is that the higher temperatures projected for the worlds leading chocolate-producing countries are not expected to be 36 by an increase in r
29、ainfall. Therefore as higher temperatures take 5more moisture from soil and plants, its unlikely that rainfall will increase enough to make up for this loss.A notably nutritious plant, the peanutgrows best when it gets five months of continuous warm weather and 20 to 40 inches of rain. Anything less
30、 and plants wont survive. That isnt good news when most climate models agree that the climate of the future will be one of the 37 , including droughts and heatwaves.The world has already caught a glimpse of the peanuts future fate when last year a serious drought across the peanut-growing Southeaste
31、rn U.S. led many plants to die. According to a financial report, the dry 38 caused peanut prices to rise by as much as 40 percent!Finally, in the world of sea, as air temperatures rise, oceans and waterways absorb some of the heat and undergo warming of their own. The result is the 39 infish populat
32、ion. Warmer waters also encourage vicious marine bacteria, like Vibrio, to grow and cause illness in humans.And that satisfying “crack“ you get when eating crab (蟹) could be 40 as shellfish struggle to build their calcium carbonate (碳酸钙) shells, a result of ocean acidification.III. Reading Comprehen
33、sionSection 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.“Dont get sick in July!”This is a common concern in teaching hospitals in the U.S. Its driven by the academic
34、calendar: July is when the new interns, fresh out of medical school, start work. In other words, its when everyone is most 41 . The theory is that this disadvantage leads to mistakes.So is medical experience good or bad? Well, in most cases, your doctors experience is very helpful, allowing her to p
35、ick up on a(n) 42 symptom early in a disease process, when machines still cant take a hand. She can also determine the right treatment when your condition falls outside of what is in the 43 , where newbies get most of their ideas. For many medical treatments, theres a direct connection between physi
36、cian experience and your treating outcome.In a variety of situations, though, experience can backfire. The reason is simple44 . Doctors are humans too and they 45 tricks of the mindlike believing that an ineffective treatment really works. In fact, entire fields of research are devoted 6to understan
37、ding why these errors of thought occur. They 46 from so-called cognitive prejudice that can mislead even 47 practitioners into making the wrong decisions.Doctors are usually locked onto a diagnosis early and disregard new and 48 information. For example, a patient may be diagnosed with a quickly fat
38、al cancer, but then ends up trying various herbal remedies and lives for 30 more years. Instead of analyzing the 49 diagnosis, the patient, and maybe even the doctor, may assume that the herbal remedies cured the cancer.Also, some experienced doctors tend to believe evidence when it supports their p
39、revious opinion while subconsciously ignoring information opposing it. Lets say your doctor is pretty certain you have ill digestion and orders a test to 50 the suspicion, which produces negative result. But she treats you for ill digestion anyway because she was 51 with the prior diagnosis by exper
40、ience. In fact, there are clearly many benefits to having a highly experienced doctor, such as technical proficiency. But there may actually be some unexpected benefits to having a less-experienced one too. She may have a more up-to-date education, boundless energy and perhaps is less vulnerable to
41、biases, freed from the same 52 for years.To safeguard yourself as a patient, one thing you should always do is 53 . It may not always be possible to determine that your doctor has met with an unconscious thinking 54 . But asking questions does force your doctor to think twice and 55 her decision abo
42、ut your case.( )41. A. innocent B. productive C. inexperienced D. prohibited( )42. A. slight B. objective C. complex D. sustainable( )43. A. media B. tradition C. reality D. textbook( )44.A. psychology B. education C. procedure D. priority( )45.A. take advantage of B. make sense ofC. fall victim to
43、D. play fire with( )46. A. spring B. depart C. benefit D. distinguish( )47. A.highly-motivated B. well-seasonedC. deeply-offended D. wide-eyed( )48. A. moderate B. visible C. conflicting D. permanent( )49. A. initial B. tough C. multiple D. private( )50. A. evaluate B. operate C. confirm D. revise(
44、)51. A. preoccupied B. labelled C. associated D. concerned( )52. A. professional circle B. thinking patternC. academic background D. operating order( )53. A. investigating B. questioning C. monitoring D. observing7( )54. A. obstacle B. trap C. horizon D. struggle( )55.A. practice B. accommodate C. j
45、ustify D. removeSection 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
46、read.(A)Last October I was on a diving holiday in the Philippines with seven other advanced divers. I dived off the boat slowly sinking to about 20m. After nearly 45 minutes, the sound of my breathing was drowned out by a low rumble like an engine and Ifelt deep powerful vibrations (震动) as if a big
47、boat with a propeller was passing overhead. The dive instructors eyes were wide with confusion too. We both swam next to each other staying close to the side of the reef (礁石). The situation felt sinister.Then we were enveloped by clouds of white sand that mushmoomed up around us. Could it be a giant
48、 turtle (海龟) racing past us? They are normally slow movers so this was very weird behavior. The vibration became so intense that I could feel it in my bones and then the sound turned into a deafening roar. Suddenly, a few meters below us, breaks began forming and the sand was sucked down. Thats when I got what it was. The noise was the sound of the earth splintering open and grinding against itself.The instructor and I held hands and looked into each others eyes. I felt comforted by his presence. I was numb (麻木的) for terror but clear-headed. My body went on high ale
