1、页 1 第静安区 2015-2016 学年第二学期高三年级教学质量检测英语试卷 2016. 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 1-11 页）和第 II 卷（第 12 页） ，全卷共 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准考证号和姓名。第 I 卷 （共 103 分） I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten shor
2、t 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 o
3、ne is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. The traffic is too heavy. B. He cant get up that early.C. There is no bus that early. D. He is always late.2. A. In her office. B. At home. C. In a call box. D. In a supermarket.3. A. Swimming. B. Tennis. C. Skiing. D. Running.4. A. Tuesday
4、 morning. B. Tuesday afternoon.C. Wednesday morning. D. Wednesday afternoon.5. A. They will meet Mike on the way . B. They will have an early start.C. Mike is usually late. D. Mike may not come tomorrow.6. A. He enjoyed food there. B. The place was beautiful.C. He saw fireworks. D. He met an old fri
5、end.7. A. To call Sam. B. To make her address book tidy.C. To buy a new mobile phone. D. To go out with the man.8. A. Jane is going to be an accountant. B. Jane is eager to go home for the vacation.C. Jane wont spend the summer at home. D. Jane is already on her way home.9. A. The neighbor shouldnt
6、decorate the house.B. The neighbor shouldnt sleep early.C. The neighbor should not make noises at night.D. The neighbor should move out.10. A. Things in France are really cheap.B. Things in France are not cheap as are expected.C. Things in France are the most expensive in the world.D. Things in Fran
7、ce are cheaper than in US.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your
8、paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you 页 2 第have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. She sat back and relaxed. B. She decided to retire.C. She entered university. D. She worked out a new English program.12. A. Bring a great deal of
9、 useful experience to the university.B. Improve human relationships in the university.C. Bring a fear of aging among young students on the campus.D. Improve the reputation of the university.13. A. English and drama. B. How to make sound judgments.C. How to teach minority students. D. To observe, not
10、 to judge.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. A natural disaster. B. A power failure.C. Homeless farmers. D. A serious accident.15. A. Jews and some Arabs. B. Arabs and North Africans.C. Jews and North Africans. D. North Americans and some Arabs.16. A. Exchange them for ba
11、nks. B. Save them for travelers.C. Collect them for poor children. D. Spend them on duty-free goods.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with
12、the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks l7 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Summers with FatherThe boys opinion on the summers with his father: _17_.The cause of the boys taking summer courses
13、:Their father thought he _18_ the part of their education.The boys summer courses included: _19_history and navigation.The goal of the boys voyage: Towards an _20_.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Whats the
14、 probable relationship between the two speakers? _21_.页 3 第What does Mrs. Sutton inquire about? _22_ in England.What does Mr. Shaw advise Mrs. Sutton to do first?To find a family doctor and _23_ him or her.How far is Dr. Joness health center from their place? _24_. II. Grammar and vocabulary Section
15、 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.( A )Is It Safe to Fly
16、 With an Infant on Your Lap?Federal (联邦的) transportation safety officials are using the deadly crash of an overloaded plane in Montana to restore (25) _ long-standing debate about whether small children should be allowed to travel on the laps (大腿部) of adults.The 10-seater plane crashed as it (26) _(
17、 land ) in Butte in March 2009, killing all 14 people aboard, including seven children. Investigators say that several of the children were found far from the plane, suggesting that they werent properly restrained.The National Transportation Safety Board is asking regulators to require all passenger
18、s to have their own seats and seat belts, including children under the age of 2,who(27) _ ( allow ) to sit on an adults lap now.The crash was so severe that its unlikely anybody would have survived even with proper restraints, (28) _ the “accident renews the NTSBs longstanding concerns” about the re
19、straints, the recommendation reads.The FAA (联邦航空局) agrees that the safest place for a child on a flight is in a seat using an(29) _ ( approve ) child restraint and not on an adults lap. But the FAA wont make it a requirement because the agency believes many families with small children wouldnt pay t
20、he cost of an extra ticket, and instead would travel by highway, which statistically is much more dangerous than air travel.Last decade, the FAA considered(30) _( change ) the rule, but decided against it, (31) _ ( refer ) to statistics (统计数字) from 2004 showing nearly 43,000 people died on U.S. high
21、ways, compared to 13 on commercial flights.“What we found was (32) _ there were some parents who would be sensitive to price and they would choose to drive instead of fly,” FAA spokeswoman Alison Duquette said. “We would be forcing them into automobiles, which are less safe.”( B )Computers and Girls
22、The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys. But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims of (33) _ the researchers call a major new gender gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association
23、 of University Women says, “Girls tend to be (34) _ ( comfortable ) than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which (35) _( understand) information.”After re-examining a thousand studies, the American Associ
24、ation of University Women researchers found that 页 4 第girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls constantly rate (36) _ significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys (37) _ the c
25、lassroom. The instructor of this computer lab says hes already noticed some differences. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, “Boys are not so afraid that they might do something that will harm the computer, (38) _girls are afraid they might break it somehow.”The software company Purple Moon
26、 says it has found what girls want - characters they can relate to and story lines relative to whats going on in their own lives. Karen Gould of Purple Moon Software says, “What we have definitely found from girls is that there is no essential reason (39) _ they wouldnt want to play on a computer; i
27、t was just a content thing.”The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this - the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys (40) _ be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century. Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the w
28、ords in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Scientific breakthroughs mean that life expectancy continues to rise every year. But the medical advances which now make it possible to think about living to a very great age - if not forever - also rais
29、e profound practical and ethical issues. Is immortality (永生) a realistic _41_? Not for the foreseeable future. In last years Reith lectures, the gerontologist (老年病学家) Professor Tom Kirkwood firmly quashed (打消 ) the idea that genetic engineering might result in some kind of “fountain of youth”. Consi
30、dering how _42_slow the battles against cancer, heart disease and strokes have been, he said, it is fanciful to imagine that we could conquer death. On the other hand, scientists do now understand more about why we age, and what can be done to slow down the process. “Our ancestral genes placed limit
31、ed _43_on long-term maintenance and repair,” says Kirkwood. “Ageing comes about through the gradual build-up of _44_ faults in the cells and tissues of our bodies, not as the result of some active mechanism for death and destruction.” The _45_ , then, is to help the body repair the damage done by we
32、ar and tear. How can that be done? In many different ways, some of which are already pretty common. Organ transplants from pigs and monkeys are now old news - the American politician Jesse Helms has just had a ten-year-old pig valve (瓣膜) in his heart _46_. Doctors have succeeded in _47_computerized
33、implants directly to nerve fibres, allowing the deaf to hear, and there is hope that electrodes (电极) planted in the brain may soon offer hope for the blind to see. But the real _48_at the moment lies in the field of stem cells - special cells that allow lizards (蜥蜴) to grow new tails and humans to g
34、row new skin over _49_cuts. If scientists can learn how to control these cells, they could be used to reproduce parts of the body that are _50_. 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 b
35、lank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Since Alzheimers disease (阿尔茨海默病 )and Parkinsons disease (帕金森病) are common and many A. immeasurably B. replaced C. priority D. failing E. frustratinglyF. potential G. minor H. trick I. unrepaired J. prospect K. wiring页 5 第notable people have de
36、veloped them, they have received more public attention.Alzheimers DiseaseMany people imagine that Alzheimers disease, the degenerative (退化的) disorder that eventually leaves sufferers with total memory loss, is an inevitable result of aging. This is not so. While the risks of contracting the disease
37、increase with age, there are many elderly people whose memories are perfect. Most of us are so ill-_51_ about all forms of memory loss that we label everything as “Alzheimers ”. Alzheimers disease itself can affect people as young as 30 and can progress either quickly or slowly. It can also _52_ the
38、 blame for other non-degenerative conditions such as deep depression. _53_, only an examination of the brain tissue during an autopsy (解剖) can produce an accurate _54_ of the disease.The causes of Alzheimers are unknown. They may be either _55_ or environmental. A study in 1996 of 13,000 people whos
39、e parents or siblings had the disease showed they had five times _56_ chance of passing away by the age of 80 than those with no family history of the problem._57_, there are other factors. In a study of identical twins, it was found that only about half of the twin pairs developed Alzheimers and, w
40、hen both twins _58_ it, they did so as much as 15 years apart. The possibility that environment plays a part was boosted by another 1996 study, this time of two groups of elderly Japanese men. One group lived in Hawaii, the other group in Japan. The Hawaiian group had a much higher incidence of the
41、disease.Aluminum (铝) has been blamed for the development of Alzheimers. This is because a high level aluminum has been found in the brains of sufferers. The disease was first diagnosed at the beginning of the 20th century. It was at this time that aluminum was becoming widely _59_ for use in cooking
42、 pots.Memory loss, _60_ in performing familiar tasks, and problems with abstract thinking are all indicators of the beginning of the disease. One unusual feature is its impact on language. It attacks nouns first, then verbs. Grammar is one of the last things to go.Parkinsons DiseaseParkinsons diseas
43、e (PD) is a progressive disorder of the central nervous system which _61_ more than one million Americans. Individuals with PD lack the substance dopamine (多巴胺), which is _62_ for the central nervous systems control of muscle activity. Parkinsons Disease is often characterized by shake, inflexibilit
44、y in limbs and joints, speech disability and difficulty in _63_ physical movement. Late in the course of the disease, some patients develop dementia (痴呆症) and eventually Alzheimers disease. _64_, some Alzheimer patients develop symptoms of Parkinsons disease. Medications such as levodopa (左多巴), whic
45、h changes itself into dopamine once inside the brain, which prevents degeneration of dopamine-containing neurons (神经细胞), are used to improve diminished or _65_ motor symptoms in PD patients, but do not correct the mental changes that occur.51. A. judged B. equipped C. informed D. advised52. A. take
46、B. put C. lay D. hold53. A. On the other hand B. For example C. After all D. In the end54. A. description B. demonstration C. diagnosis D. illustration55. A. natural B. instinctual C. genetic D. internal56. A. slighter B. fainter C. less D. more57. A. Therefore B. However C. Instead D. Finally58. A.
47、 came up with B. did away with C. went down with D. put up with59. A. available B. valuable C. memorable D. inaccessible60. A. complaint B. difficulty C. ease D. complexity61. A. touch B. influence C. concern D. affect62. A. important B. unimportant C. priceless D. worthless63. A. stopping B. changi
48、ng C. initiating D. controlling页 6 第64. A. Additionally B. Contrarily C. Consequently D. Particularly65. A. treated B. showed C. released D. reducedSection 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 )The stylistic innovation in painting known as Impressionism began in the 1870s. The Impressionists wanted to depict
