静安区2015学年第一学期高三年级教学质量检测
英语试卷2016. 1
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1-13页）和第II卷（第13-14页），全卷共14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 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 thequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversationandthequestionaboutit, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Teacher. B. Repairman. C. Shop assistant. D. Doctor. 2. A. At home. B. At school. C. In the hospital. D. On the street. 3. A. His new job is too difficult for him.
B. He is used to his new job.
C. He is still trying to get used to his new job. D. He doesn’t like his new job. 4. A. 15 dollars. B. 14 dollars. C. 10 dollars. D. 12 dollars. 5. A. She is surprised at her mum’s coming back so soon. B. She thinks that she is too slow.
C. She wants the man to be quick. D. She will go out herself.
6. A. She used to be in poor health. B. She was popular among boys. C. She was somewhat overweight. D. She didn’t do well at high school. 7. A. At the airport. B. In a restaurant. C. In a booking office. D. At the hotel reception.
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8. A. Teaching her son by herself.
B. Having confidence in her son. C. Asking the teacher for extra help.
D. Telling her son not to worry. 9. A. Have a short break. B. Take two weeks off. C. Continue her work outdoors. D. Go on vacation with the man. 10. A. He is taking care of his twin brother.
B. He has been feeling ill all week. C. He is worried about Rod.
D. He has been in perfect condition.
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. Lawyer. B. Computer programmer. C. Blogger. D. Firefighter. 12. A. 21% of all the employers. B. 1% of American teenagers. C. 79% of all the employers. D. 1% of American adults.
13. A. With many bloggers, America is sure to win her reputation in the world. B. Washington is the city which has most bloggers in America. C. There are fewer employees of newspapers than a few years ago. D. The topics of blogging cover almost every area of people’s daily life.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news. 14. A. In the Town Hall. B. In a community.
C. In somebody’s house. D. In a stadium. 15. A. The equal job, the equal pay.
B. The best way of cooking and cleaning. C. The women’s liberation movement.
D. Women’s ability to be good leaders. 16. A. Women’s responsibility of child raising. B. Women’s ability to do anything important. C. Not only concrete issues but also attitude and beliefs.
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D. How to take jobs and help others.
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.
SHOW Place for next show: Time for next show: Place for the woman’s work: Transportation: Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Coastal Redwood Trees Characteristics: Location of the tallest trees: Height of the tallest trees: Age of the oldest recorded tree: a. __21__bark against fires. b. a liking for a __22__ climate. Along the __23__California coast. More than 350 feet. __24__. In New York. This __17__. At the __18__. Driving in a big __20__. The woman’s purpose to San Francisco: On __19__. 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 )
Exploration of the Poles
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The North Pole and South Pole are at the top and bottom of the Earth, (25)_______________you won’t find an actual pole to mark the place. The poles are the northernmost and southernmost points on the planet. The poles are the most unfriendly environments on Earth.
In the early 1900s, explorers competed to become the first (26)_______________ ( reach ) the South Pole. From 1901 to 1904, British naval officer Robert Scott made the first attempt. Scott got (27)_______________ ( far ) south than anyone had been before, but he failed to reach the pole.
In 1909, Ernest Shackleton of Britain led an expedition across Antarctica on sleds pulled by dogs. They were only about 100 miles (about 160 kilometers) from the South Pole (28)_______________ a shortage of food forced them to turn back.
Scott finally reached the South Pole in January 1912. But (29)_______________ ( disappoint ) Scott found that Roald Amundsen had beaten him by one month. Amundsen’s expedition arrived at the pole in December 1911. Amundsen was (30)_______________ experienced Arctic explorer, and he had made careful preparations. Scott and his companions died of injury, cold, and hunger on their return from the pole.
In 1914, Shackleton (31)_______________ ( plan ) another expedition to the South Pole. But his ship was crushed by ice, and he had to cross 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) of freezing sea in a tiny boat to survive. Shackleton then returned to save his strandedmen. It was one of the greatest rescue feats in history.
In 1929, Arctic explorer Richard Byrd became the first person who flew over the South Pole. Byrd later pioneered the idea of(32)_______________ ( set )up permanent stations for scientific research in Antarctica. A station called the Amundsen-Scott Base has stood at the South Pole since 1977.
( B )
Teaching in front of a camera
Wageningen University is keen on developing forms of education that reach people all over the world. The basics of the course topics are covered in short films and three-minute to seven-minute presentations (33)_______________ ( use ) techniques such as animationand voiceover ( 画外音 ). The online Master’s programmes are quite different from the large-scale MOOCs (在线课程 ), explains Busstra. In the Master’s courses, the short “knowledge clips” ( 短片 ) dealing with the essential
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