【英语】上海市尚德实验学校2015届高三上学期期中考试

上海市尚德实验学校2015届高三上学期期中考试

英语试题

（满分150分，答卷时间120分钟）

第I卷（共103分）

I. Listening Comprehension （30’）

Section A

1. A. Go to the office B. Keep calling C. Try online booking D. See a doctor

2. A. A reporter B. An athlete C.A fisherman D. An organizer

3. A. At a post office. B. At a fast-food restaurant.

C. At a booking office.

D. At a check-in desk.

4. A. He already has plans.

B. The woman should decide where to eat.

C. He will make a reservation.

D. The woman can ask her brother for advice.

5. A. He got wet in the rain B. The shower was out of order

C. He didn’t hear the phone ringing

D. He got out of the shower to answer the phone.

6. A. Reasonable. B. Bright. C. Serious D. Ridiculous.

7. A. Send leaflets. B. Go sightseeing. C. Do some gardening. D. Visit a lawyer.

8. A. Her doorbell doesn’t need repair.

B. She didn’t expect him to come so early.

C. The man has just arrived on time.

D. It is not the right time for her.

9. A. She won’t go to the beach if it rains.

B. She would like the man to get to the beach.

C. It will clear up tomorrow.

D. It was pouring when she was at the beach.

10. A. What to take up as a hobby. B. How to keep fit.

C. How to handle pressure.

D. What to play with.

Section B

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Her school was in a small village.

B. She was outstanding at school.

C. She was the only Asian girl there.

D. Her parents were in London.

12. A. London. B. Bath. C. Swindon. D. Oxford.

13. A. Coming across a radio producer. B. Taking an earlier train.

C. Meeting a professional artist.

D. Wearing two odd shoes.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following speech.

14. A. Education children. B. Saving rare animals.

C. Recreating an environment.

D. Making a profit.

15. A. Animals make visitors stressful.

B. Animals must live their lives in cages.

C. Animals can feel bored and sad.

D. Animals are in danger of extinction.

16. A. They are still useful and necessary.

B. They have more disadvantages then advantages.

C. They are a perfect environment for animals.

D. They are recreative places for animals.

Section C

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

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

II. Grammar and vocabulary (26’)

Section A （16’）

Directions: Fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct.

(A)

When (25)_____________(ask) to point out one or two things that are most important to themselves, many put friends ahead (26)___________ homes, jobs, clothes and cars.

A true friendship carries a long history of experience that determines who we are and

(27)__________(keep) us connected. It is a treasure we should protect. Unfortunately, the better friends you are, the (28)________ (probable) you’ll have d isagreements. And the result can be what you don’t want— an end to the relationship.

The good news is (29)_________ most troubled friendships can be mended. First, don’t let your pride get in your way. Most of us can forgive each other when differences are brought out in the open. Second, (30)_________(apologize) when you’re wrong --– (31)______ _____ you’ve

been wronged. Over the course of a friendship, even the best people make mistakes. Sometimes, it may be best if the wronged person takes the lead and apologizes. When you apologize, give your friend a chance to admit that he has been wrong. Third, see things from your friend’s point of view. And finally, accept that friendships change as our needs and lifestyle change. Making friends can sometimes seem easy. The hard part is keeping the connections strong during the natural ups and downs that have an effect on all relationships. My suggestion: Consider friendship (32)_________ honor and a gift, and worth the effort to treasure and nurture (培养).

（B）

Fear (33)__________ be felt in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.

Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting（收缩）and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point (34)________ the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggested that the heart is able to influence (35)___________ the brain responds to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.

Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said, “Our study show for the first time that the way (36)___________ we deal with fear is different, depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.

The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr. Garfinkel said, “The study show ed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping (37)_________ when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don’t see —and guide whether we see fear.”

(38)_________ (understand) this relationship further, the scientists also used a brain scanner to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person’s feeling of fear. “So far we (39)___________(find) an important mechanism by which the heart and brain ‘speak’ to each other to change our fee lings and reduce fear” Dr. Garfinkel said. “We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety, disorders, and also for (40)__________ who are suffering from serious stress disorder.”

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.

Technology is the application of knowledge to production. Thanks to modern technology, we have been able to increase greatly the efficiency of our work 41 . New machines and new methods have 42 to cut down time and expense while increasing overall output. This has meant more production and a higher standard of living. For most people in America, modern technology is thought of as the reason why we can have cars and television sets. However, technology has also increased the amount of food 43 to us, by means of modern farming machinery and animal breeding techniques, and has extended our life span through medical technology.

Will mankind continue to live longer and have a higher quality of life? In large 44 the answer depends on technology and our ability to use it 45 . If we keep making progress as we have over the past fifty years, the answer is definitely yes. The advancement of technology depends upon 46 and development, and the latest statistics show that the United States is continuing to pump billions of dollars annually into such efforts. So while we are running out of some scarce resources we may well find 47 substitutes for many of them through our research programs.

Therefore, in the final analysis the three major factors of production (land, labor and capital) are all influenced by technology. When we need new techniques in medicine, people will start 48 new technology to meet those needs. As equipment proves to be slow or inefficient, new machines will be 49 . Technology responds to our needs in helping us maintain our 50 of living.

III. Reading Comprehension (47’)

Section A (15’)

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.

The responsibilities of job, home and family all too often transform the daily routine into a huge burden. Enjoying quality leisure time becomes 51 .

True leisure means engaging in a 52 and rewarding activity without being 53 by other aspects of your life. Sometimes, the 54 you experience during the week make you place great emphasis on weekends and other days off. You hope to relax, but the stress is 55 . You can't rest even when you have the time to do so. When time is limited, leisure activities are usually the first items to 56 from the daily schedule.

If you routinely 57 your leisure time because you have "more important things to do," you may be underestimating how much time the things 58 take. Most people routinely shortchange themselves on the amount of time required to complete a given task. The problem is a 59 to evaluate performance honestly.

60 , simplifying your life will let you have more windows of opportunity to do stuff just for fun. Maybe you need to relearn to relax.

Spare Time for Your 61 : Devote one afternoon or evening per week 62 to doing something that you enjoy, listening to music, assembling a jigsaw puzzle. Do whatever you always wish to but never seem to find time for. And do it where there's nothing to remind you of other 63 .

Choose Low-Tech: The popular fascination with technological advances in all areas of life has diverted(偏离) attention from the simple pleasures of many 64 pastimes. People think they must have the best, most up-to-date equipment available to enjoy themselves. When keeping up with trends becomes the 65 , the pure pleasure of leisure is lost.

51. A. difficult B. essential C. noticeable D. incapable

52. A. reluctant B. pleasurable C. delicate D. disgusting

53. A. cultivated B. ashamed C. preoccupied D. oppressed

54. A. favour B. risk C. stress D. thirst

55. A. reasonable B. enormous C. ignorant D. adjusted

56. A. destroy B. consider C. recognize D. disappear

57. A. estimate B. fulfill C. abandon D. expand

58. A. constantly B. actually C. initially D. equally

59. A. variety B. delay C. failure D. record

60. A. Consequently B. However C. Moreover D. Therefore

61. A. Instincts B. Images C. Desires D. Tasks

62. A. occasionally B. entirely C. primarily D. dramatically

63. A. duties B. expectations C. stimulations D. limitations

64. A. uncommon B. individual C. traditional D. physical

65. A. focus B. depression C. source D. threat

Section B

Directions:Read the following three passages. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British traditional culture. However, with the fast development of mobile phones, it has lost its place in people’s everyday life. In order to save their loved red phone boxes, people have thought up many ideas, for example, to turn them into toilets or art houses.

In a village in Somerset, a place in South West England, villagers have found a novel way to save their red phone box. They turned it into a mini library to cope with the shortage of libraries in their area. The idea was given by a local villager, Janet Fisher, who lives opposite the phone box. Villagers rallied together to set up the book box after their mobile library service was cancelled. Over 100 books and a variety of movies and music CDs are available at this tiny library. The books are of different kinds, ranging from cooking books to the classics and children’s books.

People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box, and take away the

books that they’d like to read. The books are always changing. There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh.

Anyone is free to come to read books there. The phone box library is open every day around the clock and is lit at night. “It’s very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved. More importantly, it can continue providing a service for us,” said one of the villagers.

66. The red phone box has been a symbol of ______.

A. the European architecture

B. the British culture

C. the development of technology

D. British people’s daily life

67. The underlined word “novel” in paragraph 2 means ______.

A. separate

B. traditional

C. ridiculous

D. new

68. People in Somerset turned the red phone box into a mini library to ______.

A. keep its original function

B. make up for the lack of library service

C. provide a place to exchange ideas

D. to enlarge the collection of the local library

69. Which of the following statements is true about the red phone box?

A. The library is open to the public only at night.

B. The library was set up by a local villager living opposite a phone box.

C. People can borrow books and other audio-visual products there.

D. Regular check is made to keep the books in good order.

(B)

70. This passage is most probably ______.

A. an advertisement for enrolling new employees

B. a school report at the end of an academic year

C. a part of a recommendation letter from a university

D. a self-introduction meant to apply for a job

71. According to the “Experience” section, we can infer that Donald Sloan can be _____.

A. a wise leader

B. a skillful performer

C. a good social worker

D. a gifted scientist

72. From the passage we can learn that Donald Sloan ______.

A. is about to graduate from a university

B. is good at singing and dancing

C. has an interest in being a surgeon

D. specializes in psychology

73. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A. Donald Sloan is confident in cooperating with people.

B. Social services used to be Donald Sloan’s major in the university.

C. Donald is ready to help others in trouble.

D. Donald is still helping to handle teenagers’ trouble through phone .

(C)

Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people still don’t know one another very well.

That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversation”－events where individuals pair with persons they don’t know for three hours of guided talk designed to get the past “Where are you from?”

Mr. Zeldin, an Oxford University professor, heads Oxford Muse, a 10-year-old foundation based on the idea that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.

The “feast” in London looks not at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among hopes and fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives. The “menu of conversation” includes topics like “How have your priorities changed over the years?” Or, “What have you rebelled against the past?”

As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech that despite instant communications in a globalized age, issues of human heart remain. Many people are lonely, or in routines that discourage knowing the depth of one another. “We are trapped in shallow conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,” he says. “But thinking interaction is what separates us from other species, except may be dogs…who do have generations of human interactions.”

The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t pair with someone you know or ask questions you would

not answer. The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of young adults to seniors, in sun hats, ties and dresses, looked to see whom they would be "intimate" with for hours. But 15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.

“It’s encouraging to see the world is not just a place of oppression and distance from each other,” Zeldin summed up. “What we did is not ordinary, but it can’t be madder than the world already is.”

Some said they felt “liberated” to talk on sensitive topics. Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”

74. What can the “conversations” be best described as?

A. Instant and inspiring.

B. Deep and one-on-one.

C. Sensitive and mad.

D. Ordinary and encouraging.

75. In a “feast of conversations”, participants ______.

A. have a guided talk for a set of period of time

B. pair freely with anyone they like

C. ask questions they themselves would not answer

D. wear clothes reflecting multi-racial features.

76. I n paragraph 6, “they would be “intimate’” is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. they would be close friends

B. they would exchange basic information

C. they would have physical contact

D. they would have in-depth talk

77. From the passage, we can conclude that what Zeldin does is ______.

A. one of the maddest activities ever conducted

B. an attempt to promote thinking interaction

C. a try to liberate people from old-fashioned ideas

D. an effort to give people a chance of talking freely

Section C

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

After a few days in Pittsburgh, I was happy to leave the city and enjoy the harmony of the countryside. I left my hotel early and drove south to the Bear Run Nature Reserve. As I arrived, I was immediately impressed by the charming Laurel Highlands and other natural sights. However, I was not there to enjoy beauty: I was there to see a house, one of the most famous houses in the world.

The house I had come to see is Fallingwater. The name came from the fact that it was built over a waterfall. As most houses are built on solid ground, this house’s location instantly made it famous. When you approach the house, surrounded by forest, streams and mountains, it looks as though the clear blue water were flowing through it, since the stream rushes out from under the ground floor of the building.

The house was designed by the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, for businessman Edgar Kaufman and his family. As I toured the house, I learnt that it took Wright three years to build the place. The Kaufman family had asked him to design them a home in the middle of the countryside where they could enjoy the sights and sounds of the natural world. Though they lived in the city, they loved to come to the mountains to spend some time in the peace and quiet of nature. In fact, they loved the water so much that they asked Wright to design a house that would let them view the beautiful waterfall every day.

Many people have suggested that this incredible building is a masterpiece of design, and I would agree with it. It also demonstrates how important it is to respect nature rather than try to dominate it.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN NINE WORDS.)

78. What made the house I came to see different from the common ones? __________________.

79. It seemed that water flowed through the house because ______________________________.

80. The Kaufman family had the house built there in order to __________________________.

81. In the author’s idea, this house was not only a work of art but also

_______________________.

第II卷（共47分）

I. Translation （4+4+4+5+5）

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1.生态旅游意味着把历史和文化考虑在内。（consideration）

2.他沉迷于听音乐以至于没有意识到把包落在地铁上了。(aware)

3.如果我当时每天练习英语，我现在就会说的和你一样流利了。(If 虚拟语气)

4.我建议你去那些生态资源丰富的小城镇和农村地区，因为你离自然越近你就越健康。（the

more…）

5.一听到晋升为销售经理的消息，他就迫不及待打电话给我了。（Hardly）

II. Guided Writing (25)

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

右图是一个傍晚时分在某一社区广场上拍摄的照片，很多中老年的女性居民在跳舞锻炼身体，这样的场景在我们身边也比比皆是，请简要描述图片，并针对这一现象谈谈你的看法。

你的作文应包括：

▲对图片的简要描述；

▲你对这一现象的看法；

▲你的建议。

可能用到的词汇：

public square dancing 广场舞

sound-systems 音响

volume 音量

上海市尚德实验学校2015届高三上学期期中考试

英语试题参考答案

1-5 CBABD 6-10 DBDAC 11-15 CBABC 16 A

17. Fourteen/14 18. downtown 19. personal 20. cash 21. mixed

22. more self-confident 23. a positive influence 24. exams

25. asked 26. of 27. keeps 28. more probably 29. that 30. apologize

31. even if 32. an 33. may 34. when 35. how 36. that 37. than 38. To understand 39. have found 40. those

41-50 JGABI FCHDK

51-65 ABCCB DCBCB CBACA

66-69 BDBC 70-73 DCAD 74-77 BADB

78. Being built over a waterfall / The location over a waterfall

79. the stream rushes out from under the ground floor

80. enjoy the sights and sounds of the natural world. / enjoy nature

81. a symbol/ sign to demonstrate the importance to respect nature

翻译：

1.Ecotourism means taking history and culture into consideration.

1 1 1 1

2.He was absorbed/ lost in listening to music so that he was not aware that he had

1 1 1

left the bag on the underground.

1

3.If I had practiced English every day at that time, I would speak it as fluently as

1 1 1 1 you.

4.I suggest you go(going) to those small towns and rural areas rich in ecological

1 2

resources, because the closer you are to nature, the healthier you will be.

1 1

5.Hardly had he heard the news of being promoted to sales manager when he

1 1 1 1 could n’t wait to call me.

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