浦东新区 2017 学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测试题
高三英语试卷 第Ⅰ卷
Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension（25 分）
Section A – Short Conversations
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. In a gym. B. In a shoe-repair shop. C. In a department store. D. At a track. 2. A. $200. B. $400. C. $250. D. $500.
3. A. Take classes. B. Find a job. C. Learn more. D. Get ready for the next term.
4. A. To leave her a message with her roommate. B. To solve a problem in his homework. C. To talk with her roommate. D. To ask about his homework.
5. A. He likes physics. B. His physics is the best in the class. C. He is working hard at physics. D. His physics is very poor in the class. 6. A. A sportsman. B. A doctor. C. A news reporter. D. A game designer. 7. A. Unforgettable. B. Impressive. C. Pleasant. D. Disappointing.
8. A. Coins and banknotes. B. Weights and measures. C. Shapes and areas. D. Volumes and sizes.
9. A. It’s too crowded and he can’t breathe very well. B. The next stop is the terminal station. C. The next stop is their stop. D. A lot of people get off at the next stop. 10. A. The Parking places are very far away. B. He had no problem finding the park. C. There is enough parking space. D. He isn’t very good at parking the car. Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. The driver took the wrong route. B. He missed his flight.
D. His taxi got stuck in a traffic jam. B. The plane encountered a strong storm.
C. There was something wrong with the engine. D. The hijacker forced the captain to do so. 13. A. He had forgotten to lock his front door. B. He had lost his keys to the front door. C. He had left his luggage in the taxi. D. He had picked up the wrong suitcase. Question 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Women now want to be car repairwomen instead of teachers. B. Women tend to do jobs that are traditionally intended for men. C. More girls are choosing fixed jobs in Scotland.
D. British women choose non-traditional jobs more than women in other countries. 15. A. Because women see many job opportunities on TV. B. Because women feel car repairing is cool on TV. C. Because women are influenced by their stars on TV.
D. Because women are told about job choices by career officers on TV. 16. A. Britain needs more women to do non-traditional jobs.
B. The media should call for women to do non-traditional jobs. C. British women have taken up too many traditional jobs for men.
D. The change in men’s attitudes is not important for women job choices.
Question 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. For ten years. B. For nine years. C. For eight years. D. For one year. 18. A. She is more concentrated on her career. B. She is not sure about the marriage. C. She’s holding hatred against Frank. D. She’s not comfortable with children around.
19. A. Keeping persuading Claire. B. Give up and compromise. C. Fight harder with Claire. D. Give Claire some time. 20. A. They have just been to Hawaii for a holiday.
B. They cannot reach an agreement on having a baby. C. They are planning to get a divorce.
D. They are trying to overcome career crisis.
C. He failed to get to the airport. 12. A. One of the wings caught fire.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary（20 分）
Section A
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill 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.
As a young child, Ann Makosinski would spend hours experimenting with her toys and other everyday objects around her to create her own inventions.
Now a first-year Arts student, Makosinski is a well-known inventor and entrepreneu（r 创业者）. recognizes She won the 2015 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award of Excellence, 21 innovative business solutions to social problems—the same recognition given to Barack Obama in 2014. Her own inventions, the Hollow Flashlight and the e-Drink, have been causing excitement
internationally 22 their creation. At the age of 15, Makosinski created a prototype（原型）for a flashlight 23 （power） by the heat of one’s hand. This invention was the result of a ninth grade science project, but Makosinski’s goal was 24 （ offer） a practical solution to people with unlimited access to power and electricity.
“ I’m half-Filipino and half-Polish, and one of my friends from the Philippines told me that she failed school 25 she couldn’t afford electricity. She had no light to study with at night, so that was kind of the inspiration,”Makosinski explained.“I’ve always been interested in doing science projects, so I thought, why don’t I find a way to provide her and a lot of other people with light?” The Hollow Flashlight is made from Peltier tiles（珀耳贴贴片）that produce energy when one side 26 （heat）and the other side remains cool. The flashlight can produce a steady beam of LED light for 20 minutes, 27 （use）only the warmth of the human hand. Her advice to other student innovators? “ Start now. There 28 be nothing holding you back. Some students at colleges or even in high school think ‘ Oh, I’m a student. I just need to study.’ 29 may think it important to make friends and be social. The truth is, you can do a lot of other things. You can do 30 you want. Just go ahead.”
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. potentially
B. filmed H. eyebrow
C. dropped D. commonly E. treats
J. selection
G. sensitive I. domesticated
F. sympathy K. confident
Puppy Dog Eyes Are for the Benefits of Humans
Dogs make puppy dog eyes for the benefit of humans and rarely use the pleasing facial expression when on their own, a new study has shown.
It has long been assumed that animal facial expressions are involuntary and dependent on emotional state rather than a way to communicate.
But scientists at the University’s Dog Cognition Centre at Portsmouth University have found that dogs mostly use facial expressions when humans are present, as a direct response to attention. Puppy dog eyes, in which the 31 is raised to make the eyes appear wider and sadder, was found to be the most 32 used expression in the study. Researchers do not know whether the dogs are aware they look sadder, or have just learned that widening their eyes invites 33 and affection in humans.
Dog cognition expert Dr Juliane Kaminski: “We can now be 34 that the production of facial expressions made by dogs are dependent on the attention state of their audience and are not just a result of dogs being excited.”
“In our study they produced far more expressions when someone was watching, but seeing food 35 did not have the same effect.”
“The findings appear to support evidence dogs are 36 to humans’ attention and that expressions are 37 active attempts to communicate, not simple emotional displays.” The researchers studied 24 dogs of various breeds, aged one to 12. All were family pets. Each dog was tied by a lead a metre away from a person, and the dogs’ faces were 38 throughout a range