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杨浦区2016学年度第二学期高三模拟质量调英语学科试卷

第I卷（共100分）

I． Listening Comprehension Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversions between two speakers. At the end of each conversion, 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.1:00p.m. B.2:03p.m. C.2:30p.m. D.2:45p.m 2．A .Jon Smith isn’t in right now. B .The man dialed the wrong number.

C. John Smith can’t answer the phone right now. D. The woman is busy working and can’t find John Smith. 3. A. Delivering newspaper. B. Picking Fruit. C. Baby-sitting. D. Posting advertisements. 4. A. At home. B. At a hair-dresser. C. In the office. D. In a library. 5. A. Cook and baker. B. Waitress and diner. C. Tailor and customer. D. Boss and secretary. 6 . A. The man forgot saying something about the exam. B. The man said something that annoyed Jess. C. The man didn’t care about the exam. D. The man kept talking in the exam. 7. A. The boys are badly spoiled. B. The man gives them too much money. C. They should learn to manage money. D. She wants to save money for the boys. 8. A. Delighted. B. Excited. C. Puzzled. D. Disappointed. 9. A. Rebecca doesn’t work hard enough. B. Rebecca never falls asleep in class. C. Rebecca has a Japanese cultural background. D. Rebecca’s parents urge her to have more sleep. 10. A. Cindy is satisfied with her new hair style. B. Cindy is suffering from a serious hair loss.

C. Cindy found her new image unbelievably nice. D. Cindy’s hairstylist didn’t understand her requirement. Section B

Directions：In Section B, you will hear several longer conversion(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation (s) and the passage(s).The conversation(s) and passage(s) will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only twice. 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. Questions11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. In Sichuan province in 2013. B. In Washington, DC in 2000. C. In Washington, DC in 2013. D. In Sichuan province in 2000. 12. A. She was seriously ill. B. Her parents missed her too much. C. She was not accustomed to the food there. D. Pandas born outside China must come back before 4. 13. A. Many US people saw her off at the airport. B. It took her 6 hours to come back home by plane. C. She was accompanied by a diplomat and doctor.

D. A variety of food was prepared on the plane by Chinese zoo. Questions 14 though 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. They speak too carefully. B. They don’t like foreigners. C. .They use jokes and slang D. They are poor at communication. 15. A. You are as beautiful as a queen. B. No problems. C. You are serious about small matters. D. Don’t play drams.

16. A. Imitate their pronunciation. B. Point out their lack of patience. C. Learn to speak internationally. D. Ask them to speak slowly and clearly. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. A cell phone that had just been released. B. A cell phone whose price had just dropped. C. A cell phone that many reviews recommended.

D. A cell phone that the woman thought had some problems.

18. A. He was afraid the product he wanted would be sold out soon. B. He thought that the new technology was worth the full price.

C. He predicted that the prices of well-designed products would go up. D. He knew products from this company seldom offered a discount. 19. A. She picked one model and bought it without hesitation. B. She was always the first one to try out latest models. C. She often consulted product reviews before purchase. D. She compared prices and bought the more expensive one. 20 A. Most companies overstate the function of their products. B. Different people have different values and principles.

C. The man admitted that he bought the cell phone too hastily.

D. The woman was more experienced in buying expensive products. II Grammar and vocabulary Section A

Directions: After reading the passage, 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.

I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in (21) ______60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.

The woman looked down, (22) __________(shake) her head and said: “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.”

Then she gave the cashier food stamps.

My heat ached. I wanted to help but didn’t know how. (23)____ I offer to pay for her groceries or ask for her husband’s resume?

As I walked into the parking lot, I saw the woman (24)_______ (return) her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse (25)______ I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.

My heart pounded as I approached the woman.

“Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”

I handed her the small card from my purse.

When the woman read the card’s only two words, she began to cry. And through her tears, she said: “You have no idea (26) _______ this means to me.”

I was a little startled by her reply. (27)__________ (not do) anything like this before, I didn’t know what kind of reaction I might receive. All left for me (28)_________(say) was: “ Oh, Would it be OK to give you a hug?”

(29)________ we embraced, I walked back to my car -- and began to cry, too. The words on the card? “You Matter.”

A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card (30)___________encouragement for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a warm glow spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter card and started sharing them. Section B

Directions: 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. technology B. contemporary C. stretched D. hidden E. recognized F. discovery G. updated H. extensive I. countless J. estimated K. definition Most of us learn at primary school that there are seven continents, but the next generation of kids may be adding one more to that list.

According to a recent paper published in the geological society of American journal by a group of researchers, “Zealandia’’ is a new continent that’s 31 beneath the ocean.

Zealandia is 32 to be five million sq km. Most of this massive area is covered by water, but its highest mountains already have their own name: New Zealand.

The small country is the only part of Zealandia that isn't under water, but the paper’s authors want the huge landmass to be 33 worldwide as its own continent. “The scientific value of classifying Zealandia as a continent is much more than just an extra name on a list,” the researchers wrote in their paper.

Scientists discovered Zealandia all the way back in 1995, then started 34 research on the area using underwater and satellite mapping 35 . After completing their work, they were finally able to write a report suggesting that Zealandia be named a continent.

But who decided on what is a continent and what isn't? There is, in fact, no official organization that does. Some countries’ schools teach that there are six or even five continents. This changes depending on where in the world the school is.

Due to their 36 as a “continuous expanse of land”, some classify Europe and Asia as the same continent---known as Eurasia. Schools in Russia and parts of Eastern Europe teach this.

And to make things even more confusing, France and Greece, as well as some other countries, classify North America and South American as simply America.

This argument over how land is defined has even 37 into outer space. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto was no longer a planet, 76 years after its 38 in 1930. Experts argued that it no longer met the requirements needed to be called a planet alongside the eight others in our solar system. It was therefore renamed a “dwarf planet(矮行星)”, meaning that 39 books, models and museum exhibits all over world had to be 40 . But will the world take the same notice of Zealandia? The best way to tell is to keep an eye on our textbooks.

III .Reading Comprehension Section 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.

Good news for awkward teenagers around the world. As time goes by, you could 41 up like a completely different person.

This comes from the longest running personality study ever 42 by scientists. According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the U.K, our personality changes so much from youth to old age that most people’s personalities in older age are barely 43 compared to their younger selves.

The researchers analyzed results from a study in 1947, which gathered 1,208 teenagers in Scotland aged 14 and asked their teachers to 44 their personalities based on six traits(特征).

Now more than six decades later, the University of Edinburgh team has managed to contact 635 of the 45 students, and 174 agreed to have their personalities tested once more.

At an average age of 76.7 years old, the group were asked to 46 themselves on the same six personality traits, then pick a close friend or family member to do the same.

By 47 the then-and-now test results, the researchers found that there is hardly a relationship between traits people had as teenagers and those in their older years.

It was “as if the second tests had been given to 48 people,” the study’s researchers wrote in their report, which was published in journal Psychology and Aging.

The results were a surprise because research in the past found personality 49 in people tested from childhood to middle-age, and from middle-age to older age.

As the team explained, our personality appears stable over short intervals --- 50 so throughout