【高三上英语】2016年上海市浦东新区高三第一学期期中联考英语试题

2016学年度第一学期中普高联考
高三英语
（时间120分钟，满分150分）
第Ⅰ卷（110分）
I.Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speak e rs.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 gymnasium. B.In a sports club.
C.In a shoe exhibition.
D.In a department store.
2.A.He’ll keep them for the woman. B.He can carry them with one hand.
C.He’ll help the woman move them.
D.He has a few more of them for the woman.
3.A.At4:30. B.At5:00. C.At7:00. D.At7:30.
4.A.Mother and son. B.Boss and secretary. C.Doctor and patient. D.Teacher and student.
5.A.To get a doctor’s degree. B.To tell the doctor she’ll be late.
C.To make an appointment.
D.To ask someone to repair her car.
6.A.He doesn’t intend to get the clothes. B.The clothes don’t look clean to him.
C.The woman can pick out her own clothes.
D.The woman should stop staring at his clothes.
7. A.To find out more about the topic for the conference.
B.To make a copy of the schedule for his friend.
C.To get the conference schedule for the woman.
D.To pick up the woman from the library.
8.A.An outdoor activity. B.The view of a lake.
C.The weather forecast.
D.The benefits of swimming.
9.A.The news about Sam is quite a surprise. B.Sam should have stopped playing earlier.
C.Sam’s knee should be better by now.
D.This isn’t a good time for Sam to quit.
10.A.He doesn’t agree with the woman any more.
B.People shouldn’t sit too much without exercise.
C.Health problems make his colleagues sit too much.
D.Attention should be paid to people’s health problems.
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Section B
Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation,and you will be asked three or four questions on each of the passages or 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions11through13are based on the following news.
11.A.1person. B.11people. C.12people. D.22people.
12.A.China is the only foreign country that invests in Mozambique.
B.The cause of the bus accident in California is already made clear.
C.The death of Isabelle Dinoire was related to the face transplant11years ago.
D.Isabelle Dinoire was the first in the world who received partial face transplant.
13.A.China’s strategy to send more people to Mozambique.
B.China’s plan to help Mozambique build an industrial zone.
C.China’s efforts to increase the number of parks in Mozambique.
D.China’s challenges in the development of Mozambique’s economy.
Questions14through16are based on the following passage.
14.A.To show us the negative effects of depression.
B.To help us understand the cause of depression.
C.To tell us the importance of handling depression.
D.To share with us the ways to conquer depression.
15.A.Doing violent sports regularly. B.Telling what we think to someone we trust.
C.Setting high standards for ourselves.
D.Focusing on both our successes and problems.
16.A.It’s common and easy to get rid of. B.It’s terrible but difficult to understand.
C.It’s harmful but possible to overcome.
D.It’s normal and unnecessary to focus on.
Questions17through20are based on the following conversation.
17.A.The advantages of reality TV shows. B.The disadvantages of reality TV shows.
C.Their experiences in reality TV shows.
D.Their different views on reality TV shows.
18.A.Ordinary People.B.Famous people. C.Stupid people. D.Popular people.
19.A.Most of the situations are not real. B.Some of them are too touching.
C.They are full of tension and drama.
D.She will never get into such situations.
20.A.They are amusing but sometimes harmful.
B.They are a form of“gossip entertainment”.
C.They can entertain and sometimes educate people.
D.They can make people know more about nature.
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II.Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions:After reading the passage below,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.
It’s time to go out for a run!
As little as five minutes of running or jogging each day can help people reduce their risk of premature death by nearly one-third and extend their lives by about three years,according to a U.S. study.
The researchers tracked the exercise habits of over55,000adults in the United States for six to twenty-two years.About24percent of the adults described themselves(21)_____pared to those who didn’t run,those who did were30percent(22)_____(likely)to die of any cause during the course of the study.These figures(23)_____(adjust)to take into account people’s smoking and drinking habits,how old they were(24)_____they enrolled in the study,their family’s health history and their other exercise habits.
The researchers divided up the roughly13,000runners into five groups(25)_____(base)on how many minutes they ran per week.Those(26)_____were in the lowest group ran up to50minutes over a seven-day period,and those in the highest group ran for more than175minutes over the course of a week.According to the study,the benefits of running were pretty much the same for all runners.
“Running even at lower doses or slower speeds was associated with significant benefits,”the researchers wrote in their report.(27)_____(reduce)the risk of premature death,they calculated,all it took was30to59minutes of running per week.
“This finding has clinical and public health importance,”the report continues.“Time is one of the strongest barriers to(28)_____(participate)in physical activity.This study may motivate more people to start running.People who(29)_____hardly devote20minutes to moderate physical activity each day may appreciate the efficiency of a five-minute run.”However,it is not clear(30)_____the findings of this study would apply to the nation as a whole.
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.accept
B.individually
C.destroy
D.scheme
E.unique
F.absolutely
G.extraordinary
H.destruction
I.present
J.eventually
K.point
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The common wisdom is that introverts(内向的人)and extroverts(外向的人)do not work well together.This wisdom,as author Jennifer Kahnweiler makes clear in her new book,The Genius of Opposites,is31correct in the sense that cooperation is often going to be difficult,filled with battles and miscommunications,and sometimes deliberate32.
Somehow,however,the introvert-extrovert partnerships produced33results.The key to such success,according to Kahnweiler,is the five-step process at the heart of her book.
The first step,Kahnweiler argues,is to34each other’s differences.If introverted and extroverted people want to partner,they have to realize they will never change the personality of the other person.Instead,each partner has to make a conscious effort to understand the other.
The second step is that battles don’t have to be avoided.Instead,they can be the means through which each partner is challenged by the other;resulting in solutions that are better than those that might have been developed35.
The third step is to cast the character.Because there are two very different personalities in the partnership,partners should take on the roles that best fit their36personalities.
Kahnweiler’s fourth step is to37the dislike.Two people with opposite personalities must work on learning to respect and like each other as much as possible.
The fifth and final step is that each can’t offer everything.Introvert-extrovert consulting partnerships are often powerful because neither partner could offer customers all they want—but the two partners working together are able to38a much more various but complementary(互补的) product or service.
For each step,Kahnweiler covers why that particular step is important.Also,Kahnweiler writes,a major conflict can actually be a turning39in the relationship,paving the way to a productive cooperation.However,battles can also deal fatal blows to introvert-extrovert cooperation.If partners don’t bring out the obvious problems,the result can40destroy the partnership.
The Genius of Opposites is filled with stories of conflicts,most resolved through an effort at communication and a foundation of respect.
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.
The Advantages of an Agenda
An agenda is a list of topics to be introduced and discussed during a meeting.Agendas generally include a reading of the last meeting’s minutes or notes,relevant announcements,a review of the topics
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41.A.take B.limit C.save D.invest
42.A.finds B.suggests C.sets D.prevents
43.A.hurriedly B.favorably C.confidently D.nervously
44.A.warn B.question C.assure rm
45.A.coincidence B.confusion C.agreement D.criticism
46.A.previous B.crucial C.annual D.regular
47.A.shift B.narrow C.lose D.find
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48.A.choose B.keep C.prepare D.handle
49.A.hesitant B.realistic C.active D.curious
50.A.insist on B.believe in C.approve of D.think about
51.A.restores B.influences C.reduces D.increases
52.A.sparing B.wasting C.gaining D.devoting
53.A.record B.situation C.alternative bination
54.A.tough B.right C.past D.final
55.A.numbers B.attendance C.losses D.money
Section B
Directions: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 composing career of Albert Roussel got off to a wayward start,and received one of its biggest advances from a lie.
Roussel was orphaned at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather.He built on the music he had learned from his mother,entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing operatic selections and popular songs on the piano.
Three years later Roussel’s grandfather died,and his mother’s sister took him in.Her husband arranged for young Albert to take piano lessons.Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside resort added a second love to his life—the sea.He studied to be a naval cadet(军官学校学员),but still made time to study music.
In the French Navy,while he was stationed on a cruiser based at Cherbourg,he and two friends found the time to play the piano trios(三重奏)of Beethoven and other composers.Roussel also began composing.At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day1892,he had his first public performance as a composer with the performance of his Andante for string trio and organ.
That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march,and one of his fellow naval officers offered to show it to an outstanding conductor,Edouard Colonne.When Roussel’s friend returned with the manuscript(手稿),he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long afterward,at the age of25,Roussel did just that.He applied the self-discipline, conciseness,and spirituality that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music.As for Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel
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devote his life to music—Roussel’s navy friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel’s manuscript to the conductor.
56.From“a wayward start”in Paragraph1,we know Albert Roussel’s composing career_____.
A.was a great success at first
B.was inspired early in every way
C.was unpredictable in the beginning
D.was a happy one because of a lie
57.Who first brought music to Roussel’s life?
A.His mother.
B.His grandfather.
C.His piano teacher.
D.His fellow naval officer.
58.Why did Roussel join the Navy?
A.He didn’t want to live with his mother’s sister.
B.He loved the sea because of his holidays.
C.He wanted to practice music with his friends.
D.He thought it could help him create music.
59.The following factors except_____led to his success as a composer.
A.his love for music
B.the conductor’s inspiring advice
C.his navy friend’s lie
D.the good qualities acquired in the navy
(B)
GETTING A GRANT
Who pays?
The local education authority(LEA)for the area in which the student is living.
Who can get this money?
Anyone who gets a place on a first degree course,although a student who has already attended a course of advanced further education may not.Students must also have been resident in the UK
for at least three years,which can exclude some students from overseas.
SPECIAL CASES
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If a student has worked before going to college?
A student who is26or more before the course starts and who has worked for at least three of the previous six years will get extra money–£155a year if26,increasing to a maximum of£615at
29or more.
If a student is handicapped?
LEAs will give up to£500to help meet extra expenses–such as buying a tape recorder for a blind student,extra heating or special food.
Banking?
Most of the big banks offer special services to students who open accounts(in the hope that they will stay with the bank when they become rich officials).A student won’t usually have to pay bank charges as long as the account stays in credit.Some banks allow students to overdraw by£100or so,and still don’t make charges(though they do charge interest).
60.The underlined phrase“a grant”in the first line most probably means_____.
A.bank interest
B.a credit card
C.an education fee
D.financial aid
61.A31-year-old nurse wishes to qualify as a doctor at a university.She has worked since she was25.
How much extra money will she get a year?
A.None.
B.£155.
C.£615.
D.£515.
62.A big bank offers a new student special services because_____.
A.they need student accounts badly
B.they charge students extra interest
C.they know he can get money regularly
D.they hope he’ll be a potential customer
(C)
Publicity offers several benefits.There are not costs for message time or space.An ad in prime-time television may cost$250,000to$5,000,000or more per minute,whereas a five-minute report on a network newscast would not cost anything.Publicity reaches a mass audience within a short time and new products or company policies are widely known.
Credibility about messages is high,because they are reported in independent media.A newspaper review of a movie has more believability than an ad in the same paper,because the reader associates independence with objectivity.Similarly,people are more likely to pay attention to news reports than to ads.For example,Women’s Wear Daily has both fashion reports and advertisements.Readers spend time reading the stories,but they skim through the ads.Furthermore,there may be10commercials during a half-hour television program or hundreds of ads in a magazine.Feature stories are much fewer
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in number and stand out clearly.
Publicity also has some significant limitations.A firm has little control over messages,their timing, their placement,or their coverage by a given medium.It may issue detailed news releases and find only portions mentioned by the media,and media have the ability to be much more critical than a firm would like.
For example,in1982,Procter&Gamble faced a massive publicity problem over the meaning of its123-year-old company logo.To fight this negative publicity,the firm had a spokesperson appear on Good Morning America to disprove the rumor(谣言).The false rumors were temporarily put to rest. However,in1985,publicity became so troublemaking that Procter&Gamble decided to remove the logo from its products.
A firm may want publicity during certain periods,such as when a new product is introduced or new store opened,but the media may not cover the introduction or opening until after the time it would aid the firm.Similarly,media determine the placement of a story;it may follow a report on crime or sports.Finally,the media decide whether to cover a story at all and the amount of coverage to be devoted to it.
63.All of the following advantages of publicity are mentioned EXCEPT_____.
A.time saving
B.attentiveness
C.profitability
D.credibility
pared with ad,news report or featuring stories are more_____.
A.believable
B.clear
C.dependent
D.subjective
65.The example of“Procter&Gamble”is given to show_____.
A.the efficient way of disproving rumors
B.the importance of a spokesperson
C.the interaction between firms and media
D.the negative effect of publicity
66.What’s the author’s attitude towards publicity?
A.Doubtful.
B.Objective.
C.Passive.
D.Supportive.
Section C
Directions:Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
A.The discount is by far the better,but the supposedly clever students viewed them as equivalent.
B.So retailers often take advantage of shoppers’preference for discounting.
C.One is to confuse them with double discounting.
D.The main reason is that most people are useless at fractions(分数).
E.They even control some irrelevant factors to make the studies more convincing.
F.Marketing types can draw lessons beyond just pricing,says Mr Rao.
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The Psychology of Discounting
When retailers(零售商)want to persuade customers to buy a particular product,they typically offer it at a discount.According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing,they are missing a trick.
A team of researchers,led by Akshay Rao of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management,looked at consumers’attitudes to discounting.Shoppers,they found,much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper.67.
Consumers often struggle to realize,for example,that a50%increase in quantity is the same as a 33%discount in price.They overwhelmingly assume the former is better value.In an experiment,the researchers sold73%more hand lotion(护手霜)when it was offered in a bonus pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind spot remains even when the deal clearly favours the discounted product.In another experiment,this time on his undergraduates,Mr Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33%extra free or33%off the price.68.
Studies have shown other ways in which retailers can exploit consumers’mathematical illiteracy.
69.People are more likely to see a bargain in a product that has been reduced by20%,and then by an additional25%,than one which has been subject to an equivalent,one-off,40%reduction.
70.When advertising a new car’s efficiency,for example,it is more convincing to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does,rather than the equivalent percentage fall in fuel consumption.
There may be lessons for regulators too.Even well-educated shoppers are easily foxed.Sending everyone back to school for maths refresher-courses seems out of the question.But more noticeably displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great help.
IV.Summary Writing
Directions:Read the following passage.Summarize the main idea and the main point(s)of the passage in no more e your own words as far as possible.
An Italian company has told staff to stop sending any internal emails for a week in an effort to reduce stress levels.
Home textiles(纺织品)company Gabel,based in the northern Como region,asked an expert to interview its employees about what their main concerns were at work,the local La Provincia di Como website reports.Many said that managing the huge volume of internal emails was a burden during the
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working day.That made the company’s management propose a solution,which—somewhat ironically (讽刺地)—was sent to all staff in an email.
“Together we will begin the following experiment,which will take us back in time to when people talked more,”managing director Emilio Colombo wrote,declaring an“email free”week until13 November.“We invite you not to use email for internal communications(between colleagues at the same location),in favour of a more direct and immediate contact.”
The company’s president,Michele Moltrasio,tells the BBC it hasn’t been easy to stop such a deep-rooted practice,even temporarily,but that employees have welcomed the challenge.“They are rediscovering the pleasure of meeting and talking rather than writing,”he says.And that includes Mr Moltrasio,who is avoiding emails along with everyone else.“Even if from next week we all go back to using email,these days of experimentation are very worthwhile,to understand and rethink the methods and pace of working,”he says.
Several recent studies have found that a high volume of emails raises stress levels at work.In2013, researchers said that a full inbox(收件箱)led to peaks in people’s blood pressure and heart rate.And last year,a study at the University of British Columbia found that limiting email use during the day lowered people’s stress levels significantly.
第Ⅱ卷（共40分）
I.Translation
Directions:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets.
1.你有可能劝服他不去美国吗？(persuade)
2.这个会议只是浪费了大家时间，根本什么决定都没做成。

(with)
3.使我非常惊讶的是，其他人很在乎的事情在他眼里却不值一提。

(worth)
4.只有通过社会实践，学生才可以获得很多教材中学不到的必要的人生经历。

(Only)
II.Guided Writing
Directions:Write an English composition in120-150words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
一批30人左右的英国高中生下个月即将在两位英国老师的带领下到中华高中来体验中国教育，时间为两周。

为此，学校向在校学生征求如何安排和组织此次活动的意见。

假设你是中华高中的学生李敏，写一封电子邮件给负责此项目的黄老师，邮件需包括：
●安排和组织此次活动的意见；
●如此安排和组织的理由。

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2016学年度第一学期中普高联考高三英语
【录音文字】
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 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.M:Could you please tell me where I could find gym shoes?
W:Y es,they’re in the sportswear department at the back.
Q:Where does the conversation most probably take place?
2.W:These boxes are too heavy for me to move.
M:Here,I’ll give you a hand with them.
Q:What does the man say about the boxes?
3.M:Already around4:30.My flight is7o’clock.
W:Y ou’d better leave earlier.Rush hour starts at5o’clock.
Q:When does the man’s plane take off?
4.W:John,you’re driving me crazy,because I’m still missing your homework.
M:Sorry,Mrs.White.I’ll sort it out right away.
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Q:What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
5.M:Good afternoon,Doctor Smith’s office.
W:Hi,Doctor.This is Tracy.I am sorry.Perhaps I’ll be delayed.My car won’t start.
Q:Why did the woman call the office?
6.W:Shouldn’t someone pick up the clothes from the cleaner’s?
M:Don’t look at me.
Q:What does the man mean?
7.W:Do you have the conference schedule with you?I’d like to find out the topic for Friday.
M:I gave it to a friend,but there should be copies available in the library.I can pick one up for you.
Q:What does the man promise to do?
8.M:I love sailing on the lake.The wind in my hair and the water on my face feel cool.
W:I guess I would feel the same way if I could swim.
Q:What are the two speakers talking about?
9.W:Sam won’t be able to play in the basketball game this week.
M:Y eah.He hurt his knee pretty badly while backing.I don’t know why he didn’t quit right away. Q:What does the man mean?
10.W:I think it’s high time we turned our attention to the danger of sitting for long without any exercise.
M:I can’t agree with you more.Y ou see many of my colleagues have health problems because of too much sitting.
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Q:What does the man mean?
Section B
Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation,and you will be asked three or four 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions11through13are based on the following news.
LOS ANGELES—Officials of Consulate-General of China in San Francisco confirmed Sunday that one Chinese tourist dead and11injured in a bus accident on a tour of Y osemite National Park in California Saturday afternoon.
According to a local police department report,the accident occurred“at around17:35local time on Saturday.”A total of22people were on board when the crash happened.
The cause of the bus accident is still under investigation.
P ARIS—Isabelle Dinoire,a Frenchwoman who received the world’s first partial face transplant, has died11years after the surgery that set the stage for dozens of other transplants worldwide.She was 49.
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The Amiens University Hospital in northern France said in a statement Tuesday that Dinoire died in April after a long illness.The hospital didn’t release any further details and it wasn’t clear if her illness was related to the transplant.
MAPUTO—China will help Mozambique establish an industrial park as an effort to increase job opportunities in the southern African country,according to Chinese Ambassador Su Jian.
Ambassador Su said the Chinese government would send a group of specialists to Mozambique next year to help establish the industrial park.
China is one of the major foreign investors in Mozambique and has been making a number of moves that tend to help Mozambique overcome the challenges it is going through in economy.
(Now listen again,please)
Questions:
11.How many people were killed and injured in the tour bus accident in California?
12.What can be learned from the news?
13.What is the third piece of news mainly about?
Questions14through16are based on the following passage.
At one point,the shadow of depression hung over me almost constantly.My moments of happiness became fewer and fewer.Finally,I decided to seek help.I began meeting with an adviser regularly.She helped me realize that negative thoughts and wrong interpretation of people’s words and actions added to my depression.
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She gives me some advice to manage depression.According to her,physical health affects our mood,so we should eat a healthy diet,and exercise regularly.She advises me to choose an enjoyable form of exercise that won’t increase my stress.Of course,getting enough sleep is necessary.If our depression interferes with sleep,we should go to bed and get up at regular times.We also need to participate in activities,even when we don’t feel like it,because this will take our mind off our depression and give us a sense of accomplishment.Moreover,she suggests we share our feelings with someone we trust and have realistic expectations for ourselves.We should focus on our successes,not on mistakes or problems.
Her advice is really helpful.By following her advice,my depression has faded enough and I can find joy in daily life.Depression is terrible,but fighting against it has made me stronger and more understanding towards others.
(Now listen again,please)
Questions:
14.What is the main purpose of this passage?
15.What should people do with depression according to the passage?
16.What does the speaker think of depression?
Questions17through20are based on the following longer conversation.
M:Hi,Ava!Did you watch The W endall Family last night?They’re really in the middle of a crisis!
W:Isn’t that a new reality TV show,Kim?Why are you wasting time watching stuff like that?
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