2013上高三期中考试题

上海市三林中学2013学年度第一学期高三期中考试英语试题第Ⅰ卷（共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionPart A Short ConversationsDirections: In Part 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 .Student and teacher B. Secretary and bossC. Librarian and readerD. Patient and nurse2. A. The food will arrive shortly B. He‘ll order his food later.C. He‘s ready to order now.D. He has many friends.3. A. At 10:20 B. At 10:30 C. At 10:50 D. At 11:204. A. Have a celebration party B. Interview a personC. Accept a new jobD. Go for a job interview5. A. Not to quit baseball practice B. Not to worry about his gradesC. To get them baseball game ticketsD. To spend more time on his studies6. A. Towels cannot be taken out of the room. B. Towels can be bought at the poolside.C. Towels are offered at the poolside.D. Towels cannot be taken out of the pool.7. A. Make the request some other day B. Comfort the boss firstC. Have lunch with the bossD. Pay for the lunch8. A. The car is faulty. B. The car looks funny.C. The garage is too noisy.D. The car needs washing.9. A. She‘s still looking for an apartment. B. She was told the dormitory was full.C. She doesn‘t plan to move back at all.D. She wants to move out of the dormitory.10. A. The woman wants to use the phone. B. The man is disturbing others.C. Mobile phones are banned inside.D. Phone signals are weak inside.Part B Passages Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. The plane was stuck in a tree B. The pilot worried about the strong wind.C. The plane lost both its wheels.D. The pilot was injured in the air crash.12. A. On top of a tree B. On top of a fire engineC. On top of the airport buildingD. On top of a lorry13. A. An unusual air crash B. A magic landingC. A brave firemanD. A damaged lorryQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news14. A. 87 billion dollars B. 87 million dollarsC. Hundreds of billions of dollarsD. One billion dollars15. A. By developing foreign markets B. By providing financial aidC. By cutting labour and material costsD. By reducing income taxes16. A. Produce more cars B. Buy more booksC. Try to regain creditD. Start to save moneyPart C Longer ConversationsComplete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections：Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. (16)AA boy was walking home from school (25) ____ he saw a large, tempting apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn‘t much of a fruit-eater, preferring a bar of chocolate if (26) ____( give) the choice, but, as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the (27) ______( hungry )he felt and the more he wanted that apple.He stood on tiptoe(脚尖), stretching as high as he could , but even at his tallest length, he was unable to touch It. He began to jump up and down, as high as he could, at the top of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained (28) _____ ______ reach.Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to stand on. (29) _____(look) around, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or with luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use. He had tried everything he could think to do. Without seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk (30) _____. At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his efforts, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he thought like this, the more unhappy he became.However ,the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn‘t always get (31) ____ he wanted .He started to say to (32) _____ .This isn‘t helpful , I don‘t have the apple and I‘m feelingmiserable as well. There‘s nothing more I can do to get the apple —that is unchangeable —but we are supposed to be able to change our feelings. If that‘s the case, what can I do to feel better?BA Love Note to My MomWhen I was a little girl, I would often accompany you as you modeled for fashion photographers．It was years later (33)_____ I finally understood what role modeling played in your life．Little did I know you were saving every penny you earned (34)____ (go) to law school．I cannot thank you enough (35)_____ what you told me one autumn afternoon when I was nine．After finishing my homework, I wandered into the dining room where you (36)____(bury) under piles of law books．I was puzzled．Why were you doing what I do—memorizing textbooks and studying for tests? When you said you were in law school, I was more puzzled．I didn‘t know Moms (37)_____ be lawyers too．You smiled and said, ―In life, you can do anything you want to do．‖As young as I was ,that statement kept ringing in my ears．I watched as you faced the challenges of completing your studies, starting companies with Dad, while still being a model and (38) _____ Mom of five kids．I was exhausted just watching you in action．With your words of wisdom in my youthful mind, I suddenly felt unlimited freedom to dream．My whole world opened up．I set out(39)____ ( live) my life filled with hope ,seeing endless possibilities for personal and professional achievements．Your words became my motto．I constantly found myself in the unique position of being either the first （woman doctor in Maryland Rotary）(40)____ one of the few women （chief medical reporters）in my field．I gained strength every time I said , ―Yes, I‘ll try that．‖Encouraged by your statement, I have forged ahead （毅然前行）with my life‘s journey, less afra id to make mistakes, and eagerly meeting each challenge．You did it, and now I‘m doing it．Sorry, got to run．So much to do, so many dreams to liveSection B: Vocabulary (10)Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used―True creativity often starts where language ends.‖---Arthur KoestlerThe net plays another, more active, role on the linguistic（语言学的）front, a role that is 41by many people who believe English victory is on the go. Since the advent of World Wide Web, many minority languages，those spoken by single nations or ethnic groups, have enjoyed a dramatic upsurge(急剧上升)in vitality. Many such tongues were 42 endangered just a decade ago. Late-century 43 and economic currents were taking more and more speakers out of their communities and away from fellow speakers. Languages were 44at an alarming rate.Like biological extinction, linguistic extinction is a serious loss for all of humankind. Languages are some of the 45ways people maintain their culture and are crucial to understanding other cultures. When fewer and fewer people share a 46language, it may die, and when it does, part of our collective human culture dies with it．Surprisingly, though, the Internet has become a valuable tool for 47 endangered languages. Speakers of these languages not only have been particularly active in putting up web pages in theirvarious languages, but also in mounting (配置) 48effective, large-scale dictionary and language-learning projects online. There is no reason why ___49___ languages cannot live together with a common social language like English. Indeed, the Internet offers more hope for their 50 than they have ever known before, especially as translation tools become more effective.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A: Cloze test: (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 concept of solitude (独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be _51___. Solitude can be hard to discover once it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have _52___ our culture.The desire to be connected has brought solitude to an end as we've known it. People have become so __53___ in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted __54___ they'd rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog(写博客), not only from our _55____ but from our mobile phones as well.Most developed nations have become 56 on digital technology simply because they've grown accustomed to it, and at this point not using it would make them an outsider. 57 , many jobs and careers require people to be__58___. From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a 59 to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who really wants it. Computers can be shut 60 and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be "connected" and "on" has many advantages as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up 61 on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel 62 and forced to answer unwanted calls or 63 to unwanted texts.Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society 64 across generations. Some find today's technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone's view on the subject, it's hard to imagine what life would be like 65 daily advancements in technology.51. A. updated B. received C. shared D. collected52. A. respected B. shaped C. ignored D. preserved53. A. sensitive B. intelligent C. considerate D. reachable54. A. even if B. only if C. as if D. if only55. A. media B. computers C. databases D. monitors56. A. bent B. hard C. keen D. dependent57. A. Also B. Instead C. Otherwise D. Somehow58. A. connected B. trained C. recommended D. interested59. A. pleasure B. benefit C. burden D. disappointment60. A. out B. down C. up D. in61. A. hidden B. lost C. relaxed D. deserted62. A. trapped B. excited C. confused D. amused63. A. turn B. submit C. object D. reply64. A. vary B. arise C. spread D. exist65. A. beyond B. within C. despite D. withoutSection BDirections: 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. (24)ASome years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day‘s events, feelings, and impressions in my l ittle blue diary.I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn‘t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen….At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of objec ts I find really beautiful. I‘m no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I don‘t want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won‘t have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I‘ll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don‘t live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.66. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______.A. observing her school routineB. expressing her satisfactionC. impressing her classmatesD. preserving her history67. What caused a change in the author‘s understanding of keeping a diary?A. A dull night on the journey.B. The beauty of the great valley.C. A striking quotation from a book.D. Her concerns for future generations.68. What does the author put in her diary now?A. Notes and beautiful pictures.B. Special thoughts and feelings.C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.69. The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ______.A. to experience itB. to live the present in the futureC. to make memoriesD. to give accurate representations of itBFinally, a cell phoneThat's… a phoneWith rates as low as $3.75 per week ！―Well, I finally did it. I finally decided to enter the digital age and get a cell phone. My kids have been annoying me and the last straw was when my car broke down, and I was stuck by the highway for an hour before someone stopped to help. But when I went to the cell phone store, I almost changed my mind. The phones all have cameras, computers and a "global-positioning" something or other that's supposed to spot me from space. Goodness, all I want to do is to be able to talk to my grandkids ！The people at the store weren't much help. They couldn't understand why someone wouldn't want a phone the size of a postage stamp. And the rate plans! They were confusing and expensive… and the contract (合同）lasted for two years! I'd almost given up until a friend told me about her new Jitterbug phone. Now, I have the convenience and safety of being about to stay in touch with a phone I can actually use.Affordable plans that I can understand and no contract to sign (签订）！Unlike other cell phones，Jitterbug has plans that make sense. Why shoul d I pay for minutes I‘m never going to use? And if I do talk more than I plan，I won‘t find myself with no minutes like my friend who has a prepaid phone. Best of all, there is no contract to sign, so I‘m not locked in for years at a time. The US-based customer servicet love it, just return it! Why wait, the Jitterbug comes ready to -use right out of the box. If you aren't as happy with it as I am, you can return it and get your money back. Call now, the Jitterbug product experts are ready to answer your questions.Call 1-888-809-8794 or visit www. jitterbugdirect. com.70. What made ―I‖ finally think of getting a cell ph one?A. Being stuck by the highway.B. Being urged by his grandkids.C. B eing persuaded by cell phone salespersons.D. Being attracted by the friendly return policy.71. On the monthly basis of 100 minutes, the Jitterbug weekly rate is about .A. $3.75B. $4.99C. $14.99D. $19.9972. An advantage of Jitterbug mentioned in the passage is .A. its discount price with a free giftB. its reasonable rate plans without a contractC. its M global-positioning" system with 911 accessD. i ts good customer service all over the world73. The main purpose of the passage is to .A. t ell a customer's story of JitterbugB. provide two ways to order JitterbugC. g ive a brief introduction of JitterbugD. attract potential customers to Jitterbug；CMany people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is anactive exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well.Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‗bracketing‘. Bracketing includes the temporary g iving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else‘s world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talkin g than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don‘t want to hear.It wasn‘t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的) In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chi ef among them, I believe, was the patient‘s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.74. The phrase ―stepping into his or her shoes‖ in paragraph 2 probably means _______.A. preparing a topic list firstB. focusing on one‘s own mindC. directing the talk to the desired resultsD. experiencing the speaker‘s inside world75. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2 ?A. How to listen well.B. What to listen to.C. Benefits of listening.D. Problems in listening76. According to the author , in communication people tend to ________.A. listen activelyB. listen purposefullyC. set aside their prejudicesD. open up their inner mind77. According to the author , the patients improved mainly because _______.A. they were taken good care of.B. they knew they were truly listened to.C. they had partners to talk to.D. they knew the roots of problems.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. （8）This article is designed to help you understand why you should always call the authorities to the scene of an accident in which you were injured and why the insurance company you may be facing will hate that you did so!When you call the police to the scene of your accident, then the police will require the drivers involved to exchange insurance and identification information the police may also obtain witness information and preserve statements about the event, including descriptions of what occurred andcomplaints of injury. All of this information will very likely assist you in the future with your claim and hurt the insurance company‘s ability to deny your claim. By calling the police, you have made an official record of the event and can be relatively sure that the information you receive about the other driver is accurate and truthful.This official record will effectively prevent the other driver‘s insurance company from arguing that the incident did not occur or that their insured driver was not involved in the cause of your injuries. (Yes, insurance companies will deny responsibility at every opportunity, including whether their driver was even in the accident with you.) Finally, statements from witnesses or the other driver may contain valuable facts that may be later forgotten or can be used to make up a“changed story.‖ I don‘t know how many times I have been told by my clients that the other person admitted fault at the scene, but later hear from the insurance company that no such statement was made and that the cause of the accident was contested.(You may not be aware of this, but I will bet that your own automobile insurance card contains the following instruction: Do not admit fault for the accident Remember, the insurance companies hate it when their drivers take responsibility for the accident because it damages their ability to deny or effectively defend your claim. After all, these companies are in business to make lost of money not to pay it to you!) If you follow this rule, then you are a step ahead in the game and you will have a much better chance of successfully making you automobile accident personal injury claim.(Not: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)78. The information related to a car accident is collected by the police to ________.79. If witness statements are not recorded officially, the relevant facts may________.80. What can you do when you have called the police to the scene?81. Why don‘t the insurance companies want you to admit fault for the accident?第Ⅱ卷I. Translation （22）Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.任何为祖国建设做出贡献的人都值得尊敬。