闸北区高三年级英语学科期末练习卷(附答案)

闸北区高三年级英语学科期末练习卷（2010.1）
(满分150分，考试时间120分钟)
本试卷所有试题均做在答题纸上
I. Listening Comprehension（30分）
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 conversation and the question 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. Linda. B. Chris. C. Nancy. D. Irene.
2. A. Dec. 15. B. Dec. 20. C. Dec. 25. D. Dec 30.
3. A. At the Baker’s. B. At the Barber’s. C. At the school. D. At the gallery.
4. A. John feels at home in his new school now.
B. John is still getting used to his new school.
C. John should change a school.
D. John is a bad time-manager.
5. A. Oxford school shouldn’t have won the game.
B. Oxford school deserved to win.
C. Oxford school finally lost the game.
D. It’s a surprising result.
6. A. She is working.
B. She is watching a program.
C. She is writing a report about global warming.
D. She is writing a work report.
7. A. She is eager for the restaurant to open.
B. She hasn’t heard about the news.
C. She already ate at the restaurant.
D. She is not interested in the restaurant.
8. A. Early education is not as important as university education.
B. Parents love their kids very much.
C. Many parents haven’t paid much attention to early education.
D. The woman doesn’t agree with the man.
9. A. She is happy to drive them there.
B. She doesn’t know how to drive a car.
C. She can’t drive them there.
D. Her car is in good condition.
10. A. Boss and secretary. B. Husband and wife.
C. Teacher and student.
D. Waiter and customer.
Section B
Directions: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages 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.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11.A. He was talking with the family of his boss.
B. He was reading the newspaper for work.
C. He was putting a notice out.
D. He was planting trees.
12. A. That women were not good at taking care of plants.
B. That he could go to work in her company.
C. That there would be many customers from the new office park.
D. That he was going out of work.
13. A. That he can make a lot of money.
B. That he can be the owner of the company he used to work for.
C. That he can hire 10 more employees.
D. That his company will be the biggest in the field in the city.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Given the current pollution problem, people are seriously considering settling ______ a new land like Mars to start life fresh.
A. of
B. on
C. under
D. off
26. Doctors consider ______ of great importance that pregnant women should be more careful than ordinary people in the explosion of H1N1 virus.
A. that
B. which
C. it
D. this
27. According to the White House, the security department ______ investigate, as soon as possible, the incident about a civilian couple attending a government dinner party for the Indian Prime Minister without being invited.
A. can
B. must
C. need
D. ought
28. ______ many students have known about the news, you, as our monitor, had better announce it officially in front of all the students.
A. Unless
B. Although
C. Once
D. Because
29. Barrack Obama’s recent visit to the Asian nations clearly sent a message to the world ______ Asia is important in America’s global partnership.
A. which
B. where
C. that
D. as
30. No important progress was made in the U.N climate conference in Copenhagen as ______ of the rich countries agreed to offer large amounts of money to fight carbon crisis.
A. nothing
B. none
C. neither
D. both
31. The Dubai(迪拜) financial crisis ______ to have added more pressure to the already-serious world economy.
A. was reported
B. reported
C. would report
D. reports
32. Only lately ______ about the dark secrets behind the seemingly-happy marriage of the golf star Tiger Woods.
A. the public have known
B. were the public known
C. have the public known
D. the public knew
33. The world gold price ______ for the last five years, which is now over 1000 dollars per ounce.
A. is rising
B. rose
C. has risen
D. has been rising 34．It was after defeating Higgins of Scotland(苏格兰) ______ the 22-year-old Ding Junhui won the 2009 UK snooker(斯诺克) Championship.
A. that
B. where
C. from which
D. what
35. Amid people’s concern for health, the price of garlic(大蒜) has been ______ this year as it was last year.
A. five times much as
B. five times as much
C. as five times
D. five times much
36. In the near future, China will increase supply of smaller houses, ______ to help low-income families to buy houses of their own.
A. aims
B. being aimed
C. aiming
D. having aimed
37. ______ as one of the richest universities in the world, Harvard spends a huge amount of money on scientific research every year.
A. Regarding
B. Regarded
C. To regard
D. Having regarded
38. Besides knowledge, a good character is ______ every child should try to get during his or her growth.
A. what
B. that
C. where
D. when
39. The couple donated all their money to the country, having everyone _______ their unselfish act.
A. admiring
B. admired
C. to be admired
D. being admired
40. Now, the worl d’s focus is all on Shanghai ______ the 2010 world Expo is to be
Each
of an
raw
on the
work. work, and that number will increase sharply in the future.
In the new world of work, you can look forward to being in ___47___ training to get new skills that will help you keep up with improved technologies. You can also expect to be taking greater control of your career. Gone are the nine-to-five jobs, lifetime security, easy promotions, and even the ___48___ workplace, which you are ___49___ with now. Don’t expect the companies will provide you with a clear career path. And don’t wait for someone to “encourage” you. You have to encourage yourself.
III, Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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 universities are schools of education and research but the main reason for their existence is not in the knowledge taught to the students or in the opportunities for the economic or social ___50___ resulting from the research findings.
The true function of a university is that it keeps the ___51___ between knowledge and the real life. It unites the students with ordinary life in a ___52___ way. The university passes on information, but it ___53___ the information imaginatively. Imagination is the driving force for the society’s future development. Students’imagination is the very ___54___every university should protect and encourage. A university which ___55___ to do so has no reason for existence. With imagination, knowledge is not only knowledge: it includes all possibilities. It’s no longer a ___56___ on students’ memory. It’s food for thought and ___57___ for creative inventions.
Imagination is not ___58___ knowledge. Instead, it is a way leading to more knowledge. It works by thoroughly studying the current knowledge and then exploring every possibility about the knowledge. In the exploration, new knowledge ___59___. Imagination enables men to construct a new vision of the world and it adds ___60___ to life through endless possibilities. Imaginative people are restless all along.
Youth is imaginative and if the university can help preserve this precious wealth, the power of imagination can ___61___ change the world. Besides, it should also be made clear that imagination won’t be most effective without necessary experience. The problem of the current world is that those who are imaginative have only little experience ___62___ those who are experienced have weak imaginations. The ___63___ left for the universities is to hold together these two factors for the whole human race to ___64___ greater development and happiness.
50. A. problem B. development C. life D. inquiry
51. A. connection B. attraction C. difference D. tradition
52. A. technical B. difficult C. creative D. basic
53. A. supposes B. conveys C. expects D. weighs
54. A. spirit B. goods C. message D. theory
55. A. tries B. pretends C. fails D. means
56. A. burden B. treasure C. schedule D. science
57. A. result B. material C. cost D. figure
58. A. superior to B. familiar with C. separate from D. strict with
59. A. takes shape B. steps in C. sets off D. speeds up
60. A. proof B. excitement C. greed D. seed
61. A. temporarily B. carefully C. reluctantly D. finally
62. A. because B. unless C. while D. until
63. A. sympathy B. solution C. condition D. purpose
64. A. require B. fix C. imagine D. achieve
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)
Penelope Leach, a famous British psychologist once said: “Loving a child is a round business. The more you give, the more you get, the more you want to give.” Her clever remark about parent-child relationship proves to be true of my blooded family. Born in 1928 and as the youngest of 5 children, I learned to share everything with my brothers and sisters including my parents’ love. Raising 5 children during the difficult times of the Great Depression took its toll on my parents’ relationship and resulted in their divorce when I was 18 years old. Daddy never had very close relationships with his children and drifted even farther away from us after the divorce.
After some years, an amazing woman entered into his life, and they were married. She had two sons, one of them still at home. Under her influence, we became a “fixed family” and a good relationship developed between the two families. She has always treated us as if we were her own children. Father and our stepmother shared life over twenty-five years together before our father passed away. At the time of his death, a question came up. It’s about my mother, Daddy’s first wif e, attending his funeral. I will never forget the unconditional love shown by my stepmother when I asked her if she would object to Mother attending Daddy’s funeral. Without giving it a second thought, she immediately replied, “Of course not, Honey. She’s the mother of my children.”
65. According to the speaker, what contributed to her parents’ divorce?
A. The wrong doings of the children.
B. The difficulties from keeping a big family in a hard period of time.
C. Her father’s disloyalty to the family.
D. The poor relationship between her father and the children.
66. According to the passage, her father became closer to his own children later because of ______.
A. his improved financial condition
B. his increased age
C. the good effect of his second wife
D. his own children’s continuous efforts
67. What message does the speaker want to convey in this story?
A. Happiness is easy to find in fixed families
B. Love is blind.
C. Love gives birth to love.
D．Divorces are very harmful to young children.
(B)
68. What do you think is the main aim of this advertisement?
A. To tell people how to win products.
B. To invite people to sign up for the Jurong Privilege Card.
C. To encourage children to participate in its Karaoke Contest.
D. To announce that Teen Titans are taking part in the Karaoke Contest
69. What can you expect to get in the Creative Colouring Challenge Contest?
A. 50 dollars cash.
B. 2000 dollars cash.
C. Teen Titan toys.
D. 50 dollars worth of products.
70. Which one of the statements is NOT TRUE?
A. There are four leading sponsors.
B. Only children aged 7 to 12 have a chance to be a superstar.
C. You can buy Teen Titan toys at Toys “R” Us.
D. The second place of the Children’s Karaoke Competition can win 1000 dollars
and a BMB microphone system.
71. Which one of the following ways can NOT enable you to sign up for the Karaoke contest?
A. Call the hotline at 62939765.
B. Download the form from
C. Collect the form from the Jurong Point’s Information Counter.
D. Register one hour before the contest on the day of the competition.
(C )
Much of the American anxiety about old age is a purposeful distance from the reality of death. One of the striking qualities of the American character is the unwillingness to face either the fact or meaning of death. On the contrary, in the novels of many famous American writers-from Hawthorne to Faulkner and Hemingway-one finds a tragic depth that is under the surface thinness of the ordinary American death attitudes. By an effort of the artistic imagination, the great writers faced death topic which the general public are reluctant to face-the fact of death, its mystery, and its place in life. Scenes about death, such as the conflicts death brings in Greek times and the religious celebration of death in the rich farming cultures of some parts of Europe, are vividly described and discussed in their novels, although these scenes are difficult to find in the real American life.
Out of fear of the emotional sufferings, the American ordinary people avoid topics about death. They surround death with word avoidance. Americans never “die.”They “pass away.” A “funeral hall”is decorated to look like a bank. Everything in a funeral ceremony is done in low tones, as if it were something secret, to be hidden from the world. There is so much emphasis on being dignified that the ceremony often loses its quality of dignity.
In some parts of the world, there’s difficulty in understanding the causes of death. It’s difficult to explain death in these cultures. Living in a modern society, Americans have a ready enough explanation of how death comes, yet they show little ability to accept the fact of death itself and the emotional pain it brings. “To my disappointment, we, American people, sing over birth and dance at weddings,” says Margaret Mead, a famous American anthropologist（人类学家），“but more and more push the death off the scene without ceremony, without an opportunity for young and
old to know that death is as much a fact of life as is birth.”
72. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the emotional sufferings from death
B. different cultures’ attitudes toward death
C. Americans’ attitudes toward death
D. methods to avoid death
73. In the novels of many famous writers, one will find ______.
A. ordinary American death attitudes
B. a willingness to accept death as a fact of life
C. the relationship between lovers
D. the reason for ordinary Americans’ beliefs about death
74. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Unwillingness to face death is a quality of the American character.
B. Ordinary Americans avoid saying the word “die” directly.
C. Americans are afraid of the death topics because of the possible emotional
pains it causes.
D. Most Americans can’t explain the causes of death scientifically.
supply. Stores and shops are crowded with food. Rationing(定量供应) has already seemed too distant to today’s Britons. Even overseas suppliers have been asked to
hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and worries. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the surface huge amount of food only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it
unexpectedly great, partly because two continuous big grain harvests in North America are now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of
food situation in Britain still faulty? On the one hand, The British government has gradually cut down support for food. On the other hand, the shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.
have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling internationally. British consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be able
of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a smaller home market. Present production is running quickly compared with years ago. However, farmers haven’t shared any benefit from the change.
Section D
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.(本大题做在答题纸上)
(E)
Libraries everywhere in the world have always been people’s only access to important sources of information. This historical function of libraries has worked out for centuries and has made libraries a necessity to people. Now, that function has been called into question by the fast development of digital media over the past several decades. In order to continue to hold the public interest, libraries everywhere are forced to develop means of granting access to these expensive new services to average people.
In the past, the publishing industry maintained the rights of libraries to freely provide published materials on the condition that libraries bought so many of their books. Since the new electronic publications can easily be copied in their completeness by the library readers, the publishing industry is reconsidering its
former support of the library system. There have even been attempts to stop libraries from delivering digital media.
In addition to the reluctant cooperation of the publishing industry, there is the problem that the newer forms of information are much more specialized than those which they replace. Deciding how to transfer already limited resources is increasingly difficult as there are more methods. While a single reference index(索引) might have covered an entire field in the past, now there are frequently several specialized indexes available in electronic form. Above all, in order to continue to make use of the newer technology, libraries must decide which kinds of material are most useful to the majority of their readers. There are many different solutions being applied, but only the process of trial and error will help find out the most effective method.
（Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 20 WORDS）
81. What has been called into question?
82. In the past, publishers cooperate with libraries because ______________.
83. The most important way to use the new technology is to determine ________
84. According to the passage, how can best solutions be found?
Translation（20分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.(本大题做在答题纸上)
1.我们应尽力保护地球。

（try）
2. 除非当面问他，否则他不会承认他的错误。

（unless）
3. 现代医学和技术使人类有可能在不久战胜癌症。

（possible）
4. 玛丽经常在周末带她的儿子去音乐会，让他受到艺术的影响。

(expose)
5. 汽车销量的快速增长带领中国经济走出最近的世界经济困境，令国人感到安慰。

（lead）
Guided Writing（25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions. (本大题做在答题纸上)
2009年，来自黑龙江的一位父亲高先生带着休学的儿子游历全国并认为这样的经历比儿子在学校读书更有收获。

就此谈谈你的看法。

（参考词汇：休学: to suspend schooling）
2009学年度第一学期高三英语学科期末练习卷参考答案
Answers
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. C 10. A
11. C 12. C. 13. D. 14. B. 15. A 16. C
17. Super Italian Restaurant 18. double cheese 19. Plain bread 20. Vegetable salad 21. The Student Union. 22. More information 23. 115 24. The reception hall. 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. B 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. A 39. A 40. C
41. G 42. J 43. A. 44. F 45. I 46. C 47. B 48. E 49. H
50-54 B A C B A 55-59 C A B C A 60-64 B D C B D
65-67 B C C
68-71 C D A D
72-75 C B D D
76. D 77. F 78. A 79. E 80. B
81. The libraries’historical function to be people’s access to important sources of information
82. libraries bought so many of their books
83. which kinds of material are most useful to the majority of their readers.
84. Best ways can be found in the process of trial and error.
Translation:
1.We must try to protect the earth.
2.Unless he is asked/you ask him in face/directly, he never admits/won’t admit his
mistakes/the mistake he made.
3.Modern medicine and technology makes it possible for humans to defeat cancer
soon.
4.Mary often brings her son to concerts at weekends, exposing him to art.
5. The rapid increase of car sales has led the Chinese economy out of the recent world economic difficulty, which made the Chinese people relieved.
Composition:
略。