2018-2019学年上海市宜川中学高三上英语期中试卷(含答案)

宜川中学2018学年第一学期期中考试
高三英语试卷
I. Listening Comprehension
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to un dersta nd that the intern al-combusti on engine has someth ing to do with bur ning fuel, expanding gases and pistons
__21__ (drive). For people should have some basic idea of how the things that they use do __22__ they do. Further, stude nts might be helped by a course that con siders the computer ' s impact on society. But that is not what is meant __23__ computer literacy. Computer literacy is not a form of literacy; it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.
Lear ning how to use a computer and lear ning how to program one are two disti net activities. A case might be made that the compete nt citize ns of tomorrow __24__ free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite differe nt from say ing that all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have chose n program ming as a career. While program ming can be lots of fun, __25__ while our society n eeds some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violi n-mak ing.
Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more
“ useendly ” . Let us assume that in the future __26__ is gotoghave to know how to use a computer to be a compete nt citize n. What does the phrase lear ning to use a computer mean? It sounds like "learning to drive a car ”, that is, it sounds __27
27__ there is some set of definite skills that, once
__28__ (acquire), en able one to use a computer.
In fact, " learning to use a computer ” is much more like " learning to play a game ” , rules of one game may not help you play __29__ sec ond game, __30__ rules may not be the same. There is no such a thing as teach ing some one how to use a computer. One can only teach people to use this or that program and gen erally that is easily accomplished.
Section B
A. chief
B. sampled
C .dropped D.代spectively E. Higa ged F. headed
G. powerful H. comparjble I.
regard
J. relatively K. organized
On average, American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such __31__ activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log
half that time. All in all, however, children 's leisure time __32__ from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.
“Children are affected by the same time crisis that affects their parents, ”says Sandra Hofferth, who __33__ the recent study of children 's timetable. A(n) __34__ reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. Nevertheless, children in both double-income and “male bread winner ” households spent __35__ amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours __36__. In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.
All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. “Play is a(n) __37__ way a child
explores the world and learns about himself, ”says T. Berry Brazelton, professor at Harvard Medical School. Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week __38__ in it.
The children __39__ spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time ”watching television. But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might __40__ as good news. If they 're spending less time in front of the TV set, however, kids aren 't replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading. Let 's face it, who's got the time?
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
It looked like a typical business meeting. Six men, neatly dressed in white shirts and ties filed into the boardroom of a small Jakarta company and sat down at a long table. But instead of __41__ files or hearing reports, they closed their eyes and began to meditate, consulting the spirits of ancient Javanese kings. Mysticism touches almost every aspect of life in Indonesia and business is no __42__. One of the meditators said his weekly meditation sessions are aimed mainly at bringing the peace of mind that makes for good decision-making. But the insight gained from mystic communication with spirits of wise kings has also helped __43__ the profits of his five companies.
Mysticism and profits have come together since the 13th century introduction of Islam to Indonesia by Indian Moslem merchants. Those devout traders, called ‘ WaliUllah 'or ‘ thoseclose to God,' energetically spread both trade and religion by __44__ their appeals to the native mysticism of Java. Legends __45__ magic power of foreknowledge to the Wali Ullah. These powers were believed to be gained through meditation and __46__.
Businessman Hadisiko said his group fasts and meditates all night every Thursday to become closer to God and to contact the spirits of the great men of the past. ‘Ifwe want to __47__ someone at the managerial level, we meditate together and often the message comes th at this man can 't hold onto money
or he is __48__. Or maybe the spirits will tell us he should be hired. ' Hadiziko hastened to ad companies also hold modern personnel management systems and that formal __49__ are essential for a candidate even to be considered. Perspective investments also are considered through mystic meditation.
‘ With the mind relaxed and open, it is easier to be __50__ in judging the risk of a new venture. Meditation and contact with
the wisdom of the old leaders sharpens your own insight and intuition. Then you have to apply that intuition to the information you have and work hard to be successful. ' Mystic me __51__ a business slide his companies experienced in the mid-1980. Operating with normal business __52__, he lost more than $ 3 millions in that year alone. Meditation brought back his peace of mind.
Putting the right persons in the right jobs and gaining confidence in his business decisions were the keys
to a turning around that has brought __53__ and profit ability. The mysticism in Handspike ' s boardroom is part of a growing movement in Indonesia called Kebatinan -the ‘ search for the inner self. ' One of his managers, Yusuf Soemado, who studied business administration at Harvard University, compared the idea of mystic management to western system of positive thinking. “Willpower and __ mind are recognized as important factors in business. Such __55__ as psycho-cybernetics, Carnegie ' s think and growth rates, or the power of positive thinking are western attempts to tap the same higher intelligence that we contact through meditation, ” he said.
41
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A. documenting
B. consulting
C. managing
D. persuading
42
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A. exception
B. mission
C. decision
D. distraction
43
.
A. decrease
B. rise
C. lose
D. boost
44
.
A. introducing
B. adapting
C. applying
D. discussing
45
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A. dedicate
B. devote
C. attribute
D. confer
46
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A. meeting
B. profits
C. fasting
D. mysticism
47
.
A. promote
B. fire
C. dispatch
D. employ
48 . A. disrespectful B. inflexible C. untrustworthy
D.
indispensable
49 . A. minds B. qualifications C. religions
D.
presentations
50
.
A. objective
B. compulsive
C. decisive
D. imperative
51
.
A. improve
B. reverse
C. save
D. help
52
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A. managers
B. employees
C. companies
D. procedures
53
.
A. expansion
B. involvement
C. benefit
D. experience
54 . A. unconscious B. academic C. psychological
D.
subconscious
55
. A. courses B. minds C. approaches D. touches。