2018届上海洋泾中学高三上学期11月月考试卷

洋泾中学2018高三练习卷

I. Listening Comprehension (25’)

Section A (10’)

1. A. Apologize when Deborah is less angry. B. Return notes to Deborah in a few days.

C. Write Deborah a note of apology.

D. Let her talk to Deborah about the situation.

2. A. Shop for new clothes. B. Lose some weight.

C. Have his jeans altered.

D. Wear clothes that fit more tightly.

3. A. He hasn't done any work yet. B. He doesn't know what topic to research.

C. He withdrew from his computer class.

D. He's in a hurry to finish his paper.

4. A. He has taken language arts as his major.

B. He wants to take "The Psychology of Language".

C. He and the woman are taking the same course.

D. He hasn't chosen his courses for next semester.

5. A. She'd rather take a direct train.

B. She doesn't care how long the trip takes.

C. It doesn't take long to get to Philadelphia.

D. Taking an airplane might be more practical.

6. A. Not many people know the song.

B. He doesn't know the song well enough to play it.

C. He hasn't been playing the piano long.

D. People often ask him to play the song.

7. A. Lisa is often late for meetings. B. Lisa's fight was delayed.

C. Lisa has a busy schedule.

D. Lisa's missed her flight.

8. A. She's annoyed with the man. B. She's not upset about the spill.

C. She wants the man to do the laundry.

D. She doesn't know how to deal with the problem.

9. A. A lecture. B. A professor. C. A point. D. A reason.

10. A. She's not usually interested in watching documentaries.

B. She doesn't have time to help the man with his project.

C. She knew that the program was being shown.

D. She was sorry for not having seen the program.

Section B(15’)

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Eighteen. B. Sixteen. C. Fifteen. D. Twenty-seven

12. A. She has four children to take care of.

B. She has too much cooking and ironing to do.

C. She works both at home and in the family business.

D. She leaves home early every day to work in another city.

13. A. He is happy with it because he is learning a lot.

B. He is happy with it because he can travel a lot at work.

C. He is unhappy with it because he can't go out with friends.

D. He is unhappy with it because he doesn't have time off at weekends.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. How pollution changes the world. B. How uncertain the world's future will be.

C. What he/she thinks of the world's future.

D. What scientists have done to save the world.

15. A. Problems were solved with new ideas.

B. It has nothing to do with the world's future.

C. Natural disasters were not as common as they are.

D. Scientists didn't give as many warnings as they do.

16. A. There will be no prejudice against women.

B. Most people will live under the seas.

C. There will be more species of fish.

D. Starvation is still a big problem.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. Classmates. B. Colleagues. C. Teacher and student. D. Boss and employee.

18. A. Ways to improve test results. B. Places to go to if given holidays.

C. Different cultures in the world.

D. Languages spoken in various countries.

19. A. It has a big city named Mumbai. B. It is located in South America.

C. Its language is Spanish.

D. Its capital is Perth.

20. A. He was weak at geography but got a satisfying grade.

B. He didn't think it was unusual for him to get such results.

C. He knew who believed he was actually good at geography.

D. He didn't expect that his classmates would doubt his results.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20’)

Section A (10’)

While income worry is a rather common problem of the aged, loneliness is another problem that aged parents may face. Of all the reasons (21) _______ explain their loneliness, a large geographical distance between parents and their children is the major one. This phenomenon is commonly known as “Empty Nest Syndrome”(空巢综合症).

In order to seek (22) ________ (good) chances outside their countries, many young people have gone abroad, (23) ________ (leave) their parents behind with no clear idea of when they will return home. Their parents spend countless lonely days and nights, taking care of themselves, in the hope that someday their children will come back to stay with them. The fact (24) ________ most of these young people have gone to Europeanized or Americanized societies makes it unlikely that they will hold as tightly to the value of duty (25) ________ they would have if they had not left their countries.

(26)_________ the case, it has been noted that the values they hold do not necessarily match

(27)________ they actually do. This geographical and cultural distance also prevents the grown-up children from providing timely response (28) _________ their aged parents living by themselves.

The situation in which grown-up children live far away from their aged parents (29)________ (describe) as “distant parent phenomenon”, (30)_______ is common both in developed countries and in developing countries. Our society has not yet been well prepared for “Empty Nest Syndrome”.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used