2017年度高三第一次七校联考试卷(英语学科)

2017届高三第一次七校联考试卷（英语学科）
第I卷（共90分）
I. Listening Comprehension (25’)
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 an d 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. This afternoon. B. This morning. C. T omorrow. D. Next
week.
2. A. A waiter. B. A shop assistant. C. A cashier. D. A postman.
3. A. 11. B. 3. C. 7. D. 8.
4. A. At a cinema. B. At an airport. C. At a hotel. D. At a railway
station.
5. A. They had better not go out. B. To get some yogurt is a good
idea.
C. It’s too cold to walk in the snow.
D. He prefers milk to yogurt.
6. A. She asks the man to open the window. B. It is cold inside.
C. She doesn’t want to open the window.
D. She prefers the fresh air.
7. A. Mom doesn’t like wine. B. They’ve already got plenty of
wine.
C. They are going to buy what they need.
D. They’ve got enough food for
the party.
8. A. The boy doesn’t have to clean the screen of his computer.
B. There’s not enough time for the boy to clean both.
C. The desk is such a mess and needs cleaning.
D. The boy’s mother will do the cleaning for him.
9. A. T ouched. B. Amused. C. Annoyed. D. Bored.
10.A. They can’t speak English. B. The microphone doesn’t work
well.
C. They are not familiar with his topic.
D. The speaker is speaking too
fast.
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. In the 1690s. B. In the 1860s. C. In the 1890s. D. In the 1960s.
12.A. T o be paid more than their male colleagues.
B. To be given the same chance to succeed.
C. T o win respect from their male colleagues.
D. T o get promoted more quickly than their male colleagues.
13.A. Women’s ability to do important jobs.
B. How to have more freedom.
C. Concrete issues as well as attitudes and beliefs.
D. How to contribute to the communities.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14.A. T o recall his own childhood.
B. To help his children become more mature.
C. T o spoil them on purpose.
D. T o make up for his pity that he didn’t have it in his childhood.
15.A. They take possessions and support from their peers for granted.
B. They are responsible for building the life that their parents desire.
C. They are willing to support their peers if necessary.
D. They become more mature and responsible.
16.A. T o love and provide for children.
B. To help children become kind and responsible.
C. T o help children get what they need.
D. T o help children meet their goals.
Section C
Directions:In Section C, you will hear one longer conversation, and you will be
asked several questions on the conversation. 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 test answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17.A. He is confirming his flight reservation.
B. He is booking a hotel for next week.
C. He is making a reservation for a flight.
D. He is changing his flight schedule.
18.A. T o cut losses. B. To save money.
C. T o have a window seat
D. T o have the ticket mailed.
19.A. On May 19th. B. On May 15th. C. On May 20th. D. On May 21st.
20.A. He saved about fifty dollars on the ticket.
B. He will pick up the ticket by himself.
C. He can get the ticket at three o’clock.
D. His seat is by the window.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20’)
Section A
Directions:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.
Apple Pay is simple to use and works with the card you already have on the devices (21) __________ you use every day. And because your card details are never shared when you use Apple Pay—in fact, they aren’t stored on your device at all —using Apple Pay on your i-Phone, Apple Watch, or iPad is the safer and (22) __________ (private) way to pay.
Now paying in stores happens in one natural motion—there’s no need to open an app or even wake up your display (23) ________ ________ the innovative Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna(天线) in iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s. To pay, just hold your iPhone near the contactless reader with your finger on Touch ID. Or you (24) __________ double-click the Home button when your iPhone is locked to access Wallet and quickly make your purchases. Your card number is never stored on your device, and when you make a payment, your debit or credit card numbers won’t be sent to the merchant. Apple Pay assigns (25) __________ unique number for each purchase, so your payments stay private and secure.
Available since October 20, 2014, Apple Pay is designed to allow iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus and 6s Plus users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and China (26) __________(make) payments for goods and services with their iPhones in retail stores through an NFC chip (27) __________ (build) into their iPhones. With the Apple Watch, Apple Pay is also extended to the iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, and iPhone 5s.
To keep transactions secure, Apple uses a method known as “tokenization,”
(28) __________ (prevent) actual credit card numbers from being sent over the air. Apple also secures payments using Touch ID on compatible iPhones and continual skin contact on the Apple Watch.
Apple is aiming to replace the wallet with Apply Pay, and the one-step payment process helps people no longer dig through a purse or wallet to find credit cards. As it is built on existing NFC technology, Apple Pay will work (29) __________ NFC-based contactless payments (30) __________ (accept).
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.
The 88th Academy Awards once again ___31___ people around the world, including the Chinese, who were excited about Leonardo DiCaprio’s winning the Best Actor award.
But the annual ceremony also put Chinese filmmakers in an awkward position, as no Chinese films have ever ___32___ a golden trophy. The hard truth leaves people wondering when the nation, which is already the world’s second largest film market, will earn a place in the renowned award ceremony’s spotlight.
The circumstance for domestic artists is similar to that of Chinese writers and scientists before Mo Yan and Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2012 and 2015 ___33___.
Just as Chinese people become accustomed to seeing their fellow citizens taking home Nobel Prizes, it is time for them to see that winning an Oscar is also ___34___.
As the Chinese film market continues to grow at ___35___ speed—statistics showed that Chinese cinemas took a record 6.87 billion yuan in ticket sales in February 2016, with the monthly box office overtaking that of North America for the first time—it also attracts ___36___ capital from home and abroad, which will most likely tempt more talent into film. This will help boost creativity and quality, two major weak spots of the majority of homegrown movies.
In addition, there has been a growing awareness of how much of Chinese culture has yet to be tapped. Chinese culture has already provided a rich source of ___37___ for Hollywood productions. The Kung Fu Panda films are outstanding examples; the original and its first sequel are among the highest-grossing animated films ever. It is commonly believed that China doesn’t lack sources of inspiration. As long as Chinese filmmakers, armed with latest filmmaking technologies, improve their storytelling skill, they could see their ___38___ released.
Also worth noting is that China now has a ___39___ younger generation of filmmakers. With more professional and international training compared with their predecessors, they are better equipped to make breakthroughs.
No one can predict when ___40___ a homegrown film may stun the world, but there is good reason to be optimistic. Patience is gold for domestic filmmakers.
III. Reading Comprehension (45’)
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.
Is Email Stressing You Out?
Few people would disagree that email makes our lives easier. But ___41___ email can cause problems. Answering all those emails and processing all that information can ___42___ the brain, causing stress.
So says the Future Work Centre, a business based in London. This company carries out ___43___ research on people's experiences in their workplaces.
Dr. Richard MacKinnon at the center was the lead author of a report on messaging habits. He calls email a double-edged sword: Emails provide a useful way to communicate, but they could add to ___44___ in the mind, causing stress.
Come rain or shine, some office workers are under pressure to read and answer emails all day long. Psychologists are concerned about the pressure that workers bring on themselves.
Dr. Richard MacKinnon says that ___45___ email can be a valuable, time-saving communication tool, it can also be a source of stress and even ___46___ for many of
us. He adds that the stress ___47___ come from the number of emails you get but result from when and how you deal with them.
According to the study, leaving email on all day and never signing off, ___48___ reading and answering emails early in the day and late at night, are what makes email ___49___.
Dr. MacKinnon says both bad email habits are ___50___ to higher levels of stress in office workers. The report gives several suggestions on ___51___ email stress.
※Use email with a plan. Do not just react to endless email ___52___. If you use an email application, or app, on your device, close it down when you want to be left alone.
※If you need to communicate with a co-worker, call or better still walk to their office and talk about it.
※Be careful with the "reply all" option. ___53___, if you are accepting an invitation to attend training, just write back to those who need to know. Trust me. Other workers on that mailing list will thank you instead of being angry with you.
※And accept the fact that if a matter is ___54___ employers will call you about it.
Email is certainly not going anywhere. So, it is important to take ___55___ of your emails and not the other way around.
41.A. cancelling B. misunderstanding C. misusing D. reusing
42.A. overload B. overlook C. relax D. slower
43.A. psychological B. physical C. practical D. logical
44.A. imagination B. confusion C. tension D.
hesitation
45.A. if B. while C. since D. because
46.A. disease B. anger C. sadness D. tiredness
47.A. almost B. partly C. hardly D.
absolutely
48.A. apart from B. instead of C. other than D.
along with
49.A. stressful B. painful C. forgetful D. helpful
50.A. compared B. linked C. opposed D.
added
51.A. building B. protecting C. changing D. avoiding
52.A. information B. addresses C. alerts D. tips
53.A. However B. For example C. In fact D.
Therefore
54.A. urgent B. interesting C. attractive D.
significant
55.A. notice B. care C. control D.
place
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)
Humans are naturally drawn to other life forms and the worlds outside of our own. We take delight in the existence of creatures and even whole societies beyond our everyday lives.
This sense of wonder is universal. Look at the efforts that scientists have made to find out whether life of some kind exists on Mars, and the popularity of fantasy literature or movies like The Lord of the Rings. This sense of wonder draws us to each other, to the world around us, and to the world of make-believe. But have we gone so far in creating worlds of fantasy that we are missing the pleasure of other worlds that already exist all around us?
Human beings, as biologists have suggested, possess an inborn desire to connect with and understand other life forms. However, people, especially in big cities, often lead rather isolated lives. In a study of British school children, it was found that children by age eight were much more familiar with characters from television shows and video games than with common wildlife. Without modern technology, a small pond could be an amazing world filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals. When we lack meaningful interaction with the world around us, and sometimes even with our families and friends, we seek to understand and communicate with things that exist only in our imaginations or on a computer screen.
The world of make-believe is not necessarily bad. But when the world of fantasy becomes the only outlet(出路) for our sense of wonder, then we are really missing something. We are missing a connection with the living world. Other wonderful worlds exist all around us. But even more interesting is that if we look closely enough, we can see that these worlds, in a broad sense, are really part of our own.
56.The popularity of The Lord of the Rings proves__________.
A.the close connection between man and the fantasy world
B.the wonderful achievements of fantasy literature
C.the general existence of the sense of curiosity
D.the fine taste of moviegoers around the world
57.What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?
A.People are far less familiar with the world of fantasy.
B.The world around us could serve as a source of wonder.
C.The world of fantasy can be mirrored by a mall and lively pond.
D.Modern technology prevents us from developing our sense of wonder.
58.If our sense of wonder relies totally on the world of make-believe, we will
_________.
A.fail to appreciate the joy in our lives
B.be confused by the world of make-believe
C.miss the chance to recognize the fantasy world
D.be trapped by other worlds existing all around us
59.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To show us the hidden beauty in our world.
B.To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy world.
C.To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder.
D.To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe
(B)
Cagan Sekercioglu is an ornithologist(鸟类学家) who works to document and prevent bird extinction. He’s also a professor in the U.S. who runs an award-winning conservation(保护) group in his native Turkey. All those pursuits require flexibility --- and each involves big risks.
Why do you do what you do? Who inspired you?
I’ve always been drawn to nature. When other kids were playing soccer, I was bringing home insects and other animals. My mom took me to a child psychologist! But my beloved dad is my biggest inspiration. During tough economic times he left a safe accounting job to start Turkey’s first model-airplane company. It lasted 30 years.
What are the physical dangers of your work?
A whole range of dangers. While surveying birds I’ve been attacked by a brown bear in Alaska and an elephant in Tanzania. I’ve been faced with a poisonous snake
in Uganda. I’ve been caught between the military and terrorists, mistaken for a spy, held at gunpoint, kidnapped in Ethiopia, and attacked by a masked man in Costa Rica. Honestly, I’m often more afraid of people and traffic than I am of wildlife.
Is it politically difficult to be an environmentalist in Turkey?
It is when I criticize the institutions that grant my research permits. But it’s my duty as a scientist to tell the truth. The government talks about conservation, but its priority is to turn nature into cash. So it uses double standards. They are reforesting while cutting down old-growth forests. Actually every river is dammed, and the organization building those dams is responsible for regulating them. I’m trying to stop one that will destroy the Aras River wetlands, where half of Turkey’s bird species live. Yet if I speak out too much, I’ll be punished for a seemingly official, legal reason. Revenge in Turkey is usually indirect.
You spend many hours on advocating conservation. Does that hurt your academic career?
Some academics see it as a distraction. So far my school, the University of Utah, has been very understanding and appreciative. But I have to walk a fine line.
Do you ever feel scared by all the risks you face?
Well, I don’t actively seek risk. But I don’t avoid it either. T aking a risk means you can fail. But if you fail, at least you tried. And that’s all I can do. If I fail in the end, I fail fighting.
60.The interviewee’s father inspired him to _________.
A.take risks
B. pursue his own goals
C. love nature
D. develop his unique character
61.Which of the following experiences has the interviewee NOT encountered?
A.Being suspected of collecting secret information.
B.Being chased by wild beasts.
C.Being punished for a legal reason.
D.Being pointed at by a gun.
62.By saying “I have to walk a fine line,”the interviewee means that _________.
A.he should make a balance between the Turkish government and the
University of Utah
B.he should spend more time on research work than on advocacy.
C.he should cope with the difficult situation with care.
D.he should not do anything against the law.
(C)
The definition of the standard kilogram is fundamentally imperfect. Getting the definition right is a challenge that has tried the patience and intelligence of scientists for decades.
Scientists use just seven basic units to define all the other quantities we use --- quantities such as speed, density, or electric power. All of those basic units except the kilogram are themselves defined in terms of natural properties that are beyond
human control.
For example, the standard second (time) is defined as a specific number of vibration(震动) of a type of radiation released by atoms of a special metal. The standard meter (length), in turn, is defined as the length of the path light travels in a vacuum(真空) during a specific fraction of a second(瞬间).
Not so the kilogram. This orphan of the basic unit family is simply the mass of a small platinum-iridium alloy cylinder (铂-铱合金筒) locked away by the international Bureau of Weighs & Measures in France.
Embarrassingly, the last time the copies were brought for a checkup in the 1980s, officials found that some copies had gained about 20 parts per billion in weight compared to the master cylinder since the previous checkup in the 1940s. This implies that the master cylinder itself may be an inconstant standard.
No one knows what causes the weight changes. But the uncertainty can’t be tolerated when precision(精密度) in research and some manufacturing now demands accuracy to a few parts per billion.
Several efforts in several different countries are under way to redefine the kilogram in terms of basic physical quantities such as counting the actual number of atoms of a specific substance in a kilogram or the electromagnetic force that balances a kilogram mass against gravity.
A project of the latter type at the NIST laboratories in Gaithersburg hopes eventually to define mass in terms of electrical units. So far, none of these redefinition projects has borne fruit. They require precision of measurement and
control of experimental conditions. The slightest pollution, tiny vibrations, or other influences --- even changes in weather --- can ruin results. You’ve got to hand it to scientists who are willing to devote many years to such painstaking but fundamentally important research.
63.Which of the following best paraphrases the sentence “Not so the kilogram.”
In paragraph 4?
A.The kilogram is not as accurate as the standard second.
B.The kilogram is not universally accepted in the world.
C.The kilogram is not defined in terms of natural properties.
D.The kilogram is not well defined as time and length.
64.Which of the following can NOT be concluded from the passage?
A.Experiments are being carried out to redefine the kilogram.
B.The uncertainty in the standard kilogram can seriously affect some research.
C.The redefinition of the standard kilogram is quite complicated.
D.Scientists will achieve success in redefining the kilogram in the near future.
65.According to the passage, to define the weight of mass in terms of electrical
units _______.
A.is one of the best methods to redefine the kilogram
B.has been accepted as the only possible redefinition project
C.is not as simple as what people can understand
D.has been considered by some scientists as a better approach
66.We can know from the passage that the redefinition of the kilogram is _________.
A.more important in keeping market honesty
B.worth years of scientists’painstaking research
C.the urgent requirement of business and manufacturing
D.bring about important and fruitful results
Section C
Directions: complete the following passage by using the sentenced given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of satisfying hunger．Believe it or not, we’ve all been there. Have you ever finished a whole bag of chips out of boredom or downed cookie after cookie while preparing for a big test? But when done a lot --- especially without realizing it --- emotional eating can affect weight, health, and overall well-being.
Not many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings.
___67___ One of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it’s caused by negative feelings．Yes, people often turn to food when they’re stressed out, lonely, sad, anxious, or bored．But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert on Valentine’s Day or the celebration of a holiday feast．Sometimes emotional eating is tied to major life events, like a death or a divorce．___68___
Emotional eating patterns can be learned: A child who is given candy after a big achievement may grow up using candy as a reward for a job well done．___69___ It’s not easy to “unlearn”patterns of emotional eating．But it is possible．And it starts with an awareness of what’s going on.
We’re all emotional eaters to a degree．But for some people emotional eating can be a real problem, causing serious weight gain or other problems．The trouble with emotional eating is that once the pleasure of eating is gone, the feelings that cause it remain．___70___ That’s why it helps to know the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger.
Next time you reach for a snack, wait and think about which type of hunger is driving it.
第Ⅱ卷（共50分）
I. Translation (15’)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1.科学的迅猛发展使我们居住的星球变小了。

(make)
2.现在越来越多的孩子太依赖于电脑，不能用逻辑来思考问题。

(dependent)
3.我国政府宣布：在任何情况下都不会放弃任何一寸土地和海洋。

(circumstance)
4.不可否认的是中国高速铁路的先进技术已受到世界上几乎所有国家的承认。

(recognize)
II. Summary Writing (10’)
Direction: Read the passage carefully. Then write an English summary in about 60 words in your own words according to the passage given below.
It’s a nightly dilemma(困境) in many families: a student hits a wall doing homework, and his parents are too tired, too busy or too puzzled to help.
Ordering up a tutor is becoming as easy for kids as getting a snack. Students can use a credit card to connect with a live tutor. Such non-stop, no-appointment-needed services can be especially helpful to students with tight budgets or little time or those in remote areas although the quality of on-demand scholastics support may be uneven(不均匀的), and the unstable tutors may be not the best for those who need continuous help. Besides, language barriers can also cause problems on sites which rely on tutors from abroad.
Prices are lower than what many skilled tutors charge in a student’s home. Parents and students say the quick homework fix can ease stress and make evenings at home more peaceful.
Whenever Peggy Bennett of Dallas tries to help her daughter, Chloe Friedman, with her eight-grade physics and math homework, “we’d always end up with quarreling,”Ms. Bennett says, with Chloe often objecting that the teacher did it differently.
Chloe says she doubted when her mom helped her sign up last month on Tutor. com. But after she logged in one evening for math help, a tutor responded within a minute. Chloe says she was guided to figure out the answers, using text chat and an interactive “whiteboard”that displayed their writing and calculations on a screen.
After 10 minutes, Ms. Bennett adds, “that was all that she needed.”
Most sites employ moonlighting or retired teachers, college professors or professionals with tutoring experience; most offer scheduled tutoring in addition to on-demand sessions. The most common users are middle and high-schoolers, and college students take basic courses.
III. Guided Writing (25’)
Directions:Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是某报记者，对近来频现居住小区和街头的“大妈(housewives)广场舞蹈”现象作一个报道，并进行评述。