【期中真题】上海市建平中学2022-2023学年高三上学期期中教学质量检测英语试题.zip

建平中学2022学年度第一学期高三教学质量检测

期中考试(英语)

Listening Comprehension

Section A Short Conversations

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 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.

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A. Beneficial. B. Unhealthy.

C. Common. D. Rare.

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A. They are not really cheap. B. They look good for the price.

C. They may not last long. D. They will be out of fashion quickly.

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A. John should give priority to his privacy.

B. John had better choose a cheap apartment.

C. John is unlikely to move out of the dormitory.

D. John should make sure that he can find a quiet place.

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A. She will get her car back on Friday.

B. She may not be able to give the man a ride.

C. She isn’t sure whether she will go to the party.

D. She’s just paid a visit to the Andersons.

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A. Tony gave a well-grounded reason.

B Tony should choose another course.

C. Tony should continue his science class.

D. Tony had better get up early every morning.

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A. It is under-staffed. B. It serves tasty coffee.

C. It isn’t big enough. D. It doesn’t provide good service.

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A. A nice hair-style. B. An unforgettable wedding.

C. A devoted friend. D. An old photo.

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A. Surprised. B. Relaxing.

C. Disappointed. D. Sympathetic.

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A. She can give the man a discount for the phone case.

B. Screen protectors are out of stock for the time being.

C. Phone cases are much more expensive than screen protectors.

D. The man can get a screen protector for free if he buys a phone case.

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A. Drop out of the play. B. Switch parts with another actor.

C. Be patient about learning his part. D. Have his lines memorized by tomorrow.

Section B Passages

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and conversation. The passages and 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 best answer to the question you have heard.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

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A. Dreams are usually meaningless. B. Not everyone has dreams every day.

C. We are sometimes anxious about dreams. D. Dreams can remind us of what we must do.

12.

A. If you are often eager to dream. B. If you want to understand them.

C. If you wonder when you dream. D. If you are often frightened by them.

13.

A. What intense feelings you have in the dreams.

B. Where you go in the dreams.

C. Whoever you meet in the dreams.

D. Whatever you experience in the dreams.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

14.

A. To go on strike. B. To protect themselves.

C. To combine their efforts. D. To fight against their employers.

15.

A. The shops stopped selling them daily necessities.

B. People then suffered from a shortage of foodstuffs.

C. They were exploited and mistreated by their employers.

D. Gas and candles were not available to them at that time.

16.

A. They refuse most new technologies. B. They stick to old ways of business.

C. They offer banking and insurance. D. They are limited to a small region.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

17.

A. Dealing with camera companies.

B. Calling electricians if there is an emergency.

C. Looking after the camera crew.

D. Working on timesheets.

18.

A. An electrician. B. A cameraman.

C. An assistant to electricians. D. An assistant to cameramen.

19.

A. The equipment can’t stand the extremely bad weather.

B. It’s hard for him to do something out of the ordinary.

C. It once took him ages to get used to work outdoors.

D. Something unexpected are very likely to happen.

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A. He isn’t eager for any promotion.

B. He thinks family is more important.

C. He is already at the top of his career ladder.

D. He doesn’t find any right position for himself.

Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.

The Antonine Plague (瘟疫)

The year was 166 C.E., and the Roman Empire was in its prime. The triumphant Roman troops, under the command of Emperor Lucius Verrus, returned to Rome victorious after ____21____ (defeat) their Parthian enemies. As they marched west toward Rome, they carried with them more than the spoils of plundered Parthian temples; they also carried an epidemic that ____22____ (ruin) the Roman Empire over the course of the next two decades.

The Antonine Plague, ____23____ was known later, would reach every corner of the empire and is ____24____ most likely claimed the life of Lucius Verrus himself in 169 — and possibly that of his co-emperor Marcus Aurelius in 180. 

The effect of the epidemic on Rome’s armies was apparently devastating. Closeness to sick fellow soldiers and less-than-optimal living conditions made it possible for the outbreak to spread rapidly throughout the troops, such as those ____25____ (base) along the northern frontier at Aquileia. Troops elsewhere in the empire were similarly stricken. ____26____ (reverse) their shrinking soldiers, they sent the sons of soldiers to troops. Army discharge certificates from the Balkan region suggest that there was a significant decrease in the number of soldiers who were allowed to retire from military service during the period of the plague.

The effect on the civilian population was evidently by no means ____27____ (severe). In his letter to Athens in 174, Marcus Aurelius loosened the requirements for membership to the ruling council of Athens, ____28____ there were now too few surviving upper-class Athenians who met the requirements he had introduced prior to the outbreak.

It has been estimated that the death rate over the 23-year period of the Antonine Plague was 7—10 percent of the population. ____29____ the practical consequences of the outbreak, such as the destabilization of the Roman military and economy, the psychological impact on the populations could by no means be ignored. It is easy to imagine the sense of fear and helplessness ancient Romans _____30_____ have felt in the face of such a ruthless, painful, disfiguring and frequently fatal disease.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

In recent years we’ve all become more health conscious. However, in doing so we seem to have____31____health. Health is no longer something everyone is born with. Health is a commodity. It is something you can have more of. And to____32____for this extra health you have to buy a tracksuit, eat vitamin pills, have a therapist and learn to do one-handed press-ups.

This all sounds quite harmless — until you realise it implies that people who are not perfectly formed, who are not young, sporty and sun-tanned, are less____33____people. We all want to be healthy but we should perhaps come down off the exercise bike and____34____what the word health actually means.

For a start, health is not beauty and fitness. You can have wonderful hair and huge muscles, while your internal organs are in a terrible state. The outer person is not a direct____35____of the inner person. Second, health is not a purely physical state. It’s mental as well. There are lots of fit people who are not psychologically sound and,____36____, a lot of quite seriously disabled people who are bright, happy and perfectly in tune with themselves. Besides, the____37____for physical and mental health are a matter of opinion, containing a strong social element. There’s a tribe in the Amazon rainforest which regards you as unwell if you don’t have marks of fungal (真菌) infection on your skin.

Taking all this into account, health is a terribly difficult word to define. It is nevertheless of grave____38____to do so, because unless we know what health is we don’t know what to aim for. My own favourite definition of health is ‘psychological health is the ability to love and to work’. It’s an easy thing to aim for and at the same time very difficult to arrive at. There are, however, occasional moments in everyone’s life when you experience,____39____, a great love for those around you and also a great sense of personal fulfilment. These brief moments are very hard to achieve, but they are_____40_____as a more worthwhile aim in life than trying to look like a supermodel.

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension

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.

At the Noori Convenience Store LaShanda Calloway, a 27-year-old man, was lying unconscious on the floor, badly wounded and in desperate need of help, and yet the five people present in the store walked past him and carried on with their shopping. The truth of the matter was that this type of occurrence wasn’t____41____, and the shoppers’ motivations weren’t that difficult to understand.

We all like to think that we can____42____when the situation requires it, our moral codes prompting us to react in a proper and acceptable way. However, what really happens when we’re ____43____is something quite different. The vast majority of people do nothing: something is holding them back. The LaShanda Calloway case is a classic example of this: it’s what social psychologists call ‘the bystander effect’.

Studies have shown that the bystander effect is caused by several different____44____made by people at the scene of an emergency or other distressing event. Firstly, having other people around is one of the main causes of____45____. The reason for this is people tend to assume that someone else is either already helping or____46____to offer aid.

We also____47____situations through ‘social proof’ or the information we gather from others. If other people are not____48____, perhaps there is no emergency or wrongdoing. We don’t want to make an embarrassing mistake, so we____49____and do nothing. This results in ‘pluralistic ignorance’(人众无知) where everyone assumes that others have more knowledge, and people yield to what they perceive as the majority opinion.

____50____of personal risk also plays a part. If someone is attacked or in deep trouble and you intervene, there is a risk of you becoming a new target for the aggressor or____51____the friction.

So how do people manage to reverse the trend and intervene? What stimulates them into action? And what causes other people to bury their heads in the sand?

Studies have shown that active bystanders have generally had a more tolerant and empathetic upbringing, which stimulates greater____52____for the welfare of others. For these people, turning a blind eye isn’t an option; they feel compelled to step in and get involved.

That said, the bystander effect tends to____53____every aspect of our lives, from everyday scenarios like seeing bullying to our attitude to bigger challenges such as global warming. Perhaps the first step is____54____that we are all bystanders. Being aware of the causes could help us overcome them. Ultimately, it’s in our power to make a difference, from changing people’s attitudes to saving someone’s dignity- or maybe, as in the case of LaShanda Calloway, even saving someone’s____55____.

41. A. remarkable B. chaotic C. consistent D. respective

42. A. queue up B. step in C. stream by D. take notice

43. A. brought into effect B. held accountable C. shown pity on D. put to the test

44. A. causes B. interventions C. assumptions D. motives

45. A. integrity B. inaction C. persistence D. resignation

46. A. less eager B. more suspicious C. more qualified D. less rigid

47. A. breath life into B. keep pace with C. attach importance to D. make sense of

48. A. insisting B. responding C. evolving D. submitting

49. A. cling to traditions B. bear fruit C. go with the flow D. reverse the trend

50. A. Component B. Restriction C. Clarification D. Fear

51. A. escalating B. eliminating C. facilitating D. tackling

52. A. appeal B. fascination C. concern D. perspective

53. A. integrate B. influence C. orient D. compensate

54. A. imposing B. dismissing C. ignoring D. recognizing

55. A. trouble B. face C. life D. money

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)

At 14, Fraser Doherty was busy making jam after his grandparents taught him a family recipe. He started selling jars of his jam door to door near his parents’ home in Edinburgh. As interest grew, his hobby stated to turn into a business. He now makes 40,000 jars of jam a month and is well on his way to making his first million.

Doherty, who has been chosen to represent Britain in the Global Students Entrepreneurs Awards in Chicago next month, said there are several advantages to having started young: “As a young person you have a different view of the world. You have a naivety and an optimism and are willing to give things a shot. The downside for me isn’t particularly scary. I don’t have a mortgage or kids to worry about so I didn’t have a huge amount to lose if my idea had not worked.”

Duncan Cheatle, founder of The Supper Club, a forum for established entrepreneurs in London, agreed that becoming an entrepreneur at a young age has a lot to recommend it.

“For young people there is no concept of thinking outside the box because there isn’t a box. There is capacity in young people to see things in a different way that older people lose. And often not being an expert in something can be helpful because if you don’t understand why something works in a certain way, you will decide to do it differently.”

Emma Jones, founder of Enterprise Nation, the home business website, said that young people were much more confident about using technology as a base for their business than the older generation. “Whole sectors that didn’t exist ten years ago are coming up now because young entrepreneurs are challenging all previous rules and saying technology means that we can do things like this. They have an open capacity to think of new ideas and as a result they are starting very interesting businesses.”

56. According to Doherty,         is the competitive edge of young people starting business compared with the older generation?

A. ignorance of the reality B. naïve pursuit of a hobby

C. readiness to try things out D. parents shouldering the financial burden

57. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means young people         .

A. are reluctant to obey the existing rules

B. are not bound by established ways of doing things

C. have superior ideas to those of the older generation

D. will not fall into traps that old people set up for them

58. Which of the following statements will Emma Jones most likely agree with?

A. Abandoning all previous rules is a must to establish new sectors.

B. As people grow older, they are less able to take a fresh approach.

C. Those lacking confidence are less able to start creative businesses.

D. The use of technology contributes to the creation of new businesses.

59. The purpose of this passage is to         .

A. inform readers of success stories of young entrepreneurs

B. introduce opinions on the advantages of being young entrepreneurs

C. convince young people to follow the trend and start their own businesses

D. provide specific guidance on how to become successful young entrepreneurs

(B)

60. New rules of tipping are recommended because           .

A. the pandemic has driven many businesses to financial ruin

B. some people have to work from home without interaction

C. customers dismiss the old standards as unfair to themselves

D. some old tipping standards can’t help some service workers out now

61. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Tip every worker fairly in case some may keep the money to himself.

B. The more you tip, the better service you will receive.

C. Writing a review online is highly recommended to express gratitude.

D. There is no need to tip the boss because he doesn’t provide any service.

62.           did best in tipping according to the recommended rules.

A. Ginna B. Joan C. Susan D. Linn

(C)

Reclaim Our Streets from Traffic

In the Dutch city of Tilburg, a pilot project aims to make its road network more pedestrian and cycle-friendly. A system under development in the project there senses when bikes are approaching a crossing and changes the lights sooner than it otherwise would, thus giving cyclists priority over motorists. Smart traffic lights can also have environmental benefits, for example, by giving lorries a clear run through urban areas and reducing the frequency with which they have to stop and start, they reduce emissions, noise pollution and damage to road surfaces. All of this seems a far cry from the majority of urban centres.

The application of the technology is virtually limitless and could form a major weapon in the battle to recapture city streets worldwide from motor vehicles and reduce pollution. To put this into context, in Barcelona, which is anything but large relative to many modern urban expansions, air pollution is estimated to cause around 3,500 premature deaths per year out of a population of 1.6 million. Additionally, it is responsible for severe effects on ecosystems and agriculture. Traffic, which is the major contributor to this problem, also causes noise pollution beyond levels considered healthy. Scaling this distressing picture up for larger metropolitan areas could be bad for your health!

The World Health Organisation recommends that every city should have a minimum of 9 ㎡ of green space per resident. While some places come out well relative to this figure (London scores an impressive 27, and Amsterdam an incredible 87.5), many do not. Tokyo currently has around 3 ㎡ per person, and is far from alone in providing insufficient ‘lungs’ for its population. Picture the effect on these figures of banning traffic from the majority of a city’s streets and allowing these roads to be converted into community areas, such as parks and pedestrian zones. Such a system, known as ‘superblocks’, is rapidly gaining support in many of the world’s urban centres.

The idea has at its heart the notion that streets belong to people and not cars. Roads are repurposed within an area known as a superblock, leaving only the streets around the area accessible to vehicles. Taking up less space than a neighbourhood, but larger than the blocks in many cities, their design ensures that no one would ever be more than 300 m from a road. This may mean sacrificing the parking spaces assigned to properties within them, but that’s a small price to pay. By increasing the frequency of bus stops on the surrounding streets and applying smart traffic management technology as used in Tilburg, it would be possible to make public transport more effective despite having significantly fewer vehicle-accessible roads. This could be paired with a new system of cycling lanes in the areas off-limits to traffic.

Given that the majority of the world’s population now lives in an urban environment imagine the number of people who would benefit from this idea.

63. What is the writer emphasising in the sentence ‘All of this seems a far cry from the majority of urban centres’ in paragraph one?

A. the contrast between aims and the current reality.

B. how upsetting living in some cities can be.

C. how advanced technology is in certain regions.

D. the technological changes happening worldwide.

64. What point does the writer make in the second paragraph?

A. Smaller cities have relatively high levels of pollution.

B. Having farms near cities decreases harmful pollution.

C. Problems caused by pollution multiply with city size.

D. Embracing technology eases harmful pollution levels.

65. What does the writer suggest about green spaces in the third paragraph?

A. Most cities exceed international green space guidelines.

B. Modern cities have fewer green spaces than old ones.

C. Much urban green space worldwide has disappeared.

D. Many city authorities should change their green space policy.

66. According to the writer, all of the following people would benefit from the introduction of superblocks except        .

A. bus users B. residents C. cyclists D. pedestrians

Section C

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

A big cause of concerns for Australian government is the increasing number of migrants who return to their countries of origin. Several surveys have been conducted recently into the reasons why people go home. One noted that “flies, dirt, and outside lavatories” were on the list of complaints from British immigrants, and added that many people also complained about “the crudity, bad manners, and unfriendliness of the Australians”.____67____

Most British migrants miss council housing the National Health scheme, and their relatives and former neighbor.____68____The men soon make new friends at work, but wives tend to find it much harder to get used to a different way of life. Many are housebound because of inadequate public transport in most outlying suburbs, and regular correspondence with their old friends at home only serves to increase their discontent. One housewife was quoted recently as saying: “I even find I miss the people I used to hate at home.”

Rent are high, and there are long waiting lists for Housing Commission homes. Sickness can be an expensive business and the climate can be unexpectedly rough. The gap between Australian and British wage packets is no longer big, and people are generally expected to work harder here than they do at home. Professional men over forty often have difficulty in finding a decent job. ____69____

According to the journal Australian Manufacturer, the attitude of many employers and fellow workers is anything but friendly. “We Australians,” it stated in a recent issue, “are just too fond of painting the rosy picture of the big, warm-hearted Aussie____70____Go down “heart-break alley” among some of the migrants and find out just how expansive the Aussie is to his immigrants.”

A. Loneliness is a big factor, especially among housewives.

B. A slower rate of growth invariably produces discontent.

C. Another gave climate conditions and homesickness as the main reasons for leaving.

D. One drawback with immigrants to Australia is that integration tends to be more difficult.

E. Above all, perhaps, skilled immigrants often finds a considerable reluctance to accept their qualifications.

F. As a matter of fact, we are so busy boasting about ourselves that we have no time to be warm-hearted and considerate.

Ⅳ. Summary Writing

71. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Global Cooperation

In the 21st century, we’ve seen a new trend that is pushing the boundaries of human invention and innovation—global cooperation. Scientific and technical research and development is now so complicated that no one scientist can know it all. So, increasingly, innovation is coming from the combining of cutting-edge expertise (专业知识) from different scientific fields.

There are now over 8, 000 scientific journals worldwide and it is impossible to be an expert in all areas. Therefore, in this highly specialized world, scientists, medics and engineers have to cooperate in order to innovate. Professor Bob Langer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has made significant breakthroughs in the field of biomedical engineering. But he hasn’t done it on his own. He has invited experts from around the world in different fields to form a global team to design new substances which can go inside the body, deliver medicines and then dissolve. Also at MIT, when Cesar Harada heard about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, he quit his dream job there and tried to develop a more efficient way to remove the oil. But rather than focusing on profit, he decided to ‘open-source’ the design. He shared his own ideas on the web for free and then got experts from all around the world to contribute ideas and even donations. Thanks to this free, not-for-profit way of sharing ideas and intellectual property on the internet, a boat capable of cleaning oil quickly came into being. Obviously, international cooperation based on sharing information freely has produced innovative approaches to solving problems.

It appears that the days of brilliant individuals working in their garages on their own are over. Global teams with a united purpose building on everyone’s expertise can collectively do far more than one brilliant individual. Today’s world calls for global cooperators, sharers, and not protectors of ideas.

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Ⅴ. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

72. 这个厨师总是不等到发钱就把钱用光。(case)(汉译英)

73. 既然你被自己心仪的学校录取了，何不请每个人吃一个冰淇淋？(treat) (汉译英)

74. 在传统文化中注入创意能吸引更多年轻人，但原汁原味地传承我们的传统也很重要。(pass) (汉译英)

75. 生活不如意时，文学书籍给我们提供了可以达到的一种比现实更美好的境界，弥补我们现实生活中所存在的不堪和粗糙。(when) (汉译英)

Ⅵ. Guided Writing

76. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假设你是汇文中学的李星，你很想成为一名美食评论员(food critic)，学校校报主编给你布置了一个任务——针对你校周围新开的一家中餐馆，写一篇餐馆评论(review)。你的文章应含有以下内容：

·你的用餐经历；(可以提到食物质量，用餐环境，服务态度等方面)

·你是否会推荐该餐馆。

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