2022年七宝中学高三英语期中测试卷

2022年七宝中学高三英语期中测试卷

满分：150分   出题：马霄燕   审题：冯蕴佳

第I卷

I. Listening Comprehension (30%)

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 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.

1. A. A basketball player.    B. A laundry worker.

  C. A window washer.     D. A rock climber.

2. A. To a stationery shop.    B. To a gymnasium.

  C. To a paint store.     D. To a news stand.

3. A. 15 minutes.      B. 45 minutes.

  C. An hour.       D. An hour and a quarter.

4. A. 6$.   B. 16$.    C. 30$.    D. 60$.

5. A. Looking for a timetable.    B. Buying some furniture.

  C. Reserving a table.     D. Window shopping.

6. A. Egyptian.    B. Greek.    C. German.   D. American.

7. A. The man blamed the woman for being careless.

  B. The man misunderstood the woman’s apology.

  C. The woman offered to pay for the man’s coffee.

  D. The woman made the man’s jacket dirty with coffee.

8. A. Dangerous.    B. Brave.    C. Rude.    D. Modest.

9. A. A job.     B. A reader.   C. A book.   D. An author.

10. A. More sleep can get the man back onto the right track.

   B. Tiredness is a typical symptom of lack of exercise.

   C. The man should spend more time outdoors.

   D. People tend to work longer hours with artificial lighting.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked to 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. One case.   B. Two cases.   C. Three cases.  D. Four cases.

12. A. They fled the scene in a white car.   B. They ran off into a lane.

   C. They ran along the Seventh Ave.    D. They left by the front entrance.

13. A. A safe.    B. Cash.    C. A bike.   D. A metal pole.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 

14. A. 50 million.   B. 57 million.   C. 120 million.  D. 128 million

15. A. For financial aid.     B. For accurate policy making.

   C. For economic growth.    D. For knowing the level of education.

16. A. Some people are unwilling to be recorded.

   B. Most developing countries lack civil registration systems.

   C. All the developing countries have no registration system.

   D. The civil registration is accused by the public.

17. A. Helping the developing countries.

   B. Establishing a partnership with the WHO.

   C. Improving people’s health.

   D. Keeping correct records of births and deaths.

Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 

18. A. In a student dormitory.    B. In a homestay family.

   B. In a quiet hotel room.    D. In a lonely house.

19. A. High expense.     B. Noisy environment.

   C. Safety concern.     D. Difficult transportation.

20. A. He will be supported by a fund.  B. His family can support him.

   C. He has saved some money.   D. He can do part-time jobs.

II. Grammar and vocabulary  (20%)

Section A

Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

Best News Ever: Researchers Confirm Chocolate Is Good for Your Brain

Sure, chocolate is a delicious treat, and it’s a staple of some of our favorite desserts. But it’s not exactly a health food, so it should be enjoyed in moderation—right?

Well, it turns out that ____21____(eat) chocolate might actually have a pretty significant health benefit. According to recent research ____22____(conduct) by five scientists in Italy, compounds found in chocolate, called flavanols(黄烷醇), can help boost cognitive(认知的) performance. Yes, chocolate’s good for your brain.

The scientists, studying at the Universities of Rome and L’Aquila, ____23____(record) research from 10 different studies. The studies assessed people’s performance on cognitive tests before and after eating cocoa or chocolate. The results were telling: in 9 out of the 10 studies, there was a noticeable improvement ____24____ the subjects had eaten the chocolate. The scientists found improvements in “general cognition, attention, processing speed, and working memory.” Sounds pretty good to us!

And that’s not all. In subjects, especially women, who performed the tests while sleep-deprived, the flavanols helped “counteract” the negative effects of the sleep deprivation. And there’s even more good news. ____25____(take) daily over periods ranging from five days to three months, chocolate can produce noticeable long-term improvements in cognition. Older adults, ___26_____ memories were already declining, saw an especially significant improvement.

All chocolate has flavanols, since they occur naturally in cocoa. However, dark chocolate lovers, are happier, ____27____ it has more flavanols than any other type of chocolate. In fact, the scientists ____28____ have claimed that, after doing this research, they’ve started eating dark chocolate every day! Here are some other health benefits of eating dark chocolate. Now, we’re not saying that you ____29____ start eating chocolate for breakfast, lunch, and dinner—it’s still high in sugar and low in nutrients. But next time you find yourself yawning after a sleepless night, snack on some chocolate and let the flavanols work their magic. Go ahead, ____30____ take advantage of chocolate’s newfound brainpower with these delicious recipes.

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 throngs of tourists flooding Russian cities for the World Cup are expected to provide a(n) ____31____ boost to the country’s economy. However, the influx has proved difficult for some host cities to fully ____32____ visitors.

In the city of Samara, where England will play Sweden on Saturday in a quarterfinal match, water pressure is decreasing due to a(n) ____33____ in customers. In response, the city utility company has offered an unusual solution to mitigate(缓解) the low pressure. The proposal by the city’s water system authorities was ____34_____ in a simple statement. “Save water, take showers in pairs,” the company said, accompanying its ______35_____ with a smiley face.

The Moscow Times reported the water authorities have increased output in recent days to compensate for the visitors, but the utility company is still trying to ____36_____ residents about the strains placed on the water service. Rather than trying to change the habits of visitors, the water service has asked locals to alter their daily _____37____.

“Thousands of the city’s visitors, who also consume water, are ____38_____ to the increase,” the utility company, Samarskiye Kommunalniye Systemy, wrote in a press release on Wednesday.

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The city has also experienced a heat wave that has increased the _____39_____ for water during the tournament. The Associated Press reported said that medical staff distributed water to fans traveling to last month’s game between Russia and Uruguay via public transit.

Utility issues also arose when Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The host nation seemed unable to provide the infrastructure needed to host athletes, fans, reporters and others who attended the tournament. Journalists who visited the city to report on the games ____40______ discolored and brown water coming out of faucets(龙头).

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.

How Facebook Programmed Our Relatives

Three years ago, on his birthday, a law professor watched his e-mail inbox as usual. But it was filled with Facebook notifications(通告) ____41_____ that friends had posted messages on his wall. The messages made him sad. The blocked inbox was ____42_____, but what really upset him was having disclosed his birth date to Facebook in the first place. It’s not necessary for social networking to comply with(遵守) privacy laws, as some people ___43____believe. He hadn't paid much attention when he signed up—as with most electronic contracts, there was no room for negotiation about terms. He ____44_____ Facebook’s instructions, entered the data and clicked a button.

A few days later, the law professor decided to change the birth date on his Facebook profile to ____45_____ the same situation next year. But when the fake date rolled around, his inbox again was flooded with Facebook notifications. Two of the messages were from close relatives, one of whom he had spoken with on the phone on his actual birthday! How could she not realize that the date was ____46_____?

Our hypothesis(假设): she'd been programmed !

That law professor was one of us, and it confirmed his ____47___ that most people respond ____48____ to Facebook’s prompts(提示) to provide information or contact a friend without really thinking much about it. That's because digital networked technologies are engineering humans to behave like simple stimulus-response machines.

Social media plays a tremendous role in modern life. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have become the primary ways of keeping in touch with friends, family, classmates and colleagues. To date, ____49_____, researchers have not fully explored the degree to which these platforms are literally programming human responses. Social media platforms encode a range of social ____50_____: Facebook notifies us when it is time to wish our friends a happy birthday; LinkedIn prompts us to congratulate contacts on their work anniversaries. As a result, social interactions are often ___51____ to the click of a button.

Facebook may increase the number of people to whom we wish a happy birthday with a few clicks of a button; it's not as if we remember the birth dates of that high school classmate or distant cousin. But if it becomes _____52____ behavior, is it even meaningful? As for people who aren't on Facebook or don't post their birth dates publicly, the ___53____ they exercise over their data comes at a cost: they don't receive scores of well-wishes from far-flung contacts. ____54_____, it's still nice to be thought of, even if just once a year.

Digital platforms are _____55____ what it means to be human, and we can't rely on the platforms to police or research themselves. In the meantime, when your birthday rolls around, enjoy the warm feelings from friends sending their regards— but remember that they don't know when your birthday really is any more than you do theirs.

41. A. requiring  B. recognizing   C. indicating   D. summarizing

42. A. annoying  B. embarrassing  C. frustrating   D. exciting

43. A. hardly   B. passionately  C. mistakenly   D. slowly

44. A. lacked   B. suspended   C. obeyed   D. offered

45. A. accept   B. avoid    C. analyze   D. arrange

46. A. significant  B. definite   C. correct    D. fake

47. A. doubt   B. appointment  C. statement   D. plan

48. A. cautiously  B. positively   C. automatically  D. aggressively

49. A. thus   B. however   C. moreover   D. otherwise

50. A. reforms   B. problems   C. issues    D. behaviors

51. A. adapted   B. reduced   C. committed   D. admitted

52. A. suspected  B. accepted   C. programmed   D. horrified

53. A. control   B. judgements   C. influence    D. skills

54. A. In return  B. In addition   C. For example  D. After all

55. A. enriching  B. examining    C. shaping   D. retaining

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

Measles(麻疹), which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the United States 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine(疫苗). But the disease is making a comeback, caused by a growing anti-vaccine movement and misinformation that is spreading quickly. Already this year, 115 measles cases have been reported in the USA, compared with 189 for all of last year.

The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend. When vaccination rates are very high, as they still are in the nation as a whole, everyone is protected. This is called “herd immunity”, which protects the people who get hurt easily, including those who can’t be vaccinated for medical reasons, babies too young to get vaccinated and people on whom the vaccine doesn’t work.

But herd immunity works only when nearly the whole herd joins in. When some refuse vaccination and seek a free ride, immunity breaks down and everyone is in even bigger danger.

That’s exactly what is happening in small neighborhoods around the country from Orange County, California, where 22 measles cases were reported this month, to Brooklyn, N.Y., where a 17-year-old caused an outbreak last year.

The resistance to vaccine has continued for decades, and it is driven by a real but very small risk. Those who refuse to take that risk selfishly make others suffer.

Making things worse are state laws that make it too easy to opt out(决定不参加) of what are supposed to be required vaccines for all children entering kindergarten. Seventeen states allow parents to get an exemption（豁免), sometimes just by signing a paper saying they personally object to a vaccine.

Now, several states are moving to tighten laws by adding new regulations for opting out. But no one does enough to limit exemptions.

Parents ought to be able to opt out only for limited medical or religious reasons. But personal opinions? Not good enough. Everyone enjoys the life-saving benefits vaccines provide, but they’ll exist only as long as everyone shares in the risks.

56．The first two paragraphs suggest that ____________.

A．a small number of measles cases can start a dangerous trend

B．the outbreak of measles attracts the public attention

C．anti-vaccine movement has its medical reasons

D．information about measles spreads quickly

57．Herd immunity works well when ____________.

A．exemptions are allowed

B．several vaccines are used together

C．the whole neighborhood is involved in

D．new regulations are added to the state laws

58．What is the main reason for the comeback of measles?

A．The overuse of vaccine.

B．The lack of medical care.

C．The features of measles itself.

D．The vaccine opt-outs of some people.

59．What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce the idea of exemption.

B．To discuss methods to cure measles.

C．To stress the importance of vaccination.

D．To appeal for equal rights in medical treatment.

B

Suppose you’re in a rush, feeling tired, not paying attention to your screen, and you send an email that could get you in trouble.

Realisation will probably set in seconds after you’ve clicked “send”. You freeze in horrors and burn with shame.

What to do? Here are four common email accidents, and how to recover.

Clicking “send” too soon

Don’t waste your time trying to find out if the receivers has read it yet. Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief explaining that this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignored.

Writing the wrong time

The sooner you notice, the better. Respond quickly and briefly, apologizing for your mistake. Keep the tone measured: don’t handle it too lightly, as people can be offended, especially if your error suggests a misunderstanding of their culture(i.e. incorrect ordering of Chinese names).

Clicking “reply all” unintentionally

You accidentally reveal(透露)to entire company what menu choices you would prefer at the staff Christmas dinner, or what holiday you’d like to take. In this instance, the best solution is to send a quick, light-hearted apology to explain your awkwardness. But it can quickly rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting “reply all” to join in a long and unpleasant conversation. In this instance, step away from your keyboard to allow everyone to calm down.

Sending an offensive message to its subject

The most awkward email mistake is usually committed in anger. You write an unkind message about someone, intending to send it to a friend, but accidentally send it to the person you’re discussing. In that case, ask to speak in person as soon as possible and say sorry. Explain your frustrations calmly and sensibly—see it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties you may have 

60. If you have written the wrong name in an email, it is best to ________.

A. apologise in a serious manner

B. tell the receiver to ignore the error

C. learn to write the name correctly

D. send a short notice to everyone

61. What should you do when an unpleasant conversation is started by your “reply all” email?

A. Try offering other choices.

B. Avoid further involvement.

C. Meet other staff members.

D. Make a light-hearted apology.

62. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Defining email errors.

B. Reducing email mistakes.

C. Handling email accidents.

D. Improving email writing.

C

Discoveries in science and technology are thought by “untaught minds” to come in blinding flashes or as the result of dramatic accidents. Sir Alexander Fleming did not, as legend would have it, look at the mold ( 霉 ) on a piece of cheese and get the idea for penicillin there and then. He experimented with antibacterial substances for nine years before he made his discovery. Inventions and innovations almost always come out of tough trial and error. Innovation is like soccer; even the best players miss the goal and have their shots blocked much more frequently than they score.

The point is that the players who score most are the ones who take most shots at the goal—and so it goes with innovation in any field of activity. The prime difference between innovation and others is one of approach. Everybody gets ideas, but innovators work consciously on theirs, and they follow them through until they prove practicable or otherwise. What ordinary people see as fanciful abstractions, professional innovators see as solid possibilities.

“Creative thinking may mean simply the realization that there’s no particular goodness in doing things the way they have always been done.” Wrote Rudolph Flesch, a language authority. This accounts for our reaction to seemingly simple innovations like plastic garbage bags and suitcases on wheels that make life more convenient: “How come nobody thought of that before?”

The creative approach begins with the proposal that nothing be as it appears. Innovators will not accept that there is only one way to do anything. Faced with getting from A to B, the average person will automatically set out on the best-known and apparently simplest route. The innovator will search for alternate courses, which may prove easier in the long run and are sure to be more interesting and challenging even if they lead to dead ends. Highly creative individuals really do march to a different drummer.

63. What does the author probably mean by “untaught mind” in the first paragraph?

   A. An individual who often comes up with new ideas by accident.

   B. A person who has had no education.

   C. A citizen of a society that restricts personal creativity.

   D. A person ignorant of the hard work involved in experimentation.

64. According to the author, what differs innovators from non-innovators?

   A. The way they present their findings.

   B. The way they deal with problems.

   C. The intelligence they possess.

   D. The variety of ideas they have.

65.The phrase “march to a different drummer” (the last line of the passage) suggests that highly creative individuals are _____.

   A. unwilling to follow common ways of doing things

   B. diligent in pursuing their goals

   C. concerned about the advance of society

   D. devoted to the progress of science

66.The most suitable title for this passage might be _____.

   A. The Relation Between Creation and Diligence

   B. To Be a Creative Expert in the Study of Human Creativity

   C. What Are So Special about Creative Individuals

D. Discoveries and Innovation

Section C

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

There’s no denying crows are smart. They can remember where food has been hidden, recognize faces and craft tools. And, according to a new paper in Scientific Reports, some crows can even make those tools from memory. This skill may point to these clever corvids having a sort of culture of their own.

Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Cambridge, worked specifically with New Caledonian crows. __________67__________ But experts haven’t been able to make sure where the crows pick up their skills. A bird in one area can construct the same tool as another bird miles away — but there’s no evidence bird one watched bird two build the gadget in order to copy it. And New Caledonian crows don’t really have a language, either.

__________68__________ Jelbert and her team had a hunch(预感) that it was because the birds were building based on the memory of tools they’d seen.

To test this, the group trained eight crows to place pieces of paper into a pseudo-vending machine (really just a wooden box) to get a treat. _________69___________ Once they learned which sizes were rewarded, Jelbert and her team then gave the feathered participants large cards; the birds could fashion these into the coin sizes they’d picked up on earlier. Importantly, the crows didn’t get any sort of template(模板) when they were working with the big cards. And the birds snipped them into pieces that were similar in size to the coins they’d learned would get them treats.

Given the lack of a template to copy, it seems the crows were able to construct mental images of the coins and use it to replicate a tool. ___________70_________ These birds can see something and not just build it from memory, but potentially make improvements in their designs. “Most importantly,” the authors say in the study, “an improvement made by a crow during its lifetime could become part of the template learnt by subsequent generations, leading to an increase in tool complexity over time.” And this progression is a key component of cultural progression.

Jelbert and her team recognize there’s still work to be done to see if their hypothesis is solid, like testing how long the crows can remember their mental images of the tools.

第II 卷

I．Summary (15%)

Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.

Are your children getting on your last nerve? Did a coworker’s comment rub you the wrong way? There’s no need to plug the steam coming out of your ears. In fact, science now gives you full permission to release those emotions; you might actually be happier for it. If that seems counterintuitive(违反直觉的), hear us out. A new study suggests that people tend to be happier if they can feel and express emotions as they want. That goes for unpleasant emotions like anger and hatred, too.

An international team of researchers recruited 2,300 university students from the United States, Brazil, China, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Poland, and Singapore. They then asked the participants to tell them which emotions they desired and which ones they actually felt, and then compared those responses to how the participants rated their overall happiness or life satisfaction.

The results showed an interesting trend. While participants wanted to experience more pleasant emotions, they reported higher life satisfaction if the emotions they experienced matched those they desired. More surprising still, 11 percent of people wanted to feel less of positive emotions, such as love and empathy, and 10 percent of people wanted to feel more negative emotions, such as hatred and anger.

At first glance, these results might seem confusing. But there’s a simple explanation, according to the study’s authors. Happiness is “more than simply feeling pleasure and avoiding pain,” they write. It is also learning to release negative emotions when you feel them, instead of ignoring them or bottling them up.

“If you feel emotions you want to feel, even if they’re unpleasant, then you’re better off,” lead researcher Dr Maya Tamir from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem told the BBC News website.

II． Translation (15%)

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

1. 他刚一坐下，服务员就给他上茶了。(Hardly…)
2. 把新的科学发现应用于工业生产要花几年的时间。(before)
3. 再尝试与这台电脑的客服联系，否则我们只能求助于同学和好友了。(contact)
4. 当听到两架飞机在机场侥幸避开碰撞(collision) 的消息，我们禁不住佩服飞行员在紧急情况下表现出的勇敢和果断。(escape)

III. Guided Writing (25%)

Directions: Write an English composition in no less than 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

微信朋友圈 WeChat moments

拉黑   pull sb. into blacklist

2022年七宝中学高三英语期中考试答案

第I卷

I.

1-5 CACCC  6-10 DDBCC  11-13 BAB   14-16 ABBD  17-20 BAB

II.

21. eating     22. conducted     23. recorded   24. after    25. Taken     26. whose

27. because/as/since    28. themselves    29. Should/must    30. and

31—40 AB   AD   BD   A   AC   B   ABC   CD   BC  C

III.

41—55 CACCB  DACBD  BCADC

56-59 ACDC  60—62 ABC   63—66 DBAC

67—70  D  A  C  AB

第II 卷

I. Summary

A study indicates people will be happier if they express emotions directly. A team of researchers invited students from different countries to prove it. If students’ experience, whatever positive or negative feelings, matches the feelings they desire, they feel happier, since happiness is not only feeling happy but also learning to release negative emotions. So feel all your emotions.

 59 words

1Research indicates that perceiving and expressing both positive and negative emotions satisfies people. 22300 university students’ desired emotions and felt emotions were compared with their life satisfaction. 3Surprisingly, the more the 2 emotions were matched, the higher their satisfaction was. 4Accordingly, happiness means facing negative emotions bravely and releasing them, instead of merely avoiding them. 5So express all your emotions.      60 words         9’

A study shows people are happier if their desired emotions including negative ones are expressed. Research subjects recorded their desired and felt emotions to compare with overall happiness. Those whose felt emotions matched their desired ones scored high in happiness. Hence, happiness isn’t just feeling positive emotions. Expressing negative emotions rather than hiding them also enhances the feeling of happiness. (60)

II.

5. 1.他刚一坐下，服务员就给他上茶了。(Hardly…)

Hardly had he sat down when the waiter served him tea.

6. 2.把新的科学发现应用于工业生产要花几年的时间。(before)

It will be several years before new scientific discoveries are applied to industrial production.

7. 3.再尝试与这台电脑的客服联系，否则我们只能求助于同学和好友了。(contact)

Try contacting the customer service of the computer once more, or we can only turn to classmates and friends.

do sth, and you will do sth.

do sth, or you will do sth.

ask sb. for help

8. 4.当听到两架飞机在机场侥幸避开碰撞(collision) 的消息，我们禁不住佩服飞行员在紧急情况下表现出的勇敢和果断。(escape)

When hearing the news that two planes narrowly escaped the collision at the airport, we couldn’t help admiring bravery and resolution/decisiveness/determination the pilot showed in the emergency.

Can’t help doing

Can’t help but do