闵行区2015学年第二学期高三年级质量调研考试

英语试卷

考生注意：

1．考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2．本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1-11页）和第II卷（第12页），全卷共12页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3．答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名。

第I卷 (共103分)

I. Listening Comprehension

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. At a post office. B. At a garage.

C. At a newspaper office. D. At a publishing house.

2. A. $15. B. $30. C. $50. D. $100.

3. A. She’s unwilling to do it. B. She is afraid of donating blood.

C. Donating blood is none of her business. D. She’s ready to donate blood.

4. A. A shop assistant. B. A dentist.

C. An electrician. D. A bank clerk.

5. A. Boring. B. Horrible. C. Moving. D. Sad.

6. A. Lending money to a student. B. Working in the office.

C. Reading a student’s application. D. Asking for some financial aid.

7. A. The invention of the steam engine. B. The application of the steam engine.

C. The history textbook. D. Watt’s life.

8. A. He has not adjusted to the new culture.

B. He has been studying hard at night.

C. He finds biology difficult to learn.

D. He is not accustomed to the time in a different zone.

9. A. She thinks that Bill Gates is a successful person not just because he is rich.

B. She believes that it’s impossible for Bill Gates to be rich and kind as well.

C. She doesn’t want to be a person like Bill Gates.

D. She regards wealth as the most important part in Bill Gate’s success.

10. A. Mark made some trouble with Bobby.

B. Bobby was a trouble-maker at school.

C. Mr. Allen was Bobby’s class teacher.

D. Mark was Bobby’s elder brother.

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. Acceptable. B. Unsatisfactory.

C. Tolerable. D. Adequate.

12. A. One semester. B. 20 days.

C. Three months. D. Nine weeks.

13. A. Enlarging the space and extending the evening hours.

B. Increasing the teaching staff and lengthening the operation hours.

C. Cutting on waiting time and increasing work efficiency.

D. Enlarging children’s play area and offering parents flexible pick-up time.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. To invite authors to guide readers. B. To involve people in community service.

C. To encourage people to read and share. D. To promote the friendship between cities.

15. A. Because they came from many different backgrounds.

B. Because they were too busy to read a book.

C. Because they had little interest in reading.

D. Because they lacked support from the local government.

16. A. The careful selection of a proper book.

B. The number of people who benefit from the process.

C. The growing popularity of the writers.

D. The number of books that each person reads.

Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

What is Harrods famous for?

Its (17)________ Hall and Food Hall.



When was Harrods founded?

In (18)________.



How does Monica think of its service?

Excellent and (19)________.



How is the business during the January sales?

There is an increase in (20)______ and sales.



Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write no more than THREE WORDS for each answer.

What do the individuals bring to the companies?

Different ideas, (21)________ and learning experiences.



Why do people behave so differently at work?

Due to the two factors: (22)________.



What is the positive effect of individuals’ working together?

Helping (23)________.



What is the disadvantage of individuals’ differences?

They are the (24)________ between staff.



II. Grammar and Vocabulary

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.

(A)

Barditch High School decided to have an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, (25)________ (wheel) to the Park.

Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when Ms.Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman (26)________ had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.

Then Ms. Yates started to speak:

“I can’t tell you (27)________ pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. (28)________ I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination.”

Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:

“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and (29)________ would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in your (30)________ (choose) path.”

“There is no (31)________ (great) comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart.”

There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar. Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame (32)________ ________ the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.

(B)

Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch. But he is going to experience (33)________ unwelcome surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer (锁止器)，and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that (34)________ the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again.

The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS (全球定位系统) satellite positioning receiver. If the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle’s engine management system and prevent the engine (35)________ (start).

In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves. “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert. He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.

Modern cars are far tougher to steal, (36)________ their engine management computer won’t allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed (发射) out by the ignition (点火) key. In the UK, technologies like this (37)________ (help) achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997.

But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner’s keys. And key theft is responsible for 40% of thefts of vehicles fitted with a (38)________ (track) system.

If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operation centre (39)_______ it has been stolen. The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal. Staff at the centre will then contact the owner (40)________ (confirm) that the car really is missing, and keep the police informed of the vehicle’s movements via the car’s GPS unit.

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.

A. suffered

B. abandoning

C. conclusion

D. claim

E. charging



F. model

G. acknowledged

H. boasting

I. close

J. elsewhere



K. balance













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