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2016-2017学年第一学期高三英语教学质量检测试卷英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 postman. B. A policeman. C. A delivery man. D. A taxi driver.2. A. $50. B. $75. C. $150. D. $200.3. A. Its delayed. B. Its overcrowded. C. Its empty. D. Its cancelled.4. A. She has never talked in public. B. She probably is poor at giving speeches. C. She enjoys serious moments.D. She wants to give up the public speech.5. A. Finishing the lunch.B. Having a meeting.C. Arranging the room.D. Making some coffee.6. A. By going on a diet.B. By doing physical exercise. C. By having fewer meals.D. By eating fruit and vegetables.7. A. The man doesnt have a good memory.B. The man shouldnt have bought the chocolate.C. The man lost the chocolate in the kitchen.D. The mans son has taken the chocolate.8. A. The man shouldnt go for the interview.B. The mans resume is not well-prepared. C. The man can send the resume out.D. The man should get ready for the interview.9. A. Finish the paper before meeting his professor.B. Shorten his paper into a 3000-word article. C. Get a new and more specific topic for his paper.D. Ask his professors help on his choice of topics.10. A. He will remain in his current job.B. He is quite satisfied with his job. C. He will ask for a higher salary.D. He can never find a better job.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the 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.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Public education against smoking is lacking.B. There is no campaign against smoking. C. There are no rules regarding smoking.D. That smokers ignore the rules about smoking. 12. A. It made her respect smokers in the United States.B. It made her think that smoking rules need to be changed. C. It made her want to be more polite towards nonsmokers. D. It made her more tolerant to smoker behavior.13. A. Its no easy job to stop people smoking in Europe. B. There should be severer rules against smoking in Europe. C. We should take non-smokers rights into consideration. D. The speaker changed the attitude towards different smokersQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. The weight of the boxes moving across the stage.B. The number of times of repeating the process. C. The size of the objects shown on the stage. D. The shape of the cubes used in the show.15. A. Girls seem to be able to reason earlier than boys.B. Boys enjoy playing with cubes more than girls. C. Girls tend to get excited more easily than boys.D. Boys pay more attention to moving objects than girls.16. A. They are easy to be nervous. B. They talk at an earlier age. C. They are better at physical activities. D. They have a different brain pattern. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following passage.17. A. A detective story. B. A professors lecture. C. A class assignment. D. A jewelry store robbery.18. A. She was involved in a jewelry store robbery. B. She had trouble finishing her assignment. C. She did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper. D. She was taking too many courses.19. A. Take some extra time. B. Put down whatever ideas she has first. C. Do some work for another course. D. Write the story ending first.20. A. To do research for her story. B. To go shopping. C. To meet her professor. D. To take a break from her work. II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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. Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, (21)_(force) to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better (22)_ we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place. The total amount of packaging increased (23)_ 12% between 1999 and 2005. A large number of companies believe that they can attract customers attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by over-packaging their goods, thus (24)_(gain) more profits.Too much packaging is doing damage to the environment. If such packaging (25)_(burn), it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, (26)_ the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea (27)_ this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that (28)_ without packaging is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, (29)_ often have far more packaging than necessary.There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collecting. However, despite the ongoing campaigns (30)_(promote) consumers green awareness, we still have a long way to go.Section BDirections: 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. equalB. demandingC. benefitsD. employE. reachF. increaseG. accessH. conveyI .conditionsJ. superiorK. approached There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. Thus we can _31_ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. We can get _32_ to the content of those materials easily. Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we dont have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was _33_ to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement. The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can _34_ the readers understanding. Such communication between unequals must be possible. Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information. What are the _35_ in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. The writer must be “_36_” to the reader in understanding. Besides, his book must _37_ something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to _38_ the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is _39_, success of communication is achieved. Besides gaining information and understanding, theres another goal of reading - entertainment. It is the least _40_ and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well. III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Celebrities, in other word, famous people, have become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to a specific _41_. Besides, fashion magazines have almost _42_ the practice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. _43_, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others products to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the _44_ consumers, while today theyre started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top _45_. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale _46_, covering almost all the products of daily life.However, for every success story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who _47_ his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the products origin is, if it _48_ to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, _49_ returning to labels which have proved to be reliable.Today, celebrities face even more severe _50_. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover(逆转) has _51_ as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebritys shelf life and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him _52_ has no problem severely criticizing him and taking everything from him when the opportunity appears. Still, the egos(自我的) potential for _53_ is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see _54_ as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time and as a matter of fact, fashion - like celebrity - has always been _55_. So the next time celebrities introduce their lines of fashion, lets just wait and see how long they will stay.41. A. filmB. characterC. productD. magazine42. A. abandonedB. promotedC. enhancedD. developed43. A. All in allB. As a resultC. Above allD. On the contrary44. A. wealthyB. famousC. specialD. ordinary45. A. technologiesB. brandsC. studiosD. producers46. A. rapidlyB. moderatelyC. reluctantlyD. carefully47. A. ignoredB. disapprovedC. overvaluedD. estimated48. A. intendsB. failsC. managesD. strengthens49. A. loyaltyB. promotionC. regretD. disappointment50. A. depressionB. failureC. punishmentD. embarrassment51. A. slowed downB. called offC. speeded upD. faded away52. A. fameB. fortuneC. troubleD. risk53. A. informationB. knowledgeC. reputationD. expansion54. A. audienceB. fashionC. charmD. performance55. A. admirableB. productiveC. temporaryD. respectableSection BDirections: 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)They swim lovely along the shore, looking for underwater greens to feed on. But these days, along Floridas western coast, something is mixing with the sea grass that manatees(海牛) like to eat. And its making them sick - even killing them.Its a poisonous form of algae, usually called “red tide” because of its color. Algae are plant-like organisms that live mainly in water. Most are harmless, but not red tide. When it gets mixed in with the grass and the manatees eat it, they get so sick that they cant even swim.“Theyre basically paralyzed(瘫痪的), and they become unconscious,” said Virginia Edmonds, an animal care manager. Manatees are mammals and they need to surface often to breathe in air. If a manatee is paralyzed, it cant swim and will drown.As of Monday, the current red tide outbreak has killed at least 174 manatees since the beginning of this year. That has already beaten Floridas record-high number for manatee deaths in a single year - and we still have nearly nine months to go!The experts arent sure when the red tide outbreak will end. So many more manatees are in danger. The situation has gotten so desperate that Florida zoos have rescued at least a dozen manatees. You can find manatees anywhere from Brazil up to Florida - and throughout much of the Caribbean Sea.In fact, the manatee is officially considered an endangered species. Thanks to the US governments protection, Floridas manatee population has grown to approximately 5,000 in recent years. But the red tide is threatening their survival. Some experts suspect that pollution from farms even might be fueling the red tide outbreak, because fertilizer thats used on farms often winds up in water. And when that fertilized water runs off into the Gulf of Mexico, it makes things grow faster - just like on land.56. The word “them” (in the 1st paragraph) probably refers to “_”.A. underwater greens B. algaeC. manatees D. endangered animals57. We can learn from the passage that the red tide _.A. causes 174 manatees deaths every monthB. disables manatees ability to surface to breatheC. has destroyed most of the underwater greensD. helps to fertilize farm lands58. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. The experts efforts to keep the red tide from spreading.B. The potential cause of the expansion of the red tide. C. The present situation of manatees in Florida. D. The deadly effect of the poisonous red tide on manatees.59. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. The red tide has been changing the manatees habitant.B. The manatee is officially an endangered species. C. More efforts should be made to save the manatees.D. The red tide has been threatening the manatees.(B) For centuries, mankind and dogs have suffered from a communication failure. We can tell dogs what we want them to do and sometimes they comply, but weve always struggled when it comes to understanding the true meaning of their barks and whimpers. There is exciting news now - a dog translator called body harness (see the picture) has been invented to help you communicate with your furry friend.HOW IT WORKSl The platform itself is a harness that fits comfortably onto the dog, and which is equipped with a variety of technologies.l Wireless sensors can determine when theyre sitting, standing, running, etc, even when theyre out of sight.l The team developed software to collect, interpret and communicate those data, and to translate human requests into signals on the harness through speakers and vibrating motors.WHATS FOR The harness could be used to train pets, guide dogs and other working animals. Sensors on the harness monitor the dogs heart rate and body temperature. The sensor-packed harness can sense the animals movement, and the sounds it makes, letting the owner knows how they feel. Speakers and vibrating pads in the harness also allow owners to “talk back” to their animals. The harness is also intended for dogs involved in search and rescue and other front-line work.60. The word “comply” in the first paragraph probably means “_”.A. shout B. obey C. disappear D. attack61. Which of the following is NOT the intension of the harness?A. To create a better communication between dogs and human.B. To enable the dogs to do demanding jobs.C. To transfer human thoughts to the dogs by means of technology.D. To monitor dogs communicative behaviors.62. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?A. New platform: for better performances of dogs.B. Harness: a two-way communication device.C. Dog care: a completely new way possible.D. Technology: toward healthier life of dogs.(C)Books, Films and PlaysThe novelists medium is the written word. One might almost say the printed word. Typically the novel is consumed by a silent, individual reader, who may be anywhere at the time. The paperback novel is still the cheapest, most portable and adaptable form of narrative entertainment. It is limited to a single channel of information - writing. The narrative can go, effortlessly, anywhere: into space, peoples head, palaces, prisons and pyramids, without any consideration of cost or practical possibility. In determining the shape and content of his narrative, the writer is restricted by nothing except purely artistic criteria(评判标准). The novelist keeps absolute control over his text until it is published and received by the audience. He may be advised by his editor to revise his text, but if the writer refused to meet this condition no one would be surprised. It is not unknown for a well-established novelist to deliver his or her manuscript(手稿) and expect the publisher to print it exactly as written.However, not even the most well-established playwright or screenplay writer would submit(提交) a script and expect it to be performed without any rewriting. This is because plays and motion pictures are cooperative forms of narrative, using more than one channel of communication.The production of a stage play involves, as well as the words of the author, the physical presence of the actors, their voices and gestures, the “set” and possibly music. Although the script is the essential basis of both stage play and film, it is a basis for subsequent revision negotiated between the writer and the other creative people involved. They are given “approval” of the choice of director and actors and have the right to attend rehearsals(排演), during which period they may undertake more rewriting work. In the case of the screenplay, the writer may have little or no control over the final form of his work. Contracts for the production of plays protect the rights of authors in this respect.In film or television work, on the other hand, the screenplay writer has no contractual right to this degree of consultation. While the script is going through its various drafts, the writer is in the drivers seat, although sometimes receiving criticism from the producer and the director. But once the production is under way, artistic control ove
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