2019-2020年高三英语上学期期末质量监控试题.doc

2019-2020年高三英语上学期期末质量监控试题I. Listening prehension Section A（10分）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 conversation and the question 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 teacher.B. A nurse.C. A secretary.D. A saleswoman. 2. A. $64.B. $40.C. $32.D. $80.3. A. It makes the woman homesick. B. It isnt fun and exciting.C. Its about the womans childhood. D. It won a great award.4. A. She got a ticket for the man. B. She arrived an hour earlier than the man. C. She missed the movie. D. She will treat them to some food and drinks.5. A. He has a bad cough. B. He has a headache. C. He doesnt feel very well. D. He has a toothache.6. A. Press clothes.B. Wash dishes.C. Clean the house.D. Cook dinner.7. A. The set. B. The suits.C. The actors. D. The plot.8. A. An assistant. B. A teacher.C. An insurance clerk. D. A lawyer.9. A. Go to the beach.B. Go to the forest park. C. Stay at home. D. Climb the mountain.10. A. They will have breakfast together.B. The mans work time begins at 9:05. C. The man will be late for work.D. The woman doesnt need to work. Section BDirections: 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. More than US$2 trillion. B. More than US$20 million. C. More than US$2 million. D. More than US$20 trillion.12. A. Cooperation for strong action against climate change. B. The construction of an oil pipeline across the country. C. The creation of 100 million jobs for women. D. The strengthening of American worldwide leadership. 13. A. Four. B. Three.C. Two.D. One.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Persuading citizens not to buy the latest products.B. Reusing some electronic parts.C. Ending e-waste in remote areas.D. Selling e-waste to China and other Southeast Asia countries.15. A. To save money for the government.B. To produce more profits.C. To save resources.D. To protect the environment.16. A. The rapid update of phones.B. pany marketing strategies.C. Customers wanting a discount.D. Consumer behavior.Section CDirections: 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.plete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Looking for a New JobThe womans situationl Having worked in the pany for _17_ yearsl Not being given a (n) _18_ yetl Having an interview tomorrowThe mans suggestionsl Not being nervous as she has the _19_l Showing that she is _20_ and can get along well with othersBlanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. plete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Why hasnt the woman seen the man in the school library?He _21_ for a couple of days.What did the man do when he got sick?He had _22_ on a street corner.What is the womans conclusion about the mans situation?He ate _23_, and it gave him a cold.What are the mans symptoms?He has _24_ and a cough, and basically he feels tired.II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A（16分）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)The hard lives of aging migrant workers have e to national attention lately. The media have reported that many migrant workers over the age of 50 say they want to save as much money as their body allows them (25) _ (continue) earning. They have no pensions, which (26) _ (enjoy) by urban workers, and many are still the chief earners of their families. They keep up their energy by (27) _ (eat) more meat, and conceal their age by dying their hair.mentator Cheng Zhenwei writes on rednet.cn that while the physical well-being of these migrant workers is worrisome, (28) _ conditions of their families and their children are a bigger concern. Many of the migrant workers children are also poor, and have little means to support their parents.Worse still, (29) _ they often dont have are the stomach and will for hard work and also the lack of education or skills to find better-paying jobs. (30) _ (face) with their own difficult economic situation, these migrant workers are short of hope and prospect of inherited poverty on the part of their children, (31) _ is the worst thing for them, according to Cheng. (B)We all know that regular physical exercise is good for a girls body, mind, and spirit. Recently, the Womens Sports Foundation (32) _ (discover) that sports offer some extra benefits for girls (33) _ _ _ having fun and getting fit.Here are a few:Girls who play sports do better in school. It is believed (34) _ athletics will take up all their study time. But research shows that girls who play sports do better in school and are (35) _ (likely) to graduate than those who dont. Exercise improves learning, memory, and concentration, which can give active girls an advantage when it es to the classroom.Girls who play sports learn teamwork and goal-setting skills. It is by working with coaches and teammates to win games and meet goals (36) _ they get great practice for success later in life. Being a team player can make it easier to work with others and solve problems, (37) _ it is on the field or in the workplace.Sports have hidden health benefits. Girls who play sports are less likely to smoke and have a reduced chance of getting breast cancer later in life. Sure, they (38) _ get these benefits from any type of exercise. But if they have trouble getting to the gym, there may be more incentive (激励) to show up and play if they know their coaches or teammates depend on them.Playing sports builds self-confidence. Girls involved in athletics feel better about (39) _, both physically and socially. It helps to build confidence when they see their skills improving and their goals (40) _ (bee) reality. Section B （10分）Directions: plete 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. primarily B. delayed C. interact D. equivalent E. identifiedF. intentions G. acquisition H. overwhelming I. permanently J. parativek. necessityQuite often, educators tell families of children who are learning English as a second language to speak only English, and not their native language, at home. Although these educators may have good _41_, their advice to families is misguided, and it arises from misunderstandings about the process of language _42_. Educators may fear that children hearing two languages will bee _43_ confused and thus their language development will be _44_. Children are capable of learning more than one language, whether simultaneously (同时地) or sequentially (依次地). In fact, most children outside of the United States are expected to bee bilingual or even, in many cases, multilingual. Globally, knowing more than one language is viewed as an asset (资产) and even a _45_ in many areas.It is also of concern that the misguided advice that students should speak only English is given _46_ to poor families with limited educational opportunities, not to wealthier families who have many educational advantages. Since children from poor families often are _47_ as at-risk for academic failure, teachers believe that advising families to speak English only is appropriate. Teachers consider learning two languages to be too _48_ for children from poor families, believing that the children are already burdened by their home situations. If families do not know English or have limited English skills themselves, how can they municate in English? Advising non-English-speaking families to speak only English is _49_ to telling them not to municate with or _50_ with their children. Moreover, the underlying message is that the familys native language is not important or valued.III. Reading prehension Section A （15分）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.In the increasingly busier world where productivity is on the minds of many, instead of downloading the latest time management app, or forcing yourself to stay at work for hours on end, is there a(n) _51_ to being productive?The first thing we should know is that willpower is a(n) _52_ source that can be entirely used up. So instead of _53_ yourself to simply try harder, a more methodical approach is suggested.The first step: Get started! It may seem _54_ but studies have shown starting a project to be the biggest barrier to productivity. Before starting, our brain visualizes the hardest parts to e, and instead tries to simulate real work by focusing on small mindless tasks._55_, theres construct of the mind known as the Zeigernik Effect (蔡格尼克效应), which helps humans to finish a task that theyve already started. The Zeigernik Effect shows that when we dont finish a task, we experience _56_ and intrusive thoughts about it. So get started.Now what about time management? Shockingly, when we look at most of the elite musicians in the world, we find that they arent _57_ practicing more. Instead, they focus their energy on the hardest task. Those musicians have periods of intense work followed by breaks. Not relying on willpower, they rely on their _58_ and disciplined scheduling. Studies have found that most elite violinists generally follow a 90 minute work rule with a 15 to 20 minute break afterwards every day. But how can you develop the discipline to follow this _59_?One key point is giving yourself a deadline; write it down; mark it in your calendar. And youll be much more likely to plete your task. On top of this, create something called an accountability (问责制) chart to _60_ your progress. In one column write the time span, and in the other the activities you acplished during this time, _61_ those on a diet who record their food intake.Writing down your progress allows you to _62_ evaluate your work. As opposed to inaccurately assuming what youve done, further _63_ your progress to the end helps to avoid small mindless work.And finally, stop multitasking. Well it may feel like youre acplishing more. But actually, studies show that multi-taskers are much less _64_. Instead, try and make a list at night of what you want to acplish tomorrow. With your action plan, you _65_ the idea of trying to plete multiple activities at once. Your brain will find these less challenging. And it will make the starting process easier. With a clear goal and action plan in mind, your productivity levels can soar to new heights.51. A. room B. secretC. attitude D. origin52. A. outstanding B. inevitable C. exhaustibleD. essential53. A. convincingB. resistingC. preventingD. discouraging54. A. difficult B. plicatedC. obviousD. visible55. A. Generally B. LuckilyC. UnfortunatelyD. Briefly56. A. division B. mission C. interruptionD. disfort57. A. necessarilyB. hardlyC. efficientlyD. purposefully58. A. patienceB. habitC. perseveranceD. principle59. A. feature B. intentionC. guidanceD. routine60. A. prove B. influence C. documentD. determine61. A. similar toB. related to C. available to D. owing to 62. A. rapidlyB. desperately C. objectivelyD. relatively63. A. targeting B. tricking C. timing D. tracking64. A. promisingB. productiveC. practicalD. plentiful65. A. stick toB. face up toC. decide onD. get rid ofSection B （24分）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)Technological change is everywhere and affects every aspect of life, mostly for the better. However, social changes brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college. Surveys on this topic suggest that parents today continue to be “very” or “somewhat” overly-protective even after their children move into college dormitories. The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago. This is usually interpreted as a sign that Todays parents are trying to manage their childrens lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.However, greater parental involvement does not indicate that parents are failing to let go of their “adult” children.In the context of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents involvement with their grown children. If parents of earlier generations had wanted to be in touch with their college-age children frequently, would this have been possible? Probably not. On the other hand, does the possibility of frequent munication today mean that the impulse to do so wasnt present a generation ago? Many studies show that older parents - todays grandparents - would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.Furthermore, studies show that finances are the most frequent subject of munication between parents and their college children. The fact that college students are financially dependent on their parents is nothing new; nor are requests for more money to be sent from home. This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life, today and in the past.Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of bettered munication. This has many implications well beyond the role that parents seem to play in the lives of their children who have left for college. But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes e from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.66. The surveys inform us of _.A. the conditions of college dormitories B. the sign of parents management in their own behaviorsC. the development of munication technologyD. the parents over-protection of their college children67. Which of the following statement does the author most probably agree with?A. Technology explains greater parental involvement with their children.B. Parents changed attitudes lead to college childrens delayed independence.C. Parents today are less protective than those in the past.D. The disadvantages of new technology outweigh its advantages.68. What is the meaning of the word “impulse” in this passage?A. Desperation. B. Admiration. C. Urge. D. Depression.69. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Dependence or Independence. B. Technology or Attitude. C. Family Influence or Social Changes.D. College Management or munication Advancement.(B)Spanish-American InstituteStudent Cub NotesFree and Low Cost Gyms, Health Clubs and PoolsNYC Department of Parks Recreation Centersnycgovparks.orgRecreation Centers: TheNYC Department of Parks has many Recreation Centers throughoutNew York City. Recreation Centers offer a wide range offreeandmembershipprograms and services. Some have indoor swimming pools. Almost all have weight rooms, basketball courts, dance studios, boxing rings, art studios, game rooms, etc.All Recreation Centers offer a wide range of programs such as aerobics, dance, tai chi, fencing, puter classes, and art.Many programs are free and open to the general public but many require membership.You do not need to be aNew York Cityresident to use aRecreationCenter. You may use your annual membership at any and all Centers. Use one near the Spanish-American Institute and then use one near your home.Costs: Freeandmembershipprograms. Standardannualmembership is$50for Recreation Centers and$75for Recreation Centers with pools. (Do you know anyone 55 and older? The senior membership is only$10a year.)Standard annual membership provides scheduled access to the gym, pool, and all the other facilities. Instructor-led courses such as aerobics, martial arts, music, or yogamayrequire an additional fee.Membership and Program Information: Go tothenycgovparks.orghome page. On the “Facilities” menu, click on “Recreation Centers.” On the “Recreation Centers” page, you will find information about membership and fees. You will also see links to Recreation Facilities by borough (Bronx, Brooklyn,Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island).On the “Facilities” menu, you may also want to check out other NYC Department of Parks facilities such as beaches, ice skating rinks, nature centers, running tracks, soccer fields, etc.Recreation Centers: There are several Parks Department Recreation Centers ineachborough. After you go to the “Recreation Centers” page and click on a borough, you will find a list of the centers in that borough with their addresses, phone numbers, and web links. The list will look like that forManhattanbelow. Click on the link for a particular Center to learn more about its services, schedules, and programs.70. What special benefits can an annual member of Recreation Centers enjoy?A. Having access to all the facilities all year.B. Experiencing all programs and services free.C. Taking free Instructor-led courses.D. Using only the center near your home free. 71. If your parents and grandparents (both over sixty) want to get the memberships, how much will they pay? A. At least $20. B. At least $120. C. At least $180.D. At least $220.72. You will probably fail to find _ onthenycgovparks.orghome page. A. the cost for various membershipsB. the locations of recreations centersC. the staff and provided servicesD. the facilities, phones and web links(C)Just how much does the Constitution（宪法）protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant（授权令）if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest. California has asked the justices to restore the practice that the police may search through the contents of suspects smartphones at the time of their arrest. It is hard, the state says, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.The justices would be careless