闵行区 2019 学年度第二学期高三年级质量调研考试
高三英语
考生注意：
1. 考试时间 120 分钟，试卷满分 140 分。
2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分, 试卷共 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学校、姓名和考生号。
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. A cook.
B. A dentist.
C. A surgeon.
D. A technician.
2.A. She ’d like to have the windows open. B. She likes to have the air conditioner on.
C. The air is heavily polluted. D. The windows are always open. 3.A. Art attraction. C. Furniture quality.
B. Painting skills. D. Room decoration.
B. She does enjoy spicy food.
D. She doesn’t like the food the man prepared.
B. They were sent to the wrong stress. D. They were found to be of the wrong type.
4.A. She appreciates the man’s effort. C. She is annoyed with the man. 5.A. They can’t fit into the machine. C. They haven’t been delivered yet. 6. A. The long waiting time. B. The broken down computer. C. The mistakes in her telephone bill. D. The bad telephone service.
7.A. Its quality. B. Its price C. Its materials D. Its appearance.
8.A. Walk in the countryside. B. Do some exercise. C. Go shopping.
D. Wash some dresses.
B. He has just had his picture taken. D. He has just returned from a job interview.
9.A. He is going to visit a photo studio. C. He is one the way to the theatre.
10.A. He doesn’t want Jenny to get into trouble. B. He doesn’t agree with the woman’s remark.
C. He thinks Jenny’s workload too heavy at college. D. He believes most college Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the 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. Attend expert growers’ lecture. C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard(果园). 12.A. It is a new variety. C. It is rarely seen now.
B. Visit fruit-lovig families. D. Taste many kinds of apples. students are running wild.
B. It is the best variety for eating quality. D. It needs perfect soil to grow.
B. To introduce an apple festival. D. To attract more people to visit Britain
13 A. To show how to grow apples. C. To help people select apples.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news. 14.A. Lack of sleep could lead to heath problem. B. Lack of sleep affects adults more than children.
C. Sleeping problems are one of the leading causes of obesity. D. The amount of sleep people need changes with age. 15.A. Less sleep is needed when they enter adolescence. B. Ideally, they need 8 hours of sleep a night.
C. They may have difficulty in falling asleep before 11:00 pm.
D. They always wake up at midnight due to biological changes. 16.A. The amount of sleep and academic performance. B.A comparison of different time to start school. C. Students’ sleeping time and social behaviors. D.A beneficial change of school starting time.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17.A. Extreme sports. C. Human’s potential.
B. City life. D. Danger and safety.
B. They prefer danger to safety.
D. They are bored with the traditional ones. C. Positive.
D. Neutral.
18.A. They like to stay isolated. C. They want to know their potential. 19.A. Objective.
B. Negative.
20.A. It is interesting and challenging. C. It enables people to face fears. II. Grammar and vocabulary Section A
B. It is dangerous and needs no skills. D. It only stimulate individualism.
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.
A Brief History of Chopsticks.
We’ve discussed the story of knife and fork, but there’s another set of utensils(器皿) used by billions of people around the world—and it has a truly ancient past. The Chinese have been wielding chopsticks since at least 1200 B.C., and by A.D. 500 chopsticks____21____ (sweep) the Asian continent from Vietnam to Japan. From their humble beginnings____22____cooking utensils to paper-wrapped bamboo sets at the sushi counter, there's more to chopsticks than meets the eye.
Chopsticks____25____(develop) about 5000 years ago in China. The____24____(early) versions were probably twigs used to get food from cooking pots. When resources became scare, around 400 B. C. ,crafty chefs figured out ____25____ to conserve fuel by chopping food into smaller pieces that required less cooking fuel, and besides, it could be cooked more quickly. This new method of cooking made it unnecessary to have knives at the dinner table—a practice that also
matched the non-violent teachings of Confucius ( 孔 子 )，____26____expressed in one of his numerous quotations:“ the honorable and upright man keeps well away from both the slaughterhouse(屠宰房) and the kitchen. And he allows no knives on his table.” As a vegetarian, he believed that knives’ sharp points evoked(诱发)violence____27____ (kill) the happy, contented mood that should reign during meals. Thanks in part to his teachings, chopstick use quickly became widespread throughout Asia.
Different cultures adopted different chopstick styles. Perhaps in a nod to Confucius, Chinese chopsticks featured a blunt rather than pointed end. In Japan, chopsticks were 8 inches long for men and 7 inches long for women. In 1878 the Japanese became the first____28____ (create) the now-ubiquitous disposable set, typically made of bamboo or wood. Wealthy diners could eat with ivory, jade, coral, brass or agate versions, while the most privileged used silver sets. It was believed that the silver would corrode and turn black ____29____ it came into contact with poisoned food.
Throughout history, chopsticks have enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with another staple of Asian cuisine: rice. At first glance, you'd think that rice wouldn't make the cut, but in Asia most rice is of the short- or medium-grain variety. The starches(淀粉质食品) in these rices create a cooked product that is gummy and clumpy, unlike the fluffy and distinct grains of Western long- grain rice. ____30____ chopsticks come together to lift steaming bundles of sticky rice, it's a match made in heaven. 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.
A. label B. bears C. burdened G. presented H. hit I. entry D. illustrates E. implements F. guaranteed J. nationalized K. ground
The “Penny Black”, the first postage stamp issued in Britain and, more importantly, the first postage stamp issued anywhere, ____31____ the image of Queen Victoria, but the first British postal service didn’t originate in Victoria England. In 1860, William Dockwra started a public service that ____32____ the quick delivery of a letter anywhere in London. His system was quickly____33____ with Dockwra in charge. It was far from a perfect system,____34____with seemingly improper
charges that made it unreasonably expensive to send a letter. Worse still, recipients were expected to pay. As you might imagine, this ____35____some problems—either people weren’t home or flat—out refused to pay. The system just didn’t work, but it remained in place for far too long.
About 50 years later, to do better, Rolland Hill argued for putting an end to the postal charges and replacing them with a single national rate of one penny, which would be paid by the sender. When the post office ignored Hill’s ideas, he self-published his essay and it quickly gained____36____among the public. Hill was then ordered by Postmaster General Lord Lichfield to discuss postal reform and ,during their subsequent meetings, the two men conceived of a gluy ____37____that could be applied to the envelops to indicate payment. Though it had gained support with the public who longed for a affordably way to connect with distant friends and family, officials were still not convinced. Thankfully, Hill was far from alone in his passion for reform. He eventually earned enough support from other like-minded individuals to convince Parliament to ____38____ his system.
In 1839, Hill held a competition to design all the postal facility. The winning stamp ____39____ describing the young queen’s profile came from one William Wyon, who based the design on a medal he created to celebrate his first visit to London.
The“Penny Black”stamp went on sale on May 1, 1840. It was an immediate____40____. Suddenly, the country seemed a lot smaller. The penny black’s design was so well received that it remained in use for forty year.
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.
The term “staycation” means vacations that you take at home or near your home rather than traveling to another place. It is closely connected with less pollution, saving money and not contributing to the overwhelming disorder that takes place in some of the world's most touristic areas.
The concept of staycation was born at the time of the 2008 market____41____ in the United States. Because of it, many households were forced to____42____their expenses and consequently
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