格致中学 二〇一七学年度第一学期期中考试 高三年级 英语试卷（共 10 页）
(测试 120 分钟内完成，总分 150 分，试后交答题卷)
I. Listening Comprehension (30%) Section A Short Conversations
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. Sorry. B. Annoyed.
7. A. Give his ankle a good rest. C. Continue his regular exercises. 2. A. An accountant. B. A surgeon. 8. A. Go on a diving tour in Europe. C. Travel overseas on his own. 3. A. 2000 yuan. B. 3200 yuan. 9. A. In case some problems should occur.
C. To avoid more work later on. 4. A. On a plane. C. In a boat. 5. A. A job. 6. A. Twins.
B. An article. B. Classmates.
C. Excited. D. Puzzled.
B. Treat his injury immediately. D. Be careful when climbing steps. C. An artist. D. A scientist. B. Add 300 dollars to his budget. D. Join a package tour to Mexico. C. 1200 yuan. D. 3600 yuan. B. In case they should be late. D. To make better preparations.B. In a physical medical room D. In a school rest room. C. A book. C. Friends.
D. An author. D. Cousins.
10. A. The rock band needs more hours of practice.
B. The rock band is going to play here for a month. C. Their hard work has resulted in a big success. D. He appreciates the woman’s help with the band. Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Its strong education system. B. Its population.
C. Its growing tourism industry. D. Its bilingual signs. 12. A. All citizens receive quality English teaching.
B. More money should be spent on teacher training. C. An English-speaking environment should be built. D. Tourism industry should be promoted. 13. A. The foreign investment will increase.
B. It will bring the economic and social benefits. C. The education system will be strengthened.
D. It will improve Singapore’s ranking in English level. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. He shopped for groceries.
B. He took care of his sick parent. C. He cared for his younger brother. D. He made important family decisions. 15. A. It may help children grow up quickly.
B. It may force children to sacrifice their childhoods.
C. It will turn children’s responsibility into a delight.
D. It will make children more isolated and confused.
16. A. Children getting satisfaction from helping others.
B. Children taking on adult responsibility.
C. Frustration and stress caused to children by parents. D. The environment for children’s better growth.
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Tour guide. B. Journalist. C. Editor. 18. A. Some newly discovered scenic spots.
B. Big changes in the Amazon Valley. C. A new railway under construction. D. The beautiful Amazon rain forest. 19. A. In news weeklies.
B. In newspapers’ Sunday editions. C. In a local evening paper.
D. In overseas editions of U. S. magazines. 20. A. To become a professional writer.
B. To get her life story published soon. C. To be employed by a newspaper. D. To sell her articles to a news service. II. Grammar and Vocabulary (共 20 分 每题 1 分) 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.
\ 21 (award) the Nobel Prize for Literature.
To say the news was unexpected is an understatement. He literally couldn't believe it. 22 that was, his phone began to ring constantly, an orderly queue of TV crews started to form outside
D. Typist.
his front door (\ as back-up.
This was not fake news. This was delightful, surprising news. Maybe there were others who
23 24 (win) instead, he wondered. \chaos reigned around him, he was calm, assured and thoughtful, 25 (talk) (after nipping
26 upstairs to fetch a smart jacket for our interview) about his belief in the power of stories and those that he wrote would often explore wasted lives and opportunities.
\faith that it should be possible, if you tell stories in a certain way, to transcend barriers of race, class and ethnicity.\
For me, he is one of the great living writers working in any language. All writers can tell stories. Ishiguro tells stories on 28 level. He places the reader in some sort of alternative reality - which might be the future, it might be the present, it might be the past. They feel like places that are whole and real, 29 you don't know them. They're weird and not necessarily happy places. But they're places that you can inhabit and relate to, and you become deeply involved with the characters. That's the writer's job --- he just does it 30 (good) than most 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. assessment B. withdraw C. actual D. issues E. concrete Now, let me say a few words to our American friends. Climate change is one of the major 31 of our F. migrations G. fully-committed H. irregular I. implemented time. It is already changing our daily lives but it is global. Everyone is impacted. And if we do nothing, our J. irreversible K. initiatives children will know a world of _32 , of wars, of shortage. A dangerous world. It is not the future we want for ourselves. It is not the future we want for our children. It is not the future we want for our world.
Today, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced his decision to 33 the United States from the Paris Agreement. I do respect his decision, but I do think it is an mistake both for the US and for our planet.
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