15 1 奉贤区高三英语一模卷.docx

1、15 1 奉贤区高三英语一模卷2020.1 奉贤区高三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷(满分：140分 考试时间：120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection 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 conversations and the questi

2、ons 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. April 9th. B. April 8th. C. April 19th. D. April 21st.2. A. In a post office. B. On the ca

3、mpus. C. In the Main hall. D. In the Administration building.3. A. 2 dollars. B. 4 dollars. C. 8 dollars. D. 5 dollars.4. A. The bag. B. The umbrella. C. The camera. D. Water.5. A. He had a visitor. B. He missed the bus. C. He forgot the time. D. He didnt like the film.6. A. Surprising. B. Good. C.

4、Untrue. D. Doubtful.7. A. The man feels sorry for the woman. B. The area is for passengers only.C. The woman is asking the man to leave. D. The man is a member of the staff.8. A. The test consisted of one page. B. The exam was difficult for the woman. C. The woman spent an hour on the first page. D.

5、 The woman got to the last question finally.9. A. It costs a lot. B. It produces good results. D. Its of no use. D. Its too exhausting.10. A. To give up one course temporarily. B. To pick some easier courses this term.C. To drop out of school this term. D. To study harder to meet the requirements.Se

6、ction B (15分)Directions: 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 the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a q

7、uestion, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heardQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following news.11. A. Joyful. B. Disappointed. C. Excited. D. Unexpected.12. A. Everything happens for a reason. B. Trust your instinct

8、s. C. Take faith in yourself. D. Focus on one thing at a time.13. A. Tum to others for advice. B. Try as many different things as you can. C. Lose no time to take action. D. Travel for new experiences and inspiration.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A.57. B.75. C.76. D

9、.43:15. A. physical or emotional violence. B. risk of developing cancer. C. ruined family relationship. D. polluted indoor air quality.16. A. The importance of banning domestic smoking. B. A new law against domestic smoking. C. The harmful effects of domestic smoking. . D. Active smokers and passive

10、 smokers.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Journalist of a local newspaper. B. Director of evening radio programs.C. Producer of television commercials. D. Hostess of the weekly Business World.18. A. He ran three restaurants with his wifes help. B. He and his wif

11、e did everything by themselves. C. He worked both as a cook and a waiter. D. He hired a cook and two local waitresses.19. A. He doesnt need to do any advertising nowadays. B. He advertises on radio and in local newspapers. C. He spends huge sums on TV commercials every year. D. He hires children to

12、distribute ads in shopping centers.20. A. The restaurant location. B. The restaurant atmosphere. C. The food quality. D. The satisfaction of customers.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (10分)Directions: After reading the passage below, /ill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatical

13、ly 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.Ancient Myth - A Hit With Modern AudiencesThis summers surprise hit at movie theaters across China was the re-telling of the ancient m

14、yth of Nezha. The animated film (21) _ (take) in over four billion yuan at the box office and become one of the countrys most successful films ever. It proved that China could produce animated films comparable to (22) _ produced in Hollywood and Japan. The film, directed by Yang Yu, was a massive un

15、dertaking（任务）from start to finish. He spent two years writing the script（剧本）and three more years making a film which required the efforts of l,600 animators. But for Yang, it was a way to prove to himself that he (23) _ change his fate and inspire others to change their fate as well. I used to suffe

16、r from a lot of prejudice after changing my career, said Yang, Since then I have thought about making an animated film to encourage young people to persist in their dreams. (24) _ (convey) the message that your fate is in your own hands, Yang made some changes to the original myth. Nezha was born a

17、devil (恶魔), (25) _ (fate) to cause mischief(恶作剧), but he decides to overcome his fate and to save the people of his hometown from being destroyed by Ao Bing, the third son of the Dragon King. (26) _ the ancient myth being very clear about the differences between the good and the bad guys, in Yangs f

18、ilm, all of the characters are treated with empathy, and even the bad people are also victims of their fate, (27) _, actually, have the potential to change and become good. Over the years, I have come across a few students labeled as devils. Although some misbehaved simply (28) _ they were not matur

19、e enough, others were trouble-making and uncooperative when they were in a bad mood. Those students needed to know they were not doomed to be bad. As they grew up, they would have the power to change their circumstances. If you have seen Nezha, you know (29) _ a terrific, entertaining film it is. Bu

20、t an important lesson is also conveyed in the film (30) _ we should not judge ourselves or others too harshly, so as not to allow those negative judgments to control our fate.Section B (10分) Directions: Fill in each blank with. a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note

21、 that there is one word more than you need.A. increasing B. defend C. partially D. depriving E. sharpened F. breaksG. endured H. granting I. issues J. activate K. roughlyFlood-hit Venices shrinking population faces mounting problemsVenetians(威尼斯人) are fed up with what they see as inadequate response

22、s to the citys mounting problems: record-breaking flooding, environmental and safety threats from cruise ship traffic and the burden on services from over-tourism.They feel largely left to their own devices, with ever-fewer Venetians living in the historic part of the city to (31) _ its interests an

23、d keep it from becoming mainly a tourist land. The historic flooding this week- marked by three floods over l.5 meters (nearly 5 feet) and the highest in 53 years at l.87 meters (6 feet, 1 inch) - has (32) _ calls to create an administration that recognizes the uniqueness of Venice, for both its con

24、centration of treasures and its (33) _ vulnerability. Flood damage has been (34) _ estimated at hundreds of millions of Euros (dollars), but the true range will only become clear with time. The frustration goes far beyond the failure to complete and (35) _ 78 underwater barriers that were designed t

25、o prevent just the kind of damage that Venice has (36) _ this week. With the system not yet completed or even (37) _ tested after 16 years of work and 5 billion Euros ($5.5 billion) invested, many are suspicious it will even work. At the public level, proposals for better administering the city incl

26、ude (38) _ some level of autonomy (自制) to Venice, already enjoyed by some Italian regions like Trentino-Alto-Adige with its German-speaking minority, or offering tax (39) _ to encourage Venices repopulation. Just 53,000 people live in the historic part of the city that tourists know as Venice, down

27、by a third from a generation ago and dropping by about l,000 people a year. That means fewer people watching the neighborhood, monitoring for public maintenance (40) _ or neighbors in need. Many leave because of the increased expense or the daily difficulties in living in a city of canals, which can

28、 make even a simple errand a hard journey.III. Reading ComprehensionSection 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 content.Ecology is a complicated thing. Given the

29、 facts that elephant damage often kills trees and bush fires often kill trees, it would be (41) _ to assume that a combination of the two would make things worse. Contrary to this assumption, (42) _, as the recently-published research by Benjamin Wigley shows, if a tree has already been damaged, fir

30、e can (43) _ help to make things better. One common way in which elephants harm trees is by stripping (剥) them of their bark (树皮). Dr Wigley, who did indeed start from the obvious (44) _, set off to find out how much worse bush fires would make the effects of this bark stripping. To serve this purpo

31、se, he set up a study in the Kruger National Park. Since 1954, the Kruger has been the site of experiments in which plots of land have been burned (45) _, to understand the effects of fire on plain ecology. In these experiments, Dr Wigley looked at trees in three different zones, in one of which, the trees were burned every year; in the second, they were burned every other year, while the third zone, by contrast, was actively (46) _ fire. To keep things consistent, he looked at the fate of the same tree species, the marula (马鲁拉树), in all three zones. He picked marulas because they