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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上2019学年奉贤区学科教学质量调研高三英语 试卷（2020.05)（满分140分，考试时间120分钟）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
2、 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.Supermarket. B.Tailors shop. C.Department store. D.Convenience store.2.A.200 pounds. B.600 pounds. C .3
3、00 pounds. D.700 pounds. 3.A.Call the ticket office later.B.Order the tickets online.C.Not to buy the ticket on the Internet.D.Order the tickets when its not busy.4.A.Borrowing money from a business company.B.Lending some money to a student. C.Asking for some financial aid.D.Reading students applica
4、tion.5.A.The bed is to blame for his not falling asleep.B.He can fall asleep if he stops drinking.C.He can drink more to fall asleep easily.D.Drinking is good for sleeping.6.A.He is satisfied with the content.B.He feels sorry for it.C.He thinks it is valueless.D.He thinks it is valuable.7.A.Professo
5、r Smith spoke Greek when he explained the maths problem.B.The woman still didnt understand the maths problem.C.Unfortunately,she didnt hear Professor Smiths explanation.D.Professor Smith didnt explain the problem clearly.8.A.Collect papers for the man. B.Do the typing once again. C.Check the paper f
6、or typing errors.D.Read the whole newspaper.9.A.Proceed in his own way. B.Stick to the original plan.C.Negotiate with his colleague. D.Try to change his colleagues mind.10.A.His project proved to be unsuccessful.B.He was unable to get sufficient money. C.Lack of land prevented his success.D.He was s
7、uccessful with his project.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 spo
8、ken 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 talk.11.A.To guide and help childrens play.B.To give children an opportunity to play.C.To make
9、 children excited.D.To keep children company. 12.A.It determines the standard a child can reach.B.It is the happiest period during ones life.C.It is the most important time to shape ones character.D.It is the best time for children to learn new things.13.A.The relationship between play and learning.
10、 B.The way to help children develop both physically and mentally. C.The importance of childrens play.D.Different stages of childrens development.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A.It tends to wander towards unpleasant experiences.B.It wanders for almost half of their wak
11、ing time.C.It has trouble concentrating after a brain injury.D.It tends to be affected by their negative feelings.15.A.To find how happiness relates to daydreaming.B.To observe how ones mind affects ones behavior.C.To see why daydreaming impacts what one is doing.D.To study the relation between heal
12、th and daydreaming. 16.A.Participants with clear goals in mind outperformed those without clear goals.B.The difference in performance between the two groups was insignificant.C.Non-daydreamers were more confused on their tasks than daydreamers.D.Daydreamers did better than non-daydreamers in task pe
13、rformance.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A.Their average lifespan was less than 50 years. B.It was very common for them to have 12 children.C.They retired from work much earlier than today.D.They were quite optimistic about their future.18.A.Get ready for ecologic
14、al changes.B.Adapt to the new environment.C.Learn to use new technology. D.Explore ways to stay young.19.A.When all women go out to work.B.When family planning is enforced.C.When a world government is set up. D.When all people become wealthier.20.A.Eliminate poverty and injustice.B.Migrate to other
15、planets.C.Control the environment.D.Find inexhaustible resources. II.Grammar and VocabularySection A 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 gi
16、ven word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Plants Scream in the Face of Stress For the first time,researchers appear to have evidence that like animals,those plants deprived of water or（21)_(force)to endure bodily harm can let out their pain.The study,(22)_has yet to be pub
17、lished in a scientific Journal,adds another dimension to scientists(23)_(grow)understanding of how plants detect and interact with their surroundings.In recent years,it has become very clear that plants are more sensitive than researchers(24)_（think).They respond when touched by insects and turn tow
18、ard sources of light.Plants are not just robotic stimulus-response devices,said Frantisek Baluska of the University of Bonn in Germany.Theyre living organisms which have their own problems.Actually making their suffering hearable,however,is another matter entirely.(25)_（test)that possibility,a team
19、led by Itzhak Khait,a plant scientist at Tel Aviv University in Israel,placed microphones capable of detecting ultrasonic frequencies(超声波频率）four inches from tomato and tobacco plants.The researcher then either stopped watering them or cut their stems.Measuring in the range of 20 to 150 kilohertz(千赫）
20、，the researchers found that even happy,healthy plants made the occasional noise.But when cut,tobacco plants emitted(26)_average of 15 sounds within an hour of being cut,(27)_tomato plants produced 25 sounds.（28)_researchers arent yet sure how plants produce these sounds,Khait and his colleagues prop
21、osed one possibility in their paper(29)_as water travels through the plants tubes,air bubbles will form and explode,producing small vibrations.All thisscreamingcaused by stress wasnt in a range detectable by human ears.But organisms that can hear ultrasonic frequencies-like mice,bats or perhaps othe
22、r plants-(30)_possibly hear the plants cries from as far away as 15 feet.Section BDirections: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.essentially B.round C.stuck D.spirits E.encouraging F.desperatelyG.
23、strengths H.frustrating I.spilling J.collective K.sealed Italians findMoments of Joy in this Moment of AnxietyIt started with the national anthem.Then came the piano chords,trumpet blasts,violin serenades(小夜曲）and even the clanging of pots and pans-all of it(31)_from peoples homes,out of windows and
24、from balconies,and resounding across rooftops.Finally,on Saturday afternoon,a nationwide(32)_of applause broke out for the doctors on the medical front lines fighting the spread of Europes worst coronavirus outbreak. Italians remain(33)_under house arrest as the nation,the European front in the glob
25、al fight against the coronavirus,has ordered extraordinary restrictions on their movement to prevent infection.But the music and noise erupting over the streets,from people(34)_in their homes,reflects the spirit,resilience and humor of a nation facing its worst national emergency since the Second Wo
26、rld War.To the extent that this is a virus that tries peoples souls,it has also demonstrated the(35)_of those national characters.In China,patriotic truck drivers risked infection to bring(36)_needed food to the people of Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak.In Iran,videos show doctors in full comba
27、t dress and masks dancing to keep(37) _up.And in Italy,the gestures of gratitude and music ring out above the countrys empty streets,while social media feeds fill with(38)_,sentimental and humorous web videos. Images of nurses collapsed from exhaustion or their faces bruised(使受瘀伤）from tightly(39_)ma
28、sks have also spread across the web in recent days.Parents posted pictures of unicorns and rainbows drawn by young children with the titleIt will all be OK.Were Italians,and loving singing is part of our culture,said Giorgio Albertini,51,an archaeology professor who clapped from his apartment balcon
29、y in the university district of Milan,calling it a wayto feel a community,and to have the(40)_grief.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
30、context. Making choices is hard.That would be why researcher Moran Cerf has(41)_it from his life.As a rule,he always chooses the second menu item at a restaurant.This is(42)_by his research in neuroeconomics(神经经济学）（a somewhat new,divisive field)at Northwestern University.As Business Insider describe
31、s,Cerf has extended his ideas-which draw on some controversial ideas in psychology,including ego depletion out-into a piece of advice that,to(43)_happiness,people shouldbuild a life that requires(44)_decisions by surrounding themselves with people who possess traits they prefer.On an instinctive lev
32、el,Cerfs idea(45)_:Many choices people make are the product of social pressures and the inputs of(46)_people around them.One example Cerf furnishes is that,(47)_ consistently ordering the second menu item,he never picks where to eat.Rather,he(48)_his decision to his dining partner-which friend he pl
33、ans to eat with,probably one he trusts-and always lets them pick. While its (49)_what, if any, scientific principles underlie those pieces of advice,there is no shortage of research showing that choices can sometimes feel more(50)_than liberating.An example from Quanta poits(假设）：If you have a clear
34、love of Snickers(士力架），choosing that over an Almond Joy(杏 仁巧克力）or a Milky Way(牛奶巧克力） should be a(51)_.And,as an experiment conducted by neuroscientist Paul Glimcher at NYU shows,most of the time it is,(52)_you introduce more choices.When the participants were offered three candy bars(Snickers,Milky W
35、ay,and Almond Joy)they had no problem picking their favorite,but when they were given the option of one among 20,including Snickers,they would sometimes drift away from their(53)_.When the choices were taken away in later trials,the participants would wonder what caused them to make such a bad decis
36、ion.As Quanta details,according to a model calleddivisive normalization(分裂归一化），which has gained some popularity,the way the brain encodes choices has a lot to do with how it values all its options.So,if you have two things that are clearly(54)_,brain areas involved in decision-making fire in a patte
37、rn that makes the decision clear.When the choices are comparable,the brain does its best to focus on the distinctions between the two,but more choices(55)_ that ability out.41.A.relieved B.released C.eliminated D.liberated 42.A.influenced B.inherited C.implemented D.informed 43.A.maximize B.balance
38、C.cherish D.seek 44.A.safer B.fewer C.better D.sounder 45.A.stands out B.comes into force C.makes sense D.plays a part 46.A.distinguished B.trusted C.authorized D.honored 47.A.in addition to B.instead of C.in spite of D.regardless of 48.A.conveys B.relates C.submits D.limits 49.A.evident B.unclear C
39、.critical D.inevitable 50.A.confusing B.inspiringC.worrying D.appealing 51.A.stressor B.no-brainer C.challenge D.headache 52.A.after B.before C.when D.until 53.A.preference B.struggle C.status D.direction 54.A.impressive B.insignificant C.unique D.distinct55.A.crowd B.figure C.sort D.putSection BDir
40、ections: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)One spring day,once the fl
41、owers have begun to open, a bee will hover(盘旋）and zip through your yard and dive-bomb your picnic table.While youre thinking about avoiding an attack,that bee is focused on something else entirely:me.A honeybee has about six weeks to live.Today,like most days,her task is to fly as many as three mile
42、s from home,stick her long,straw-like tongue into a hundred or so flowers.When the bee has had her fill,shell fly home.There the bee will deposit what she has got into the mouth of one of her co-workers,who will relay it to another,and so on for about 20 minutes,until the mixture is ready to be plac
43、ed into the comb.Then she and her 50,000 or so mates will hover in the dark all night every night,flapping their wings to create hot,breezy conditions to remove the water from the mixture.Several sunrises later,they will seal me off in a golden cell of beeswax.In her lifetime,our bee may visit 4,000
44、 flowers,and yet will produce only one-twelfth of a tea spoon of me.The average American consumes nearly a pound and a half of me every year,in tea,on toast,and beyond.If I do say so myself,I am a timeless treasure.Literally-I never go bad. Unfortunately,my good health is not guaranteed.The problem
45、lies in the growth of industrial agriculture and the use of pest control chemicals,as well as changes in weather patterns,all of which reduce the number of flowers bees have to visit.Id appreciate your letting your own garden grow just a little wild.My future depends on all of us fostering spring an
46、d summers wild flowers,thus helping the bees,who give so much-to you,to me-without ever asking for anything in return.56.What doesme”refer to in the passage? A.The flower. B.The bee.C.Water.D.Honey,57.What is the 2nd paragraph mainly about? A.Bees special talent.B.Bees hard work.C.Bees living enviro
47、nment. D.Bees social behavior.58.Which one of the following is true according to the passage?A.A bee will always prioritize attacking picnic lovers.B.Beforeme”is sealed off in beeswax,the drying process can take a few nights.C.The lifework of a bee satisfies the average demand of an American consumer annually.D.Bees are more likely to visit those deliberately pest-controlled gardens.59.What is the purpose of the passage? A.To appeal for help for honeybees.B.To talk about th