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1、2015学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷高三英语试卷第I卷（共103分）I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: 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. A
2、fter 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. $14. B. $40.C. $45.D. $80. 2. A. Go sightseeing. B. Go to a singing club.C. Ride a bike. D. Sleep in bed.3. A. A bus driv
3、er. B. A post office clerk. C. A deliverer.D. A salesperson. 4. A. Set up a museum.B. Start doing exercise.C. Stop buying cellphones.D. Go to the doctor.5. A. On a bus. B. At a railway station. C. On a plane.D. In the field.6. A. The man can only speak Spanish.B. The man knows nothing about Spanish.
4、 C. The man is reading an English book. D. The man likes drawing pictures. 7. A. The poor cell phone service.B. A careless woman driver.C. Traffic lights.D. A traffic accident.8. A. She plans to quit the school sports meet.B. She has been told about the changed time.C. The school sport meet has been
5、 put off. D. She is ignorant of the change of the time. 9. A. Its right for the woman to spend the money.B. The woman could have said it better.C. He does feel uneasy to buy a house. D. Its better to save money for a house.10. A. The man hasnt contacted his parents this term.B. The man didnt pass th
6、e exam last term.C. The woman will send a message to his parents.D. The exam result hasnt been declared yet.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 s
7、poken 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. A musical instrument.B. A special holiday.C. A family tradition.D. A
8、historical event.12. A. On the day after Christmas.B. For the week after Christmas.C. Throughout the year.D. Since the beginning of December.13.A. It is celebrated by African Americans only.B. It is a traditional religious holiday in Africa.C. It is a time for people to honor black culture.D. It was
9、 created as an alternative to Christmas. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.14. A. The earthquake struck at 19:54 Thursday night. B. There was no aftershock following the earthquake.C. The earthquake caused a low-intensity tsunami(海啸).D. The quake center was 44 miles away from
10、 Santiago.15. A. 3,000 houses were damaged.B. Some boats were stuck inland.C. At least 11 people were killed. D. Over 1 million people got injured.16. A. Powerful support from the government. B. Confidence in conquering disasters. C. Deep concern for the victims.D. Determination to take more adventu
11、res. 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 ar
12、e based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Complaint FormCaller: Allen SmithPhone No.: 17 .Location of Problem: A Korean 18 Restaurant(238, Zhongshan Road) Details: It dumps its 19 on the street. It has no 20 equipment for oil-smoke draining.Blanks 21 thr
13、ough 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What is couch surfing? It is 21 which allows travelers to meet people in their destinations.How much does it cost? It costs 22 . What kind of people might be interested in couch surfing
14、?Those who want to share their experiences and meet people from 23 .What is peoples major concern about couch surfing? 24 .II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with
15、 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) My business has to come before sleepThe moment I fall into bed at around 10.30pm, Im dead to the world . until ping! its 3 a.m. and Im wide awake.I instantly che
16、ck my phone and spend the next 40 minutes in bed (25) _ (answer) emails on my computer. By 4 a.m., my brain is in overdrive and there is only one thing for it: to get up and start working.I know most people are foggy at this time, but I find the early morning to be (26) _ period of great creativity.
17、 I get more done in those few hours than the rest of the day, (27) _ Im constantly interrupted.People ask (28) _ I find time to run a business, prepare presentations, write books, network with clients and raise a family. Well, this is the answer: by having only four-and-a-half hours of sleep.Yes, I
18、probably (29) _ just about do everything if I got up at 6.30 a.m., but it would mean working in the evening when I need to spend time with my family. I have lots of friends with the same problem. We have what we jokingly call “Insomniacs(失眠症患者) Group” on Facebook, where we chat with each other in th
19、e middle of the night. It has become a real way (30) _ friendship, and Id miss it if we didnt have that time to chat.While Im often perfectly happy starting my day at 3 a.m., sometimes, (31) _ Im tired, I feel annoyed with myself. Why cant I just switch off? But then I dont want to either. There are
20、 so many things I have to do, and a 3 a.m. start is the only way (32) _ (achieve) everything.(B)The Renaissance (文艺复兴)For many people, the Renaissance means 14th to 16th century Italy, and the developments in art and architecture, music and literature which took place there all that time. But there
21、is one work which, perhaps more than any other, (33) _ (express) the spirit of the Renaissance: the Mona Lisa. It is believed to be (34) _ (good) example of a new lifelike style of painting that amazed people when it was first used. (35) _ (paint) by Leonardo da Vinci in the years 1503-1506, the Mon
22、a Lisa is a mysterious masterpiece. People want to know who Mona Lisa is, and why she is smiling. (36) _ _ people do not know much about the Renaissance, they have heard of this painting.The Renaissance was a time of scientific invention, too. Leonardo, as well as being one of the greatest painters
23、the world has ever known, was also a skilled inventor. Wherever he went, he carried a notebook around with him, (37) _ _ he wrote down his ideas. They included detailed drawings of the human body, plans for engineers to build canals and bridges, and (38) _(astonish) drawings of machines which were n
24、ot to be built until hundreds of years later, such as aeroplanes, parachutes(降落伞), submarines(潜水艇) and tanks. Towards the end of his life he (39) _ (employ) by the King of France to do scientific research, and he did not have a lot of time for painting. In short, he was an extraordinary genius, an e
25、xample of what has been described as “Renaissance man”: someone interested in (40) _ and with many different talents.Section BDirections: 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. delivery B. alte
26、rnative C. enormously D. floating E. analyzed F. process G. determine H. visible I. messy J. disturbingly K. patterns Everyone knows that the Internet has changed how business operate, governments function and people live. However, a new, less 41 technological trend is just as transformative: “big d
27、ata.” Big data starts with the fact that there is a lot more information 42 around these days than ever before and it is being put to extraordinary new uses.Consider language translation, for example. When IBM first started to work on machine translation in the 1990s, it just fed a small number of h
28、igh-quality translation into a computer and programmed it to infer which word in one language is the best 43 for another. Although this 44 revolutionized the task of translation, the result was far from being perfect. Then, in 2006, Google burst in. Instead of millions of pages of texts, the search
29、giant 45 billions, from corporate websites to documents in every language from the European Union. The result is that its translations are much better than IBMs were and it covers 65 languages. Large amounts of 46 data defeated small amounts of cleaner data.Another good example of how big data can b
30、e 47 helpful is online shopping. Using data collected from customer shopping habits, today, Amazon can 48 who is most likely to purchase what and when. Details such as your history and wish list help the company gain a glimpse (一瞥) into your interests. Goods will then be dispatched to a logistics ce
31、nter(物流中心) near you and get packed before you even order, meaning that when you do make an online purchase, same-day 49 would be possible.With big data, instead of trying to understand exactly why an engine breaks down or why a drugs side effect disappears, researchers can instead collect and analyz
32、e massive quantities of information about such events and everything that is associated with them, looking for 50 that might help predict future occurrences.Big data answers not why but what. Finally, it will mark the moment when the “information society” finally fulfills the promise implied by its
33、name.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Are we too slow to praise and quick to blame? It seems we are.Praise is like sunligh
34、t to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, we are somehow 51 to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. To make matters worse, most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of 52 . Its strange how chary(吝啬的) we are about praising. Perhaps its because
35、 few of us know how to accept compliments gracefully. 53 , we are embarrassed and shrug off(不予理睬) the words we are really so glad to hear. Because of this 54 reaction, direct compliments are surprisingly difficult to give. That is why some of the most valued pats on the back are those which come to
36、us 55 , in a letter or passed on by a friend. When one thinks of the speed with which spiteful(恶意的) remarks are conveyed, it seems a pity that there isnt more effort to pass 56 comments.Its especially rewarding to give praise in areas where effort generally goes unnoticed or 57 . An artist gets comp
37、limented for a glorious picture, a cook for a perfect meal. But do you ever tell your 58 manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? Praise is particularly appreciated by those doing 59 jobs: gas-station attendants, waitresses even housewives. Do you ever go into a house and say
38、, “What a tidy room”? Hardly anybody does. Shakespeare said, “Our praises are our wages.” Since so often praise is the only 60 a housewife receives, surely she of all people should get her measure.Teachers agree about the value of praise. One teacher writes that instead of drowning students composit
39、ions in critical red ink, the teacher will get far more 61 results by finding one or two things which have been done better than last time, and commenting 62 on them. “I believe that a student knows when he has handed in something above his usual standard,” writes the teacher, “and that he waits hun
40、grily for a brief comment in the margin(空白处) to show him that the teacher is aware of it, too.”To give praise 63 the giver nothing but a moments thought and a moments effort. It is such a small 64 . And yet consider the results it may produce. “I can live for two months on a good compliment,” said M
41、ark Twain. So, lets be 65 to the small excellences around us and comment on them. We will not only bring joy into other peoples lives, but also, very often, add happiness into our own.51. A. guiltyB. impatientC. fortunateD. reluctant 52. A. charityB. criticismC. chemicalD. command53. A. Instead B. T
42、herefore C. Moreover D. Otherwise54. A. extreme B. immediate C. defensive D. positive55. A. naturallyB. indirectly C. similarly D. closely56. A. pleasing B. unfair C. interesting D. objective57. A. unchanged B. unmatched C. unmentioned D. unemployed58. A. hotel B. personnelC. salesD. laundry59. A. i
43、dealB. routineC. demanding D. steady60. A. wageB. chanceC. inputD. support61. A. inevitableB. constructiveC. disappointingD. concrete62. A. frequentlyB. occasionallyC. criticallyD. favorably63. A. highlightsB. providesC. costsD. signals64. A. achievementB. challengeC. investment D. substitute 65. A.
44、 certainB. alertC. resistantD. superiorSection BDirections: 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
45、 passage you have just read. (A)Dad, Im writing to you as I feel its been quite a while since we last spoke (two years to be exact, you hung up on me). So how is Germany? How old are your other children now? What have you been up to this year? I finished my A-levels this summer. But enough small tal
46、k. On our European road trip in the summer, the journey took us close to your house and I asked Mum and my stepdad if we could pay a visit so that I could see you. Outside your house, I couldnt bring myself to get out of the car and knock on the door.Ive tried so many different forms of communication email, the phone and I also suggested Skype. Yet I still cant get through to you.My mum, stepdad and I sat around the table trying to work out why I had felt unabl