上海市宝山区2017届高三第二学期期中教学质量监测英语试题

C. keep up the pressure D. have a bad effect

65. An approach suggested by Mark Franklin similar to ?trying on different clothes? is for _______.

A. helping people find what truly suits them in career B. telling capable employees from inadequate ones

C. training employees to acquire different working skills D. providing people with opportunities to have a role play 66. It can be concluded from the passage that ______.

A. quitting is track that only the timid will choose to follow

B. personal interaction can be must for reducing emotional pressure C. mental adaptability can be improved by the stress hormone cortisol D. knowing when to stop is wise and may make dreams happen

Section C

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Exoplanets：The Hunt Is On

Today scientists believe that planets could outnumber the stars. For centuries, scientists and natural philosophers have proposed that stars in the night sky have planetary systems similar to our own solar system. The existence of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, has long been discussed. ___67___ Although not the first exoplanet discovery, a planet near a sun-like star was discovered by astronomers in 1995. This kicked off an era of exoplanet hunting, with thousands of discoveries and confirmations following in its wake.

___68___ However, in 2015 NASA?s Kepler space telescope found its first Earth-sized planet in a “habitable”zone. This is the distance form a star where surface temperatures of a planet wouldn?t be too hot or too cold for liquid water. So far, only a small slice of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has been explored. Even so, scientists have confirmed over 3,500 exoplanets, with more being added every day.

To detect exoplanets, scientists use data from a variety of sources. Large ground-based telescopes, earth-circling and sun-circling satellites all collect different types of information. Because exoplanets are so far away and very close to stars, it is very difficult to see them directly. ___69___ For example, when an exoplanet moves between its star and us, it causes a small drop in the star?s brightness. Measuring this drop is the transit（凌日）method of discovery. NASA?S Kepler space telescope has discovered many exoplanets this way.

As a planet circles a star, it pulls on it and causes it to shake. ___70___ Measuring these slight changes is the radial velocity（径向速度）method of discovering planets. It is one of the most productive methods for finding and confirming exoplanets.

These are just two examples of the many methods scientists use in their hunt for

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exoplanets, hoping for more information and enhanced detail. As time progresses and technology improves, who knows what else we may find!

Ⅳ.Summary Writing Hope

Nothing in my life had prepared me for what I had to do. Choosing my words carefully, and fighting to stay calm, I told my 4-year-old daughter that her grandmother had suffered a stroke（中风），that she was unconscious, and that the doctors said she would probably never wake up. As she moved closer to me, Amelia looked at me, eyes bright, and said,“Maybe Grandma will be okay.”“Maybe she will,”I said, keeping back the tears, But I knew better. I was flying up to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, from our Florida home in the morning to say good-bye to my mom.

The rest of that awful week, I joined my brother and father sitting by my mother?s side in the hospital room. I held her hand and talked to her. I told her that we still needed her. I told her that it wasn?t time to leave yet. I told her how much I loved her. And I told her that her little granddaughter, Amelia, believed that she?d get better. The doctors, with all their years of training and experience, offered no hope for recovery. The damage was simply too extensive.

Then, a couple of weeks later, an odd thing happened. Mom woke up. She regained consciousness. Persevered through a long and tough recovery, during which she had to learn to walk, read, and write all over again, and eventually returned home to Dad. The only one who wasn?t shocked was Amerlia. The doctors couldn?t explain it. Amelia didn?t need to. Hope came as naturally to her as breathings.

So why are we so afraid to hope sometimes? Maybe it?s because over the year, life?s disappointments can turn us to disillusionment（理想破灭）. How many times have you heard someone say:“Hope for the best, expect the worst”?That?s not really hope at all. Hope is being able to look at our world with all of the joy and wonder of a child.

V. Translation

72.她在舞台上的表现让她成了“网红”。（become） 73.李教授写的这本书是面向学术读者的。（intend）

74.当球迷们向篮球队员献花时，队员们激动得热泪盈眶。（So?）

75.一项新的研究发现，那些拥有年轻心态的人比自我感觉年龄大的人更加长寿。（?those who ?） VI.Guided Writing

古人云：“儿行千里母担忧。”你今年暑期计划与朋友结伴出国旅游，但是你母亲对此担心不已，未予准许。现请你给母亲写一封电子邮件以消除母亲对你的种种担忧，具体要求如下：

① 陈述你出国旅游的理由；

② 通过事例说明你对生活和困难有应对能力。

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2016学年第二学期高三英语教学质量检测卷

参考答案

I. Listening Comprehension

1-5 DCABB 6-10 DCDAD 7-13 ABC 14-16 CBB 17-20 ADAC II. Grammar and Vocabulary 21. that 22. where 23. fewer 24. were found 25. It 26. to raise 27. before 28. acting 29. recognized 30. because of 31-35 EKIHG

Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension

41-45 CAACD 46-50 ABBCD 51-55 DBABC

56-59 CDAC 60-62 BAD 63-66 CDAD 67-30 EBAC Ⅳ. Summary writing

Doctors were pessimistic about my mother?s stroke while my little daughter, Amelia, full of hope. I passed on Amelia?s hope when our family gathered to bid farewell to her in hospital. Incredibly, she recovered and came back home after a period of restoration. Everyone was astonished except Amelia. Hope does bring people in trouble amazement.（55 words） VI. Guided Writing 略

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