2017上海格致中学英语三模试卷

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高三年级 英语试卷（共 10 页）

(测试120分钟内完成，总分140分，试后交答题卡和答卷纸)

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I. Listening Comprehension Section A Short conversation

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. $30 B. $10. C. $27. D. $20

2. A. Two passengers on the bus. B. Policeman and driver. C. Hotel receptionist and traveler. D. Passenger and taxi driver. 3. A. He has graduated for years.

B. He failed in the graduation exam.

C. He is worried about the result of the exam. D. He is not well-prepared for the exam. 4. A. From a jewelry store B. From a call box. C. From a supermarket. D. From a change machine. 5. A. Tony made a wise decision. B. Tony shouldn?t give up easily. C. Tony can change the class time D. Tony can find a better reason 6. A. At an airport. . B. At a police station. C. At a hotel. D. At a bank. 7. A. Sunny. B. Windy. C. Foggy. D. Rainy. 8. A. It has failed. B. It will soon be finished. C. It is on going. D. It was stopped halfway. 9. A. Tom?s boss has a twin brother.

B. Tom didn?t know where his boss was. C. The person in black shirt is Tom?s boss. D. The person in black looks like Tom?s boss. 10. A. Some unregistered students are in the class. B. The professor prepared less than 38 copies. C. The students at the back were late for class. D. A few students forgot to bring their assignment.

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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. 70000 tons. B. 2,000,000 tons. C. 2,030 tons. D. Not mentioned. 12. A. Most farmers were infected with diseases. B. Cocoa farmers lack professional training

C. The global consumption is increasing every year.

D. Cocoa trees are-growing more slowly because of the weather . 13. A. The world will probably be running out of chocolate B. Cocoa farmers are looking for other jobs.

C. Eating too much chocolate is not good for health. D. Asian people are eating more and more chocolate.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14 A. To tell the purpose of learning history. B. To explain the history of education

C. To criticize students' history study habits

D. To present a new approach to history education. 15. A: By asking questions about the future. B. By studying in the traditional method.

C. By looking for answers to present-day problems. D. By memorizing historic facts. 16. A. Predict the future. B. Memorize details.

C. Raise critical questions.

D. Demonstrate the link between past and future.

Questions 17 through 18 are based on the following conversation. 17. A Films with much fighting and killing. B. Films about the life of wild animals. C. Films which are close to real life. D. Films with a happy ending 18. At7:30p. m. B. At 7:40 p. m. C. At 3:30 p. m. D. At 6:15 p.m. Questions 19 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 19. A. Find her suitable equipment and teach her techniques. B. Design tough and challenging workout plan. C. Assign her exercises to do at home. D. Have her thoroughly examined.

20. A. Train herself all day long. B. Try another fitness center.

C. Have a try for one month. D.Change her fitness goal

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II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

Directions: After reading the passage 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.

The twenty-four horses dash around a racetrack. The thunder of their hooves (蹄) rings in the riders? ears, nearly 21 (drown) out the cheering of the crowd. After three or four minutes of suspense, one horse crosses the finish line first, winning the Melbourne Cup and earning a place in history.

The horses that compete in the Melbourne Cup—one of the world?s most famous horseraces—were fated to race. 22 (breed) for speed, these horses are the few 23 were singled out as having potential to become champions.

Preparing a racehorse to compete requires a team. A horse?s owner manages the team and decides which races to enter. A trainer determines the racehorse?s diet and exercise. Regular exercise makes a horse 24 ( likely) to be injured, but overtraining tires the horse. A groomer (动物美容师) cares for the racehorse and reports any problems he discovers to the trainer. And of course, no horserace could 25 (run) without a rider. These riders train for long hours and travel constantly from one race to another. They need to make a strategy, adapt 26 to changing conditions and communicate with their horse to guide it to victory.

Australia?s most famous horserace, the Melbourne Cup, is 3,200 meters of pure excitement. Each year 300 or 400 horses are nominated (提名), but only 24 can run. The competitors are chosen in terms of a number of factors, but winners of certain races qualify automatically.

Each racehorse receives a handicap—a certain weight it must carry to give each horse an equal chance of winning —two months before the race. Originally, horses that seemed likely to win were assigned larger handicaps. But the rules have changed, reducing the handicap for previous winners.

The first Melbourne Cup in 1861 drew a crowd of 4,000 spectators and the race?s popularity 27 (grow) ever since. Held on the first Tuesday of November, the cup has become a four-day festival with fine food and entertainment.

The Melbourne Cup began during a gold rush 28 a form of entertainment for the rich. Today it still attracts society?s upper class with the implication 29 whoever comes is a man of distinction. They come dressed in their finest to enjoy the event in comfort.

30 noble and distinct the horserace looks, it?s all about the race—the effort of horses and riders, the suspense and the thrill of victory.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. disturbing B. accustomed G. vaguely H . bettering C. deposits I . flexible D. prospects J . dramatically E. inherited K .industry F. overcome For more than three centuries, the American colonies and later, the United States have been a

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place for many “have-nots” to make the “American Dream” come true for themselves and to become “haves.” And the optimism that people have, knowing that this miracle will always happen has grown out of some key elements in the history of the nation, a nation that has differed 31 from every other country in the world. The economic 32 of the nation are also very much tied to these success stories. Three characteristics have contributed to such attainments.

First, the United States had natural resources undreamed of in other parts of the world. For farmers and ranchers there was land, often to be had cheaply or even for free. There were endless forests to supply lumber and rich 33 of coal, oil, silver, copper and gold. Besides, critical to the development of these resources was a population of both native-born Americans and immigrants who were connected by their common work ethic. This ethic held that 34 and thrift should be rewarded with ---- as Benjamin Franklin says ---- “a State of Affluence (富足) and some Degree of Reputation in the World.” These Americans believed in self improvement as well as in the nobility of all kinds of work. They also, if somewhat 35 , often linked material success with spiritual movement. Next, by and large, America was characterized by a 36 class structure. In contrast to England and other European countries with their history of aristocrats (贵族), this country was filled by numerous communities in which family connections or 37 money counted for little. However, the pursuit of American Dream sometimes also sometimes proved to be a source of tension and strain. At the beginning of the 20th century, writers like Jack London and F. Scott Fitzgerald depicted a lot of “have-not” characters whose fate is not a matter of free will. They are 38 by forces beyond their control. Often, in their works, children or young people are victimized by poverty that prevents them from 39 themselves. Convinced that a person?s destiny is the result of his or her heredity interacting with the environment, they employ many 40 details to explore the oppressive world in which their characters are trapped. Analyzing characters? assumptions and values continued to illuminate the American experience.

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 context.

Organized volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usually it is left to __41__ to judge the potential from a list of extracurricular adventures on a graduate?s resume, but now the university of Bristol has set up an award to formalize the achievements of students who __42__ time to activities outside their courses. Bristol PLuS aims to boost students in an increasingly competitive job market by helping them acquire work and life skills alongside __43__ qualifications.

“Our students are a pretty active bunch, but we found that they didn?t __44__ appreciate the value of what they did outside the lecture hall,” says Jeff Goodman, director of careers and employability at the university. “Employers are much more __45__ than they used to be. They used to look for __46__ employees and saw it as part of their job to extract the value of an applicant?s skills. Now they want students to be able to explain why those skills are __47__ to the job.”

Students who __48__ the award will be expected to complete 50 hours of work experience or voluntary work, attend four workshops on employ-ability skills, take part in an intensive skills-related activity and, crucially, write a summary of the skills they have gained. __49__ efforts will gain an Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who __50__ best on the sports field can take

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