上海市黄浦区敬业中学2016届高三第一学期期中考试英语试卷

敬业中学2015-2016学年高三年级期中考试

英语试卷

考生注意：

1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分150分。

2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第I卷（第1–12页）和第II卷（第13页），全卷共13页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上一律不得分。

3. 答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名，并将核对后的条形码贴在指定位置上，在答题纸反面清楚地填写姓名。

第I卷 (共103分)

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 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. She’ll get the things the man needs.

B. Shirley wants to go to the convenience store, too. C. There isn’t enough time to go to the convenience store. D. The student center closes at four o’clock. 2. A. He doesn’t feel qualified for it. C. He’s completely satisfied with it. 3. A. Try to get a ride with Pete.

B. He’d like a higher salary.

D. He’d like to work fewer hours per week. B. Take an airplane to Boston. D. Drive her car to Boston.

C. Ask Pete the name of his hotel.

4. A. She’ll give the man the newspaper after class. B. She doesn’t read the newspaper for her class. C. She doesn’t have a newspaper to give the man. D. She only reads one section of the newspaper. 5. A. The man’s roommate dislikes talking much. C. Someone else has caused the problem.

B. The man is upset with his roommate.

D. The man hopes the woman can understand him.

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6. A. The book is very interesting. C. The book is too long.

B. He hasn’t read the book yet. D. He doesn’t usually read novels. B. He needs some exercise at the weekend. D. He rarely uses his computer. B. He is studying to be a doctor. D. He has already tried the new medicine.

7. A. He has been working outdoors lately. C. He’s a good tennis player.

8. A. More doctors should be doing research. C. A new medical treatment is available soon. 9. A. She’s a professional photographer. B. She’ll take the camera to her car at once. C. She just had an argument with her roommate.

D. She worries about leaving the camera with the man. 10. A. Decide against sending the application. B. Order his checks by mail.

C. Enclose a twenty-dollar bill with his application. D. Buy a money order to send with the application.

Section B

Directions: 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 spoken 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. After he left high school.

B. In 1995.

D. When he was visiting England and France. B. Listening to good jokes. D. Eating different cakes. B. How to find the perfect design. D. Making cakes for special occasions.

C. Before he worked all around the U.S. 12. A. Being busy all the time. C. Speaking to others.

13. A. Mike’s amazing cakes.

C. Cakes as Christmas presents.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. The pianist is an old friend of hers.

B. Many people have come to the presentation. D. She enjoys going to concerts. B. When he finished his studies.

C. The hall has an excellent sound system. 15. A. When he was a child.

C. When he began his concert touring. D. When he was invited to a musical competition. 16. A. Talk about how he learned to compose music. B. Explain why he agreed to give the lecture.

C. Comment on his musical training at the Juliet School. D. Introduce his experiences on the concert tours.

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Section C

Directions: 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 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Winston Churchill Born in 1874 and died in 17 At the age of 26: Start his 18 career 1929-1939: Out of 19 Past 40: Take up 20 World War II: British Prime Minister

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Difference between black and white pepper (胡椒) How different do they taste? ripens? When do people pick the pepper corn to When it is still 23 . make black pepper? To make white pepper, what do people do 24 . with the pepper corn before drying it?

II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

Directions: After reading the passages 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.

(A) Man on Wire

A film to make you feel alive …

In 1968 a young Frenchman, Philippe Petit, saw a picture in a newspaper which would change his life. He was sitting in a dentist’s waiting room when he saw an artist’s impression of the soon-to-be-built World Trade Center and decided that one day he 25 (walk) on a high wire between the twin towers.

Man on Wire is the story of a man who made his dream 26 (happen). The film starts on Tuesday August 7th, 1974, 27 day when Petit achieved his goal. We see him 28 (head) for the twin towers and then, through interviews and flashbacks. We see everything 29 led up to that day.

Compared with black pepper, white pepper is 21 . What happens to the pepper corn as it It 22 . The film first shows us how Petit made his earlier high wire walks at Notre Dame and Sydney

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Harbour Bridge, using film and photos 30 (take) from the time.

Then the film almost becomes a crime thriller as we see how Petit and his team made up documents, got past security guards and somehow managed to set up the wire between the towers 31 being seen or heard.

Finally Petit makes his great walk between the towers. There is no film of the original walk, so the whole thing is shown using photos, a reminder of 32 the towers used to look. He stayed 1,350 feet above the ground, apparently quite relaxed, for 45 minutes. The policemen whose job it was to arrest Petit 33 only stand and watch while he smiled and laughed at them.

(B) Across Africa

For six hours we shot through the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera 34 I used words. I had finished three notebooks and considered 35 (start) the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I’d bought in a market in Mozambique.

As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty — we 36 (see) another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was 37 I saw them. Next to us, by the side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them—brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn’t know how long they had been there next to us.

I shouted to Dan: “Look!” but he was in such a deep sleep 38 it was impossible to wake him up before they disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.

Section B

Directions: 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. activities G. loyalty

One highly visible result of marketing strategies is the movement toward a global consumer culture, in which people are united by their common 41 to brand-name consumer goods, film stars, and rock stars. Some products in particular have become so 42 with a particular lifestyle that they are prized possessions around the world.

On the other hand, popular culture continues to 43 as products and styles from different cultures mix and combine in new and interesting ways. For example, although superstars from the United States and the United Kingdom 44 the worldwide music industry, a movement is taking place to include other styles and performers. In Europe, local music acts are grabbing a larger share of

B. associated H. overtaking C. dominate I. popular D. evolve J. promotions E. identities K. understanding F. included “Wild horses?” he said. “Why didn’t you wake 39 up?” “I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”

“Typical,” he said. “The 40 (good) photos are the ones we never take.” We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.

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