金山区2017学年高三英语第一学期质量监控

金山区

2017

学年第一学期质量监控

高三英语试卷

（时 间

120

分钟，分值

140

2017

年

12

月

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. At home.

B. In a hotel.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

C. In a library.

A. Librarian and reader.

C. Boss and secretary.

A. Tuesday.

C. Friday.

A. The museum schedule.

C. A part-time job.

A. Stop the bus.

C. Cross the street.

A. Reasonable.

C. Serious.

A. Move to a neat dormitory.

C. Clean the room with the roommate.

A. He talks too fast.

C. He likes to use big words.

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D. At a bank.

B. Teacher and student.

D. Shop-assistant and customer.

B. Thursday.

D. Saturday.

B. Library hours.

D. School hours.

B. Walk to the zoo.

D. Call the police.

B. Bright.

D. Ridiculous.

B. Find a person to share their apartment.

D. Write an article about their roommate.

B. He seldom talks.

D. He doesn

’

t speak in a direct way.

9.

10.

A. The

girl’s

favorite sweets are chocolates and candies.

B. The girl should go to the supermarket with him together.

C. It

’

s time for the girl to try something sweet.

D. The girl

’

s teeth are in bad condition.

A. Smith will keep the surprise party a secret.

B. Lucy hasn

’

t got any promise from Smith.

C. They shouldn

’

t have told Lucy about the party.

D. There

’

s no secret between Smith and Lucy.

Section B

Directions:

In

Section

B,

you will

hear

two

short

passages

and

one

longer

conversation,

and

you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages

and the conversation 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. Morris Michtom.

12.

A. Because he didn

’

t want to please his friends.

B. Because he wanted an artist to draw a picture for the bear.

C. Because he thought shooting a bear tied to a tree was unfair.

D. Because he thought it was uninteresting.

13.

A. The biography of Teddy Roosevelt.

C. The experience of a newspaper artist.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14.

A. At least 20% of the population is at least 65 years old.

B. There are fewer working-age people to replace the retired ones.

C. The older workers are more than the younger ones.

D. Aging population changes are taking place quickly.

15.

A. Aging will increase the household savings rates.

B. Aging will reduce the household savings rates.

C. Aging will balance the household investment rates.

D. Aging will increase the household investment rates.

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B. President Roosevelt.

D. One of Roosevelt

’

s friends.

C. A newspaper artist.

B. The founding history of a toy store.

D. The origin of Teddy Bears.

16.

A. The problem of aging population in the world.

B. The increasing population around the world.

C. The situation of labour market in Europe.

D. The discussion about the retiring age in Asia.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17.

A. To fix his broken cellphone.

18.

A. He thinks it has fewer functions.

C. He thinks its price is suitable.

19.

A. She thinks Haier model is much better than the man thought.

B. She thinks Nokia model is good enough for the man.

C. She is not satisfied with Haier model.

D. She thinks Haier model is of low quality.

20.

A. $$2420.

B. $$2300.

C. $$2010.

D. $$1890.

B. He likes its color display.

D. He can

’

t afford it.

B. To buy a spare battery for his cellphone.

D. To change his cellphone.

C. To get a brand-new cellphone.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section 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 given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

At

first

glance,

these

impressive

images

look

like

moment

captured

by

a

talented

photographer. But you cannot always believe what you see. These pictures, with their incredible

photographic details, are in fact the creations ____21___ (draw) by Scottish hyper- realist Paul

Cadden.

With

often

nothing

more

than

a

pencil

in

hand,

the

47-year-old

artist

produces

elaborate

drawings that could easily ___22___ (mistake) for the work of any modern digital camera. From

the

wrinkles

on

a

woman

’

s

face

and

beads

of

water,

to

a

breath

of

smoke

from

a

cigarette,

Cadeen is able to capture ___23___ (complicated) features of his subjects in such painstaking

detail that the images look astonishingly real.

Cadden said he began drawing at a very young age and has always been interested in art.

With some experience in animation and graphic design, he moves into hyper-realism ___24___

he has a special gift for capturing details.

His creations reflect his love for details, with a single image __25_____ (take) up to six

weeks to produce. Working with pencil, graphite and white chalk, Cadden is able to create seven

poster-size pieces a year, ___26__ sell for up to $$5,000 each.

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The

artist

explained

that

he

does

not

want

people

to

focus

completely

on

the

techniques

involved

in

his

pieces.

“I

want

them

to

think

about

the

work

and

___27____

I’

m

actually

drawing,

”

he said,

“I

prefer to study the internal aspect of the subject ___28___ _______ focus

solely on the external part.

”

Now,

Cadden

is

planning

to

take

his

pieces

to

more

foreign

countries,

and

to

hold

exhibitions in China, Cuba and Brazil. He hopes to get established enough __29____ (make) a

living

from

his

work.

“

I

want

to

be

doing

lots

of

exhibitions

in

five

years

’

time.

To

have

a

successful solo show is a long-cherished dream of mine,

”

he said.

“

It

’

s such a fantastic feeling

___30___ somebody buys your paintings and you know the paintings are sitting somewhere in

their houses.

”

Section B

Directions:

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.

established

B.

cultural

C. freely

D.

introduce

E.

official

F.

release

G

.

extremely

H.

attraction

I.

drew

J.

unexpectedly

K.

mystery

A large-scale cultural exploration program

National

Treasure

《国家宝藏》

made its

first

show

on

CCTV

on

Sunday

night .

In

the

first

episode,

the

Palace

Museum

in

Beijing

showcased three treasures.

As

a

___31___

variety

show,

the

National

Treasure

aims

to

showcase

the

background

stories

of

national

treasures

and

___32___

various

art

forms. In

the

show,

treasure

keepers

collections

and

interpreting

the

historical

___33___.

The

show

aims

to

inspire

the

ancient

Chinese civilization and make the national treasures

This

is

not

the

first

time

for

the

Palace

Museum

in

Beijing

to

be

___34___

welcomed

online in China, thanks to its efforts in cultural products and self-promotion in recent years.

Last

year,

the

museum

___35___

so

much

attention

because

of

the

huge

success of

the

three-episode TV documentary,

Masters

in

the Forbidden City

and a movie with the same

name. Over the last few years, the museum has ___36___ 495 signposts and 1,400 new chairs

have

been provided.

In

addition,

the Palace

Museum

opened

a

(an)

___37___ online

store

on

e-commerce

platform

Taobao,

selling

related

products.

It

also

started

their

self-promotion

through new media, publishing articles to promote the culture of the museum. It ___38___ swept

the Internet by its humorous style and interesting content. At the same time, the Palace Museum

has published several mobile apps, one of which saw over 200,000 downloads just two weeks

after its ___39___ in 2013. Its self-promotion has achieved great results. In 2012, the museum

saw 15 million visitors. And it received 16 million visitors last year.

The museum is also a popular ___40___ among foreign leaders. For example, US President

Donald Trump and his wife visited the Palace Museum on Nov 8.

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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.

AlphaGo has struck again, defeating Ke Jie, the wo

rld’s number one Go player,

3-0. After

his defeat, the young Chinese prodigy said AlphaGo sees the ___41___ of Go while he could

only see a small area around him. This win, coupled with last year’s victory over Lee Se

-dol,

shines

a

light

on

the

awe-inspiring

___42___

of

technology

and

places

AlphaGo

among

the

greatest Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems created to date.

The AI

industry

is

certainly

making

great

advancements,

constantly

surprising

the

public

with new and interesting tools and making life ___43___. Twenty years ago, just connecting to

the Internet was a ___44___. Now, we can do just about anything on our phones, from online

banking

to

___45___

shows.

The

shifting

sands

of

technology

have

placed

so

many

paths

in

front of humanity that it is hard to ___46___ even the immediate future.

We may talk about how AI can make our lives better, but we also consider the risks. Many

stories and films ___47___ around the theme of AI vs. human. One that comes to my mind now

is The Terminator. The film is about an AI system called Skynet, which was ___48___ to protect

humans. What the programmers did not expect was that Skynet began to think. It came to the

conclusion that humans were a danger to its existence, so it started a global nuclear war and tried

to “

___4

9___” humanity.

AlphaGo’s recent achievements highlight the ___

50___ that technology and AI can bring

about. They

also

serve

to

remind

us

of

the ___51___

and

risks

we

may

not

have

had

time

to

think

about.

Some

of

us

used

to

___52___

the

possibility

of

creating

an

actual

“thinking”

AI

system, or believe that humans will always be able to ___53___ an AI system, but certain facts

have

now

been

placed

in

front

of

us.

All

that’s

left

to

be

done

is

to

___

54___

the

actual

“thinking” part of advanced AI systems

like AlphaGo to more fields. Once that happens, human

beings will be pretty much ___55___. If we do not fully understand the risks of AI systems, we

might be flying too close to the “sun”, and like Icarus in Greek mythology, we will fall.

41. A. fun

B. secret

B. slower

B. instant

B. frame

B. reverse

C. universe

C. risks

C. harder

C. loss

D. potential

D. threats

D. faster

D. leisure

D. direct

D. encounter

D. revolve

D. developed

42. A. intelligence

43. A. easier

44. A. mess

45. A. live

46. A. tell

B. advancements

B. headache

C. immediate

C. predict

C. resolve

47. A. reveal

48. A. processed

B. modified

C. introduced

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49. A. help

B. isolate

C. terminate

C. signals

C. treasures

C. doubt

C. adapt

C. patriotic

D. investigate

D. incident

D. disasters

D. preview

D. overtake

D. control

D. outdated

50. A. benefits

51. A. questions

52. A. analyze

53. A. outsmart

54. A. adopt

55. A. intelligent

Section B

B. possibilities

B. tragedies

B. develop

B. shrink

B. overhead

B. powerful

C. outnumber

Directions:

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)

In many countries of the world, people can confidently tell you the meaning of their town

or city, but most people who live in Manchester, Oxford or Birmingham would not be able to

explain what the name of their city means. The name of every British town and city, however,

has a long history.

Two thousand years ago, most people living in Britain were Celts. Even the word

“

Britain

”

is Celtic. Then the Romans arrived and built camps which became cities called

“

castra

”

. This is

why there are so many place names in England which end in

“

-chest er

”

or

“

-caster

”

–

Manchester,

for example.

The Romans never reached Wales or Scotland, and many place names there are Celtic. For

example, Welsh place names that begin with

“

Llan

”

come from the Celtic word for church.

After the Romans left Britain, it was attacked by tribes called the Anglo-Saxons who were

from

the

area

of

Europe

that

is

now

Germany

and

Holland.

Without

the

Roman

army,

it

was

impossible to protect the country from these people. The names of their villages often ended in

“

-ham

”

or

“

-ton

”

.

Some

got

their

name

from

the

leader

of

the

village,

so

Birmingham,

for

example, means

“

B eormund

’

s village

”

.

The Anglo-Saxons were farmers and the landscape was very important to them, so we have

villages called Upton (

“

village on a hill

”

–

a good place to build a village) and Moreton (

“

village

by lake

”

, where floods could make life tough). Place names that end in

< br>“

-ford

”

(a place where

you could cross a river) also describe the location of Anglo-Saxon villages.

Twelve

hundred

years

ago,

the

Vikings

came

to

England

from

Scandinavia.

They

traded

with the Anglo-Saxons but lived in their own villages. These often ended in

“

-by

”

or

“

-thorpe

”