2019学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷
高三英语 试卷
（满分140分，考试时间120分钟） 2019.12
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. Buying a handbag. B. Trying on a piece of clothing.
C. Taking a picture. D. Attending a fashion show. 2. A. To the library. B. To the school. C. To the cafeteria. D. To the cinema. 3. A. Make a budget. B. Buy the painting.
C. Decorate the living room. D. Bargain with the art dealer. 4. A. She didn’t get the promotion. B. She doesn’t look attractive.
C. She is not in good mood. D. She can’t stand foggy days. 5. A. The man needs to arrive earlier. B. The woman has to work overtime.
C. The woman dislikes air travel. D. The man wants to save money. 6. A. He has earned a big fortune. B. He is good at saving.
C. He has little money. D. He spends money like water. 7. A. He didn’t attend the ceremony. B. He took a lot of precious pictures. C. He forgot to take his cell phone. D. His recorded the ceremony with his camera. 8. A. Set a deadline for the staff to meet. B. Encourage his staff to work harder.
C. Ask for a progress report on the project. D. Hold a conversation with his employees. 9. A. He doesn’t need a vacation. B. The company is short of hands.
C. He is afraid of losing the job. D. The boss told him to take a chance. 10. A. No seats are available now. B. It’s not the right time to enter.
C. It’s too dark for him to find the seat. D. She can’t get in until the interview ends.
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. More cheerful. B. Less stressed. C. More resolute. D. Less attractive. 12. A. To find out how clothes can affect people’s feelings.
B. To show how scientists pay more attention to details. C. To prove people make fewer mistakes in lab coats. D. To test the effect of clothes on people’s attention. 13. A. Body movements change the way people think.
B. How people dress can change their appearance. C. What people wear can affect their performance. D. People doing different jobs wear different clothes.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Experts who specialize in preventing natural disasters.
B. People trained to respond to medical emergencies. C. Super heroes devoted to defending the earth.
D. Doctors and nurses who provide medical services. 15. A. Decent and promising. B. Busy but secure.
C. Tough and stressful. D. Demanding but well-paid. 16. A. Passing a physical training program. B. Getting a certificate in CPR (心肺复苏术).
C. Possessing a medical school diploma. D. Keeping calm in any situation.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. 18-26. B. 27-35. 18. A. Jogging. B. Swimming. 19. A. Launch a new promotion campaign.
C. Increase the production of athletic shoes. 20. A. Make products more appealing.
C. Focus on fitness business. 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.
Once upon a time ...
Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers. At school they met a wise man who led them to a treasure — a library of old books with tales more fascinating than any they had ever heard. (21) _________(inspire), the brothers began collecting their own stories, listening to the folktales people told them. Soon they produced their own treasure — a book of fairy tales that would charm millions in faraway lands for generations (22) ________(come).
C. 36-45. D. 46-55. C. Tennis. D. Cycling. B. Carry out another survey.
D. Hold more athletic competitions. B. Follow the trend.
D. Target older customers.
The brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, named their story collection Children’s and Household Tales and published it in Germany in 1812. The collection (23)________(translate) into more than 160 languages up to now. The stories and their characters continue to feature in virtually every media: theatre, opera, comic books, movies, paintings, rock music, advertising and fashion.
Such fame would have shocked the modest Grimms. During their lifetimes the collection (24)________(sell) few copies in Germany. The early editions were not even aimed at children. They had no illustrations, and scholarly footnotes took up almost as much space as the tales (25) __________. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began their work at a time (26)__________ Germany had been occupied by the French under Napoleon. The new rulers restricted local culture. As young scholars, the brothers Grimm began to work on the fairy tale collection in order to save the endangered oral storytelling tradition of Germany.
(27)_______ the brothers implied that they were just keeping records of tales, Wilhelm continued to polish and reshape the stories up to the final edition of 1857. In an effort to make them more acceptable to children and their parents, he stressed the moral of each tale and emphasized gender roles. To this day, parents still read them to their children because they approve of the lessons in the stories: keep your promises, don’t talk to strangers, work hard, obey your parents.
Yet (28)_______ all Wilhelm’s additions, the most important part of these stories was left untouched. The cruel treatment of children and the violent punishments handed out to the stories’ bad guys are too much for some parents.
So what accounts for their popularity? Some have suggested that it is (29)_______ the characters are always striving for happiness. But the truth probably lies in their origin. Grimms’ tales were born out of a storytelling tradition without boundaries (界限) of age or culture. The brothers’ skill was to translate these into a universal style of writing that seems to mirror (30)_______ moods or interests we bring to our reading of them. And so it was that the Grimms’ fairy tales lived happily ever after.
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. distributed F. reliance K. revealed B. absolutely C. infections D. consume E. harbor G. potential H. specific I. originate J. respectively
Microplastic Pollution
In the past few years, scientists have found microplastics in our soil, tap water, bottled water, beer and even in the air we breathe. And there’s growing concern about the 31 health risks they pose to humans.
The new analysis in the UK have discovered microplastics widely 32 across all 10 lakes and rivers sampled. More than 1,000 small pieces of plastic per litre were found in the River Tame,
2019学年第一学期徐汇高三一模英语试卷
