1、上海市高三英语上学期期中试题 22015学年第一学期位育中学期中考试试卷高三年级 英语学科（考试时间120分钟，总分150分）第I卷（共103分）I. Listening Comprehension (30分)Part 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 t
2、he 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. Relaxed. B. Thrilled. C. Worried. D. Satisfied.2. A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. D. N
3、ine.3. A. June 8. B. July 8. C. June 5. D. July 5.4. A. At a cinema. B. At an airport. C. At a railway station. D. At a stadium.5. A. Classmates. B. Student and teacher.C. Parent and child. D. Colleagues.6. A. The salesperson says they will fit. B. His son already has a pair of glovesC. Only one siz
4、e will fit. D. The gloves are all the same size.7. A. He is quite easy to recognize. B. He is an outstanding speaker. C. He looks like a movie star. D. He looks young for his age.8. A. Consult his Spanish teacher. B. Take a more interesting class.C. Continue his Spanish class. D. Make more effort af
5、ter class.9. A. The man did not trust the doctor. B. The man took medicine three times a day.C. The medicine the men took wasnt effective. D. The man didnt follow the doctors instructions.10. A. Urge Jenny to spend more time on study. B. Help Jenny to prepare for the coming exams.C. Talk with Jennys
6、 teacher. D. Send Jenny to a volleyball training center.Part B PassagesDirections: In Part 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 t
7、he 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. Strike while the iron is hot. B. God helps those who help themselves.C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. Tim
8、e is money.12. A. China. B. America. C. France. D. Brazil13. A. They are more widespread than ever before. B. The value they taught became less important than before.C. Their value was shared by more cultures. D. They were taken more seriously by the people all over the world.Questions 14 through 16
9、 are based on the following passage. 14. A. It is purchased overseas. B. It covers a limited medical service, but gives you a choice of good doctors.C. You have to pay the medical expenses first and it takes time to get your money back. D. The insurance doesnt need your receipt.15. A. The entire bil
10、l. B. A certain percentage of the bill.C. You dont have to pay at all. D. No less than 50% of the bill.16. A. Two Types of Popular Insurance. B. Good Health Insurance for Overseas Students.C. How to Claim Money from an Insurance Company. D. Advice on Buying Health Insurance.Part C Longer Conversatio
11、nsDirections: In Part C, youll 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 you answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the foll
12、owing conversation.What is the name of the mans company?Sonic _17_.What is the cause of the wrong delivery?The computer _18_ system.What is the right mode of the printer? _19_.How does the man feel in the end?_20_.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on th
13、e following conversation.What does the woman complain about?No _21_.What does the man suggest the woman do first?She should _22_ all the way to the right.Why is the woman in such a hurry?She has _23_ this morning.What is the engineer responsible for?_24_.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE W
14、ORDS for each answer. Grammar and Vocabulary (26分)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
15、one word that best fits each blank. Write your answers on you answer sheet.(A) Every one of us has been hurt by others 25_ by their words or actions. In those moments, you may feel so much anger 26_ you want to hurt the other person too. But we all know that revenge doesnt get us anywhere. So, in or
16、der to live a happy life, the best way 27_ (deal) with the problem is, perhaps, as the old saying goes, to “forgive and forget”. The wisdom of this saying 28_ (prove) in scientific studies. “It is well established that one should learn to forgive others 29_ the positive benefits of ones physical and
17、 mental health,” said Saima Noreen, a scientist at the University of St Andrews, UK. And now, Noreen and her research team may have found one more reason that you should stick to this principle30_ (forgive) somebody who has hurt you makes it easier for you to forget the unhappy memory.In the study,
18、researchers asked volunteers to read descriptions of 40 different situations that contained bad actions 31_ _ stealing, lying and cheating. Volunteers then had to decide 32_ they would be able to forgive the person if they were the victims. (B)Two weeks later, volunteers took part in a memory test.
19、In the test, they 33_ (show) a series of words related to the situations theyd read about and were asked to recall certain ones and forget 34_.The results showed that people were less likely to remember the details of the unpleasant experiences if they had found forgiveness in their hearts. In contr
20、ast, if they hadnt forgiven the mistake, they could always recall 35 _ had happened, 36 _ _ they were told to forget it.According to Noreen, our abilities to overcome strong emotions 37_ someone and to deliberately forget about bad memories are linked to the same mechanism in our brains. And it migh
21、t be this mechanism that 38_(connect) forgiveness to forgetting.However, healthy and wise 39_ it is, to forgive someone who has hurt you is always 40_(easy) said than done. So, Noreen hopes that one day in the near future research will “give rise to powerful therapeutic tools (治疗手段)that will enable
22、people to forgive and forget more effectively”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. explore B. originally C. objective D. themselves E. prospect F. strangers G. frustrated
23、 H. source I. universal J. traditionally K. eco-consciousYour age reflects your state of mind, which is something _41_ despite different family, social or cultural backgrounds.In Western culture, 21 was the age at which young people _42_ received a key to their parents door, as a symbol of entering
24、adulthood. Now, the age of 21 is a time when people ask _43_: where to go from here? The 21-year-old college students are thrilled at the _44_ of starting their careers within a year. But in the current global recession, some have to scale down their ambitions. They will realize that being realistic
25、, instead of _45_, is the solution.The age of 21 is also a time to step out of your comfort zone. Its a time to _46_ the outside world, when you are ready to do so. Being open-minded is not a task to be completed, or a fashion to be pursued. Its a bridge to an/a _47_ view of oneself.Reaching the age
26、 of 21 encourages young people to shoulder responsibility for their own lives. Also, its a time when they begin to take the interests of _48_ into consideration.Whether traveling, partying or shopping, 21-year-olds remain _ 49_while having fun. They value supportive relations between countries. They
27、 see a countrys rise as a new _50_ of global stability in difficult times.III. Reading Comprehension (47分)Section ADirections: 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.Below are
28、 some major cultural touchstones of young Chinese people born in the 1990s. They are _51_ the results of both online discussions and our observations. We fully understand that the Class of 2014 has shown a rapidly evolving _52_ of individuality.Lifestyle They dont read the instruction manuals that c
29、ome with electrical_53_.With friends, they never stop talking; with strangers, they never _54_ the ice.They seldom pass a reflective surface without checking their_55_, especially hairstyle.TechnologyA new QQ name lasts one day, and a new ringtone lasts two weeks.Posts with more than 500 words are t
30、oo long.They _56_ make phone calls. Text messages are preferable.Attitude toward the worldNobody else can really understand them.Never ask a question. Just _57_it for the answer!Although the media favor stories of angst (忧虑)and_58_, the large majority of the youth are happy, or at least content._59_
31、 with Chinas Class of 2014, the American peers show similar traits _60_ differences.LifestyleVery few of todays students know how to write in cursive.Leasing (租赁) _61_students to upgrade their cars more regularly.Students dont realize that, when another person _62_to their wrist, they are asking for the time. (They dont wear watches!)TechnologyE-mail is just too slow, and students seldom, _63_, use snail mail （平信）.he
