2017学年第二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） 2018.4
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. Worried and frightened.
C. Quite embarrassed.
B. Relaxed and happy. D. Deeply ashamed.
B. Bill can work better without a
2. A. Bill has never used a calculator. calculator.
C. Bill is working with a calculator. work.
3. A. To cut his jeans short.
C. To wear fitted clothes. 4. A. Having an interview.
D. Bill needs a calculator for this
B. To go on a diet. D. To buy a pair of jeans. B. Filling out a form. D. Asking for information.
B. Read some papers he recommended.
D. Improve some parts of her paper.
C. Talking with a friend.
5. A. Put her report on his desk.
C. Mail her report to the publisher. 6. A. Make some coffee.
C. Continue to read.
B. Meet the woman at the library. D. Go out with some friends.
7. A. The man should buy a different meal ticket every month.
B. Buying the meal ticket won’t save the man any money. C. It is better for the man to pay for each meal separately. D. The price of a meal may vary from month to month. 8. A. She’s upset that she missed the television program.
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B. She doesn’t think the television program was funny. C. She doesn’t like talking about television programs. D. She watched the television program at a friend’s house. 9. A. He doubts the woman’s words.
B. He hasn’t read the novel yet. D. He is not interested in the novel
C. He enjoyed reading the novel a lot. at all.
10. A. The talks haven’t started yet. agreement.
C. The talks haven’t achieved much. further.
Section B
B. They have come to a general
D. The talks broke down and went no
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. They learn singing and dancing.
B. They attend outdoor music festivals.
D. They volunteer to work for
C. They work on the farm for charity. others.
12. A. On the beach. stadium.
13. A. It is run on a profit-making basis.
C. Fans can have free lunch there. perform.
B. In a park.
C. On a farm. D. In a
B. It has achieved growing success. D. Only superstars are invited to
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
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14. A. The number of refugees is increasing sharply. B. Most refugees cannot get necessary services. C. Many refugee children cannot receive education. D. More children cannot afford to go to university. 15. A. No host nations want to change education systems. B. It is impossible to find so many extra teachers. C. Parents can’t afford to send their kids to school. D. The refugee population grows but there’s not enough money. 16. A. The necessity of education.
B. The prohibition of child labor. C. The victims of armed conflicts. D. The living conditions of the poor.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. It has started a week-long promotion campaign.
B. It has just launched its annual anniversary sales. C. It offers regular weekend sales all the year round. D. It specializes in the sale of men’s suits. 18. A. Price reductions for its frequent customers.
B. Gift cards for customers with any purchases. C. Free delivery of purchases for senior customers. D. Price adjustments within seven days of purchase. 19. A. Mail a gift card to her.
C. Credit it to her account.
B. Allow her to buy on credit.
D. Give her cash directly. B. It will be sent to the woman by
20. A. It has already been sold out. mail.
C. It is not available for the moment.
D. It is one of the items on sale.
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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.
Traveling Frog Stimulates Reflection
A free mobile game about a traveling frog has become a hit in China, (21)________ being available only in Japanese.
Called “Tabikaeru: Travel Frog”, the main character of the game is a frog that goes on adventures around Japan. Players collect clovers(四叶草) that grow in the frog’s garden (22)________ ________ they can use them to buy supplies for the frog’s journeys. In turn, the frog sends players souvenirs and snapshots from its travels. Users cannot control when the frog chooses to go on its adventures.
While news of the game’s appeal among mobile phone users on the mainland was first reported on by local media outlets last week, its popularity hasn’t decreased in any way since: “Travel Frog” on Monday was still ranked first on a list of the most (23)__________(download) games from Apple’s app store in China. It is being widely discussed on social media, (24)__________ users post photos of their frogs’ adventures.
Behind the craze is Japanese game developer Hit-Point, which was previously best-known for creating the popular cat-collecting game “Neko Atsume”. Even though (25)__________ is difficult to pinpoint what has driven interest among mainland users in “Travel Frog”, local media outlets reported that the game’s slow nature was part of its charm.
The game was popular as it “tapped the trend among younger generations in China to search out ‘Zen-like’ activities”, China Daily said, (26)_________(add) that those users were taken with its “Buddha-style gameplay”.
But not everyone is thrilled about “Travel Frog”. In a post on social media platform Weibo last week, the state-run People’s Daily suggested that people
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(27)__________ aim to enrich themselves and “avoid being a lonely frog-raising youth”.
As an indication of the popularity of the “Travel Frog”, Apple has already had to remove from its store an app that appeared to be the Chinese version of the original, the South China Morning Post reported. That version of the game, which (28)__________(create) by a developer called Song Yang, charged users 30 yuan ($4.74) to download the game. On Monday, another free-to-download app available on the app store claimed it offered strategies and guides in Chinese that players could adopt (29)___________(improve) gameplay.
While Hit-Point has not responded to inquiries about (30)_________ it intends to develop versions of the game in other languages or not, the company did put out an English update for “Neko Atsume” in 2015.
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. alarming B. properties C. revealed D. invasive E. rescue F. instrumental G. households H. document I. concerned J. amateur K. initiatives
Before science became professionalized in the 19th century, __(31)__ naturalists were collecting information and helping us understand the natural world. A 2009 study found that nearly 50% of UK __(32)__ feed wild birds. The National Trust has more than 5 million members, and 60,000 active volunteers helping to protect the countryside as well as historic __(33)__. Now, with our environment arguably under greater threat than ever and species declining at a(n) __(34)__ rate, volunteers are once again at the forefront of efforts to limit the damage.
Volunteers and enthusiasts can be powerful drivers for big changes. On the Isle
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