上海市普陀区2016学年度第一学期质量监控试卷 高三英语
(满分140分，考试时间120分钟） 2016.12.21
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.Relaxed B. Annoyed C. Worried D. Satisfied 2. A. On February 1st B. On February 2nd C. On February 3rd D. On February 8th 3. A. A basketball player B. A laundry worker C. A window washer D. A rock climber 4. A. To a stationary shop B. To a gymnasium C. To a paint store D. To a news stand
5. A. Ask for something cheaper B. Buy the purse she really likes C. Protect herself from being hurt D. Bargain with the shop assistant 6. A. She doesn’t plan to continue studying next year B. She has already told the man about her plan C. She isn’t planning to leave her university D. She recently visited a different university 7. A. The cafeteria isn’t usually so empty B. Dessert is served in the cafeteria C. The cafeteria is near the library D. Coffee isn’t allowed in the library
8. A. She lives close to the man B. She changes her mind at last C. She will turn to her manager D. She declines the man’s offer
9. A. He doesn’t mind helping the woman B. He hesitates whether to help or not C. He’ll help if the woman doesn’t mind D. He can’t help move the cupboard 10. A. The washing machine is totally beyond repair B. She will help Wendy prepare annual report
C. Wendy should give priority to writing her report D. The washing machine should be checked annually
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.
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Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. because he always fired the waiters.
B. because he followed several waiters. C. because he was a natural motivator. D. because he seldom had a bad day. 12. A. Give advice
B. Tell himself to be in a good mood. C. Choose to be a victim.
D. Accept someone’s complaints. 13. A. How to be a unique manager.
B. We should be curious about unique people. C. Our choices may decide how we live our lives.
D. We should do something after we wake up each morning.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. They are very generous in giving gifts.
B. They refuse gifts when doing business. C. They regard gifts as a symbol of friendship. D. They give gifts only on special occasions. 15. A. They enjoy giving gifts to other people.
B. They spend a lot of time choosing gifts. C. They have to follow many specific rules. D. They pay attention to the quality of gifts.
16. A. Gift-giving plays an important role in human relationships.
B. We must be aware of cultural difference in giving gifts. C. We must learn how to give gifts before going abroad. D. Reading extensively makes one a better gift-giver.
Section C
Directions: In Section C，you will hear a conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear a conversation and the questions about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. Question 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. She is enjoying her language study. B. She is enjoying her management study. C. She is not feeling very well at the moment. D. She is not happy about her study pressure. 18. A. It is challenging. B. It is interesting. C. It is useful D. It is difficult
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19. A. She dislikes the food she eats. B. She is unable to sleep well. C. She finds the rent high.
D. She has no chance to make friends. 20. A. To try to make more friends.. B. To try to change accommodation C. To spend more time on English D. To stop attending language classes.
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.
The Importance of Accessibility Awareness
At a recent meeting, people with disabilities talked about their lives. I was amazed to hear about the challenges (21)_____(face) by people with physical disabilities. However, (22)_______ amazed me most was the great importance of education about handicap (残障) facilities.
Two women who (23)______(use) wheelchairs all their life are two important members of the National Group for Disabled Persons, devoted to (24) _______(raise) awareness about disabilities. They educate about all the facilities for people with disabilities. One big concern is the people who take advantage of aids, such as handicap parking spaces. So people (25)_______ disabilities need to be educated about these facilities. And the meeting focused on educating the public.
Some handicap spots have extra room next to them, marked with the ―No Parking‖ signs. ―(26)______ ______ ______ I'm not in the spot, I can take the no-parking area next to it,‖ some people say. However, the women (27)______ use a wheelchair disagree to this. The space exists to allow someone in a wheelchair to have room to get in or out of their car. If there is a car in that space, the handicap parking spot is no longer useful.
Some walkways have handrails next to them to help those who require extra assistance. (28)______ it is a blind person seeking guidance or an elderly person seeking support, the rail is there for walking. Sometimes the rail is blocked, by a parked bicycle for instance, and consequently made useless. As with the parking spot, this is more likely a case of lack of education. People who (29)______(inform) of the rail’s use would be less likely to mistake it for a bike rack(停车架). Meeting some of the people who are affected by the lack of education about facilities made me see that there is work to be done. If more people were educated about the proper uses of accommodations, there would be (30)______(few) challenges for people with
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physical disabilities.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be use only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. glued B. guilty C.luxurious D. portrait E. proud F.reflected G.removed H. doubts
Could It Be a Work by Rembrandt (伦勃朗) ?
Rembrandt is the most famous of the seventeenth-century Dutch painters. However, there are __31__ whether some paintings attributed(归属) to Rembrandt were actually painted by him. One such painting is known as attributed to Rembrandt because of its style, and indeed the representation of the woman’s face is very much like that of portraits know to be by Rembrandt. But there are problems with painting that __32__ it could not be a work by Rembrandt.
First, there is something inconsistent(不一致) about the way the woman in the __33__ is dressed. She is wearing a white linen cap of a kind that only servants would wear---yet the coat she is wearing has a __34__ fur collar that no servant could afford. Rembrandt, who was known for his attention to the details of his subjects’ clothing, would not have been __35__ of such an inconsistency.
Second, Rembrandt was a master of painting light and __36__, but in this paining these elements do not fit together. The face appears to be illuminated(照亮) light __37__ onto it from below. But below the face is the dark fur collar, which would absorb light rather than reflect it. So the face should appear partially in shadow, which is not how it appears. Rembrandt would never have made such an error.
Finally, examination of the back of the painting __38__ that it was painted on a panel made of several pieces of wood __39__ together. Although Rembrandt often painted on wood panels(面板), no painting known to by Rembrandt was painted in this way.
For these reasons, the painting was __40__ from the official catalog of Rembrandt’s paintings in the 1930s.
III. Reading Comprehension
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I. reveals J. shadow K. suggest 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.
Human beings are, in principle, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance, this might seem like a strength that _ 41_ people the ability to make judgments which are independent of __42_ factors. But in a world of quotas(配额) and limits- ___43____ , the world in which most professional people operate- Dr Simonsohn reported in Psychological Science that it was actually a weakness since an inability to consider the big picture was leading decision-makers to be biased（有偏见）by the daily samples they were working with. For example, he supposed that a judge fearful of appearing too soft on crime might be more likely to send someone to prison __44 _he had already sentenced five or six other defendants （被告）only to forced community service on that day.
To __45__this idea, Dr Simonsohn and his assistants turned their attention to the university-admissions process. Admissions officers interview hundreds of applicants every year, at a rate of 4% a day, and can offer entry to about 40% of them. In theory, the ___46___ of an applicant should not depend on the few others___47____ randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was otherwise.
He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews __48____ by 31 admissions officers. The interviewers had rated applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale _49_ numerous factors, including communication skills, personal drive, team-working ability and personal accomplishments, into consideration. The scores from this rating were _50_ used in conjunction with an applicant’s score on the GMAT, a standardized exam which is _51_out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.
Dr Simonsoph found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one _52__ that, then the score for the next applicant would _53_ by an average of 0.075 points. This might sound small, but to reverse the effects of such a decrease, a candidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been necessary.
As for why people behave this way, Dr Simonsoph proposes that after accepting a number of strong candidates, interviewers might form the illogical expectation that a ___54_____ candidate ―is due‖. Regardless of the reason, if this sort of thinking proves to have a similar effect on the judgments of those in other fields, such as law and medicine, it would be responsible for far worse things than the ___55___ of qualified business-school candidates.
41 A. grants B. equips C. denies D. delivers 42. A. minor B. external C. crucial D. objective
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