奉贤区2018学年第二学期高三调研

英语试卷

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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 bespoken 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 an airport. B. In an office,

C. At a police station. D, At a travel agency.

2. A. Down jackets are now on sale,

B. She can't wait for the winter to arrive.

C. It's hard to know how severe the winter will be D. She needs a warm jacket. 3. A. Learning to drive. B. Buying the insurance. C. Buying a car D. Taking a plane,

4. A. Erie won't eat vegetable without meat B. Eric likes both vegetable and meat C. Some meat will solve Eric's problem D. Eric is short of vegetable. 5. A. He is invasive B. He is heroic

C. He is life-threatening D He is awkward

6. A. Reviews of the comedy are negative. B. The reaction to the comedy is varied.

C. The review of the newspaper is one sided.

D. Media are prejudiced against the comedy. 7. A. Deliver the package in person.

B. Pick up the package at the post office

C.Ask to have the package delivered to his home D. Find out the opening hours of the post office 8. A. It hasn’t been graded. B. It received a low grade.

C. The committee is discussing it D. The woman hasn't handed it in.

9. A. He has been to Seattle many tines. B. He has chaired a lot of conferences.

C. He holds a high position in his company. D. He lived in Seattle for many years.

10. A. It is too late for the man to go to the theatre.

B. People have already been standing in line for two hours. C. The man must wait for two hours to buy the ticket.

D. The man can buy a special ticket before the drama starts.

Section B

Directions: In Scion B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked questions on each of them. The passages and 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 beard.

Questions I1 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. They are gardeners. B. They sell vegetables. C. They run a guesthouse: D. They are scientists. 12. A. Five hours. B. Eight hours. C. Twelve hours. D. Fourteen hours.

13. A. They have deeper roots. B They don't need sunshine C. They have wider leaves. D.'They have bigger flowers.

Questions 14 through l6 are based on the following news. 14. A. It is produced in small quantities. B. It is sold at a lower price

C. It is served mainly in McDonald's. D. It is grown from cows alone,

15. A. The land and the water system have been polluted seriously. B. Not enough meat has been produced to meet people's needs

C. Much land has been used up for animals and their food. D. It has consumed fewer and fewer natural resources 16. A. Steaks and hamburgers B. Animal rights.

C. The food crisis in the future. D. Lab-grown meat.

Questions 17 through 20 are based o0 the following conversation 17. A. He is an Englishman living in Sweden. B. He prefers hot weather to cold weather C. He visits London nearly every winter. D. He likes Sweden better than England. 18. A. The long night B. The bad weather. C. The gloomy winter D. The cold houses

19. A. Delightful. B. Refreshing. C. Painful D. Frustrating 20. A. They work hard and play hard, B. They often stay up late reading. C. They like to go comping in summer D. They try to earn more and spend more,

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.

How to Make the Most of Your Lunch Hour

Should you grab a bite at your desk or eat with your coll That depends on what's on your

agenda for the rest of the day.

Lunch hours (21)________(get) shorter and shorter and even disappearing in some parts

of today's working world. With fewer employees (22)________ (ask) to accomplish more in a day, many Americans treat lunch not as a break but as just another task to squeeze into an already over-booked day.

But do quick meals at the desk actually improve productivity over more leisurely meals? The researchers only studied 32 employees, so the findings are debatable. But when they

assigned one group to eat at their desks and another to dine with a colleague at a restaurant, they found those who ate lunch together showed a decline (23)________ their performance on tests hat measured concentration, memory and the ability to catch errors and read emotions in facial expressions following lunch than before lunch. Both groups ate the same meals, but those who ate their food alone were only given 20 minutes to consume their food, (24)________ the paired participants were allowed one hour in the restaurant. Those who ate alone did not have as large a drop in their cognitive processing as those who ate in the restaurant.

What was responsible for the change? There were too many variables at play to

determine which had the strongest influence on cognitive control--was it the companionship or the restaurant environment (25)________ other dinners were present, music was played and the meal was served by wait staff, or was it the longer time to enjoy the meal?

(26)________ factor was responsible, the group that took a restaurant lunch break came

back more relaxed, say the authors, and that likely affected their cognitive sharpness. Sharing a meal outside the office with a fiend appears to have a (27)________ (calm) effect, and while it reduces intellectual skills, it may develop social harmony and teamwork, which (28) ________ be an important feature of some work tasks.\

But don't feel sorry for the lone hunger. It turns out (29)________ since they were able

to maintain their cognitive skills following the meal, they might be in a better position (30)________ (think) creatively for projects that require more innovative solutions or approaches.

Section B

Direction: 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. involving B. distinguish C. adapted F. gains G. partially H. amazing D. tailored E. medium I. definitely J. steer K. implications

Genes That Make You Smarter

The contributions genes make to intelligence increase as children grow older. This goes

against the idea most people hold that as we age, environmental influences gradually overpower the genetic legacy (财产) we are born with and may have (31)________ for education\

“People assume the genetic influence goes down with age because the environmental

differences between people pile up in life,\says Robert Plomin. “What we found was quite (32)________and goes in the other direction.”

Previous studies have shown variations in intelligence are (33)________ due to genetics.

To find out whether this genetic contribution varies with age, Plomin's team gathered data from six separate studies carried out in 4 countries, (34)________ a total of 1100 pairs of twins. 'The researchers tested twins on reasoning, arithmetics etc. to measure a quantity called \Each study also included both identical twins, with the same genes, and fraternal twins (异卵双生), sharing about half their genes, making it possible to (35)________ the contributions of genes and environment to their G scores.

Plomin's team calculated in childhood, genes account for about 41 percent of the

variations in intelligence. In adolescence, this rose to 55 percent;, by young adolescence, it was 66 percent

NO one (36)________ knows why the influence from genes should increase with age,

but Plomin suggests that as children get older, they become better at handling their environment to suit their genetic needs, and says “kids with with high G will use their environment to develop cognitive ability and choose friends who are like-minded. Children with (37)________ to low G may choose less challenging pastimes and activities, further emphasizing their genetic legacy.

Is there any way to interfere with the pattern? Perhaps. The evidence of strong