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s2022-2023 学年上海市长宁区高三第一学期英语
教学质量调研试卷
(考试时间 120 分钟; 满分 140 分)
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. To take a photo. B. To travel overseas.
C. To adopt a child. D. To look for a new job.
2. A. Cleaning the kitchen. B. Drawing a street map.
C. Planning home redecoration. D. Painting the dining room.
3. A. She will give him the receipt later.
B. The man should make his own copies.
C. The man forgot to make the copies for her.
D. She has not got the man’s copies ready.
4. A. She was late for the appointment.
B. She often kept other people waiting.
C. She ran into the man on her way here.
D. She called her friend about the book.
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5 A. It was left behind in the hotel.
B. It got badly damaged on the way.
C. It got lost at the Madrid Airport.
D. It failed to arrive at its destination in time.
6. A. He knows his weaknesses. B. He is highly ambitious.
C. He can’t face the situation. D. He is rather disappointed.
7. A. They are both to blame. B. They are both easy to please.
C. They can manage to get along. D. They will make peace in time.
8. A. Practicing a speech contest. B. Listening to some loud music.C. Preparing for an oral examination. D. Talking loudly on the telephone.
9. A. 100% cotton pants in dark blue.
B. Fashionable pants in bright colours.
C. Grey pants made of pure cotton.
D. Something to match her brown pants.
10. A. She is known to have a terrific figure.
B. She must have paid a lot for the gym.
C. Her gym exercise has achieved good results.
D. Her effort to keep fit is really praiseworthy.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation. After
each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Their totally new looks. B. His own similar background.
C. Their varied life stories. D. His dream of becoming famous.
12. A. By training hairstylists in about 15 countries.
B. By posting photos with stories on social media.
C. By offering free services to street animals as well.
D. By leading the homeless to do something for nothing.
13. A. Living conditions of the homeless. B. An Internet celebrity hairdresser.
C. Experiences of sharing photos online. D. Acts of kindness to the homeless.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. They feature in British rural cultural life.
B. They are responsible for the traffic around schools.
C. They help pupils cross streets in the neighbourhood.
D. They are dressed in red with large yellow sticks on head.
15. A. She was suspected of theft. B. She could not find her way home.
C. She was mentally disabled. D. She would be taken to court for trial.
16. A. Why Linda was removed from her duty. B. How Michael helped a sick stranger.
C. What Michael needed to make public. D. Where Linda was found in trouble.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17. A. Signing up members. B. Organizing protests.
C. Acting as its spokesman. D. Saving endangered animals.
18. A. Anti-nuclear campaigns. B. Removing industrial waste.
C. Surveying the Atlantic Ocean floor. D. Anti-animal-abuse demonstrations.
19. A. By engaging in violence. B. By disturbing them.
C. By appealing to the public. D. By taking legal action.
20. A. Reserved. B. Uninterested. C. Doubtful. D. Supportive.
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.
Living your best life
It was a bright spring morning in a suburban Rochester, New York, neighborhood. Three young men, ___1___
hearts were full of excitement, were preparing for a road trip across the United States. It would be the adventure of
a life time. I was one of those young men. For my friends and ___2___, going on a cross-country trip was at the
top our bucket lists!
A bucket list simply lists things you want to see, try or accomplish ___3___ your lifetime. But it’s not
something simple like learning to ride a bike or passing a math test. You need to dream big! ___4___ this may not
sound practical, it’s a good mental exercise and a lot of fun. The sky is the limit! Why? Because making a bucket
list can push you to do something extraordinary!
Making a bucket list can also help you get in touch with your values. People live busy lives, so it’s easy to get
___5___ (trap) in life’s daily routines. But taking time to chew over ___6___ you really want from life can help
you get a fresh perspective.
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If you’re ready to start making your own bucket list you first need to decide what to put on it. You could
make a list of unusual things you’d like to do, such as doing ___7___ underwater photo shoot as a mermaid (美
人鱼). If you love animals, you could put a trip to Tokyo ___8___ (visit) a night bird café on your list.
What’s on my list? Well, since I fancy ___9___ (look) into the night sky, I want to spend a few nights in the
Atacama Desert in northern Chile. If the skies are clear, I would have a view of the whole Milky Way Galaxy! Now
it’s your turn. What strikes your fancy? You ____10____ (not) discover what you are capable of until you dream
BIG.
Section B.
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box Each word can be used only once. Note
that there is one word more than you need.
A. defensively B. exited C. initiatively D. landscape E. respond F. thought
G. towered H. unaffected I. uninhabited J. welcoming K. winding
Danger in the desert
That day we were deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert. There the ____11____ could often be compared to Mars.
Our team of four female microbiologists watched as a car full of curious men pulled up beside us. Because we were
strangers in a(n) ____12____ place, our minds immediately jumped to ways we could protect ourselves. So,
____13____ , our Chilean fellow guide lifted the strong tool she’d been using to dig up plant roots. The rest of us
tried to look braver than we felt.
We had come to this desert to conduct DNA studies on giant horsetails that somehow grow well in one of
Earth’s driest places. We were searching for plants in the most remote locations, where they would be ____14____
by human activities such as mining and agriculture.
We’d been warned that the trip could be dangerous. Because we were traveling so far from fuel sources, we
were told to take along a can of gas. Our destination was at the end of a(n) ____15____ single-lane dirt road
lined with burned-out vehicles that had not successfully negotiated the steep downslope. Our sample site was near a
village, and the people might not, we were told, ____16____ positively to us. We were instructed to report our
travel plans at the nearest police station so that search parties would know where to look for us if we disappeared.
We had found the amazing plants and their bright green stocks ____17____ over our heads. They aroused
the ____18____ of ancient wetland plants. The men approached as we finished collecting our samples. We
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waited tensely as a man ____19____ the car and walked toward us. To our surprise and relief he politely
invited us to visit their village—they wanted to show us a lovely church of which they were proud. That day, we
learned about more than the microbiomes that help desert plants grow well. We also met a(n) _____20_____
community who had likewise beautifully adapted to their challenging home.
III. Reading Comprehension
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.
Beside pencil sharpeners and calendars in classrooms throughout Minnesota’s Lakeville Area Schools, there
are now big blue boxes with a red button and the word POLICE. The button sends a text message to emergency
correspondents, alerts the rest of the school to potential danger, and ___21___ 1,200 pounds of magnetic (磁性的) force to keep the door shut.
It’s one of the measures that Michael Baumann has employed to ___22___ the schools in his district and
protect against active shooters since he became supervisor in 2017. He hired four more advisers to improve mental-
health services. He established a team to monitor ___23___ threats of violence. He spent $14.4 million installing
the emergency-alert system and building panels into walls that are designed to stop bullets—all ___24___ helping
students and teachers survive an active shooter.
“Everybody goes to bed and thinks, ‘That’ll never happen in my school district. ‘ Well, I can tell you as a
supervisor, that’s the ___25___ dream,” says Baumann, who previously served in the Army. “I felt like it was my
___26___ to do what I could.”
Fear of shootings has turned school security into a ___27___ industry. The market for school-security
equipment and services reached $2.7 billion in 2017, according to a report by the research firm Omdia. That was
before the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., further increased the focus
on security measures at schools.
The school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24 this year has restarted the discussion about whether safety
measures at schools can ___28___ mass shootings. And many politicians, after indicating that they are ___29___
to support gun-safety lawmaking, have argued instead that heightened physical security measures are necessary to
prevent future attacks.
____30____ , experts say it’s not clear that such measures actually make schools safer. Research shows that
the number of deadly shootings at schools has increased since 2012, during a period in which protective measures
also ____31____ . There also isn’t clear evidence that school resource officers (SROs) improve safety. SROs were
____32____ in Uvalde and in Parkland before the gunmen entered the schools, but failed to stop those shootings.
“When we add metal detectors, observation cameras, increased police presence, active-shooter drills, and we
turn schools into this mix of castles and ____33____ ,” says Bryan Warnick, an education professor at Ohio State
University.
Although many school districts invest in security in the hopes of preventing shootings, some worry that
reinforcing schools ultimately makes ____34____ responsible for solving the gun-violence outbreak.
“Schools are ____35____ with trainings and new procedures,” Warnick says. “It’s a larger social problem of
easy access to guns, of lack of access to mental-health care.”
21. A. reserves B. sustains C. activates D. balances
22. A. construct B. harden C. reopen D. finance
23. A. potential B. immediate C. mental D. empty
24. A. stood for B. depended on C. referred to D. aimed at25. A. vivid B. horrible C. curious D. foolish
26. A. responsibility B. freedom C. instruction D. recreation
27. A. state-run B. high-tech C. booming D. domestic
28. A. monitor B. witness C. maintain D. cease
29. A. reluctant B. supposed C. delighted D. regretful
30. A. Instead B. However C. Meanwhile D. Therefore
31. A. relaxed B. withdrew C. expanded D. survived
32. A. on the scene B. behind time C. at a loss D. in return
33. A. hospitals B. prisons C. police station D. fire department
34. A. markets B. communities C. psychologists D. educators
35. A. secured tightly B. supported greatly C. turned upside down D. reformed more or less
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose
the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
“It’s a windy day in Laguna San Ignacio, and the waves seem to come from all directions,” said Sara
Clemence in Bloomberg Businessweek. My children and I are riding on a 18-foot boat—small enough that we
can reach down into the water if a gray whale swims up alongside. And then we see what we’ve come for: a heart-
shaped shower of water and a dark mass rushing below it. As instructed, we splash (溅泼) the water strongly to
signal the huge whale, which turns out to be a mother with her weeks-old baby. The baby soon swims beneath our
boat, emerges to blow mist in my face, then “lies onto its side like a 2-ton puppy.” Leaning down, I touched its
skin gently. “It feels electric. Also, a bit like petting a hard-boiled egg.”
San Ignacio is one of very few places where a person can pet a whale. The whales come each year to the coast
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of Baja California to give birth and to mate. If you’re lucky you can “shake hands with a leatheryfin (鳍)” or even
“plant a kiss on a cold, salty cheek.” I usually worry about such interactions, because wild creatures can become
deeply stressed by human contact. But boat numbers are strictly limited in these protected waters. And any whale
that approaches a boat does so on its own terms. Like that baby whale: “We see him a few times, and he seems
to like being petted and splashed.”
So we are two species, connecting through touch, but also through eye contact: “More than once, after nosing
around our boat, a young gray turns on its side so one dark, baseball-size eye is looking up at us.” Whalers used
to call gray whales “devil fish” because these magnificent creatures turn violent whenthreatened—“or, say, when their babies are harmed.” That makes it feel even more of a blessing when, on our third
day there, a large mama whale approaches the boat. “I’m splashing when I feel her nose press up into my hand.”
Though she’s “wiser and apparently more alert” than her child, “she still decides to trust us.”
36. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. The writer was on a whale-touching trip.
B. The writer’s boat went down with a huge wave.
C. The baby whale splashed water all over the writer.
D. The mother whale’s skin felt as hard as a boiled egg.
37. By “does so on its own terms” (in paragraph 2), the writer means whales in San Ignacio are ______.
A. mad with too many visitors B. ready for hands-on attention
C. restricted in swimming routes D. enclosed in their safety zones
38. Gray whales got the name of “devil fish” from their ______.
A. strange appearance B. inborn violence
C. surprisingly enormous size D. fierceness in danger
39. The writer’s implied purpose in the passage is to ______.
A. popularize the knowledge of whales B. show admiration for whales’ motherhood
C. share an experience of the sea voyage D. advocate harmony between man and nature
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In the film Inside Out, 11-year-old Riley’s emotions are personified as brightly colored internal figures that
drive her behaviors. The same five emotions—anger, fear, disgust (憎恶), sadness, and joy—appear in everyother character’s head as well, functioning in much the same way in each individual. In Western cultures, this is the
case, argues psychologist Batja Mesquita in Between Us. Emotions in such contexts, she writes, are considered
“MINE,” or “Mental, INside the person, and Essentialist,” the latter defined in the book as always having the same
properties.
This conception of emotion is not universal, however. Emotions elsewhere, she argues, are thought of as
“OURS”—“OUtside the person, Relational, and Situated.” Using this distinction, Mesquita sets
about contrasting emotions in “the West,” where the individual is the top concern, with “the Rest,” where
community is prioritized.
Mesquita describes amae as a central emotion in Japanese culture, where it builds interdependence by
encouraging tolerance in parenting process. She describes hasham—which includes shame, embarrassment, and
social respectability—as a fundamental emotion for Egyptian Bedouins (游牧人). Such
observations provide a background for her to explore a range of issues, including childhood socialization, the
nature of friendship, the role of language in shaping emotions, and cross-cultural communication in a globalized
world.
Despite Mesquita’s emphasis on cross-cultural emotions, there is little discussion of
whether the MINE-OURS dichotomy (二分法) accurately explains global cultural variation. Other scholars
have noted, for example, that hunter-gatherer societies at the same time emphasize both individual self-
government and social cooperation. And in an apparent contradiction to her earlier arguments, Mesquita herself
ultimately concludes that Westerners have OURS emotions.
Taken as a whole, however, the book contributes much to the discussion of the origins of emotions,
presenting a remarkable collection of cross-cultural studies intermixed with personal stories about foreign
residents’ struggles to reunite diverse emotional and social worlds. In chapter 8, for example,
Mesquita describes an incident where she—a Dutch native living in the United States—
bumped into the famous American psychologist Hazel Markus at a conference Markus helped
organize. Wishing to express understanding of Markus’s workload, Mesquita declared “You look a little
tired.” The remark appeared to make Markus nervous and confused but was intended as an expression of
sympathy—to sympathize in Dutch is to acknowledge suffering, not offer comfort as in the US.
The book’s take-home message is fundamental: There are no natural emotions, no inborn emotions, no universal
emotions. Mesquita argues that emotions are “meaning making” and “a preparation for action” and that the idea of
“emotions as inner states” is a Western construct. Instead, she suggests that emotions are a “dance” cocreated between
people who live in a specific cultural context at a particular historical moment.43. In Between Us, Mesquita indicates that ______.
A. the Japanese build kids’ emotion of shame in parenting
B. MINE-OURS dichotomy is the very cause of cross-cultural emotions
C. emotions outside “the West” are considered community-centred
D. hunter-gatherers have both emotions of “OURS” and “MINE”
44. We can infer from the incident in paragraph 5 that ______.
A. the emotion of sympathy is to offer help in Dutch culture
B. foreign residents from different cultures usually unite as one
C. as Dutch Mesquita shows her personality of warmth and caring
D. cross-cultural emotional exchanges probably cause misunderstanding
45. What is Mesquita’s main argument about emotions in her book?
A. Family education hardly influences one’s emotions.
B. Sociocultural contexts largely contribute to emotions.
C. Western people’s emotions have no properties of OURS.
D. Internal factors play a vital role in shaping how we feel.
46. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. The cultural landscape of emotions B. The cultural origin of emotions
C. The cultural convention of emotions D. The cultural shock of emotions
Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence
can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Robots that serve
Robots used to be found only in science fiction. In the 1960s, the animated (动画片的) space-age family the
Jetsons had a robotic maid who could do household tasks. In the 2014 movie Big Hero 6, the robot Baymax could
diagnose and heal illnesses instantly. ____47____ In the field of medicine, robot patients help train doctors and
nurses by pretending they have a variety of health conditions. Now robots are finding a home in the food service
industry.
The globally spread disease and resulting economic crisis have created a lack of restaurant workers. Since
restaurants don’t have enough workers, the remaining staff must work harder. ____48____ Some
businesspersons are lending a hand—a robotic hand—in the form of server robots. These robots are not exactly
modeled after Rosey, the Jetsons’ robotic household servant, but they are pretty clever and very cute.
Server robots come in several different varieties. Many have a design that looks like a rolling cart. One modelnamed Bella even has a cute cat-like face. Many are fairly short and shaped like R2D2 of Star Wars fame. They are
designed to deliver dishes to customers in a restaurant. They are also just the right height for customers to easily
reach them. ____49____ They can not only deliver delicious food to hungry customers, but also get back dirty
dishes at the end of the meal.
____50____ Concerning the price, a server robot costs from a few thousand to several thousand dollars. And
in 2021, a restaurant even rented one for as low as US$15 per day. Regarding safety, special sensors on the robots
keep them from crashing into customers. Because there aren’t enough restaurant workers, filling positions with
these robotic servers is a no-brainer. Don’t be surprised if you see one rolling up to your table soon.
A. Typically, their deliveries have to occur within 30 seconds.
B. Perhaps you’re wondering about issues such as the cost and safety factors.
C. In real life robots function in many manufacturing and household situations.
D. Regardless, customers face longer wait times, fewer menu choices and higher prices.
E. Server robots are planned to be given new functions, such as performing and holding conversations with
customers.
F. Restaurant owners are finding server robots ideal for performing repetitive tasks, however many there are.
IV. Summary Writing
51. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and
how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.
Men may eat more in summer
Winter may be seen as the time to fill up with food, but in fact, sunny summer months are when men eat more
calories—unlike women.
The effect seems to occur because sunlight makes the skin release an appetite-stimulating hormone (激素),
says Carmit Levy at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Levy and her colleagues noticed the effect in experiments in
mice, in which male animals exposed to UV light (紫外线) ate more food.
To see if humans do the same, the team used data on about 3000 people who had filled in questionnaires as
part of the Israeli government’s national health and nutrition survey. Between March and September, the men
consumed about 17 per cent more calories per day than they did during the rest of the year, while the women’s food
intake stayed about the same.
Human appetite is influenced by many complex systems, but a substance called ghrelin, a hormone produced
in the body that stimulates appetite, seems to be the only hormone that directly stimulates eating. It was thought to
be mainly produced by the stomach when empty. “It tells the brain to eat more,” says Caroline Gorvin at the
University of Birmingham, UK.Further investigation revealed that exposing male mice to UVB (紫外线 B 段波) radiation, which is present
in sunlight, raised levels of ghrelin production by fat cells in their skin. This was blocked by the female sex
hormone, which may explain why the effect wasn’t seen in the female mice or the women. Boosted ghrelin
production was also seen in men’s skin samples that were exposed to UV light in the lab.
Skin hasn’t previously been thought to play a role in appetite, says Gorvin. The reason for the effect is unclear,
but it may be an adaptive response to fuel greater physical activity in summer, says Levy.
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V. Translation
Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the
brackets.
52. 用过的竹筷可以制成风格独特的地板。(make)(汉译英)
53. 妈妈把雨伞放在门口，以便女儿离家时记得带走。 (in order that) (汉译英)
54. 玛丽就是想给其他在场的人以勇气，让他们不顾重重困难，继续实现自己的梦想。 (regardless) (汉译
英)
55. 据说不管老师怎么热情鼓励，小明就是不敢再坐上那个让他摔了一跤的秋千。 (It) (汉译英)
VI. Guided Writing
56. Directions: Write an English composition in 120- 150 words according to the instructions given below in
Chinese.
假设你是明启中学的高三学生李华。学校为了帮助学生减压，拟从以下三种形式中选择其一：午睡三十分
钟，设立“音乐角”和开设瑜伽 (Yoga) 课程。现听取全校学生的意见。请给负责的王老师写封邮件，内
容须包括：
1)你的选择；
2)你的理由。
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