普陀区 2020 学年第二学期高三英语质量调研

英语试卷

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. A bookseller. B. A scientist. C. A reader. D. A writer.

2. A. In the department store. B. In the laundry.

C. At the dentist’s. D. At the chemist’s.

3. A. Impatient. B. Worried. C. Happy. D. Active.

4. A. Jack won’t listen to her advice.

B. Jack has been to USA before.
C. She doesn’t think Jack should work overseas.
D. She trusts Jack for his decision.

5. A. He misplaced his classmate’s calculator. B. He lost his buttons.

C. He broke the woman’s calculator. D. He had an accident.

6. A. She couldn’t find the exam paper. B. She isn’t allowed to reveal the grades.
C. Dr. Wang hasn’t finished the grading. D. Dr. Wang isn’t available at the moment.

7. A. The woman is looking for sandwich.

B. The woman tries to buy the man some food.
C. The man isn’t in favor of sandwich.
D. The man can’t decide what to eat.

8. A. The restaurant isn’t usually so empty. B. Dessert is served in the restaurant.

C. The restaurant is close to the library. D. Food isn’t allowed in the library.

9. A. To move to a neat dormitory. B. To find a person to share the apartment.

C. To clean the room together. D. To write an article about their roommate.

10. A. Take her motorbike to the repair shop. B. Leave her motorbike outside.
C. Clean the motorbike after the rain stops. D. Check if the motorbike still works.

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Section B
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. Passing the disease on. B. Placing no pressure on airflow.
C. Reducing breathing rate. D. Increasing air resistance.

12. A. Football players may wear masks during the match.

B. Professional athletes are not encouraged to resume training.
C. Athletes training in masks may result in very relaxed breathing.
D. Working with a mask solves athletes’ breathing problems.

13. A. The coronavirus has an impact on sports.

B. Exercising with a mask on is not good for health.
C. The Tokyo Olympic Games had to be postponed.
D. Athletes resumed training and competition.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following Passage.

14. A. Two. B. Three. C. Five. D. Six.

15. A. Carrying the similar flavor B. Containing caffeine.

C. Fighting cancer and bacterial cells. D. Improving blood vessel function.

16. A. Black tea. B. Green tea. C. Dark tea. D. White tea.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. Colleagues. B. Classmates.
C. Schoolmates. D. Roommates.

18. A. He hasn’t finished his paper. B. He has bought a lot of new clothes.
C. He is going to help the woman. D. His ideas in the paper are very new.

19. A. Prof Li is strict with his students. B. Prof. Li has a lot of working experience.
C. They need Prof Li’s help on their thesis. D. They like Prof. Li’s class.

20. A. Nervous. B. Proud. C. Anxious. D. Confident.

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.
Buy a Cup of Coffee for a Stranger

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 Coffee has developed rapidly and soon become an essential friend and companion for many
people. (21) __________ you first meet her, you’ll drink it for a while, feeling refreshed. Slowly,
the deeper you go, the more you’ll become addicted to it, attracted by her unique smell. You
can’t help but (22) __________ (follow) her, and you always think coffee has a story.
Coffee can be traced back to about the 10th century AD. It was (23) ______ ______ the 16th
century that coffee was introduced to Europe. The way that coffee is grown and made has been
refined by the Arabs, and modern coffee is all beverages (饮料).
How about buying a cup of coffee for someone you’ll never meet? It may sound like the
latest trend in the coffee culture, but a suspended coffee is (24) __________ (heartwarming) than
a popular latte. The tradition born in a cafe in the southern Italian city of Naples is to buy a cup
or two of coffee in advance for (25) __________ who need it later in the day. A customer-in-
need can then later ask if there is a suspended coffee available and have a hot drink (26)
___________ having to pay for it.
It may be hard to imagine that this idea has become an internet fashion, with countless
coffee shops in Europe and North America (27) ___________ (participate) in the movement. The
Facebook page alone has more than 28, 000 “likes”. The tradition of suspended coffee is a long-
standing one in Italy (28) __________ increased in popularity after the Second World War.
Agence France-Presse reported last week the practice was starting to be popular in other
European countries (29) __________ (hit) hard economically. More than 150 cafés in Bulgaria
were taking part. At the very cafes customers can ask whether there are any suspended coffees
available, and if so, they (30) __________ (supply) with a beverage, thanks to the kindness of a
stranger.

Section B
Directions: 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. targeted B. culture C. consumption D. interview E. combine
F. distributed G. especially H. compete I. extremely J. estimates K. old-fashioned
Spain Looks to Chinese Travelers
Spain’s tourism industry is looking to Chinese tourists for its high-end market, according to
the president of the Spain-China Tourism Association.
“It is the kind of tourism that is not only interested in the sun, beach and the all-included
(31) __________. They enjoy good food, wine, history and nature, and the new Chinese tourists
would also want to spend more money in Spain,” said Rafael Cascales in a recent (32)
__________ with Xinhua.
The Spanish business leader described the (33) __________ Chinese tourists as being
younger, more international, and perhaps including more women. “They also travel on their own
or in couples or in smaller groups. The (34) __________ large groups of visitors have not
disappeared, but this new form of traveling is becoming more important,” he said.
Speaking of the (35) __________ pattern of the new kind of Chinese tourists, the Tourism
Association president said, “The money they spend is (36) ___________ better because they will
book one flight with one airline, the hotel with another company and the restaurant with
another.”
In his eyes, “Chinese tourists are very important because they (37) ___________ two things:
there are a large number of them and they spend more money than anyone else — almost four

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times more than tourists from other countries.”
They not only travel abroad in the summer months when Spain has to (38) __________ with
the sun and beaches in countries such as Turkey and Egypt, but also travel in the off-peak
seasons of a year, according to Cascales.
Spain is the second most popular tourist destination in the world, only after France. It
attracted about 82 million visitors in 2017, 700,000 of them from China, a number which the
United Nations World Tourism Organization (39) __________ will rise to about 1 million by
2021.
“We are ready; we have the infrastructure ( 基 础 设 施 ) at every level, (40) __________ in
hotel capacity. Here those visitors can find what they are looking for, including the luxury items
which distinguish them,” Cascales noted.

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.
The Benefits of Drinking Water
Water is an important part of a healthy diet and lifestyle, and the benefits of drinking water
are nowadays drawing more and more attention. It helps to clean the body’s interior and also aids
in the (41) ___________ of oxygen and nutrients. In fact, nearly every system in our bodies (42)
___________ water for proper functioning. But what will happen if the water you drink every
day is unhealthy?
In past decades, (43) ___________ about tap water and its impact on overall health led some
people to turn to bottled drinking water instead. (44) ____________, in those days, there were
few choices of bottled waters. As we have learned more about the water we drink, the technology
behind drinking water filters and purification systems has (45) ____________ dramatically.
There are filtering ( 过 滤 ) devices to (46) ____________ impurities, chemicals, heavy metals,
bacteria and everything you can think of. With the right size and filter combination for your
specific home, your tap water can be (47) ____________ pure and healthy.
Many people who choose bottled drinking water understand that it is more expensive, but
they are still willing to pay the extra money (48) ___________ bottled water is thought to be
safer and healthier than filtered drinking water. After all, bottled water is often marketed as
natural spring water or pure glacier water. (49) ___________, few bottled waters come from
natural springs, and most of them use municipal (市政的) tap water. The companies are able to
(50) ___________ this false marketing because the regulations and standards for bottled drinking
water are less strict than those for domestic drinking sources.
So how do you tell if the water you are drinking now is really healthy? With tap water, it is
(51) ___________ easy. If your water comes from a municipal source, the suppliers are (52)
___________ by law to provide annual water quality reports. When it comes to bottled drinking
water, you’ll feel more difficult to know what you are getting. If the label doesn’t give any
information, you can call the (53) __________ and ask.
Safe and healthy drinking water has become a big (54) __________. Before going out and
spending your hard earned money for bottled drinking water that may be (55) __________ our
own tap water, it is obviously a good idea to do some research. You are likely to decide that a
purifier is the healthier choice and provides the best value as well.

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41. A. conduction B. delivery C. combination D. transformation
42. A. relies on B. takes up C. does with D. engages in
43. A. problems B. concerns C. conditions D. events
44. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Otherwise
45. A. satisfied B. comforted C. improved D. challenged
46. A. burn B. carry C. change D. remove
47. A. seemingly B. exceptionally C. incidentally D. falsely
48. A. though B. in case C. because D. while
49. A. In reality B. In person C. In advance D. In addition
50. A. come off B. run across C. put up with D. get away with
51. A. relatively B. terribly C. gradually D. sadly
52. A. required B. forced C. ruled D. allowed
53. A. designer B. inventor C. bottler D. explorer
54. A. challenge B. career C. argument D. business
55. A. no less than B. no better than C. no more than D. no worse than

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)
Are we just thinking with our heads? No. The human brain is just like a telephone
switchboard (总机), but not a whole system. Its function is to receive incoming signals, establish
appropriate connections, and send the information to its destination. In order to provide efficient
service, the body must function as a whole.
But where is the mind? Is it in the brain? Or the nervous system? Can we say that the mind
is in a particular place? In fact, the mind is not a thing, not a leg, and not even a brain. Thinking
is both a function and an activity. Aristotle, 2300 years ago, noted that the mind is to the body
what the tool is to the worker. When the tool is not in use, there is no work. Charles Woolbert
said that consciousness is what the body does.
If this activity is necessary for thought, it is also necessary for the transmission of thought
from one person to another. Observe how people conduct their daily conversations. If you’ve
never taken the trouble to do this, you’ll have a surprise waiting for you, because good
conversationalists are almost always in motion. Their heads nodded and nodded, sometimes so
violently that you wondered how their necks could withstand the strain. Even the legs and feet
are active. As for hands and arms, they rarely stay still for more than a few seconds at a time.
Remember, these people are not giving speeches. They’re just people, trying to get their
points of view across. They have no sense of movement. Their language has not been studied.
They’re just human beings in a human environment, trying to adapt to the social environment.
However, their conversation is not only verbal, but also visual, involving almost every muscle in
the body. Briefly, because people are really thinking, the speaker must be everywhere if he is to
succeed in getting people to think.

56. Which of the following is the author’s opinion?

　　A. Thinking is a social phenomenon.
　　B. Thinking is just a brain function.

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　　C. Thinking is the sum total of bodily activity.
　　D. Thinking is a function of the nervous system.

57. In communication, it is necessary not only to use speech, but also __________.
A. to use various bodily movements
B. to speak directly to the other person
　　C. to make the other person listen
　　D. to observe the other person’s behavior

58. It can be inferred from the passage that the basic function of bodily activity in speech is to
__________.
　　A. make the listeners deeply moved
B. appeal to the sympathy of the audience
C. make the speaker understood
D. convey the speaker’s implied meaning to the listeners

59. The best title for the passage would be __________.

　 A. Spoken Language B. Bodily Communication
C. Spiritual Activity D. Proper Conversation

(B)

The Paint Creek Recreation Trail is the flagship pathway of a planned trail network in the
Ohio counties of Fayette, Ross and Highland. Nearly 35 miles of paved trail are currently open
linking the communities of Washington Court House, Frankfort and Chillicothe.
The vast majority of the trail occupies a former railroad corridor acquired by the local
nonprofit trails group in 1994. However, the trail does leave the original corridor where the right-
of-way could not be acquired from its current owners. The diversions are usually short, with the
longest stretch being a 2.5 mile stretch of highway east of the Washington courthouse.
Because most of the trails through rural Ohio are dominated by seemingly endless fields,
trail users are exposed to the sun for long periods of time. Fortunately, the path occasionally
winds through a more wooded corridor near local waterways, such as Paint Creek and the Scioto
River.
The Paint Creek Recreation Trail also passes through the downtown areas of the three towns
along the way, offering many opportunities for rest and energy. Just before Chillicothe, trail users
will want to stop at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. The Hopewell Mound Group, a
part of the park visible from the trail along Sulphur Lick Road, features earthworks and tombs
built by the local people nearly 2,000 years ago.
The existing Paint Creek Recreation Trail will one day make a significant contribution to
local leisure and transportation. There are plans nowadays to develop new trails along former
railroad corridors from Washington courthouse northwest to the existing Xenia-Jamestown
Connector, southwest to Wilmington and east to Circleville in Pickaway County.

60. Which of the following is true about the trail?

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 A. Most of the trail is not well remodeled.
B. Most of the trail used to be a railway passage.
C. Most of the trail goes through the centers of 13 towns.
D. Most of the trail is close to the local railway lines.

61. What’s the prospect of this trail in the future according to the passage?
A. It will take on a new look.
B. It will be part of a national historic park.
C. It will be bought by a nonprofit company.
D. It will play an important role in leisure and transportation.

62. Where might this article come from?

A. An American website on travel.
B. An English scientific magazine.
C. A lecture by a professor of geography.
D. A travelers’ notebook.

(C)
A Universal Greeting: Shaking Hands
A handshake seems to be a normal gesture. In fact, in the 9th century BC, an ancient site
during the ruling of Shalmaneser III clearly shows two figures holding hands. The Iliad, usually
dated to the 8th century BC, mentions that two characters “taking each other’s hands and
expressing their loyalty.” Centuries later, Shakespeare once wrote of two characters who shook
hands and swore to be brothers in the book As You Like It. Shaking hands seems to be an ancient
custom whose roots have disappeared in the sands of time.
Historians who have studied ancient etiquette (礼仪) books note that the modern handshake
did not appear until the middle of the 19th century, when it was considered a slightly
inappropriate gesture that could only be used between friends. But what if Shakespeare had
written about handshaking hundreds of years earlier?
According to author Torbjörn Lundmark in his Tales of Hi and Bye: Greeting and Parting
Rituals Around the World, the problem comes in differing definitions of the handshake. The early
handshakes mentioned above were part of making deals or peace; King Shalmaneser III referred
to a rebellion in which he signed a treaty with the King of Babylon. In the Iliad, Diomedes and
Glaucus shook hands when they realized they were guest-friends, and Diomedes declared: “Let’s
not try to kill each other.” Shakespeare was similarly referencing settlement of a conflict.
The modern handshake as a form of greeting is harder to trace. As a Dutch sociologist
Herman Roodenburg — the chief authority for the history of handshaking — wrote in a chapter
of an anthology called A Cultural History of Gesture, “More than in any other field, that of the
study of gesture is one in which the historian has to make the most of only a few clues”.
One of the earliest clues he cites is a 16th-century German translation of the French writer
Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel. When one character meets Gargantua, Rabelais writes,
“He was greeted by countless hugs and countless good days.” But according to Roodenburg, the
16th-century German translation added references to shaking hands.
A popular saying suggests that Cleland’s statements against bowing were actually a wish to
go back to a potentially traditional method of greeting in Europe. As the centuries progressed,
handshaking was replaced by more hierarchical ( 等 级 的 ) ways of greeting — like bowing.

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According to Roodenburg, handshaking survived in a few remote places, like in Dutch towns
where some would use the gesture to make peace after disagreements. Around the same time,
those who valued equality also made use of handshaking. Then, as the Continent’s hierarchy was
weakened, handshaking became a common practice among people of the same rank, as it is
today.

63. Why does the author mention Shakespeare in the first two paragraphs?
A. To prove that the history of handshaking is hard to find.
B. To illustrate that handshaking is a very old custom.
C. To show readers that handshaking is common in fiction.
D. To explain the value of handshaking in communication.

64. What can we learn about handshaking from the passage?

A. The origin of handshaking as a form of greeting is easy to trace.
B. Citizens usually shake hands to show friendliness in Holland.
C. It was used only between friends and to reach an agreement.
D. It is a common practice between people of different social positions.

65. Which of the following is similar in meaning to “anthology” in Para. 4?

A. the science of mental ability
B. a collection of selected literary passages
C. a daily written record of experiences
D. all the living things of a particular region

66. What can be inferred from the last paragraph of the passage?
A. The handshake has disappeared in some remote parts of the Netherlands.
B. Handshaking has different meanings in different European countries.
C. Most Europeans prefer to shake hands rather than bow.
D. Handshakes are now common between people of different positions.

Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the
box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you
need.
A. They also found cetaceans gained and lost TSGs at a rate 2.4 times higher than in
other mammals.
B. If the whale gene was injected into the human body, could humans fight cancer?
C. Some people deny that cetaceans can increase TSGs faster than other mammals.
D. Why this happens remains a mystery.
E. In contrast, cetaceans have much lower cancer rates than most other mammals.
F. But we still need to learn more about why and how they did this.

Can Whales And Dolphins Fight Cancer?

Whales and dolphins have been shown to be better at fighting cancer than we are, and now
we may be closer to understanding why cetaceans (鲸目动物) do it. Cetaceans are generally the

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oldest living mammals, and some cetaceans have reached their 200th birthday. Their size means
their bodies contain far more cells than the human body. (67) ________________
“If you have more cells, that means that one of those cells has an increased risk of becoming
cancerous.” says Daniela Tejada-Martinez at the Austral University of Chile. “So, if you are big
or live longer, you have thousands and millions of cells that could become harmful.” (68)
________________
“There’s a joke that whales should be born with cancer and not even able to exist because
they’re just too big,” says Vincent Lynch at the University at Buffalo, New York. He says there is
a super trivial explanation for how whales can exist. “They just evolved better cancer protection
mechanisms,” he says. (69) _________________
Now, Tejada-Martinez and her colleagues have studied the evolution of 1077 tumor
suppressor ( 肿 瘤 抑 制 ) genes (TSGs). In all, they compared the evolution of the genes in 15
mammalian species, including seven cetacean species. Genes regulating DNA damage, tumor
spread and the immune system were positively selected among the cetaceans. (70)
_________________ “It’s not like we’re gonna be taking whale genes and putting them into
humans and making humans cancer resistant,” says Lynch. “But if you can find the genes that
play a role in tumor suppression in other animals, and if you can figure out what they’re doing,
maybe you can make a drug that can be used to treat people.”

IV. Summary Writing

71. Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of
the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Does Kilimanjaro Still Have Its Beauty?
Kilimanjaro is a watershed ( 分 水 岭 ) between Tanzania and Kenya. It is a volcano and a
snowy mountain. Surrounded by mountain forests, Kilimanjaro is home to numerous mammals,
some of which are endangered. Kilimanjaro was established as a national park in 1968 and was
added to the World Heritage List in 1981. In the Tanzanians’ mind, Kilimanjaro is not just a
bright mountain, and it is also an interesting mountain. Kilimanjaro is a world-famous tourist
resort with the world’s explorers and mountain enthusiasts gathering there.
Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in
Africa. They bring with them lots of waste. The crowds might damage the beauty of the place.
The glaciers are disappearing, changing the face of Kilimanjaro. Hearing these stories, I’m
wondering about the place — other destinations are described as purer natural experiences.
However, I soon discover that much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of
camps among tons of rubbish. I find a clean mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths.
The environmental challenges are significant but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park
Authority seem to be paying off.
The best of a Kilimanjaro experience, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are
regarded as spiritual places by many cultures. This view is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as
climbers go through five ecosystems in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest.
It ends suddenly at 3, 000 meters, giving way to lands of low growing plants. Further up, the
weather changes — low clouds envelope the mountainsides covered with thick grass. I count
twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland desert: gravel
(砾石), stones and rocks. Finally, you climb into an arctic-like zone with permanent snow and
the glaciers that may soon disappear.
Does Kilimanjaro deserve its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining

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the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true.

V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the
brackets.
72. 90%的人都无法拒绝这样的一种善意。(reject)

73. 在我小学的时候，我就对魔法故事深深着迷。(fascinate)

74. 将必要的书本、笔、以及其它工具放在可及的地方有利于集中学习。(within reach)

75. 电影《心灵奇旅》(Soul) 想象我们的性格是在一个卡通夏令营里产生的，那里有欢

乐的小球和线条聚集在一起，形成人类灵魂。(where)

VI. Guided Writing

76. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions
given below in Chinese.
广西柳州城管（city inspector）招聘，清华大学毕业生小韦前来报名，让招考人员惊
讶不已。小韦最终以优异成绩入选。面对如潮质疑，小韦则拿着录用通知书淡然一笑：
“再不疯狂我们就老了！”假如你是启明中学高三学生李华，你所在的学校将就这个新
闻举行演讲比赛，你报名参赛。你的演讲稿需包括：
1. 简单介绍这则新闻；
2. 你是否认同小韦的做法，阐明观点并说明理由。

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