1、2020学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷高三英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection A Short ConversationsDirections: 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 onl
2、y 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. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What problem are they talking about?A. Their parents stopped financing their education.B. The man
3、 doesnt want another English courseC. They cant pay the rent this month.D. The womans boss refused to give her a raise.【答案】C【解析】【原文】W: Mike, Im afraid weve got a problem. We cant afford the rent this month. I guess Id better ask Mom and Dad for a loan, or ask my boss for a raise.M: Well, yeah. Its a
4、 problem. But maybe Id better not take another English course this semester.Q: What problem are they talking about?2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】How much does the man have to pay?A. $ 5.B. $ 10C. $ 45D. $ 50.【答案】C【解析】【原文】M: Ill have these shirts. Please tell me how much I owe you.W:They are 10 dollars each,
5、and 5 make a total of 50 dollars. But today we offer a 10% discount.Q:How much does the man have to pay?3. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】Why is the woman so happy?A. Shell be away for a while.B. She did well on the examination.C. She worked hard and made a big fortune.D. She didnt have to work hard for any exam
6、.【答案】B【解析】【原文】M: Congratulations. Youve done a great job and I must say you deserve that grade.W: Well, I really studied hard for that test for over three months. Now, I can relax for a while.Q: Why is the woman so happy?4. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What will the woman probably do?A. Hurry to the conference
7、.B. Skip the conference.C. Take the subway.D. Take a bus.【答案】D【解析】【原文】M: If you are in a hurry, you can take the subway. If you want to go sightseeing, take a bus.W: Actually, I dont have to be at the conference before noon.Q: What will the woman probably do?5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】How does the man fee
8、l about the interview?A. He is confident.B. He is worried.C. He is bored.D. He is angry.【答案】A【解析】【原文】W: How was your interview?M: I couldnt feel better about it. I seemed to find answers for all the questions.Q: How does the man feel about the interview?6. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What can be learned from
9、the conversation？A. Peoples opinions about the movie vary.B. The man thinks the movie is not as good as he thought.C. You shouldnt believe everything you see.D. The woman wonders which newspaper the man is reading.【答案】A【解析】【详解】W: I read in the newspaper that the movie you recommended is excellent.M:
10、 Ive also read some negative reviews.7. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What do we learn about Mr. Stone?A. He used to be a workman himself.B. He likes to do repairs and make things himself.C. He is professional builder.D. He paid workmen to decorate the house.【答案】B【解析】【原文】W: The work youve done on your house is
11、certainly impressive, Mr. Stone. How long have you been working on it？M: I first became interested in DIY several years ago. Ive worked on my house every now and then for almost a year now. You know, paying workmen to do it is not in my budget.Q:What do we learn about Mr. Stone?8. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】
12、What will Mr. Milson do with his old house?A. He will change it and use it as a hotel.B. He will pull it down and build a new hotel.C. He will rent it out for use as a hotel.D. He will sell it to the owner of a hotel.【答案】A【解析】【原文】M: What is Mr. Milson going to do with his old house on Wellington Str
13、eet? Rent it or sell it?W: He said he is thinking of turning it into a hotel, which isnt a bad idea, because its still a solid building.9. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What does the man imply?A. Donald is very responsible.B. Donald is not humorous at all.C. What Donald said is true.D. Donalds words arent relia
14、ble.【答案】D【解析】【详解】W: Donald said he got As in all his tests.M: Nancy, you should know better than to take Donalds words too seriously.Q: What does the man imply?10. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】What problem does the woman have with the course?A. She doesnt like the way the professor lectures.B. Shes having a ha
15、rd time following the professors lectures.C. She is not interested in the course.D. Shes having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments.【答案】D【解析】【原文】M: How do you like Professor Thatchers course on the History of Philosophy? He is a distinguished scholar on that subject.W: He is a great teache
16、r. But Im having a hard time with the reading list. I feel I cant ever finish it.Q: What problem does the woman have with the course?Section BDirections: 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 th
17、e 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.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】11. Wh
18、ats the problem with those monkeys in Thailand?A. The coronavirus is also spreading among the monkeys.B. They are suffering from starvation because of the restriction on tourism.C. The monkeys are unlikely to calm down without music.D. The locals want the monkeys to learn to appreciate music.12. Wha
19、t was the monkeys reaction to Mr. Bartons performance?A. They were too hungry to care about it.B. They were so angry that they climbed up his body and touched his head.C. They reacted wildly, such as running over the musicians hands and eating his music.D. They behaved so wildly that the musician wa
20、s distracted from playing music.13. Whats the purpose of Mr. Bartons performance to the monkeys?A. To calm down the monkeys during the coronavirus crisis.B. To cause concerns about those monkeys hunger and study their reaction to music.C. To help raise fund for more food for those monkeys.D. To ente
21、rtain those monkeys so that they would forget eating.【答案】11. B 12. C 13. B【解析】【原文】When British musician Paul Barton performs in central Thailand lately, his energetic listeners react wildly. Some pull his hair or jump on his piano. Others steal his music.The behavior is normal, however, because thes
22、e crowds are truly wild wild monkeys to be exact.Barton plays often to the animals in Lopburi, an area known for its populations of wild macaque monkeys. The pianist hopes the music shows bring calm to the animals during the coronavirus crisis.The disease has caused problems for the monkeys, too. Th
23、ey are hungry. The restrictions on tourism mean fewer people come to see the monkeys and feed them.“We need to make an effort to make sure that they eat properly. And when they eat properly they will be calmer and will not be aggressive” said Barton, 59, a long-time Thailand resident.Barton has play
24、ed at four sites in Lopburi, including at an ancient Hindu temple, a store and an old movie theater.The macaques quickly surround Barton when he plays Greensleeves, Beethovens Fr Elise and Michael Nymans Diary of Love. Some of the creatures sit on his chair, while others climb up his body and touch
25、his head. But, Barton keeps his attention on his performance, even as a small monkey runs over his hands on the instrument. Other monkeys take control of his music papers.“I was surprised to play the piano and find that they were actually eating the music as I was playing it.”But, he added, “I wasnt
26、 going to let those things distract from the project which is to play the music for these wonderful macaques.”Barton hopes to raise awareness of the monkeys hunger. At the same time, he hopes to study their behavior as they react to classical music.“Its possible that the music can play a part of the
27、 recovery process,” he said.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】14. What kind of young people are selected as subjects in the research?A. Those experiencing kind family environment.B. Those suffering physical and verbal abuse from parents.C. Those exposed in verbal abuse in their childhood.D. Those havi
28、ng experienced depression.15. What may a person suffer from being exposed in verbal abuse in childhood?A. Becoming more tolerant.B. Having undeveloped brain connections.C. Having higher level of being fearless.D. No connection between the right and the left side of the brain.16. What are teachers an
29、d parents supposed to do after learning from the findings?A. Help kids learn to be more self-controlled.B. Let kids stay away from drug abuse.C. Treasure kids middle school life by using nice expressions.D. Prepare kids with those bad verbal expressions.【答案】14. A 15. B 16. C【解析】【原文】A recent study of
30、 middle school children showed that verbal abuse by other children, such as unkind words, name-calling or even the so-called “the silent treatment”, can harm development in the brain.The study was a project of researchers at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts. They studied young adults, ages 18
31、 to 25. These young men and women had no experience with domestic violence, physically or verbally, by their parents.The researchers asked the young people to rate their childhood exposure to verbal abuse from both parents and other children. Then the researchers performed imaging tests on the brain
32、s of the subjects.The images showed that the individuals who reported suffering verbal abuse from their peers in middle school had underdeveloped connections between the left and right side of the brain.The two sides of the brain are connected by a large bundle of connecting fibers. This was the are
33、a that was underdeveloped.The middle school years are a time when these brain connections are developing. So, unkind, hurtful comments from children or adults during this period had the greatest effect.The researchers tested the mental and emotional condition of all the young people in the study. Th
34、e tests showed that this same group of individuals had higher levels of fear, depression, anger and drug abuse than others in the study.The researchers published their findings online, pointing out that we cannot control what other people say to our children, but we can prepare them. A website calle
35、d CreativeWithK suggests 64 things that all children need to hear, such as “You are creative.” Or “Im really proud of you.”听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】17. Where are the two speakers?A. Mexico City.B. Maryland.C. Los Angeles.D. China.18. Whats the boys major in college?A. Public health.B. Journ
36、alism.C. Writing.D. IT.19. Whats the girls purpose of being an international journalist?A. To stay in Mexico City for long.B. To learn to write more about public health.C. To go around the world and see more people.D. To move to China or Japan.20. How did the girl get her part-time job last summer?A
37、. She got the job on the bulletin board.B. She got the job on the newspaper.C. She got the job from friend in Mexico City.D. She got the job on the web.【答案】17. C 18. A 19. C 20. D【解析】【原文】W: Thanks for coming with me to the Placement Center, Ali.M: Dont mention it. Its nice to have your company. Besi
38、des, I need to find a summer job here in Los Angeles, too!W: What kind of job are you looking for, Ali?M: Im hoping to find one in my major, public health.W: Im sure you can. Do you have any experience in public health?M: Yes, I do. I worked part-time in a lab in Maryland last summer.W: Thats great!
39、 I want to find a job writing for a local newspaper. Id like to be a reporter.M: Your majors journalism, isnt it?W: Uh-huh. I had a great job last summer when I was in Mexico City.M: Really? What did you do?W: I worked part-time for Excelsior. Its the biggest newspaper in Mexico.M: What did you do t
40、here?W: I wrote local news stories, you know, news about Mexico City. But someday I want to write international news stories. Then I can travel around the world and find out what people are like in other places, such as China and Japan.M: That sounds wonderful. Im sure you can do it.W: Are there any
41、 jobs in public health on the bulletin board?M: No, I dont see anything interesting.W: you should try looking on the web. There are some great job sites. Thats how I found the job in Mexico City.M: That a good idea. Do I search for “public health”？W: Try “jobs in public health” or the name of specif
42、ic jobs. I searched for “newspaper reporter”.M: Ill go to the computer lab right now and try that! See you later.II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word
43、, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.When educators think of literacy the ability to read and write they often place more importance on students abilities to read and fully understand a piece of writing.But experts
44、say critical and creative writing skills are equally important. And, they say, they _21_ (overlook) too often in the classroom.Compared to reading, writing is _22_ (active). It helps students be independent thinkers, take ownership of their stories and ideas and communicate them clearly to others, s
45、ays Elyse Eidman-Aadahl. She heads the National Writing Project, _23_ offers help for teachers who want to push students to write more.Elyse said, “I have to say _24_ we want an education system just _25_ (focus) on making people consumers and not on helping them be producers, this emphasis on readi
46、ng onlywhich does happen in so many places is very short-sighted.”She said students writing work now usually centers on examining a text, _26_ presenting a new idea. Writing, she said, should be “the central thing youre learning. Not writing on a test, not writing to demonstrate youre learning _27_
47、someone has taught you.”Teaching reading together with writing improves both skills, says Rebecca Wallace-Segall, who heads a New York City writing center, Writopia Lab.She said writing affects a persons ability to read and more than 90 percent of young people in the Writopia program do not trust th
48、eir writing abilities_28_ they start. But she said they learn to enjoy the writing process and become more effective readers, too.Elyse said employers today seek workers “all the time” who can write well. Digital tools increasingly mean that people are “_29_(interact) with the internet through writing,” she said.Y
