松江区2017学年度第一学期期末质量监控试卷(含答案）
高三英语
（满分140分，完成时间120分钟）2017.12
I. Listening Comprehension（略） II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A （10分）
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.
One of my 21______(memorable) vocations took place on a farm.
when I was a boy, my parents and I traveled from New York City to the pennsylvania countryside for a weeklong taste of rural life. We stayed in the guesthouse on a farm, 22______(join) in the daily routines and eating meals with the farmer and his family. We got up early to see the cows as they 23______(milk). I even tried my hand at milking one, and then joined the farmer as he released the cows into the field afterward.
Decades later I still have vivid memories of that trip and of experiencing a lifestyle so different 24______ my own. It made me realize the value of a vacation.
To this day, I wonder 25______ that farmer ever managed to enjoy a vacation of his own. There is never a day when animals don?t need to be fed. But I still think of that family trip when I plan my approach to taking time off with my wife and kids. Vacations are a time for resting and connecting. As a bank manager, I spent much of my workday encouraging my customers to save their money. One of the reasons I give is that we should all have enough enough for a family vacation every year. In our busy lives, family is what we 26______ be saving our money and time for.
For my family, our vacation starts when we begin planning the trip. We talk about destinations and our budget ahead of time. Among the things we discuss: can we save money by renting a house instead of spending six nights in the hotel? will it be better 27______(buy) groceries and cook for ourselves rather than eat out every night?
28______(evolve) the kids in planning the vacation makes sure that we have a great vacation too. I prefer to visit historical sites and museums while they love to fish and swim. So I build in some relaxation time for us all 29______ the vacation can work for everyone.
Each year, setting aside vacation time to spend together is especially important to us. This is the one week a year I don?t care whether my kids clean their room or do the dishes. What matters that week is that everyone is having a great time.
Section B （10分）
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. involuntary B. features C. suspect D. track E. peculiarF. signals G. storeH. permitsI. unlock J. sustain K. scale
The human face is a remarkable piece of work. The astonishing variety 31______ helps people recognize each other and is crucial to theformation of complex societies.So is the face?s ability to sendemotional 32______, whether through a(n)33______ blush or the artifice of a false smile. People spend much of their waking lives, in the office and thecourtroom as well as the bar and the bedroom, reading faces,for signs of attraction, hostility and trust.
Technology is rapidly catching up with the human abilityto read faces. In America facial recognition is used by churchesto 34______ worshippers? attendance; in Britain, by retailers to spotpast shoplifters. This year Welsh police used it to arrest a(n)35______ outside a football game. In China it verifies the identitiesof ride-hailing drivers, 36______ tourists to enter attractions andlets people pay for things with a smile. Apple?s new iPhone isexpected to use it to 37______ the homescreen.
Set against human skills, such applications might seem incremental. Some breakthroughs, such as flight or the internet,obviously transform human abilities; facial recognition seemsmerely to encode them. Although faces are 38______ to individuals, they are also public, so technology does not, at first sight,intrude on something that is private. And yet the ability to record, 39______ and analyse images of faces cheaply, quickly and on a vast 40______ promises one day to bring about fundamentalchanges to notions of privacy, fairness and trust.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A（15分）
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 notion of building brand personality is promoted by Starbucks as a part of company culture to embed meaning in their products and thus attract more customers.
Starbucks literally changed the definition of “a good cup of coffee”. For Starbucks, the brand had three elements: coffee, 41 and stores. Strict control over the quality and processing of the beans 2 that the coffee would be of the highest possible quality. Outstanding store personnel were employed and trained in coffee knowledge and 43 service. Store design, atmosphere and aroma(浓香) all 44 the “Starbucks Experience”.
Almost all Starbucks stores were corporately owned and controlled. Starbucks prided itself on the “Starbucks Experience”, 45 coffee to provide a unique experience for its customers.
46 those traditional coffee house providing you with the grab-and-go service, Starbucks provides you with more than coffee. You get great people, first-rate music, a comfortable and upbeat meeting place, and 47 advice on brewing excellent coffee at home. At home you are part of a family. At work you are part of a company. And somewhere in between is a place where you can sit back and be yourself. That is what a Starbucks store has been 48 to creating for its customers--- a kind of “third place” where they can 49 , reflect, read, chat or listen.
Then green Starbucks logo is a mermaid that looks like the end of the double image of the sea. It was designed by Terry Heckler, who got the 50 from the wooden statue of the sea. Mermaid logo also 51 original and modern meanings: her face is very simple, but with modern abstract forms of packaging；the middle is black and white, the only color on the outside surrounded by a circle.
Starbucks makes the typical American culture gradually broken down into elements of 52 : the visual warmth, hearing the way, smelling the aroma of coffee and so on. Just think, through the huge glass windows, watching the crowded streets, 53 sipping a coffee flavor, which is in line with the “Yapi”, the feeling of experience in the 54 life.
But the 55 of Starbucks is not about the coffee, although it?s great coffee. Coffee is only a carrier. Coffee consumption, to a great extent, is an emotional and cultural level of consumption. 41. A. people 42. A. assured
B. managers B. promised B. environment
C. customers C. ensured
C. employment C. making up C. legal C. conceal C. patent C. credits
D. clients D. predicted D. customer D. depending on D. fascinating D. required D. escape D. philosophy D. conveys D. experience D. indifferently D. energetic D. importance
43. A. emergency 44. A. consisted of 45. A. going beyond 47. A. general
B. benefited from B. coming across B. In addition to B. reasonable B. alerted B. perform
B. inspiration B. cultivates B. logo B. gently B. easy B. vision
C. contributed to D. headed for C. Compared with D. In terms of C. subjected
46. A. With regard to 48. A. committed 49. A. negotiate 50. A. imagination 51. A. creates 52. A. brand 53. A. greedily 54. A. busy 55. A. product
C. possession C. persistently C. miserable C. essence
Section B （22分）
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)
Men are as likely as women to suffer from postnatal(产后的） depression, a study shows. One in ten fathers - the same ratio as mothers - were found to suffer before or after birth. By the time their child reaches 12 weeks, as many as one in four are feeling down.
The symptoms observed in the American study are not thought to be hormonal - as they are in women - and are instead probably a response to the pressures of fatherhood.These include the expense of having children, changed relationships with partners and fear of paternal(父亲的） responsibility.In the early weeks, the lack of sleep and extra domestic chores also take their toll, say mental health experts.
The study put the overall rate of depression among new fathers at 10.4 per cent - double the estimated 4.8 per cent for all men in any 12-month period. Around 8 per cent were affected in the 12 weeks before and after birth, according to the Eastern Virginia Medical School research. The study found parents were more likely to be down if their partner was too。
It is estimated around one in ten women suffers postnatal depression, even if they have never had mental health problems. Without treatment the condition can last for months。Although most women have a few days of 'baby blues' shortly after birth, postnatal depression can kick in up to six months later. Experts say paternal depression is serious because it can have ?substantial emotional, behavioral and developmental? effects on children。
56. The “baby blues” effect among fathers may be caused by the following except______. A. domestic chores B. fatherhood pressure C. parental responsibilities D. hormone imbalance
57. What does the underlined phrase “take the toll” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Cost a lot of money B. Take the lead C. Have a bad effect D. Have no links
58. What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Therapy for Depression B. Father Getting Baby Blues C. Effects of Father Blues D. Postnatal Recovery
(B)
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