闵行区 2019 学年度第二学期高三年级质量调研考试高三英语考生注意：1. 考试时间 120 分钟，试卷满分 140 分。2. 本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分, 试卷共 12 页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上, 做在试卷上一律不得分。3. 答题前, 务必在答题纸上填写学校、姓名和考生号。I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: 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 cook.B. A dentist.C. A surgeon.D. A technician.2.A. She d like to have the windows open.B. She likes to have the air conditioner on.C. The air is heavily polluted.D. The windows are always open.3.A. Art attraction.B. Painting skills.C. Furniture quality.D. Room decoration.4.A. She appreciates the mans effort.B. She does enjoy spicy food.C. She is annoyed with the man.D. She doesnt like the food the man prepared.5.A. They cant fit into the machine.B. They were sent to the wrong stress.C. They havent been delivered yet.D. They were found to be of the wrong type.6. A. The long waiting time.B. The broken down computer.C. The mistakes in her telephone bill.D. The bad telephone service.7.A. Its quality.B. Its priceC. Its materialsD. Its appearance.8.A. Walk in the countryside.B. Do some exercise.C. Go shopping.D. Wash some dresses.9.A. He is going to visit a photo studio.B. He has just had his picture taken.C. He is one the way to the theatre.D. He has just returned from a job interview.10.A. He doesnt want Jenny to get into trouble.B. He doesnt agree with the womans remark.C. He thinks Jennys workload too heavy at college.D. He believes most collegestudents are running wild.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 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. Attend expert growers lecture.B. Visit fruit-lovig families.C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard(果园).D. Taste many kinds of apples.12.A. It is a new variety.B. It is the best variety for eating quality.C. It is rarely seen now.D. It needs perfect soil to grow.13A. To show how to grow apples.B. To introduce an apple festival.C. To help people select apples.D. To attract more people to visit BritainQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14.A. Lack of sleep could lead to heath problem.B. Lack of sleep affects adults more than children.C. Sleeping problems are one of the leading causes of obesity.D. The amount of sleep people need changes with age.15.A. Less sleep is needed when they enter adolescence.B. Ideally, they need 8 hours of sleep a night.C. They may have difficulty in falling asleep before 11:00 pm.D. They always wake up at midnight due to biological changes.16.A. The amount of sleep and academic performance.B.A comparison of different time to start school.C. Students sleeping time and social behaviors.D.A beneficial change of school starting time.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A. Extreme sports.B. City life.C. Humans potential.D. Danger and safety.18.A. They like to stay isolated.B. They prefer danger to safety.C. They want to know their potential.D. They are bored with the traditional ones.19.A. Objective.B. Negative.C. Positive.D. Neutral.20.A. It is interesting and challenging.B. It is dangerous and needs no skills.C. It enables people to face fears.D. It only stimulate individualism.II. Grammar and vocabulary Section 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, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.A Brief History of Chopsticks.Weve discussed the story of knife and fork, but theres another set of utensils(器皿) used by billions of people around the worldand it has a truly ancient past. The Chinese have been wielding chopsticks since at least 1200 B.C., and by A.D. 500 chopsticks_21_ (sweep) the Asian continent from Vietnam to Japan. From their humble beginnings_22_cooking utensils to paper-wrapped bamboo sets at the sushi counter, theres more to chopsticks than meets the eye.Chopsticks_25_(develop) about 5000 years ago in China. The_24_(early) versions were probably twigs used to get food from cooking pots. When resour