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　　格致中学二〇一七学年度第一学期期中考试
　　高三年级 英语试卷（共10页）
　　(测试120分钟内完成，总分150分，试后交答题卷)
　　友情提示：昨天，你既然经历了艰苦的学习，今天，你必将赢得可喜的收获！
　　祝你：诚实守信，沉着冷静，细致踏实，自信自强，去迎接胜利！
　　I. Listening Comprehension (30%)
　　Section A Short Conversations
　　Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be ast 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. Sorry. B. Annoyed. C. Excited. D. Puzzled.
　　2. A. An accountant. B. A surgeon. C. An artist. D. A scientist.
　　3. A. 2000 yuan. B. 3200 yuan. C. 1200 yuan. D. 3600 yuan.
　　4. A. On a plane. 　　 B. In a physical medical room
　　C. In a boat. D. In a school rest room.
　　5. A. A job. B. An article. C. A book. D. An author.
　　6. A. Twins. B. Classmates. C. Friends. D. Cousins.
　　7. A. Give his ankle a good rest. B. Treat his injury immediately.
　　C. Continue his regular exercises. D. Be careful when climbing steps.
　　8. A. Go on a diving tour in Europe. B. Add 300 dollars to his budget.
　　C. Travel overseas on his own. D. Join a pacr to Mexico.
　　9. A. In case some problems should occur. B. In case they should be late.
　　C. To avoid more work later on. D. To make better preparations.
　　10. A. The rock band needs more hours of practice.
　　B. The rock band is going to play here for a month.
　　C. Their hard work has resulted in a big success.
　　D. He appreciates the woman’s help with the band.
　　Section B
　　Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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. Its strong education system. B. Its population.
　　C. Its growing tourism industry. D. Its bilingual signs.
　　12. A. All citizens receive quality English teaching.
　　B. More money should be spent on teacher training.
　　C. An English-speaking environment should be built.
　　D. Tourism industry should be promoted.
　　13. A. The foreign investment will increase.
　　B. It will bring the economic and social benefits.
　　C. The education system will be strengthened.
　　D. It will improve Singapore’s ranking in English level.
　　Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
　　14. A. He shopped for groceries.
　　B. He took care of his sick parent.
　　C. He cared for his younger brother.
　　D. He made important family decisions.
　　15. A. It may help children grow up quickly.
　　B. It may force children to sacrifice their childhoods.
　　C. It will turn children’s responsibility into a delight.
　　D. It will make children more isolated and confused.
　　16. A. Children getting satisfaction from helping others.
　　B. Children taking on adult responsibility.
　　C. Frustration and stress caused to children by parents.
　　D. The environment for children’s better growth.
　　Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following conversation.
　　17. A. Tour guide. B. Journalist.        C. Editor. D. Typist.
　　18. A. Some newly discovered scenic spots.
　　B. Big changes in the Amazon Valley.
　　C. A new railway under construction.
　　D. The beautiful Amazon rain forest.
　　19. A. In news weeklies. 
　　B. In newspapers’ Sunday editions.
　　C. In a local evening paper. 
　　D. In overseas editions of U. S. magazines.
　　20. A. To become a professional writer. 
　　B. To get her life story published soon.
　　C. To be employed by a newspaper.
　　D. To sell her articles to a news service.
　　II. Grammar and Vocabulary (共20分 每题1分)
　　Section A
　　Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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 blanse one word that best fits each blank.
　　"How should a Nobel laureate dress?" aso Ishiguro, who, 40 minutes earlier, had found out he__21____(award) the Nobel Prize for Literature.
　　To say the news was unexpected is an understatement. He literally couldn't believe it.
　　___22____that was, his phone began to ring constantly, an orderly queue of TV crews started to form outside his front door ("how do they all know where I live?"), and his publishers dispatched a top team to his house as back-up.
　　This was not fake news. This was delightful, surprising news. Maybe there were others who ____23______(win)instead, he wondered. "But that is the nature of prizes. They are a lottery."