上海市徐汇区2020-2021学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷（Word版含答案，无听力音频，无文字材料）

上海市徐汇区2021学年高一年级第二学期
期中考试 英语试卷
I. Listening Comprehension (16%)
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. To plan for a party. B. To celebrate his birthday.
C. To give her friend a surprise. D. To avoid missing her favorite film.
2. A. He will be 85 by the end of next year.
B. He can get the degree before his birthday.
C. He doesn’t work hard enough on his study.
D. He hopes he can finish his essay as planned.
3. A. Unimportant. B. Necessary. C. Unimaginable. D. Inspiring.
4. A. The woman has just bought a new car.
B. The man hopes to see the woman’s car.
C. The woman used to have a car accident.
D. The man doesn’t believe the woman’s words.
5. A. They can get promoted sooner. B. They can make more money.
C. They can win more support. D. They can find better jobs.
6. A. He will play badminton tomorrow. B. Someone else has borrowed his bat.
C. His bat is not in good condition. D. The woman should buy a new bat.
7. A. Exchange the shirt for a new one. B. Bargain with the shirt seller.
C. Get his money back. D. Wash the shirt again.
8. A. A teacher. B. A coach. C. A boss. D. A doctor.
9. A. He didn’t know he was supposed to call the woman.
B. He spoke to the woman on the phone last night.
C. He tried to call the woman but failed.
D. He was too busy to call the woman.
10. A. She’d like a sandwich. B. She’s angry at the man.
C. She has already got some food. D. She doesn’t want anything to eat now.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear several short passages and longer conversations, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversations. The passages and the conversations 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. Barack Obama. B. Kate Middleton. C. Brad Pitt. D. Shakira.
12. A. He once wrote books for his daughters. B. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
C. He could speak six languages. D. He was an outstanding artist.
13. A. Famous people’s skills. B. Politicians’ achievements.
C. A programme named ‘Fabulous facts’. D. Charities sponsored by pop stars.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Help locate objects accurately.
B. Remind the user of the weather.
C. Tell the user whether a specified item is close.
D. Charge the light when its battery has run down.
15. A. Its computer chips. B. Its sensors.
C. Its functions. D. Its materials.
16. A. They can both be put together according to the user’s needs.
B. They can both inform users of something like directions.
C. They are both based on computerized equipment.
D. They both attract children and adults as well.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)
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. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
American Indians
When you think of a typical American, whom do you picture A pretty white American like Taylor Swift Or a handsome black American like Barack Obama or basketball star Kobe Bryant In fact, there was a time when the average American looked like ___17___ of these people.
Back in the year 1500, the average American was a brown-skinned hunter-gatherer who probably rode a horse and wore clothing ___18___ (make) from animal skins. Today, these people—who tend to be connected with their individual tribes (部落) such as Iriquos, Apache and Navajo—are referred to ___19___ “Native Americans”, “American Indians” or simply “Indians”.
You ___20___ say that you have never even heard of American Indians. That’s because there aren’t very many left. ___21___ (settle) in North America, the settlers from Europe were involved in bitter conflict with the native peoples. After the Revolutionary War, conflicts with natives continued as the states were created ___22___ would later make up the US. American Indians were treated as a military “enemy” ___23___ 1924, when the few Indians still alive at that point ___24___ (award) US citizenship.
___25___ the story of the American Indians has been a sad one, these people’s legacies (遗产) are still felt every day in the US. There are many US geographical names ___26___ (come) from Indian languages and numerous successful academics and other important US leaders descended (是……的后裔) from Indians.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. efficiently B. leading C. working D. attracted AB. travelling AC. managed
AD. talented BC. opportunities petition CD. business ABC. measure
New York City and Shanghai
New York City is always thought of as the financial capital of the world. However, there is ___27___. London has been challenging this, and there is an emerging challenger from the east, the city of Shanghai. Shanghai has become the base for many international and ___28___ Chinese companies. In fact, Shanghai has been called the New York of the East. One thing that is vibrant (充满活力的) in both cities is the strong sense of a ___29___ environment.
New York is famous for its financial market on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Index (道琼斯指数) is the measure used to record how stocks and shares in companies are rising or falling in value. It is also famous for its international business network. New York financial service companies have a huge number of ___30___ people who can make decisions quickly, with profit as the main focus. Shanghai, like New York, has also ___31___ the best of the talent, but from Asia. Many leading companies are also establishing their Asian regional headquarters in Shanghai. The main___32___ of the stock market’s rise and fall in China is the Shanghai Composite Index (上证综合指数).
For people ___33___ in these cities, the main forms of transport are subways and bus networks. Shanghai’s subway system is much newer than New York’s, but for both cities, good transportation is the key to keeping them as financial centers. The world of finance demands that people are on time and can travel ___34___ from meeting to meeting.
When it comes to business culture though, there are many differences. In China, ___35___ are often based on long-term relationships which have grown over a period of time. However, modern trading and investment often requires quick decisions, so this is a difference that has to be___36___. In New York, business relationships are often based on similar interests and investments.
III. Reading Comprehension (39%)
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.
“Chinese tourists have overtaken (超过) Germans as the world’s biggest-spending travelers after a decade of rapid growth in the number of Chinese vacationing abroad,” the United Nations World Tourism Organization said.
Chinese tourists, known for travelling in organized tours and ___37___ luxury fashion abroad, spent $102 billion on foreign trips last year, 41 percent more than the year before, ___38___ deep-pocketed travelers from Germany and the United States.
Tourists from other fast-developing economies with a growing middle class, such as Russia and Brazil, also ___39___ spending in 2012. In decline-hit Europe, however, French and Italian tourists controlled their holiday ___40___.
“The impressive growth of tourism spending from China and Russia reflects the ___41___ into the tourism market of more middle classes from these countries,” said Taleb Rifai, secretary-general of the UN World Tourism Organization, which is based in Madrid.
The German Travel Association said it was to be expected that the Chinese tourists would ___42___ overtake Germans in spending, given that the country had more ___43___ than North America, Russia, and Europe put together.
“But that they have overtaken us already is ___44___,” said Juergen Buechy, president of the German Travel Association.
“The Chinese make more long-distance trips than Germans, who ___45___ go to Mediterranean (地中海) destinations, meaning that the ___46___ vacation spending per holiday was greater,” he added.
China is the world’s fastest-growing tourist-source market, ___47___ higher spendable incomes in the world’s second-largest economy and looser foreign travel restrictions.
Chinese tourists made 83 million ___48___ trips in 2012, compared with 10 million in 2000.
“Hotels, tour companies, restaurants and even taxi drivers will need to improve ___49___ of Chinese cooking, culture and language if they are to ___50___ them away from favourite destinations such as Thailand and the Maldives,” European tourism officials have said.
Other countries in the top 10 posted growth in travel spending. ___51___, only Russia came close to China’s huge growth, with a 32 percent increase in vacation budgets (预算).
37. A. starting B. buying C. showing D. designing
38. A. costing B. passing C. beating D. controlling
39. A. increased B. limited C. postponed D. checked
40. A. lengths B. budgets C. destinations D. plans
41. A. inquiry B. investigation C. research D. entry
42. A. eventually B. secretly C. suddenly D. normally
43.A. businessmen B. housewives C. residents D. immigrants
44. A. exciting B. frightening C. amazing D. interesting
45. A. usually B. reluctantly C. purposefully D. ideally
46. A. public B. additional C. free D. average
47. A. in spite of B. thanks to C. except for D. in addition to
48. A. family B. business C. exploratory D. foreign
49. A. knowledge B. appreciation C. criticism D. ability
50. A. tear B. attract C. drive D. cheat
51. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Besides D. However
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
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most famous and enduring children’s classics.
The book begins with young Alice catches sight of a small white figure, a rabbit dressed in a waistcoat and holding a pocket watch, murmuring (喃喃细语) to himself that he is late. She runs after the rabbit and follows it into a hole. After falling into the depths of the earth, she finds herself in a corridor full of doors. At the end of the corridor, there is a tiny door with tiny key through which Alice can see a beautiful garden that she is desperate to enter. She then sees a bottle labeled “Drink me”, which she does, and begins to shrink until she is small enough to fit through the door.
Unfortunately, she has left the key that fits the lock on a table, now well out of her reach. She then finds a cake labeled “Eat me”, which again she does, and is restored to her normal size. Disconcerted by this frustrating series of events, Alice begins to cry, and as she does, she shrinks and is washed away in her own tears.
This strange beginning leads to a series of progressively “curiouser and curiouser” events, which see Alice babysit a pig, take part in a tea party, and take part in a game of croquet (槌球). She meets some incredible characters. She also, famously, meets the Queen of Hearts who has a special liking for execution (处决).
The book reaches its climax (高潮) in the trial of the Knave of Hearts, who is charged with stealing the Queen’s pies. A good deal of nonsense evidence is given against the unfortunate man, and a letter is produced which only refers to events by pronouns. Alice, who by now has grown to a great size, support the Knave and the Queen demands her execution. As she is fighting off the Queen’s soldiers, Alice awakes, realizing she has been dreaming all along.
The book is brilliant for children, but with enough joy for life in it to please adults too.
52. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true
A. The rabbit follows Alice quietly into a hole.
B. Alice’s sister is reading a book in the garden.
C. The beautiful corridor is full of windows and doors.
D. Alice drinks a bottle of liquid and starts to become smaller.
53. The underlined word “disconcerted” in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.
A. annoyed and distracted B. puzzled and frightened
C. amazed and excited D. persuaded and encouraged
54. What can be inferred from the climax of the book
A. Alice is courageous enough to back the Knave.
B. The Queen is so kind as to free the Knave.
C. The Knave is charged in a letter which details his crimes.
D. The soldiers are still fighting with Alice after she awakes.
55. What is the passage mainly about
A. The unbelievable characters in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
B. The attractive plot of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
C. The mysterious settings of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
D. The readers of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
B
Is there any evidence to show that the standard of English as a foreign language has improved in the years since the Second World War Naturally, as it is the world language, more and more people are taught it and use it. But do they speak it or write it or understand it better than their parents’ or grandparents’ generation
There seems to be no objective way of answering this question. Tests of the traditional sort—compositions, summary writing, and so on—have always been subjective, so they cannot be used to judge whether people have got a better command of English or not over the years. But so-called objectives tests are useless as a measure of progress too. They have not been used consistently (一贯地) in the same “concentration” over the period they have been in use, so there is no way of comparing exams “now” and “then”. Moreover, usually in the form of multiple choice questions, they do not test the things that really count in mastering a language. Even comprehension is a partly “creative” activity in real life, as we have to think of possible meanings for ourselves rather than have them suggested for us from outside. And people can be trained in the techniques of multiple choice, while others fail the tests because they have been led astray (离开正道) by their “suggestive” nature, so they are not really objective at all. We are left with only personal impression to go on.
My own view is that, if anything, standards have declined in the last thirty or forty years, despite all the new theories, tools and techniques that have been developed. I am not alone in this judgement. In Sweden, for instance, Professors Johannes Hedberg and Gustav Korlen, two of the most experienced workers in the field, have drawn attention to the lack of progress in the teaching of foreign languages since the late fifties. Yet Sweden is a sophisticated (先进的) society with extremely high educational and academic standards, and very concerned not to be cut off from the rest of the world. If such a country cannot achieve advances in the study of foreign languages, it is unlikely that many others have done so.
Japan is another community where little progress has been made in the learning of English. It is probably as important for Japan as for Sweden to master that language, and there is much academic effort put into linguistic research of various kinds. Yet the average standard of language learning is terribly low, particularly for such a highly educated society. This is no doubt in part the result of a vicious circle (恶性循环) : Many of the professors of English at Japanese universities are themselves unable to speak or write or even understand the language well.
56. Which of the following is true according to the author
A. Multiple choice questions are objective as people cannot be trained in response techniques.
B. Sweden emphasizes the teaching of English without paying attention to other countries.
C. We have to depend on our own impression to judge the English standards.
D. Compositions are more useful to test one’s English ability than multiple choice questions.
57. The so-called objectives tests cannot be used as a measure of progress because __________.
A. the people who design the tests are always changing
B. they don’t always test what is important in language learning
C. the way of scoring is not scientific
D. they contain too many reading comprehension questions
58. The author’s attitudes towards present English standard is __________.
A. positive B. casual C. objective D. negative
59. If there is one more paragraph in this passage, what will the author likely talk about
A. What the most objective way is to set up English standards.
B. How to improve the present low level of English learning.
C. Why English plays a key role in language learning worldwide.
D. What the benefits are if Japanese people can learn English well.
Section C
Directions: Read the following passage. 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. It is similar to having an office to accomplish work. B. With jobs, citizens are able to earn income and have a better life. C. The WTO also seeks to increase awareness of unity and cooperation. D. It currently has over 160 participating members. AB. The functions of the WTO are constantly changing and developing. AC. Some have accused the WTO of promoting too much globalization.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed in January of 1995. It deals with the regulation of international trade. ____60____ Although the key focus is on trade agreements themselves, there are many ways in which it works to enhance the welfare of the international community at large.
Here we will focus on two of those aspects: doing business internationally and raising living standards worldwide. Before the WTO, countries relied on independent partnerships to accomplish trade. Doing trade was often expensive, as tariffs (关税) were high. With one place for all of these countries to meet, and discuss new trade deals together, it is easier for them to make trade deals that are advantageous for all parties. ____61____ When employees work only from home, they will need to communicate a lot with their coworkers to accomplish something. But when they all work in the same building, holding regular meetings, it becomes much faster and easier to discuss things.
How does the WTO raise the standard of living globally In modern life, we rely heavily on trade to have the things we need and want. For example, China exports a lot of manufactured items to many countries. These frequent international transactions can also raise living standards by introducing new jobs to different countries. Without international business and trade, there would be far fewer jobs in all countries. ____62____ In addition, because of the WTO being an international organization, they must meet international standards for health and environmental protection.
There are many benefits of being in the WTO. However, sometimes it leads to international disputes. ____63____ Though globalization can be a good thing, it can sometimes lead to loss of local culture. In addition, sometimes the WTO requirements are too difficult for developing nations to meet.
IV．Translation (10%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
64. 从那位侦探的表情判断，他似乎已经知道了真相。（seem）
65. 令我堂弟惊讶的是，他父亲送了他一份用丝绸包着的礼物。（wrap）
66. 比较了两辆车的价格，他们最终选择了能够买得起的那辆。（分词作状语，afford）
67. 随着期中考试的临近，同学们更加努力学习，因为他们相信只有那些认真复习的学生才有可能取得好成绩。（approach, likely）
V. Guided Writing (15%)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
为了保护地方性语言，有人提议中小学应该提供上海话选修课（Optional Course of Shanghai Dialect），对此谈谈你的看法。
你的文章必须包括以下内容：
1. 你是否赞同此提议；
2. 你的理由。
2020学年第二学期高一年级期中考试 答案
I. Listening Comprehension
1-10 BCBCB CCDCD
11-13 CBA 14-16 CCA
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
17. none 18. made 19. as 20. may/might 21. Having settled
22. that/which 23. until 24. were awarded 25. Although/Though./While ing
27-31 BD B CD AD D
32-36 ABC C A BC AC
III. Reading Comprehension
37-51 BCABD ACCAD BDABD
52-55 D B A B
56-59 C B D B
60-63 D A B AC
IV. Translation
64. Judging from his facial expression, the detective seems to have known the truth./ it seems that the detective has known the truth. 2’
65. To my cousin’s surprise, his father gave him a present wrapped in silk. 2’
66. Having compared the prices of the two cars, they finally chose the one that they could afford (to buy). 3’
67. With the approach of the mid-term examination/ With the mid-term examination approaching/ As the mid-term examination is approaching,
the students work even harder because they believe only the students who go over/review the lesson carefully are likely to achieve good results in the exam. 3’