上海市松江二中11-12学年高一上学期期中考试 英语试题

松江二中11—12学年度第一学期期中考试试卷
高 一 英 语
第Ⅰ卷
Ⅰ.Listening Comprehension (20%)
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．By car. B．By bike. C．On foot. D．By subway.
2． A．At home. B．On a bus. C．In a car. D．On the phone.
3． A．He broke her MP3 player. B．The man looks terrible. C．The man is always careless. D．They are in the same class.
4． A．100 dollars. B．80 dollars. C. 60 dollars D．20 dollars.
5． A．He has no idea. B．It is boring.
C．It is interesting. D．He is not interested in it.
6． A．5:50. B．5:40. C．6:10. D．6:00.
7． A．At home. B．In a shop. C．In a garden. D．At the office.
8． A．It is too old to live in. B．It is near an airport.
C．It is far from where Bill works D．It is in the city center.
9． A．Golf. B．Tennis. C．Basketball D．Swimming.21世纪教育网
10．A．The paper is good, especially the last two paragraphs.
B．The man should rewrite the last two paragraphs.
C．The ideas in the last two paragraphs are not good.
D．The last paragraphs should be omitted.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages 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 introduction.
11．A．At the gate of the hospital. B．At the gate of the school.
C．In the hospital. D．In the school.
12．A．By bike. B．On foot. C．By bus. D．Take a taxi.
13．A．After taking the tests. B．After eating food.
C．After getting the results D．After the examination.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage
14．A．In 1923. B．In 1941. C．In 1943. D．In 1950.
15．A．A.B. degree. B．A.M. degree
C．Ph. D. degree D．S.M. degree.
16．A．In Germany. B．In New York.
C．In South Carolina. D．In London
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
A Job Interview
Jack Wilson He graduated from a 17 college and majored in English and he has been working as an English teacher for 18 years in a high school.
Answers to the interviewer’s questions21世纪教育网21世纪教育网[来源:21世纪教育网] Find out why parents 19 and then give an effective solution.21世纪教育网[来源:21世纪教育网]21世纪教育网21世纪教育网
The best way to ensure classroom discipline is to make sure your classes are 20 .
II. Grammar and vocabulary
Section A (25%)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.
21. If you don’t communicate your ideas ______ others, how can they understand you
A. to B. with C. by D. through
22. -Would you lend me some money, please
-Sorry, I’ve got ______ myself. You know, the iPad cost me a fortune.
A. nothing B. no one C. none D. neither
23. I can’t decide what to do next now. I need ______ more time to think it over.
A. much B. quite C. just D. fairly
24. -Thanks for lending me the electronic dictionary. ______ it be put here
-Yes, you may put it here just as well.
A. Dare B. Does
C. Will D. Shall
25. Unhealthy food can do harm to your hair; ____ .
A. and can the stress in life B. and the stress in life can
C. so can the stress in life D. so the stress in life can
26. The manager didn’t turn up ______ Peter agreed to sign the contract.
A. unless B. until C. while D. once
27. He said yes _____ he was asked if he could possibly serve as a teacher in the remote area for two years.
A. for a moment B. the moment when
C. in a moment D. the moment
28. He _______ any money in the lottery yet, but he expects to.
A. didn’t win B. hadn’t won
C. hasn’t won D. isn’t winning
29. Many of the audience ______ asleep when they ______ the lecture.
A. fell; were hearing B. were falling; heard
C. had fallen; heard D. fell; had heard
30. -When is Jack going to finish writing that program
-I don’t know. ______ day in and day out.
A. He has been working B. He has worked
C. He had been working D. He was working
31. -Time flied before we knew it! It is already 12 o’clock.
-Oh, really I _______ it at all.
A. haven’t realized B. didn’t realize
C. hadn’t realized D. don’t realize
32. By the time he graduated from university, he ______ more than two novels.
A. has written B. had been writing
C. will have written D. had written
33. I ______ my son ______ a doctor, but he wasn’t good enough at chemistry.
A. had hoped; would become B. had hoped; to be
C. hoped; would become D. hoped; to be
34. One’s character is always defined(阐明) by the way ______ the rules are carried out in one’s behavior.
A. by which B. in which
C. for which D. of which
35. The days are fast coming ______ watching films by using the web is a routine.
A. that B. and C. when D. if
36. Do you believe the reason ______ he gave for being absent
A. when B. why C. which D. for which
37. The Big Nose Club now has 330 members, each of ______ has a nose at least 60mm long or 40mm wide.
A. whom B. who C. which D. them
38. The client expected the case to be done by June, ______ I think is impossible.
A. it B. as C. which D. when
39. Things, ______is often the case, will turn out to be against one’s wishes.
A. what B. as C. it D. that
40. -Is this gallery ______ you once worked
-Yes. I worked here for three years.
A. the one that B. the one where
C. one that D. one where
41. Only high officials get ______ to such information.
A. admission B. right C. access D. use
42. Can you imagine yourself ______ alone in a stadium which can _____ more than ten thousand people
A. stand; sit B. standing; sit
C. stand; seat D. standing; seat
43. Not all the _______ at the meeting agreed to carry out the plan in the ______.
A. present people; present situation B. people present; present situation
C. present people; situation present D. people present; situation present
44. A plan took ______ after the discussion _____ for two hours.
A. shape; lasted B. shape; was lasted
C. form; lasted D. form; was lasted
45. John is ______ one of the best shop assistants who ______ in this department store.
A. thought of; work B. thought; works
C. considered; work D. considered as; works
Section B (9%)
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. (9%)
A. bald B. go C. turned D. loss AB. offering
AC. reads AD. turn BC. use BD. baldness CD. stress-related
A man is making good ___46___ of his baldness by selling advertising space to companies.
Matt Stafford, who suffers from baldness, is ___47___ companies the chance to have their logos(某公司或机构的标志) on the ___48___ side of his head. The 26-year–old is selling the strange advertising space on the Internet, and he has already sold his first advertising space for 215 pounds.
His advertisement ___49___, “You are buying advertising space on the left side of a 26-year-old London man’s head.” He also promises never to wear a hat. The man said, “I found a bald area on the side of my head one day and went to see a doctor. It ___50___ out to be a ___51___ disease. It made me think about how I could ___52___ something negative into something positive. The cash raised through the sale will ___53___ to an organization that provides wigs(假发) for teenagers suffering from hair ___54___ because of cancer treatment.
III. Cloze (15%)
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.
Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t ___55___ drive to a store and back home. He always looks ___56___ up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything ___57___ such as strange cars, loud noises, ___58___ windows, or people gathering on street corners.
Tim ___59___ to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group ___60___ on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s ___61___ Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community ___62___ .?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police ___63___ their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of ___64___ neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not to them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the ___65___ to steal from other people or to make them feel ___66___ sitting in their own homes.”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors ___67___ out for one another, “We watch each other’s homes. We keep watch ___68___ the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a group of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the police. For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for___69___, or someone destroying property, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups help a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can’t do everything.”
55. A. yet B. still C. just D. rather
56. A. carefully　 B. clearly C. nervously D. coldly
57. A. familiar B. unusual C. expensive D. interesting
58. A. curtained B. open C. old D. broken
59. A. attends B. belongs C. goes D. turns
60. A. meet B. discuss C. visit D. search
61. A. where B. why C. when D. how
62. A. politics B. wealth C. health D. safety
63. A. keep B. hold C. let D. protect
64. A. its B. his C. their D. your
65. A. right B. chance C. courage D. mind
66. A. unlucky B. unsafe C. disappointed D. discouraged
67. A. set B. let C. hold D. look
68. A. on B. into C. for D. with
69. A. work B. burden C. service D. trouble
IV. Reading Comprehension (16%)
Directions: Read the following passage. 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
Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places around the world. War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage these famous places. Looking after these places often costs more than one country can afford.
In the early 1970s, world governments decided that if they joined together, they would be able to preserve our history. If every country paid some money, they said, it would be possible to look after important historic places. Also, if they discovered that a monument needed urgent help, they would have money for repairs. For these reasons, countries around the world united to form the World Heritage Organization in 1972. Today, the organization helps to maintain and restore the most important places from our history.
However, one of the biggest problems for historic places is vandalism. People sometimes enter the sites and destroy or damage the buildings. At some sites, such as Stonehenge(巨石阵) in England, governments have built high fences to protect the site from vandals.
There are many different ideas about how to solve the problem of vandalism. Stone experts say that if guards patrolled the sites, vandals would not be able to get in. Some experts say that if they fixed more television cameras, they would not need so many guards. Other experts say that the best solution is education. If people learned to respect history, they would not destroy or damage it. They would also want to spend money looking after old places. For this reason, the World Heritage Organization helps to spread information about the value of historic sites.
70. According to this passage, ____ is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 1 for the reasons why the famous places are damaged
A. people’s awareness B. pollution
C. war and climate D. traffic
71. Which of the following shows us the action of vandalism
A. Governments build high fences to protect the site from vandals.
B. Guards patrolled the sites and they fixed more television cameras.
C. People enter the sites and cause damage to the buildings.
D. They collect as much money as they can to preserve the buildings.
72. What’s the best way to solve the biggest problem of preserving our history
A. Every country spends more money looking after these places.
B. To form the World Heritage Organization.
C. Too many guards are needed to prevent vandals getting in.
D. To make people know more about the value of historic sites.
B
NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase（抹去）, the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
“Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions,” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “This could relieve a lot of that suffering.”
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity(特质).They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
“All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are, I’m not sure we want to wipe those memories out,” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
73. The passage is mainly about _____________.
A. a new medical invention
B. a new research on the pill
C. a way of erasing painful memories
D. an argument about the research on the pill
74. The drug tested on people can ______________.
A. cause the brain to fix memories
B. stop people remembering bad experiences
C. prevent body producing certain chemicals
D. erase the emotional effects of memories.
75. We can infer from the passage that ____________.
A. people doubt the effects of the pills.
B. the pill will stop people’s bad experiences.
C. taking the pill will do harm to people’s health.
D. the pill has probably been produced in America.
76. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with
A. Some memories can ruin people’s lives.
B. People want to get rid of bad memories.
C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.
D. The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.
C
The opinion of many engineers is that the architects that designed the New York World Trade Center Twin Towers did a good job in designing the buildings. The buildings were safe from the hazards envisioned (预想到的) at the time. Indeed, they were designed to withstand the force of aircraft that might crash into them. They were not however, designed to withstand the effects of the very high temperatures produced by the ignition (点燃) of aviation fuel carried by the aircraft.
Steel lightly covered with concrete is the main structural part of the towers and steel loses a lot of structural strength when heated to 1100 degrees Centigrade and beyond, as it was. To protect the steel the towers beams were coated with a few centimeters of concrete. That insulation (隔离) was to provide structural state of being complete for at least 1 hour of fire. The towers met that test. The south tower lasted 62minutes. The north, 103 minutes. Tragedy followed when not all could escape before the collapse.
Most experts agree that the Twin Towers were very well designed. Many also agree that the people planning the attacks were very knowledgeable and aimed the aircraft at a height that would produce the most damage. The aircraft crash and the resulting fuel fed fires were aimed at about the 90th floor. That was just high enough to insure that the upper floors would weaken with the heat and crack down, dropping into the remaining part of the building.
The mass of the falling top floors created such a falling load that some experts estimate it exceeded by 5 to 10 times normal bearing loads. The effect was like a giant hammer, each floor contributing more weight to be born by the next floor down.
Were the Trade Towers well designed Engineers say yes. But, the public holds to the belief that architects will never again design a tall building without considering the effects of terrorist attacks of all potential kinds. That not only includes the ability of the structure to withstand attack but the means to allow the buildings occupants to escape in time to survive.
77. Many engineers believe that the Twin Tower was well-designed after September 11 because _________________
A. it could withstand aircraft crashing into it at the moment.
B. it could withstand any natural hazards such as earthquake or fire
C. it had an attracting and beautiful appearance until they were destroyed
D. they had the miserable honor of being selected as the target of terrorist attack
78. According to the article, those who designed the tower could have done better if _______
A. the tower lasted longer after being attacked
B. the tower held stable until all of the people in there managed to escape
C. the tower can be immune to such attacks
D. they considered more about the effects of the very high temperatures and made duel(决定性的) changes in the structure
79. The part of the building below 90th floor _____________.
A. remained where they were
B. cracked down because of the burning
C. was hammered down by the falling upper part
D. was safe after the attack
80. The author believed that the Twin Towers ____________.
A. were not well- designed
B. were well-designed
C. were good examples for engineers of our time.
D. were out of consideration when we talk about engineering later.
D
Directions: Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable heading from this list for each paragraph of the passage. Note that there is one extra heading.
A new pair of earsAn author and his researchElectronic everlastingnessComputers that speakAB. A new pair of eyesAC. Treatment for Parkinson’s disease
81. _______
Medical scientists are already putting computer chips directly into the brain to help people with Parkinson’s disease, but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us Ray Kurzweil is the author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world’s best computer research scientists. He is researching the possibilities.
82. _______
Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices. An example of this is Ramona, the virtual hostess of Kurzweil’s homepage, who is programmed to understand what you say. Visitors to the site can have their own conversations with her, and Ramona also dances and sings.
_______
Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities. One of his ideas is a “seeing machine”. This will be “like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world”, he explains. Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses. This sensor will describe to the people everything it sees.
_______
Another idea, which is likely to help deaf people, is the “listening machine”. This invention will recognize millions of words and understand any speaker. This listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.
_______
But it is not just about helping people with disabilities. Looking further into the future, Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computer. This technology probably won’t be ready for at least 50 years, but when it arrives, it means our minds will be able to live forever.
第Ⅱ卷
Translation. (15%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the word or phrase given in the brackets.
健康的身体是过幸福生活的关键。(key)
一位高级雇员杨先生提醒了Simon肢体语言的重要性。(remind)
她不再喝牛奶了，结果蛋白质和铁质的缺乏使她的头发失去了光泽。(rob)
长城是中国的骄傲，它每天早上6：30到晚上7：00向公众开放。(非限制性定语从句)
当你与人交流时，务必要保持眼神交流，否则就不会留下好印象。(Be sure to; or)
松江二中11—12学年度第一学期期中考试答题纸
Name ______________ Class ______ Mark _____________
高一英语
Listening Part 4%
17. _______________ 18. _______________
19. _______________ 20. _______________
Translation 15%
1．_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
2．_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
3．_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
4．_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5．_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
松江二中11—12学年度第一学期期中考试
英语试题答案
第I卷
1-10 ADABA DBBDB 11-16 BACAAC
17. training 18. three plain 20. enjoyable
21-45 ACADC BDCAA BDABC CACBB CDBAC
46-54 BC\AB\A\AC\C\CD\AD\B\D
55-69 CABDB ACDAC ABDAD
70-72 ACD 73-76 DCAC 77-80 ADCA 81-85 B\D\AB\A\C
第II卷
A healthy body is the key to (living) a happy life.
A senior employee, Mr. Young, reminded Simon of the importance of body language.
She stopped drinking milk. As a result, lack of protein and iron robbed her hair of its shiny beauty.
The Great Wall, which is the pride of China, is open to the public from 6:30 am to 7:00 pm every day.
Be sure to keep/ maintain eye contact when you communicate with others, or you won’t leave /make a good impression on them.