吴淞中学2017学年高二上英语期中试卷

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2010学年度第一学期吴淞中学高二年级

期中考试英语试卷

Ⅰ. Listening

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 breathe fresh air.                       B. To enjoy nature.

C. To have a good rest.                   D. To plant trees.

2         A. A brand of jeans.               B. A new hair style.

C. Popular stars.                    D. School uniforms.

3         A. Lisa’s boss.                B. Lisa’s boy friend.

C. Lisa’s classmate.                D. Lisa’s teacher.

4         A. Giving a lecture on her experience.   B. Having a job interview.

C. Putting on an art performance.  D. Taking an oral examination.

5         A. This afternoon.                 B. This evening.

C. Tomorrow morning.          D. Tomorrow afternoon.

6         A. Excited.            B. Funny C. Nervous.   D. Depressed.

7         A. At a clinic.  B. In the lab.  C. On a bus.   D. Near the library.

8         A. She didn’t get the promotion.

B. She failed to pass the exam.

C. She had a quarrel with her colleague.

D. She had a severe headache.

9         A. He’s applying to a college in Florida.

B. She’s applying to a college in Florida.

C. He’s not applying to a college in Florida.

D. She’s not applying to a college in Florida.

10     A. The man helps the woman a lot.       B. The woman is a good cook.

C. The man once lived here.          D. The woman is grateful to the man.

Section B

Directions: In Section , 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 question 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.

Question 11 through 13 are based on the following news.

11     A. A new policy.                   B. A family accident.

C. A fire rescue.                    D. A baby dog.

12     A. Because it was too far away.      B. Because it collapsed.

C. Because it was burning.            D. Because it might explode.

13     A. The police.                B. The neighbours.

C. The dog.                          D. The mother.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14     A. About 200.                             B. Over 1,000.

C. About 2,000.                        D. Less than 100.

15     A. An earthquake.                 B. Heavy rain.

C. Removal of trees.                     D. Growing population.

16     A. Controlling the growth of population

B. Banning chopping down trees.

C. Growing more plantations.

D. Getting busy to protect the environment.

Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear each 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.

 

 

RECIPE (烹饪法) FOR PEANUT BISCUTTS
Ingredients (配料)	120 grams of chopped salty peanuts 125 millilitres of butter 50 grams of sugar 200 grams of     17     .
Steps	Melt the butter. 18     butter and sugar together. Mix the dry ingredients with the melted butter. 19     the oven to 175 degrees. Put the     20     into a square tin. Bake for 15 minutes in the oven.

 

Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

25     It was several years later________ an American ship paid the first official visit to the island.

A. since                B. when        C. that          D. as

26     On the wall of his office _________the paintings of early French artists.

A. hanged             B. hanging    C. hang         D. are hanged

27     Whatever you do, we are always ________ your side.

A. on             B. at             C. for           D. with

28     There will be more than five proposals __________ at the meeting.

A. having been discussed        B. discussing

C. to be discussed                 D. discussed

29     The version _______ to be closest to the author’s original now belongs to a national museum in Paris.

A. was thought      B. thought     C. is thought        D. thinking

30     Mr. Blake __________my letter, otherwise he would have replied by now.

A. will not have received             B. needn’t have received

C. shouldn’t have received            D. couldn’t have received

31     Although a teenager, Fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.

A. to be told                 B. being told

C. having been told                      D. to have been told

32     You must have waited here for a long time, __________?

A. mustn’t you       B. needn’t you      C. didn’t you        D. haven’t you

33     ________ enthusiasm when he heard our advice, he didn’t take any notice.

A. To lack              B. Lacking of        C. To lack in D. Lacking

34     __________ David could remember, he had never said an angry word to that customer.

A. As far as            B. As long as C. As well as D. As much as

35     Only after he had spent several nights working on the math problem _______ to wonder whether the problem was wrongly set.

A. that he began     B. did he begin      C. then he began    D. so that he began

36     Some people have called ________ the worst period ever for Pop Music.

A. 1990’s               B. the 1990    C. the 1990’s D. 1990s

37     __________ the directions exactly, you will never get confused.

A. Follow              B. To follow C. Following D. Followed by

38     A programmer may make mistakes in a wrong analysis of the situation _____ the programme was based.

A. which               B. of which    C. on which   D. of what

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.

Moral Side of Murder

 

A. urgent	B. restore	C. severely	D. desperate	E. surgeon
F. emergency	G. donor	H. moderately	I. quietly	J. guy

 

 

 

Case A: You’re a doctor in the   41   room and six patients come to you. They’ve been in a very terrible trolley car crash. Five of them were   42   injured and one was   43   injured. You could spend all day caring for the one severely injured victim but in that time the five would die. Or you could look after the five,   44   them but the severely injured person would die.

Case B: You’re a transplant   45   and you have five patients, each in   46   need of organ transplant in order to survive, one needs a heart, one a lung, one a kidney, one a liver and the fifth a pancreas (胰脏). You have no organ   47   and you’re about to see them die. Then it occurs to you that in the next room there’s a healthy   48   who came in for a check up. He’s taking a nap. You could go in very   49   , yank out the five organs. The person would die you could save the five.

What’s the right thing to do? What becomes of the principle at each time?

Ⅲ. Reading comprehension

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 phrases that best fits the context.

Job stress has been known to cause heart problems in people who already have cardiovascular(心血管) disease. Now Finnish scientists have shown that   50   in healthy people the pressure of work can cause damage.

High blood pressure, lack of   51   , smoking and being overweight   52   to heart disease—a    53   killer in many industrialized countries.

But Mika Kivimaki, of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, and his colleagues, who studied the   54   histories of 812 healthy Finnish men and women in a metal industry company over 25 years, said job stress also plays an important role.

Workers who had the highest job-related stress levels at the start of the study were more than twice as   55   to die of heart disease,   56   the study published in The British Medical Journal.

Work stress   57   too much work as well as a lack of satisfaction and feeling undervalued and   58   .

Many people work long hours but if the effort is  59  the stress is minimized. Kivimaki said job pressure is damaging when being overworked is   60   with little or no control, unfair supervision and few career opportunities.

The British Heart Foundation said the results   61   earlier research showing that people in jobs with low control, such as manual workers, could be at greater   62   of heart disease than other employees.

“It is   63   for people to try to minimize levels of stress at work and for employers to   64   people to have more control at work and to be rewarded for their success,” the foundation said in a statement.

 

 

50.	A. though	B. seldom	C. even	D. thereby
51.	A. exercise	B. patience	C. enthusiasm	D. interest
52.	A. add	B. propose	C. introduce	D. contribute
53.	A. leading	B. plain	C. moderate	D. heavy
54.	A. personal	B. professional	C. medical	D. family
55.	A. much	B. likely	C. equal	D. stable
56.	A. due to	B. owing to	C. according to	D. contrary to
57.	A. contains	B. brings	C. proceeds	D. involves
58.	A. isolated	B. unappreciated	C. disconcerted	D. stimulated
59.	A. rewarding	B. improved	C. increasing	D. neglected
60.	A. sponsored	B. responded	C. threatened	D. combined
61.	A. indicate	B. simplify	C. support	D. overflow
62.	A. portion	B. chance	C. danger	D. risk
63.	A. advisable	B. predictable	C. profitable	D. comfortable
64.	A. persuade	B. transfer	C. allow	D. rescue

 

Section B

Directions: Read the following two 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

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist at the University of Kentucky, performed two experiments.

In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.

For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind a two way mirror in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t. and they were no better at telling when they were stared at than if they had just guessed.

Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

 

65.     The purpose of the two experiments is to                                  .

A. explain when people can have a sixth sense

B. show how people act while being watched in the lab

C. study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D. prove why humans have a sixth sense

66.     In the first experiment, the subjects                              .

A. were not told that they would be stared at

B. lost their sense when they were stared at

C. were not sure when the would be stared at

D. were uncomfortable when they were stared at

67.     What can be learned from the passage?

A. People are born with a sixth sense.

B. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.

C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D. People have a sixth sense in public places.

B

While in Banff, make time for a walk around town. A special treat is to go up the mountainside on the Banff Gondola for a surprising view of the valley below. Here is The Pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces.

Best time to visit is during the off-season, from early May to mid-June, or in October. This way you can avoid sharing the highway with mobile homes which can be pulled by cars. But whatever the season, take some lunch with you from Banff, because there are only a few food stops on the road.

Forty minutes north of Banff, side by side with the Banff National Park, sits world-famous Lake Louise. This surprisingly small body of water is attractive with towering mountains around it. Glaciers, huge masses of ice, moving very slowly against rocks, produce what is called glacier rock flour, making its water dark to see. It is worth taking a walk around the grounds of the Chateau Lake Louise, another beauty, proud of its early 20th century history.

Back on the road, and it’s time to continue north past the astonishing Columbia Icefield, then turn off the highway and take the short road to the base of the Athabaska Glacier. You can rent ice cleats (夹板) and do some climbing or do a more pleasant snowmobile tour. Either way, you can enjoy endless beautiful sights.

Finally you’ll reach Jasper, the usual turning around the place for the Banff-Jasper loop (回路). It’s worth riding the Jasper Skytram, and be sure to visit the wonderful Jasper Park Lodge, also dating back to the 1920s. If you can have lunch there, do it. The restaurant has an adventurous menu and their wine list would put a smile on any visitor’s face.

 

68.     According the passage, The Pines is a                                 .

A. place in which you can see many mobile homes

B. mountain where you can get a good view of the valley

C. town which happens to be near the Banff National Park

D. restaurant where you can ask for some special kinds of food

 

69.     What will probably happen when visitors come at the end of June?

A. They may have trouble finding a restaurant.

B. They may come across traffic jams.

C. They may travel more easily with cars.

D. They may do much more sightseeing.

70.     Similar to the Chateau Lake Louise,                            .

A. the Banff National Park is to the west of Banff

B. the Columbia Icefield lies between Lake Louise and the Banff National Park

C. the Jasper Skytram has a history of more than 80 years

D. the Jasper Park Lodge was built in the 1920s

71.     Besides the beautiful sights in Jasper Park Lodge, visitors to Jasper can enjoy themselves by                                    .

A. taking the Jasper Skytram and eating in the restaurant

B. taking the Banff-Jasper loop and Jasper Skytram

C. having a lot of food to order in the restaurant

D. taking the Jasper Skytram back to Banff

Section C

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A–F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

 

A.     Try to visit every school you are considering before applying B.      Off-campus life C.      Don’t let a lack of fund block your search D.     See the campus when it’s alive with activity—warts and all E.      College tour is a good choice F.      Be proactive

76.___________________

It is high school spring break season—and if you are a junior (or an overachieving sophomore), chances are you will spend a chunk of your vacation wandering around college campuses with super-enthusiastic, backwards-walking student tour guides.

“As a parent who recently went through this process, I know how stressful these visits can be for both the student and the parent,” Taylor said. “But on the flip side, they can be fun and exciting, as well as offer a great learning experience and a time to bond.”

77.___________________

For students who live far from schools they are interested in, but who may not have the money for personal visits, start by visiting colleges in your area that are similar to your schools of choice. For example, see first-hand how a large, public campus differs from a small private school.

78.__________________

Too often students will choose a college based on word of mouth or one that looks great on paper. But once they arrive, they immediately know it’s a mistake (or the right one!). There are many aspects of campus life that you can’t understand until you actually set foot on campus—such as the surrounding areas, the energy of the students and the quality of the facilities. By visiting beforehand, you’ll assure that you apply only to colleges where you’d actually want to spend four years.

79.__________________

To get a true feel for a campus, you should try to experience it on a typical day—when classes are in session and the campus is a buzz with activity. Try not to visit on a weekend or during the school’s spring break, if possible.

80.__________________

Since much of the college experience exists outside classroom walls, students should take note of the school’s immediate neighbourhood and of the available amenties in close proximity to the campus—affordable restaurants, museums, movie theatres, concert halls, and shopping areas.

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

In tomorrow’s offices, there will be more bosses and fewer assistants. New technologies have made clerical work so efficient that fewer workers are necessary, so one assistant may serve bosses.

Bosses in the United States are spending twice as much time resolving employee disputes as they did just a decade ago. Corporate downsizing has made workers more insecure and competitive, increasing the number of personality conflicts that managers are forced to settle.

Fighting age bias(偏见) may be a critical workplace issue of the future. As companies depend on older, more experienced workers to solve labour shortages in the next century, managers will need to overcome the view that older workers are less productive, less flexible, and more expensive.

Electronic networking will give more power to workers at the bottom of the corporate pecking order(等级排序). Computer networks allow employees to skip over chains of command and communicate directly with senior managers. The relative anonymity(匿名) of electronic communications will make low-status individuals more relaxed about expressing their points of view and offering valuable new ideas.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN ELEVEN WORDS.)

81. Fewer workers are necessary in the future due to

                                                                                                                                  .

82. Employee disputes mainly arise from the fact that

                                                                                                                                  .

83. What kind of view do many managers hold about older workers now?

                                                                                                                                  .

84. How could electronic networking give more power to low-status workers?

                                                                                                                                  .

Ⅳ. Translation

1.       这位女士忙着为她的孩子做衣服。（engage）

2.       在这家超市里可以买到各种土特产。（available）

3.       他迟到了，我不知道他是否有足够的时间完成考题。（wonder）

4.       经过长期的努力，他出国的梦想终于实现了。（come true）

5.       他是如此热衷于文学以至于他放弃了教学从事写作。（keen）

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