2016年上海市复兴高级中学高三上上英语第一次月考

复兴高级中学2016学年第一学期10月月考高一英语考试试卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary 30%Section A Directions: After reading the passage b elow, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.For the last 26 years, Anthony Cymerys, known as Joe the Barber, ____ 25_____ (offer) homeless people in Hartford haircuts in exchange for hugs. He started offering his barber services to homeless people in 1998 _____26______ he retired from a career in business. He had cut hair for his family but decided to work for the less fortune after ______27______ (inspire) by the encouraging words in church about the homeless. He wanted the homeless not _____28______ (look) homeless.Each Wednesday the wooden chairs are filled with homeless people ______29_____(waiting) for a haircut from the 82-year-old Joe. They line up on park benches, some of whom also turn out for free meals provided on Wednesday by a local church. One by ______30_____ they take a seat in a folding lawn chair.The great old man gives homeless people haircuts for free, and all he asks for in exchange is a nice big hug. _____31______ (give) haircuts may not seem like a big deal to a lot of people, but actually it’s very important. Homeless people have difficulty _____32______ (find) jobs _____33_____ __________ the look, so Joe is really helping them out of a hairy situation in ______34____ (many) ways than one.Section B Directions: Complete the following sentences or 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.interpretB. defensiveC. describeD. positiveE. conveyF. categoryG. adjust H. reflect I. mineral J. significance K. potential35.The school strives to help catch each pupil to achieve their full ________.36.People who lead busy lives have no time to stop and _________.37.She need time to __________ to college life.38.It’s hard to find the right word to __________ how he felt about the desert.39.Keep a _________ attitude and good things will happen.40.Different students may ___________ the poem in different ways.41.The book clearly falls into the __________ of autobiography (自传).42.The high quality __________ water has passed the state-level test.43.Colors like red _________ a sense of energy and strength.44.The president made a decision of major political ___________.A. interviewerB. avoidC. communicationD. culturalE. seriouslyF. gettingG. convince H. signal I. expected J. impressions K. maintainJob interviews are a lot like first dates in the sense that you’re trying to _____45_____ another person, whom you don’t know, to like you. The key difference is that on a date you’re both meeting on equal ground. When you go into a job interview, however, the _____46_____ has most of the power and you have, essentially, none at all. This creates an environment where you’re going to likely be considerably more uncomfortable than the interviewer. You’ll display poor body language as a result, and that’s not good. When interviewing for a job, you want to get rid of any non-verbal _____47______ that makes you seem closed off.A charming beginning can make all the difference, as first _____48_____ are hugely important in hiring decisions. A smile, pleasant handshake, warm ____49_____, and positive body language will set the stage for a comfortable interview. You don’t know what sort of (potentially negative) expectations your interviewer is bringing to the table, so it’s never a bad thing to override them by demonstrating you’re a pleasant and charismatic individual.While natural comfort is going to be your most valuable tool, there are a few tips thatcan help you out. Assuming American _____50_____ standards, eye contact is more important in a job interview than most other situations. If you have trouble meeting someone’s eyes, just look at their mouth. You’ll also want to ______51_____ blocking your own eyes in any way, as doing so can convey discomfort (among other negative feelings). You can also convey that you’re in a “listening mode” by occasionally placing part of your hand over your mouth. This helps _____52_____ to others that you’re not going to talk andtherefore paying attention.All of this said, every interviewer is going to understand that you’ll be a little nervous. If you’re a little bit tense, don’t worry about it. That much is _____53_____. In fact, too much comfort might convey to some that you’re overconfident and not taking the interview _____54_____. In the end, your fate rests in the hands of another human being so there’s only so much you can do. They may not like your shoes or hire someone younger or older. You never know what you’re going to run into, but you can at least try to tip the scales in your favor with the help of some positive body language.III. Reading Comprehension 49%Section A Cloze 15%Directions: For each blank in the following passage there four words or phrases marked A, B, C or D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In India, almost all marriages are arranged. Even among the educated middle classes in modern urban India, marriage is as much a concern of the families as it is of the _____55_____. So customary is the practice of arranged marriage that there is a special name for marriage which is _____56_____: It is called a “love match”.On my first trip to India, I met many young men and women whose parents were in the process of “getting them married’. In many cases, the bride and groom would not meet each other before the marriage. __57__ they might meet for a brief conversation, and this meeting would take place only after their parents had decided that the match was __58__. Parents do not force their children to marry a person who either marriage partner finds unacceptable. But only after one match is refused will another be sought.As a young American woman in India for the first time, I found this custom of arranged marriage __59__. How could any intelligent young person __60__ to such a marriage without great reluctance? It was __61__ to everything I believed about the importance of romantic love as the only basis of a happy marriage. It was also in conflict with my strongly held beliefs that the choice of such a close and permanent relationship could be made only by individuals __62__. If anyone had tried to arrange my marriage, I would have been __63__!Sita, one of my young friends, was a college graduate with a degree in political science. She had been __64__ for over a year while her parents were arranging a match for her. Ifound it difficult to accept the obedient（顺从的）manner in which this well-educated young woman awaited the outcome of a process that would __65__ her spending the rest of her life with a man she hardly knew, a total stranger, __66__ by her parents.In frustration and distress, I asked her, “Don’t you care who you __67__?”“Of course I care,”she answered. “This is why I must let my parents choose a boy for me. My marriage is too important to be arranged by such a(n) __68__ person as myself. In such matters, it is better to have my parents’ __69__”.55. A. classes B. individuals C. society D. country56.A. matchedB. DecidedC. ConcernedD. Arranged57. A. After all B. In addition C. At most D. On average58. A. comfortable B. imperfect C. suitable D. dissatisfying59. A. Acceptable B. Amazing C. Depressing D. strange60. A. Agree B. Turn C. Exchange D. devote61. A. Customary B. Remarkable C. Similar D. contrary62. A. Involved B. Present C. Informed D. available63. A. Ambitious B. Proud C. Rebellious D. puzzled64. A. Fighting B. Protesting C. Waiting D. dreaming65. A. Profit from B. Hold back C. Act out D. Result in66. A. Picked out B. Picked up C. Taken up D. Taken out67. A. Encounter B. Favor C. Marry D. join68. A. Intelligent B. Unfortunate C. Inexperienced D. careless69. A. Blessing B. Guidance C. Fortune D. promiseSection B 24%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)Thailand uses the phrase “land of smiles”to describe itself in tourist brochures and advertising campaigns and rightly so. Visitors to Thailand can expect to be greeted with asmile when they leave the airport, get into a taxi or rental car and again when they enter a hotel. What makes it so easy for Thai people to smile at their visitors? The head of Thailand’s tourist bureau says that it is “in the nature of the people”. The Thai are naturally happy, he says with a smile, and they are glad to share that happiness with others.This attitude seems to be very much appreciated by the more than five million tourists who visit Thailand each year. The country ranks high on the list of places to which visitors want to return. The reason most often stated is that the people are friendly and courteous (有礼貌的). Some other Asian destinations are not as well received. Hong Kong ranks low, with shopkeepers particularly rated as unfriendly, unhelpful and sometimes rude. Bali in Indonesia ranks high on the list, with Japan somewhere in the middle.These reports raise the question of whether certain nationalities are naturally more courteous than others. While people may experience more friendliness in Thailand than in Hong Kong, that may have more to do with the place than the people. Travel writers point out that cities are always stressful, hurried, impersonal places, with little to offer in the ways of smiles and welcome. Bangkok is not as friendly as other places in the surrounding Thai countryside. Remote towns and villages in China, for example, offer visitors a warm welcome, with smiles and giggles from children. Perhaps it should also be pointed out that visitors themselves make a difference to the courtesy with which they are received. Polite, patient, smiling visitors will most be greeted similarly, no matter which country they are in.70.The phrase “land of smiles” means ___________.A. Thailand is a funny country.B. the tourists must smile all the time in Thailand.C. there is a piece of land which can smile in Thailand.D. the people in Thailand are kind and friendly.71.When you visit Thailand, you will find ___________.A. If you go into the country, you can’t leave it.B. you can see smiles everywhereC. you must smile to rent a carD. everybody in the street will smile at you72.According to the passage, those who have been in Thailand _________.A. are willing to visit it againB. are eager to leave itC. will never visit it againD. are allowed to visit it some tome later73.In Asia, ____________.A. Hong Kong is not an ideal destination for most unhelpfulB. Hong Kong shopkeepers are the most unhelpfulC. Japanese shopkeepers are the most courteousD. shopkeepers in Indonesia are the most beautiful(B)Some American parents might think their children need better education to compete with. But how much do the parents themselves need to change?China and other countries’ childrenA new book called “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”by Amy Chua has caused a debateabout cultural differences in parenting. Ms. Chua is a professor at the Yale Law School inNew Haven, Connecticut, and a mother of two daughters. She was raised in AmericanMidwest by immigrant Chinese parents.In the Chinese culture, the tiger represents strength and power. In her book, Ms Chuawrites about how she demanded excellence from her daughters. Ms Chua told NBC televisionthat she had a clear list of what her daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were not permitted to do.Many people criticized Amy Chua. She also admits that her husband, who is not Chinese,sometimes disagreed with her parenting style. But she says that is the way her parents raisedher and her three sisters.Ms. Chua makes fun of her own style of parenting. She says she eased some of thepressure after her younger daughter rebelled a nd shouted “I hate my life! I hate you!” But she. One ofalso says American parents often have low expectations of their children’s abilities the biggest differences I see between Western and Chinese parents is that Chinese parentsassume strength rather than f ragility.”Stacy DeBroff, who has written four books on parenting, says: “The stirring of thisintense debate has to do with what it means to be a successful parent and what does it mean too Chinesebe a successful child?”　Ms DeBroff says Amy Chua’s parenting style is not limited tfamilies. She says it represents a traditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking abetter future for their children. But she also sees a risk. When children have no time to besocial or to follow their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. Stacey DeBroff advises parents to develop their own style of parenting andnot just repeat the way they were raised.74. Which of the following might be on the list of what Amy Chua’s daughters are not permitted to do ?A.Taking an extra course.B. Getting A’s in exams.C. Getting up on schedule.D. Having a play date.75.Stacy DeBroff believes parents should __________.A. Raise their children as they were raised.B. find their own ways to raise their childrenC. be as strict as possible with their childrenD. Follow successful people’s parenting style76.The word “fragility” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “__________”.A. weaknessB. consciousnessC. independenceD. Perseverance77. According to the passage, Amy Chua’s parenting style is ________.A. uniqueB. questionedC. reasonableD. creative(C)You're sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns (打哈欠). Suddenly, you're yawning with him, though you're not tired.This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend to sympathize with fellow humans. Supporting this claim was the discovery that those children who were unable to form normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagions (有感染力的) yawning, which showed that humans communicate regularly without words.Hogo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove that happiness and sadness can spread like the common cold. According to Critchley, our mind and body are in constant exchange about how we're feeling. "Emotions are closely linked with states of internal (内部的) responses, "he explained. "There are also more visible changes in our gesture and facial expressions. When we're in a group, these signals can spread to another person. For example, there's the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at andthere are less obvious changes that reflect emotions of surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure. "Hugo Critchley further explained, "Our bodies synchronize and when we like the other person, we even copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you're sitting-it's pretty likely that you will be the same. Scientists believe it's our way of telling each other that we're partners. Through body language, humans give each other very subtle (微妙的) but clear signals that show emotions. "So, what lessons can we learn from this? "Spend time with happy people-otherwise your health could suffer, " said Critchley. "When we're sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode. But when we're happy, our body works normally and we feel relaxed and positive. So we look bright, our skin glows, we feel healthy and it affects everyone around us. "78. According to Hogo Critchley, _________.A. emotions are as visible as facial expressionsB. we yawn more frequently when we have a coldC. emotions are connected with states of internal responsesD. the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions79. The underlined word "synchronize" in paragraph 4 means "_________".A. move slowlyB. change rapidlyC. relax temporarilyD. respond accordingly80. From the passage we can learn ______.A. sadness is as contagious as happinessB. anger is less contagious than friendlinessC. surprise is more contagious than smileD. surprise is the most contagious among emotions81. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans.B. Children like copying the actions of the fellow humans.C. Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning.D. People tend to communicate more with body language.Section C 10%Directions: 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。