2019-2020学年 上海市控江中学高一上英语期末考试英语试卷

上海市控江中学2019学年第一学期高一年级期末英语试卷

2020.01Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary

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.

(A)

My wife Laura and I were on the beach, with three of our children, taking picture birds near our home in Alaska when we spotted a bear. The bear was thin and small, (21) _______ (move) aimlessly.

Just a few minutes later, I heard my daughter shouting, “Dad! The bear is right behind us!” An aggressive bear will usually rush forward (22) _______ (frighten) away its enemy but suddenly stop at the last minute. This one was silent and its ears pinned back --- the sign of an animal that is going in for the kill. And it was a cold April day. The bear behaved abnormally, probably (23) _______ _______ hunger.

I held my camera tripod（三脚架）in both hands to form a barrier as the bear rushed into me. Its huge head was level with my chest and shoulders, and the tripod stuck across (24) _______ mouth. It bit down and I found myself (25) _______ (support) its weight. I knew I would not be able to hold it for long.

Even so, this was a fight I had to win; I was all that stood between the bear and my family, (26) _______ would stand little chance of running faster than a brown bear.

The bear hit at the camera, cutting it off the tripod. I raised my left arm to protect my face: the beast held tightly on the tripod and pressed it into my side. My arm could not move, and I sensed that my bones were going to break.

Drawing back my free hand, I (27) _______ (strike)the bear as hard as I could for five to six times. The bear opened its mouth and grasped its fur, (28) _______ (try) to push it away. I was actually wrestling with the bear at this point. Then, as suddenly as it had begun, the fight ended. The bear moved back toward the forest, before returning for another attack -- The first time I felt panic.

Apparently (29) _______ (satisfy) that we caused no further threat, the bear moved off, destroying a fence as it went. My arm was injured, but the outcome for us (30) _______ hardly have been better. I’m proud that my family remained clear-headed when panic could have led to a very different outcome.

(B)

Yes, Imposter Syndrome Is Real

Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Like your friends or colleagues are going to discove4r you’re a fraud, and you don’t actually deserve your accomplishments?

If so, you’re in good company. These feelings are known as imposter syndrome, or what psychologists often call imposter phenomenon. An (31) _______ (estimate) 70 percent of people -- even brilliant ones -- experience these imposter feelings at some point in their lives, according to an article published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science.

Imposter Syndrome -- the idea that you’ve only succeeded owing to luck or good timing rather than your talent or qualifications -- (32) _______ (identify) in 1978 by psychologists Pauline Rose

Clance and Suzanne Imes. In their paper, they theorized that women were uniquely affected by the syndrome. Since then, research (33) _______ (show) that both men and women experience imposter feelings. Today, imposter syndrome can apply to (34) _______ who isn’t able to internalize and own their successes.

Some experts believe (35) _______ (experience ) impostor syndrome has to do with personality traits -- like anxiety or neuroticism. Others focus on family or behavioral causes. For instance, childhood memories, such as feeling that your grades were never good enough for your parents or that you siblings always did better than you in certain areas, can leave a lasting impact.

External factors, such as environment and institutionalized discrimination, can also play a major role in (36) _______ (arouse) imposter feelings. A sense of belonging builds up confidence. Conversely, the fewer people who look or sound like you, the (37) _______ (confident) you feel. This is especially true when you belong to a group for whom there are stereotypes about competence, including women in STEM fields or international students at American universities.

There are a number of actions that can significantly help you overcome imposter syndrome: You (38) _______ share your feelings with trusted friends or mentors; you can write down lists of your achievements, skills and successes (39) _______ (demonstrate)_ to yourself that you have concrete value to share with the world; or you can request ongoing feedback that helps to prove the effort you put into your work. But in the end, (40) _______ you are still unable to get rid of these negative feelings, it is important that you seek out a professional psychologist.

Most people experience moments of doubt, and that’s normal. The important part is not to let that doubt control your actions. You can still have an impostor moment, but not an impostor life.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

(A)

A. disapproving

B. likely

C. mainly

D. inviting

E. outstanding

F. floats

G. focus

H. entrance

I. rises

J. intention

K. destination

What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed at the __41__? Or the soft background music?

But have you ever noticed the smell? Unless it is bad, the answer is __42__ to be no. But while a shop’s scent（香味）may not be __43__ compared with sights and sounds, it is certainly there. And it is proving to be an increasingly powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase.

A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which __44__ through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, via scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customer’s __45__ to purchase increased by 80 percent.

When it comes to the best shopping streets in Paris, scent is just as important to a brand’s success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sale. That is __46__ because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be.

Some years ago, the __47__ for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants’ __48__ attitude and don’t-touch-what-you-can’t-afford displays. Now the rise of electronic commerce (ecommerce) has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. But while e-shops can use sights and sounds, only bricks and mortar stores（实体店）can offer a full experience from the

minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave. One brand store seeks to be much more than a shop, but rather a__49__. And scent is just one way to achieve this.

Now, a famous store uses complex manmade smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department. Another department store has even opened a new lab, __50__ customers on a journey into the store’s windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.

(B)

A. groundbreaking

B. creation

C. elevated

D. arisen

E. connected

F. recognized

G. featured

H. luxurious

I. removed

J. appealing

K. distinction

A Peking Opera Legend That Redefined Female Roles

When it comes to Peking Opera, a few key things come to mind for most Chinese: its quintessential connection to the history and traditions of China; the richness of its dazzling costumes with their __51__ colors and patterns; and the bold work of its facial make-up. Some may even be able to hum a few lines or talk about their favorite artists, but for the vast majority of people, traditional Chinese opera remains a classic art from that is far __52__ from everyday life.

However, only a century ago, Peking Opera was no less __53__ to the regular populace than is today’s pop music. The performers were admired by a large number of fans who were willing to spend a fortune on a ticket to their performances. Throughout the history of Peking Opera, there have __54__ many renowned masters of the form. But MeiLanfang (1894 - 1961) was arguable the most outstanding figure of this craft, who was famous for his portrayal of the female lead roles (dan) ___55___ as one of the “four famed dan,” Mei was so much more than even this. He brought forth a number of new ideas to several aspects of Peking Opera: make-up (he was the first to war lipstick), music (his productions first ___56___ the erhu in shows), choreography（编舞艺术）(his iconic sword dance in Farewell My Concubine《霸王别姬》) and, most importantly characterization.

At a time when actual women were banned from performing, Mei ___57___ the dan to starring roles. He combined elements of the qingyi (elegant lady), huadan (young woman) and daomadan (female warrior) into a new huashan character that excelled in singing, dancing and martial arts. The techniques he introduced led to the development of the “Mei School”, which was considered one of the three major dramatic performing art systems in the world at the time.

“My father broke the ___58___ between almost all the different types of female role,” Mei Baojiu, the youngest child of Mei Lanfang who followed his father into dan acting, was quoted as saying.

Thanks to Mei’s ___59___ innovations, even those who know little about traditional Chinese opera can easily see the beauty of the art form the moment performers take the stage. “His make-up, the overlay of carmines（胭脂红）and darker tones, is the most beautiful I have ever seen in a theater,” wrote U.S. playwright Stark Young after watching Mei Lanfang’s performance in New York in 1930.

But the true beauty of Peking Opera is not solely about visual aesthetics. “For veteran artists, even their performances without make-up can be just as ___60___ as full-on stage performances,” Mei wrote in his 1958 memoir, Forty Years of Life on the stage. Just as Peking Opera has become an icon of Chinese culture, Mei has come to be acknowledge on the grand stage of the world as its

quintessential performer.

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 phrase that best fits the context.

The sights, sounds, and smells of the modern marketplace are rarely accidental. More likely they are tools of an evolving strategy of psychological marketing called “sensory marketing” to create an emotional association to a(n) ____61____ product or band.

By relating to people in a far more ___62___ way through everyone’s own senses, sensory marketing is able to affect people in a way that traditional mass marketing cannot.

Traditional marketing believes that consumers will systematically consider ___63___ product factors like price, features, and utility. Sensory marketing, by contrast, seeks to resort to the consumer’s life experiences and feelings. Sensory marketing believes that people, the consumers, will act according to their emotional urge more than to their ____64____ reasoning. By this way, an effective sensory marketing effort can result in consumers choosing to buy a lovely but expensive product, rather than a plain but cheap ____65____.

In the past, communications with customers were mainly monologues --- companies just “talked at” consumers. Then they evolved into dialogues, with customers providing ___66____. Now they’re coming multidimensional conversations, with products finding their own voices and consumers responding ___67___ to them.

Based on the implied messages received through five sense, consumers, without noticing the trend to apply human-like personalities to brands, leading to intimate relationship and, hopeful for the brands, persistent ___68___. And that’s the very thing brands are dying to foster customers rather than instant trend or profits. Most brands are considered to have either “sincere” or “exciting” personalities.

“Sincere” brands like IBM and Boeing tend to be regarded as conservative and relative while “exciting” brands like Apple, and Ferrari are imaginative and ___69___. In general, the consumers tend to form ___70___ relationship with sincere brands than with exciting ones, this explains the relatively enduring history of the “Sincere Brands”.

Certainly, with the eyes containing two-thirds of all the ___71___ cells in person’s body, sight is considered the most important of all human senses. Sensory marketing uses sight to create a memorable “sight experience” of the product for consumers which extends to packaging, store interiors, and printed advertising to form a(n) ___72___ image for the brand.

In other words, no aspects of a product design is left to ___73___ anymore, especially color. Brand acceptance is lined closely with the appropriateness of the colors on the brand --- does the color ___74___ the product at all? If not, customers, though not realizing it themselves, will ____75___ the brands in all possible ways-sales, reputations, etc. Therefore, brands, isn’t it time now to study the new field of marketing?

61. A. specific B. qualified C. average D. adequate

62. A. economic B. personal C. artificial D. mechanic

63. A. obvious B. potential C. accessible D. concrete

64. A. imaginable B. objective C. psychological D. gradual

65. A. alternative B. reward C. sample D. exhibit

66. A. compliment B. fund C. prospect D. feedback

67. A. temporarily B. subconsciously C. occasionally D. attentively

68. A. loyalty B. philosophy C. endurance D. regulation

69. A. mild B. daring C. steady D. classic

70. A. far-fetched B. hard-won C. long-lasting D. easy-going

71. A. individual B. sensory C. present D. general

72. A. overall B. ambitious C. dramatic D. additional

73. A. chance B. maintenance C. progress D. leadership

74. A. accept B. overlook C. fit D. treat

75. A. shape B. punish C. signify D. exploite

Section B

Directions: Read the following three 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)

The Internet of Thing (IoT) aims to get everything and everyone talking. Attaching sensors to “things”, such as cows, cars and refrigerator, and then assigning them unique IP addresses allow then to “talk” to the Internet. Of course, the IoT will involve much more than a handful of sensors. Networking company Cisco estimates that 50 billion Internet - connected devices and objects will be sending over date by 2020.

Specific Benefits

The IoT will allow people to track things and processes like never before. Airplane manufacturers will be able to continuously track the condition of airplane parts, allowing them to do preventive maintenance and avoid costly downtime. Consumers could install smart meters in their homes to monitor energy usage and observe energy price changes in real time. That would allow people to adjust their habits and use electrical appliances during lower-priced hours.

Some Fears

Some critics fear that the IoT could end up being a fashion that people lose interest in over time. Having Twitter feeds on refrigerator doors may sound cool at first, but the attraction could fade as quickly as the excitement over last year’s smart-phone! Other critics are doubtful that companies making Internet - connected appliances will provide long-term software updates. If that happens, a refrigerator or washing machine that should last 10 years or more could last two or three due to software that’s outdated.

A Positive Example

Early this year, owners of the Tesla Model S electric car received a recall notice alerting them to a charger plug, needing to be fixed. Amazingly, owners of the Model S sat back while the company performed an “over the air” wireless update. Customers confirmed the update by tapping on the car’s touchscreen console to see that the Model S was running the latest software version. No trip to the dealer was required!

Perhaps Tesla’s remote fix is a sign of things to come. Someday soon, people’s lives might become a lot more efficient and convenient thanks to the IoT.

76. How do researchers get everything and everyone talking?

A. By establishing the IoT and launching a handful of sensors.

B. By connecting sensors with them and appointing them unique IP addresses.

C. By communicating with them all the time through the IoT.

D. By sending people to track them day and night and collect useful data.

77. What else do critics worry about the IoT besides its probably ending up being a fashion?

A. People will lose interest in it as quickly as the thrill over last year’s smart-phone.

B. Refrigerators and washing machines will be replaced by other devices in a few years.

C. Whether related companies will provide long-term software updates or not.

D. The software provided by companies will be outdated easily and quickly.

78. According to the passage, when owners of the Tesla Model S electric received a recall notice, they _______.

A. just waited in the car while the maintenance is being done through wireless update

B. were required to go to the nearest 4s store to make some adjustments or repairs.

C. could definitely depend on the IoT to send them the charger plug to be fixed

D. had to confirm the update with the help of the equipment provided by the company

(B)

Trade has a pretty bad name in some quarters. Trade robs poor people of a proper living, and keeps them trapped in poverty. There is a widely held popular view that trade is unfair.

Though many claim that a freer trade would change the current indecent reputation of world market, the cure-all free trade is the dream of most textbook economists. In fact, “free trade” has been used successfully by powerful countries to land their mass-produced goods on fresh overseas dumping grounds and squeeze out local household businesses and craftsmanship.

At home the story is different. Large firms have little appetite for free trade and competition in their own backyard. They prefer to enjoy the advantages and protections for which they have carefully earned. Free thus fierce competition has little appeal for those who understand that they will make more profit if they can corner the market, whether at home or abroad.

By contrast, making trade fairer is about addressing both outcomes and processes of trade. Fairness is not just moral request. If affects behaviour. Actually the concept of fairness increases steadily as societies achieve greater market uprightness: Businessmen from upright societies are willing to punish those who do not play fair, even if this is costly to themselves.

Fairer trade rather than freer trade could partly mend mal-administering of resources in certain areas. Though thought of as evil economic policies in the west world, carefully planned special preferences and protectionism could be used intelligently to help to block the economic robbery of the rich class in African countries, and to improve the lives of the bottom billion.

Fairness is also important in the control of trade. The current International trade negotiations have resulted in rules favoring the powerful. The rules are made in negotiations in which the countries in control call the shots, and do not always do so in good faith. Industrialized countries were often found to have obtained definite and far-reaching commitments from developing countries，in exchange for vague promises，such as to liberalise agriculture，which they have not kept．On the other hand，the essence of the fair trade lies in the promise that every party benefit from the business，rich or poor，powerful or weak．

Making trade fairer is important to avoid a further public hate against trade．It is also important so as better to balance trade goals with other important national goals such as

environmental and social protection．Finally，the so-called free trade system needs to be made fairer so that it does not block competition，and crush innovation and business spirit. It needs to offer a more level playing field to commercial newcomers and competitors in rich and poor countries alike.

79. Free trade is a concept at rich countries' service to________.

A. open up new markets abroad

B. define trade in the economic textbooks

C. dump pollutants in poor countries

D. learn the skills from local household businesses.

80. The key mechanism of fair trade is________.

A. punishing the rich countries when they cheat the poor countries

B. making sure that rich countries provide more chances for poor countries

C. promoting special preferences and protectionism in poor areas

D. guaranteeing the common interests of all the dealers

81. The underlined word "mal-administering" in the passage is closest in meaning to________.

A. macro-management

B. overall collection

C. uneven distribution

D. negative mining

82. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？

A. Large firms earn huge profits from free trade on domestic markets.

B. Honest dealers would sacrifice their own interest to discipline the dishonest.

C. Special preferences and protectionism are occasionally adopted in western countries.

D. A fairer trade helps to ease competition between the rich and the poor.

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.

Tutoring a New Normal

It’s not piano lessons or dance lessons. Nowadays, the biggest extra-curricular activity in the West is going to a tutor. “I spend about 800 Canadian dollars a month on tutors. It’s costly,” says Pet, a mother in Canada. However, she adds, “after finding out half my daughter’s class had tutors, I felt like my child was going to fall behind because everyone else seemed to be ahead.”

Shelley, a mother of three, also has tutors constantly coming in and out of her home. “When I used to sit down with my children, it was hard to get them focused. I was always shouting. When I got a tutor once a week, they became focused for one entire hour and could get most of their homework done.”

Tutoring isn’t simply a private school phenomenon. ___83___ In Canada alone, seven percent of high school students reported using a tutor in 2010. That increased to 15 percent last year.

Overall, parents hire tutors because they are worried schools are not meeting their expectations, but there is also a cultural shift. ___84___ As a large number of Asians emigrated to the West over the recent years, their attitudes towards education have had an impact.

___85___ “A lot of parents just don’t have time to help their children with homework,” says Julie Diamond, president of an American tutoring company. “Others couldn’t help their children after Grade 3.”

There has been a shift in the attitudes, too. “Children used to get bullied for having a tutor,” Diamond says. “Now it’s becoming the norm to have one.”

____86____ One parents feels surprised that so many of her child’s classmates have tutors. “For the amount we pay in tuition, they should have as much extra help as they need,” she says. Still, she’s now thinking of getting a tutor. Why? Her daughter has actually asked for one.

Ⅳ. Summary Writing

87. Directions: Read the passage and write a summary within 60 words.

When You Hear the Final Whistle

One of the hardest things for any sportsperson to do is to know when to retire. But even harder is finding the answer to the question “What am I going to do with the rest of my life?”

Some sportspeople go on playing too long. Perhaps they just can’t stand life without the “high” of playing professional sport. Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time retired three times. He retired once from the Chicago Bulls, made a successful comeback with the Bulls, then retired again. His second comeback with an inferior team ended in failure and he retired forever at the age of 38. Jordan said, “There will never be anything I do that will fulfill me as much as competing did.”

Others can’t resist the chance of one last “pay lay”. Muhammad Ali needed the money, but his comeback fight, at the age of 39, against Trevor Berbick, was one of the saddest spectacles in modern sport. After losing to Berbick, Ali retired permanently. Three years later he developed Parkinson’s disease.

For some people, the pain of retirement never leaves them. As Jimmy Greaves, an ex-England international footballer said, “ I think that a lot of players would prefer to be shot once their career is over.” Many of them spend their retirement in a continual battle against depression, alcohol, or drugs.

But for the lucky few, retirement can mean a successful new career. Franz Beckenbauer is a classical example of a footballer who won everything with his club, Bayern Munich. After retiring he became a successful coach with Bayern and finally president of the club. John McEnroe, the infamous “bad boy” of tennis, is now a highly respected and highly paid TV commentator. But sadly, for most sportspeople these cases are the exceptions.

Ⅴ. Dictation

At the Sydney Olympics in 2000, a British man, Steve Redgrave, showed the world (88) _______________________________. At the Olympics, athletes demonstrate both (89) ___________________________________. In Sydney, Steve Redgrave and the British rowing team won the gold medal. He beat every other rowing team in the world -- and coped with two very serious illnesses.

Redgrave was one of the world’s top rowers, with Olympic medals from 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996, as well as nine World Championship medals. Then, suddenly, he faced two serious health problems. In 1997, he had surgery for appendicitis, and was unable to row for a time after the operation. The next year, he (90) _____________________, a severe problem for an athlete.

“My first thought was (91) _____________________,” Redgrave said. But instead of giving up rowing, a very (92) _____________________, he decided to continue the exhausting training for the Olympics.

Athletes often push themselves to (93) ____________________________by regularly trying to go faster, higher and further in their chosen sport than any other athlete has in the past. Many spend weeks or months (94) ____________________________ their bodies in training.

Athletes are not the only people who put great stress on their bodies. There are certain occupations that test a person’s endurance and (95) ____________________________ one’s health. Astronauts, for example, suffer from loss of calcium and other important minerals in their bones almost as soon as they go into space.

Astronauts and athletes use (96) _____________________ the limits of the human body. At the Sydney Olympic Games, Steve Redgrave and his team rowed to victory. It showed the world (97) ___________________________________.

Ⅵ. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

98. 这档节目吸引了大约一千万固定观众收看，从小孩到老人都有。(range)

99. 我们不能想当然的认为只要掌握了规则，做任何事情都会得心应手。(grant)

100. 只有当他看到照片中父亲不顾自己，在倾盆大雨中为自己撑伞，他才意识到父亲的爱有多么无私而伟大。(Only)

101. 越来越多的年轻人遭受着精神问题的困扰，这是由于快节奏的现代生活造成的，但是并不是每个人都会快速接受这种生活节奏。(embrace)

参考答案

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

21. moving 22. to frighten 23. because of 24. its 25. supporting

26. who 27. struck 28. trying 29. satisfied 30. could

31. estimated 32. was identified 33. has shown 34. anyone 35. experiencing

36. arousing 37. less confident 38. can 39. to demonstrate 40. if

41-50 HBEFJ CGAKD

51-60 HIEDF GCKAJ

III. Reading Comprehension

61-65 ABDBA 66-70 DBABC 71-75 BAACB

76-78 BCA 79-82 ADCB

IV. Summary

87. For one thing, sportspeople find it hard to decide when to retire. Some don’t want to retire because they can’t stand living without playing professional sports while others just need money. For another, sportspeople find it harder to decide what to do after retirement. Some suffer from the pain of retirement while the lucky few take up a new career.(60 words)

V. Dictation

88. how resilient the human mind and body are.

89. their athletic skills and their strength.

90. was diagnosed with diabetes.

91. my rowing career was at an end

92. physically demanding sport

93. the limits of physical and mental endurance.

94. recovering from damage they have done to

95. put a greater strain on

96. great courage and determination to overcome

97. what the human body can endure.

VI. Translation

98. The program appeals to a regular audience of about ten million ,ranging from children to the elderly.