2017-2018学年上海市上海交通大学附属中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版

- 1 - 上海交通大学附属中学2017-2018学年度第一学期高二英语期中试卷（满分150分，130分钟完成，答案一律写在网上阅卷答题纸上） 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 conversation and the question 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. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4. 2. A. Wild animals. B. TV programs. C. News reports. D. Today’s newspaper. 3. A. Watch a movie at home. B. Go to the cinema. C. Dine out with the woman. D. Stay at home alone. 4. A. You can have everything there. B. It has excellent food. C. The service there is disappointing. D. Everything there is great. 5. A. Enjoyable. B. Dull. C. Moving D. Inspiring. 6. A. It is too hot in the room. B. She wants to avoid meeting people. C. She wants to smoke a cigarette outside. D. She doesn’t like the smell of smoke inside. 7. A. Fruit here is good enough. B. He can’t wait to go to town. C. He doesn’t like fruit at all. D. Fruit in town is sure to be better. 8. A. Their talks are still going on. B. The have achieved final agreement. C. They will have another talk. D. Nothing has been settled. 9. A. The long wait. B. The broken-down computer. C. The mistakes in her telephone. D. The bad telephone service. - 2 -

10. A. He often complains. B. He is never happy. C. He is a trouble maker. D. He worries about everything.

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 passage． 11. A. How to eat chocolate without gaining weight. B. The harmful effects of eating mild chocolate. C. The effects of eating chocolate on emotions. D. The health benefits of eating chocolate. 12. A. Eating a small amount of chocolate led to positive emotions. B. Higher blood pressure resulted form having no chocolate at all. C. Milk chocolate had less fat, sugar and fewer calories than black chocolate. D. A balanced diet, exercise and chocolate was a guarantee of a healthy life. 13. A. People who want to change their diet. B. People who exercise regularly. C. People who eat chocolate often. D. People who want to lose weight.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news． 14. A. Quick snacks. B. Home made meals. C. Good-looking takeaways. D. Fresh fruit. 15. A. He was so tired that he collapsed. B. He was weak for lack of enough nutrition. C. He neglected the physical examination test. - 3 -

D. He wanted to have blood transfusions. 16. A. To share with others his experience. B. To express his hope of recovering soon. C. To introduce some quick home-made meals. D. To warn others not to have innutritional meals.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation． 17. A. To get permission to organize a club event. B. To arrange for a work space for his club. C. To inquire about a photography class. D. To reserve a room for photography exhibit. 18. A. All new clubs must submit an approval letter to the student activities center. B. She needs it to request funding for the club on his behalf. C. She needs proof that the new club has a faculty advisor. D. The approval letter can serve as verification of the club’s registration. 19. A. Get back a letter from his dormitory room. B. Reschedule some club events. C. Ask a committee to review his registration. D. Pay a registration fee to start a new club.

20. A. Designing a club Website. B. Reserving audio-visual equipment. C. Sponsoring a guest speaker. D. Setting up a campus e-mail account.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 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)

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2018-2019学年上海市上海交通大学附属中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含解析 (1)

上海交通大学附属中学 2018学年度第二学期高一英语期中试卷第I卷Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary (28’+10’+10”)Section ADirections: 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.1.________ has been done to develop the habit of reading aloud in the morning, his pronunciation remains a serious problem.A. In spite of thatB. Despite whatC. Although heD. Though what【答案】B【解析】【详解】考查介词和连接代词。

句意：尽管已经采取了措施来培养早晨大声朗读的习惯，但是他的发音仍然是个严重的问题。

分析句子可知，despite为介词后接宾语从句作宾语，宾语从句中缺少主语，所以由连词代词what来充当宾语从句的主语。

故选B项。

2.________ is the centre of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Ages.A. It’s the sun and not the earthB. The sun and not the earthC. Being the sun and not the earthD. That the sun and not the earth 【答案】D【解析】【详解】考查主语从句。

句意：太阳而不是地球是我们行星系统的中心，这在中世纪是一个很难理解的概念。

上海市上海交通大学附属中学2017-2018学年高二上学期9

交大附中高二开学考2017.9一. 填空题1. 不等式|21||2|0x x ---<的解集为2. 设53()7f x ax bx cx =+++（其中a 、b 、c 为常数，x ∈R ），若(2011)17f -=-，、则(2011)f =3. 若(1)1lim2n a n n a→∞++=+，则实数a =4. 设n S 是等差数列{}n a 的前n 项和，已知35a =，59a =，则7S =5. 已知等比数列{}n a 的公比为正数，且222212n n a a a ++=，22a =，则1a =6. 已知2sin 3x =，(,)2x ππ∈，则x = （用反三角函数表示）7. 设0a >， 0b >3a 与3b的等比中项，则11a b+的最小值为 8. 设奇函数()f x 在(0,)+∞上为增函数，且(1)0f =，则不等式()()0f x f x x--<的解集为9. 已知()cos()3f x x πω=+的图像与1y =的图像的两相邻交点间的距离为π，要得到()y f x =的图像，最少需要把sin()y x ω=的图像向左平移个单位10. 设数列{}n a 为等差数列，数列{}n b 为等比数列，若12a a <，12b b <，且2i i b a =(1,2,3)i =，则数列{}n b 的公比为11. 如图，已知扇形的圆心角为2α(0)4πα<<，半径为R ，则扇形的内接矩形面积的最大值为 12. 已知函数11()||||f x x x x x=+--，关于x 的方程 2()()0f x af x b ++=(,)a b ∈R 恰有6个不同实数解，则a 的取值范围是二. 选择题 13. “1a >”是“11a<”的（）条件 A. 充要 B. 充分不必要 C. 必要不充分 D. 既不充分也不必要14. △ABC 中，若()()3a b c a b c ab +++-=，sin 2sin cos C A B =，则△ABC （） A. 是等边三角形 B. 是等腰三角形，但不是等边三角形 C. 是等腰直角三角形 D. 是直角三角形，但不是等腰三角形 15. 若集合{|lg(2)1}A x x =-<，集合1{|28}2x B x =<<，则A B = （） A. (1,3)- B. (1,12)- C. (2,12) D. (2,3)16. 数列{}n a 满足13a =，且对任意n ∈*N ，11n n n a a a +-=，n A 表示{}n a 前n 项之积，则2017A =（） A. 3- B. 23 C. 3 D. 12-三. 解答题17. 若函数2()sin ())cos()2f x x x x πωωω=-+的最小正周期为π.（1）求ω的值；（2）将函数()y f x =的图像向左平移12π个单位，再将得到的图像上各点的横坐标伸长到原来的4倍，纵坐标不变，得到函数()y g x =的图像，求函数()y g x =的单调递减区间.18. 已知定义域为R 的函数12()2x x bf x a+-+=+是奇函数.（1）求a 、b 的值；（2）若对任意t ∈R ，不等式22(2)(2)0f t t f t k -+-<恒成立，求实数k 的取值范围.19. 等比数列{}n a 的前n 项和为n S ，已知对任意*n ∈N ，点(,)n n S 均在函数xy b r =+(0b >且1b ≠，b 、r 均为常数)的图像上.（1）求r 的值；（2）当2b =时，记14n nn b a +=*()n ∈N ，求数列{}n b 的前n 项和n T .20. 设数列{}n a 的前n 项和为n S ，已知1n n S pS q +=+（p 、q 为常数，*n ∈N ），又12a =，21a =，33a q p =-.（1）求p 、q 的值；（2）求数列{}n a 的通项公式；（3）是否存在正整数m 、n ，使1221m n m n S m S m +-<-+成立？若存在，求出所有符合条件的有序实数对(,)m n ；若不存在，说明理由.21. 已知函数()f x 的定义域为[0,1]，若函数()f x 满足：对于给定的T (01)T <<，存在[0,1]t T ∈-，使得()()f t T f t +=成立，那么称()f x 具有性质()P T .（1）函数()sin f x x =([0,1])x ∈是否具有性质1()4P ？说明理由；（2）已知函数131,0312()62,33234,13x x f x x x x x ⎧-+≤≤⎪⎪⎪=-<<⎨⎪⎪-+≤≤⎪⎩具有性质()P T ，求T 的最大值；（3）已知函数()f x 的定义域为[0,1]，满足(0)(1)f f =，且()f x 的图像是一条连续不断的曲线，问：是否存在正整数n ，使得函数()f x 具有性质1()P n，若存在，求出这样的n 的取值集合；若不存在，请说明理由.参考答案一. 填空题1. {|11}x x -<<6. 2arcsin3π- 7. 4 8. (1,0)(0,1)- 9. 512π10. 3+21tan 2R α 12. (4,2)--二. 选择题13. B 14. A 15. D 16. C三. 解答题17.（1）1ω=；（2）[4,43]k k ππππ++()k ∈Z . 18.（1）2a =，1b =；（2）13k <-. 19.（1）1r =-；（2）13322n n n T ++=-. 20.（1）12p =，2q =；（2）212n n a -=；（3）存在符合条件的所有有序实数对：(1,1)、(2,1)、(2,2)、(3,2)、(3,3)、(3,4). 21.（1）不具有；（2）12；（3）{|,2}n n n ∈≥*N .。

2018-2019学年上海市上海交通大学附属中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含解析

句意：尽管已经采取了措施来培养早晨大声朗读的习惯，但是他的发音仍然是个严重的问题。

分析句子可知，despite为介词后接宾语从句作宾语，宾语从句中缺少主语，所以由连词代词what来充当宾语从句的主语。

故选B项。

句意：太阳而不是地球是我们行星系统的中心，这在中世纪是一个很难理解的概念。

2017-2018学年第一学期高二英语期中考试答案

2017-2018学年度第一学期高二级英语科期中考试答案一、听力（满分15分）1-5 ACABB 6-10 BACBC二、单项选择（满分10分）11-15 ACCAA 16-20 BAACA21-25 DDCDD26-30 CACBA三、完型填空（满分30分）31-35 CBBAD 36-40 CDCAB 41-45 DBACD 46-50 BACAD四、阅读理解（共20小题，满分35分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）51-53 DBC 54-57 ACBC 58-61 CBAD 62-65 ADBC第二节七选五（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）66 A 67AB 68AD 69B 70 D第二部分非选择题(共65分)第一部分：第二节听取信息（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）1. back and forth2. someone to approach3. parallel to4. description of animals5. a right angle一、根据句意和提示，填单词 (共30小题，每小题0.5分，满分15分)1. recognized2. concerned3. destroyed4. trapped5. outdoors6. survived7. appearance8. employs9. graduates 10. intelligence11. apologize 12. permission 13. pavement 14. admired 15. remind16. linked 17. blaming 18. conflict 19. typists 20. manufacturing21. denying 22. concentrate 23. assess/evaluate 24. acquire(d) 25. complex26. accurate 27. Polishing 28. geniuses 29. farewell 30. revealing二、根据句意和提示，填词组 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)1. be broken up2. out of work3. in debt4. stare at5. make sense6. To her credit7. make a difference8. physical contact9. are mirrored by 10. are thoroughly spoiled三、根据中文及括号内的提示翻译句子(共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)1. The world’s fresh water resources are very limited so we must make good use ofthem.2. She insisted that she (should) organize the trip properly.3. He talked so rudely to his boss. No wonder he was fired.4. Passengers are not allowed to smoke in the waiting room.5. She is a talented musician as well as a photographer.6. It is a well known fact that cigarettes contain many chemicals that will affect your health.7. Unless you keep a balanced diet, you will put on weight.8. It seems that global warming could be to blame for some natural disasters.9. I keep my reference books near my desk for convenience.10. You should cut off the electricity supply to prevent the fire from spreading.四、写作(满分15分)Born in Shanghai in 1969, Lvqiu Luwei, a famous journalist with her English name Rose, is about 165cm in height. After getting a bachelor’s degree of Philosophy at Fudan University in 1992, she settled in Hongkong in 1995. Two years later she joined Phoenix Television and became one of the first experienced TV journalists. Enthusiastic about her job, she concentrated her attention on journalism, covering and reporting many major international events. Lvqiu was the first Chinese female reporter to cover the Iraq war in 2003, which was even spoken highly of by President Hu Jintao.听力文本Conversation 1M: Hello. Matt Ellis speaking.W: Hello, Dr. Ellis, my name’s Pan Johnson. My roommate, Janet Holmes, wanted me to call you. M: Janet Holmes? Oh,that’s right. She’s in my Shakespearean English class. Has anyt hing happened to her?W: Nothing, it’s just that she submitted a job application yesterday and the company asked her in for an interview today. She’s afraid she won’t be able to attend your class this afternoon though. I’m calling to see whether it would be OK if I gave you her essay. Janet said it’s due today.M: Certainly, that would be fine. Uh, you can either drop it off at my class or bring it to my office. W: Would it be all right to come by your office around 4:00? I’m afraid I can’t come any earli er because I have three classes this afternoon.M: Uh, I won’t be here when you come. I’m supposed to be at a meeting from 3:00 to 6:00, but how about leaving it with my secretary? She usually stays until 5:00.W: Fine, please tell her I’ll be there at 4:00. And Dr. Ellis, one more thing, could you tell me where your office is? Janet told me where your class is, but she didn’t give me directions to your office.M: Well, I’m in Room 302 of the Gregory Building. I’ll tell my secretary to put the paper in m y mail box, and I’ll get it when I return.W: I sure appreciate it. Goodbye, Dr. Ellis.M: Goodbye, Ms. Johnson.Conversation 2W: Hi, Eric. How was your weekend?M: Great! I met Maria’s parents. And we told them we want to be engaged.W: Eric, that’s wonderful. Congratulations!M: Thanks, Alice. I really like her parents too. They're very nice. Mrs. Carmona speaks four languages, and Mr. Carmona is a diplomat. In fact, he gave a speech at the law school on Saturday morning.W: Oh, that was Maria’s father? I heard his speech.M: You did?W: Well, I heard part of it. I listened to it for ten minutes and then I fell asleep. I thought I was inclass. Anyway, tell me about your weekend.M: Saturday evening we saw a play. And Sunday afternoon, we watched a soccer game. Then Sunday night we all went out for dinner, Maria, her parents and me. That was the first chance we had to talk.W: Were you nervous?M: At first I was. We didn’t say much. Mr. Carmona told us some good stories about his experiences as a diplomat. And he asked me about my hobbies.W: And what did you say?M: Well, I didn’t tell him about my flying lessons. I told him about my chess playing and my classical music collection.W: Good idea. Her parents really approve of you, don’t they?M: I guess so. Maria called this morning and said: “My father told me he’d like you for a son-in-law right now.”W: That’s great.M: Not exactly. I want to get married after graduate school in about three years.Conversation 3M: You're going to wear out the computer’s keyboard.W: Oh. Hi.M: Do you have any idea what time it is? W: About 10:00 or 10:30?M: It’s nearly midnight. W: Really? I didn’t know it was so late.M: Don’t you have an early class to teach tomorrow morning?W: Yes, at 7:00. My commuter class—the students who go to work right after their lesson.M: Then you ought to go to bed. What are you writing anyway?W: An article I hope I can sell.M: Oh, another of your newspaper pieces. What’s this one about?W: Do you remember that trip I took last month? M: The one up to the Amazon?W: Well, that’s what I’m writing about. The new highway and the changes it’s making in the Amazon valley.M: It should be interesting.W: It is. I guess that’s why I forgot all about the time.M: How many articles have you sold now?W: About a dozen so far.M: What kind of newspapers buy them?W: The papers that carry a lot of foreign news. They usually appear in the big Sunday editions where they need a lot of background stories to help fill up the space between the ads.M: Is there any future in it?W: I hope so. There's a chance I may sell this article to a news service.M: Then your story would be published in several papers, wouldn't it?W: That’s the idea. And it might even be able to do other stories on a regular basis.M: That would be great.LectureAmong the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are thosewhich are identical in form but different in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Colombian who wants someone to approach him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly back and forth. Speakers of English have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the opposite of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Colombia, a speaker of English would have to know that when he indicates height he must choose between different gestures depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand parallel to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter; in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals. In order to describe human beings he should keep the palm of his hand at a right angle to the floor. Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also embarrassing moments. In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.。

上海交通大学附中2018-2019学年高二英语下册期中考试题

上海交通大学附属中学2018-2019学年度第二学期高二英语期中试卷（满分150分，120分钟完成，答案一律写在答题纸上）第I卷（共97分）I. Listening Comprehension（24%）Section ADirections: 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. In a restaurant. B. In a hair salon.C. At a tailor’s shop.D. At the cinema.2. A. Reading for relaxation. B. Going to a tea house.C. Going skiing.D. Flying kites.3. A. Doctor and patient. B. Librarian and reader.C. Actor and actress.D. Waitress and customer.4. A. At 2:00. B. At 3:00. C. At 4:45. D. At 5:15.5. A. He’s capable of handling anything. B. He is a professional photographer.C. Cool weather makes perfect photos.D. The camera is easy to use.6. A. He has gone to visit his mother. B. He has asked for a sick leave.C. He has found a new job in Europe.D. He has done something wrong.7. A. They lived in the same neighborhood.B. They went to the same college.C. He’s known Margie for a long time.D. It’s the first time he has met Margie.8. A. The nearest post office is next to the police station.B. The man is working in the office building.C. The man ought to get off at the next bus stop.D. The post office is two blocks away from the police station.9. A. He agrees on setting the bed.B. He wants to look for a place to live.C. He’d like to i nvite two friends to visit.D. He will change his phone number immediately.10. A. Both of them are sports fans.B. The man wants to buy a fan to cool down.C. There is a fan exhibition now.D. They’ll play a tennis game together.Section BDirections: 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 passage.11. A. Fewer than five minutes. B. Five to ten minutes.C. As long as possible.D. More than ten minutes.12. A. Fire your imagination.B. Get more economic profits.C. Show respect to the oldest family members.D. Recognize more family members.13. A. Make a welcome address. B. Create awards.C. Keep a family event memo.D. Print a Family Book. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. A student in Deep Spring College. B. An editor of a magazine.C. A politician.D. A professor.15. A. Developing farming in desert.B. Carrying out a long-term project.C. Getting youths ready to serve people.D. Helping students make $50,000 per year.16. A. To attend a teaching show.B. To interview the Student Body members.C. To bring new energy to the college.D. To apply for teacher vacancies in the college.Section CDirections:In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations 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.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A（16%）Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to makethe passages 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)You are what you eat, and you definitely are whom you associate with. The people closest to you make all the difference--in a good or a bad way.A good friend supports you, helps you and inspires you, while a bad friend holds you back. If you have people like these in your inner circle, we suggest you _____25______ (remove) them.Roadblock predictorsRoadblock predictors have the annoying ability _____26______ (foresee) a long list of potential barriers and problems. In reality, however, these barriers and problems will not appear and sometimes even cannot appear.Granted, none of us want to make a mistake we _____27______ have avoided. If someone approaches every fresh idea with a never-ending list of reasons that it won't work, he or she needs to go,______28______unreasonable doubt is the enemy of achievement.If my idea truly won't work, tell me why and what might work instead. Otherwise, we should just go our separate ways.Devoted fansAt the other end of the spectrum is the person who thinks____29_______ you do and say is amazing and incredible.Unconditional praise is fun but rarely helpful. None of us are that smart or that talented. Often we do get it wrong. Often we do make mistakes. But often we don't realize it until someone ______30_____ (tell) us. It's easy to tell you that you are great. It's much harder--it takes a real friend to tell you that you can do better.Excessive praise is the enemy of improvement. Be nice to your devoted fans, but don't pay much attention to their praise.The walking deadSome people are just like zombies. They wander aimlessly from task to task, from day to day and from year to year _____31______ a plan or a purpose. They won't kill you, but they'll definitely kill your motivation and enthusiasm.Instead, surround yourself with people who have ambitious plans, meaningful purposes and big goals. _____32______ _____32______ their goals are different from yours, they'll help feed off your energy.(B)Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars ____33_______ (recognize) him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was in prison. At the age of 20, he ____34_____ (draw) to the theatre and landed an acting audition at Covent Garden, where the manager George Bartley and the actor Charles Kemble ____35_____(see) him.Unfortunately, he missed the audition because of a cold. Before another opportunity arose, he had set out on his career as a writer. ______36_____his lack of formal cation, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles.Dickens often modified his plot and character development based on readers' feedback. For example, when his wife told him that David Copperfield behaved _____37______ _____37_____he were coward, Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed, and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. His literary style is also a mixture of fantasy and realism. His satires of British aristocratic snobbery—he calls one character the "Noble Refrigerator"—are often popular. ____38____ (Compare) orphans to stocks and shares is another typical example of Dickens's acclaimed flights of fancy.His novels remain popular and continue to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. For example, Oliver Twist and Great Expectations ___39______ (adapt) frequently, and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, __40_____ (set) in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writers for its realism, comedy, unique characterizations, and social criticism. The term Dickensian is used to describe something in memory of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social conditions or comically repulsive characters.Section B（10%）Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast ofcharacters living in the fictional town of West Egg onprosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily _____41_____ the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his crazy passion and obsession for the beautiful former lover Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby_____42_____ themes of decadence, idealism, _____43_____ to change and social upheaval, creating_____44_____ of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties described as a cautionary tale _____45_____ the American Dream.Fitzgerald—_____46_____ by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island's north shore—began planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his _____47_____ following a move to the French Riviera in 1924. His editor, Maxwell Perkins, felt the book was vague and persuaded the author to revise overthe next winter. Fitzgerald repeatedly hesitated about the book's title and he considered a variety of _____48_____, including titles that referenced the Roman character Trimalchio; the title he was last documented to have desired was Under the Red, White, and Blue.First published in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received _____49_____ reviews and sold 20,000 copies in its first year. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work _____50_____. However, the novel experienced a revival during World War II, and became a part of American high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades. Today, The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a competitor for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998, the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (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.Thinner isn't always better. A number of studies have ___51___ that normal-weight people are in fact at higher risk of some diseases than those who are overweight. And there are health conditions for whichbeing overweight is actually ___52___. For example, heavier women are less likely to develop calcium deficiency than thin women. Likewise, among the elderly, being somewhat overweight is often an ___53___ of good health.Of even greater ___54___ is the fact that obesity turns out to be very difficult to define. It is often defined ___55___ body mass index, or BMI. BMI ___56__ body mass divided by the square of height. An adult with a BMI of 18 to 25 is often considered to be normal weight. Between 25 and 30 is overweight. And over 30 is considered obese. Obesity, ___57___,can be divided into moderately obese, severely obese, and very severely obese.While such numerical standards seem ___58___ , they are not. Obesity is probably less a matter of weight than body fat. Some people with a high BMI are in fact extremely fit, while others with a low BMI may be in poor___59___.For example, many professional football players___60___as obese, though their percentage body fat is low. Conversely, someone with a small frame may have high body fat but a ___61___ BMI.Today we have a(an) ___62___ to label obesity as a disgrace. The overweight are sometimes___63___in the media with their faces covered. Stereotypes ___64___ with obesity include laziness, lack of will power, and lower prospects for success. Teachers, employers, and healthprofessionals have been shown to have biases against the obese. Even very young children tend to look down on the overweight, and teasing about body build has long been a problem in schools.Negative attitudes toward obesity, grounded in health concerns, have stimulated a number of anti-obesity policies .My own hospital system has banned sugary drinks from its facilities. Many employers have instituted weight loss and fitness initiatives. Michelle Obama launched a high-visibility campaign ___65___ childhood obesity, even claiming that it represents our greatest national security threat.51.A denied B concluded C doubled D ensured52. A protective B dangerous C sufficient D troublesome53. A indicator B objective C origin D example54. A impact B relevance C assistance D concern55. A in terms of B in case of C in favor of D in sake of56. A measures B determines C equals D modifies57. A in essence B in contrast C in turn D in part58. A complicated B conservative C variable D straightforward59. A shape B spirit C balance D taste60. A start B qualify C retire D stay61.A strange B changeable C normal D constant62. A option B reason C opportunity D tendency63. A employed B pictured C imitated D monitored64. A related B combined C settled D associated65.A for B against C with D withoutSection B (32%)Directions: Read the following four 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 read.(A)LOVE it or hate it, there is no escapefrom Internet slang.This is especially true among youngpeople in some English-speaking countriessuch as Australia, the UK and the US. These days, if they haven’t caught up with the latest popular Internet slang, chances are that they often feel out of the loop on social media.Take these posts by The Washington Post for example: “David Bowie dying is totes tradge” and “When Cookie hugged Jamal it made me totes emosh.”What on earth do these mean? Well, “totes” is a short form of theadverb “totally”. Likewise, “tradge” means“tragic” and “emosh” means “emotional”.It seems that, for millennials (those born between the early 1980s and late 1990s), typing in this abbreviated form is not only time-saving but also hip.Many millennial slang words are formed by what linguists call the practice of “totesing” – the systematic abbreviation of words, according to a recent article in The Washington Post.Some people think that millennial slang affects the English language negatively. However, Melbourne University linguist Rosey Billington doesn't agree.“When you are able to use language in a creative way, you show you are linguistically knowledgeable because you know the language rules well enough to use words in a different way,” Billington told News.au.Her view is backed up by two linguists, Lauren Spradlin and Taylor Jones, from the City University of New York and the University of Pennsylvania respectively. The two believe that totes-speak is a highly-organized system that can only be used by speakers who have mastered English pronunciation.The ability to break apart syllables and mix different sounds together is key. “Totesing is about sounds, and it follows the sometimes-complicated sound system of English,” Jones told TheWashington Post. “Totesing is not random. On the contrary, it has strict rules to follow. You need to be very fluent in the English language to be able to understand totes-speak.”66. The underlined phrase “out of the loop” in the second paragraph probably means _________.A. accepted easilyB. bored and annoyedC. comfortable and relaxedD. unaware of certain information67. How does the author explain the phenomenon of totesing?A. With comparisons.B. Through examples.C. By giving descriptions.D. By analyzing causes and effects.68. What is Lauren S pradlin’s attitude toward the practice of totesing?A. Worried.B. Cautious.C. Positive.D. Critical.69. Which of the following might Taylor Jones agree with?A. Internet slang is mostly created by professional linguists.B. Totesing is mainly about making words easier to pronounce.C. Totesing should be promoted since it is cool, creative andtime-saving.D. Totesing requires speakers to master the language’s rules very well.(B)Public speaking fills most people with dread. Humiliation is the greatest fear; self-exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second. Women hate it most, since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds. Most people have plenty of insecurities, and this seems like a situation that will bring them out. If you were under pressure to be perfect, you are terrified of falling in the most public of ways.While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal, it does not mean they will necessarily do it better. Some very shy people manage to shine. When I met the British comedian Julian Clary, he was shy and cautious, yet his TV performances are perfect. In fact, personality is not the best predictor of who does it well. Regardless of what you are like in real life, the key seems to be to act yourself.Actual acting, as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself, does not do the job. While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed, written scripts to speak from, there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not betrue. Likewise, the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural. You may end up buying their book on the way out, but soon afterwards, it is much like fast food, and you get a nameless sense that you've been cheated.Although, as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana's funeral, it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally. A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers. But, being yourself doesn't work either. If you spoke as if you were in your own kitchen, it would be too authentic, too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience.The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self-consciousness, providing the illusion of being natural. Studies suggest that this state of "flow", as psychologists call it, is very satisfying.70. Women hate public speaking most mainly because of _____.A. their upbringing very early on.B. their inability to appeal to the audience.C. their sense of greater public pressure.D. their sense of greater humiliation.71. "this" in Paragraph One refers toA. insecurity.B. sense of failure.C. public speaking.D. pressure.72. What is the author's view on personality?A. Personality is the key to success in public speaking.B. Extroverts are better public speakers.C. Introverts have to learn harder to be good speakers.D. Factors other than personality ensure better performance.73. Which of the following is NOT the author's viewpoint?A. Acting like performers spoils the message in a speech.B. Perfection of scripts is necessary in making good impressions.C. Acting naturally means less dependence on the prepared script.D. There should be a balance between actual acting and acting naturally.(C)Come on-Everybody's doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. It usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of groupdynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the world.Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of examples of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.The idea seems promising，and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her criticism of the weakness of many pubic-health campaigns is correct: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a mistaken understanding of psychology." Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!" pleads one billboard campaign aimed at rcing smoking among teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive. Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful. The most obvious flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut. Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited and mixed.There's no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence onour behavior. An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication. This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in moral directions. It's like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The strategy never really works. And that’s the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.74. According to the first paragraph, peer pressure often emerges as________________.A. a supplement to the social cureB. a stimulus to group dynamicsC. an obstacle to school progressD. a cause of undesirable behaviors75. Rosenberg holds that public-health advocates should_________________.A. recruit professional advertisersB. learn from advertisers' experienceC. stay away from commercial advertisersD. recognize the limitations of advertisements76. In the author's view, Rosenberg's book fails to__________________.A. adequately explore social and biological factorsB. effectively evade the flaws of the social cureC. illustrate the functions of state fundingD. produce a long-lasting social effect77. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is______________.A. harmfulB. desirableC. profoundD. questionable(D)Franz Kafka wrote that “A book must be theax(斧子)for the frozen sea inside us.”I once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didn't seem to require any explanation.We’d just finished John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I. “Are you crying?” one girlasked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. “I am,” I told her, “and the funny thing is I’ve read it many times.”But they understood. When George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. In my 14 years of teaching in a New York City public middle school, I’ve taught kidswith imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. They understand, more than I ever will, the novel's terrible logic—the giving way of dreams to fate.For the last seven years, I have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school—one that often attracts the literary-minded children of Manhattan's upper classes—into a less competitive school. The daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates. I th ought additional “cultural capital” could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned Ph.D.’s.Along with Of Mice and Men, my groups read: Sounder, The RedPony, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. The students didn’t always read from the expected point of view. About The Red Pony, one student said, “it's about being a man, it’s about m anliness.”I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeth's speech read as raps, but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. Once introduced to Steinbeck's writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that “all these people hate each other, and they’re all white.” His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. Year after year, former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.Year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch but for text complexity. Yet, we cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse. We may succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.78.The underlined words in Paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to______________.A．realize our dreamsB．give support to our lifeC．smooth away difficultiesD．awaken our emotions79.Why were the students able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men?A．Because they were bred in a violent society.B．Because they had read the novel many times.C．Because they got the explanation from the teacher..D．Because they had similar life experiences.80.The girl left the selective high school possibly because______________.A．she was a literary-minded girlB．her parents were immigrantsC．she couldn't fit in with her classD．her father was then in prison81.The author writes the passage mainly to ______________.A．suggest reading classic works of literature creativelyB．advocate teaching literature to touch the heartC．argue for equality among high school studentsD．criticize the current cation system bitterly第II 卷( 53分)I. Recitation (8%)1. 和蔼可亲且真诚地关心他人2. 用微笑回应她的好意3. 把谈话的压力推到对方身上4. 同性的两个人5. 同样适用于西方人6. 完全有理由否认犯过罪7. 毫不犹豫地把整片土地化为废墟8. 施展魔力召唤风暴II. Translation (20% 3+4+4+4+5)Directions:Translate the following sentence into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.交友的秘诀包括用微笑传递自信，学会倾听于交谈，以及赞美你身边的人。

17—18学年上学期高二期中考试英语试题(附答案)(18)

遵义四中2019届高二上学期半期考试英语试题本试题卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. Where is Mr. Smith most probably？A. At home.B. At Sun Valley.C. In his office.2.How is the man going to spend this weekend？A. Going fishing.B. Doing his garden.C. Repairing his car.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about？A. The coming rain.B. The coming flood.C. The government.4. What is Jim？A. A teacher.B. A driver.C. A car seller.5.Who broke the glass?A. Joan.B. Adam.C. Peter.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. At what time does the woman want her breakfast to be served？A. 7:00.B. 8:00.C. 9:00.7. What does the woman ask for in particular？A. Porridge.B. Juice.C.Black tea.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What was the man doing in the morning？A. Giving a lecture.B. Taking part in a contest.C. Preparing for a contest.9. What does Professor Smith think is the most important？A. Putting the remaining energy to good use.B. Finding some kinds of new energy.C. Limiting the use of energy.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

高中英语真题：六校2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题

六校2017-2018学年高二英语上学期期中试题第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ALast week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, a nd I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome suc cessful mandevoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his chil dren. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boy- friend s if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Wheneve r I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked around that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and lau ghed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my fa ther’s critical air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be ar ound? What had held him back before?The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and tol d me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although ou r times together became easier over the years, I never felt clo ser to him than at that moment. After so many years, I’m at la st seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delig hted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.21. Why did the author feel bitter about her father when she w as a young adult?A. He was silent most of the time.B. He was too proud of hi mself.C. He did not love his children.D. He expected too much of her.22. When the author went out with her father on weekends, s he would feel _____.A. nervousB. sorryC. tiredD. safe23. What does the author think of her father after her visit to T ucson?A. More critical.B. More talkativeC. Gentle and friendly.D. Strict and hard-working.24. When the author says“I’m delighted with my new friend”in the last paragraph ，he refers to ________as his new friend.A. the author’s sonB. the author’s fatherC. the friend of the author’s fatherD. the café ownerBEaster Island’s large and mysterious stone statues（雕像） have made it world famous. These statues, whose likene sses look like humans with huge stone cylinders(柱状物) balancing on their heads like hats, have tourists coming fr om all over the world. The tourists come to see these works of ancient art carved by the early inhabitants of the island. They come to see the mystery that has puzzled historians for deca des.Easter Island is located in a remote part of the South Pacific Ocean about 2,300 miles west of Chile. Easter Island covers j ust 45 square miles and its Polynesian name is Rapa Nui.On Easter Sunday 1722, a Dutch explorer named Jacob Rog geveen was the first European to see Easter Island. The earlyPolynesians carved the statues within the holes of the volcan o using only stone tools. Then they moved these huge statues to various destinations throughout the island. These 600 stat ues range in height from 10 to 40 feet. Some of them weigh a s much as 50 tons. How could the early Polynesians lift hundr eds of heavy statues out of the volcano? How did they move t hem across the island to their various locations? All of these q uestions, as well as many others, remain unanswered.The early islanders probably worshiped(崇拜) these eyeless giants until sometime around 1670. In 1680, a war broke out between two groups of islanders. The victors of the war and ancestors of the present inhabitants, broke do wn many of the statues. In most cases, they broke the necks of the statues.Now 15 of the statues on Easter Island have been repaired to their original positions on their stone platforms. Even today, u sing modern tools and machinery, putting up such large statu es and balancing cylinders on top of their heads presents a ch allenging task.25.What do we know about Easter Island?A. It is a big island of Chile.B. It is located in North Pacific OceanC. It was named after a Dutch explorerD. Its early inhabitants were Polynesians26. Scientists are still uncertain about ______A. why people built the statuesB. where people made the statuesC. how people transported the statuesD. how many statues there are on the island27.What happened in 1680?A. Many statues were damagedB. Another 15 statues were put upC. People began to worship the statuesD. The islanders started a war against outsiders28. The purpose of the text is to ______A. entertainB. advertiseC. informD. persuadeCGAOMI, Shandong, Oct. 11(Xinhua)---China writer Mo Yan said last Thursday that he was “very sur prised” at winning the Nobel Literature Prize.“I am very happy,” he said. “I was having dinner when I receiv ed the news. I was surprised.”“Thank you for coming all the way to Gaomi. This should be a season of red sorghum, but no such crop is planted any more.I believe none of you have seen the crop.” he said.“The Nobel Literature Prize is a very important literature prize , but not the top award. It represents the opinions of the jury(评审团). I am satisfied with my major works and I still keep writing by hand. My works are Chinese literature, which is part of wor ld literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as t he country’s unique culture and folk customs. Meanwhile, my novels described human beings in the broad sense. I wrote in the perspective（角度） of a human being. These works stand beyond regions an d ethnic(民族的)groups,” he said.Mo’s win brought joy to other writers and readers throughout t he country as he is the first Chinese native to win the Nobel Li terature Prize in its century-long history.29. According to Mo Yan, _____A. red sorghum should be planted in his hometown.B. the Nobel Prize represents the opinion of the publicC. he still keeps the habit of writing by handD. his novels described human being of all regions30. Which of the following words can best describe Mo Yan?A. RomanticB. Self-confidentC. ProudD. Modest31. Where might you find the article?A. In a novelB. In a travel bookC. In a newspaperD. In a student bookDHoliday makers wanting to get away from the pressure of mod ern life might consider staying at a wooden hut in Sweden. The Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge Hotel is not for everyone. If you can’t even understand the idea of living without electricity, running water, or a moder n toilet, then the charm of this place will probably not appeal t o you. But for anyone trying to escape the pressure and busy life of the big city or take a break from the Internet and other modern devices, this place is a paradise(乐园). Located 1 km south of Skarsjon Beach, in the middle of a pristine Swedish forest, Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge consists of 12 wooden huts with nothing but two sheep skin-covered wooden beds, and a wood stove that uses wood cut by the guests themselves.Self-catering breakfast, lunch and dinner consist of items like spag hetti（通心粉）, tomato sauce, bread, fruit and eggs that tourists have tocook themselves over an outside fire; there is no shower, onl y a nearby spring and as for toilet, visitors are encouraged to go behind a tree, or visit one of the two sheds（棚子）. Adding to the charm of this place is the long coal-making tradition of Kolarbyn. Locals have been building these huts from wood and mud for over 400 years, and a few of the m came up with the idea of recreating a few of them in the wo ods as an eco-lodge to keep tradition alive in the area.“People visit Kolarbyn lodges because they want to experienc e the nature and to test sleeping in the historical huts. They w ant to get away from the normal life,” the owner Andreas Ahls en said. “The huts themselves are relatively small, as if they a re too big , it will destroy the nature experience.”32. Which of the following can best describe the Kolarbyn Eco -Lodge Hotel?A. Modern and luxuriousB. Perfect and uniqueC. Cheap and appealingD. Simple and environmenta l-friendly33. What can we infer about the life in the hotel?A. Living there is a hard experience for everyoneB. The visit to the hotel means a challenge to many peopleC. It’s convenient though there is no modern equipmentD. It’s kind of like living in paradise for the aged34. What does the underlined word “them” refer to in Paragra ph 4?A. Old traditionsB. Local peopleC. Wooden hutsD. Creative ideas35. Why do people want to visit the Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge Hotel?A. To escape modern lifeB. To have a good sleepC. To compare rural and city lifeD. To experience poverty of locals第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）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。

上海交通大学附属中学高二第二学期期中考试试卷

上海交通大学附属中学高二第二学期期中考试试卷上海交通大学附属中学2019-2020学年度第二学期高二英语期中试卷出卷人：张骁纯审卷人：朱雪艳（满分150分，答案一律写在网上阅卷答题纸上）I. Listening ComprehensionSection A [1x10’]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. There is some mechanical problem with the mans cell phone.B. The man should buy a battery right now.C. The man must have taken some cash with him.D. The man is accustomed to paying the bill with his cell phone.2. A. She can handle the work. B. The increasing work stops her from taking a rest.C. She will take a rest soon after the work is finished.D. She enjoys her work.3. A. The man will visit Russia in the near future.B. The man has a good command of Russian.C. Russia doesn’t hold immediate appeal to the man.D. The man will never consider taking a trip to Russia.4. A. Fashion designer. B. Vet. C. Model. D. Coach.5. A. New forms of money. B. Market potential for a new product.C. Governments, attitudes to e-commerce.D. Replacement of old coins.6. A. Because he wants to save money.B. Because he wants to stay away from crowds.C. Because he is too exhausted with his work.D. Because the ticket price is higher.7. A. Impatient. B. Regretful. C. Angry. D. Relieved.8. A. Wedding rings will last forever.B. Good wedding rings are always expensive.C. It is a serious matter to choose a wedding ring.D. The value of wedding rings determines the quality of marriage.9. A. In a department store. B. In a map shop. C. In a geography class. D. At a metro station.10. A. Jenny can’t have another make-up exam.B. Jenny doesn’t study hard.C. Jenny has wasted four opportunities.D. Jenny should pay a high price for her carelessness.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation 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. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years. D. Twentyyears.12. A. It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap.D. It is enjoyable.13. A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more conven ient.D. It’s colorful.Questions 14 through 17 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because he could not catch a fish.B. Because his father was not patient with him.C. Because his father did not teach him fishing.D. Because he could not join the local fishing club as his father did.15. A. They like deep water. B. They are insensitive to water temperature.C. Their eyelids help to block the sunlight.D. They are cold-blooded animals.16. A. It is easy to think like a customer.B. His father’s fish ing advice is inspiring.C. Salespeople should find older and richer clients.D. It is difficult to sell services to poor people.Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following conversation17. A. Because books are too heavy.B. Because a cell phone is portable.C. Because his books are not popular among travelers.D. Because users can rate the restaurants and food on the app.18. A. He accepts advice from taxi drivers.B. He does a lot of research into the difficult menus.C. The hotel staff recommends restaurants to him.D. He talks with local people and walk around to spot goodrestaurants.19. A. He checks out the place the chef comes from.B. He ignores fancy restaurants and only visits small restaurants.C. He tries high-priced wines.D. He decides the hygiene conditions by using the bathroom first.20. A. The importance of menus and services. B. Young people’s travelling budget.C. The choice of good food and restaurants.D. The advantages of a food app.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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.21. I got up early this morning, but I __________ so because I needn't work on Sundays.A. couldn’t hav e doneB. needn’t have doneC. shouldn’t have doneD. might not have done22. They didn’t get rewarded for what they had done __________ their findings were released to the public one day.A. unlessB. ifC. untilD. while23. The recipe, __________ reminding me of home, is the bestI have ever tried.A. the oneB. the one thatC. the one whichD. which24. It is reported that the rich __________ priority to get tested for Covid-19.A. is givenB. are givenC. giveD. gives25. Why do people say the word 'over' after they __________ talking on a walkie talkie and not anything else?A. finishedB. are to finishC. have been finishingD. have finished26. __________ not to miss the great bargain online at Double Eleven Day, though tired, Lisa tried not to fall asleep.A. Being remindedB. RemindedC. Having remindedD. Reminding27. I am worried about Jane. Do you know what has happened to her? She’s been wearing a ________ look all day.A. troubleB. troublingC. to-be-troubledD. troubled28. Johnson won a gold medal at an international programming competition, therefore ________ him famousovernight at school.A. makingB. to makeC. madeD. having made29. That multinational company is adopting an aggressive expanding strategy, with the result that it has recruited ________ in the year of 2015 as they did two years ago.A. three times as many as new employeesB. three times many new employeesC. three times as many new employeesD. three times more new employees than30. There were about two dozen kids playing in the park, ________ with each other around.A. some of whose parents chattingB. some of their parents chattingC. some of the parents chattedD. some of whom parents chatted31. You should always remember that, in the years to come, you have some people ________ company with, the parents who have sacrificed to raise you and provide you with the best education possible.A. keepB. keepingC. keptD. to keep32. The young athlete took a deep breath, prayed silently, and told himself that he was closer now than ever to ________ the championship.A. have wonB. winC. winningD. having won33. Though nothing in the animal kingdom is using what we ________ language, gestures used by bonobos and chimpanzees come close.A. think of asB. look to asC. think about withD. depend on34. The guidebook warns the travelers ________ walking alone in this district of the city at night.A. ofB. forC. againstD. to35. Resources are ________ because we live in a world in which humans’ wants are infinite but the land, labor, and capital required to satisfy those wants are limited.A. scarceB. rareC. unusualD. oddSection BDirections: 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)As the world is getting more and more connected, will human be uni-cultural in the near future?The homogenizing(类同) forces are as strong as the heterogenizing(多样化) forces. In short, in the globally connected world, we (36)__________ not be as homogenized as we assume to be.For instance, the Internet enables the homogenizing force of English (37)__________ the world's common language. At the same time, it enables the speakers of various small languages (38)__________(connect) and build common content like never before. Fifty years ago, were there encyclopedias in all the regional languages? No. Most were in English. Now, you have a diverse set of language in Wikipedia (39)__________ allows knowledge creation in small languages.In a globalized world, we tend to see McDonalds and Starbucks everywhere in the world. But the same globalization allows cuisines of various nations to be explored by people across the world. (40)__________(Think) of all the quality Thai, Chinese, Indian or Mexican restaurants (41)__________(spread) across the world over the pasttwenty years.Again, a connected world also allows one to explore different religions and spiritual paths that were previously (42)__________ __________ reach due to geography. You could be sitting in Jakarta and exploring T aoism, Shintoism, Hinduism or various African/native American religions. In the past, your choices would have been very limited to (43)__________ the local spiritual teachers could teach.Globalization/interconnections are also giving a voice to people from various cultures. In the past, you would have had todepend on the equivalent of The New York Times or the BBC (44)__________(develop) your opinions and those would be the majority opinions - highly slanted(倾向的) towards one culture. Now, you have the option of getting a lot more diverse voices (45)__________(hear) as the major filters — publishing houses and newspaper editors — are getting replaced by more democratic forms.We are not getting uni-cultural. We are getting multi-cultural and slowly grasping the diversity of human culture.(B)Fashion Is NOT ArtOn a trip to Paris, the New York fashion designer Donna Karan was dragged off to the Picasso Museum by her husband, Stephen Weiss. He hoped that his wife would love it as much as he did. Instead, she dashed at speed from gallery to gallery barely pausing to look at the works.Suddenly Weiss heard Donna (46)__________(scream) with glee in another gallery. At last, he thought, she has finally founda Picasso that inspired her. He ran into the gallery only(47)__________(discover) his wife gazing at a bare expanse of green wall. This particular shade of green, she explained breathlessly,(48)__________(be) perfect for next season's dress.(49)__________(argue) over whether fashion is more or less important than art is just as pointless as questioning(50)__________ or not it is art. Of course it's not, it's fashion. That is not to say that fashion, at its best, is not a suitable subject for museums or (51)__________ it cannot share some of the attributes of art. On the contrary, a fine haute couture dress(高级时装) - like the ones that Cristóbal Balenciaga crea ted in his 1950s heyday - can look as perfect as (52)__________ beautiful paintingor sculpture.Yet only an old-fashioned aesthete(审美家) would argue that the purpose of the art is to create beauty. Sometimes artists do create beauty, (53)__________ for most of them beauty tends to be a by-product of their quest to explore the complex, messy, ambiguities of modern life. Think of Wolfgang Tillmans's photographs of areroplane wings and window sills(窗沿) now on display at Tate Britain. Beautifully composed they may be, but with a forlorn(凄凉的) beauty too subtle to be replicated in fashion.Similarly, fashion is good at fulfilling another traditional function of art by reflecting changes in contemporary culture, but only up to a point. (54)__________ art, fashion rarely expresses more than the headlines of history.And fashion has a practical purpose, whereas art does not. The result may be as gorgeous as a Balenciaga ballgown (舞会礼服), but it is still an item of clothing (55)_________(intend) to be worn. Why pretend that it is anything else?Section CDirections: 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)How to Put on a Fashion Show Without a Designer?Designers usually close out runway shows with a wave and a bow, after the final march of their models. But that didn’t happen at the Luooif Studio show. The music ended and house lights dimmed, and then a stylist emerged on the runway holdinga laptop in his hands. He turned the screen toward the audience, displayingphotos of two young Chinese designers.One was Lena Luo, a founder of Luooif Studio; the other was her studio partner, EkceeChan, who designs the footwear. Both were supposed to be there in person, but they had beenbanned from visiting the US in the middle of the (56)________ over the spread of coronavirus.On Jan. 31, the United States government announced that most foreign nationals who hadrecently spent time in China would be (57)________ entry to the United States. Ms. Luo wasscheduled to arrive in New York on Feb. 4, about a week before her show. Two large boxescontaining her fall 2020 collection were being (58)________ by United States customsofficials. It didn’t look as if the shipment would be(59)________ in time for the show at 9a.m. on Feb. 10.Ms. Luo, who worked as an intern in the studios of Alexander McQueen and VivienneWestwood, is a(n) (60)________ of Central Saint Martins and founded Luooif Studio in 2015. Last week, canceling her fashion week show (61)________ her, she said, but she worried about letting down her team, who had put “patience and passion” into the collection.Instead she tried to (62)________ the show, to allow more time for the shipment to make it through customs. Her (63)________ inNew York, the Prjct 428, asked the organizers of New York Fashion Week to reschedule. But that didn’t work.Then, three days before the Luooif Studio show, the fall 2020 collection finally arrived. Prjct 428 rushed to bring on a stylist and cast models. The team sent photos and videos every night for her approval. But beyond that, fear (64)________ her country. Ms. Luo could only stay at her parents’ home. “There are so many ways you can get the disease,” she said. “The only way we prot ect ourselves is away from people.”Finally, the show successfully went on. There were problems, of course. The designers wanted to be on video chat backstage, watching as the models had their hair and makeup done, but the connection in the (65)________ sp ace wasn’t strong enough. Five hours after the show had ended, Ms. Luo had still not seen footage of the show. Ms. Chan, who had seen a few photos, said the styling choices weren’t exactly what she had envisioned.(B)A. remarkableB. limitC. caseD. developedE. producedF. reachingG. flowing H. based I. set J. house K. uncomfortableInside the Quietest Place on EarthWhile many working people suffer the tip-tap of keyboards, the noise of chatter from colleagues, and the constant hum of computers, LeSalle Munroe is surrounded by almost total silence. His office is the quietest place on the planet.His specially-constructed room is hidden in the depths ofBuilding 87 at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, where the firm’s hardware laboratories are (66)________. Products such as the Surface computers and Xbox have been developed there. Microsoft’s engineers built the room — known as the anechoic chamber (消音室) — to help them test new equipment they were developing. In 2015 it (67)________ the official world record for silence when the background noise level inside was measured at an incredible -20.6 decibels (分贝). It gets close to the (68)________ of what should be possible to achieve without creating a vacuum. The noise (69)________ by air molecules (分子) hitting each other at room temperature is estimated to be about -24 decibels.“It is a very unique experience inside with the door closed,” says Munroe. “When you stop breathing, you can hear your heart beating and the blood (70)________ in your veins (静脉). I don’t stay inside with the door closed very often.”It took almost two years to design and build the anechoic chamber. Even finding a building quiet enough to(71)________ it took nearly eight months of testing. The room sits at the heart of six concrete onion layers that help to block out sounds from the outside world. This nest of rooms within rooms — each with walls up to 30 centimeters thick — helps to cut the noise (72)________ the room by around 110 decibels. If a jet was taking off just outside the building, one would hear little more than a whisper inside the anechoic chamber.You might think that staying in such a quiet place would offer you perfect peace. But for visitors who enter that space, this is far from the (73)________. Most people want to leave within a few seconds. A lot of them find the experience very (74)________. Some people even feel dizzy.For Monroe, however, even more (75)________ is the feeling when, after a while, he steps outside the chamber. “When you open the door, it is almost like a waterfall of sound hitting your ears,” says Munroe. “You hear things that you wouldn’t normally notice. It gives you a new perspective.”III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections：For each blank in the following passages 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.There is a reason why murder mystery movies have survived for as long as they have in Hollywood. When executed well, they’re (76)_________ and amusing. Yet, this is a type of tale that has been (77)_________ for long and it feels like an area that’s hard to break new ground in. With Knives Out, writer/director Rian Johnson has managed to pull off just that, by crafting a truly unique and highly entertaining modern whodunnit (侦探推理片) for all ages.Knives Out (78)_________ the death of the renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey, who is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday. Following the incident, the entire family is gathered for the investigation, which is led by the detective Benoit Blanc. While (79)_________ the case, Blanc and the police must sift through (筛查) a web of clues and lies to uncover the truth behind Thrombey’s untimely death as (80)_________ rise over the fate of the vast fortune at stake (利害攸关的).A good murder mystery (81)_________keeping the audience guessing. Knives Out is the work of a cinematic magician, one who keeps you so (82)_________what the left hand is doing that you miss the right. Using a wonderful (83)_________ structure thatwould make Agatha Christie smile, Johnson confidently stays a bit (84)_________ his audience, leaving them breathless but satisfied at the end.Outside of a twist(反转) , a movie like this relies entirely on (85)_________. They need to be entertaining. They need to be layered. They need to bring everything to life(86)_________simply push the tale to its eventual conclusion. Knives Out has an A-list of stars, like Craig, Chris Evans and the great Plummer, all in one place. But rather than aiming for the biggest names (87)_________fit, Johnson has chosen recognizable yet smart casting, with each actor perfectly (88)_________their role.To that point, this cast is made up of people who seem to just be having fun working on a project with very little pressure. Craig has been working on James Bond for more than a decade. Evans just got done playing Captain America. The list goes on.(89)_________, here, it’s not a big franchise (系列电影). It’s just a classic mystery designed for everyone to relax. This is pure entertainment. Plain and simple. It’s wildly funny, suspenseful (充满悬念的) and not just a collection of lovable stars, but the kind of movie that is (90)_________ in our franchise-dominated landscape. Don’t let Knives Out slip through the cracks.76. A. engaging B. extravagant C. persuasive D. offensive77. A. up B. down C. around D. off78. A. ends with B. associates with C. turns on D. centers on79. A. looking up B. looking into C. looking on D. looking over80. A. tensions B. opportunities C. profits D. opinions81. A. depends on B. makes use of C. believes in D. mixes with82. A. optimistic about B. distracted from C. wrapped up in D. careless about83. A. theory B. argument C. tradition D. plot84. A. parallel with B. keen on C. linked to D. ahead of85. A. plots B. characters C. logic D. directors86. A. apart from B. as well as C. rather than D. other than87. A. regardless of B. instead of C. in case of D. due to88. A. connected with B. matched to C. enrolled in D. taking to89. A. Moreover B. Furthermore C. Likewise D. Yet90. A. existing B. disappearing C. emerging D. developingSection BDirections: 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)When I think about the connection between art and optimism, the first person who comes to mind is Leonardo da Vinci.I have been reading about Leonardo for decades, and in 1994 I bought one of the notebooks, known as the Codex Leicester (莱斯特手稿), in which Leonardo recorded his thoughts and some general ideas.What does a Renaissance artist have to do with optimism? For me, the connection is innovation. I feel optimistic about the future because I know that advances in human knowledge have improved life for billions of people, and I am confident they will keep doing so. Although I am no art expert, everything I have learned about Leonardo leads me to believe he was one of the most innovative thinkers ever.Today of course Leonardo is most famous for paintings likethe Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. But in his mind, Leonardo was not primarily a painter. He considered himself as an engineer first. In a letter to the ruler of Milan listing his strengths, sent in the early 1480s, Leonardo mentioned ten different skills —designing bridges, tunnels, chariots (双轮马车) and catapults (石弩), for example — before adding at the end that he could also paint.Leonardo was an insatiable learner. He studied everything he could see: the flow of water, the way smoke rises through the air, how a woodpecker uses its tongue. Every single opportunity was grasped. And he had insights that were ahead of his time. He developed a new theory about the working of a certain heart valve (心瓣膜) that researchers only confirmed a few decades ago.Scientific inquiries were essential to Leonardo’s art. He was able to give the Mona Lisa that mysterious look on her face because he had studied all the muscles involved in smiling. In The Last Supper, he could make the perspective lines (透视线) work perfectly because he had spent countless hours understanding how our eyes see objects at a distance. By examining his surroundings so closely, Leonardo was able to develop new techniques that advanced his field and portrayed the world in a way no one had ever seen before. In other words, he was an innovator.In my own work today, I get to connect with brilliant people who have this same spirit. When I meet with scientists to discuss the development of new vaccines, for example, I see in them a similar passion for learning about the world and turning knowledge into big breakthroughs that make all our lives better. That, more than anything, is the root of my optimism.91. The underlined word in Paragraph 5 probably describesa person who ______.A. is able to raise difficult questionsB. has a strong desire for achievementC. is able to learn and understand things fastD. always wants more of something92. According to the article, which of the following statements about Leonardo da Vinci is true?A. The Codex Leicester was of no significance to him.B. Art is as important as engineering in his mind.C. He made a contribution to modern medical science.D. He preferred studying painting to engineering.93. Paragraph 6 mainly talks about ______.A. what made the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper stand outB. which fields Leonardo was expert inC. why Leonardo is regarded as an innovatorD. how Leonardo applied scientific theories to his paintings94. What can we learn about the author from the article?A. He became an admirer of Leonardo not that long ago.B. He admires Leonardo mainly for his success in art.C. He enjoys working with people with innovative ideas.D. He is considering investing in research for new vaccines.(B)All Events Calendar24 March, 2019●Art Exhibition: ‘Encounter’9: 30am to 4: 00pm, Ustinov College at Sheraton ParkA new art exhibition at Ustinov College that explores the theme of human and environmental encounters. This exhibition of contemporary art by local professional and emerging artists is taking place at Durham University's Ustinov College at SheratonPark.Contact ************************.uk for more information about this event●Everyone's History: 20 years of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Treasure Act10:00am to 5:00pm, Museum of Archaeology, Palace Green LibraryThis exhibition celebrates 20 years of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Treasure Act and also the ancient item that is discovered every day by the public.Contact ****************************.uk for more information about this event.●Khyal: Music and Imagination10: 00am to 5:00pm, Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, DHI 3TH Led by Durham University's Music Department, this multimedia exhibition brings together visual artists and musicians to explore visual responses to Indian classical music.Contact *************************.uk for more information about this event.●Beautiful BooksPalace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RNCelebrate our wonderful library and make your own book to take home.Contact ********************.uk for more information about this event.●Fantastic Fans1: 00pm to 3: 00pm, Oriental Museum, Elver Hill, Durham DH1 3THExplore our new exhibition all about South Koran culture, learn to count in Korean and make a Korean fan to take home.Contact *************************.uk for more information about this event.●Durham Singers: Songs of Farewell7: 30pm to 9:00pm, St Cuthbert’s Chapel, Ushaw CollegeContrasting reflections on the end of life, from eighteenth century Italy and early-twentieth century England.Highly expressive settings of Roman Catholic texts by Scarlatti and Lotti contrast with Parry's deeply personal response to his own approaching death and to the tragedy of the First World war.Contact ***********************for more information about this event.95. In which of the following groups of events will a participant have an experience of DIY?A. Art Exhibition: ‘Encounter’ and Fantastic FansB. Beautiful Books and Fantastic FansC. Beautiful Books and Durham Singers: Songs of FarewellD. Art Exhibition: 'Encounter' and Durham Singers: Songs of Farewell96. For those who want to enjoy music not only with their ears, they can go toA. Ustinov College at Sheraton ParkB. Museum of ArchaeologyC. Oriental MuseumD. St Cuthbert’s Chapel97. What will participants find in the event of Durham Singers: Songs of Farewell?A. Ancient objects in memory of the dead.B. Performance by singers in their eighties.C. Classical music combined with technology.。

2017-2018学年上交大附中英语高一上期中试卷

上海市交通大学附属中学2017-2018 学年度第一学期高一英语期中考试（满分：150 分，130 分钟完成答案一律写在答题纸上）Grammar and VocabularySection A : Multiple Choice 19/150Directions: Beneath each of the follows sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best complete the sentence.21. ___________at the head table, Mr Smith looked on calmly , occasionally resting his chin on his right fist.A. SeatingB. Be seatedC. SeatedD. Seat22. The reason why trees are planted around the farm is to prevent the crops ________by strong winds.A. blowing downB. having been blown downC. being blown downD. blown down23. Nelson Jackson and his friend , Sewall Crocker, were honored as the first ________the United States in automobile.A. crossingB. to crossC. having crossedD. crossed24. When _________different cultures, we often pay attention only to the difference without noticing the many similarities.A. comparedB. being comparedC. having comparedD. comparing25. Many of these measures have been accepted by the court, though the details remain________.A. to settleB. settledC. to be settledD. settling26. __________sadly, the little boy raised his head and had the tears_________ down on purpose.A. Seen to cry, fallB. To be seen crying , fallingC. Seen crying , fallingD. To be seen to cry , fall27. John, _________alone with his eldest son, went first to the house with a fortune-telling book in one hand.A. leavingB. having leftC. leftD. to be left28. Ironically, that is exactly what Barak claimed he _________when he pulled out in 2000.A. doneB. doingC. was doingD. does29. You must respect those with whom you work, otherwise there is no point _________forward.A. goingB. goneC. was goingD. goes30. Unfortunately , when I got there, she _________, so we had only time for a few words.A. just leftB. had just leftC. has just leftD. was just leaving31. The process _________to take between eight and twelve weeks, after which the licenses will be awarded.A. is expectedB. is expectingC. expectsD. will be expected32. The people in this village had the fire_________ all through the night with an aim to celebrate the coming new year.A. burningB. to burnC. burnD. burnt33. Tim told me that the plane for Washington_________ at seven o’clock in the evening, so I must hurry up in order not to miss it.A. has leftB. leavesC. was leftD. will have left34. Kids appreciate __________ a clock _________them that time is up rather than their parent’s voice.A. to have, tellB. having, to tellC. having; tellingD. to have, telling35. An obese man who was on a diet ________a piece of birthday cake, even though it was his birthday.A. turned outB. turned offC. turned upD. turned down36. Often the hardest step on life is making a real _________to follow your heart.A. projectB. competitionC. commitmentD. ambition37. Government must stay away from the business of nuclear energy and ________rules.A. lead toB. see toC. object toD. stick to38. ____________the bad thought with better, more realistic ones and happier emotions would follow.A. RelateB. RestoreC. ReplaceD. Decorate39. You may _________several messages that are short and positive to highlight your accomplishments.A. come up withB. come aboutC. come intoD. come downSection B :Blank filing (Grammar)Directions: Fill in the blanks with proper form of the verbs.Over the past forty years, the number of children who are obese____40___(increase) by around 1,000 %( from 11 million in 1975 to 124 million in 2016). The dangers ___41_____(associate) with childhood obesity and obesity in general are enormous , including an increased risk for heart disease, various cancers , diabetes, etc.Many of the causes of this ____42_____(relate) to our own behavior. Think about food , for instance. You can get pretty much whatever food you want______43_____(deliver) to your door without doing more than pushing a few buttons on your smartphone. After you eat, simply ______44____(throw) out the plastic containers, and you can go one doing whatever it is your were doing. Not too long ago, things weren’t that easy, people had to b uy, wash and cook , in addition to _______45_____(eat) food.Section C: Blank filling (V ocabulary) 10/150Directions : Fill in the blanks with proper form of the words.46. The room ________(bright) after she had changed the curtain.47. During the 1980s, the U.S. became a very __________(material) society.48. This has been my worst time for injuries since I started as __________(profession) player.49. No one was convinced by his _________(instant) that he was not to blame.50. In old age he finally had the ________(satisfy) of seeing the quality of his work recognized.51. She expressed her _________( admire) for the work of the emergency services to contain the situation.52. Most of us draw social clues from our ____________(surround) and communities, not from magazine articles.53. If the weather is _________ (agree), take a walk around the lovely gardens on the museum grounds.54. Gregory S. McNeal is an expert __________( special) in law, public policy and international affairs.55. Visitors ca n see many of Maurice Sendak’s extraordinarily detailed drawings and learn more about the __________(imagine) world he has created.Section D 10/ 150Directions: 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.China’s Good Samaritan law went into effect on October 1 to encourage people who are ready to help others. The new law aims to _________the reluctance people feel toward helping strangers for fear of legal consequences if they make mistakes in treatment. It is a response to the phenomena of people hesitating to help fallen senior citizens due to concern that they might be blackmailed later.There has been no _____of cases over the past decade in which people hesitated to offer assistance to those who are in need. And some good Samaritans have been blackmailed for ________acts. In 2011, a two-year-old girl known as Xiao Yueyue was _________over by two cars, and 18 people passed by without offering emergency help. The girl died after days of medical treatment. In 2014, a man from Guangdong province aided a senior citizen, but was accused of knocking him down. The man committed suicide when faced with _________for compensation.These cases have sparked debate about morality (道德) and heroism in China in recent years. “ If you don’t provide help, you will _______yourself, but if you do help, you are likely to be hurt by the people you help. It is really a dilemma,” one netizen said on Sina Weibo.Although there had been _______for a national Good Samritan law, only a few cities ________ahead with such laws before the nationwide law came into effect.However, some experts are _________that there could be some danger from a nationwide Good Samaritan law. “Rescuers who know little about first aid could bring serious harm to people in _________condition.” said Yang Lixin, a professor at the Renmin University of China. He hoped the government could introduce details of the policy soon while encouraging people to voluntarily offer assistance.Reading ComprehensionSection A 15/150Directions: 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.Having a year-round comfortable climate and being close to several European countries, many thought that Paris was the perfect location for Europe’s first Disneyland. But ____66____speaking, Paris was probably the least logical choice. This is because France is known for its ____67_____ of smirking（得意地笑）at anything American-an attitude called“anti-Americanism”._____68___this, Disney opened a park in Paris anyway.Opening in 1992, this year ___69____its 25th anniversary. So how has it managed to ____70___ for so long in a country that some thought may not welcome it?According to National Public Radio, “America poses(提出)a danger to everything the French hold____71____.” For example, France is famous for its fancy cuisine and people there usually spend a long time over meals. But the US’fast food-hotdogs and hamburgers, to name two-______72____ a completely different dining style. And in the film industry, while French culture values low-plot and high-art films, Hollywood’s fast-food-style film productions may seem of ____73_____ taste in the eyes of the French.“In the land of Louis XIV’s real Castle of Versailles… why do we need the ____74___one of Sleeping Beauty?” is the ____75_____ of many French people toward the US theme park, according to The Baltimore Sun Newspaper.There used to be doubt over whether the Disney magic would ___76____ in France. But this doubt has been ___77______ unnecessary now that the park has been standing for 25 years. And according to The Telegraph, Disneyland Pairs was visited by nearly 15 million people last year, half of whom were French.Today, even though French people are still seen as “aloof(冷淡的)” and proud of their own culture more than anything, they are already part of the____78______ of globalization and there is no getting out of it.“At the core, America gives us the same _____79____ as ice cream.” French journalist Jacqueline Remy once wrote in L’Express magazine. “It makes us sick, but we keep ____80_____it.”66. A. academically B. culturally C. economically D. problematically67. A. image B. statue C. status D. reputation68.A. Among B. Like C. Despite D. Except69.A. marks B. relates C. involves D. awards70.A. struggle B. survive C. suffer D. compete71. A. well B. dear C. tight D. hard72. A. aroused B. completed C. admitted D. introduced73.A. moderate B. standard C. low D. common74.A. unrealistic B. artificial C. false D. fake75.A. reaction B. admiration C. recognition D. realization76. A. win B. act C. work D. attract77. A. proved B. caused C. demonstrated D. arose78. A. form B. tide C. trend D. style79. A. effect B. consequence C. power D. fact80. A. waiting for B. asking for C. searching for D. entering forSection B 30/150Directions: 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)Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion, happiness and security. As a result, they are employed in doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction. Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living. Some stay long at a job and learn to like it; others leave one for another looking for something to suit them. The young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation.Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities. The reason behind all this confusion is that there never has been a proper vocational (职业的) guidance in our educational institution. Nearly all feel their way in the dark. Their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what salary is like. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them. Having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependants (受赡养者) with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment. It sets a pattern of life and, in many ways, determines social status in life, selection of friends, leisure and interest.In choosing a profession you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interest. Nothing is more sad than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only ruin your talents but also discourage your desire to succeed in life.81. The difficulty in choosing a suitable job lies mainly in that _________.A. certain fierce competition has to be facedB. many employee have no working experienceC. the young people only care about how much they can earn.D. schools fail to offer students appropriate vocational guidance82. The reason why some people are unlikely to succeed in life is that they ________.A. have ruined their talentsB. have take on an unsuitable jobC. think of nothing but their salaryD. are not aware of their own potential83. The word “ pathetic” in paragraph 3 most probably means _________.A. unsatisfactoryB. miserableC. annoyingD. astonishing(B)TEENSGIVING In SPRING 2018Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is TEENSGIVNG?TEENSGIVING is an exciting yearly event where hundreds of New York City teens gather together annually for a remarkable day of community service.This year, TEENSGIVING in SRING 2018 participants will once again better New York City and impact thousands of lives! When is TEENSGIVING in SPRING2018?SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2018Where is TEENSGIVING?All over New York City. Everyone will meet at the 92nd Street Y (92nd and Lexington) at 9:00 AM for the event kick-off. Then, all TEENSGIVING volunteers will disperse across the city to work with our partnering agencies where they will make a HUGE difference and have fun! Who participates in TEENSGIVING?Hundreds of teenagers from around the city. Teens come from the 92nd Street Y, various cityschools, youth groups, and organizations in the area. In addition, many adult volunteers (aged 21 and older) will donate their time to TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2018.What projects do participants do at the agencies?Sample projects include painting park benches, planting gardens, visiting and playing with underprivileged children, assembling craft kits for children in hospitals, assisting at animal shelters, working at soup kitchens, delivering meals and celebrating with families at homeless shelters. Do I get anything for participating in TEENSGIVING?Yes! Everybody benefits! Teen volunteers will receive *6 hours* of community service credit, good towards honor society, high school graduation and college application requirements. Adult volunteers will be "thanked" with a light breakfast, a gift certificate for their troubles, and the satisfaction of helping our city's youth contribute to their community. In addition, all teen and adult volunteers will receive a cool TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2018 T-shirt.This sounds awesome!How do I register for TEENSGIVING in SPRING2018?Interested teens and/or adults should e-mail the TEENSGIVING Coordinator Josh Hyman at jhyman@(subjet:TEENSGIVING) to receive more information and to register for this fantastic event!**Teens can also contact their school's Community Service Advisor**TEENSGIVING is sponsored by the 92nd Street Y.84. TEENSGIVING is an event which is held ______.A. from time to timeB. once every yearC. every two yearsD. twice a year85. Teenagers may do all the following in the event EXCEPT ______.A. watering flowersB. cookingC. cleaning streetsD. taking care of animals86. An adult volunteer may get _____ for his time devoted to TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2018.A. community service credit and a T-shirtB. a high school certificate and a light breakfastC. a T-shirt and a gift certificateD. a gift certificate and community service credit87. The writer's purpose in writing this passage is to _______.A. inform readers of some frequently asked questionsB. introduce TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2018 to readersC. encourage readers to ask more questions about TEENSGIVINGD. call on readers to participate in TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2018(C)A woman standing over six feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds isbound to make an impression. But in Mary Fields’ case, these features wereoutmatched by a heart of gold that made her legendary(传奇的).Born into slavery in Tennessee in 1832 or 1833, Mary had nothing, noteven a date of birth. However, in her early years, she found something oftruly lasting value—a friend named Dolly. In addition to friendship, Dollyalso may have taught Mary to read and write, an invaluable advantage for slaves. At the end of America’s Civil War, Mary finally received her freedom and made her own way out into the world.Mary was employed on a steamboat as a maid when she received word from Dolly, now a nun （修女）in Ohio called Mother Amadeus. Mary arrived in Ohio in 1878 and worked at Amadeus’ girls’ school, managing the kitchen and garden. She became known as a gun-carrying, cigar-smoking woman, but also as an example of kindness and reliability. After a few years, though, Amadeus was sent to another school out West in Montana, becoming the first black woman to settle in central Montana.When Mary was in her 50s, a sick Mother Amadeus called her West. So Mary made her way to the small town of Cascade, Montana, to nurse Amadeus to health. She did this and more, running suppli es and visitors to St. Peter’s Mission where Amadeus lived. Once when her wagon(四轮马车) overturned, she guarded the delivery from wolves through the night.But Mary's rough edges caused the local bishop (主教) to prohibit her from working at the mission. Mother Amadeus then set her up as the first African-American female employee of the U.S. Postal Service. Though in her 60s, Mary was such a dependable mail carrier that she earned the name “tagecoach” Mary. She became a beloved figure in Cascade. She was the o nly woman allowed in the saloon(酒馆), was the baseball team’s biggest fan and was given free meals in the town hotel.Nearly 70, Mary quit delivering the mail but remained in Cascade. The town’s school closed to celebrate her unknown birthday twice a year. When she passed away in 1914, a simple cross was placed to mark her grave and her legend in the Wild West.56. What about Mary Fields impressed people most?A. Her tall and fat figure.B. Her reputation as an educated slave.C. Her friendliness and responsibility.D. Her habit of carrying a gun and smoking.57. Which of the following shows Mary’s life experience in the order of time?①Mary began to deliver mail in Cascade.②Mary worked in a school in Montana.③Mary was taught to read and write.④Mary took care of sick Amadeus.⑤Mary worked on a steamed boat.A.⑤①③②④B•⑤④②①③C.②④⑤③①D.③⑤②④①58. Mary became a mail carrier because . ,A. people in Cascade loved herB. she once worked at St. Peter’s MissionC. Mother Amadeus recommended herD. the US Postal Service needed a female employee59. In the last paragraph, t4her legend" most probably refers to _____ .A. her high social statusB. her unusual life as a pioneerC. her friendship with Amadeus.D. her role in the liberation of slaves(D)The MacArthur Foundation late last month announced its latest crop of “genius grants” and once again you thought maybe just maybe this was your year.And why not? These days we’re all geniuses. We might be “marketing geniuses” or “cooking geniuses” or “TV geniuses”. We have so weakened “genius” that it’s fast joining the company of “natural” and “mindful” (留心) words left inactive through overuse and misuse.Admittedly the word is tough to nail down. Sometimes we assume genius equivalent to raw intelligence. But many of humanity’s greatest breakthroughs were achieved by those with only modest IQs.Sometimes we think of the genius as someone extremely knowledgeable but that definition also falls short. During Albert Einstein’s time other scientists knew more physics than Einstein did but history doesn’t remember them. That’s because they didn’t make use of that knowledge the way Einstein di d. They weren’t able to as he put it “regard old questions from a new angle”.The genius is not a know-it-all but a see-it-all someone who working with the material available to all of us is able to make surprising and useful connections. True genius involves not merely an extra advance but a conceptual leap. As philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer put it: Talent hits the target no one else can hit; genius hits the target no one else can see.We’ve lost sight of this truth and too often grant the title of genius on talented people hitting visible targets. A good example is the much-boasted announcement earlier this year that scientists had for the first time recorded the sound of two black holes bumping a billion light-years away. It was a remarkable discovery no doubt but it did not represent a dramatic shift in how we understand the universe. It merely confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity.As Plato observed “What is honored in a country is cultivated there.” What do we honor? Digital technology and the convenience it represents so naturally we get a Steve Jobs or a Mark Zuckerberg as our “geniuses” which in point of fact they aren’t.The iPhone and Facebook are wonderful inventions. In many ways they make our lives a bit easier a bit more convenient. If anything though a true genius makes our lives more difficult moreunsettled. William Shakespeare’s words provide more anxiety than relief and the world felt a bit more secure before Charles Darwin came along. Zuckerberg and Jobs may have changed our world but they haven’t yet changed our worldview.We need to recover genius and a good place to start is by putting the brakes on Genius Flooding.92. The key factor that sets geniuses and talents apart is that __________.A. geniuses have a larger range of knowledgeB. geniuses have access to far more resourcesC. geniuses can see visible targetsD. geniuses approach things differently93. The reasons why people naturally regard Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg as geniuses include all the following EXCEPT that __________.A. their achievements bring people convenienceB. they have extraordinary intelligenceC. they are native to the country where digital technology is highly valuedD. they satisfy people’s needs in the age of high technology94. What can we infer from the passage?A. We should stop the improper use of “natural” and “mindful”.B. The first recording of two black holes bumping each other is a genius breakthrough.C. Charles Darwin is hardly a genius.D. More geniuses remain to be found in our life.95. What is the best title for the passage?A. Get a new word genius.B. Learn from a new model genius.C. Join in a new group genius.D. Make a new friend genius.Phrases writing from memory 16/1501. 为一个体格结实强壮的人动手术2. 一个涉及各行各业专家的决定3.被公认为是一个有幽默感的天才4. 围坐桌边享用大餐的乐趣5. 非常感激那位外科医生没让他们等太久6. 习惯于在圣诞节上午庆祝耶稣的诞生7. 在年纪还小时被要求掌握所有雕塑技巧8. 渴望一个声名鹤起的人来解释宇宙的运行方式Translation 19/1501. 感恩节没收到小礼物会让她不高兴。

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