上海理工大学附属中学2013-2014学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

上海理工大学附属中学2013-2014学年高一下学期期中考试英语试
题
I. Listening Comprehension（24’）
Section A
Directions：In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. Go to the office B. Keep calling C. Try online booking D. See a doctor
2. A. A reporter B. An athlete C. A fisherman D. An organizer
3. A. At a post office B. At a fast-food restaurant
C. At a booking office
D. At a check-in desk
4. A. He already has plans. B. The woman should decide where to eat.
C. He will make a reservation.
D. The woman can ask her brother for advice.
5. A. He got wet in the rain.
B. The shower was out of order.
C. He didn’t hear the phone ringing
D. He got out of the shower to answer the phone.
6. A. Reasonable B. Bright C. Serious D. Ridiculous
7. A. Send leaflets B. Go sightseeing C. Do some gardening D. Visit a lawyer
8. A. Her doorb ell doesn’t need repair. B. She didn’t expect him to come so early
C. The man has just arrived on time.
D. It is not the right time for her.
9. A. She won’t go t o the beach if it rains.
B. She would like the man to go to the beach.
C. It will clear up tomorrow.
D. It was pouring when she was at the beach.
10. A. What to take up as a hobby. B. How to keep fit.
C. How to handle pressure.
D. What to play with.
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. Her school was in a small village. B. She was outstanding at school.
C. She was the only Asian girl there.
D. Her parents were in London.
12 A. London B. Bath C. Swindon D. Oxford
13. A. Coming across a radio producer. B. Taking an earlier train.
C. Meeting a professional artist.
D. Wearing two odd shoes.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following speech.
14. A. Educating children. B. Saving rare animals.
C. Recreating an environment.
D. Making a profit.
15. A. Animals make visitors stressful. B. Animals must live their lives in cages.
C. Animals can feel bored and sad.
D. Animals are in danger of extinction.
16. A. They are still useful and necessary.
B. They have more disadvantages than advantages.
C. They are a perfect environment for animals.
D. They are recreative places for animals.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will bear 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.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary (16')
Section A (8')
Fill in the blanks according to the context
25. It’s obvious that her refusing to see a doctor has resulted _______ her illness worsening.
26. The question which will be discussed next week has something ______ (do) with
our salary.
27. It is the street ______ he came across his old friend.
28. Being a respectful person means always_______ (show) respects to others.
29. I am really sorry if my comments on the matter ______ (offend) you.
30. Lisa made _____ attempt to help her husband with the problem, but failed in the end.
31. A well-written speech calls ______ a lot, such as a good choice of words, a clear
structure, a distinct theme, etc.
32. He behaved _______ ______ nothing had happened.
Section B (9’)
Choices
33. In addition to what _______above, his speech was also involved in some big
issues of our society.
A. mentioned
B. is mentioned
C. was mentioned
D. mentions
34. It was all your own fault, so you can’t avoid ____ for it.
A. to be punished
B. to punish
C. being punished
D. punishing
35. Only after staying in England for a few weeks did Li Lei become used ____
Chinese.
A. to not speaking
B. not to speaking
C. to not speak
D. not to speak
36. Jim was ashamed of himself for _______ rude words to the beggar in the street the week before.
A. having said
B. having been said
C. saying
D. being said
37.The well-known singer insisted on ______ his private affairs in the press
conference.
A. not to discuss
B. discussing not
C. not discussing
D. not having discussed
38.The news of ___________ is already known to everyone in our office.
A. your promoting
B. your being promoted
C. being promoted
D. your having promoted
39._________ to the sunlight for a long time does harm to one’s skin.
A. Exposing
B. Be exposed
C. Exposed
D. Being exposed
40. _________ his friend when they met on the street made his friend very upset.
A. Tom didn’t greet
B. Tom’s not greeting
C. Tom not greeting
D. Not Tom greeting
41. It was on the time _________ we Chinese finally realized our dream.
A. when
B. that
C. on which
D. in which
Section C (9')
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word
Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but __42___ number of colleges and universities.
About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the __43___. Recent additions in the United States ___44___ projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are ___45___ at the Apple iTunes store.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) became an early ___46___with its Open Course Ware project, first ___47___ in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at . Many exams even include the answers.
Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These ___48___ from physics to political science.
Visitors can learn the same things that M.I.T. students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not a M.I.T. education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide ___49___ with teachers.
Still, M.I.T. says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at M.I.T. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.
Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of appearing online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., is ___50___ popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures.
M.I.T. Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in science, technology, maths and engineering.
III. Reading Comprehension (35')
Section A (15')
Directions: For each blank in the following pas-sage 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 are many stories about people who did not let age stop them in the pursuit of their goals. I’m sure you have heard of recent 70-year-old college graduates, or teenagers who are 51 of many useful things or owners of companies. Actually, it can be done; it just 52 your attitude.
Michael had wanted to run his own business from an early age, but he was 53 a big risk taker. After many years of working for others, he put a business plan together and was about to make the 54 , but his friends told him that at 45 he was too 55 to
start his own construction business. They thought it was a young man’s business while Michael needed a steady income to support his family. Michael was discouraged. 56 many of his friends worked in the very field that he was considering starting his business in, he 57 that they knew what was best, so he decided to give up his 58 . But his wife told him that he was foolish to do so. They discussed it and Michael 59 that he’d been using his age as a(n) 60 instead of as an advantage.
Have you put off a goal 61 age or another limiting factor? Does the limiting 62 really have as much influence as you think? Age is just a number and each challenge is an opportunity. Your attitude 63 . You’re not too old to try someth ing 64 and never too old to give up on your dreams. They may 65 a bit of adjustment, but if you want something enough, believe in yourself and your desires will have no bounds.
51. A. owners B. discoverers C. inventors D. users
52. A. depends on B. turns down C. makes up D. leads to
53. A. never B. hardly C. nearly D. surely
54. A. decision B. leap C. conclusion D. contribution
55. A. early B. old C. hard D. wise
56. A. If B. Before C. Even D. Since
57. A. hoped B. learnt C. thought D. heard
58. A. plan B. job C. belief D. method
59. A. stressed B. decided C. realized D. Dreamed
60. A. response B. reply C. answer D. excuse
61. A. instead of B. regardless of C. because of D. in spite of
62. A. result B. factor C. pressure D. strength
63. A. changes B. helps C. begins D. matters
64. A. opposite B. impossible C. strange D. valuable
65. A. make B. suggest C. require D. follow
Section B (11')
Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or un-finished 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)
It was the first day of second grade, and Sarah had been looking forward to this moment. The night before, she laid out her favorite clothes: a white coat and a bright yellow shirt.
When having breakfast, Sarah dropped some food on her shirt, so she had to change into her second-best clothes, blue jeans and a Jonas Brothers T-shirt.
After breakfast Sarah rushed to catch the school bus and when she was just reaching the door the bus driver opened it. The door hit right in Sarah’s face and blood dripped from her nose. The driver wanted to send her home, but she refused, "It is the most important day of the year! I can’t miss it!"
Before classes, Sarah went to her favorite swing. When rising high, she saw her
best friend little Jack. She let go of the swing and waved to him with one hand. Unfortunately, she flew out of the swing and landed hard on the sand, breaking a leg and an arm. As she lay in the sand, she noticed a shiny thing on the ground beside her. With her good hand she took it.
When S arah’ mother rushed into the ward she was surprised by what she saw: her girl was lying in bed with an arm and a leg in the splint (夹板), a broken nose, and blood stains on her second-best clothes. Expecting to see her child crying, she was confused when sh e saw a big, bright smile on Sarah’s face.
"Sarah, look at you!" her mother cried. "You were hurt so badly and why are you smiling?"
"Look, Mommy, I found a diamond!" Sarah laughed.
Life can be like that. It can be tough, even painful sometimes. But there are always treasures that make the pain worth suffering.
66. When Sarah went to school, she was wearing ________________.
A. a white coat and a Jonas Brothers T-shirt
B. blue jeans and a yellow shirt
C. a white coat and a yellow shirt
D. blue jeans and a Jonas Brothers T-shirt
67. Sarah fell off the swing because _____________.
A. she seldom played swing
B. she rose too high
C. she waved one hand to her friend
D. she was pulled down by her friend
68. When Sarah’s mother saw her i n the ward she felt _______________.
A. upset
B. puzzled
C. relaxed
D. disappointed
69. Which of the following can be used to describe Sarah’s story?
A. Every cloud has a silver lining.
B. Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
C. First think, then act.
D. No pains, no gains.
(B)
How difficult change is depends a lot on your attitude towards it and your resistance to it. Your attitude to change can make the whole transformation process much easier.
Imagine change as a pair of shoes and this will help you understand change and how it works. I am sure that you have ever had a comfortable pair of shoes in your life.
A pair of shoes is so comfortable that you really don’t want to get rid of them.
You know you need a new pair, and may even have them, but you don’t want to wear them because you are comfortable with your current pair. Besides, the new pair may hurt your feet, give you blisters(水疱) or be awkward to wear to start with. So, you resist the new shoes. However, you know that this new pair would be much better for your feet, and after the initial discomfort they would probably be even more comfortable, yet you still resist.
Do you know I’m doing this now? I’m wearing my comfortable shoes and they feel good. They have a hole in each heel, and the sole is starting to fall off, but I’m persisting in wearing them.
This describes change exactly; change of our habits, change of our thought patterns. We stick with the old patterns because they are comfortable. Yet once we get over the initial pain of the transformation, the new pattern will be comfortable and feel good until the time comes when we need another new pair of shoes.
70. Why do people prefer old shoes to new ones?
A. They have much emotion in the old ones.
B. They are more comfortable.
C. New shoes always harm the feet.
D. They look better than the new ones.
71. According to the passage, we know that people ______.
A. don’t realize the benefit of the new shoes very well
B. are positive and open-minded to accept new things
C. actually know the change will finally be good for them
D. don’t accept new patterns because they are not good
72. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Once we form a habit, it’s difficult to change it.
B. Most people pay more attention to the future life.
C. One’s attitude towards something is usually traditional.
D. The more often we change, the better our life will be.
(C)
It seems hard to watch someone yawn and not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force.
Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids don’t develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The work could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect.
"Emotional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together," said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. "Yawning may be part of that." Inspiration for her study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She repeatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did.
"The fact that autistic kids don’t do it might mean they’re really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them," she said. "The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand that humans have minds that are different from others’," she added. "Autistic people never seem to understand that."
Like infectious laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a
shared experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after
a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.
73. What does the new study suggest, according to the first two paragraphs?
A. It is easy to stop yawning when you see others yawn.
B. Yawning has some mysterious force which is related to God.
C. Children follow others in yawning just after they are born.
D. Yawning is a form of communication.
74. According to Molly Helt, _________________.
A. emotions are infectious, but yawning is not
B. yawning helps clear ears on planes
C. humans differ from animals because they communicate with others
D. yawning is a kind of emotional connection among humans
75. Which of the following is NOT true about yawning?
A. It is natural to yawn back if people around you yawn.
B. Some kids are too young to yawn after others.
C. Yawning can b e used to test children’s deve lopment.
D. Kids with autism yawn easily when others yawn.
76. The author implies in the last paragraph that ________.
A. it is bad manners to yawn on some social occasions
B. yawning can make people feel relaxed
C. yawning is different from infectious laughter and crying in theory
D. the more you yawn, the happier you will be
Section D (4')
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy’s popular beaches.
Hundreds of specially trained dogs from Italy’s corps of canine(犬类的) lifeguards set out each summer to help swimmers in need of rescue.
These "life dogs" wear a harness that victims can grab to be dragged back to shore, and unlike human lifeguards, they can easily jump from helicopters and speeding boats to reach swimmers in trouble.
With millions flocking to Italy’s crowded beaches each summer,the Italian Coast Guard says it rescues about 3,000 people every year —and their canine helpers have saved several lives.
It takes three years for the canines to reach expert rescue status, and currently 300 dogs are fully trained for duty, said Roberto Gasbarri, who directs the Italian School of Canine Lifeguards program.
"Dogs are of good physical strength. They can increase the speed at which victims are rescued," Gasbarri said.
"The dog becomes a sort of intelligent lifebuoy(救生圈). It is a buoy that goes by itself to a person in need of help, and comes back to the shore also by himself, choosing the best landing point and swimming through the safest currents," he said.
The school will train any breed, as long as they weigh at least 30 kilograms, but New found lands and golden retrievers are most commonly used because they are good at swimming. Each dog works together with a human lifeguard, who also acts as the animal’s trainer.
"Being retrievers, they set out to pick up anything we tell them, be it a human being, an object, or a fish, and they bring it back to the shore," said lifeguard Monia Luciani. "They do not associate it with a physical activity, but it is rather a game for them."
77. The dogs wear a harness so that __________.
78. The dogs are helpful to _________.
79. Why does the school usually choose to train the New found lands and golden retrievers?
___________________________________.
80. How do the dogs regard the pickup training?
____________________________________.
第II卷(共20分)
Translation (20')
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
答案：
第I卷
1-10 CBABD DBDAC 11-16 CBA ACA
17. 14 18. downtown 19. personal 20. Cash
21. mixed 22. more self-confident 23. a positive influence 24. exams
25.in 26.to do 27.where 28. showing 29. offended 30.an 31.for
32.as if/as though
33-37 CCBAC 38-41 BDBB
42-50 FDBIGCHAE
51-55 CAAAB 56-60 DCACD 61-65 CBDDC
66-69 DCBA 70-72 BCA 73-76 DDDB
77. victims can grab to be dragged back to shore
78. increase the speed at which victims are rescued
79. They are good at swimming.
80. They regard it as a kind of game.。