上海市金山中学2013-2014学年高二下学期期末考试英语试题

（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分命题人：曹宇审核人：张伟华）
第I卷（共103分）
I. Listening Comprehension（30分）
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.
Section A
1. A. 7:00 B. 7:10 C. 7:20 D. 7:30
2. A. He has a cough. B. He has a cold
C. He has a fever.
D. He has a headache.
3. A. She got a good job. B. She did well in the test.
C. She is a maths teacher.
D. She likes maths very much.
4. A. Buying some furniture. B. Moving some furniture.
C. Looking for a bigger room.
D. Buying a new house.
5. A. At school B. In a hospital C. In an office D. On the phone
6. A. Go on working B. Quit her job C. Go to the seaside D. Go home
7. A. Friends B. Sister and brother
C. Policeman and driver
D. Classmates
8. A. He wants to play basketball. B. He doesn’t want to do anything.
C. He’d like the woman to decide.
D. He is quite busy right now.
9. A. Get up early. B. Read English after getting up.
C. Do exercise in the morning.
D. Have a walk for ten minutes.
10. A. The place B. The party C. The people D. The noise
Section B
Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. At least 1,300 years.
B. More than 3,000 years.
C. Less than 2,300 years.
D. More than 1,000 years.
12. A. Singapore B. India C. Korea D. Malaysia
13. A. Gold B. Wood C. Silver D. Bamboo
Question 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. At the top of a mountain of Yunnan Province.
B. Along Chirui Lake
C. In Shiping County.
D. Between the Ming Village and the Qing Village
15. A. 10 B. 28 C. 403 D. 600
16. A. Living buildings. B. Mountains and water.
C. Qing and Ming museums.
D. Ancient halls and towers.
Section C
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
II. Grammar (16分)
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the 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）
Several years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, I was
feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me: “You don’t look well” That completely took me by surprise, I told him I had never felt 25 （well）. Without hesitation he told me I looked terribly bad and my skin appeared yellow.
When I left the service station, 26 (feel) a little uneasy, I pulled over to the side of road and look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was everything all right? Had I picked up 27 rare disease? Had I picked up hepatitis（肝炎）?
The next time I drove into the service station, I figured out what 28 (happen). The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, the light 29 (reflect) off the walls made someone inside look as though they had hepatitis. I wondered how many folks had reacted the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger 30 (change) my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative
observation had a profound effect 31 the way I felt and acted.
A little while later I saw how funny the incident was. I wonder how many other people that the man had told were ill 32 he realized that the service station had a paint job.
（B ）
My daughter and I were flying to spend a week with my husband in Florida. The plane was totally full. I had noticed some Boy Scouts (童子军) at the gate and promised to my daughter that if 33 happened, we would be OK with all those Scouts on our flight!
Unfortunately, our seats were separated by the aisle （走道）. Kallie was nervous about the trip and had counted on my reading to her the whole way. 34 (try) to read across the aisle would be a challenge.
When the two passengers who shared my row boarded the plane, I asked if they __35__ switch places with Kallie and me. They refused. Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were panicking several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake with their boarding passes, and the whole family 36 (split) up. The passengers in her row also refused to move. The mother was concerned about the younger boy sitting with strangers.
Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, “Ma’am, we can help you.” He then spent five minutes rearranging his group. The mothe r’s relief was obvious.
Kallie, however, was still upset . I told her that there wasn’t anything 37 I could do; we would have to sit 38 we were. Gradually, the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster (not a Scout himself) turned around and asked, “Woul d you and your daughter like our seats ?” We traded seats and continued our trip, very much 39 (relieve) to be together.
Would that man have offered us his seat if the Scouts hadn’t done so for the mom and her children? I don’t know. But the belief lives on in my mind 40 kindness is contagious （蔓延）! III. Vocabulary （10分）
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.
The documentary film The Alps tells the story of a young American mountaineer who 41 the North Face of the Eiger, considered Europ e’s most dangerous climb and one that 42 his father ’s life.
The 40-minute film by Stephen Judson was shown in the IMAX Dome Theater of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum on October 3, 2010.
When John Harlin III was only nine years old, his father John Harlin II died while 43 the North Face of the Eiger in Switzerland in 1996, Thirty-nine years later, in 2005, Harlin confronted his demons and attempted the same climb.
“For a long time I grew up in the 44 of my father ’s tragedy. But after many years ’ fear I finally climbed the mountain, where I found a closer 45 with my father,” Harlin said at the premiere of the film in Shanghai.
The film ’s 46 was supported by the Switzerland Tourism Agency and
features
magnificent scenery.
During the world Expo, the Switzerland Pavilion screened a seven-minute condensed version of the film. The pavilion 47 an indoor cable ride through Switzerland, a photo exhibition and a tourism-themed night.
The film also explains the 48 and geology of the Alps and why the North Face of the Eiger is so dangerous.
Harlin says the film not only documents the greatest moment in his life, but also 49 the importance of family, love and respect for nature.
His father 50 these values on young Harlin and he, in turn, has passed them on to his young daughter.
IV.Reading Comprehension（47分）
Section A （15分）
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.
In a city of south India lived a young man who was always dreaming of becoming rich. He often heard about some traders in his city who gathered a great deal of 51 in the course of their travels across the world. He believed he could also make a great achievement although he didn’t have any 52 in business at all. So, one fine day, the young man set out on a long 53 in search of trade opportunities.
54 though, he did not become as rich as he had thought he would. Worse, he spent more money on his travels than he 55 in the course of his trade. All this made him feel confused and 56 , but he refused to return home without 57 .
One day, while he was wandering on the shore in a seaside town, his eyes 58 on an object which he thought should be a large ship at a distance.
“When I become rich, I shall buy a ship just like that one and 59 around the world,” he said ambitiously. Then he waited to see the ship enter the harbor. As the ship got closer, it lost its 60 dimensions(规模) and looked more like a small boat. When the boat reached the 61 , the young man let out a big heavy sigh because he discovered that it was only a bunch of logs tied together. He was terribly 62 to see such a raft(木筏).
Finally he understood. Just as he 63 a lot of time on fruitless speculation(猜想) about the “ship”, his expectations of getting 64 was also without any real basis. Therefore, he decided to return home and 65 up a more practical job.
51. A. energy B. knowledge C. resource D. fortune
52. A. expectation B. experience C. interest D. ambition
53. A. journey B. partnership C. vacation D. period
54. A. Unreasonably B. Unbelievably C. Unconsciously D. Unfortunately
55. A. begged B. borrowed C. earned D. adopted
56. A. uncertain B. excited C. patient D. indifferent
57. A. hesitation B. success C. problem D. income
58. A. depended B. focused C. insisted D. lived
59. A. show B. turn C. sail D. fly
60. A. correct B. formal C. real D. grand
61. A. bank B. shore C. ocean D. bottom
62. A. disappointed B. pleased C. puzzled D. astonished
63. A. saved B. valued C. wasted D. created
64. A. rich B. learned C. smart D. strong
65. A. set B. gave C. made D. took
Section B （24分）
Directions: 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）
Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day’s events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn’t accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?
When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically to ok out my pen…
At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.
Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful. I’m no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.
I don’t want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won’t have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I’ll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don’t live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.
66. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ______.
A. observing her school routine
B. expressing her satisfaction
C. impressing her classmates
D. preserving her history
67. What caused a change in the author’s understanding of keeping a diary?
A. A dull night on the journey.
B. The beauty of the great valley.
C. A striking quotation from a book.
D. Her concerns for future generations.
68. What does the author put in her diary now?
A. Notes and beautiful pictures.
B. Special thoughts and feelings.
C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.
D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.
69. The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ______.
A. to experience it
B. to live the present in the future
C. to make memories
D. to give accurate representations of it
（B）
Do you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight? When you are running, this force is increased further still. What happens if through disease a hip-joint ceases to be able to resist such forces? For many years hip-joints and other body joints have been replaceable either partially or completely. It is after all a simple ball and socket joint; it has certain loads imposed on it; it needs reliability over a defined life; it must contain materials suitable for the working environment. Any engineer will recognize these as characteristic of a typical engineering problem, which doctors and engineers have worked together to solve, in order to bring a fresh lease of life to people who would otherwise be disabled.
This typifies the way in which engineers work to help people and create a better quality of life. The fact that this country has the most efficient agricultural industry in the world is another good example. Mechanical engineers have worked with farmers and biologists to produce fertilizers, machinery and harvesting systems. This team effort has now produced crops uniformly waist high or less so that they are better suited to mechanical harvesting. Similar advances with other crops have released people from hard and boring jobs for more creative work, whilst machines harvest crops more efficiently with less waste. Providing more food for the rapidly increasing population is yet another role for the mechanical engineer.
70. According to the passage, when would most weight be imposed on hip-joints?
A. When one is walking.
B. When one is running.
C. When one is standing.
D. When one is lying down.
71. Engineers regard the replacement of hip-joints as a(n) ____ Problem.
A. mechanical
B. medical
C. health
D. agricultural
72. According to the passage, how do engineers contribute to increasing efficiency of the
agricultural industry?
A. By working with farmers.
B. By working in teams.
C. By growing crops of the same height.
D. By making agricultural machinery.
73. According to the context, "This team effort'" in Paragraph Two refers to__________.
A. mechanical engineers.
B. doctors and engineers.
C. biologists, doctors and farmers.
D. farmers, biologists and engineers
（C）
Rules for the University Entrance Examination
•You must be at the examination center ten minutes before the examination starts. If you are more than ten minutes late, you may not enter the examination center. The examination takes place at the same time in different states.
•You must have proof of your name and grade as well as official examination number. Show these when you come to the examination center.
•Depending on which examination you are taking, you may bring certain items into the examination center. Mathematics examinations may allow you to use electronic calculators. Other
subjects may allow you to use dictionaries and other reference material. Please read the notes sent with your timetable carefully.
•You must bring your own pencils. None will be provided for you. The following items are not allowed in the examination center: walkmans and radios, head sets, any food or drink, school bags, electronic equipment (unless specifically permitted for various subjects), and mobile phones. •Once in the center, you must sit at the desk with your examination number on it. When you sit down, place your examination number at the top corner of your desk.
•You must remain silent during the examination. You must not disturb other people who are taking the test.
•If you need a drink or toilet break, you should raise your hand and wait for the supervisor (监督者) to speak to you. You will be given water or the supervisor will take you to the bathroom. You are not allowed to talk with anyone during the break.
•You must write your answers in the official answer sheet. Your supervisor will provide extra paper if you wish to make notes.
•You may leave the examination room at any time if you do not plan to return. If you finish early and want to leave, please move well away from the examination center.
•The supervisor will warn you fifteen minutes, five minutes and one minute before the end of the examination. When the supervisor says that the time is up, you must put down your pencil and wait at your desk until your paper is collected.
74. What kind of examination are these rules probably for?
A. A local exam.
B. A final exam.
C. A college exam.
D. A national exam.
75. What are you allowed to have with you when you take mathematics examination?
A. Related material.
B. Proof of yourself.
C. A cell phone.
D. A dictionary.
76. What should you do if you finish the test early, and want to get a better result?
A. Take some notes carefully.
B. Leave the room immediately.
C. Remain in your seat and check again.
D. Raise your hand to inform your teacher.
77. What can he provided for you during the exam?
A. Pencils.
B. Food and drink
C. Extra paper.
D. Calculators.
Section C （8分）
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
A sense of smell is very important to a person. Our nose helps us to know more about the world.
The sense of smell starts with the nose, but it includes other parts of the head and the brain. Let us use the example of the burning match to understand how this sense works.
When the match starts to burn, tiny little pieces of ash that come from the match float through the air. These small pieces of material are too small for us to see, but the nose is sensitive to them and can smell them as they travel through the air into our nose. When the small pieces of ash reach
the olfactory nerve （嗅觉神经）, which is like an electrical wire on a telephone, the olfactory nerve carries the message to the brain, telling it that we are smelling a burning match. We don’t always smell a smell right away, because it takes time for the small pieces to travel in the air and then into our nose to the olfactory nerve.
Human beings have a very weak sense of smell. As people evolved and began to use reason more, they didn’t need to smell things quite as well as other animals did. They could use their eyes and their brains in a different way. There is one way our sense of smell is different from other senses. After sensing a particular smell for a long time, our sense of smell gets tired. When we first come into the house, we can smell dinner cooking, but after that, our olfactory nerves get tired and then we don’t smell anything at all. When we have a cold, our nose is all stuffed up, and we cannot smell certain things, like perfume or food.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
78. The sense of smell is not only related to the nose, but also has a connection with
__________________________________________________________________________.
79. How dose the olfactory nerve make people know a smell?
__________________________________________________________________________.
80. Why do people have a weaker sense of smell in contrast to other animals according to the passage?
_________________________________________________________________________.
81. A healthy cook cannot smell the cooking most probably because __________________ .
第II 卷（共47 分）
I. Translation (4+4+4+5+5)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 和他争论艺术的起源没有任何意义。

(point)
2. 许多化妆品会先在动物身上做实验以确保它们是无害的。

(experiment)
3. 糖不仅刺激食欲，而且使人感觉精力充沛。

(Not only) F
4. 老师因他给出了一个简洁的历史观点而称赞了他，这令我们羡慕不已。

(compliment)
5. 那位专家说服她放弃了通过移除肋骨减肥的愚蠢想法。

(persuade)
II. Guided Writing (25分)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the picture given below.
1.描述漫画内容；
2.分析漫画所揭示的问题；
3.提出你的看法。

注意:考生可适当发挥，使文章内容充实、连贯。

金山中学2013学年度第二学期高二年级英语学科期末考试答案I.Listening Comprehension（30分）
II.Grammar (16分)
III．Vocabulary（10分）
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IV．Reading Comprehension（47分）
Section A （15分）
Section C （8分）
78. parts of the head and the brain.
79. By carrying the message to the brain.
80. People used reason more as they evolved/ People use their eyes and their brains more.
81. his or her olfactory nerves get tired.
第II 卷（共47 分）
I. Translation （4+4+4+5+5）。