【英语】上海市实验学校2013-2014学年高一上学期期中考试23

上海市实验学校2013学年度第一学期高一英语学科期中考试试卷（考试时间：90 分钟）I. Listening 15%Part A Short Conversations 5’Directions: In part 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. It was a success. B. It was not successful.C. He enjoyed it.D. It was not mentioned.2. A. $30. B. $100 C. $50. D. $15.3. A. Jill. B. Jim. C. Jacques. D. Paul.4. A. The man telephoned Mary. B. The man didn't call Mary.C. The man didn't want to call Mary.D. The man forgot it.5. A. She will invite John. B. She won’t invite John.C. She is not sure.D. She will invite him later.6. A. At a restaurant. B. At a studio. C. At a concert. D. At a theatre7. A. Groceries. B. Gasoline. C. Medicine. D. A car.8. A. To bring some food to the table. B. To help herself to some food.C. To use the phone on the table.D. To help herself to the table.9. A. She dislikes fireworks. B. She has plans for the evening.C. She doesn't feel like going out.D. She has to get theatre tickets.10. A. Japan. B. Australia. C. Italy. D. Canada.Part B Passages 6’Directions: In part 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. Visiting his teachers and doing shopping. B. Collecting his pictures.C. Buying his flight ticket.D. Wandering about in the airport building.12. A. Shirts. B. Gloves. C. Toys. D. A clock.13. A. He left his suitcase in the airport building.B. He couldn't enjoy the beauty of the evening.C. He was suspected as a terrorist and taken to an airline office.D. He intended to visit more teachers and buy more presents.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They can stop playing any time they like. B. They can test their personal abilities.C. They want to pick a better team.D. They don't need rules.15. A. They are not interested in games. B. They find children’s games too easy.C. They don't need a reason to play games.D. They don't understand children’s games.16. A. Because he can be someone other than himself.B. Because he can become popular among friends.C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games.D. Because he likes the place where he plays a game.Part C Longer Conversations 4’Directions:In part 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.II. Grammar and Vocabulary 25%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 sentences. 16’25.This memorial hall ______late in the 1930s in memory of this famous writer.A. builtB. was being builtC. would be builtD. was built26.Qing Dynasty ______for more than 200 years.A. existedB. has existedC. was existedD. has been existed27.The girl who ___ beautiful eyes _____a prize in yesterday’s singing contest.A. has…winsB. had…wonC. having…wonD. has…won28.The news that volunteer workers will go to homes for the aged ______now.A. is being talked aboutB. are being talked aboutC. is being talkedD. are being talked29.They became friends again that day. Until then they ______to each other for nearly two years.A. didn’t speakB. hadn’t spokenC. haven’t spokenD. haven’t been speaking30. In the past few years, __________much improvement in the traffic.A. there has beenB. there has hadC. there have beenD. there had been31. Here are some of the suggestions you need __________your hair.A. taking care ofB. to be taken ofC. to take care ofD. take care of32. You’d better make an appointment with a hairdressing salon before you have your hair _____.A. cuttingB. to cutC. cutD. to be cut33.Tourists have been recently gained access___ Angkor Wat by air and _____ has hotels nearby.A. to…itB. of…thisC. to…whichD. /…it34. When this boy was asked to copy down the sentence ten times, he did nothing but_____deeply with a blank look on his face.A. sighB. sightC. signD. signal35. Body language is widely used to ______our feelings and emotions to others by means of gestures and posture.A. carryB. fetchC. bringD. communicate36. Debbie’s smiling face can make her customers feel ______so you have to improve the way_____you deal with your customers.A. welcomed…/B. welcome…thatC. awkward…in thatD. embarrassed…in which37. The child _______toothpaste out of a tube, ________it to the toothbrush and began to brushher teeth.A. applied…squeezedB. squeezed…applied C .pressed…put D. stressed…place38. The education system was once the ______of the country, but now it seems to be________.A. proud…in ruinB. pride…in ruinsC. remains…falling into ruinD. wonder…fall into ruins39. You should be well aware _____the fact that most interviewers have rich experience becausethey are in ________position in their companies.A. of…olderB. on…youngerC. on…juniorD. of…senior40. _____ the coach was twisting and turning _______ the bumpy country road, the travelers feltthat they were pulling themselves apart.A. As…alongB. While…awayC. When…offD. Until…in Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlycommunication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of ___41___speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is ___42___through sign language in which motions___43___ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to turn to this form of ___44___. Many of these symbols of whole words are very lively and exact and can be used ___45___; spelling, however, cannot.Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either___46___ or not. A wink can be a way of showing that the party is only joking. A nod means approval, while shaking the head indicates ___47___.Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of ___48___ dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps andpicture signs also ___49___and warn people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.III. Reading comprehension30%Section A 10’Directions: 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 an English saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the _ 50 _ it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can _51 _ people’s health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films __ 52__ doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to 53 exercise. It decreases blood pressure, the heart beat and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter 54 the body, it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors 55 pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the 56 time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish( 减少) both stress and pain.As a 57 of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, i n which they help to improve their patients’ condition by 58__ them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects 59 to those caused by laughter.50．A. harm B. strength C. effect D. good51．A. help B. improve C. increase D. damage52．A. if B. but C. while D. since53．A. mental B. physical C. practical D. medical54. A. guarantees B. applies C. maintains D. exercises55．A. overlooked B. produced C. preserved D. ensured56. A. remaining B. rest C. longest D. adequate57．A. fact B. matter C. result D. sign58．A. encouraging B. allowing C. assisting D. reminding59．A. respectful B. subtle C. adaptable D. similarSection B 20%Directions: Read the following passage. Each passage is followed by several questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A. B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the passage you have just read.(A)To Chinese immigrants, in the mid-1800s, California was “The Land of the Golden Mountain.” In their homeland they had heard the words, “There’s gold in California.” The y sailed 7,000miles to join the gold rush and strike it rich. Between 1849 and 1882, more than 30,000 Chinese came to California. Most were men. They had been farmers in China. They came here to be miners and laborers. They ended up doing many other jobs, too.Like many other immigrants, they did not plan to stay in America. They came because of their ties to their homeland and their families. They planned to return to China with their fortunes and help their families.Only a few Chinese gold miners struck it rich. Most picked over the areas that had been mined already. But still, white miners resented the Chinese. Slowly, they drove the “yellow peril” from the mining camps.By the end of the 1850s, many Chinese returned home. Those who stayed found other jobs. Few women had come west in the gold rush. The Chinese saw a good business opportunity. They began doing the jobs women would have done. Many became house servants. Many more opened laundries.The Chinese opened restaurants. Chop suey and show mein are popular Chinese-American dishes. The Chinese probably created these dishes to serve to the white miners. Other Chinese became fishermen, farmers, and even cigar makers.60. Why did Chinese go to America in the mid-1800s?A. Because they could find good jobs there.B. Because they had found gold there.C. Because they could open laundries and restaurants there.D. Because they heard there was gold there.61. The underlined word “resented”(L.2,Para.3 ) mean “________”.A. likedB. helpedC. hatedD. served62. Which should be the title of the passage?A. Early Chinese immigrants in AmericaB. Dream to strike it richC. The difference between men and womenD. Gold miners in America(B)My father was Chief engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War II. The book Night of the U-boats told the story.MemoriesIn September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sail.Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷).I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报),which in those days always brought bad news. My grand- mother opened it. It read, “Safe, Love Ted.”My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee, his arm in a bandage.He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.Ten years later I read Night of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.TorpedoOne torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.By the time he got on deck (甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck firm. When he tried to cut it free it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest（以免）we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.63. We can infer(推断) that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.A. to meet a friendB. to see the father offC. to take a family photoD. to enjoy the sailing of the ship64. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?A. he was still alive.B. His knee was broken.C. His ship had been sunk.D. He had arrived in Glasgow.65. What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?A. He lost his armB. He repaired the engines.C. He managed to take a lifeboat.D. He was the last to leave the ship.66. What is the passage mainly about?A. A group of forgotten heroesB. A book describing a terrifying battle.C. A ship engineer’s wartime experience.D. A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue.(C)Over a period of time, many habitats (栖息地)change with respect to the types of plants and animals that live there. This change is known as succession.Succession occurs because plants and animals cause a change in the environment in which they live. The first weeds and grasses that appear on a bare field, for example, change the environment by shielding the soil from direct sunlight. As these plants spread, the ground becomes cooler and more moist than it was originally. Thus, the environment at the ground surface has been changed. The new surface conditions favor the sprouting（产生）of shrubs. As shrubs grow, they kill the grasses by preventing light from reaching them and also enhance (增加)the soil. Pine seedlings (苗)soon take hold and as they grow, they in turn shade out the shrubs. They are not able to shade out oak and hickory (山核桃)seedlings, however, that have found the forest floor suitable. These seedlings grew into large trees that eventually shade out the pines.67.The best title of this passage is _____.A. The Importance of Weeds and GrassesB. The Success of Oak and HickoryC. How Environmental Habitats ChangeD. Animal and Plant Habitats68.It can be inferred (推理) from the passage that ______.A. oak and hickory trees grow taller than pinesB. weeds and grasses prefer cold climateC. pines and grasses can exist togetherD. birds encourage the growth of shrubs69. Which of the following is a stage of succession as described in the passage?A. A forest cut down to build an airport.B. A flood washing away a crop of wheatC. Wild flowers growing in an unused parking lotD. Animals being tamed (驯服)by childrenV. Translation 20%Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.70. 什么样的发型适合她的脸型？（suit）71. 在炎热的夏日里,保护食物最有效的方法之一是把食物放在冰箱里。