2012学年浦东新区第一学期期中6校联考

2012学年第一学期期中6校联考 高二英语试卷 （满分100分，考试时间90分钟） （2012-11） I. Listening Comprehension (20%) Part A Short Conversations Directions : In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, you 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. She broke the window herself. B. She repaired the broken window. C. She was able to get the window open. D. She hurt herself on the broken glass. 2. A. She read it again and again. B. She covered it up. C. She read every page of it. D. She tore its cover off. 3. A. He is speaking a language they don‘t know. B. He doesn‘t have a microphone. C. He is speaking much too quickly. D. The microphone is out of order. 4. A. At 4:30 B. At 5:00 C. At 5:30 D. At 4:00 5. A. The traffic noise. B. The large hall. C. The speaker‘s weak voice. D. Their seats. 6. A. At a barber‘s shop. B. At a dry cleaning shop. C. At a restaurant. D. At a clothing store. 7. A. He doesn‘t understand the question. B. He will not lend her the money. C. He will surely lend her the money. D. He might lend her the money. 8. A. Punish him. B. Pick him up C. Reward him. D. Ignore him. 9. A. A weekly, morning paper. B. A weekly, afternoon paper. C. A daily, afternoon paper. D. A daily, morning paper.学校____________班级____________姓名___________学号_________准考证号_____________ ………………………...………………………装…………………………订…………………………..线……………….…………………………… __学生答题不准超过此线_______________________________________________10. A. She got up later than usual. B. The bus was late.C. She forgot her class.D. Her clock was wrong.Part B PassagesDirections：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. Listening to music. B. Swimming. C. Walking. D. Going to movies.12. A. Running. B. Skating. C. Fishing. D. Hunting.13. A. Swiss people are very friendly.B. Switzerland has a favorable climate for sporting activities.C. Switzerland has a variety of attractions.D. Switzerland is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. 15 B. 36 C. 45 D. 3015. A. 45 B. 36 C.15 D. 3016. A. A student can move between one university and another during the course.B. A student can spend a longer period than four years for a degree.C. A student can receive loans in his first year in a university.D. A student may attend at least four courses during each semester.Part C Longer ConversationsDirections: In Part C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.Blanks17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (23%)Section A(14%)Directions: 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. ______we visited Switzerland, we were struck by the beautiful scenery.A. The first timeB. For the first timeC. It is the first timeD. At the first time22. All the students will be _____ to make a short presentation.A. adoptedB. requiredC. supposedD. promised23. Can you manage to ____the hillside?A. skate onB. ski onC. race onD. scramble down24. The professor went on working on his project ____ his illness.A. despiteB. in spiteC. even soD. although25. We must do everything possible to prevent such things from _____ again.A. to happenB. happeningC. being happenedD. happen26. The latest fashion magazine was ______ with many beautiful pictures of top models.A. floodedB. instructedC. illustratedD. overlooked27. Many people think, “The ____ the price is, the _____ the quality is.”A. less expensive; more goodB. more expensive; betterC. lower; more goodD. higher; better28. He can‘t ________ the temptation of chocolate.A. resistB. reduceC. appreciateD. adopt29. Do you understand the English _____ on the label?A. instructorB. instructionC. directorD. direction30. All the books _______ were sold are useless.A. whichB. thatC. /D. they31. The chemistry lab ______ they are doing experiments was built ten years ago.A. thatB. whichC. whereD. in that32. Mathilde would never forget the night _____ she lost the necklace.A. whichB. whenC. whyD. at that time33. The old man has three sons, _______ go to college.A. all of themB. whoC. thatD. all of whom34. It was a meeting _____ importance I did not realize at that time.A. whoseB. thatC. whichD. whomSection B(9%)Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlyHere are some interesting facts about thumbs:Thumbs(大拇指) are _35_. _36_ thumbs, it would be very hard to do everyday things like write, eat, get dressed and tie our shoes. If you had to put a price tag on your thumbs, how much do you think they would be _37_?World champion race car _38_ Fernando Alonso has very expensive thumbs. Sponsors(赞助商) of his team insured(上保险) his thumbs for a total of 10 million euro (91 million yuan ). They did it to bring attention to the importance of having accident and life insurance.― Alonso‘s thumbs are a symbol, as w ell as being essential for driving a Formula One car, in that they make a sign of victory and show that everything is under _39_ and well protected.‖ said his sponsor. The racer will _40_ in the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona this week.In the UK, people use their (mostly uninsured ) thumbs to eat haggis, a _41_Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep. But according to a new survey, many Brits have no idea what Haggis is , even if they‘re eating it.The survey found that 18 percent of Brits believe haggis is an animal that lives on the hills of Scotland. Fifteen percent think haggis is a _42_ instrument used in traditional Scottish tunes. Four percent even told the survey that they believe ―Haggis‖ is a character from the Harry Potter series. They would _43_ be surprised to see it on a plate!Ⅲ.Reading ComprehensionSection A (10%)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.A student is learning to speak British English.He_44__: Can I communicate with Americans? Can they _45__me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British English and American English? How_46_ are these differences?Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English. There are_47_ differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say ―in hospital― and ― Have you a pen?‖ Americans say ― in the hospital‖ and ― Do you have a pen?‖ _48_ issometimes different. Americans usually _49_ the r‘s in words like ―bird‖ and ―hurt‖. Some speakers of British do not pronounce the r‘s in these words. There are differences between British English and American English in _50_ and vocabulary. _51_, ― colour‖ and ― travelled‖ are British English; ― color‖ and ―traveled‖ are American.These differences in grammar, spelling , pronunciation and vocabulary are not important,_52_. For the most part, British and American English are the _53_ language.44. A, requires B. shows C. says D. wonders45. A. help B. understand C. laugh at D. criticize46. A. strange B. weird C. necessary D. important47. A. a little B. a few C. a bit D. a lot48. A . spelling B. pronunciation C. grammar D. vocabulary49. A. shout B. omit C. eat D. sound50. A. spelling B. writing C. speaking D. listening51. A. So B. Such as C. That is D. For example52. A. instead B. however C. though D. therefore53. A. same B. different C. common D. OrdinarySection B（16%）(A)Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four time-zones, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four hours and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your trip enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set hour clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the International Date Line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change hour calendar one full day, backward or forward. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday, traveling west, it is tomorrow.54. Strange things happen to time when you travel because __________.A. the earth is divided into time zonesB. time zones are not all the same sizeC. no one knows where the times beginD. no day really has twenty-four hours55. The difference in time between zones is __________.A. seven daysB. twenty-four hoursC. one hourD. more than seven days56. If you cross the ocean going east, you set your clock __________.A. ahead one hour in each new time zoneB. ahead one hour for the whole tripC. back one full day or each time zoneD. ahead by twenty-three hours57. If you cross the International Date Line going west, today becomes __________.A. yesterdayB. tomorrowC. the day before yesterdayD. the day after tomorrow(B)If you‘re in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point, I suggest, I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go.In the 1986 movie Nothing in Common, Jackie Gleason‘s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot (拍摄) on a boat, shows Max‘s despair (绝望) about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first was frightened. What could I possibly tell ―The Great One‖ about acting? Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene.―So Max is sad, right?‖ I said. Gleason nodded.―And he‘s probably still carrying his pens with his name on them, the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?‖ Gleason nodded.―So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?‖He was silent for a moment. ―Why don‘t I throw them all over the boat?‖I stood up and turned toward the crew. ―Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let‘s shoot it.‖After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile, ―Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?‖You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars for who gets the solution first, you‘ll all benefit when everything turns out right.58. The author tells us that to succeed in a project you are in charge of, you should __________.A. make everyone work for youB. get everyone willing to help youC. let people know you have the final sayD. keep sending out orders to them59. It can be inferred that__________.A. Jackie Gleason is the director of the film Nothing in CommonB. Jackie Gleason is very angry when he is fired from his jobC. Max, a character in a film, is in very low spirits (情绪) when he loses his jobD. Jackie Gleason is the writer of the film Nothing in Common60. ―The Great One‖ in paragraph 3 refers to ________.A. GleasonB. the director himselfC. MaxD. Max‘s boss61.The most suitable title for the passage is __________.A. Directing a FilmB. the Key to SuccessC. a Wonderful ExperienceD. Working with Film Stars（C）In 1950 an ordinary but imaginative electrical engineer named Christopher Cookerell began an experiment that was soon to change the world. He came up with an idea to make boats go faster, by using a vacuum (真空的) cleaner.Using his wife‘s vacuum cleaner he was able to reverse(颠倒) the motor so that it blew instead of sucking. The air that blew out beneath acted as a cushion against surfaces. Years later, his principle (原理) of cushioned air made it possible for the first hovercraft to be successfully built and tried out. A journey along the Amazon River proved to the world that the hovercraft was both wonderful and useful.The invention that began in the kitchen and boatyard of ordinary home led to a thousand other inventions. Today hovercraft carry passengers in comfort over rough channels and seas.62. The aim of the experiment in 1950 was __________.A. to speed up the boatB. to change the worldC. to make the boats more comfortD. to make use of his wife‘s vacuum cleaner63. The underlined word sucking in the second paragraph probably means __________.A. taking with great forceB. drawing with great forceC. pushing with great forceD. making with great force64. According to the passage, many other inventions were __________.A. the dreams of ChristopherB. the results of Christopher‘s experimentC. the causes of Christopher‘s id eaD. the wishes of ChristopherSection C.Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A – F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.65. __________There will never again be a band that shapes the world the way the Beatles did. They not only changed Rock ‗n‘ roll music but also helped changed what society was going through in the insane (疯狂的) 1960‘s.66. __________Americans were shocked in front of their black & white TV sets when they first met the Beatles one day in 1964. That day, most activities in this country came to a standstill (静止). Criminal activity in most places was put on hold (中断), and getting a taxi or bus in New York was almost impossible, until the TV show was over.67. __________Talking about good songs, Lennon-McCartney is a trustworthy brand. Group members John Lennon and Paul McCartney decided that all songs written by each of them would always be credited to both of them (归于两人名下). Usually, one wrote a song and then presented it to the other. When a song needed some changes, they would sit together to work out. Comparing the works of the two, Paul was the more outgoing and confident one, while John was more introverted (内向的). Many of John‘s writings deal with his inner thoughts.68. __________Many of their albums released in the UK had different B-Sides from those released in the USA. During 1960‘s, the B-Side was just about any song used only as a filler (凑数的歌), except the Beatles. They were the first and only group to release good songs on both sides at that time.69. __________We all know that Lennon was shot by an insane fan in 1980 and George died of cancer in 2001. But none of us know whether the current Paul was the Paul 44 years ago. There are rumors that Paul died from a car accident a long time ago. A Paul look-alike contest was held and the winner filled in his blank. People found one hint (暗示) after another in their album cover and music. The Beatles never admitted it, but the rumor benefited them. Out of curiosity, millions of people bought albums in search of the truth.Section D (6%)Directions: Read the following passage. Then answer the questions or complete the sentences according to the information given in the passage you have just read.Every school has a set of school rules. This is a list of some of the important rules at Souhwood School. It is particularly important that new students read this, so they understand how they must behave.UniformAlways were the school uniform. You should have clean shoes, a clean white shirt and were the school jacket, trousers and tie. You must also bring your books and lunch box in the official school bag. You must not make any excuses for not wearing the correct uniform. You should remember that you are representing Southwood, so you should be on your best behaviour when travelling to and from school.HomeworkYou must always do your homework. It is acceptable for you to ask your parents to help you with the work at home. Students who produce very good work will receive special stars in their books. SportsYou should always try your best in sports and games. It is important for every student to have a healthy body. You will quickly find out which sports suit you best, and if you are interested and good enough, you may join the school teams. If you are good at football, you should join the football club. If you are good at athletics, you should join the athletics club. All teams practise twice a week and you will be expected to take part in every practice.Senior StudentsMake friends with senior students. They can tell you more about the school and its rules. Listen to their advice. It is often useful.TeachersYou should respect your teachers and obey them at all times. They are your superiors. Speak to them when they ask you a question or call your names. In class, sit up straight. pay attention and do not chat. Work diligently at your studies.If you follow these simple rules, you will be a credit to your school and to your parents.70. What do you think the writer of this article is trying to do?I think the writer is trying to ____________________________________________.71. What do good students receive?__________________________________________________________________.72. Why should you be on your best behaviour when travelling to and from school?Because __________________________________________.(Answer the questions or complete the statements in no more than 10 words)Ⅳ. Translation (15%)1.这张照片使我想起了我的父亲.(remind)2.Tom 对画画感兴趣，而我对写作感兴趣。