北京师大附中2013-2014学年上学期高一年级期中考试英语试卷(ap班) 后有答案

北京师大附中2013—2014学年上学期高一年级期中考试英语试卷（AP班）本试卷满分130分，考试时间为90分钟PART ⅠSection Ⅰ. V ocabulary:Choose the word that best completes the sentence: （30 points, 1 point each）1. She prefers ________________ colors; black and grey are her least favorite.A. affluentB. mechanicalC. brilliantD. competitive2. In his election campaign, the candidate stressed the ___________ of change, which won much support.A. urgencyB. spiralC. incidentD. deposit3. He _____________ his ex-girlfriend through the window as he walked past the shop.A. nestedB. glidedC. protestedD. glimpsed4. All of us were _____________ by the young woman's piano skills.A. adaptedB. amazedC. attractedD. admired5. Wool has a（n）_____________ to shrink when washed.A. assignmentB. tendencyC. distanceD. limitation6. Are students at your school ______________ to tweet during classes?A. disputedB. allowedC. behavedD. exposed7. My grandpa met a few of his friends at the senior _____________ on Nathan Road.A. centerB. marketC. stationD. hotel8. It may be possible to ______________ the damaged statue to its original condition.A. weighB. informC. portrayD. restore9. The chairman of the company's _______________ of directors has decided to retire.A. boardB. stationC. privacyD. treatment10. These dumbbells are great for _____________ at home.A. giving upB. handing downC. working outD. setting free11. This community event is sponsored each year by a local _________________.A. conscienceB. responsibilityC. bankD. objection12. That charitable ________________ has raised over a US$5 million for medical relief.A. signatureB. foundationC. nationalityD. advantage13. My uncle soon discovered that he ____________ an aptitude for business.A. settledB. lackedC. insistedD. warned14. The first novel by the young author ____________ a sensation in France.A. createdB. isolatedC. starvedD. adjusted15. Diamonds are among the most ________________ jewels in the world.A. athleticB. preciousC. devotedD. obedient16. My teacher shows no _______________ for students who cheat on exams.A. attendanceB. aptitudeC. pursuitD. sympathy17. Instead of ____________ every word you don't know, you should guess its meaning from the context.A. extending far beyondB. popping intoC. bridging the gap ofD. looking up18. Shoes of this color are ____________ not available. I'll put you on the waiting list.A. thoroughlyB. currentlyC. merelyD. remotely19. To ___________ his store's losses, the owner decided to put everything on sale.A. clutchB. requireC. recoupD. conduct20. The fire broke out in the ______________ mountain area and spread quickly.A. remoteB. indoorC. dominantD. critical21. As the firewood ________________ in the fire, Tim told me about his adventure.A. crackledB. besiegedC. modernizedD. sponsored22. A labor ___________________ has forced many companies to hire workers from other countries.A. sincerityB. sympathyC. sensationD. shortage23. All freshmen in college have to study Chinese and English; other language courses are ________________.A. emotionalB. flushC. optionalD. urgent24. I _______________ three high school students complaining about their heavy workload on the bus.A. modernizedB. boomedC. overheardD. sponsored25. The robber ______________ a woman's bag and ran away quickly.A. fazedB. grabbedC. soaredD. tweeted26. It took the climbers several more hours to reach the _____________ of the highest peak.A. journeyB. cushionC. summitD. parcel27. The ______________ of some of the tulips were pink, while others were yellow.A. petalsB. tribesC. skirtsD. navies28. To get the necessary information, we collected _____________ through surveys and interviews.A. smogB. dataC. povertyD. linen29. Total attendance during the three-day event was ____________ to be between 6,000 and 7,000 persons.A. illustratedB. succeededC. achievedD. estimated30. This appears to be the metal ______________ from an ancient spear.A. tipB. dialC. clueD. bullSection Ⅱ: Reading comprehension （50 points, 2 points each）AAs you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long-hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them.Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year. One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny （保姆）. Most evenings Daniel wouldn't get home until eight or nine o'clock, and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. "I always wanted to have a farm here," says Daniel; "and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It's taken some getting used to, but it's been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it's made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier."Liz, however, is not quite sure. "I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I'm not really a country girl, but I suppose I'm gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all."31. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?A. People seldom work long hours to make money.B. People hardly buy more things than necessary.C. People are sure everything they own is in the fight place.D. People realize there is more to life than just making money.32. When Daniel was a reporter he _________________.A. lived in central LondonB. disliked his jobC. missed his childrenD. was well paid33. Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm ________________.A. was easy to organizeB. has improved family lifeC. was extremely expensiveD. has been a total success34. What does the underlined "it" in the last paragraph refer to?A. Child-caring.B. Liz's advice.C. Downshifting.D. Liz's job.35. The underlined word "downshifting" in Paragraph 2 means ____________.A. repairing your car by yourselfB. spending money carefullyC. moving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better lifeD. living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a weekBElephants don't forget—at least, female elephants don't. Elephant families are matriarchal. And the social knowledge gained by the oldest females is the key to a family group's survival, according to a study published in April by Karen McComb, a biologist at Sussex University in England.Elephants announce their presence by making a deep, long sound, a practice referred to as contact calling. An unfamiliar call may mean that an elephant from outside the family group is nearby. A stranger can cause trouble, interrupting feeding or disturbing the young. So an elephant matriarch signals the family to gather around her; then they all lift their trunks in the air to smell the unfamiliar caller. False alarms can disturb the group and take time and energy away from feeding, so survival may depend in part on getting it right.Working with Cynthia Moss, who founded the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in Kenya 30 years ago, McComb tested the social knowledge of 21 Amboseli elephant families with matriarchs 27 to 67 years old. She played recordings of contact calls to each family and found that the oldest matriarchs were much better at picking out unfamiliar calls. In fact, a group with a matriarch in her fifties was several thousand times more likely to form into a group upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call than when hearing a familiar call. However, families with younger matriarchs were less than twice as likely to gather together upon hearing an unfamiliar contact call as compared with a familiar call. And they gathered together a lot. Moreover, the social knowledge of older matriarchs translated into favorable results: Families with older matriarchs produced more baby elephants in each female-reproductive year.This finding shows how difficult it is to protect the oldest members of elephant families. As elephants age, they continue to grow larger, as do their much wanted tusks. So the older—and wiser—a matriarch is, the greater the chance she will be killed. About 800 000 elephants have been killed by people in the past 20 years.36. What does the underlined word "matriarch" mean?A. An old member of an elephant family.B. A female head of an elephant family.C. A wise elephant.D. A large elephant.37. The research with recordings of contact calls shows _________________.A. how fast elephants form into groupsB. how important the age of a leading elephant isC. how frightened elephants are when hearing a strange callD. how frequently old elephants call other members of the family38. The older a female elephant is, _______________________.A. the stronger she will beB. the poorer memory she will haveC. the more useless her tusks will beD. the more likely she will be killed39. We can infer from the passage that elephants may _______________.A. run into other elephant familiesB. give wrong warnings to their mothersC. run away upon hearing a strange soundD. produce more babies by gathering together more oftenCSo much sentimentality is attached to the rose in popular culture that it is difficult to separate the original mythological and folkloric beliefs from the emotional excess that surrounds the flower. Yet if we look into the beliefs, we find that the rose is much more than the mere symbol of romantic love invoked by every minor poet and painter.One of the rose's most common associations in folklore is with death. The Romans often decked the tombs of the dead with roses; in fact, Roman wills frequently specified that roses were to be planted on the grave. To this day, in Switzerland, cemeteries are known as rose gardens. The Saxons equated the rose with life, and they believed that when a child died, the figure of death could be seen plucking a rose outside the house.The rose has a long association with female beauty. Shakespeare mentions the rose more frequently than any other flower, often using it as a token of all that is lovely and good. For the Arabs, on the other hand, the rose was a symbol not of feminine but of masculine beauty.Later the rose became a sign of secrecy and silence. The expression sub rosa, "under the rose," is traced to a Roman belief. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it was common practice to carve or paint roses on the ceilings of council chambers to emphasize the intention of secrecy.40. The underlined word sentimentality in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.A. confusionB. beautyC. feelingD. popularity41. The underlined word decked in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __________.A. paintedB. separatedC. decoratedD. disguised42. The underlined word token in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to __________.A. symbolB. proofC. justificationD. contradiction43. The underlined phrase sub rosa in paragraph 4 means __________.A. romanticallyB. intentionallyC. secretlyD. commonlyDThe role of government in the economyBecause most people do not volunteer to pay taxes or police their own financial affairs, governments cannot influence economic activity simply by asking people to pollute less, to give money to the poor, or to be innovative. To accomplish these things, governments have to pass laws. Since the early twenties century, governments of countries with advanced industrial or service economies have been playing an increasing role in economics. This can be seen in the growth of government taxation and spending, in the growing share of national income devoted to income-support payments, and by the enormous increase in the control of economic activity.The large-scale organization of business, as seen in mass production and distribution, has led to the formation of large-scale organizations - corporations, labor unions, and government structures - that have grown in importance in the past several decades. Their presence and growing dominance have shifted capitalist economies away from traditional market forces and toward government administration of markets.In the United States, government provides a framework of laws for the conduct of economic activity that attempt to make it serve the public interest. For instance, the individual states and the federal government have passed laws to shield investors against fraud. These laws specify what information has to be disclosed to prospective investors when shares of stocks or bonds are offered for sale. Another important area of law concerns the labor force, such as regulation of work hours, minimum wages, health and safety conditions, child labor, and the rights of workers to form unions, to strike, to demonstrate peacefully, and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.In other nations, the ways in which governments intervene in their economies has varied; however, governments everywhere deal with essentially the same issues and participate in economic activity. Even governments that are reluctant to regulate commerce directly have undertaken large-scale projects such as hydroelectric and nuclear energy developments, transportation networks, or expansion of health, education, and other public services.44. According to the passage, why do governments intervene（干涉）in economic activity?A. People do not willingly regulate their own business affairs.B. Governments understand the economy better than anyone else does.C. Business pay governments to participate in economic activity.D. The economy would fail without the help of government.45. The underlined word This in paragraph 1 refers to __________.A. economic activityB. asking people to pollute lessC. the early twentieth centuryD. increasing role in economics46. According to the passage, how has the growth of large-scale organizations such as corporations and labor unions affected capitalist economies?A. It has forced governments to pass laws protecting traditional markets.B. It has destroyed capitalism and replaced it with government ownership.C. It has led to the increasing role of government in economic activity.D. It has caused unfair competition between large and small businesses.47. The author mentions laws to shield investors against fraud in paragraph 3 as an example of _______________________.A. laws that organize businessB. laws that serve the public interestC. laws that protect the labor forceD. laws that set the price of stocks48. The underlined word their in paragraph 3 refers toA. individual statesB. lawsC. workersD. unions49. What point does the author make about governments that do not want to regulate business directly?A. They cannot compete effectively with government-controlled economies.B. They have capitalist economies based on traditional market forces.C. They have no laws for protecting the environment and public health.D. They participate in the economy through public projects and services.ERoad Building and the AutomobileCar registrations in the United States rose from one million in 1913 to ten million in 1923. By 1927, Americans were driving some twenty-six million automobiles, one car for every five people in the country. Automobile scales in the state of Michigan outnumbered those in Great Britain and Ireland combined. For the first time in history, more people lived in cities than on farms, and they were migrating to the city by automobile.The automobile was every American's idea of freedom, and the construction of hard surface roads was one of the largest items of government expenditure, often at great cost to every-thing else. The growth of roads and the automobile industry made cars the lifeblood of the petroleum industry and a major consumer of steel. The automobile caused expansions in outdoor recreation,tourism and related industries - service stations, roadside restaurants, and motels. After 1945, the automobile industry reached new heights, and new roads led out of the city to the suburbs, where two-car families transported children to new schools and shopping malls.C 1-1348. （1）What's the main topic of the lecture?A. The reading assignmentB. The course requirements for good marksC. The course paper for the end of the semesterD. Questions about specific topic for the course paper49. （2）How can students receive a good grade?A. Students must submit as many written papers as possibleB. The oral presentation must cover various subjectsC. Students have to try hard to achieve the four major requirementsD. Students need to write a course paper about the broad topics discussed in classA 1-2350. （2）Why does the man talk with the woman?A. To go to the party with the womanB. Because making jack-o'-lantern is funC. To talk about Halloween costumesD. To borrow the woman's costumes from last yearA 1-2651. （1）Why does Cindy ask John about the cafeteria?A. She is curious to see itB. She was looking for a place to eatC. She wants to know the location for JennyD. John is not having lunch today52. （2）Why doesn't Cindy want the food at the cafeteria?A. The cafeteria is not cleanB. She is sick from food poisoningC. John got sick from eating at the cafeteriaD. She has a bad memory about the foodB 1-2753. （1）Why do the students discuss cloning?A. Because it is a very surprising subjectB. Because the students do not know about itC. Because a student has trouble finding the right topic for sociology classD. Because they admire scientists54. （2）Which reason does Jason say that cloning is bad?A. It helps sick peopleB. It enables vital body parts to growC. People are too religiousD. It ruins the spirit of GodC 1-2855. （1）What is the main purpose of the lecture?A. To illustrate how Roman doctors were in the first centuryB. To show how great, the roman emperor wasC. To explain why the roman army was so strongD. To compare roman doctors with modern doctors56. （2）Why did roman doctors attend the army's medical school according to the lecture?A. The civil war was importantB. They were keys to the armyC. They had fairly low statusD. The roman army did not have doctorsA 1-3057. （1）What is the main purpose of this conversation?A. The man shows how he is well-prepared for the testB. The man believes the woman does not understand his problemC. The man wants to know if the teacher can review his outline before the testD. The teacher is very busy with the students58. （2）Why does the woman think everything will work out just fine?A. The man looks concernedB. The teacher will look at the man's outlines before the examC. The teacher has many students to helpD. The man already has outlines for examC 1-3259. （1）What is the lecture trying to show the students?A. War is necessary in human historyB. Nations always solve their disagreements peacefullyC. Negotiations are always difficultD. War happens because of human nature60. （2）According to the lecture, what is not a reason for one nation to argue with another nation?A. Human rightsB. Hunting and gatheringC. Injustices in the pastD. BordersA 2-0361. （1）What is the procedure when a library card is lost?A. Just make a new cardB. Cancel the previous one, and never issue it againC. Cancel the lost card and make a new oneD. Just tell the librarian that the card is lostA 2-0762. （1）What subject is the woman concerned about?A. EconomicsB. Political scienceC. U.S. politicsD. The U.S. constitution63. （2）What does the main suggest that the woman do to do well in political science?A. Concentrate on vocabulary, laws, and eventsB. Focus on the vocabulary and laws onlyC. Concentrate on the vocabulary and events onlyD. Focus on the terms, lawyers, and eventsB 2-0864. （1）Why doesn't Cindy take Spanish class next semester?A. Because Mr. Rodriguez is not teaching next semesterB. Because Mr. Rodriguez is not teaching anymoreC. Because Mr. Rodriguez is teaching French next semesterD. Because Mr. Rodriguez is teaching English next semester65. （2）Why is Annie convincing Cindy to continue to take Spanish class next semester?A. Because Cindy might forget SpanishB. Because Cindy might not be able to take Spanish anymoreC. Because Annie wants to take a foreign language with CindyD. Because Cindy might forget FrenchD 2-1066. （1）What role did Pocahontas play between the British colony and the native Americans?A. Pocahontas was a spy for the British colonistsB. Pocahontas was an agent for the British colonists and the SpanishC. Pocahontas was a spy for the SpanishD. Pocahontas was a mediator between the British colony and the Spanish67. （2）What did the marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe do to the war between the British colony and the native Americans?A. The marriage started a warB. The marriage brought freedomC. The marriage brought hatredD. The marriage ended the warA 2-1168. （1）Why does the student like Ms. Mckenna so much?A. Ms. Mckenna spoke softly, explained carefully, and answered all the questions seriouslyB. Ms. Mckenna gave good grades to studentsC. The student knows Ms. Mckenna personallyD. Ms. Mckenna spoke loudly but explained thoroughly69. （2）What did the student realize at the end of the conversation?A. Miss Davis made the student realize that nothing is important but mathB. The student realized that she can do things if she tries hardC. Miss Davis made the student realize that Ms. Mckenna is a good teacherD. Miss Davis made the student realize that nothing is possibleAnswer Sheet for PART ⅡⅠ. Choose the word from the box that best completes the sentence and write down your answers on the answer sheet：（20 points, 1 point each）1. ____________________ 11. ____________________2. ____________________ 12. ____________________3. ____________________ 13. ____________________4. ____________________ 14. ____________________5. ____________________ 15. ____________________6. ____________________ 16. ____________________7. ____________________ 17. ____________________8. ____________________ 18. ____________________9. ____________________ 19. ____________________10. ___________________ 20. ____________________Ⅱ. Matching：（10 points, 0.5 point each）Choose the definition for each English word and write your answers on the answer sheet.1-5: ____,____,____,____,____,6-10: ____,____,____,____,____,11-15: ____,____,____,____,____,16-20: ____,____,____,____,____.Ⅲ. Translate the following sentences into English：（10 points, 2 points each）1. ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________2. ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________3. ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________4. ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________5. ___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________Ⅳ. Translate the following words into Chinese：（10 points, 1 point each）1. __________________ 6. __________________2. __________________ 7. __________________3. __________________ 8. __________________4. __________________ 9. __________________5. __________________ 10. _________________【试题答案】PART ⅠSection Ⅰ. V ocabulary:Choose the word that best completes the sentence: （30 points, 1 point each）1-10 CADBB BADAC11-20 CBBAB DDBCA21-30 ADCCB CABDASection Ⅱ: Reading comprehension （50 points, 2 points each）Passage A: 31-35 DDBCCPassage B: 36-39 BBDAPassage C: 40-43 CCACPassage D: 44-49 ADCBCDPassage E: 50-55 DBACBAPART ⅡⅠ. Choose the word from the box that best completes the sentence and write down your answers on the answer sheet: （20 points, 1 point each）1. harmony 11. lounge2. advocate 12. mature3. howling 13. modest4. compensates 14. negotiating5. innocent 15. obtain6. instruction 16. optimistic7. diverse 17. poisonous8. lame 18. primitive9. liberation 19. relevant10. ambiguous 20. permanentⅡ. Matching: （10 points, 0.5 point each）Choose the definition for each English word and write your answers on the answer sheet.1-5: fable 6-10: night 11-15: crops 16-20: dmjkwⅢ. Translate the following sentences into English: （10 points, 2 points each）1. When you learn a foreign language, it is important to make good use of dictionaries.2. Neither cash nor a credit card is useful on a deserted island.3. Sometimes children are confused about whether all the information on television is true ornot.4. For example, spoiled children are very likely to become self-centered adults.5. It is said that games teach cooperation, which is one of the most important factors of success, and they also teach how to overcome challenges.Ⅳ. Translate the following words into Chinese: （10 points, 1 point each）1. hookn. 钩，镰刀，钩状v. 挂……于钩上，引上钩，钩住；弯成钩状，钩紧2. deliberately adv. 慎重地；故意地，蓄意地；谨慎地；从容不迫地，不慌不忙地3. inspirev. 使感动，启示，激发；吸入；赋予灵感4. 显微镜5. occupationn. 职业，占有期间，占有6. pedestriann. 行人，步行者adj. 徒步的，通俗的，呆板的7. adequateadj. 足够的，能满足需要的；胜任的；适当的；差强人意的，尚可的8. postponev. 推迟，延迟，使延期9. prejudicen. 偏见，伤害，成见v. 使存偏见，伤害，使有成见10. regulationn. 规章；条例；规则，规定；管理。