上宝中学2018学年第一学期期中考试 上海市 英语试卷

上宝中学2018学年第一学期期中考试Part2 Phonetics,Vocabulary and Grammar第二部分语音，词汇和语法II.Choose the best answer.(20分)26.He didn’t just command.He personally fought in several healthy battles.Which of the following is correct for the underlined word.A. [kæ’ma:nd]B. [kʌ’mə:nd]C. [ki’mənd]D.[kə’ma:nd]27.Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from others?A.For the first few ye ars I didn’t draw any sal ary at all.B.I’d like a full-time position with more responsibility.C. Weber gave a fair hearing to anyone who held a different opinion.D.He has served the farm faithfully for 20 years.28.While he was investing ways to improve the telescope,Newton made _____discovery which completely changed_____man’s understanding of color.A.a;/B. a;theC. /;theD.the;a29.The students also take SAT and CAT_______mathematics and chemistry.A. exceptB. except forC. besideD.besides30.It is not rare in______that people in_____fifties are going to university for future education.A. 90s;/B. the 90’s;/C.90s;theirD.the 90’s;their31.The hunter______the fox,took off its skin and_____it on the tree.A. hung;hangedB. hung;hungC. hanged;hangedD.hanged;hung32.The room is used to____parties by the young man.He is used to_____parties here.A.holding;holdB. hold;holdingC.holding;holdingD.hold;hold33.Tom must have played the guitar______if he has got one.A. Some timesB. sometimesC. for some timeD.sometime34.When she was asked about the missing calculator,she_______ever seeing it.A. refusedB.deniedC.opposedD.pretended35.______our country has plenty of oil,theirs has none.A. WhenB. WhileC.AsD.Since36.A library with five thousand books,______to the nation as a gift.A. is offeredB. has offeredC. are offeredD.have offered37.As soon as everyone taking the examination_______,the test paper were______.A. was seated;given upB.seated;given offC.sat;given inD.was seated;given out38.The news came as no surprise to me. I_______for sometime that the factory was going to shut down.A. had knownB. knewC.have knownD.know39.The taxi driver had no choice but_____help.A. to turn the passenger forB.to turn to the passenger forC. turn the passenger forD.turn to the passenger for40.On the floor ______the bottle he’d been looking for.A. layB. lyingidD.had lain41.Don’t all speak at once!_________,please.A. Each at one timeB. One by one timeC. One at a timeD.One for each time42.---______is the population of the town?---Over 20,000.And a third of the population_____workers of the car factory.A. What;areB. How many;areC. What;isD.How many;is43.I’m really not clear__________A. that he solved the crime or notB. what happens to the missing vaseC. how long he came to ShanghaiD. who was questioned by the detective44.Which of the following sentences is RIGHT?A.Jennifer has bought the book for two weeks.B.He has studied Japanese since 5 years.C. They have met and made friends since 2002D.I haven’t met my cousin for ages.45.--Jack,I’d like to have your opinions about my written report.--______,but I have one suggestion.A.That’s a good idea.B. You are smart.C. It looks fine to meD.You should check it firstplete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box,each can only be used once.(8分)The worst danger is a house on fire when people are asleep. Always be ready to leave through a window into the garden by___46___ you can open it if necessary. If you should be on holiday in a tall building or hotel, make sure you know where the fire escape（太平梯）is. When you can’t find any way out, try to find pieces of cloth and make a rope to__47____a window to safety. If you smell burning in your home, get out right away. If you can’t breathe ___48___because of smoke on your way out, crawl（爬行）on your hands and knees because smoke rises and the air will be cleaner__49___ the floor. Smoke is a killer and more people have died from breathing it in than actually being burnt.Fire in a cinema, hall or public place often means people pushing to reach a door. Keep your head up with arms up in front of your chest. This protects your chest and gives you the best chance to breathe. Above all, don’t get frightened!Have you seen a group of boys dancing hip-pop together? The music beat is usually exciting and cool! And the people dancing hip-pop seem to really enjoy what they are doing.What is the real meaning of "Hip-pop"? Some people say it is the motion that people make while they're dancing. They move their hips sideways when they dance. That's very interesting. The first hip-pop music came to the world in the beginning of the 1970s by DJs (disk jockeys) A Jamaican known as Kool Herc was the first person who___50_____hip-pop music. Whenever people think of hip-pop, music and dance are the first things that come out in their___51___.However, there are other things that are part of the hip-pop culture. One of them is graffiti. Graffiti is___52__art where you draw pictures and words on walls, trains,and other places with spray paint. Many of you may have seen things around your neighborhood. Some of those works are really _____!plete the sentences with the given words in their suitable forms.(8分)54.Such crude methods are far________to make stick with the Internet.(trick)55.Her pride was hurt ,but her_____ control of manner helped her.(habit)56.We ought to look below the surface of things and then discover the ____of them.(essential)57.Calculate the perimeter and the area of a circle _____.(skill)58.It was highly_____and what was called an “old-fashioned”hotel situated not far from Piccadilly.(respect)59.It is illegal for pubic officials to ask for gifts or money in ____for favors.(change)_60.Those_____ led the wire in through a hole in the wall.(electric)61.The Companies Act lays down a set of minimum______(require)V.Rewrite the following sentences as required.(14分)62.Doran stuck his head out of the window to say hello to his friend.(一般疑问句)_______Doran_____ his head out of the window to say hello to his friend?63.The Green Family moved to France two years ago.(同义句转换)______two years_____the Green Family moved to France.64.Mum wakes me up at 6:00every morning.(改为被动语态)I______ _______ up at 6:00every morning.65.It is impossible for him to finish reading the novel in 5 hours,____ ______(反义疑问句)66. The information is important.(改为感叹句)_____________information it is!67. Betty liked walking to school .She liked riding a bicycle to school better.(合并为一句) Betty______riding a bicycle to school_____walking to school.68.female, the, star, of. typical,tour,life,The,is,day,pop,in,following,the ,a,on(连词成句)_______________________________________________________________Part three Reading and Writing第三部分阅读和写作VI.Reading comprehension（共30分）A.Choose the best answer.(12分)Should we allow modern buildings to be built next to older buildings in a historic area of acity? In order to answer this question, we must first examine whether people really want to preserve the historic feel of an area. Not all historical buildings are attractive. However, there may be other reasons—for example,economic reasons—why they should be preserved. So, let us assume that historical buildings are both attractive and important to the majority of people. What should we do then if a new building is needed?In my view, new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older style. Indeed, there are many examples in my own hometown of Tours where modern designs have been placed very successfully next to old buildings. As long as the building in question is pleasing and does not dominate(影响) its surroundings too much, it often improves the attractiveness of the area.It is true that there are examples of new buildings which have spoilt(破坏) the area they are in, but the same can be said of some old buildings too. Yet people still speak against new buildings in historic areas. I think this is simply because people are naturally conservative and do not like change.Although we have to respect people's feelings as fellow users of the buildings, I believe that it is the duty of the architect and planner to move things forward. If we always reproduced what was there before, we would all still be living in caves. Thus, I would argue against copying previous architectural styles and choose something fresh and different, even though that might be the more risky choice.69.What does the author say about historical buildings in the first paragraph?A.Some of them are not attractive.B.Most of them are too expensive to preserve.C.They are more pleasing than modern buildings.D.They have nothing to do with the historic feel of an area.70.Why do people still speak against new buildings in historic areas according to the author?A.Because historical buildings are both attractive and important to the majority of people.B.Because new architectural styles can exist perfectly well alongside an older style.C.Because people like following old ideas and do not like change.D.Because people have to respect new architectural styles.71.Which of the following is true according to the author?A.We should reproduce the same old buildings.B.Buildings should not dominate their surroundings.C.Some old buildings have spoilt the area they are in.D.No one understands why people speak against new buildings.72.By using `“move things forward” in the last paragraph, the author probably means “_______”.A.Destroy old buildingsB.Put things in a different placeC.Choose new architectural stylesD.Respect people’s feelings for historical buildings73.What is the main purpose of the passage?A.To explain why people dislike change.B.To warn that we could end up with living in caves.C.To admit how new buildings have ruined their surroundings.D.To argue that modern buildings an be built in historic areas.74.What is the author’s attitude towards the topic“Should we allow mod ern buildings to be builtnext to older buildings in a historic area of a city?”A.UninterestedB.SupportiveC.NeutralD.DisapprovedB.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.(12分)In 1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids entered“The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the name students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too dull.Freddy was an average student, but not an average person.He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）. He would laugh the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s __75_______.Before the school year___________, I gave the kids a special gift, T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your_____76____ ” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs（动词）may seem dull, most of the fun things they do through out their lives will be verbs.Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide ___77_______ on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same ____78____ person I met forty years before. Once, while working over night at a store, he let a homeless man sleep in his truck. Another time, he lent a friend money to buy a house.Just last year, I was ____79______ a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door.A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and opened it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a note from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thank sgiving. He wanted you to have this.”I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all____80______something from Freddy.75..A. misfortune B. disbelief C. dishonesty D. mistake76.A.friends B. Awards C. Masters D. Tasks77.A.assessments B. comments C. instructions D. updates78.A. daring B. modest C. caring D . smart79.A.observing B. preparing C. designing D. conducting80.A. chose B. took C. expected D. borrowedC.Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.(14分)For most city people, the elevator is an unremarkable machine that inspires none of the enthusiasm or interest that Americans afford trains, jets，and even bicycles.Dr. Christopher Wilk is a member of a small group of elevator experts who c___81___this a misunderstanding. Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings, and city life as we know it would be i___82___. In that sense, they argue，the elevator’s role in American history has been no less significant than that of cars. In fact, according to Wilk? the car and the elevator have been locked in a “secret war” for over a century, with cars making it possible for people to spread horizontally (水平地)，and elevators pushing them toward life in close groups of towering vertical (垂直的)columns.If we tend to ignore the significance of elevators, it might be because riding in them tends to be such a brief,boring, and even awkward experience one that can involve unexpectedly meeting people with whom we have nothing in common, and an unpleasant a____83__ of the fact thatwe’re hanging from a cable in a long passage.In a new book, Lifted, German journalist and cultural studies professor Andreas Bernard directed all his a___84___to this experience, studying the origins of elevator and its r____85____to humankind and finding that riding in an elevator has never been a totally comfortable experience. “After 150 years, we are still not used to it”，Bernard said. “We still have not exactly learned to cope with the mixture of closeness and displeasure.” That mixture,according to Bernard, sets the elevator ride apart from just about every other s___86____we find ourselves in as we go about our lives.Today，as the world’s urban population explodes，and cities become more c__87____, taller,and more crowded, America’s total number of elevators—900,000 at last count,according to Eleva tor World magazine’s “2012 Vertical Transportation Industry”一are a force that’s becoming more important than ever. And for the people who really, really love them, it seems like high time that we looked seriously at just what kind of force they are.81c______ 82i______ 83.______ 84________85_______ 86._____ 87.______D.Read the passage and answer the questions.(12分)Do you think you are more intelligent than your parents and grandparents? According to James Flynn, a professor at a New Zealand university, you are! Over the course of the last century, people’s IQ test scores have gotten steadily higher --- on average, three points higher each decade. This improvement is known as the“Flynn effect”, and scientists want to know what is behind it.IQ tests are designed to measure general intelligence rather than knowledge. Flynn believes that intelligence partly comes from our parents and partly is the result of our environment, but the improvement in test scores has been happening too quickly to be explained by heredity （遗传）. So what has occurred in the 20th century to help people achieve higher scores?Scientists have proposed several explanations for the Flynn effect. Some suggest that the improved test scores simply reflect an increased exposure to tests in general and the learning of test-taking techniques that help us perform better on any test. Others have pointed to better nutrition. Babies now are born larger,healthier, and with more brain development than in the past. Another suggested explanation is a change in educational styles, with teachers encouraging children to learn by discovering things for themselves rather than just memorizing information, which improves their problem-solving skills.Flynn has limited the possible explanations after carefully examining test data and discovering that the improvement in scores has taken place in only certain parts of the IQ test. Test-takers are not doing better on the maths or vocabulary sections of the test; they are doing better on the sections requiring reasoning and problem solving. For example, one part of the test shows a set of shapes, and test-takers must find the patterns and connections between them.According to Flynn, this visual intelligence improves as the amount of technology in our lives increases. Every time you play a computer game, you are exercising exactly the kind of thinking and problem solving that helps you do well on one kind of intelligence test. So are you really smarter than your parents? In one very specific way, you may be.Questions88.Does Flynn think you are smarter than your parents and grandparents?(1分)89.What do IQ tests focus on,general intelligence or knowledge?(2分)90.How do educational styles help people do better in the test according to some scientists?(2分)91.Which sections did the test takers do better in the test on?(2分)92.Why does the writer mention computer games?(2分)93. Do you agree with Flynn?Why or why not?(3分)参考答案26-30DBADD 31-35DBABB 36-40 ADABA 41-45 CADDC46. D 47. A 48.E 49. B50. C 51. A 52. B 53. E54. trickier 55. habitual 56. essence 57. skillfully 58. respetable 59. exchange 60. electricity61. requirements62. Did, stick 63. It's, since 64. am woken 65. isn't it 66.What important 67. preferred, to 69.A 70. C 71. C 72. C 73. D 74. B75. A 76. A 77. D 78. C 79. D 80. B81. consider 82. impossible 83.awareness 84. attention 85. relationship 86. situation 87. crowded88. Yes, he does89. General intelligence90. By increasing exposure to tests and learning test-taking techniques.91. The sections requiring reasoning and problem solving92. To prove that increasing the amount of technology in our lives can improve the visual intelligence.93. 略。