上海市金山中学2020┄2021学年高一上学期期末考试 英语试题

第I卷（共75分）I. Listening Comprehension （20%）Section A（10%）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 conversation and the question 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. Blue B. Yellow C. White D. Brown2. A. In a store B. At a hotel C. In the street D. at a post office3. A. In the classroom C. In her roomC. On the dining roomD. In the man’s desk drawer4. A. At 7:30pm. B. At 6:00 pm. C. At 6:20 pm. D. At 7:00 pm.5. A. Repair his computer. B. call SamC. Give him Sam’s phone numberD. Give him her new phone number6. A. driving a car B. By plane C. By train D. By bus7. A. In the kitchen B. In the bedroom C. In the bathroom D. In the dining room8. A. Skating. B. Volleyball. C. Diving D. Baseball9. A. He wants another cup of tea. B. He doesn’t like tea.C. He prefers jazz to folk musicD. Folk music is his favorite10. A. See his doctor B. Ask for a leave from schoolC. Stay in bedD. Go to schoolSection B（6%）Directions：In Section 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. Some tips for people on Test Day. B. An introduction to a test centerC. How to prepare for a testD. The schedule of a yearly test12. A. Before 8:00am. B. Between 8:00 am and 8:30 amC. Between 8:30 am and 9:00 am.D. After 9:00 am.13. A. The listening section, B. The writing section.C. The speaking section.D. The reading section.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To promote Folk Dance B. To organize more dancing parties.C. To earn more moneyD. To help people make new friends.15. A. On Friday evenings. B. On Saturday eveningsC. On Sunday evenings.D. On Tuesday evenings.16. A. They must bring partners. B. They should have dancing experience.C. They can get help from professional dance instructors.D. They should buy tickets for each visit.Section C（4%）Directions：In Section C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.II. Grammar and Vocabulary （25%）Section A （16%）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.AThe interest in studying abroad, particularly in ESL,is on the rise around the world as students seek to obtain （21）_______ university degree to advance their job opportunities.（22）______ students need to decide if studying abroad will help them reach their goals.First, try to determine whether studying abroad will really help you in your future（23）_______if going overseas is just a fashion or right of passage for citizens in your country. Ask people who have studied overseas if the experience （24）______（help） them educationally and financially in the long run.Second, consider （25）______impact studying abroad will have on your family. Will（26）______be a financial burden to study overseas？ What are your family's expectations for you once you return to your country？Third, think about whether you really are flexible and open-minded enough （27）_______（endure） the challenges of adjusting to a foreign culture. If you feel comfortable with your answers to these questions, then you should proceed and look into studying abroad（28）______more detail.BDr．Petrels gives his patients good medical advice．But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do．He also sings to them（29）_______ television！Dr．Petrels has his own TV show．The show is in Italian, English and French．The doctor（30）_______（start） the show with a song and then gives medical advice．He explains a medical problem（31） ________ disease in simple language．After that, he sings another song．Dr．Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week．The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing．His dream is（32）_______（perform）in Las Vegas．His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of lovesongs （33）_______he wrote．Dr．Petrels says, “I always love to sing．All my problems are gone when I sing．”But when Dr．Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school．Some people tell Dr．Petrels he （34）_________ help people more as a doctor．But Dr．Petrels says he helps people（35）_________he sings, too．“I like to make people smile．Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile．Medicine and entertainment（娱乐）both try to do （36）_______same thing．They try to make people feel good．”Section B （9%）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.Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but（37）______ number of colleges and universities.About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the （38）_____. Recent additions in the United States（39）______ projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are （40）______ at the Apple iTunes store.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology （M.I.T.） became an early（41）______ with its OpenCourseWare project, first （42）______ in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at . Many exams even include the answers.Today, OpenCourseWare offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These （43）______ from physics to political science.Visitors can learn the same things that M.I.T. students learn. But as the site points out, OpenCourseWare is not a M.I.T. education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide （44）_______with teachers.Still, M.I.T. says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada.Students and educators use the site, including students at M.I.T. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of appearing online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at M.I.T., is （45）______ popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures.M.I.T. OpenCourseWare now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in science, technology, maths and engineering.III. Reading Comprehension （30%）Section 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.That Christmas Eve, the streets of Boston were crowded with people dressed in wool and flannel（法兰绒）. “Jingle Bells” was playing in stores. Everyone, it seemed, was （46）_____ by someone else smiling or laughing. But I was alone.The eldest of a Puerto Rican family of 11 children growing up in one of New York’s crowded apartment. I’d spent much of my life （47）_____ solitude（独处）. Now, （48）_____, at 27, I was enduring the last break-up of a seven-year relationship. Every part of me wanted to be alone, but not at Christmas.My family had returned to Puerto Rico, and my friends were involved in their own lives. Dusk was falling, and the unavoidable return to my （49）____apartment brought tears to my eyes.I stopped at the local market, feeling even more upset when I saw all the people there filling their baskets with gifts. I （50）_____ my family, my friends and the noisy parties at home, filled with laughter and dancing. I wanted to cry for having wanted to be alone and for having （51） _____ it.As I walked home, I realized that the story of Joseph and Mary wandering from door to door seeking shelter was much like my own. Leaving Puerto Rico was still a（n）（52）_____in my soul and I was struggling with whom I had become in my 15 years in the United States. I’d mourned my losses, but for the first time, I recognized what I’d gained. I was independent, and educated and healthy. My life was still before me, full of （53）______.Sometimes the best gift is the one you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself credit for I’d accomplished sofar and permission to go（54） ______ unafraid. It was the best gift I’ve ever received, the one that I（55）______ the most.46．A. chosen B. bothered C. allowed D. accompanied 47．A．Looking for B. Looking at C. Looking through D. Looking over 48．A．finally B. easily C. quickly D. likely 49．A. Beautiful B. interesting C. clean D. Empty50．A. hated B. loved C. missed D. Forgot51．A. achieved B. refused C. preferred D. offered 52．A. effort B. belief C. wound D. wish53．A. desires B. possibilities C. ideals D. advantages 54．A. upward B. down C. around D. forward55．A. collect B. enjoy C. concern D. TreasureSection B （20%）Directions：Read the following passages. 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 information given in the passage you have just read.A“Notre Dame,” it said. “Big envelope!”Mike, a senior at a Californian high school, shouted with joy. The big envelope meant that the excellent university in Indiana had offered him a place in its Class of But the $51,300 annual fee is a big obstacle. So Mike and his parents are considering offers from several other colleges and are calculating the costs of tuition, housing and holiday trips home.This year, money is the driving factor for a growing number of high school seniors, who have to decide what colleges to attend this fall. Less jobs and plunging house prices have changed family spending.“We’re excited that Mike got into eight great schools,” said Mike’s father, an engineer at Microsoft. “But if you consider going to school out of state, you’ve got to think about all of the other costs：moving, flying back and forth for the holidays. You’re looking at about $3,000 a year, just for travel.”As families weigh their choices, some are going back to financial aid offices hoping help packages can be increased.Rachel Brown was happy to get a thick envelope from New York University （NYU）. Although she has always wanted to live in Manhattan, she is seriously considering the University of California San Diego （UCSD）, because of the high cost in New York.“The tuition for NYU is twice as much as UCSD,” said Rachel, 17. “My mom doesn’t want me to have a big debt when I graduate, and I don’t want that either. I’d have to take out a loan of $15,000. I’ll check and see if there’s any way that NYU ca n offer me any financial aid.”More than 7.6 million American students have filled out the Free Application for Students Aid, a 19.9 percent increase over last year.This month the Federal Department of Education urged college financial aid officers to give more help to certain families. A record 30,428 students applied for 2,300 places at Stanford, partly because the university increased financial aid for families earning below $10,000.56. Mike may give up Notre Dame because of ______.A. travel feesB. financial concernsC. poor exam resultsD. worries about living far away from home57. The phrase “Big envelope” in paragraph 2 probably refers to “______”.A. A text messageB. A large gift packageC. An admission letterD. A scholarship letter58. The passage mainly focuses on ______.A. the calculation of different costs including tuitionB. the extremely hard financial situation in AmericaC. the excitement of students’ being able to enter ideal collegesD. the financial crisis of families over college entranceBStudents must apply for a place before attending any class. Applications（申请）, either by post or in person, are dealt with strictly in the order they are received at the Adult Education Office.You can apply:BY POST-Use the card provided with the exact fee. You'll be accepted on the course unless it is full, in which case we will inform you. An acknowledgment（承认） will not be made nor a receipt（收据） sent unless you provide a stamped addressed envelope. Receipts will normally be given out at the first class.IN PERSON-Call at the Adult Education Office （ground floor, Block C） between approximately 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. （2:30 p.m. on Fridays）, or at the College Reception Desk （at the main entrance） at the other times （in the evenings until about 7:30 p.m. on Fridays）.Students should note that popular classes may be full well before the course is to start, so that early application is strongly advised to avoid disappointment.For the AUTUMN TERM, applications will be accepted by post （preferably） or in person from 1st August.For the SPRING TERM, applications will be accepted from 1st December.For the SUMMER TERM, applications will be accepted from 1st April.59．Students who apply to the college by post will ________ .A．avoid disappointmentB．be sent a billC．have an advantage over people applying in personD．be informed if they haven't got a place60．Students applying by post must ________ .A．hand in a stamped addressed envelope in personB．pay at the first classC．bring the receipt to the first classD．send payment with their application61．Where can students apply in person？A．At the College Reception Desk at 3:30 p.m.B．At the Adult Education Office after about 3:30 p.m.C．At the Adult Education Office at 9:30 a.m.D．At the College Reception Desk at 2:20 p.m. on Fridays.CIt is one of the greatest mysteries of nature. In case you haven’t noticed, all living things follow very definite, individual rhythms, all as regular as a clock, but what makes them regular？Though many scientists maintain that these rhythms are the result of some outside force like gravity or radiation or both, the results of most scientific researches agree with other scientists who believe that each living thing has its own built-in biological “time clock.”Take the mystery of migration for example. Scientists can’t really explain why many species of birds migrate in the autumn even though the temperature is still summery. The birds just seem to snub the comfortable weather that they are having. When a certain time comes, they travel south by the thousand. In spring time, they migrate northwards even though there probably is snow still covering the ground when they finally arrive. Something said “go,” and they did.Animals that hibernate （冬眠） are obeying individual time clocks, too. When their clock indicates the time to take a winter’s nap, they do, and nothing can stop them. At a certain time in the spring, they wake up and come out regardless of the weather outside.Plants appear to have yearly rhythms, such as the sprouting of seeds, and they also have daily rhythms. Notice sometimes that plants raise their leaves in daylight and lower them at night.If you live along the California coast, you can easily observe a demonstration of this mysterious clock functioning regularly. There, from February to September, the highest tides occur exactly every fourteen and four-fifths days, and during these high tides, but at no other time, small silvery fish called grunions surf-ride a wave to the beach. There the female deposits her eggs in the sand and the male fertilizes them; then both hitch a wave-ride back to the sea. Exactly fourteen and four-fifths days later, never before or after, the tiny eggs hatch, and the high tide carries the new babies out to sea.62. According to the passage, the mysterious rhythms result from______.A. the influence of gravity on living speciesB. the effect of radiation on living speciesC. the influence of a mysterious outer force on living speciesD. the internal mechanism inside the living species63. The underlined word "snub" in the third paragraph probably means______.A. fightB. ignoreC. symbolizeD. criticize64. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE？A. Hibernating animals are obeying an internal time clock.B. The positioning of the leaves of some plants is due to the daily rhythms.C. The internal clock functioning is demonstrated in the reproducing habits of grunions.D. The yearly hibernation is more because of the weather influence than the biological functioning.65. The passage is mainly about____________.A. the rhythms of lifeB. the reasons of mysterious hibernationC. strange behaviors of speciesD. the timing for different events in the world of species第II卷（共25分）IV. Translation （15%）Directions：Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 有人演讲的时候低声说话是不礼貌的。