上海市闸北区学年高一第二学期期末统考英语试卷带答案

2015-2016学年第二学期闸北高一年级英语统考试卷

（总分：100分时间：90分钟）

I. Listening Comprehension (每题1分，共16分)

Part A Longer conversation

In part A,you will hear two longer conversations. Each conversation will be read twice. After the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.

Write no more than TWO WORDS for each blank.

Write no more than THREE WORDS for each blank.

Part B Passages

Directions: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked four 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 in your paper and decide which would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 9-12 are based on Passage 1.

9. A. At 10:. B. At 10:. ll:. D. At ll:.

10. A. Mechanic failure. B. Hot weather.

C. Regular Maintenance.

D. Bomb attack.

11. A. The snow. B. Machinery fault.

C. Order of the Palace.

D. A fire.

12. A. ton. B. 13 ton. C. 90 ton. D. 315 ton.

Questions 13-16 are based on Passage 2.

13. A. Frozen meat B. Butter. C. Crisps D. Dairy products.

14. A. Interviews with different drinkers

B. Different drinkers' grocery receipts.

C. Different drinkers' medical reports.

D. Different drinkers' living habits.

15. A. They are more likely to buy healthy food.

B. They are thinner than beer drinkers.

C. There are more wine drinkers than beer drinkers.

D. They never drink beer.

16. A. Overweight B. Cancer.

C. Depression.

D. High blood pressure.

II. Grammar (15%)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

17. The teacher saw so many students the grammar test and wondered whether he was teaching grammar wisely.

A. failed

B. fail

C. failing

D. to fail

18. halfway during his speech, the manager grew angry and stared at the reporter.

A. Interrupting

B. To interrupt

C. Interrupted

D. Be interrupted

19. fruits to yoghurt makes the flavor much better, which brings a better eating experience to the kids.

A. Added

B. Adding

C. Being added

D. Add

20. It's really sad that those have talent for art die young.

A. as

B. what

C. which

D. who

21. Heating other kids on the playground, Jack put down the book and hurried out of the classroom.

A. shout

B. shouting

C. to shout

D. shouted

22. that health is more important than success, he decided to change his work schedule

allowing more time for rest.

A. To realize

B. Realized

C. Realizing

D. Having been realized

23. to take the company's shuttle bus makes Jenny crazy who has to get up at 6 every day.

A. Forced

B. Being forced

C. Forcing

D. Having forced

24. The coach announced to resign to the recent public criticism about the football team's poor performance.

A. answered

B. to answer

C. being answered

D. having been answered

25. After graduation, he entered into the business almost everyone was waiting for good chances instead of working hard.

A. how

B. where

C. who

D. which

26. , e-finance has been thriving at a surprising speed.

A. It is known to all

B. As is known to all

C. People all know

D. What we all know

27. The method of encouraging people to share cars to work with cash reward during a

workshop greatly relieved the city's traffic pressure.

A. suggesting

B. suggested

C. to suggest

D. suggests

28. To keep fit, the lady didn't mean anything but the little cookies smelt so nice that she

couldn't resist one.

A. to eat, trying

B. eating, to try

C. eating, trying

D. to eat, to try

29. Many professional women rarely care their husbands make a lot of money and they put more emphasis on love and loyalty.

A. when

B. how

C. whether

D. what

30. When the financial case was reported, people wondered the criminal succeeded in cheating so many victims.

A. what

B. that

C. how

D. which

31. The committee was campaigning for the project importance many people didn't realize at the time.

A. why

B. where

C. which

D. whose

III. Vocabulary (14%)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.

Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

32. For many old traditions, because modem people are so used to them- and mostly because we

them ---- they hold a lot of weight in our daily life.

A. identify with

B. have fun with

C. adapt from

D. watch for

33. Though the exact number was not released, it's that at least 30 people were killed in the earthquake.

A. handled

B. shocked

C. estimated

D. captured

34. There are cases in which someone repeatedly threatened suicide and no one would

listen and the individual, in despair, succeeded in his suicide .

A. attempt

B. reference

C. management

D. survey

35. Some experts think that the current browsing and posting on the interact

may worsen

interact violence and cheating.

A. temporary

B. artificial

C. guilty

D. anonymous

36. Some people keep offending others just to see to what extent others can their misconducts.

A. regret

B. ban

C. tolerate

D. suffer

37. Compared with people's lives, the level of property damage is just of concern.

A. original

B. serious

C. secondary

D. separate

38. Many singers are calling on the law-makers to prevent copying of art works,

which will destroy music industry.

A. illegal

B. commercial

C. complex

D. secret

39. As the figure in the field, Prof. Johnson expressed his opinion and ended

the long debate on the issue.

A. authority

B. monster

C. literature

D. award

40. Every bus in the city was equipped with a hammer for passengers to use to windows in case any emergency occurs.

A. purchase

B. attack

C. smash

D. control

41. At the heart of every difference between the past and future --- science, finance family --- is the facl that the society is evolving from to law.

A. shelter

B. interest

C. magic

D. disorder

42. Doctors suggest the change of lifestyle for certain men 45 to 79 years old with habits like drinking and smoking.

A. harmful

B. elastic

C. similar

D. absent

43. In that country, even the high-income citizens would occasionally thehigh

living cost,

claiming that they could hardly save any money every month.

A. lead to

B. grumble about

C. cover up

D. begin with

44. He is a workaholic and his family members never dare to him when he is at work.

A. disturb

B. contact

C. follow

D. bully

45. Light pollution is made worse with air pollution, as the small particles(微粒) that in the air serve to reflect the light.

A. transport

B. travel

C. float

D. serve

IV. Cloze (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.

Do you know who the first robot in the world was? Recently, a clockwork robot

built 240 years ago was considered the first robot in the world to 46 the act of writing.

47 to look like a small boy, the robot, named the Writer, was created by Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz in the 1770s. Jaquet-Droz was helped by his son

to complete this masterpiece.

It takes the 48 of a small barefoot boy sitting at a wooden desk holding a

quill(羽毛笔). When wound up, the boy moves his arm to dip his quill in the ink pot

and then writes a sentence of up to 10 49 .

The Writer comprises approximately 6,000 parts and contains 40 replaceable cams(凸

轮) that

50 the writing of words. The parts can be removed, or reordered to 51 the

boy to write any sentence required.

Throughout his life, Jaquet-Droz lived in Paris, London and Geneva where he built

52

machines to help his firm sell watches and mechanical 53 . His other famous works include the Musician, which has 2500 pieces and the Draughtsman, with 2000 pieces. His

three key pieces are now kept at the art and history museum in Switzerland.

The Writer is thought to be 54 to the modem-day computer or robot and is one

of the oldest surviving examples of a robot and early cam 55 . The piece has been

described as the world's most astonishing surviving robot.

46. A. engineer B. develop C. guarantee D. copy

47. A. Purchased B. Designed C. Translated D. Maintained

48. A. order B. lead C. shape D. picture

49. A. meanings B. lines C. characters D. styles

50. A. command B. remind C. evaluate D. record

51. A. forbid B. advise C. allow D. follow

52. A. expensive B. lifelike C. strange D. historic

53. A. copyrights B. preferences C. factories D. appliances

54. A. home B. ancestor C. enemy D. ignorance

55. A. method B. error C. technology D. dispute

V. Reading Comprehension (20%)

Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by unfinished statements. 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 read.

(1)

During the 1990s, I had spent five months in a bleak African country, Niger. There were many things I found difficult about that place the beggars were my biggest most constant gripes. They would continually thrust their hands into my face, shouting," Cadeau! Cadeau!"(gift in French)

After I had finished my nursing stint there, a friend and I headed for neighbouring Burkina Faso to work in a health clinic with much enthusiasm. "It's much greener in Burkina. Even the Coke tastes better," the locals assured us.

Arriving by taxi in our destination in Burkina, we began to unload. With my daypack wedged between my legs, I reached for my larger piece of luggage. Out of the darkness, a motorcycle with two men approached slowly. Without warning, one of the men grabbed my daypack as the motorcycle swept close by and disappeared into the night. The bag had my passport, money traveller's checks, camera in it. I was in deep trouble and the nearest Australian consulate(领事馆) was in Ethiopia. How was I ever going to get a new passport anytime soon?

In the weeks that followed, I guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded the locals with

suspicion. All I wanted was to leave that terrible place.

Then walking through the Burkina's streets one day, an old woman approached me and thrust her hand in my face. "Dear lady Cadeau! Cadeau!" she cried. I had enough.

I told her firmly in French," I have no 'cadeau'. I have no money. A thief stole all my money and now I can't get out of your country. I can't give you anything." The beggar woman listened attentively and pondered my words. Then her face crumpled into a toothless grin as she reached into the folds of her dress. "Then I will give you a cadeau," she announced. Kindly, she placed an old dark brown coin in my palm. I looked at it in shock. It was a minuscule amount of money but for this woman the coin represented a meal. At that moment, I felt the shame of affluence and the humility of charity. She had given me a gift disproportionate to anything that I had ever donated.

In the midst of her poverty, she was able to give me something priceless. I saw then, the

unexpected beauty of the people and appreciated profoundly the quiet dignity of the poor.

56. The underlined word minuscule in the passage is closest in meaning to .

A. unbelievable

B. tiny

C. unclear

D. ordinary

57. Which of the following Statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. The writer complained most about beggars in Niger.

B. The writer was an Australian citizen.

C. Two motorists grabbed the writer's valuables out of a sudden.

D The writer still treated the locals fairly after the loss of the bag.

58. The writer had a different thought about charity because

A. she became too poor herself to help others

B. a local poor lady offered her money out of her scarce own

C. the writer got her bag back with the help of the local lady

D. a local lady gave the writer much more money than she had donated

59. All the events and activities are available at the carnival except .

A. Musicals

B. Gardening

C. Parenting Talk

D. Balloon Sculpturing Workshop

60. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. We get to barbecue the food that we buy in the RGS General Office.

B. You can choose to dunk any teacher in the school at the 'Slam Dunk' stall.

C. You will have two chances at the lucky dip if you purchase $40 worth of coupons.

D. You can win attractive prizes if you try your hand at the game machines in the Arcade Comer.

61. The main aim of the RGS Carnival is to

A. select the best RGS activity

B. showcase the pupils' musical talent

C. test hearts of participants with haunted houses

D. raise funds for the school's CIPF

(3)

The amazon is the largest and most diverse rain forest in the world-about 10 percent of all known species on earth dwell there. But it wasn't until recently that

researchers were about to see the 'big picture' of the vast rain forest.

The new findings? Almost 400 billion trees belonging to 16,000 different types grow in the

Amazon. More than 100 experts analyzed data from 1,170 surveys to come up with the figures.

The vast size and difficult terrain (地形) of the Amazon basin has historically restricted studies of tree communities to a local or regional level, making it difficult to see the big picture. This lack of

information has hindered science and conservation efforts, according to experts.

The new findings, published in the journal Science, provide the first estimates of the abundance, frequency and distribution of many thousands of Amazonian trees. Extrapolations based on the data, collected over 10 years, suggest that greater Amazonia is home to around 390 billion individual trees. The area covered includes the amazon Basin and the Guiana Shield, spanning an area roughly the size of the 48 adjoining . States.

While around 16,000 types of trees are believed to exist in the Amazon, half the total number of

the types are thought to belong to just 227 species, including Brazil nut, chocolate and rubber. "This is

very valuable information for further research and policy making," said research co-author Dr. Hans ter Steege, from the Netherlands.

The study also offers insights into the rarest tree species in the Amazon. According to a

mathematical model used in the study, roughly 6,000 Amazonnian tree types have populations of fewer than one thousand. This would automatically qualify them for inclusion in the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species(CNRLTS)-if they could be found and identified.

U.S. ecologist and co-author of the study, Professor Miles Silman said," Species too rare to find account for much of the planet's biodiversity. It's a real problem for conservation that the species at the greatest risk of extinction may disappear before we ever find them. It's a concem for the whole human race."

62. The underlined word hinder is closest in meaning to

A. generated

B. blocked

C. sponsored

D. improved

63. According to the passage, what made the collection of species information so difficult?

A. The lack of experienced professionals in the field.

B. The dangers of certain types of species.

C. The big area and complicated geographic situation.

D. The unfavourable government law in the field.

64. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The amazon rain forest covers 10 percent of the world's dry land.

B. The conservation of amazon has been done well.

C. About 8000 types of trees belong to over 220 species.

D. About 6000 Amazonnian tree types have died out.

65. The species conservation was made difficult by

A. the negative climate of the amazon land

B. the possibility of dying of rare species

C. the lack of conservation fund

D. the human beings' lack of concern

VI．Translation(]0％)

Directions：Translate the following sentences into English，using the word or phrase given in the

brackets．

1．很难相信他在这么艰苦的环境中活了下来。 (it)

2。学校采取行动增加学生每天的运动时间。 (take)

3．有人绑架了他们的女儿，令那对夫妻焦急万分(which)

4．我相信每天吃鸡蛋对健康有益处。(believe)

5．Jack收到很多大学的邀请去做关于健康饮食的演讲． (receive)

VII。Guided Writing(15％)

现今，很多中学生关注于学习和娱乐，很少在家里做家务。就此现象，写一篇100至120字的作文，谈谈你的看法。

Answers

5. May 12th.

6. Modem nursing

7. Flowers

8. Understanding and respect.

10. B 11. B 12. B 13. D 14. B 16. B

17-21 BCBDB 22-26 CBBBB 27-31 BACCD

32-36ACADC 37-41CAACD 42-45ABAC

46-50ABCCA 51-55 CBDBC

56-58 BDB 59-61 BCD 62-65 BCCB

1. It's hard to believe that he survived in such a tough environment.

2. The school took action to increase students' daily sports time.

3. Someone kidnapped their daughter, which made the couple very anxious.

4. I believe that eating eggs every day is good for health.

5. Jack received invitations from many universities to make speech on healthy diet.