上海市建平中学2016-2017学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题

2016-2017学年建平中学高一第二学期期末考试

英语试卷

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Directions: Choose the best answer according to the meaning of the sentence.

17.___ is mentioned above, the number of violent crimes will increase this year about 15%.

A.Which

B. As

C. That

D. It

18.Being unable to afford a car, going shopping for the two of us meant ___ down to the shops and going back home again with full arms.

A.to walk

B. walked

C. is to build

D. will be built

19.Opposite the bus station ___ a new commercial center, which the nearby residents are currently discussing a lot.

A.to build

B. built

C. is to build

D. will be built

20.As of Friday, the money ___ totaled more than 8.5 million yuan ($1.38 million) for China-Dolls Center for Rare Disorders, a non-commercial organization.

A.having been raised

B. raising

C. raised

D. was raised

21.___ gender differences follow essentially old ideas on achievement tests in which boys typically score higher on math and science, females have the advantages on school grades regardless of the subject.

A.While

B. When

C. If

D. Because

22.The most important part of what children’s minds have and many animals’ don’t is ___ scientists call shared intentionally, which is the ability to infer what others know or are thinking.

A.that

B. which

C. what

D. the

23.It was not until then ___ the girl would receive an operation the next day.

A.did we know

B. we knew

C. that we knew

D. when we knew

24.Before 1973, fingerprints at the scene of a crime used to be photographed for ___ purpose and the object carrying the prints were shown in court as well.

A.qualification

B. identification

C. estimate

D. possession

25. When it comes to leadership roles, in some cases, such as friendship groups, one or more persons may gradually ___ as leaders, although there is no formal process of selection.

A. arise

B. distinguish

C. occur

D. emerge

26. There are many factors in people’s daily lives that can affect posture and throw the body off balance, such as sitting at a desk for long periods, frequently holding a phone between the ear and the shoulders, bending over a laptop, or ___ looking down at a smartphone.

A. continually

B. eventually

C. temporarily

D. accidentally

Section B

Directions:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage 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.

The first DC movie of 2017, Wonder Wonder Woman, is a few days away from release. With the DC Extended University (DCEU) so far ___27__ (look) dangerously underpowered compared with Marvel’s Chinematic University, the pressure is on to ensure this latest comic book adaptation from Warner Bros is a hit.

The DCEU has offered the world a handful of heroes, but it seems to be confused about what makes a good hero. We’ve seen a Superman suffering from doubt and lacking his unusual optimism, and a hopeless Batman who ___28__ (motivate) almost entirely by evil. So untrustworthy are the supposed good guys in the DCEU, the world turned to a group of super villains (恶棍) when it wanted to take down a villain in Suicide Squad.

Wonder Woman, an Amazonian princess warrior who is a demigoddess (半神), is supposed to be different. She presents a very feminine sense of peace, justice and ___29__ Gal Gadot has described as “emotional intelligence.” In Wonder Woman,