顶顶顶分分分发上海市金山中学2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题
第I卷 （共 95 分）
I. Listening Comprehension Part A Short Conversations
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 conversations and the questions 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 .At 8:30 . B. At 9:00 . C. At 9:30. D. At. 10:00. 2. A. Daughter and son C. Father and daughter C. Husband and wife D. Mother and son. 3. A. In a bank B. In a post office. C. In a supermarket D. In a restaurant. 4. A. At 6 years old B. At 10 years old C. At 14 years old D. At 18 years old 5. A. Catch a train home B. Do her homework C. Go to a theatre D. Go to work 6. A. The woman can get the book now B. The woman can get the book later
C. The man will fold the paper for the woman D. The man will try to get the book for the woman 7. A. Few students take it B. Nobody wants to teach it
C. Most students don’t finish it D. Most students find it difficult
8. A. He has a hard time with his classmates B. He doesn’t like his new classmates at all C. He can’t remember all the classmates’ name
D. He still doesn’t know how to get along with his classmates 9. A. The room is really dirty B. The room is not dirty at all
C. In the man’s eyes, the room is clean D. The woman doesn’t think the room is dirty 10. A. They are having dinner
B. They’re making a phone call C. They’re talking about the news D. They’re exchanging the newspaper Part B Passages
Directions: In Part 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 in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have 顶顶顶分分分发heard. Questions 11 through 12 are based on the following passage
11. A.Slow food B. Fast food C. Women’s rights D. Anti-war 12. A Alice has written some cookbooks. B Alice opened a restaurant in France. C Alice sometimes buys locally-grown food.
D.It was Alice’s keen sense of taste that made her a famous cook. Questions 13 through 15 are based on the following passage.
13. A Last August B Three years ago C A week ago D Six hours ago 14. A The river was still full of garbage. B There was no garbage left in the river.
C There was much less garbage left in the river. D There was more garbage in the river than ever. 15. A Students’ efforts have paid off.
B. Students competed to clean up the river.
C. Students were praised for their voluntary work D Students call attention to environmental problems. Part C Longer Conversations
Directions: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations, and you will be asked two questions on each of the conversations. The conversations 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 one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 16 through 17 are based on the following conversation. 16. A To return some goods B. To apply for a job. C. To place an order D. To make a complaint 17. A. It depends on a number of factors B. It will be free for large orders. C It costs 15 more for express delivery. D It is not his responsibility. Questions 18 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 18. A. In the newspaper B. On campus.
C At the neighborhood housing office D. On the college pamphlet. 19. A It must be in a good location B. It must have clean surroundings. C It should guarantee her privacy D. It doesn’t cost much to rent. 20. A Amy will share the house with Tom. B. Amy is not easy to live with. C Tom is the owner of the house.
D Amy and Tom are both studying in college.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Direction: 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 顶顶顶分分分发blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. I can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday. It was a sunny day. Eager to spend some time outside, I went up the mountain with my uncle. The mountain was hard (21) ________(climb) and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end, (22) ________ (exhaust) and hot, I couldn’t go any further. So we went back down the mountain in the end. On the way back down, my uncle asked me a question, (23) _____ left me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?”
“I have no idea,” I answered (24) _____thinking it for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his story. He didn’t perform well at school when he was a student. Although nobody thought he could succeed, he knew clearly (25) ______his dream was-----to be a businessman. “I knew I wasn’t gifted when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to find out which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but (26) ______ tough life was, he never gave up.
“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of effort to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently. That night I (27) ______ hardly fall asleep. I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “What’s my motivation?”
I once wanted to be a top student, but the hard work needed meant (28) _____ (put) everything into following my passion. If I find myself lacking willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again by (29) _____. It made me think: If we don’t experience the climb, how can we get to see the scenery on the top of the mountain? In the end, I reached the top and (30) ______ (fascinate) by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more pleasant than that. Section B
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. A. equal B. demanding C. benefits G. access H. convey D. employ E. reach F. increase K. approached I .conditions J. superior There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. Thus we can ____31____ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.
The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. We can get ____32____ to the content of those materials easily. Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was ____33____ to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.
The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not
顶顶顶分分分发completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can ____34____ the reader’s understanding. Such communication between unequals must be possible. Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information.
What are the ____35____ in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. The writer must be “____36____” to the reader in understanding. Besides, his book must ____37____ something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to ____38____ the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is ____39____, success of communication is achieved.
Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading - entertainment. It is the least ____40____ and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well. III. Reading Comprehension Section A
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. Jame’s New Bicycle
James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully __41_ the coins that lay on the bed. ＄24. 52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least ＄90! How on earth was he going to get the ___42___ of the money?
He knew that his friends all had bicycle. It was __43___ to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. There was no point asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to___44___. There was only one way to get money, and that was to __45_ it . He would have to find a job . __46___ who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice ,who usually had opinions on most things.
“Well, you can start right here, ”said Mr. clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing. ”That was the beginning of James’ s odd-job（零工） business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was surprised by the __47___ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the___48___of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the __49___ increased and he knew that he would soon have __50____ for the bicycle he longed for.
The day__51___ came when James counted his money and found ＄ 94. 32. He ___52___ no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode __53__ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard working for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ___54___ he had bought it with his own money. He had ___55___ what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle.
顶顶顶分分分发41. A. cleaned B. covered C. counted D. checked 42. A. coins B. part C. number D. rest
43. A. hard B. brave C. smart D. modern 44. A. split B. spend C. spare D. save 45. A. borrow B. earn C. raise D. collect 46. A. Or B. So C. For D. But
47. A. similarity B. quality C. suitability D. variety 48. A. brand B. number C. size D. type
49. A. effort B. job C. money D. trouble 50. A. enough B. all C. much D. some
51. A. finally B. instantly C. normally D. regularly 52. A. gave B. left C. took D. wasted 53. A. patiently B. proudly C. silently D. tiredly 54. A. since B. if C. than D. though 55. A. deserved B. benefited C. achieved D. learned Section B
Direction：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished sattments. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A)
As a teenage rock fan, all Dennis Vorreyer really expected of the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago two weekends ago was the chance to see his favorite bands perform live.
But he and his father, Jeffrey, who accompanied him to the festival, signed up for Lollapalooza's text-message network, and thus learned about a guitar-playing contest taking place there. Dennis, 14, entered and won a new Gibson guitar. Tad Kubler, the lead guitarist for the Hold Steady, who was involved in the contest, then invited Dennis to perform with the band as it closed its set.
''Having your cell phone everywhere is important for everybody now,'' Dennis said. ''I never dreamed of playing Lollapalooza.'' The modern mobile phone -- equipped with camera, Internet access and more -- has proved to be a liability for some performers, like Akon and Beyonc? whose regrettable moments were captured by fans and then immortalized on YouTube and similar sites. But for the fans themselves, mobile phones are becoming as important an accessory as an all-access wristband. Beyond using them to record a short souvenir, they are becoming a ticket to everything from free ringtones to V.I.P. treatment.
On Gwen Stefani's recent tour, as many as 20 percent of the audience at some shows agreed to pay 99 cents for text messages and the chance to win better seats, according to the mobile marketing company Impact Mobile. At festivals like Lollapalooza, thousands of fans sign up to receive continuous updates from concert organizers about promotions and special events.
Even when there is no fee, the service comes at a price: fans must give their phone numbers to marketers. And purists -- and some artists -- disapprove of fans pecking
上海市金山中学2016_2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题(1)
