金山中学高二年级英语期中质量抽查卷2018.4
（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分 ） 第 II 卷（共110分）
I. Listening comprehension Section 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 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. In a bookstore.
B. In a grocery.
D. In a shopping mall
C. In a stationery shop.
2. A. Diner and waitress. B. Librarian and reader. D. Teacher and student. B. She wants to dine out.
D. She feels awful today.
C. Ticket seller and customer. 3. A. She is not hungry
C. She doesn’t like cooking. 4. A. The postcard has been lost.
B. The man will go to the post office.
D. The woman is expecting a postcard.
C. The local post office is closed.
5. A. To a bank
B. To Macao.
C. To a travel agency. D. To a gymnasium.
6. A. There will be too many people at the party. B. He feels sorry that the woman is not coming. C. It makes people happier to have more parties. D. The woman can bring her brother to the party. 7. A. The man is extremely fond of traveling.
B. The woman has taken many pictures at the contest. C. The man admires the woman’s talent in writing. D. The woman is an experienced photographer. 8. A. The new dress is for warm weather.
B. The new dress makes her look cool.
D. She bought the dress when it was warm.
C. She doesn’t like cold weather at all. 9. A. A nice hair-style.
B. An old photo.
C. A wonderful wedding. D. An unforgettable friend.
10. A. She could hardly find the truth. B. She doesn’t agree with the man.
C. She is good at finding a place to stay.
Section B Passages
D. She had no travel experience in Russia.
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, 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. The jeep was returned to his friend. B. The jeep was shot by a villager.
C. The jeep made through a difficult trip to the destination. D. The jeep went wrong and had to be stopped.
12. A. An old villager called a repairman to solve the problem. B. The man had to call his friend over to solve the problem. C. Some bananas were used to cover the hole on the tank jacket. D. The villagers helped to drag the car to the repair place. 13. A. Bananas are much more useful than other fruits. B. Many things can be useful in unexpected fields. C. Bananas should be used a lot in the car industry. D. A person should always lend good cars to friends.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. 100.
B. 200.
C. 300.
15. A. To lengthen the limit of working hours of the pilots. B. To strictly punish the pilots who fall asleep when flying. C. To shorten the pilots’ night flying time.
D. To find new ways to fix mechanical problems.
16. A. Poor cooperation between the pilot and the co-pilot. B. Automatic flight adopted by most planes. C. Pilot exhaustion during the flights. D. Natural threats including storms and fogs.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation 17. A. Because he didn’t have her number.
D. 500.
B. Because he thought it was unnecessary.
C. Because he wished his luggage would be found soon.
D. Because he had to attend a business meeting.
B. The cause of the flight’s late arrival.
18. A. His flight number and arrival time. C. The number of his luggage check. 19. A. On the plane ticket.
D. The description of his luggage.
B. At the information desk.
C. At the check-in counter. 20.
D. From the record of his flight.
A. Missing luggage is unlikely to be found.
B. There are important documents in his luggage. C. It is possible for the man to get his luggage today. D. The man thinks it is difficult to find his baggage.
Ⅱ. Grammar and vocabulary Section A
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.
Your comfort zone is basically all of the situation in which you feel confident and “at home”; for example, doing the job you’ve done for a long time, (21)________（socialize）with a group of people you know well or living in a place you (22)________(live）all your life. Stepping out of your comfort zone, for example, starting a new job, going to a party where you don’t know anyone or moving to another part of the country, can be frightening, but (23)________ you do so, your confidence grows.
Confident people also have comfort zones, but the difference between them and people (lack) (24)________confidence is (25)________they are willing to take risks and try new things (26)______ ______ ______ their fears.
Confidence comes from taking action, not from inaction; each time you succeed in doing something (27)________ you fear, your comfort zone will expand. If you drive, think of your first driving lesson – probably you (28)________(terrify) at the thought of driving 100 meters – but as you gradually improved your skills, your confidence grew and now you could probably drive 100 miles (29)________ worrying.
If you lack confidence, you may find yourself (30)________(stick) in a situation you are unhappy with – such as being in a relationship that is no longer working, spending hours
travelling to work on the bus or train because you fear learning to drive, or doing a job you dislike or find fulfilling --- because you are too afraid to take the first step towards changing your life. 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. similar B. insecurity C. decline D. damaging E. uncertainty F. primary G. sympathy questioned It is a familiar scene these days: employees taking newly laid-off co-workers out for a drink for comfort. But which side deserves 31 more, the jobless or the still employed? On March 6, researchers at a conference at the University of Cambridge heard data suggesting it's the latter: compared with people who are straight-up laid off, those who keep their job but under a constant threat of losing it suffer a great 32 _ in mental well-being.
Brendan Burchell, a Cambridge sociologist, presented his analysis based on various surveys conducted across Europe. The data suggest that employed people who feel insecure in their jobs show 33 levels of anxiety and depression as those who are unemployed. Although a newly jobless person’s mental health may “bottom out” after about six months, and then even begin to improve, the mental state of people who are 34 worried about losing their job “just continues to get worse and worse”, Burchell says.
Evolutionary psychologists support this theory by arguing that human beings feel more stress during times of 35 because they sense an immediate but invisible threat. Patients have been known to experience higher levels of anxiety, for example, while waiting for examination results than knowing what they are suffering from—even if the result is cancer. It's better to get the bad news and start doing something about it rather than wait with anxiety. When the 36___ continues, people stay in a nonstop “fight or flight” response, which leads to 37 stress.
But not every employee in insecure industries has such a 38 view, Burchell says. In general, women get on better. While reporting higher levels of anxiety than men when directly __39 , women scored lower in stress on the GHQ 12, even when they had a job they felt insecure about losing. As Burchell explains, “For women, most studies show that any job — it doesn't matter whether it is secure or insecure — gives psychological improvement over unemployment.” Burchell supposes that the difference in men is that they tend to feel pressure not only to be
H. purposefully I. continuously J. discouraging K. employed, but also to be the 40 breadwinner, and that more of a man’s self-worth depends on his job.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A
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.
As computer technology has improved, today’s online environments have become more complex and realistic. One website that has 41 over six million Internet users is Second Life. Second Life is a three-dimensional (3-D) online world where people work, shop, sell and trade items, meet others, go to concerts and much more. Users, who are called “residents,” create their own characters, or “avatars,” They use their avatars to 42 Second Life’s virtual world.
Just like any country, Second Life has its own 43 . Using a credit card, users can buy “Linden Dollars,” the official currency of Second Life. With Linden dollars, they can 44 land or even an entire island where they can build and decorate their own house. Land is treated as a valuable commodity （商品） in Second Life. Residents can choose to rent or sell their land to other users, and they can earn real money from these 45 _ .
When residents want to be 46 , they can use their avatars to interact with others. There are games, shopping malls, clubs, and many kinds of stores 47 to residents. With so many opportunities for interesting things to do and see, it’s easy to see why so many users devote so much time to the site.
Second Life offers users a quick and easy 48 from the real world. Many residents see this as one of the main 49 of using the site. Spending time on Second Life allows them to escape the stresses and problems of their daily lives. If a user is having a stressful day at work, she can visit a beautiful island, go skiing, or even fly to another planet during her lunch break.
50 escaping the stress of their daily lives, users can also escape who they are in the real world and live out their fantasies. 51 , residents can change their occupations, physical appearance, and even their nationalities. A doctor from the United States can be a Brazilian musician on Second Life. 52 , Second Life lets users live in a world without 53 .
Although Second Life started as a way for people to escape the real world, it has become more and more 54 to the real world in many ways. Now on Second Life, some countries have virtual embassies, businesses have meetings in 55 rooms, and universities have places where
上海市金山中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题(含听力)
