上海市同济中学2015-2016学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题

同济中学同济中学 2015 学年度第二学期高一期中测试学年度第二学期高一期中测试 英语试卷 英语试卷 2016 4 时间 100 分钟 满分 100 分 I Listening 24 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 in your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard 1 A A professorB A researcher C A secretaryD A teaching assistant 2 A The woman s weekend plan B Spending time at the beach C A new place to live in D Running away to the beach 3 A He will wait here for a few minutes B He can give the woman a lift C His car is much faster than a bus D He can take a bus with the woman 4 A To write a letter B To look for the pen C To help her D To paint the bookshelf 5 A In a department store B At a tourist information center C At a bank D At a hotel 6 A The woman is unlucky to lose her bank card and cellphone B The woman had better go home and make the call first C He can lend the woman his cellphone to make the lost call D Pray to the God and he can help the woman find things back 7 A Down the street B At the second crossing C Opposite a market D Beside a stereo shop 8 A For 3 days B For 4 days C For 5 days D For 6 days 9 A The game was not at all wonderful B The guest team was not strong C Their team was actually very bad D No 5 missed the basket too often 10 A His classmates have already read his letters from Canada B He has agreed to save the stamps for his classmates C His classmates have the same hobby as the woman s sister D The woman s sister can get some stamps from his classmates Part B Passages 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 A gold pocket B A gold chain C A gold watch D A fine waistcoat 12 A They went to London to visit me B They went to the park on a Sunday morning C They went to feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square D They went to Trafalgar Square to take a walk 13 A Because he went back home too early for tea B Because he lost the gold pocket watch C Because my youngest son didn t like feeding pigeons D Because he wanted to change his will Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage 14 A A high school graduation ceremony B All the special traditions of graduation celebration C A tradition to mark graduation in Ilion High School D The disturbance Paint Night causes to the local town 15 A Selecting the right color and quantity of their own choices B Selecting the biggest paint brush for their paintings C Painting their names on the sidewalk blocks in front of their parents homes D Leaving the town the marks of themselves to celebrate graduation 16 A The parents will guide them through selecting their won colors B The students practice painting in order to grow up to be Picassos C The students in love have to leave their vows of devotion D The students now are not allowed to paint on the sidewalks Part C Longer Conversations Directions In Section C you will hear a longer conversation The conversation will be read twice After you hear the conversation you are asked to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you hear Write your answers on your answer sheet Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation Complete the form Write ONE WORD for each answer Confirmation Guest Name John 17 Booking Detail 18 nights 1 room Room Type Single with bathroom Check in 19 11th June Check out Sunday 15th June Meal Plan No 20 Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation Complete the form Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer Mrs Bishop s Interview Notes Paul s Daily Life 8 a m Get up 9 a m Start classes Noon to 1 p m Work at 21 3 p m 4p m Have 22 5 p m 8p m 23 at the supermarket 9 p m 11 p m 11 p m 1 a m Watch TV Do homework Advice Paul should pay more attention to his schoolwork He should 24 better II Grammar and Vocabulary Section A 8 Directions After reading the passages 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 Many people go to school for an education They learn languages history politics geography physics chemistry and mathematics Others go to school to learn a skill 25 they can make a living School education is very important and useful Yet no one can learn 26 from school A teacher no matter how much he knows cannot teach his students everything they want to know The teacher s job is 27 show his students how to learn He teaches them how to read and how to think So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves It is always 28 important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics But it is very difficult to use a formula in 29 work out a math problem Great scientists before us 30 not get everything from school Their teachers only showed them the way Edison did not even finish primary school But they were all so successful They invented so many things 31 mankind The reason for their success is that they knew how to study They read books 32 were not taught at school They would ask many questions as they read They did thousands of experiments They worked hard all their lives wasting not a single moment Above all they knew how to use their brain Section B 10 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 approaches B slightly C exposed D rarely AB include AC collect AD movement BC accessible BD expect CD survey ABC increases Recently a student organization at Cornell University introduced their Big Red Bikes program Like many bike share programs across America the project aims to make biking 33 and convenient for every student on the campus As the cold winter 34 the bikes are being moved into storage but that has not stopped the organization from continuing to 35 money in the hope of expanding the program in the coming years Big Red Bikes put 20 bikes on the campus for the students to use in May 2011 Six months later 20 more were added The hope is to finally expand the program to 36 100 bikes and more parking station As the need for the program 37 Big Red Bikes is working in a highly democratic manner to determine how to expand the program The organization sent out a campus wide 38 to decide where to put future parking stations and get advice on bike models For example the second 20 bike addition has a 39 different model and includes a basket Though it is only a campus wide program at present it could contribute to a larger national 40 Boris Suchkov the finance director of Big Red Bikes explained When graduates go to live somewhere else they have this expectation that biking should be a part of life He added We believe that students who are 41 to an environmentally sustainable transport system during their college years will be more likely to 42 and need sustainable systems of all kinds in the future Reading Comprehension Section A 15 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 Although eye contact is a great thing and a vital tool for 43 the quality of all your face to face interactions with others it doesn t mean that more eye contact is always better or that all eye contact is created equal You have to do it 44 at the right time and in the right way You might be 45 to make eye contact with people because you don t think they want to make eye contact with you And sure enough when you look at them the first time they 46 But the reason why they re probably looking away is that they re thinking the same thing you did that you don t really want to make eye contact with them 47 you made the first move they re still worried about 48 But most people are just waiting for permission to get into a mutual 互相的 gaze Studies have shown that once one person in a conversing pair starts greater eye contact the other person will follow suit and 49 his or her own level of eye contact as well In order for eye contact to be 50 it needs to be welcome and appropriate When eye contact is 51 it goes from gazing to staring and being stared at makes people uncomfortable Eye contact 52 physiologic 生理上的 arousal it increases brain activity and activates 激活 the sympathetic nervous system 53 a person s heart rate and breathing And this happens not only when you re directly 54 someone s eyes but also when you simply feel that someone is staring at you This arousal can be a good thing if you and a lovely lady are looking into each other s eyes it can 55 a more intense connection But when someone fixes their gaze on you in a terrible way it can feel as if a predator 捕猎者 is chasing you in the wild Therefore good eye contact is based on mutuality As Michael Ellsberg author of The Power of Eye Contact puts it In order for eye contact to feel good one person cannot 56 his visual will on another it is a 57 experience 43 A improvingB affectingC keepingD making 44 A availablyB accessiblyC properlyD exactly 45 A eager B braveC unwillingD anxious 46 A look backB look awayC look downD look up 47 A IfB Even if C As long asD As if 48 A refusalB attentionC conversationD interaction 49 A decreaseB keepC riseD increase 50 A effectiveB efficientC availableD approachable 51 A wantedB welcomeC unwantedD refused 52 A results inB brings outC results fromD turns out 53 A slowing downB speeding upC interfering withD dealing with 54 A looking intoB looking downC looking afterD looking for 55 A createB preventC arouseD determine 56 A putB forceC carryD burden 57 A successfulB determinedC sharedD based Section B 10 Directions Read the following passages Each passage is followed by several questions or 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 just read A Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat Either way it could be the perfect crime because the criminals are birds horning pigeons The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car if you want the car back pay up then the car owner is directed to a park told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside Carrying the money in a tiny bag the pigeon flies off There have been at least four such pigeon pick ups in Changwa What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay at home car thief however may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind one that avoid not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick he gets money for things he cannot possibly return Instead of stealing cars he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help The theory is supported by the fact that so far none of the stolen cars have been returned Also the amount of money demanded under 3 000 Taiwanese dollars seems too little for a car worth many times more Demands for pigeon delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story And even if they start again Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal We have more important things to do he said 58 After the car owner received a phone call He A went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried B gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park C sent some money to the thief by mail D told the press about it 59 The lazier and more inventive criminal refers to A the car thief who stays at home B one of those who put the ads in the paper C one of the policemen in Changwa D the owner of the pigeons 60 The writer mentions the fact that none of the stolen cars have been returned to show A how easily people get fooled by criminals B what Chen thinks might be correct C the thief is extremely clever D the money paid is too little 61 The underlined word they in the last paragraph refers to A criminals B pigeons C the stolen carsD demands for money 62 We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because A he reads the ads in the newspaper B he lives in the same neighborhood C he has seen the car owners in the park D he has trained the pigeons to follow them B Social anxiety disorder 社交焦虑症 prevents some 15 million Americans from leading normal social and romantic lives a new survey finds The disorder leaves many isolated ashamed and often mis diagnosed 误诊断 Thirty six percent of those with social anxiety disorder have symptoms for 10 years or more before seeking help the Anxiety Disorder Association of America reports Social anxiety disorder is when somebody has a strong persistent and unreasonable fear of social or performance situations The condition causes people to avoid common everyday situations and even other people for fear of being judged or criticized or losing face in front of others Social anxiety disorder can have a negative impact on daily routines 例行公事 and job performance It also makes it very difficult for people to develop friends and romantic partnerships People with this disorder recognize their fear is excessive 过度的 and unreasonable but they feel powerless to do anything about it Social anxiety disorder can start in the early teens This is a disorder that starts affecting people early in their life Many individuals report a history of anxiety dating back to earlier childhood The disorder also has physical symptoms including heart trouble feeling that their throat will close up sweating faintness and trembling Among people with the disorder 75percent said the condition affected their ability to do normal activities In addition 69 percent said they didn t want people to think they were crazy and 58 percent said they were ashamed of their condition However when the condition is diagnosed and treated many reported improvement in their lives In fact 59 percent who were receiving treatment said treatment had a positive effect on their ability to have a romantic relationship In addition 39 percent who had received treatment said knowing that treatment can be successful aided their decision to get help 63 A person with social anxiety disorder is likely to A suffer sudden loss of memoryB avoid making public speeches C have rich imaginationsD stick to his own ideas 64 of social anxiety disorder is are not mentioned in the passage A The definitionB The symptoms C The impactD The causes 65 People with social anxiety disorder think that their fear A is beneficial to healthB is a normal part of life C is beyond their controlD can be controlled if necessary 66 It can be seen from the last paragraph that treatment of the disorder A can lead to improvement of life quality B has no positive effect at all C is not available to most sufferersD is still at the experimental stage 67 Which of the following is TRUE about social anxiety disorder A Some sufferers would rather suffer than face their problem B The sufferers throats are closed up as a result of the disorder C Most sufferers can lead a normal life despite the disorder D The sufferers are in the habit of judging or criticizing others Section C 8 Directions Read the passage carefully Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words Have you ever stood up for a pregnant 怀孕 woman The reason why people don t stand up for pregnant ladies on the bus isn t that they are selfish It s because most people can t seem to tell the difference between a pregnant belly and a big belly Tokyo rail companies are providing pregnant women with badges 徽章 They hope other passengers on the Japanese capital s crowded trains will readily offer their seats to them The pregnant women are handing out the badges at stations The pink and blue badges read There is a baby in my belly They will make it easier for pregnant women who are often left standing to go on train journeys Especially in the early stages it is difficult to tell from someone s appearance whether they are pregnant said official at the Health Ministry which came up with the idea But these early stages for the pregnant women are rather unstable and it is important to take care The move comes as Japan fights for ways to persuade women to have more babies The low birth rate has left the nation with a falling population and the world s highest proportion 比例 of elderly people We want to create an environment that is pleasant for pregnant women the official said The move is welcomed by the majority of citizens When I was three months pregnant and got on the train no one would really notice me and I couldn t really ask them to give me a seat said Yoshiko Kato a 38 year old woman who is five months pregnant So these badges I hope will help some people to notice I am pregnant she said Note Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS 68 To make other passengers offer their seat to pregnant women rail companies 69 The badges keep pregna