上海市同济中学20152016学年高一下学期期中考试英语试题Word版含答案

1、1 / 15同济中学2015学年度第二学期高一期中测试英语试卷（2016.4）（时间100分钟，满分100分）I. Listening: 24%Part A Short ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end ofeach conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and thequestions wil

2、l be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, readthe four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the questionyou have heard.1. A. A professorC. A secretary2.A. The womans weekend plan.C. A new place to live in.3.A. He will wait h

3、ere for a few minutes.C. His car is much faster than a bus.4.A. To write a letter.C. To help her.5.A. In a department store.C. At a bank.B. A researcherD. A teaching assistantB. Spending time at the beach.D. Running away to the beach.B. He can give the woman a lift.D. He can take a bus with the woma

4、nB. To look for the pen.D. To paint the bookshelf.B. At a tourist information center.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

5、 he can help the woman find things back.10. A. His classmates have already read his letters from Canada.7.A. Down the street.C. Opposite a market.8.A. For 3 days.B. For 4 days.9.A. The game was not at all wonderful.B. At the second crossing.D. Beside a stereo shop.C. For 5 days. D. For 6 days.B. The

6、 guest team was not strong.C. Their team was actually very bad.D. No.5 missed the basket too often.2 / 15B. He has agreed to save the stamps for his classmates.C. His classmates have the same hobby as the womans sister.D. The womans sister can get some stamps from his classmates.Part B PassagesDirec

7、tions: 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 fourpossible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the be

8、st 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 Trafal

9、gar 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 didnt like feeding pigeons.D. Because he wanted to change his will.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following pass

10、age.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 bigg

11、est paint brush for their paintings.C. Painting their names on the sidewalk blocks in front of their parentshomes.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 stude nts practice painting in order to g

12、row up to be Picassos.3 / 15C. The stude nts in love have to leave their vows of devoti on.D. The stude nts now are not allowed to paint on the sidewalks.Part C Lon ger Con versati onsDirections: In Sectio n C, you will hear a Ion ger con versati on. The con versati on will be read twice.After you h

13、ear the conversation, you are asked to fill in the numbered blanks with the in formatio n you hear. Write your answers on your an swer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORDfor each answer.Con firmatio nGuest Name:John17Book ing Detail:18

14、ni ghts, 1 room.Room Type:Si ngle with bathroom.Check-i n:19, 11thJune.Check-out:Sun day, 15thJune.Meal Pla n:No20.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDSbr each answer.Mrs. BishopI nterview NotesPaulDaily Life8 a.m.Get up.9 a.m.

15、Start classes.Noon to 1 p.m.Work at21 .3 p.m.4p.m.Have22.5 p.m.8p.m.23atthe9 p.m.11 p.m.Watch TV.supermarket.11 p.m.1 a.m.Do homework.Advice:Paul should pay more atte nti on to his schoolwork. He should24_ better.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A 8%Directions: After readi ng the passages below, fi

16、ll in the bla nks to make the passage cohere nt and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the give n word; for the other bla nks, use one4 / 15word that best fits each bla nk.Many people go to school for an education. They learn Ianguages,

17、 history, politics, geography, physics, chemistryand mathematics. Others go to school to lear n 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 kno ws, cannot teach hisstude nts everythi ng th

18、ey want to know. The teacherjob is (27)_ (show) his stude ntshow to lear n. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be lear ned outside school by the students themselves.It is always (28)_(importa nt) to know how to study by on eself tha n to memorizesome facts or a formula

19、. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is verydifficult to use a formula in (29)_(work) out a math problem.Great scie ntists before us (30)_(not get) everyth ing from school. Their teachers onlyshowed them the way. Edis on did not eve n fin

20、ish primary school. But they were all so successful. They inven ted somany thi ngs (31)_mankind. The reas on for their success is that theyknew how to study. They read books (32)_ were not taught at school. They would askmany questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked har

21、d all their lives, wasti ng not a sin glemome nt. Above all, they knew how to use their brain.Sectio n B 10 %Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used on ce. Note thatthere is one word more tha n you n eed.A. approachesB. slightlyC. exposedD

22、. rarelyAB. i ncludeAC. collectAD. moveme ntBC. accessibleBD. expectCD. surveyABC. in creasesRecen tly, a stude nt orga ni zati on at Corn ell Uni versity in troduced their Big Red Bikes program.Like many bike share programs across America, the project aims to make biking _33_ and convenient for eve

23、ry student on the campus. As the cold win ter _34_, the bikes are being moved into storage, but that has not stopped the organi zati on from continuing to _35_ money in the hope of expa nding the program in the coming years.Big Red Bikes put 20 bikes on the campus for the students to use in May 2011

24、. 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 toexpand the program. The organization sent out a campus-wide _38_ to

25、decide where to put future parking stations and5 / 15get 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 direc

26、tor of Big Red Bikes, explained,“When graduates go tolive 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 yearswill be more likely to _42_ and need

27、 sustainable systems of all kinds in the future.”川.Reading ComprehensionSection A 15%Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in eachblank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Although eye contact is a great thing a

28、nd a vital tool for_43_ the quality of all your face-to-face interactions withothers, it doesnt mean that more eye contact is always better or that all eye contact is created equal. You have to doit_44_at the right time and in the right way.You might be _45_ to make eye contact with people because y

29、ou dont think they wantto make eye contact with you. And sure enough, when you look at them the first time, they _46_. But the reason whytheyre probably looking away is that theyre thinking the same thing you did- that you dont really want to make eyecontact with them!_47_ you made the first move, t

30、heyrsetill worried about _48_. But most people are just waitingfor permission to get into a mutual（互相的） gaze. Studies have shown that once one person in a conversing pair startsgreater eye contact, the other person will follow suit and _49_ his or her own level of eye contact as well.In order for ey

31、e contact to be _50_, it needs to be welcome and appropriate. When eyecontact is _51_, it goes from gazing to staring, and being stared at makes people uncomfortable. Eye contact _52_physiologic （生理上的） arousalit increases brain activity and activates（激活） the sympathetic nervous system,_53_ a personh

32、seart rate and breathing. And this happens not only when you_re_5d4ir_e_c_tlysomeoneseyes, but alsowhe n you simply feel that some one is stari ng at you. This arousal can be a good thing -if you anda lovely lady are looking into each other_s_e5y5e_s_,_itacmanore intense connection. Butwhen someone

33、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.6 / 15Therefore, good eye contact is based on mutuality. As Michael Ellsberg, author of The Powerof Eye Contact, puts it:“In order for eye contact to feel good, one person cannot_56_ hisvisual wil

34、l on another; it is a _57_ experience.43.A. improvingB. affectingC. keepingD. making44.A. availablyB. accessiblyC. properlyD. exactly45.A. eagerB. braveC. unwillingD. anxious46.A. look backB. look awayC. look downD. look up47.A. IfB. Even ifC. As long asD. As if48.A. refusalB. attentionC. conversati

35、onD. interaction49.A. decreaseB. keepC. riseD. increase50.A. effectiveB. efficientC. availableD. approachable51.A. wantedB. welcomeC. unwantedD. refused52.A. results inB. brings outC. results fromD. turns out53.A. slowing downB. speeding upC. interfering withD. dealing with54.A. looking intoB. looki

36、ng downC. looking afterD. looking for55.A. createB. preventC. arouseD. determine56.A. putB. forceC. carryD. burden57.A. successfulB. determinedC. sharedD. basedSection B 10%Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfini shed stateme nts. For each of t

37、hem there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose theone that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Taiwa n police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of steali ng or aneven cleverer cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect

38、 crime, because the crim in als arebirdshorning pige ons!The crime begi ns with a teleph one message to the owner of a stole n car: if you want the carback, pay up the n, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the n eckof the pige on in side. C

39、arryi ng the money in a tiny bag, the pige on flies off.7 / 15There have bee n at least four such pige on pick-ups in Chan gwa. What at first seemed likethe work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazierand more inventive criminal mindone that avoid not o

40、nly collecting money but going out tosteal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled adouble trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly retur n. In stead of steali ng cars, he letssome one else do it and the n waits for the car-ow ner to place

41、 an advertiseme nt in the n ewspaperask ing for help.The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stole n cars have bee n retur ned.Also, the amount of money dema nded un der 3,000 Taiwa nese dollarsseems too little for a car worth many timesmore.Dema nds for pige on-delivered money

42、 stopped as soon as the press reported the story. Andeven if they start aga in, Che n holds little hope of catch ing the crim in al.“We have more importantthings to do,”he said.58. After the car owner received a pho ne call. He_.A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carriedB.

43、gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a parkC. sent some money to the thief by mailD. told the press about it59. Thelazier and more inven tive”crim inal refers toAthe car thief who stays at homeBone of those who put the ads in the paperCone of the policemen in ChangwaDthe owner of the

44、pigeons60.The writer mentions the fact that“noneof the stolen cars have been returned”to show .Ahow easily people get fooled by criminalsBwhat Chen thinks might be correctCthe thief is extremely cleverDthe money paid is too little61.The underlined word“they”in the last paragraph re_f_e_r_s_to_.8 / 1

45、5AcriminalsBpigeonsCthe stolen carsDdemands for money62.We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners becauseAhe reads the ads in the newspaperBhe lives in the same neighborhoodChe has seen the car owners in the park Dhe has trained the pigeons to follow them（B）Socia

46、l anxiety disorder（社交焦虑症）prevents some 15 million Americans from leading normal social and romanticlives, a new survey finds.The disorder leaves many isolated, ashamed and often mis-diagnosed （误诊断）. Thirty-six percent of those withsocial anxiety disorder have symptoms for 10 years or more before see

47、king help, the Anxiety Disorder Association ofAmerica reports.Social anxiety disorder is when somebody has a strong, persistent and unreasonable fear of social or performancesituations. The condition causes people to avoid common, everyday situations and even other people for fear of beingjudged or

48、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 makesit very difficult for people to develop friends and romantic partnerships.People with this disorder recognize their fear is excessive （过度的） and u

49、nreasonable, but they feel powerless todo 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,

50、 including heart trouble, feelingthat their throatwill 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 didnt want people to think they were crazy, and 58 percent

51、said they were ashamed of theircondition.However, when the condition is diagnosed and treated, many reported improvement in their lives. In fact, 59 percentwho were receiving treatment said treatment had a positive effect on their ability to have a romantic relationship. In9 / 15addition, 39 percent

52、 who had received treatment said knowing that treatment can be successful aided their decision to gethelp.63. A person with social anxiety disorder is likely to _ .A. suffer sudden loss of memoryB. avoid making public speechesC. have rich imaginationsD. stick to his own ideas64._ of social anxiety d

53、isorder is (are) not mentioned in the passage.A. The definitionB. The symptomsC. The impactD. The causes65. People with social anxiety disorder think that their fear _.A. is beneficial to healthB. is a normal part of lifeC. is beyond their controlD. can be controlled if necessary66. It can be seen f

54、rom the last paragraph that treatment of the disorder _.A. can lead to improvement of life qualityB. has no positive effect at allC. is not available to most sufferersD. is still at the experimental stage67. Which of the following is TRUE about social anxiety disorder?A. Some sufferers would rather

55、suffer than face their problem.B.The sufferersthroats 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 question

56、s or complete the statements in thefewest possible words.Have you ever stood up for a pregnant（怀孕）woman? The reason why people dont stand up for pregnant ladieson the bus isnt that they are selfish. Its because most people cant seem to tell the difference between a pregnantbelly and a big belly.Toky

57、o rail companies are providing pregnant women with badges （徽章）. They hope other passengers on theJapanese capitals 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 inmy belly”. They will ma

58、ke 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 someones appearance whether they are pregnant,”saidofficial at the Health Ministry, which came up with the idea.“But these early10 / 15stages for the pregn

59、ant 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 thenation with a falling population and the worlds highest proportion （比例）of elderly people.“We want to create an environment tha

60、t 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 onewould really notice me and I couldnt really ask them to give me a seat,”said Yoshiko Kato, a 38-year-old woman whois five months pregnant