上海市上海中学08-09学年高一英语上学期期中考试上海新世纪版

1、 上海市上海中学20082009学年度第一学期期中试卷高 一 英 语第卷客观卷（共75分）一、听力部分（共两节，共10分）www.ks5 第一节（共5小题，每小题0.5分，共2.5分）1What will the two speakers do？ AMake some pudding BGo to the school restaurant CVisit the school2Where does the conversation most probably take place？AAt a supermarket BIn a bookshop CIn a library3What is th

2、e probable relationship between the two speakers？ ATeacher and student BBoss and employee CParent and child4What do we know about the man？ AHe works in a collage BHe will major in education CHe doesnt like college life5What are the two speakers talking about？ ATooth problems BCleaning teeth CSeeing

3、the dentist第二节（共15小题，每小题0.5，共7.5分）听第6段材料回答68题6What is the party for？ AThe mans moving to a new apartment BThe building of a new house CSusans moving into a new apartment7How will the woman get there？ ABy bus BBy car COn foot8What does the woman think of Susan？ APretty BStrange CCreative听第7段材料回答911题9

4、Who is Miss Yang？ AMrLees boss BMrLees secretary CMrYorks friend10Why does MrYork call？ATo deal with a document BTo visit the office CTo set up a meeting11What will MrYork do next？ASend a fax BSign a document CAttend a meeting听第8段材料回答1214题12How did the man come to China？ABy train BBy plane CBy ship1

5、3How long will they stay in Hunan？ AFor one year BFor three months CFor eight months14What will the man do in Hunan？ATeach French BTravel around CWork in a club听第9段材料回答1517题15What is Toms problem？ AHe didnt sleep well last night BHe needs to see a doctor CHe has been feeling tired16What season is it

6、？ASpring BSummer CWinter17What will the woman do next？AGo running BPlay ping-pong CHave a rest听第10段材料回答1820题18Why did the man go to London？ATo travel around the city BTo get a degree CTo shop for Christmas19What did the man like doing best in the city？ARiding a bicycle BWatching the buildings CVisit

7、ing the museums20What problem did the man meet at first？AHe could not read in English BHe was shy of speaking EnglishCHe was not good at writing二、单项选择题（15分）21This is a busy port with so many ships every dayAcome and go Bto come and go Ccoming and going Dcome and gone22They said they wanted to know d

8、o to help us Awhat could they Bwhat they could Chow could they Dhow they could23 reduce pollution，the government has made a policy to restrict the use of plastic bags in some areas AIn order to BSo as to CSo that DIn order that24I the children to the newly built zoo this weekendDo you know how much

9、the tickets are？ Ashould takeBtakes Cam taking Dwould take25Peter，would you please go and get some water for me？ Wait a minute，pleaseANo problem. BNo way! CIm busy. DDo it yourself.26Gone with the Wind was the last film I saw in that cinema Athat Bwhich Cwhat Dwhom27Where did you find the gloves？In

10、the case Mother put the old clothesAwhich Bwhere Cthat Dwhen28Tom by a dog last year and he afraid of dogs ever sinceAwas bitten；was Bwas bitten；has beenChad been bitten；has been Dhad been bitten；was29The great man devoted his whole life to for the rights of black people AfightBfightingChave foughtD

11、be fighting30Didnt you ask Jim for help？Jim？He is just too to lend me any money！AbusyBmeanCunfriendlyDbad31I met one of my classmates on the street，but his name me，which made me embarrassedAforgotBmissedCescapedDstruck32I prefer with a pen rather than on the computer，because I type so slowlyAwrite；t

12、ype Bwrite；to type Cto write；type Dto write；to type33 was his mum that called him and told him to buy some milkAThatBThisCWhatDIt34His family had different towards his decision，which made him very unhappyAmethods Battitudes Cways Dviews35Is this factory the foreign investors are going to visit next

13、month？ Athe one Bthat Cwhere Dwhich三、完形填空（20分）People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuriesAnd in the 36 300 years，there were 37 many changes in 38 places that now people can 39 tell an English person 40 an American in the way he or she speaks

14、Many old words 41 in England but were kept in AmericaFor example，300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they called either a “faucet”，a“spigot”or a“tap”All these words are 42 heard in different parts of America，but only “tap”is still common in 43 Americans often made up

15、 new words or changed old 44 “Corn”is one kind of plant in America and 45 in EnglandAlso，over the last three centuries the English language 46 thousands of new words for things that werent known 47 And often，American and English people used two 48 names for themA tin can is called“tin”for short in E

16、ngland，but a “can”in AmericaThe word “radio”is 49 all over the world，including AmericaBut many English people call it a “wireless”And almost anything having something to do 50 cars，railroads，etc 51 different names in British and American English But now American and British English may be growing cl

17、ose togetherOne 52 is the large number of American speeches that British people hear daily in movies，on television，or 53 travelers 54 this，Americans seem to be influencing the British more or lessSo some day，English may even be 55 on both sides of the Atlantic36 AfollowingBrecentColdestDlast37 Asuch

18、BtooCsoDgreat38 AeitherBbothCneitherDtwo39 AhardlyBdifficultlyCclearlyDeasily40 AwithBfromCtoDand41 AdisappearedBwere disappearedCspokeDtook42 AnotBhardlyCalsoDstill43 AAmericaBthe two countriesCEnglandDBritish44 AwordBformsConesDways45 AanotherBalso plantedCa plantDa kind of food46 AaddedBhas added

19、CdiscoveredDhas discovered47 AanywhereBin some countriesCbeforeDfor centuries48 AnewBshortCdifferentDsurprising49 AproducedBmadeCdevelopedDused50 AtoBawayCwithDfrom51 AhasBhaveChave givenDwas given52 AthingBresultCbeliefDexpression53 AfromBinConDto54 AForBBecauseCBesideDBecause of 55 AdifferentBmore

20、 different Cthe same Dmore useful四、阅读理解（30分）AMany British people like to travel to Spain，Italy and other warm countries for their holidaysThey want to live in the sun for a few weeks and many of them like to take their cars on holiday with themThen they can travel round the warm countries and see ma

21、ny places in a short timeBut there is a problemIt is only twentytwo miles from Dover in England to Calais in France，but between the two towns there is the English ChannelIt is necessary to take the cars across the sea，and this is not easySome passengers put their cars on a plane and fly across with

22、them，but that is expensiveOthers drive their cars onto large ferries（渡船）This is cheap，but the boats are slow and sometimes the sea is roughThere are days when more and more people choose to travel by hovercraft（气垫船）56Many British holidaymakers choose to travel Aby shipBby carCby planeDby ferry57They

23、 like to spend their holiday in Athe mountainous areasBDover in England Cthe sunny countriesDCalais in France58What is the disadvantage of going from Dover，England to Calais，France？ AThe impossibility of traveling by air BThe impossibility of traveling by ship CThe danger of traveling in France DThe

24、 difficulty of taking cars across English ChannelBFrancis Bacon，one of the most important philosophers（哲学家）of England，was born in London and educated at Cambridge UniversityWhen he was only 15，he went to France to work for the English ambassador（大使）Two years later he went to England to study lawAt t

25、he age of twentyhree he was chosen to parliament（议会）His ideas about how scientists should study things in nature helped to bring the modern way of thinking，called the scientific methodOne of the Bacon bestknown books was his EssaysEach essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a l

26、esson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying，conversation，friends and healthful livingIn many of his books，Bacon explained how scientists should study things as they really exist in nature and then try to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it isLater，by doing experiments，t

27、he scientists could see that any one cause would always have the same resultThis method，which is called inductive reasoning，is used by all the scientists today，but it was new in Bacons time59According to the passage we know that AFrancis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England BFrancis B

28、acon had good educationCFrancis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15DFrancis Bacon stayed in France until he was 2360It can be known that Francis Bacon was famous for Ainventing the scientific method of studying things in nature Bhis books Chis method，inductive reasoning Dbeing a me

29、mber of parliament61His essays gave many useful lessons on AstudyingBconversation Cfriends and healthful living DAll of the above62The underlined phrase“inductive reasoning”in the last paragraph means Adiscovering general laws from particular facts or examples Breaching a conclusion by reasoning fro

30、m general laws to a particular case Cstudying things as they used to be Dstudying things in a particular wayCIf you are ever lucky to be invited to a formal dinner party in Paris，remember that the French have their own way of doing things，and that even your finest manners may not be“correct”by Frenc

31、h customFor example，if you think showing up promptly（迅速地）at the time given on the invitation，armed with gifts of wine and roses，complimenting（称赞）your hostess on her cooking，laughing heartily at the hosts jokes and then leaping up to help the hostess will make you the perfect guest，think againHere Ma

32、dame Nora Chabal，the marketing director of the Ritz Hotel in Paris，explained how it worksThe first duty of the guest is to respond to the invitation within 48 hoursAnd，the guest may not ask to bring a guest because the hostess has chosen her ownFlowers sent ahead of shedule are the preferred giftThe

33、y may also be sent afterwards with a thankyou noteIt is considered a very bad form to arrive with a gift of flowers vase when she is too busy to do with thatSee，thats the logic！The type of flowers sent has a code of its own，tooOne must never send chrysanthemums(菊花)because they are considered too hum

34、ble(谦卑)for occasionCarnations（康乃馨）are considered bad luck，and calla（马蹄莲）are too reminiscent（令人联想）of funerals（葬礼）A bouquet of red roses is a declaration of romantic intentDont send those unless you mean it，and never to a married hostessAnd though the French love wine，you must never bring a bottle to

35、a dinner partyWhy？Its as if you feared your hosts would not have enough wine on hand，and thats an insult（侮辱）You may，however，offer a box of chocolates which the hostess will pass after dinner with coffeeIf an invitation is for eight oclock，the considerate guest arrives at 8:15Guests who arrive exactl

36、y on time or early are mere thoughtless ones who are not giving the hostess those last few minutes she needs to deal with details and crisesThe “correct”guest arrives between 15 to 20 minutes after the hour because dinner will be served exactly 30 minutes past the time of the invitation63Which of th

37、e following is right about sending flowers？AIf someone is dead，send chrysanthemums or callaBIf someone is ill in hospital，send carnationsCIf you are invited to a dinner party，send red roses to the hostessDIf you are in love with someone，send red roses64If you are too busy to send flowers in advance，

38、what should you do？ ABring a bouquet of flowers when you go to the party BSend a bouquet of flowers afterwards with a thankyou note CBring a bottle of wine instead of a bouquet of flowers DThe hostess will never mind if you send flowers or not65What does the word“considerate”in the last paragraph me

39、an？ A尊敬的B值得考虑的 C考虑周到的 D相当多的66What is the passage mainly about？ AHow to hold a dinner party BHow to send flowers CGood manners at a French dinner party DDifferent countries have different manners67In France，if you are invited to dinner party at eight forty，what is the best time you arrive？ A8:25 B8:1

40、0 C9:00 D8:35DIf there is a building which symbolizes a country-such as the Eiffel Tower for France and Sydney Opera House for Australia-then it has to be the Taj Mahal for IndiaIt was set up by Emperor Shah Jahan is 1653 in memory of his wifeMumtaz MahalFrom the time they got married，they wouldnt b

41、e separatedShe followed him to wars，advised him on affairs of state，and was loved by his people for her good workBut she died in 1631 during childbirthThe emperor was heartbroken and had the Taj Mahal built as a sign of his loveIt took more than 20 years for the Taj Mahal to be builtWorkers were bro

42、ught in，not only from all over India，but from Central Asia tooA total of 20,000 people worked on the buildingIn 1657，Shah Jahan fell ill，and in 1658 his son Aurangzeb，imprisoned（囚禁）his father and seized powerShah Jahan stayed in prison until his death in 1666He was finally buried there with his wife

43、 he could never forgetThe Taj Mahal is definitely worth more than a single visitAs it is built with white marble stones，its character changes in different lightsIt looks more beautiful at sunrise and sunsetAt sunset，for example，the color of the Taj changes from white to yellow，then to pinkAs the moo

44、n rises，it turns a silvery whiteTo show respect to the Taj，tourists are asked to take off their shoes during their visit68Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to Amake it symbolize India Bmemorize his wife Cshow his great power Dgive his wife a present69Which of the following about the Taj Mahal i

45、s NOT true？ AIt is a symbol of India BIt took over 20 years to set up the Taj Mahal CAll workers building the Taj Mahal came from Central AsiaDThe Taj Mahal was built with white marble stones70According to the passage，we know that Shah Jahan Alived a hard life in his last few years Blost his life ju

46、st because of his old age Cwas not popular with his people at that time Dtreated his son badly when he was young第II卷主观卷（共25分）五、单词拼写（共5题，每题1分）71If you keep on (忽视)your diet，trouble will follow72Although I hadnt seen Jenny for ten years，I r her voice immediately I picked up the phone73He was too (顽固的)to admit that he was wrong74Cao and her two children were among the first people on the ship who were r by lifeboats75Some of the films are full of (暴力) Too mu