上海市宝山区吴淞中学学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题Word版含答案.docx

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上海市宝山区吴淞中学学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题Word版含答案

Ⅰ．Listeningcomprehension:

（30分）

SectionA:

Shortconversations

Directions:

InsectionA,youwillheartenshortconversationsbetweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversationandthequestionaboutit,readthefourpossibleanswersinyourpaper,anddecidewhichoneisthebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.

1．A．Inarestaurant.B．Atasupermarket.

C．AtaseafoodstallD．Inafishshop

2．A．Librarianandstudent.B．Operatorandcaller.

C．Bossandsecretary.D．Customerandsalesman.

3．A．Tomailtheboxtoher.B．Totakecareofherhouse.

C．Tocollectherletters.D．Tofixhermailbox.

4．A．Itwastiring.B．Itcostmuchless.

C．Ittooklesstime.D．Itwasuncomfortable.

5．A．Byeatingfruitandvegetables.B．Bygoingonadiet.

C．Bydoingphysicalexercise.D．Byhavinglessfood.

6．A．Readthenoticeonthewindow.B．Goandaskthestaff.

C．BoardthetraintoDalian.D．Getanewtrainschedule.

7．A．Heisanexperiencedsalesmanager.B．Heisbeinginterviewedforajob.

C．Heisaclosefriendofthewoman’s.D．Heisgoodatansweringquestions.

8．A．Themantakeshisprivacyintoconsiderationfirst.

B．Themanisuncertainifhecanfindabetterplace.

C．Themanwillrentabetterdormitorytolivein.

D．Themanisunlikelytomoveoutofthedormitory.

9．A．Hefellasleepinthemiddleoftheprogram.

B．Hewentoutinthemiddleoftheprogram.

C．Hedidn’twishtowatchtheperformance.

D．Heenjoyedwatchingotherperformance.

10．A．Heownedapieceoflandinthedowntownarea.

B．Hehasgotenoughmoneytobuyahouse.

C．Hecanfinallydowhathehasdreamedof

D．Heisgoingtomoveintoabiggerapartment.

SectionB:

Passages

Directions:

InsectionB,youwillheartwoshortpassages,andyouwillbeaskedthreequestionsoneachofthepassages.Thepassageswillbereadtwicebutthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Whenyouhearaquestion,readthefourpossibleanswersinyourpaper,anddecidewhichonewouldbethebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.

Question11through13arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

11．A．Theyhavespentmoretimeonspacetravelthanonmedicine.

B．Therearetoomanykindsofcoldvirusesforthemtoidentify.

C．Itisnoteconomicaltofindacureforeachtypeofcold.

D．Theybelievepeoplecanrecoverwithoutanytreatment.

12．A．Theyrevealtheseriousnessoftheproblem.

B．Theyindicatehowfastthevirusspreads.

C．Theytelluswhatkindofmedicinetotake.

D．Theyshowourbodyisfightingthevirus.

13．A．Itdoesharmratherthangoodtous.B．Ithelpsustorecovermuchsooner.

C．Itworksbetterwithothertherapies.D．Itdamagessomeorgansofourbody.

Questions14through16arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

14．A．Tosatisfytheneedsoftheirfamily.B．Tofullyrealizetheirpotential.

C．Tomakemoneyforearlyretirement.D．Togainasenseofsatisfaction.

15．A．Theymayhavefewerjobopportunities.

B．Theymayregretthetimetheywasted.

C．Theymayhavenobodytorelyoninthefuture.

D．Theymayhavetoworkforlivingatanoldage.

16．A．Tomakewiseuseofmoneyandenjoylife.

B．Toworkhardwithacleargoalinlife.

C．Topursuehighly-paidanddemandingcareers.

D．Tosavemoneyforourretirement.

SectionC:

LongerConversations

Directions:

InsectionC,youwillheartwolongerconversations.Theconversationswillbereadtwice.Afteryouheareachconversation,youwillberequiredtofulfillthetaskbyfillinginthenumberedblankswithinformationyouhaveheard.

Ⅱ．GrammarandVocabulary（26分）

SectionA

Directions:

Completethepassagesbyfillingtheblankswithproperwords.

（A）

Theideaofreadingonline（25）____________（take）onawholenewmeaningrecentlyasalendinglibraryhasopenedonLine2ofShanghai’smetro.This“underground”libraryallowssubwayriders（26）___________（choose）abookatonestationandleaveitatanotherstationwhenthey’vefinishedreadingit.Andtheserviceisfree!

Theideaistoencouragemorepeopletoreadbooksandtomakebetteruse（27）________theirtimewhiletheyridebackandforthtowork.Sofar,it’sbeen（28）________greatsuccesswithmostpeoplereturningthebooksandalsoleavingaoneyuandonationwhichisusedforcharity.

Shanghai’sundergroundlibraryisanexampleof“guerillalibraries”（流动图书馆）whichhavebeenspringingupallovertheworld.Unlikeatraditionallibrary,aguerillalibraryisusuallysetupbyindividuals（29）________wanttoconnectpeopleofsimilarinterestswithinacommunity.Itmaybeafewshelvesofbookssetuponthecornerinaneighborhood,orjustabookleftinacoffeeshopwithinstructionsinsidetopassthebookalongafterit’sread.

（30）__________________theguerillalibrarymovement,e-bookshavetakenthepassionoutofreading.Theysaypeoplearelosingoutontheveryemotion（31）_________comeswithholdingarealbookintheirhandsandalsothesatisfactionthatcomeswithsharingabookwithanotherperson.

（B）

Atatime（32）________otherphonemakers（33）________（try）tomaketheirdevicesdomore,Nokiahasdecidedtotakeastepbackandmakeaphonethatdoesless.Lastmonth,theFinnishcompanyintroducedtheNokia1050,aphonethatallowsuserstomakecallsandtotext,andthat’sall!

Thetwobig（34）________（sell）pointsfortheNokia1050areitscheapprice（162yuan）anditslongbatterylife（35days,ifleftonstand-by）.Comparethattomostsmartphoneswhichhaveanaveragepriceof3,000yuanandabatterylifeofjustafewhourswhenplayingvideosordownloading.Nokiathinkspeoplewhoalreadyownasmartphonewillbuythe1050and（35）________useitasabackupincasetheirsmartphoneconksout（出故障）.

（36）_________“simple”over“smart”willbesuccessfulremainstobeseen,butthereisnodoubtthatsmartphonesaremostconsumers’firstchoice.NewRelic,amediaresearchcompany,reportsthat1.3millionAndroiddevicesareactivated（激活）everydayandbytheendoftheyearanestimated1.82billionsmartphoneswillbeinuseworldwide.NewRelicalsosaysthatoncesomeonebuysasmartphone,itbecomes（37）_________equalsacentralpartofhisorherlife.Theaverageusercheckshisphone150timesatday--anaverageofonceeverysix-and-a-halfminutes!

Thatlaststatisticdoesn’tsurpriseme.Asateacher,Iseestudentsreachingfor（38）________smartphonesconstantly.It’salmostanaddictionanditimpactstheirstudyandtheirsocialbehaviour.Iwouldbedreaming,however,ifstudentswoulddumptheirsmartphonesforthe（39）_________（practical）andlessintrusiveNokia1050.Forthe“post90s”generation,QQ,RenrenandWeixinareasessentialastheairtheybreatheandstaying（40）________（connect）ismoreimportantthanmerecommunication.

SectionB

Directions:

Completethepassagebychoosingtheproperwordsorphrasesinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.interactB.universalC.primaryD.involved

E.particularlyF.titleG.specificH.modified

I.issueJ.formerlyK.react

Whendiscussingthecausesofanimalendangerment,itisimportanttounderstandthatindividualspeciesarenottheonlyfactors41inthisdifficultsituation.Endangermentisabroad42,onethatinvolvesthehabitatsandenvironmentwherespeciesliveand43withoneanother.Althoughsomemeasuresarebeingtakentohelp44casesofendangerment,the45problemcannotbesolveduntilthenaturalenvironmentswhereendangeredspeciesliveareprotectedbyhumans.Therearemanyreasonswhyaparticularspeciesmaybecomeendangered,buthabitatdestructionisontop.

Ourplanetiscontinuallychanging,causinghabitatstobechangedand46.Naturalchangestendtooccuratagradualpace,usuallycausingonlyaslightimpactonindividualspecies.However,whenchangesoccuratafastpace,thereislittleornotimeforindividualspeciesto47andadapttonewcircumstances.Thiscancreatedisastrousresults,andforthisreason,rapidhabitatlossisthe48causeofspeciesendangerment.Thestrongestforcesinrapidhabitatlossarehumanbeings.Nearlyeveryregionoftheearthhasbeenaffectedbyhumanactivities,49duringthispastcentury.Thelossofmicrobes（微生物）insoilsthat50supportedtropicalforests,theextinctionoffishandvariousaquatic（水族的）speciesinpollutedhabitats,andchangesinglobalclimatebroughtaboutbythereleasedgreenhousegasesareallresultsofhumanactivities.Itcanbedifficultforanindividualtorecognizetheeffectsonindividualspeciesandhabitats,especiallyduringahumanlifetime.Butitisquiteobviousthathumanactivitieshavegreatlycontributedtospeciesendangerment.

Ⅲ．ReadingComprehension（47分）

SectionA

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagestherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

AccordingtoGreeklegend,inancientAthensamannoticedthegreatstorytellerAesopplayingchildishgameswithsomelittleboys.HelaughedandmadefunofAesop,askinghimwhyhewastedhistimeinsuch51games.

Aesoprespondedby52abow,looseningitsstring,andplacingitontheground.Thenhesaidtothecriticalman,“Now,53theriddle（迷）,ifyoucan.Telluswhattheunstrungbowmeans.”

Themanlookedatitforseveralminutesbuthadnoideaaboutwhat54Aesopwastryingtomake.Aesop55,“Ifyoukeepabowalwaysbent,itwillbreakfinally;butifyouletitgoloose,itwillbemore56