上海市复兴高级中学学年高二月考英语试题.docx

1、上海市复兴高级中学学年高二月考英语试题2015-2016学年第二学期5月月考高二年级英语试卷I. Listening Comprehension (20%)Section A: Short Conversations (10%)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 conversation and

2、the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the 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. At the booking office. B. In a Hong Kong hotel. C. On a busy street. D. At an ai

3、rport.2. A. The bag. B. The sofa. C. The table. D. The lamp.3. A. Ask the man for help. B. Have the refrigerator fixed.C. Wait until tomorrow. D. Send the fax right away.4. A. The match is on the television. B. The program will be over soon.C. The woman should leave the television on.D. The woman sh

4、ouldnt stand in the way.5. A. The man lent the tools to other people.B. The man couldnt find the bookshelf. C. The tools the man borrowed are missing.D. The tools have already been returned.6. A. Because Susan doesnt like the football.B. Because Susan invited him to a movie.C. Because he wanted to w

5、atch the movie.D. Because he didnt know about the game.7. A. Give his ankle a good rest. B. Treat his injury immediately.C. Continue his regular activities. D. Go to the doctor for help.8. A. The man missed some classes due to his illness.B. The woman will bring the man the news every day.C. The wom

6、an will help the man make up the lessons.D. The man is always worried about his lessons.9. A. The woman will go to China this weekend.B. The woman will treat the man dinner tonight.C. The man will join her for dinner this weekend.D. The woman refuses to join the man for dinner.10. A. Spending money

7、puts him in a good mood. B. He has just earned a big sum of money.C. He is pleased with his new purchase. D. He paid a high price for his new cell phone.Section B: Passages (6%)Directions: In Section B, you will hear one short passage, and you will be asked three questions on the passage. The passag

8、e 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. Planting some trees

9、in the greenhouse. B. Writing a want ad to a local newspaper. C. Putting up a going out of business sign.D. Helping a customer select some purchases. 12. A. Opening an office in the new office park.B. Keeping better relations with her company. C. Developing fresh business opportunities.D. Building a

10、 big greenhouse of his own.13. A. Owning the greenhouse one day. B. Securing a job at the office park.C. Cultivating more potted plants. D. Finding customers out of town.Section C: Longer Conversations (4%)Directions: In Section C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read

11、 twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 14 through 17 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.What is Int

12、ernet addiction?People have relationship problems or problems _14_ because they are spending so much time on the Internet.What are the symptoms of Internet addiction?1) It begins to affect other areas of life, such as your work or _15_.2) You are beginning to feel _16_ and you really look forward to

13、 going online.What advice did Dr. James give?Have some sort of balance in your life. Spend some time on the Internet and then go out and then _17_.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (10%)Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically

14、 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.When Albert Einstein was fifteen, he began attending a polytechnic school (理工学院) in Switzerland and later took a post as a junior clerk t

15、here. Einstein was happy to get such an easy job, because it gave him plenty of time to think about physics. 18_ was the “thought experiments” that he carried out in his head that led to a new understanding of space, time and gravity.In 1905, when he was twenty-six years old, Einstein began to publi

16、sh his thoughts. One of his theories provided an explanation for a puzzling effect, 19_ (call) the photoelectric effect(光电效应), 20_ had been noticed some years earlier. It was in 1921 21_ he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect.In 1914, Einstein became a pr

17、ofessor of physics at the University of Berlin and all went well 22_ Hitler came to power in 1933. Einstein, who was Jewish, spoke out against Nazi crimes. As a result, he had to leave Germany and spent the rest of his life teaching in the United States at Princeton University.In the long course of

18、research, Einstein developed his theories of relativity. These theories were so different and new that most scientists 23_ not believe or understand them, and it took a long time for them 24_ (accept).Einsteins theories also predicted that solid objects can be changed into pure energy. This did lead

19、 to the development of nuclear power(核能) and the atomic bomb(原子弹). However, Einstein himself protested against nuclear weapons, and became involved in the peace movement after the First World War.Einstein passed away in 1955 at the age of seventy-six. 25_ he left behind is a wealth of ideas that for

20、m the foundation of modern physics today.26_ _ his scientific work, Einstein also found much pleasure in simple pastimes. Among his hobbies were sailing and playing the violin. Besides, he loved the company of children.Although he was one of the greatest scientists who ever lived, Einstein did not t

21、ake himself seriously. Once, when asked to enter a newspaper competition to write an article explaining how light 27_ (bend) by gravity, he joked that the competition was much too difficult for him to enter.Section B (10%)Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each

22、 word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.associateA. associate B. determine C. commonly D. confused E. lookF. manufacturing G. normally H. potential I. processed J. taste K. strawberryWhile many of us like to believe that we are not easily deceived, our sense of 28

23、_ is often fooled by our sense of sight. This is because humans have certain expectations of how food should 29_. When a foods color is different from what we expect, our brain tells us that it tastes different, too.Color is often the first element noticed in the appearance of a food product. We beg

24、in to 30_ certain colors with various types of foods from our birth, and depend on these associations throughout our life. For example, we may expect yellow pudding to have a banana flavor and red jello to have a 31_ flavor. In fresh foods, such as fruits and vegetables, we rely on the color to 32_

25、their level of ripeness and freshness. If the color of a food product does not match our expectations, we may perceive its taste and flavor differently.To give the impression of a certain taste, flavor or quality, food coloring or dyes are added to 33_, packaged and even fresh foods. Adding a red co

26、lorant (着色剂) to the skin of an apple, for example, may lead consumers to believe the apple is very sweet.Colorants are also used to make up for the color lost during the 34_ process because of exposure to light and changes in temperature and storage conditions. At other times, colorants are used to

27、enhance the foods natural color or to add color to foods that are 35_ colorless. While colorants have been highly debated over the past few years due to 36_ health risks, food companies know that consumers determine the quality and taste of a food product long before their taste buds have had a chan

28、ce to process it. Indeed, without these visual cues, our taste buds might get 37_ just think about how green-colored French fries or blue-colored steaks would make us feel! III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15%)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases ma

29、rked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of the Shakespearean Works his comedies and his tragedies? Did he really write the plays, or was he just a man that got _38_? There is not even a correct _39

30、_ of this mans name. Shakspere , Shakespeare , and Shaxpere are _40_ of variations.Shakespeare was both fact and fiction. He was nobodys _41_ until nearly two hundred years after he passed away, and there is still no _42_ conclusion to this mystery. There is another man that can be attributed to the

31、 works of Shakespeare. His name is Edward DeVere , the 17th Earl (伯爵) of Oxford. The man known as Shakespeare does not fit _43_ into the necessary criteria to determine the author of these works. Thomas Looney _44_ a series of criteria that had to be fulfilled in order to be a possible candidate for the authorship of the Shakespeare works. To have all the knowledge that is portrayed in the works, the _45_ must have accomplished many things, e.g. a _46_ education. However, from what we know of Shakespeare, thi