优质文档上海市浦东新区学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题+Word版含答案.docx

1、优质文档上海市浦东新区学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题+Word版含答案上海市浦东新区2017-2018学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题（本试卷满分100分。考试时间90分钟）第I卷（共73分）I. Listening Comprehension 20%Section A 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 sai

2、d. 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 on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. Repairing the radio. B. Listening to the broadcastC. Ch

3、atting with friends. D. Playing cards.2. A. In a hospital. B. At a bank.C. In a restaurant. D. At a post office.3. A. One was probably sold out. B. One was not interesting.C. One was too old. D. One was too expensive.4. A. Teacher and student. B. Customer and boss.C. Doctor and patient. D. Husband a

4、nd wife.5. A. About 7:15. B. About 7:30. C. About 7:45. D. About 8:00.6. A. Its excellent. B. It is not much better than others.C. It isnt great. D. It is the greatest.7. A. The man should learn to slow down. B. The man is always late.C. They should slow down. D. They arent going to be on time.8. A.

5、 Liz is on business tour. B. Ted takes Liz for a holiday.C. Ted is gone for a holiday. D. Ted usually gives Liz a ride.9. A. She will type it next time.B. She would rather work on it.C. It took her an entire week to type it.D. She isnt quite satisfied with it.10. A. The woman really doesnt know.B. T

6、he weather wont affect the result of the game.C. The team will lose the game.D. The team will be defeated because of the weather.Section B 10%Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked two or three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read tw

7、ice, 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. To prepare to leave. B. To look out o

8、f the window.C. To pack a suitcase. D. To watch the TV news.12. A. Clothes. B. Diary.C. Pets. D. Wedding photos.13. A. Sunny. B. Rainy.C. Cloudy. D. Windy.Questions 14 through 15 are based on the following passage.14. A. Even your friend cant buy alcohol for you in England.B. The traffic in England

9、keeps to the left.C. Dropping litter in the street is not allowed.D. Anyone under 16 years of age mustnt buy cigarettes or tobacco.15. A. To prepare people for international travel.B. To carry out the laws of different kinds.C. To give advice to travels to England.D. To tell people the punishment fo

10、r breaking laws.II. Grammar and Vocabulary 19%Section A 10%Directions: After reading the passage 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 on

11、e word that best fits each blank.Steel, concrete（混凝土）and glass are common materials in any skyscrapers. But more high buildings are now using wood. In the last four years, Australia, Norway, England and Canada (16)_ (build) wooden skyscrapers. The latest one is in Sweden, (17) _ new, 19-storey woode

12、n hotel called “Sida vid Sida” (side by side).Why are wooden skyscrapers chosen ahead of concrete (18) _?Wood (19) _ (use) in many Chinese buildings for thousands of years, but is it strong enough for skyscrapers?“There are a whole bunch of new materials made out of wood (20) _ are structurally able

13、 to build big buildings,” material expert Dr. Michael Ramage told CNN.Architects（建筑师）use woven（编制的）wood to make sure it is. They put layers of wood across one another coated with special glue (21) _ (create) a very strong material.Wood also lasts a long time and doesnt rot（腐烂的）(22) _ it is well look

14、ed after. Many examples can be found, one of (23) _ is the rooftops of Beijings Forbidden City.Ramage also said bamboo (24) _ be cut in special ways to make it far (25) _ (strong).Section B 9%Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. N

15、ote that there is one word more than you need.A. enjoyable B. polite C. seating D. fortunately E. producingF. maintained G. unable H. listening I. aware J. smoothlyIt is not unusual for us to gather with our nearest and dearest on the weekends. But do you know that holidays, much like relationships,

16、 can be “made, (26) _ and broken” through conversations? Deborag Tannen, a Georgetown University linguistics（语言学）professor, believes so. She offers suggestions to improve communication at the holiday table and beyond. Lets take a look.A round dining table is best for (27) _ a lively conversation bec

17、ause everyone faces one another.Avoid (28) _ grandparents at the ends of a rectangular table, even though it is the traditional place of honor. Elderly people may feel lonely there because they will be (29) _ to hear or keep up with a conversation.Women prefer to face each other and make eye contact

18、 when they talk. Men might look around at other things. “Guys may be more relaxed keeping staring on the TV,” says Tannen. “Theyll still be (30) _, though.”Be (31) _ that people have different ways of talking. Each person has a different sense of tone, rhythm, timing and how long of a pause is norma

19、l in a conversation. Pay attention to people who seem left out. If you feel you are doing all the talking, hold back to give others a chance to join in. If you feel you arent getting a chance to speak, try pushing yourself to start talking before it seems natural or (32) _.Some families find that ga

20、therings go more (33) _ if they participate in an outdoor activity. Going to a park for a walk may be more (34) _ than sitting around chatting.III. Reading Comprehension 34%Section A 10%Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in

21、 each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.How many of you drink Cola? Nearly everybody. Did you know that cola started out not as a soft drink but as a cure for headache back in the late 1800s? John S. Pamberton, a druggist from Atlanta, had experimented for many months trying t

22、o find a 35 for the common headache. He worked in his backyard, mixing and heating different mixtures of oils and flavors（香料） 36 he found one that seemed to work well. Pamberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drugstores as a concentrated（浓缩的）syrup（糖浆）that the customer had to 37 with wat

23、er before drinking. The invention of Cola came about quite by accident. One day, a customer came into a drugstore complaining of a headache and 38 a bottle of cola syrup. He wanted to take it 39 . So he asked the clerk to mix the medicine while he waited. The clerk, 40 walking to the other end of th

24、e counter to get plain water, 41 mixing the syrup with soda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, 42 how good it tasted. The clerk continued offering the mixture and it grew in 43 . Today this kind of Cola is sold in most countries around the world. And although they no longer 44 the in

25、gredients to kill headache, they are still very refreshing.35. A. reason B. mixture C. source D. remedy36. A. as B. until C. after D. since37. A. fill B. mix C. eat D. milk38. A. left for B. accounted for C. applied for D. asked for39. A. right away B. for nothing C. sooner or later D. back home40.

26、A. in addition to B. instead of C. except for D. as well as41. A. admitted B. preferred C. suggested D. enjoyed42. A. told B. proved C. remarked D. wondered43. A. surprise B. popularity C. confusion D. history44. A. support B. provide C. ensure D. containSection B 16%Directions: Read the following p

27、assages. 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)Another persons enthusiasm（热情）was what set me moving to

28、ward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.I was nine years old when she entered our home in the countryside of Virginia. My father introduced me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is well known for being the worst boy in this county and will proba

29、bly start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly upward, and looked at me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasnt yet found a w

30、ay to give out his enthusiasm.”That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart, My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he gradu

31、ated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my fathers career could be more successful and my brother and I could be better educated.When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand typewriter and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her belief and began to write for local newspapers and finally reached the goal she set for me. I wasnt the only beneficiary. My father became the wealthiest man in tow