学年上海浦东第一学期高二英语期中质量检测(含答案)[教学类别]

1、2017学年第一学期期中质量检测高二英语试卷（本试卷满分100分，考试时间90分钟。）（考生注意：请按要求把答案分别做在答题卡或答题纸上）I. Listening ComprehensionSection 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 abut what was said. The conversations and the qu

2、estions will be spoken only once. After you hear the 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 9:00 B. At 9:45C. At 10:00D. At 10:052. A.3 days B. 5 daysC. 7 daysD.9 days3. A.

3、In a hospital. B. On a bus.C. On a plane.D. At an airport.4. A. It was too expensive.B. IT was quite old.C. It was not satisfactory. D. It was well-decorated.5. A. She went to a party with the man. B. She just moved into a new house.C. She is showing the man around a house. D. She works as an estate

4、 agent.6. A. Happy B. Embarrassed C. UpsetD. Annoyed7. A. Go with the woman. B. Eat at home.C. Go to the cafeteria alone. D. Wait for the woman.8. A. Her old classmate. B. Her husband.C. Her private doctor. D. her sons teacher.9. A. Go over his lessons. B. Take the final exam.C. Play computer games.

5、 D. Go out to enjoy some fresh air.10. A. Fishing equipment B. Fishing licensesC. Fishing net D. Fishing rodsSection B 6%Directions: 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

6、be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and choose 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. MozartB. Antonio Vivaldi C. Charles Emery D. Beethoven12. A. Turn

7、 them into geniuses. B. Improve their verbal ability.C. Improve their learning ability. D. Enhance brainpower.13. A. Classical music B. Gentle music with clear structuresC. Italian music D. Violin Piece with exciting notesQuestions 14 through 15 are based on the following passage.14 .A. Physics B. C

8、hemistry C. English literature D. Media studies15. A. More than 144000 B. About 147500.C. 7.5% of all the test takers D. 4.6% of all the test taker16. A. Few students avoid harder subjects.B. Each subject has the same level of difficulty.C. Some subjects are more difficult than others.D. Pupils are

9、important to the countrys development.II. Grammar and VocabularySection 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 ot

10、her blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.In two days, it will be Christmas. Children all over the world (17) _ (look) forward to this day for weeks. People celebrate Christmas with food, decorations, music and more. But for many people, gift-giving is the most exciting part of the holiday.

11、I have fond memories of Christmas shopping with my family as a child. I enjoyed the challenge of keeping my parents gifts a secret. It was hard to buy gifts right (18) _ their noses without them seeing. Everyone placed (19) _ (wrap) gifts under the Christmas tree until Christmas morning, (20) _ we o

12、pened them.Picking a great gift requires (21) _ (know) the person youre giving it to. You need to know the persons tastes and find something the person doesnt already have. This can be quite a big challenge. Often its wise to provide a receipt (22) _ _ the person needs to exchange the gift.The best

13、gifts are personal. Many Americans dont feel money constitutes a good gift (23) _ it doesnt require any thought. They prefer something chosen just for the person. If the gift is a highly-quality homemade gift, thats even better.Gift-giving reflects the reason (24) _ people celebrate Christmas. Chris

14、tmas in particular remember the birth of Jesus. When he was born, wise men traveled many miles to visit Him, (25) _ (bring) expensive gifts. But the greatest gift wasnt from the wise men, but from God-the baby Jesus. God gave the gift because everyone needed it. We need God to forgive our bad action

15、s so that we (26) _ live forever with Him. So on Christmas we give presents to imitate Gods action of giving the perfect gift.Section B 9%Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. litte

16、ring B. blossom C. enormous D. relatives E. gardeningF. served G. branches H. ideal I. trunk J. tolerateGrace, an old lady living in the northern part of Australia, is my good friend. She likes _27_ very much. In her _28_ garden, you can see flowers all the year round, because Northern Australia is

17、quite warm even in winter. When spring comes, new leaves come out of the _29_ , and the flowers are in full _30_ . Among the bushes there are often some lovely birds singing early in the morning. On sunny days she often walks her pet dog around the garden. Sometimes she asks some _31_ and friends to

18、 enjoy the beautiful scenery. They sit around the small stone table chatting, and nuts from her own garden are _32_ with tea or coffee. In hot summer, her pet dog often takes a bath in the small pond in the middle of the garden. In autumn, many leaves turn yellow, and then fall off, _33_ the ground

19、as if the garden is covered with a golden blanket. In winter its not very cold in that region, with the lowest temperature about six degrees. But she likes to be warm and can not _34_ cold weather. So she asks her son Tony to cut some branches off the trunks as wood. She puts the wood into her firep

20、lace to keep her house warm and comfortable. I think Grace really lives a meaningful and _35_ life. III. Reading ComprehensionSection A 10%Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best f

21、its the context.This hotel is _36_ in the main shopping street of Northchester, three hundred yards from the Cathedral. The original building was _37_ in 1710, but this structure has been largely transformed and extended, the present hotel having been completed in 1910. It is four storeys _38_ with

22、a lift serving all floors. The public rooms consists of a dining-room seating fifty _39_ , a lounge and a bar. There are sixteen _40_ and thirty double bedrooms, three of the latter having private bathroom. _41_floor has one bathroom and two separate WCs. All bedrooms are _42_ with washbasins with h

23、ot and cold _43_. The courtyard around which the hotel is built provides _44_ space for ten cars and there is _45_ for twenty more off a side street two hundred yards away. This is quite inadequate.36. A. placed B. put C. situated D. lain37. A. put up B. done C. set D. made38. A. deep B. high C. wid

24、e D. height39. A. seats B. men C. people D. women40. A. single B. lone C. solo D. one41. A. Either B. Each C. None D. Neither42. A. fixed B. built C. fitted D. put43. A. gas B. water C. fuel D. steam44. A. placing B. standing C. sitting D. parking45. A. space B. spacious C. rooms D. parksSection B 1

25、0%Directions: Read the following passage. It 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.AEarly one morning, more than a hun

26、dred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.Thought he was tired, Howe slept badly. H

27、e turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages（野人）whose king wanted to kill and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle.

28、 The king flew into a cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem.

29、Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine.Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to hi

30、s problem in this way.Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light lamp, said his best ideas came to him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre. To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when yo

31、u are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problem you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when

32、 you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images（图像）which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ours

33、elves”.46. According to the message, Elias Howe was _ . A. the first person we know of who solved problems in his dreams B. much more hard-working than other inventors. C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked D. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams47. Th

34、omas Edison is spoken of because _ . A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine B. he got some of his ideas from dreams C. he was one of Howes friends D. he also had difficulty in falling asleep48. Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because _ . A. strange messages are used t

35、o communicate ideas B. images which have no meaning are used C. we can never understand the real meaning D. only specially trained people can understand themBRecently, in the hope of earning both money and social experience, I became a door-to-door salesman.I once read a saying, “If somebody wants s

36、omething of yours, you will be treated as warmly as spring, but if they dont, you may be treated as coldly as winter.”You may consider this an exaggeration（夸张）, but if you are a salesman, it is clearly correct.You would never have found it to be so true if you hadnt been a salesman. You neednt stand

37、 doubtful looks and friendly comments; you neednt listen to something completely wrong and nod to say that it was quite right; you neednt always keep patience and a smile; you neednt repeat the same sentences over and over again; you neednt talk to somebody you dislikeI did this work for a month, an

38、d then I decided to give it up. Apart from the reasons above, I found I was paying too much attention to the job and thus sacrificing my study time. The latest test result proved that my grades were getting worse.Even worse, I hadnt enough time to join my classmates in college activities. Sometimes

39、I felt lonely and unhappy because of both my study and my part-time job. Now I dont think it is worth doing such a thing for even though I was earning money it came at great cost.Newspapers and magazines often publish stories about excellent students who do part-time work while also keeping high sco

40、res in class. But according to my experience, part-time work can have some strong negative（负面的）influences on study.Most students dont view the relationship between study and work correctly. In my opinion, it isnt a must for financial reasons; students should be careful about taking up a part-time jo

41、b.49. From the text, we can tell that the writer is _ . A. an unemployed man B. a middle school student C. a college student D. a door-to-door salesman50. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word “sacrificing”? A. giving up B. wasting C. using D. gettingSection C 8

42、%Directions: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentences to fill in the blanks and complete the passage. There are two extra sentences you do not need.A. They can be endlessly improved as we better understand how to treat animals.B. Experts have broken fresh ground in breeding

43、captive animals.C. Yet critics suggest that animals should not be kept in cages.D. Studies have clearly shown that captive animals will live longer and be more active kept in an environment close to their native surroundings.E. This, therefore, puts severe pressure on the legs and feet of these gian

44、ts and causes long-lasting injury in some captive animals.F. Evidences indicate that some animals depend greatly on surroundings.Are zoos bad for animals?Zoos have existed since ancient times and were features of the great courts of Egypt and China. The display of unusual animals from foreign countr

45、ies was, for a long time, a show of wealth and power. Today, zoos focus on the preservation of animal species and education of the public. (51) _Some animals are distinctly unsuited for life in a zoo, however noble the aims of the organization. Keeping elephants in captivity（囚禁）has long caused argum

46、ent among animal rights activists. Elephants in the wild wander constantly, covering a wide territory on a daily basis. In captivity, they have no choice but to stand still for long periods of time. (52) _ Yet elephants are a threatened species in their native environments and are heavily caught for

47、 ivory（象牙）, leather and meat illegally. To protect the species from extinction, some experts feel that captive breeding programs may be the best strategy for future survival. Many elephants in captivity were rescued from circuses（马戏团）， saved from natural disasters or removed from the wild due to inj

48、ury or abandonment.(53) _ The chances are, if a zoo has nothing but cement floors and metal enclosures, the animals will not do as well. Many famous zoos now construct enclosures allowing animals freedom of movement and native vegetation. Some zoos have even begun housing species of animals together

49、 that normally interact I the wild, such as certain types of monkeys.Zoos are not a perfect solution for preservation. (54) _ They are undeniably helpful in repopulating declining animal species and encouraging a preservationist outlook, but they are unquestionably primary in their treatment of some

50、 animals. Hopefully, animal activists and zoo advocates will continue to work together, finding ways to create the best environment for captive animals in breeding and repopulation efforts.IV. Summary Writing 10%Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of t

51、he passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.The voice in the Box When I was quite young, my family had one of the first telephones in the neighborhood. I remember well the polished wooden case fastened to the wall on the lower stair landing. But my first personal exper

52、ience with this genie-in-the-receiver came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. Amusing myself at the tool bench in the basement, I hurt my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there didnt seem to be much use crying, because there was no one home to offer sympathy. I walked a

53、round the house, and finally arrived at the stairway. The telephone! Quickly I ran for the footstool and dragged it to the landing. Climbing up, I unhooked the receiver and held it to my ear. “Information Please,” I said into the mouthpiece just above my head. A click or two, and a small, clear voic

54、e spoke into my ear, “Information.” “I hurt my finger,” I cried into the phone. The tears came readily enough, now that Ihad an audience.“Isnt your mother at home?” came the question.“Nobodys home but me,” I sobbed.“Are you bleeding?”“No,” I replied. “I hit it with the hammer and it hurts.”“Can you

55、open your icebox?” she asked. I said I could. “Then break off a little piece of ice, and hold it on your finger. That will stop the hurt. Be careful when you use the icepick（冰锥）,” she said. “And dont cry. Youll be all right.”After that, I called Information Please for everything. I asked her for hel

56、p with my geography, and she told me where Philadelphia was, and the Orinoco, the romantic river that I was going to explore when I grew up. She helped me with my arithmetic, and she told me that my pet chipmunk-I had caught him in the park just the day before-would eat fruit and nuts.V. Translation 12%（1-3每小题2分，4-5每小题3分）Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.1、无论下雨还是不下雨，我们都做早操。(whether)2、大家都不喜欢他和老师说话的方式。（the wa