上海市虹口区2014-2015学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷

1、虹口区 2014 学年度第二学期期末教学质量监控测试高 一 英 语 试 卷2015.06 第i卷（共75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 said. the conversations and the quest

2、ions 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. in a railroad station. b. in an airport. c. in new york. d. in a post office. 2.a. the mo

3、re comfortable one. b. the one that the man likes. c. the prettier one. d. the new one. 3.a. the man doesn t want to see mr. williams. b.mr. jones used to be in charge. c.mr. jones is in a lower position than mr. williams. d.mr. williams doesn t want to see the man. 4.a. hell miss the meeting that a

4、fternoon. b.hell have an appointment with the host. 9c.he will not miss the meeting. d.the host will miss the appointment. 5.a. umbrella. b. sunglass. c. hat. d. backpack. 6.a. she is annoyed. b. she is apologetic. c. she is understanding. d. she is bored. 7.a. borrow annas computer. b. buy her won

5、computer. c. save some money. d. stay at home. 8.a. at a hospital. b. at a school. c. in an office. d. in a restaurant. 9.a. customer and shop assistant. b. boss and secretary. c. librarian and student. d. publisher and salesman. 10.a. helens boss has a twin brother. b.helen doesnt know where his bo

6、ss is. c.the person in black is helens boss. d.the person in black looks like helens boss. section 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 be spoken only on

7、ce. 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.d. 17,000 pounds.to bury it for further use.11,a. 6 b.8 c. 10 d. 12 12.a. climbing rocks

8、 b. climbing mountains c. meeting friends d. caving 13. some of the group members already knew each other. b.the group members had done rock-climbing many times. c.some of the group members had been there before. d.the group members all came from the same school. questions 14 through 16 are based on

9、 the following passage.14. a. 27.000 tons. b. 38,000 tons. c. 31,000 tons. 45. a. to keep it from being wasted. c.to stop it from polluting the groundwater. d. to divide the rubbish into two kinds. 16. a. use our stuff for as long as we can. b. reduce greenhouse gas. c.keep landfill space free. d. l

10、earn to recycle. ci.section c (4%)cii.directions: in section c, you will hear one longer conversation. the conversation will be read twice. after you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. write your answers on your answer sheet. c

11、iii.blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.civ.complete the form. write one word for each answer. what s the matter with steve? he thought he had the 17how long has steve been ill? since 18how often did the doctor ask steve to take the medicine? 19 times a day after dinners ；wh

12、at does the woman suggest steve doing? trying some herbal 20il grammar and vocabulary (25% )section a (16%)directions: read the following two passages. fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. for the blanks with a given word，fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. for the

13、 other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. (a)since different nations have different cultural backgrounds and ways of their stages of civilization， the customs of one race may appear ridiculous to people of (21) _ _ race. the chines

14、e are naturally no exception. china has long been influenced by confucius (孔子)，(22) _ advocated filial devotion (孝顺）to parents, respect to one s elders, and kindness to young people. thus, chinese family customs (23) _ (base) on these moral teachings. in a chinese family, the father is the head of t

15、he family, while the mother is answerable for the house-keeping and up-bringing of the children. in large families, several generations (24,_ live under the same roof, and the old folks are greatly respected. another chinese family custom is the observance (遵行） of many important chinese festivals, (

16、25) _ ，the qing ming festival, the dragon boat festival, the mid-autumn festival, the double nine festival, etc. (26) _ (important) festival is ， of course, the chinese new year. preparations for its celebration begin long (27) _ it arrives. much to the delight of young children ，they are given red

17、packets containing lucky money. everyone laughs and sincerely hopes (28) _ there will be luck and prosperity in the new year. (b) not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space. the amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural difference, not an economic one. (29) _ (k

18、now) your own psychological space needs is important (30) _ they strongly affect your choices, including the number of bedrooms in the home. if you were brought up in a two-child family and both you and your sister (31)_ brother had your own bedrooms, the chances are that you (32) _ (offer) separate

19、 bedrooms for them as well if you have two children or more. in america, they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms (33) _ they are babies. this is very rare in the world. in many other countries, the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near

20、 them. the space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs. some families have separate little comers (34) _ family members go to be alone. others gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it. (35) _ it is true that psychological space needs ar

21、e not decided by economic reasons, they soipetimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressures. it is almost impossible，however，(36) （change) your psychological space needs completely. section b (9%) directions: complete the following passage by using the words in the box. each word ca

22、n only be used once. note that there is one word more than you need. (学新世纪教材的同学请做以下37-45题)a. categories b. neighboring c. initial d. located ab. occupies ac. reputation ad. headlines bc. complicated bd. approach cd. high-rise shanghai world financial centerthe shanghai world financial center is a su

23、per tall skyscraper located in the pudong district of shanghai, china. it is a 一37and mixed-use building, consisting of offices，hotels, observation decks, and shopping malls. park hyatt shanghai, which 38 the 79th to the 93rd floors, is the second-highest hotel in the world, surpassing the grand hya

24、tt shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the 39 jin mao tower. on 14 september 2007， it was topped out, at 492.0 meters making it the second-tallest 4 0 the world at the time. it also had the highest occupied floor and the highest height to roof, and the two 41 used to determine the title of “ the

25、worlds tallest building . madame tussauds gallery in shanghaithe second asian outlet is _42 in the chinese city of shanghai. attracted by shanghais growing 43 and tourism volume (游客 量）in east asia and the pacific area, the tussauds group made their efforts to 44 shanghai authorities to discuss the p

26、ossibility of opening its second asian location. madame tussauds shanghai was opened on 1 may 2006 on the 10th floor of the new world department store at west nanjing road. madame tussauds shanghai is the tussauds groups sixth waxwork(蜡像)museum after london, amsterdam, las vegas, new york city and h

27、ong kong. it opens all year round from 10 am to 10 pm daily. the 45 admission fee is rmb 135 for adults and rmb 100 for students. (学牛津教材的同学请做以下37-45题) _ a.restored b. originated c. purchases c hesitate ab. commercial ac, reputation ad. inferior ideal bc consumers cd. association city god temple of s

28、hanghaithe city god temple or chenghuang miao is a temple located in shanghai, within the old walled city. today it becomes a(n) 37touring and relaxing area in the city. and the temple s surrounding area is now a large 38 district that hosts an array (队歹u) of shops, restaurants, teahouses, as well a

29、s annual temple fair events. the city god temple in shanghai 39一as the jinshan god temple, and it was changed into a city god temple in 1403. in 1951，the temple was handed over to the _40 called shanghai taoist (道教）and made into a taoist center. in 1994, it was _41 to its former use as a temple. tia

30、nzifanghave you ever been to tianzifang? if you are going to travel in shanghai, dont 42to have a walk at tianzifang, which locates at kangtai street in shanghai. comparing with the brand new modem buildings，you can find the special architecture (建筑）of old shanghai city has a better 43.its such a pe

31、aceful and quiet place to live. on the other hand, i t， s also a good shopping area. there are a lot of beautiful, special and unique goods. visitors and 44 come here for the art beauty. the whole shopping area is not so large, but everyone is sure to enjoy walking here, find out a lot of fun and ge

32、t their45 when you re tired, you can go to one of the little cafe or bar to have a drink or cake. what a beautiful day! iii.reading comprehension (30%)section a (10%)directions: for each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked a，b，c and d. fill in each blank with the wo

33、rd or phrase that best fits the context. learning to accepti learned how to accept life as it is from my father. however, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and 46，but rather when he became older and had illness. my father was once a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible d

34、isease took all that away. now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. even talking is _47_. one night ，i went to visit him. with my sisters. we started talking about life, and i told them about one of my_48_. i said that we must very often give things up as we grow our yo

35、uth, our beauty, and our friends but it always seems that after we give something up, we _49_ something new in its pkce. then suddenly my father spoke up. he said, “but，peter, i gave up everything! what did i get? ” i thought and thought, but i couldnt think of anything to say. _50_, he answered his

36、 own question: “ i won the love of my fam i ly， ” i looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. i was also _51_b y his words. after that ，when i began to feel irritated (愤 怒的） at someone, i would remember his words and become _52_. if he could replace his grea

37、t pain with a feeling of love for others, then i should be able to give up my small irritations. _53_ , i learned the power of acceptance from my father. sometimes i _54_what other things i could have learned from him if i had listened more carefully when i was a boy. for now, though, i am grateful

38、for this one _55_. 46. a. confident b. attractive c. healthy d. positive 47. a. impossible b. difficult c. stressful d. hopeless 48. a. beliefs b. decisions c. experiences d. expectations 49. a. share b. create c. expose d, gain 50. a. attentively b. surprisingly c. unfortunately d. disappointingly

39、51. a. touched b. injured c. shocked d. puzzled 52. a. negative b. calm c. relaxed d. happy 53. a. in detail b. in addition c. in contrast d. in this way 54. a. wonder b. recall c. remember d. doubt 55. a. award b. lesson c. gift d. honour section b (20%) directions: read the following three passage

40、s. 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.my basketball coach(教练）at princeton used to say, “on the court(球

41、场)， you can tell who isselfish.”when my sister michelle brought barack obama home to meet the family, she said to me, “ i want you to take him out to play, to see what type of man he is when he ， s not around me_ ”so i invited barack to play basketball with a few friends of mine. i was very nervous

42、although i had already met barack a few times. i was thinking this guy seemed like a good guy. we played a hard five-on-five. he was thin but not weak at all. he played extremely left-handed. he dealt with everything perfectly. he wasnt the best guy out there or the worst guy. i liked the fact that

43、he was confident but wasnt proud. barack was very team-oriented (有团队精 神的)，very unselfish. he played as if he was one of us he wasn t trying to be president of harvard law review. but the best part about it was that when we were on the same team, he did not pass me the ball each time. he wasnt trying

44、 to suck up to my sister through me. i was glad to give my sister the good news, “your boy is straight.”he isnt selfish, which is the greatest praise you can give both a player and a leader. america has got a guy who is running a government in an efficient manner. thats the same guy i got to know pl

45、aying basketball when he was visiting my family. e56.why does the author begin the passage with his coach s words? a.he wants to remember and thank his coach. b.he wants to show that he is a good basketball player. c.he wants to tell his sister about the words. d.he wants to use the words to test a

46、person. 57.through the basketball game ，the author found.out that barack obama _ . a.played best all the time b. was strong enough to play c,was not confident sometimes d. wanted to be the team leader 58.the underlined phrase “suck up to” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “a.make someone hap

47、py b. help c. know about d. look after (b) reading is very important to help you learn english. to learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of english. this book provides not only different kinds of english but also a good way to check your reading ability. there are f

48、our parts in the book: part 1: messagespart 2: peoplein this part somebody wants to send information in writing to somebody else. there is a test on timetable and a test on text messages. in this part all the tests are about people. for example, there is an informal letter between friends. there is

49、formal english in biography(传记 ).there is a job application as a model to help with your writing，as well as test your reading. part 3: placespart 4: thingsin this part, too ，many different kinds of english are shown, some informal and some formal. there is the informal english of a holiday postcard.

50、 there is also the formal english in a letter of complaint. you will find some descriptive (描写的） writing in this part. there are descriptions of clothes and of a computer. you can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text. i enjoyed writing this

51、 book and i hope you enjoy using it. 59.which of the following is most probably written in informal english? a.a letter of complaint. b.a computer handbook. c.a letter of a classmate. d. a story of a president. 60. the passage is most probably written for a.test-designers b. students c.test-takers d

52、. teachers 61. what is the best title of the book? a.test your reading b.help with your writing c. different people learn different english d.practice english in different ways (a),what should you think about when you try to find your career? you are probably better at some school subjects than othe

53、rs. these may show strengths that you can in your work. a boy who is good at mathematics can use that in engineering career. a girl who spells well and likes english may be good at office work. so it is important to know the subjects you do well in at schools. on the other hand, you may not have any

54、 specially strong or weak subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. your school may have taught you skills ，such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. you may be goo

55、d at mental work or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. if you have had a part-time job on saturday or in the summer, think what you obtained (获得）fro m it. if nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time， to follow instructions and to get on with older wor

56、kers. you -may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a par-time job. facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. you may be all thumbs (笨手笨脚） whe nyou handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. it is harder to face any weaknesses than to pretend they do not exist. your school recor