静安区学年高二英语教学质量检测

1、静安区2016-2017学年高二英语教学质量检测考生注意：.考试时间105分钟，试卷满分100分。.本考试设试卷和答题纸两部分。试卷分为第 I卷（第1-11页）和第II卷（第12页）， 全卷共12页。所有答题必须涂（选择题）或写（非选择题）在答题纸上，做在试卷上 一律不得分。.答题前，务必在答题纸上填写准考证号和姓名。.答题纸涂号及答题与试卷题号一致。第I卷（共75分）Listening Comprehension（ 略）Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in th

2、e 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 one word that best fits each blank.The days of elderly women cooking huge meals on holidays and knitting themselves

3、slowly into senior life are gone.Enter the Red Hat Society - a group dedicated to the new concept （17）old ladies should have fun.My grandmothers did （18）but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,“ said Emily Cornette, founder of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red HatSociety. T

4、he group has chapters in all 50 . states and 25 countries.While men have long spent their retirement fishing, women always seem to become invisible as they (19)(age). But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers, and the same people who rejected their parents way of being young are now maki

5、ng a new way of growing old.With a bit of disposable income and (20)(good) health compared with the past generation for most elderly into the mix, the Red Hat Society starts to look almost inevitable.This is something just for me, “ Cornette said. She kept an eagle eye out for guests with empty cups

6、 or plates that needed (21)(refill). There arent any rules, really. We are doing (22)cant be imagined by old-time women. We are just looking for fun.”According to its founder Cooper, she (23)(inspire) when she saw a poem by JennyJoseph that begins: When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a

7、red hat which doesntgo.Cooper gave her friend a copy of the poem, along with a red hat, (24)served as the symbol of the organization. Soon other women wanted red hats, and they (25)(attract) thousands of participants since then.The point of this is that we women could have fun for ourselves instead

8、of doing things just for others, Cooper said in a telephone interview. We are forming a little society (26) we can feel relaxed and delighted along with our peers.” Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is

9、one word more than you need.A. attached B. similarC. exposureD. improvementE. humbleF. matches G. reflected H. unknown I. scene J. themes K. puzzledJuly 18, 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen, one of the best-known writers in English literature. Her legacy of social acclaim

10、 and impressive wit have ensured her place in literary history, and even today, modem readers are still 27 by the huge information and concepts her novels have delivered.But do you know that Janes work was sort of drawn from her own life? Many of the places and people in Janes work are 28to those in

11、 her real life. Jane moved as part ofsociety, and her writing 29 some impressive wit, cleverly teasing the upper class by which Jane was surrounded. Following her father ;s death, Jane and her mother faced a financial difficulty much like that of the Dashwood women in Sense and Sensibility who have

12、to live a 30 life. Jane spent a good deal of time in the town of Bath, which is the 31 ofboth Northanger Abbey and Persuasion -although Persuasion portrays the town in a more negative light.She even used the names of family and friends in her writing-her mother, Cassandra Leigh, was related to the W

13、illoughbys and the Wentworths, both upper class families in Yorkshire.Cassandra Leigh was thought to have married down when she32herself to Janesfather, clergyman George Austen.Brothers Francis and Charles were both officers in the Royal Navy, and frequently wrote letters home. Jane used some of the

14、ir stories to produce 33 in Persuasion and Mansfield Park. Brother Edward had been adopted by wealthy cousins, and later inherited their estates, so Jane traveled frequently to visit his stately homes at ChawtonandGodmersham Park.Sometimes staying for months at a time, Jane was quite a social butter

15、fly, and was able to use this 34 to the upper class to produce the backdrops of her novels.Although Janes characters almost all have happy-ever-after love 35 in the end, Jane herself never married. In December 1802, at the age of 27, she was briefly engaged -and by briefly, we re talking about for a

16、 single day. Jane and sister Cassandra were visiting long-time friends at Manydown Park, and the friends brother, Harris Bigg-Wither, some five years younger than Jane, and by all accounts Very plain in personality ”, asked for Janes hand in marriage. Harris was only her betrothed for about 24 hours

17、. The very next day, for reasons36 to anyone else, Jane changed her mind, and she and Cassandra left Manydown, rather than stay in a house with a painful ex.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fi

18、ll in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.The course of true love may run more smoothly in future -mobile phone services have become involved in the challenge of modem dating.On the same day that Britains biggest dating agency launched a remote-viewing service of potential

19、mates from the 37of ones own handset, another service promises to do yourdirty work and get rid of unwanted admirers.Technology appears to be 38 old-fashioned chemistry and conversation over dinner: loveless singletons can now pick up and let go of potential partners without so much as a sorry heart

20、 or _39 silence.For today s hi-tech lovers, video clips will work as 40 for formal introductions enabling single men and women to find potential lovers through filmed personal messages from other lonely hearts, all recorded on and downloaded from their mobile telephones.Then, if things go wrong, the

21、re is no need to 41 the kindest way to let a lover downgently, because your mobile will deliver a guilt-free message for you, before 42 any more calls from the caller you don t want to contact any more.New users of Datelines new mobile-matchmaking service will be requested to do a video interview, d

22、uring which they will be questioned in order to produce a one-minute film for an online 43.The system will ask who people are looking for and, most importantly, get people to44 themselves. Users will be shown samples to get the idea and people can alwaysre-record if they are not happy, “says Jim Wei

23、r, the managing director of Dateline. Any of the other users of the platform can then view different clips according to their personal 45 , in the hope that the extra visual information will lead to a higher rate of successful46.Then the other, altogether less romantic, service is at hand to allow e

24、ither party the chance to withdraw if things turn 47.The package, called Securfone, will mean that you will never have to pick up a(n)48 call again. Depending on who is calling, your mobile can now politely let someone know you are temporarily 49, promise to call them back later or tell them you nev

25、er wantto see them again. Users are given as many temporary phone numbers as they like which are routed through to their phone until they are no longer 50. In that way, the relationship is51_ ended.40. A. founderB. mediaC. basisD. suggestion37. A. comfortB. originC. painD. result38. A. employingB. g

26、eneratingC. replacingD. discovering39. A. awkwardB. progressiveC. stableD. occasional41. A. put forwardB. take overC. worry aboutD. carry out42. A. recordingB. creatingC. promotingD. rejecting43. A. databaseB. fundC. charityD. training44. A. welcomeB. publishC. describeD. stimulate45. A. tastesB. ad

27、vantagesC. benefitsD. resources46. A. managementB. pairingC. dealsD. negotiation47. A. simpleB. sourC. positiveD. normal48. A. unwantedB. expectedC. uniqueD. angry49. A. bad-temperedB. outgoingC. unavailableD. inacceptable50. A. punishedB. accusedC. calledD. missed51. A. officiallyB. temporarilyC. c

28、onsiderablyD. particularlySection BDirections: Read the following three passages. 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

29、have just read.(A)I have learned that sweets are one of the great unifiers in the human world. We might look different and speak different languages but most of us, especially the young ones, love sweets. I would always make sure I brought a bag of sweets to give to the beautiful children we would m

30、eet.One day, we stopped at one of the 15,000 orphan-led households in Swaziland(斯威士兰 ).Inside the hut, we found a beautiful little girl with huge brown eyes. Her name was Tanzile. I gave her a sweet from my bag and she said something back to me in Si-swati, the native language, which the nurse next

31、to me translated, “ She wants another one, doctor, to give to her little sister.”I agreed and gave her another. After we had tended to a man with tuberculosis a bit further down the road, we passed by Tanziles house to say goodbye. To our surpise, she seemed to be holding on to that extra sweet I ha

32、d given her. I jokingly said that Tanzile could have asked for the whole bag of sweets and we would have innocently given it to her. We then spent some time talking with her and that was when we discovered how deep her pain was.It had been more than 15 years since the civil war ended. When her paren

33、ts had given up to HIV/AIDS like most of their countrymen and women. Tanzile, then five, was separated from her three-year-old sister. Since then, she would never accept anything from anyone unless they gave her two.In fact, in the little mud hut where she lived, we found a pile of old things which

34、she had been collecting to give to her sister. Her hope and her love were all she had. Now seven, it mattered to her more than anything else.When I returned home that day, I was shocked to find that this was not an isolated story but others in the hospital knew of orphans just like Tanzile-waiting w

35、ith little piles of things in their hut for a sibling or a parent whom they had not seen for so long. Their loved ones who would probably never return. Ever.There were 15,000 orphan-led households in the community because most of their parentsHad.been killed in the civil wardied from malnutritionlef

36、t the village to find jobs elsewheredied from a deadly diseaseThe author said that Tanzile could have asked for the whole bag of sweets. At that time the Author.knew that Tanzile s sister had diedknew all along that Tanzile had many sistersthought that Tanzile had lied about her sisterdid not want t

37、o give Tanzile any more sweetsWhich of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?Tanziles sad case was an exclusive case in the community.Tanzile had been separated from her sister for five years.The author talks with Tanzile well through Tanzile s language.The author thought that it

38、 s not likel,/for Tanzile s sister to return.(B)River Vale Community ClubOPEN HOUSECure River vale Card Membership Recruitment DriveDates; 16 November (Sun)Time: l0 am to 4 pmVenue: River Vale Community ClubNo. 7 Riverside Lane(s) 756198Guest-of-Honour;Mr. Kenny WilwolfMP of North East CDCAdvisor to

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40、mes at the booths.Lots of attractive prizes are in store for you and your family!Other Program HighlightsFree health screening: Magic show; Funniest Family Video Competition; InflatableBouncerbyGleeLandlnc; Balloon sculpturing; Street magic performancesCard Membership Recruitment:Enjoy privileges of

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43、vironment AgencyPolitics ForcesThis advertisement aims to inform the public about the.way to get to River Vale Community Clubsponsors from various organizationseveryday activities organized by River Vale Community clubopen house and recruitment drive by River Vale Community ClubIf Mr. James wants to

44、 relive some childhood games with his family, he should take partIn.Kick and Score ContestTraditional Kampong GamesStage Entertainment & ContestsFunniest Family Video CompetitionWhich of the following statements is NOT TRUE?This event caters to both adults and children.Natural Environment Agency is

45、a joint sponsor of the event.Inquiries about the event can be made through emails.People who sign up for the membership card can receive a free buffet meal.(C)You see them every summer morning, in the packed commuter trains and offices of CentralTokyo: men dressed in wool and polyester, sweating in

46、the 90F heat. These are the salarymen, the warriors of the Japanese economy, for whom summer is a season more to be endured than enjoyed.From June to September, a fug of humidity falls across Japan, tormenting office workers dressed in a uniform more appropriate for winter. But a salaryman in a T-sh

47、irt would be like a samurai(武士 ) without his sword, and there has been no serious challenge to Japans business dress code for 150 years.This week the Japanese Govemment begins an ambitious scheme to reinvent the appearance of the Japanese businessman. It is being pioneered by fashion designers, famo

48、us department stores and captains of industry.The idea behind the initiative is simple and serious. Japan is painfully behind in reaching its targets for reduction of ozone-depleting gases, despite hosting the Kyoto Conference at which they were set. The stated goal is to reduce emission levels by 6

49、 per cent in 15 years. But this year, emissions were up by 8 per cent on the base year.Much of these come from the air-conditioning units, which help to cool Japanese offices during the hot months. So the govemment has ordered that from June 1 government offices should set the temperature on their a

50、ir conditioners for 28 C (82.4 F) - a little more than Tokyo s average August temperature and intolerable in a suit and tie. The air conditioning will rarely come on. To deal with the situation, the Government has launched the scheme of Cool Biz to persuade salarymen to take off their ties, unbutton

51、 their shirts and cast off their jackets instead.Japanese men are so hard to change, says Hiroko Koshino, a distinguished fashion designer who has designed a range of cool mens clothes at the Governments request. Its a very, very challenging task.Except at the most youthful of fashion and dot-corn c

52、ompanies, casual Fridays never really caught on in Japan. Even a former govemment official is, according to some, notorious for his ill-advised energy-saving office wear, created by simply chopping off the arms of conventional suits at the elbow. The garments looked as if a jealous lover had run amo

53、k, and are widely held to have set back the cause of dressing down in Japan.The biggest obstacle now is the strict hierarchy still operating in Japanese offices - for most salarymen it is unthinkable to take on any innovation which has not previously been adopted by the boss.Why did the Japanese gov

54、emment start the program of Cool Biz?To make the image of Japanese workers young and fashionable.To help workers deal with increased air conditioning temperature.To increase workers work efficiency by wearing lessTo show Japans determination to protect the environment.Which of the following statemen

55、ts is TRUE according to the passage?Japanese salarymen enjoy wearing formal clothes in all seasons to show work spirit.Japan sees yearly emission reduction after the Kyoto Conference.Only on Fridays is casual dressing popular in Japan.A former official used to set back dressing reform by bad dress a

56、dvice.The underlined word hierarchy in the passage is closest in meaning to.self-sufferingsocial ranking systemeconomic restrictionD. job responsibilityThe title of the passage is probably.Japan, a country admiring hardworking spiritThe poor dressing image of Japanese salarymenCool Biz, a dressing r

57、eform for Japanese salarymenJapan is facing a hard choice between emission reduction and fashionable dressing Section CDirections: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable sentence from A -F for each blank. There are two extra sentences which you do not need.No credit checks are neede

58、d.Therefore pawnbrokers make money according to the real value of the goods.The reluctance by banks to lend has helped the UKs biggest pawnbroker earn a 47 percentrise in profits,So governments encourage people to exchange goods for cash.People are more aware now that they can raise cash by selling

59、things they dont need.Of course it is generally not in the pawnbroker s interest to do so.When economic times are tough it is generally thought that the pawnbroking （ 典当） industry booms. After all gold and cheap loans are tempting for credit crunchers.Lynda Damario, regional director of Albemarle &

60、Bond said:There are increasingnumbers of people from all walks of life who are finding themselves in a situation where the banks are unable to help so our business is growing. ”62Now the price of gold is rising in value. It is probably unsurprising that sales of second hand jewellery accounted for 7