闵行区七宝中学2018-2019学年高二英语期中考试试卷
（考试时间120分钟，分值150分）
I. Listening Comprehension (30)最新试卷多少汗水曾洒下，多少期待曾播种，终是在高考交卷的一刹尘埃落地，多少记忆梦中惦记，多少青春付与流水，人生，总有一次这样的成败，才算长大。
Section A
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 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. She is going to the shopping center.
B. She cannot go with the man.
C. She will work with the man tonight.
D. She will have a physical exam tonight.
2. A. She has seen George since the baby was born.
B. George has never smoked.
C. She wants to visit George and the baby.
D. George no longer smokes.
3. A. He is worried.
B. He is angry.
C. He is confident.
D. He is sick.
4. A. She doesn’t like to live away from home.
B. She doesn’t like to live in the dormitory alone.
C. The gir ls sharing her room don’t like her.
D. She cannot get used to college life.
5. A. He trusted him.
B. He didn’t trust him.
C. He liked him.
D. He didn’t like him.
6. A. 4 dozen. B. 3 dozen. C. 2 dozen. D. 1 dozen.
7. A. Leave in 30 minutes.
B. Meet Harry at the bus stop.
C. Get to the bus stop quickly.
D. Check to see if everything is ready.
8. A. The park is nearby.
B. He doesn’t know about the park.
C. There are several parks nearby.
D. He doesn’t understand the questio n.
9. A. He doesn’t know the woman.
B. The policeman can tell the woman the way.
C. She can call the police.
D. He will tell the policeman.
10. A. Because of the color.
B. Because of the material.
C. Because of the style.
D. Because of the size.
Section B
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 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. A police organization.
B. A communications system.
C. The authority concerned.
D. The border police.
12. A. I-24 provides all information about criminals including blood types.
B. The police can easily locate and capture the criminals at large.
C. The police can get the needed information within the shortest time.
D. Any police agency, all over the world, can freely search I-24 for data.
13. A. The police can enjoy their work by sharing the needed information.
B. Modern technology enables the police to fight against crimes cooperatively.
C. With the criminal database, there is no need for the local police.
D. The Italian police succeeded in arresting an escaped prisoner.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. In 1992. B. In 1997. C. In 1998. D. In 2005.
15. A. She acted in several dramas in high school.
B. She became interested in performing at an early age.
C. She once wanted to become a magician.
D. She began her career at an Australian theatre group.
16. A. Her joining in the largest theatre group.
B. Her winning several award nominations.
C. Her performance in several Australian TV shows.
D. Her performance in a movie based on a novel.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (16)
(A)
Many fashions popular with Chinese college students draw their inspiration from South Korea and Japan. To my mind, sparkly mobile phones covered with rhinestones or knee-length tights look rather strange, but at least they are harmless.
However, one of this season’s ____25_____(hot) fashion items could be more dangerous than it might first appear. Circle lenses, a type of contact lens which makes eyes appear larger, can cause serious health problems.
You’ve probably seen circle lenses on sale in shops and ____26_____(wear) by young women around town. They are often colorful, endorsed by cartoon characters such as Hello Kitty, and are available both as prescription(处方) lenses and purely cosmetic lenses. What you may not know is that in countries such as the US, buying contact lenses ___27____ a prescription is illegal.
According to experts, contact lenses which do not fit properly can deprive the eye of oxygen and lead to serious eye problems –even blindness. Yet a quick search of https://www.doczj.com/doc/057646150.html, reveals dozens of cosmetic lenses for sale to anyone with the money to buy them.
My friend Feifei bought a pair from a shop on her university campus. “I wanted to enlarge m y
pupils(瞳孔) __28___ _____ I could make my eyes look bigger and brighter,” she says. For her, the benefits of being able to match the color of her eyes to her clothes are too attractive _____29____(resist).
She is not concerned with any problems that ___30____ result from wearing these lenses because she took a prescription from an optometrist to the shop. Sadly many people buy cosmetic lenses without a prescription, ____31___ is where problems can start.
Such risks are part of a long tradition of women endangering their health in the search for beauty: from 16th century European women who whitened their faces with poisonous powder ____32____(contain) lead(铅), to the disastrous results of botched cosmetic surgery today.
(B)
MCDONALD’S, Android, Fanta, Yahoo … When you look at these brands’ logos (标志), how do they make you feel?
Logos are like companies’ faces. Some psychologists recently ___33____(find) that our brains are good at remembering different logos, and we develop this ability from the age of 2. Young children ____34____(test) in the study could identify logos and link them to the correct products about 67 percent of the time.
“Some logos are so powerful that they don’t need to spell out their names,” Alex Hillsberg of https://www.doczj.com/doc/057646150.html, told the Daily Mail. “They transcend (跨越) cultural borders.”
_____35____(interest) by this finding, Hillsberg did his own study, trying to figure out what it is ____36____ makes such strong impressions.
He found that customers tend to judge products within 90 seconds of seeing them, and most of this judgment is based on one thing – color.
It’s been known for years ____37____ different colors affect people’s emotions differently –scientists call this “color psychology”. And some of these effects are similar for most people. So Hillsberg studied many of the world’s most popular logos, ____38____(focus) especially on their colors.
Red, for example, ten ds to convey “energy”. Thus, it conveys the feelings of passion. This is ___39____ it is used in the logo for the energy drink Red Bull.
The big yellow letter “M” of McDonald’s ____40____(associate) with joy and energy, while