上海市吴淞中学2013-2014学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题2014/4/15I. Listening Comprehension (10+12+8=30)Section A Short Conversations1. A. Doctor and patient. B. Boss and secretary.C. Teacher and student.D. Conductor and passenger.2. A. Shopping. B. Study. C. Sport. D. Food.3. A. At 7:30. B. At 7:45. C. At 8:00. D. At 8:15.4. A. 2 yuan. B. 3 yuan. C. 1.6 yuan. D. 16 yuan.5. A. The pink woolen dress.B. The blue and white woolen sweater.C. The blue and white silk dress.D. The pink silk dress.6. A. On a bus. B. In a car. C. In a lift. D. Over a phone.7. A. Nurse. B. Journalist. C. Doctor. D. Lawyer.8. A. By train. B. By car. C. By plane. D. By bus.9. A. Sewing. B. Watching TV. C. Playing golf. D. Playing Badminton.10. A. She found there were too many characters in the novel.B. She usually can’t understand the context of the novel.C. She also found the whole story difficult to understand.D. She has learned a lot from the novel.Section BDirections: 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. Daniel. B. Mr. Simon. C. Officer Hitcher. D. Daniel’s two sisters.12. A. Their hard work and the sense of duty.B. Their simple life and shinning qualities.C. Their contribution to local education cause.D. Their role in advancing scientific study.13. A. Some special windows in Shanghai Library.B. A special corner in Shanghai Library.C. An activity of spreading Chinese culture.D. Some foreign branches of Shanghai Library.Question 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. $20,000 million. B. $80,000 million.C. $10,000 million.D. $100,000 million.15. A. Only their closest friends and family members. B. Their colleagues.C. Only their parents .D. All their friends.16. A. The bride and groom invite a small group of guests to hold a party.B. The bride and groom get married first and tell people later.C. The bride and groom invite some guests to travel to a special place where they hold theceremony.D. The bride and groom choose a secret place for the ceremony.Section CDirections: 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.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Reading Section A (1X16=16)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.The search for a missing Malaysian airliner (马来西亚航班)continued this week. The airplane (25) ________ (carry) 239 passengers and crew members disappeared on March 8th. Last Monday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced the flight ended in the southern Indian Ocean. "We wanted to inform you (26) ________ this new development at the earliest opportunity."Satellite records show (27) ________ Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 likely crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Malaysian officials say the flight ended west of the Australian city of Perth.Australian Defense Minister (国防部) David Johnston describes the waters in that area as (28) ________ extremely difficult environment. "Remember, this Southern Ocean, has shipwrecked many, many sailors in our history in Western Australia. It is rough. There are 20-,30-meter waves. It is very, very dangerous, even for big ships."The Boeing 777 aircraft (29) ________ (fly) from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing at the time of its disappearance. On Tuesday, protesters marched toward the Malaysian embassy (大使馆)in Beijing. They were angry about the way Malaysian officials have reacted (30) ________ the disappearance of Flight 370. The protesters demanded more information. The same day, Malaysia Airlines officials met with reporters. They defended their decision to inform families and the world that Malaysian officials now consider the flight (31) ________ (lose).Two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese. The Australian government is easing visa and immigration rules to permit relatives to travel to Perth. The city's Chinese community has offered (32) ________ (assist) the visitors.Critics say Malaysia has been keeping information from victims' families and the media. The British satellite company Inmarsat told Malaysian officials four days after the disappearance that (33) ________ had received hourly signals from the plane. Yet the officials were said to have waited three days before acting on that information.John Goglia has investigated plane crashes for the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. He noted Malaysia's lack of experience with air disasters."In this particular instance, (34) ________ had come out certainly seemed disconnected. It seemed like they didn't follow any of the known processes (35) ________ had been established for years and years." Other Southeast Asian countries were quick to join the search.(36) ________ they were slow to share radar or satellite information with Malaysia aboutpossible sightings (所见之物).Malaysia is in a difficult position. Some observers say it does not want to anger China. Yet China's Global Times newspaper published editorials (时评)blaming Malaysia's government.One piece read: "Malaysia (37) ________ (determine) to enter the ranks of developed countries by 2020. But (38) ________ (judge) from its handling of the MH370 incident, Malaysia's modernization will take far (39) ________ (long) than this."Malaysia has a growing tourist industry. Last year, 1.8 million Chinese visited the country.But this (40) ________ change because of Flight 370.On Thursday, China's Foreign Ministry again called for more exact information from Malaysia on the details of the search. A spokesman said he hoped Malaysia would improve its communications with China.Section B (1X10=10)A man in a wheelchair charged with causing an explosion at Beijing Capital International Airport in July told a court yesterday that the explosive he made himself to attract attention to long-unresolved complaints __41__ off by accident.Ji Zhongxing appeared at the Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court on a special bed.He lost his left hand in the explosion and a police officer suffered __42__ burns.Prosecutors (公诉人) said Ji took a bus from his home in Juancheng County, Shandong Province, to Beijing on July 20.They said he detonated (引爆)the __43__ outside the airport’s Terminal 3arrivals exit at around 6pm.The court heard that Ji was left __44__ paralyzed (瘫痪)after being attacked by police assistants in 2005 in Dongguan, a city of the southern Guangdong Province. But his claims for compensation(赔偿)and demands for his alleged (声称的)attackers to be punished had been __45__over the past eight years and that had left him suffering from depression.Ji decided he needed to cause “chaos” (轰动) to focus public attention on his case. He made his device using gunpowder from firecrackers as he didn’t want anyone to get hurt.The court was told he had shouted a __46__ for everyone to stay away from him at the airport.Ji told the court his nervousness had set off the explosion when he tried to stop the police officer __47__ the device.“I am very sorry and regretful. I hope the court can give me a chance,” Ji said. “Disputes (纠纷) shouldn’t be __48__ in a dangerous way.”Under Chinese law, anyone found guilty of causing an explosion or endangering public security by other means, and where there are no serious consequences, faces a jail __49__ between 3 and 10 years.The court is due to __50__ its verdict (裁决) at a later date.Section C (1X15=15)Shanghai lawmakers are pushing for a plan that bans eating and drinking, among others, on the city’s Metro network.Smoking, urinating(撒尿)and begging are also to be banned with lawbreakers __51__ a maximum of 500 yuan (US$81.67) fine, according to a new Metro management regulation that is being __52__.__53__ the above, eating and drinking bans are likely to be controversial (争议). The draft plan also includes fines for stopping trains, jumping onto the tracks and getting on or off the trains by __54__.The Metro operators will first warn and then fine lawbreakers between 50 yuan to 500 yuan. “__55__ some lawmakers and citizens think it should not be included in the law, it is necessary to ban eating and drinking on trains to ensure the __56__ operation,”said Ding Wei, deputy director with the legislative affairs committee with the city’s legislative body. But Ding said 80 percent of the locals surveyed by the legislative body (立法机构) had given their support in favor of the ban.The body will review the draft and request public opinions before deciding on the final __57__ by the end of the year.The city’s Metro operator, Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, has long been asking subway riders to quit eating and drinking on the trains, but they have had very little __58__.Proposal prompts discussion.The proposal generated a lot of discussion online yesterday, with netizens asking if bottled water would also be banned under the new law. Others said the current plan offers little __59__ penalties (处罚) and fines for lawbreaker.“I think it’s funny, and even contradictory(自相矛盾),” said Jim Wang, a __60__ on the city’s Metro for years. “If the operator wants to ban food and drink __61__ on the trains, why do theyhave vending machines on the platform s?”Zhou Beihua, a member of the city’s top political advisory body, had said earlier that other big cities around the world like New York and Singapore, do not __62__ eating on the transit systems.__63__ checks at the 200-plus Metro station are not popular with commuters (上下班往返的人) __64__ it only leads to delays.But the operator and police say the checks are the only way to ensure safety of passengers and avoid __65__ goods from getting into the stations and trains.Section D (2X12=24)(A)While Jennifer was at house taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer’s Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved form the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked — remotely —to prevent Internet searches, and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down?In the battle against cheating, this is the cutting edge and a key to encourage honest in the booming field of online education. The technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid (有效) — that students haven’t just search ed the Internet to get the right answers.Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses." Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone number they once used.Other programs can produce unique exam by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test questions are answered at the same speed as easy ones.As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.69. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?A. The Advantages of Online ExamsB. The High-tech Methods in Online CoursesC. The War against the Booming of Online EducationD. The Fight against Cheating in Online Education(B)People who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once, a new research suggests. The findings, based on performances and self-evaluation by about 275 college students, indicate that many people multitask not out of a desire to increase productivity, but because they are easily distracted (分心) and can’t focus on one activity. And “those people turn out to be the worst at handling different things,” said David Sanbonmatsu, a psychologist at the University of Utah.Sanbonmatsu and his colleagues gave the students a set of tests and asked them to report how often they multitasked, how good they thought they were at it, and how sensation-seeking (寻求刺激) or imperative (冲动) they were. They then evaluated the participants’ multitasking ability with a tricky mental task that required the students to do simple mathematical calculations while remembering a set of letters.Not surprisingly, the scientists said, most people thought they were better than average atmultitasking, and those who thought they were better at it were more likely to report using a cellphone while driving or viewing multiple kinds of media at once. But those who frequently deal with many things at the same time were found to perform the worst at the actual multitasking test. They also were more likely to admit to sensation-seeking and impulsive behavior, which connects with how easily people get bored and distracted.“People multitask not because it’s going to lead to greater productivity, but because they’re distractible, and they get sucked into things that are not as import ant.” Sanbonmatsu said.Adam Gazzaley, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not a member of the research group, said one limitation of the study was that it couldn’t find out whether people who start out less focused towa rd multitasking or whether people’s recognizing and understanding abilities change as a result of multitasking.The findings do suggest, however, why the sensation-seeker who multitask the most may enjoy risky distracted driving. “People who are multitas king are generally less sensitive to risky situations.” said Paul Atchley, another researcher not in the group. “This may partly explain why people go in for these situations even though they’re dangerous.”70. The research led by Sanbonmatsu indicates that people who multitask ___________.A. seek high productivity constantlyB. have the poorest results in doing various things at the same timeC. are more focused when doing many things at a timeD. prefer handling different things when getting bored71. When Sanbonmatsu and his colleagues conducted their research, they ___________.A. evaluated the academic achievements of the studentsB. assessed the multitasking ability of the studentsC. analyzed the effects of the participants’ tricky m ental tasksD. measured the changes of the students’ understanding ability72. According to Sanbonmatsu, people multitask because of their ___________.A. limited power in calculationB. interests in doing things differentlyC. impulsive desire to try new thingsD. inability to concentrate on one task73. From the last paragraph, we can learn that multitaskers usually___________.A. fail to react quickly to potential dangersB. go in for different tasksC. drive very skillfullyD. refuse to explain the reasons for their behavior(C)If a diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends. Nitrogen (氮) dissolved in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure. The consequence, if the bubbles accumulate (聚集) in a joint, is sharp pain and a bent body—thus the name. If the bubbles form in his lungs or hisbrain, the consequence can be death.Other air-breathing animals also suffer this decompression (减压) sickness if they surface too fast: whales, for example. And so, long ago, did ichthyosaurs (鱼龙). That these ancient sea animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells in the bone, and consequently weakens it, sometimes to the point of collapse. Fossil (化石) bones that have caved in on themselves are thus a sign that the animal once had the bends.Bruce Rothschild of the University of Kansas knew all this when he began a study of ichthyosaur bones to find out how widespread the problem was in the past. What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapted to the problem of decompression over the 150 million years. To this end, he and his colleagues traveled the world’s natural-history museums, looking at hundreds of ichthyosaurs from the Triassic period and from the later Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.When he started, he assumed that signs of the bends would be rarer in younger fossils, reflecting their gradual evolution of measures to deal with decompression. Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite. More than 15% of Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs had suffered the bends before they died, but not a single Triassic specimen (标本) showed evidence of that sort of injury.If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means, they clearly did so quickly —and, most strangely, they lost it afterwards. But that is not what Dr Rothschild thinks happened. He suspects it was evolution in other animals that caused the change.Whales that suffer the bends often do so because they have surfaced to escape a predator（食肉动物）such as a large shark. One of the features of Jurassic oceans was an abundance of large sharks and crocodiles, both of which were fond of ichthyosaur lunches. Triassic oceans, by contrast, were mercifully shark- and crocodile-free. In the Triassic, then, ichthyosaurs were top of the food chain. In the Jurassic and Cretaceous, they were prey (猎物) as well as predator — and often had to make a speedy exit as a result.77. Rothschild might have concluded that ichthyosaurs ______.A. evolved an anti-decompression means but soon lost itB. gradually developed measures against the bendsC. died out because of large sharks and crocodilesD. failed to evolve an anti-decompression meansSection E(2x4=8)(D)Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He turned millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he did not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from exploiting oil. He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”But money didn’t bring his family happy. He married five times and divorced five times. He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty’s children had very happy lives.Getty loved to make money and loved to save it. In spite of his great wealth, Getty was miser. Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day. He even put pay telephone in the guest’s bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills.In 1973, kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return. Getty’s son asked his father for money to save his child. But Getty refused. The kidnappers were merciless and Getty’s son made repeated request s for help from his father. Finally, Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4 percent interest.Getty started a museum at his home Malibu, California. He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976, the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion. He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size. Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States. Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art.(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS)78. Getty was a self-made (白手起家的) man, and he earned sums of money by ___________ foroil.79. Regardless of the fact that Getty had lots of money, he was _____________.80. What did the kidnappers do to Getty’s family?81. What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph?I. Translation (4+4+4+5+5=22)1. 你越仔细，你犯的错误就越少。
