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学校2016—2017学年度第一学期期中考试英语试卷试卷分值：100分；考试时间：100分钟；Ⅰ.单项填空（15分）1．My friend, Bob, takes ________ possession of most of the company’s shares, and the rest are in ________ possession of other workers.A．不填；a B．不填；theC．the; the D．the; a2. Most couples don’t want to ________ their families, if the low number applying for a second child in Beijing under today’s rules is an indicator of parental thinking.A．expand B．approveC．afford D．arrange3. As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she can ________ concerning music, and takes every opportunity to improve herself.A．catch sight of B．get hold ofC．take charge of D．make mention of4. The media can often help solve problems and ________ attention to situations ________ help is needed.A．take; which B．draw; whereC．pay; that D．draw; /5. Miss Lee is a rich lady but she still thinks it is not worthwhile ________ things which are not needed even very modern at a low price.A．being bought B．of buyingC．to be bought D．to buy6．________ adequate sleep, he found it impossible to concentrate his mind on the teacher’s lecture.A．Lack B．LackedC．Lacking D．To lack7. Every possible means ________ to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.A．is used B．are usedC．has been used D．have been used8. Beyond her title as China’s first lady, Peng Liyuan is known for the ________ causes she participates in to help others and benefit the society.A．worth B．worthyC．alternative D．vacant9. The newspaper article gave a vivid ________ of the earthquake which happened in Yunnan and we can know how things happened there.A．starvation B．descriptionC．operation D．argument10. —I told you to bring a dictionary with you before school was over.—I am sorry, but this morning I was in such a hurry that I forgot ________ of that.A．to remind B．being remindedC．to be reminded D．reminding11. “The president’s report，” a smile on his face, he continued, “________ to several hot topics, discusses how to increase peasants’ income.”A．referring B．refersC．having referred D．referred12. In order to ________ a good knowledge of French, he gave up his job and went to study in a French school.A．require B．inquireC．acquire D．address13. George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he ________ more on its culture.A．focus B．focusedC．would focus D．had focused14. Maria did what she could to help her neighbors. ________，she asked for nothing.A．In turn B．In returnC．In addition D．In fact15. —I didn’t see you at the concert last week. What a pity!—If only I ________ the time.A．afford B．affordedC．had afforded D．would affordⅡ.完形填空（20分）Someone recently asked me when I became more confident about my abilities as an entrepreneur.I thought it was a funny question, __16__ I’m not very confident at all, and constantly filled with __17__ about every decision I make.It doesn’t exactly hold me back in my work; it is just that I am very __18_ of what I do, and I’m always _19__ on the way I work, think and talk. I have also learned over the years that making a decision is often more important than making the __20_ decision. Preferably your decisions are the right ones, but inaction or indecisiveness is more __21__ than making the wrong decisionevery now and then.There is one thing I have learned over the years that I wish I had learned earlier in my career. And that is the __22_ that I am not stupid.It sounds logical, but I often sat in on meetings and heard people explain things and then _23__ to myself, “I don’t understand that. Maybe I’m stupid？” or I would hear about a startup and I would not __24__ their business model and think I’m stupid. Or I would hear an entrepreneur speak and think, “That all __25__ like bullshit, but I must be stup id, because other people seem to love it.”A couple of years ago, I came to the __26__ that I was not stupid at all. When people in meetings say things I don’t understand I __27_ up and tell them so. Usually, I hear a sigh of __28__ in the room and find out nobody understood what was being talked about.When I don’t understand a business model, it usually means there is not one, or it __29__. Turns out I’m not stupid and __30__ I don’t understand it, most people won’t understand it at all. __31__ doubting m y own abilities I’ve learned to __32__ my “bullshit radar” a bit more and not understanding something is a clear sign that something is __33__.My advice to young entrepreneurs is this: You are not stupid! If something does not make __34__，if it sounds stupid, if you do not understand it, something is wrong! Trust your gut (本能的)__35_. Feel free to not know and be honest when you don’t understand something!16．A. if B. unlessC. becauseD. when17．A. disappointment B.doubtC. terror D．curiosity18．A.conscious B．tiredC．ashamed D．fond19．A.insisting B．workingC. relyingD. reflecting20．A.right B. toughC. firmD. final21．A.boring B. costlyC. disgustingD. significant22．A.truth B. conceptC. realization D .reputation23．A. thought B. referredC. smiled D .came24．A.mind B. knowC. loveD. understand25．A. tastes B. soundsC. smellsD. looks26．A. compromise B. conclusionC. pointD. agreement27．A. speak B. lookC. hangD. cheer28．A. despair B. pleasureC. relief D .impatience29．A. disappears B. ceasesC. approachesD. sucks30．A. since B. ifC. asD. while31．A. Instead of B. Apart fromC. As well asD. Regardless of32．A. operate B. differentiateC .trust D. inspect33．A.in B．upC. onD. off34．A.progress B .historyC. money D .sense35．A.feeling B. levelC. happiness D .comfortⅢ. 阅读理解（30分）AHigh-tech glasses developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help surgeons visualize cancer cells, which glow blue when viewed through the eyewear. Cancer cells are notoriously difficult to see, even under high-powered magnification. The glasses are designed to make it easier for surgeons to distinguish cancer cells from healthy cells, helping to ensure that no tumor cells are left behind during surgery.“We’re in the early stages of this technology, and more development and testing will be done, but we’re certainly encouraged by the potential benefits to patien ts，” said breast surgeon Julie Margenthaler, MD, an associate professor of surgery at Washington University. “Imagine what it would mean if these glasses got rid of the need for follow-up surgery and the associated pain, inconvenience and anxiety.”Current standard of care requires surgeons to remove the tumor and some neighboring tissue that may or may not include cancer cells. The samples are sent to a pathology (病理) lab andviewed under a microscope. If cancer cells are found in neighboring tissue, a second surgery is often recommended to remove additional tissue that is also checked for the presence of cancer.The glasses could reduce the need for additional surgical procedures and following stress on patients, as well as time and expense.Margenthaler said about 20 to 25 percent of breast cancer patients who have lumps removed require a second surgery because current technology doesn’t adequately show the extent of the disease during the first operation.“Our hope is that this new technology will reduce o r ideally eliminate the need for a second surgery，” she said.In a study published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, researchers noted that tumors as small as 1 mm in diameter (the thickness of about 10 sheets of paper) could be detected.Ryan Fields, MD, a Washington University assistant professor of surgery and surgeon of Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, plans to wear the glasses later this month when he operates to remove a melanoma from a patient. He said he welcomes the new technology, which theoretically could be used to visualize any type or cancer.“A limitation of surgery is that it’s not always clear to the naked eye the distinction between normal tissue and cancerous tissue，” Fields said.“With the glasses developed by Samuel Achilefu, PhD, professor of Washington University, we can better identify the tissue that must be removed.”36．The ultimate goal of developing the new technology is ________.A．to distinguish cancer cells from healthy onesB．to inspire hope for life in cancer patientsC．to make sure no cancer cell is left behindD．to reduce the risk of cancer surgery37．The underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.A．meet B．removeC．feel D．resist38．What can be inferred from the passage?A．The glasses are developed by Ryan Fields and Samuel Achilefu.B．The glasses glow blue when finding tissues including cancer cells.C．Tumors as small as 1 cm in diameter could be detected by the glasses.D．Much remains to be done before the technology can be widely used.39．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A．Special glasses help surgeons “see” cancerB．A new technology has been used in surgeryC．Patients will benefit from a new technologyD．Cancer is no longer a threat to peopleBA spin-off from the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology (MIT) called Empatica, has created a wearable device that monitors epileptic seizures (癫痫发作)．According to Statista, the value of the global mHealth market for 2015 is forecasted to be at around 14.5 billion U．S. dollars. In fact, 247 million people in the US have downloaded a healthcare app for their personal use.The new product, Embrace, can be paired with a companion watch that a family member, friend or caregiver can wear. When the companion watch is in range of the user’s Embrace watch, it will vibrate to alert the companion watch of their medical situation or status.Embrace is tied together by two apps: an event detector which sends an alert when the user’s electrodermal response reaches a pre set level they customize based on their history and health profile; and a diary app which helps monitor and manage everyday routines.The ultra thin Embrace is the result of several years of research from MIT professor Dr. Rosalind W. Picard, founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at MIT Media Lab and her team. Embrace evolved from a discovery with an early device called iCalm in 2008 which allowed the researchers to see the outbreak of stress even before it was noticed by the subject.The sensors in the iCalm device measured the “fight­or­flight response” through electrodermal activity which was measured from the skin surface. In a small test group, the data from the iCalm showed that the wristband data was related to how long the brain waves were suppressed after an epileptic seizure. According to Picard, the data showed the bigger the signal on the wrist, the longer the brain waves went flat after the seizure had supposedly ended. The problem with that discovery, according to the researchers, is that someone who’s had an epileptic seizure and then appears to recover should be monitored and not left alone.Over time, Picard and her team fine-tuned iCalm to what is now the Embrace watch which monitors the user’s physiological stress levels. Embrace monitors electrodermal activity (EDA) and movement with an objective of reducing Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), the leading cause of death of those with epilepsy.Embrace recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for further product development. The company also has partnered with the Epilepsy Foundation and plans to give Embrace watches to children or families who can’t afford them.40．What can be inferred from the passage?A．Embrace will undoubtedly have a bright market future.B．With Embrace, many epileptic sufferers have got cured.C．Embrace is unaffordable for most children and families.D．The government financially supports Embrace advances.41．Embrace works with devices consisting of ________.A．paired companion watchesB．an event detector and a diary appC．smart sensors in the iCalm device42．Empatica developed iCalm because it ________.A．failed to detect an epileptic patient who tends to be curedB．was weak in reporting the accurate data of the stress outbreakC．could not figure out the brain waves via signals on the wrist43．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A．From Fine-tuned iCalm to the Embrace WatchB．A Cure of Epilepsy by Picard and Her TeamC．A Smart Watch to Manage Epileptic SeizuresD．Embrace, a Great Scientific BreakthroughCPhantom vibrations —the phenomenon where you think your phone is vibrating but it’s not —have been around since the mobile age. Today, they’re so common that researchers have devoted studies to them.For Valerie Kusler, who works on a cattle farm, the feeling is complicatedby the cows. “The cows’ moo is very muffled, it kinda sounds like ... errrrrr，”she says. “So that’s very similar to what my phone sounds like when it vibrateson my desk or in my purse.”Other people may not confuse cows for their phones, but research showsphantom vibration symptom is a near-universal experience for people with smartphones.Nearly 90 percent of college undergraduates in a 2012 study said they felt phantom vibrations. The number was just as high for a survey of hospital workers, who reported feeling phantom vibrations on either a weekly or monthly basis.“Something in your brain is bein g triggered (触发), that’s different than what was triggered just a few short years ago，” says Dr Larry Rosen, a research psychologist who studies how technology affects our minds.“If you’d asked me 10 years ago, or maybe even five years ago if I felt an it ch beneath where my pocket of my jeans was, and asked me what I would do, I’d reach down and scratch it because it was probably a little itch caused by the neurons firing (神经元刺激)，” he says. Now, of course, the itch triggers him to reach for his phone. Rose n says it’s an example of how our devices are changing how our brains process information.“We’re seeing a lot of what looks like obsessive behavior. People who are constantly picking up their phones look like they have an obsession.They don’t look much di fferent from someone who’s constantly washing their hands. I’m not saying that it is an obsession, but I’m saying that it could turn into one, very easily，” Rosen says.While 9 out of 10 participants in the study of college students said the vibration feeling bothered them only a little or not at all, Rosen still recommends backing away from our phones every once in a while to keep our anxiety levels down.“One of the things I’m really adamant about in spite of being very pro-technology, is just away from the technology for short periods，” Rosen says.“And by short periods, I mean, maybe just 30 minutes or an hour.”44．According to the article, phantom vibrations ________.A．are mainly caused by neurons firingB．affect people mostly working on farmsC．help our brains better process informationD．started troubling people in recent years45．The underlined word “adamant” in the last paragraph probably means ________.A．curious B．determinedC．satisfied D．cautious46．It can be concluded from Larry Rosen’s research that ________.A．Phantom vibrations could probably result in obsessive behaviorB．the use of smartphones has completely changed the way our minds workC．most people feel uncomfortable when they experience phantom vibrationsD．hospital workers are more likely to suffer from phantom vibrations than students 47．According to Larry Rosen, the most effective measure against phantom vibrations is to ________.A．move to a quieter neighborhoodB．stop using smartphones in poor conditionC．take a break from using smartphones occasionallyD．keep a close watch on your anxiety levelsDFood waste has been a chronic (习惯性的) problem for restaurants and grocery stores —with millions of tons lost along the way as crops are hauled (拖) hundreds of miles, stored for weeks in refrigerators and prepared on busy restaurant assembly lines. But the historically high price of products is making it an even bigger drag on the bottom line.Restaurants, colleges, hospitals and other institutions arecompensating for the rising costs of waste in novel ways. Some aretracking their trash with software systems, making food in smallerpackages or trying to compost (将……制成堆肥) and cut down ontrash-hauling costs.“We have all come to work with this big elephant in the middle of kitchen, and the elephant isthis ’It’s okay to waste’ belief system，” said Andrew Shackman, president of LeanPath, a company that helps restaurants cut back food waste.The interest in cutting food waste “has just rocketed in the last six to nine months，” he said.Roughly 30 percent of food in the United States goes to waste, costing some $48 billion annually, according to a Stockholm International Water Institute study. A University of Arizona study estimated that 40 to 50 percent of food in the United States is wasted. Wholesale food costs have risen more than 8 percent this year, the biggest jump in decades, according to the National Restaurant Association.Freshman students at Virginia Tech were surprised this year when the two of the campus’ biggest dining halls to find there were no trays.“You have to go back and get your dishware and your drink, but it’s not that different，” said Caitlin Mewborn, a freshman. “It’s not a big trouble. You take less food, and you don’t eat more than you should.”Getting rid of trays has cut food waste by 38 percent at the dining halls, said Denny Cochrane, manager of Virginia Tech’s sustainability program. Before the program began, students often grabbed whatever looked good at the buffet (自助餐), only to find at the table that their eyes were bigger than their stomachs, he said.48．High price of products makes the problem of food waste ________.A．less challenging B．more unbelievableC．less noticeable D．more unsolvable49．What does Caitlin Mewborn most probably think about the fact that no trays are provided in the campus’ dining halls?A．It doesn’t help cut food waste much.B．It causes much trouble for students.C．It isn’t well­received by the freshmen.D．It is efficient for cutting food waste.50．The author mentions Virginia Tech as an example to support the idea that ________.A．food waste has been a long-lasting chronic problemB．novel ways are being applied to cutting food wasteC．colleges are truly the biggest source of food wasteD．the “It’s okay to waste” belief syste m is influentialⅢ.任务型阅读（10分）Imagine living in a country torn by war. Or maybe you live in a place where there are few jobs and little chance to earn a living. Your family decides to move — not to another town, but to another country. You and your family have become immigrants. People are called immigrantswhen they move to a foreign country to make their homes.People become immigrants for many reasons. The most common one is economic opportunities. Most immigrants are attracted to other countries by the promise of jobs, farmland, or business opportunities.Other people become immigrants in order to get away from mistreatment or natural disasters. They are refugees. Some refugees move to avoid wars and political unrest. Others are seeking freedom to express their religious views. Still others are uprooted by disasters, such as terrible flooding or drought.Some people have become immigrants against their will. Captured in Africa, shipped to foreign lands and forced to work as slaves, many early African immigrants to North and South America came in chains.Except for Native Americans, all people came to the United States from someplace else. For nearly 500 years, immigrants have landed on America’s shores seeking a better life. Throughout American history, immigrants often worked low-paying, dangerous jobs that other people refused to do.Immigrants from around the world helped shape American life. Many immigrants absorbed the customs and language common to most Americans. They also brought their own traditions, including music and foods. Over time, many of these traditions have become part of American life.The first European immigrants to America hoped to colonize new lands. By the mid-1500s, Spaniards had ventured into Florida, California, and the American Southwest. French immigrants arrived in the early 1600s and built their first colony in Canada. The English also arrived in the early 1600s. They established 13 colonies along America’s Atlantic Coast.In the 1700s, England became the major power in colonial North America. But many European immigrants came to live in the English colonies. They included people from Sweden, Holland, Germany, Scotland, and Ireland.Immigrants still come to the United States seeking freedom and economic opportunities. Most new immigrants no longer come from Europe. They come mainly from Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.Today, the US government limits the number of immigrants into the country each year. People who sneak illegally into the United States are called illegal immigrants, who, if caught, would be sent back to their home countries.Ⅳ. Writing（25分）5月1日，高二3班的学生Li Yue 和Zhang Hua 去阳光敬老院（Sunshine Nursing Home）开展志愿者活动（送水果，打扫卫生，聊天等）。