2017-2018学年上海市青浦区青浦高级中学高一第二学期英语期中检测卷

青浦高级中学2017学年高三第二学期开学考英语试卷II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.Honesty, my mum always used to tell me, is the best policy. But when it comes to medicine, I had assumed it was important to always be honest with my patients. After all, the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust, and therefore honesty is essential, or so I thought.I had just started working in geriatrics (老年病科). Mr. McMahon (1) ________(bring) in when his body was found very swollen (浮肿的). I took a medical history (2) ________ his daughter who had accompanied him in the ambulan ce. She’d been his main career for years. I stood (3) ________(look) at him as she gave a detailed history. “Has he lost any weight recently?” I asked, “Well, it’s funny you should mention that, but yes.” She said slowly. There was silence for a few moment s. “Why? What are you worried about?” she asked. She was obviously very involved in his care and it was only fair that I told (4) ________ the truth. “Well, we need to prove it’s not cancer.”I said and talked briefly about some of the tests I was going to order.Half an hour later, a nurse called me: “Mr. McMahon’s daughter broke down－she said you told her he had cancer.” My heart sank. By the time I arrived at the ward, my consultant was already there, explaining that we still had to run lots of tests and that it was by no means confirmed (5) ________ he had cancer. I stood silently at the end of the bed. My consultant was obviously angry with me and as we left Mr. McMahon, she turned to me. “Why on earth did you do that?” she asked in disbelief. I looked at her and bit my lip. “She asked me what I was worried about and I told her.” I said, hanging my head. “And give her more (6) ________(worry) about? “replied my consultant. “You don’t say the word ‘cancer ‘until it’s confirmed. (7) ________ ________ you suspect it, think very carefully before you tell people.”(8) ________ it turned out, it wasn’t cancer. But I did learn that when someone is stressed and worried about their loved one they’re sometimes selective in (9)________ they hear－and as a docto r it’s important to be mindful of this. In being truthful, I’d made the situation (10) ________(bad).【答案】1.was brought 2. from 3. looking 4. her 5. that 6. to worry 7. Even if 8. As9.what10. worse【解析】1．考查被动语态．Mr．McMahon 和bring是被动关系，而且这篇文章主要使用一般过去时．2．考查介词．句意：我从他女儿那里得到他的病史．from从．3．考查非谓语动词．我站在那里看着他．使用现在分词作伴随状语，因为I和look是主谓关系．4．考查代词．根据上文She was obviously very involved in his care可知这里指代上文的she用her．5．考查连词．使用句型It is confirmed that…据证实…that引导主语从句．6．考查不定式．句意：给她更多的事情担心？使用不定式作定语修饰more．7．考查连词．句意：即使你怀疑它，在告诉别人之前也要仔细考虑．even if即使．8．考查非限制性定语从句．As it turned out，正如结果那样，as引导非限制性定语从句，指代后面主句内容，在定语从句中as作表语．9．考查宾语从句．介词in后面是宾语从句，从句中缺少宾语．10．考查比较级．句意：诚实的话，我会让事情更糟．表示比较含义．Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.How many times have parents had to argue with their young son or daughter about getting their face out of their phone and focusing on the world around them? It’s completely normal for parents of growing children to be concerned about their child’s safety, but is their (1) to social media really harming them?Social media was created to connect people with others online and has recently been added to smartphones, making it far more accessible than it (2) was. This new way to easily be able to use social media has encouraged children and teens to begin to use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram frequently. Maturing teens and children are usually very timid when it comes to (3) __ with their families, which they sometimesview as “annoying”. So, what do these kids use as a solution or a(n) “（4）”? The answer is simple: socialmedia.However, when they use social media for a large amount of time, parents tend to show concern for their child and blame social media for (5) their attention.The word, “social”, was entered into the term, social media, for a reason. Parents of growing teens don’t seem to understand that. When they see their child using Twitter or Instagram they think that they are using it to get away from real world (6) .The truth, however, is that they are using it to connect with their close friends, make new friends, and receive information about what is currently happening in the modern world.Children and teens are (7) accused for using social media only for entertainment purposes and for huge amounts of time. Sure, everyone who uses social media enjoys contacting their friends and viewing entertaining things, but how come children receive all of the (8) for abusing it? Parents should really think about how social media can help children and teens learn and grow in the real world rather than it just being another (9) .Social media as a whole has both positive and negative aspects, but after all of the (10) from pre-teens, teens, and parents is put together, it shows that media is actually helping the newer generations in their lives.【答案】BIEHA KGJFD【解析】1．考查副词．根据句子成分不缺少，所以填副词。

2017-2018学年高一英语下学期期中试题第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题，每小题3分，满分45分）ASchool activities for kids and teensJuly is a month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where t o find them. When you want some fun activities for July, consi der these ideas happening in this month.Secret of the Dragon Time: Monday, July 1, 20 13, 10:30 amCost: Adult: 7．40 Children: half.Bookings Phone: 3403 2 578Address: Brisbane Botan ic GardensNote: Secret of the Drag The Search for Life: Are WeAlone?Time: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 2:00 pmCost: Adult: 14．50 Children: 8．70 Bookings Phone: 3403 7 689Address: Brisbane Bota nic Gardenson is a magical story abo ut two children who are t aken on a dragon Note: Are we truly alone in space? Is there any lif e out there? These are t he questions asked in thi s show.ride to expel the universe .Magic ClassTime: Friday, July 12, 20 13, 10:00 amCost: FreeBooking Phone: 340384 70Address: Centenary Com munity hub, 171 Danden ongNote: Would you like to b e a magician?Then join David, the mag ician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and DI Science with Me: Making your own guitar! Time: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 3:00 pmCost: FreeBooking phone: 3403 12 26Address: 10, Egginton C loseNote: Do you want to ma ke a guitar with Katy and her morn? Science with Me is going to be with yo u. Please remember to b ring a piece of wood, a hY projects and be able to become the life of the pa rty.ammer, some rubber ba nds and some nails with you.Alec is strongly interested in space life. He may go to _______ _.A. Magic ClassB. Science with MeC. Secret of the DragonD. The Search for LifeJohn and his 10-year-old twins want to watch Secret of the Dragon. How much sho uld they pay?A. 7.40B. 11.10C. 14.80D. 23.20What do the four activities have in common?A. They can all be booked by phone.B. They happen in the same place.C. They are all weekend activities.D. They are all free.BIt was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing my sh opping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were leaving, we found that only min utes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete. Her husband was withher, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was em barrassed and clearly in shock.Walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very upset abo ut what had happened to the couple. He said to me, “Mum,it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”At the front of the supermarket a charity(慈善) group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flo wers to raise funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy th e lady a flower. “It will make her feel better,” he said. I was am azed that he’d come up with such a sweet idea. So we went o ver to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”By now paramedics(救援人员)had arrived, and were attending the injured woman. As we walked up to her, my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment. He said he was just too scared to go up to her.Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told hi m, “ My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give h er this flower to make her feel better.”At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you so m uch, you have a wonderful son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower, tellingher who it was from. Though badly hurt and shaken, the old la dy looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.What doesthe author intend to tell us?A. One can never be too careful.B. Actions speak louder than words.C. Love begins with a little smile.D. A small act of kindness brings a great joy.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.B. Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his father’s suppo rt.C. Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower s eller.D. The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gest ure.The underlined word “intimidated” in the fourth paragraph pro bably means “”.A. astonishedB. struckC. frightenedD. excited What would be the best title for the passage?A. Flower PowerB. Mother’s DayC. An Accidental InjuryD. An Embarrassing MomentCOne part of the world is still largely unexplored．It is the deep sea．Over the years，many people have explored under the sea．But the first deep -sea divers（潜水员） wanted to find sunken treasure．They weren't really inte rested in studying the creatures of life there．Only recently ha ve they begun to learn some of the mysteries of the sea．It's not easy to explore the deep sea．A diver must have a wa y of breathing underwater．He mus be able to protect himself from great pressure．The pressure of air is about 15 pounds or every square inch．But the pressure of water ii about 1，300 pounds on every square inch!The first diving suits were made rubber．They had a metal he lmet（头盔） with windows in it．The shoes were made of lead and w eighed twenty pounds each!These suits let divers go down a f ew hundred feet，but they were no good for exploring the very deep waters．Wi th a metal diving suit，a diver could go down 700 feet．Metal suits were first used in the 1930s．In 1927，a diver named William Beebe wanted to explore deeper than anyone had ever gone before．He was not interested in findin g treasure．He wanted to study the creatures and plants of th e sea．His friend invented a metal ball called the Bathyspher e．It weighed more than 5，000 pounds，but in it Beebe went down 3，028 feet．He saw many things that had never been seen by h umans before．People who first explored the deep sea hoped to ______ ．A. learn about the animals and plants of the seaB. solve some mysteries about the seaC. search information which is useful for studyingD. discover precious things under the seaAccording to the text，what make （s） deep-sea diving difficult？ ______A. The pressure of water．B. The temperature of water，C. The dangerous sea creatures．D. The heavy breathing equipment．Compared with rubber diving suits，metal diving suits ______ ．A. had windows in the metal helmetB. weighed twenty more poundsC. were good for exploring deeper watersD. began to be used much earlierWhat do we know about William Beebe from the text？ ______A. He broke the diving record in his time．B. He failed to find the treasure he wanted．C. He met something terrible under the sea．D. He was the first diver to explore the deep sea．DDo you know Australia？Australia is largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big，but its population is not large. The population of Australia is n early as large as that of Shanghai.The government has made enough laws to fight pollution(污染). The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fis h swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.Last month we visited Perth，the biggest city in Western Australia，and went to a wild flowers' exhibition. There we saw a large n umber of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a w onderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. Inspring every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After v isiting Perth，we spent the day in the countryside. We sat down and had a r est near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoye d ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hu ndred sheep coming towards us down the path.Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠). After a short drive from any town，you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep，sheep，everywhere are sheep.Australia is ________.A. the largest country in the worldB. as large as ShanghaiC. not as large as ChinaD. the largest island in the north of the earthThe government fights pollution by ________.A. making many lawsB. using little airC. cleaning sea waterD. growing special plantsPerth is a city ________.A. famous for having wild flowers in winterB. bigger than any other city in AustraliaC. standing on the top of a hillD. lying in the west of AustraliaWhich of the following can we learn from the text？Australia has more kangaroos than sheep.B. Australia is a crowded country.C. Australians are not friendly to foreign visitors.D. Everywhere in Australia，you will see a large number of white sheep.（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

上海市青浦高级中学2018学年第一学期期中考试高一英语试卷考试时间：90分钟满分：100 分II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (15%)Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.16. Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others, ______, of course, made theothers envy him.A. whoB. thatC. whatD. which17.What surprised everyone present at the meeting was not what he said but ______ he said it.A. the wayB. in the way thatC. in the wayD. the way which18. Williams felt himself to be senior ______ all of his colleagues.A. thanB. toC. overD. among19. Speaking without thinking is shooting without aiming.What's the sentence element of the underlined words?A. 谓语B. 宾语C. 状语D. 表语20. Mary was such a dependable mail carrier that people called her “Stagecoach” Mary.What's the sentence element of the underlined words?A. 表语B. 宾语补足语C. 宾语D. 状语21. Avoiding eye contact might be considered impolite, but staring at others is also consideredrude and should be avoided.What's the sentence element of the underlined words?A. 主语B. 宾语C. 表语D. 谓语22. I work in a business ______ almost everyone is dying for a golden chance.A. howB. whichC. whereD. that23. After graduation from college, her sister became a lawyer, ______ she wanted to be.A. whoB. thatC. whatD. which24. The Beatles, ______ many of you are old enough to remember, came from Liverpool.A. whatB. thatC. howD. as25. Look out! Don’t get too close to the house ______ roof is under repair.A. whoseB. whichC. of whichD. that26. Many people who had seen the film were afraid to go to the forest when they remembered thescenes ______ people were eaten by the tiger.A. thatB. by whichC. whichD. in which27. They talked and talked for a couple of hours of things and persons ______they rememberedin the university.A. whichB. thatC. whoD. whom28. Is this museum ______some German friends visited last Wednesday?A. thatB. whereC. in whichD. the one29. We tried but could not find any reason ______they were all against the plan.A. whichB. thatC. whyD. what30. On the train of metro line 2 I saw a student _____ I thought was a former classmate of yours.A. whoB. whomC. whichD. thatSection B (10%)Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Everyone is born with their own built-in burglar (窃贼) alarms, called the sense of sight and sound．31______, many of us go around with the alarm turned off.We don’t see the stranger 32______ outside the house next door.We don’t notice the sounds from the flat upstairs.(Weren’t they supposed to be on holiday?)The police can only do so much to 33______ crime. There never can be enough of them to guard every home in every town. So they need your help in 34______ with the burglars，the vandals (恣意破坏者), and the car thieves.Not, of course, by setting out to have a go every time you see something suspicious. It’ll always be the job of the police to arrest 35______.But by acting as a line of 36______ between them and your community, for instance, you probably know far more about your immediate 37______ than the police ever could.A stranger in someone’s garden would probably be far more 38______ to you than it would to even the local police, if, of course, you were on the look-out.That’s the whole idea behind the Neighborhood Watch schemes, springing up around the country to 39______ a spirit of watchfulness within a community, anything suspicious being reported to the police.It’s early days yet, but results so far are very 40______. The crime figures are already dropping in many of the areas running the scheme. And all due to people like you.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15%)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 word or phrase that best fits the context.Last weekends, my kids along with a few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car. My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of __41__ other people’s cars as well. It was pretty __42__ outside and I had no plans to continue to be in the bright sun. She __43__ wanted to give lemonade (柠檬汽水) to passersby for free. I had seen little kids serve and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free. Although I felt __44__, I decided to help her. Then she asked me, “What if we __45__ this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and __46__ her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with creative ideas. While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n) __47__ with beautiful images of smiles. Theyhad “Free Car Wash” written on it and the theme of their exercise was “smile”. It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the __48__ to do something for others.All that seemed __49__ and came right from their heart. Nothing seemed to __50__ to them: their playtime, the heat outside -- they just wanted to __51__ others and do something nice in the community!I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some old __52__ to help clean cars. The passersby were __53__ and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused. A pretty heartwarming __54__ !I feel blessed by being __55__ by such wonderful and loving souls.41. A. decorating B. repairing C. washing D. drying42. A. dirty B. hot C. different D. quiet43. A. hardly B. therefore C. already D. further44. A. difficult B. popular C. confused D. worried45. A. order B. leave C. make D. show46. A. encouraged B. expected C. invited D. challenged47. A. board B. picture C. idea D. car48. A. need B. duty C. imagination D. skill49. A. important B. disappointing C. hopeful D. natural50. A. matter B. object C. belong D. refer51. A. relax B. try C. help D. smile52. A. friends B. clothes C. newspapers D. records53. A. amused B. amazed C. bored D. frightened54. A. scene B. gift C. story D. explanation55. A. known B. understood C. refused D. surroundedSection B (22%)Directions: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 have just readALike human beings, dogs may catch cold because of cold weather, wet conditions or can also get it from other sick dogs. If a dog has a running nose and watery eyes, coughs or sneezes (打喷嚏), then it is quite probable that the dog has caught cold.A dog's cold can get over after a few days without treatment but it totally depends upon the owner to treat it with medications or improve its immune power (免疫力)to get rid of the cold naturally. Following are some of the things you can do if your dog gets a cold.You can improve its immune power by giving it proper nutrient diet. Healthy food can really do wonders. Try to give it food which is either suggested by the vet (兽医) or is healthy for your pet. Increase the intake of food which is rich in vitamins A, C and E.Keep your dog warm. The best place for your dog in winter is inside your house. Do not keep your dog outside when it is cold and wet. At home you can also keep the dog warm with the help of carpets. This will make him comfortable and help him to recover fast.Increase the fluid (流质)intake as it helps a lot. Water can be the best choice but you can also add broth (肉汤)in water which will give your dog strength. Warm water will make your dog morecomfortable and will also keep the dog away from the respiratory infections (呼吸道感染). Steam treatment is considered to be effective in getting rid of cold. It makes the nasal (鼻的) passage wet, which helps proper breathing. Just fill your bathroom with steam and leave your dog inside the bathroom for 15 minutes. Do it nearly 2 to 3 times a day and you will see your dog recovering.These are some of the things you can do to help your dog recover from cold. However, if you are not able to find any improvement in its health, then turn to the vet for help immediately. Take your dog for regular checkups so as to avoid complications (并发症).56. From the first paragraph we know about ________.A. the difficulty in keeping a dog as a petB. characteristics of sick dogsC. the similarities between dogs and human beingsD. causes and symptoms (症状)of cold in dogs57. When your dog catches cold, you should feed it on ________.A. its favorite foodB. the suggested food by the vetC. some meat and waterD. food rich in vitamin B58. When a dog catches cold, it is wrong to ________.A. keep it inside during cold and wet weatherB. leave it inside the bathroom full of steamC. let it eat too much solid foodD. keep it sleeping on rugs at home59. It can be learnt from the text that ________.A. a dog’s cold can always disappear naturallyB. it’s quite easy to make a sick dog recover from coldC. treating a dog’s cold sometimes needs a vet's helpD. cold in dogs won’t spread between each other.BWant to find a job? Now read the following advertisements.FAIRMONT HOTELFive waiters and Ten Waitresses---Aged under 22---At least high school graduate---Good looking; men at least 1.72 meters tall and women 1.65---Those knowing foreign languages preferred---Paid 1600---2200 dollars per monthOne Secretary---Aged under 30---Female preferred---Good at writing and skilled at computerIf interested, call 465-4768 or write to: Mr. Jack Hundris Room 0825, Fairmont Hotel567 Wood Street, San Markers, 78003Fax: 6954828WILSON BOOKSTOREAccountant (会计)---Aged between 25 and 40---With an experience of at least two years---With a degree and an accountant certificate(证书)---Paid 3000-4000 dollars monthly---With a knowledge of computerSalesclerk---Basic education of 12 years or more---Good at computer---Paid 1800-2200 dollars monthlyTel: 447-4398Fax: 348526960. If you don’t know how to use a computer, you can just apply for the position as ________.A. a secretaryB. a waiter or a waitressC. an accountantD. a salesclerk61. If you want to get the position of accountant in Wilson Bookstore, you have to satisfy thefollowing conditions EXCEPT ________.A. being a womanB. knowing well how to use a computerC. having been an accountantD. having an accountant certificate62. If you want to try for a job in Fairmont Hotel, you ________.A. have to be a woman and know foreign languagesB. should be a university graduateC. have to be taller than 1.72 metersD. should be younger than 30 years oldCWhen I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn’t understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laugh turned into crying.. So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so, too, does crying.Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的) health, and crying seems to work well. One study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendly and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.Just as crying can be healthy, not crying--- holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering--- can be bad for physical health, Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural --- and healthy --- emotional response (反应).63. Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?A. The author doesn’t give the explanation.B. Because she did not love her grandmother.C. Because she was too shy to cry at that time.D. Because her father did not allow her to feel too sad.64. It can be inferred from the text that ________.A. there are two ways to keep healthyB. crying does more good to health than laughingC. emotional health has close connection with physical healthD. crying and laughing play the same roles65. According to the author, which of the following statements is true?A. Crying is the best way to get help from others.B. Fighting back tears may cause some health problems.C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry.D. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.66. What might be the most suitable title for the text?A. Power of TearsB. How to Keep HealthyC. Why We CryD. A New Scientific Discovery第Ⅱ卷(共23分)I. Verb filling (8%)Directions: Filling in the blanks with the verbs given in their proper tenses or forms.67. According the timetable, the next flight for Beijing __________ (leave) at 9:10 a.m.68. This is not the first time that he __________ (be) late for school.69. Cars are moving slowly because the main road __________ (repair).70. Take your time to reflect before __________ (draw) a final conclusion.71.In the physics exam last week, Doris got better marks than we __________ (expect).72. She’s crazy. She wastes so much valuable time __________ (shop) on-line.73. Rather than __________ (ride) on a crowded bus, he always prefers to go to school on a bicycle74. The letter he looked forward to __________ (reach) him at last.II. Translation (15%)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.75.缺乏睡眠或锻炼会导致疲劳。

上海市青浦高级中学2017学年第一学期质量检测（9月）高三英语试卷（考试时间120分钟，满分140份）I. Listening Comprehension （略）II. Grammar and vocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Looking back at my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned out. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing（21）__________stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests. If I could go back in time and hang out with my younger self for a day, here's what I （22）__________( tell )her.1. Everything happens for a reason.（23）__________ mistakes and failure, you would never have learned. Without pain, you would never have grown. Once you understand this，you will know that everything comes in （24）__________( serve )a purpose. So don't stress or think that life is unfair, because everything happens for a reason. And only time will tell what it will teach us.2. Focus on one thing at a time. You can have it all but not all at once.（25）__________ is not surprising that many of us are doing too many things at once. We need to make ends meet. But if you are working three jobs at a time, it is not likely that you will succeed at any of them. You have to keep your eyes on the big picture. You have to ask yourself what exactly do you want to achieve for the next 10 years? Focus on one thing at a time. Achieve your goals one by one.3. Y ou can plan ahead, but your plan will definitely change when the time comes.You can plan ahead because sometimes planning ahead can give you a clearer direction of（26）__________ you want to go. However, plans will almost always change, so be prepared!4. Trust your instincts.Don't worry too much about a decision you （27）__________ __________ make. Just do what feels right. You know what you want. You might consult other people. But deep down, you know what you want. Do what makes you happy. Because at the end of the day, （28）__________ __________ you follow logic, you will want to quit and follow your heart.5. It's okay to be unsure about your purpose in life.You might be graduating or have hit a turning point with your career. You might feel a bit （29）__________(lose)and unsure of where to go. It's okay. Go out there and try as many different things as you can. Don't ever feel like you're wasting your time. Enjoy the journey. Don't rush. Every little path will lead you somewhere. And（30）__________(look) back, you will be able to connect the dots. It will all make sense.Section BDirections:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlybe used once.Note that there is one word more than you need.A. aggressiveB. slightlyC. psychologicalD. shelterE. withdrawnF. sufferedG. subjectedH. copingI. judgingJ. surprisingK. fatesthey are affected, suggests a new study. And, _____31_____, it is not the youngest kids who are hurt the most in the long term.Bullying can have long-lasting effects, but particularly when it begins in adolescence, the researchers say. People _____32_____ to either verbal ( 口头上的）or physical bullying are known to be at greater risk of developing depression, anxiety disorders or to behave violently. But not everyone reacts in this way.Children bullied for the first time before they hit adolescence seem to get over it, but those who are bullied for the first time later on in adolescence seem to become more ____33______or are more likely to turn to drink as a means of _____34_____. These are the conclusions of psychologist Matthew Newman and colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, US.The team gave questionnaires to nearly 1,500 college students regarding their experience of physical and ____35______ bullying before adolescence—before high school—and in late adolescence—at high school. They assessed mood and mental state, ___36______ by signs of anxiety or depression, such as sleeplessness. The group was also questioned about how they would react to certain challenges, such as humiliation.People who were bullied all revealed ____37______higher levels of stress. But while those bullied earlier in life seemed to respond normally to provocation (挑衅),people bullied for thefirst time late in adolescence are more _____38_____and sensitive to violence.There are also sex differences between those bullied for the first time during adolescence, with females more likely to react aggressively when provoked and males are much more likely to turn to alcohol to escape bad situations.The best solution in all cases was strong social support, whether from friends, family or school. Those with no one to share their problems with____39______ the most.So perhaps it is best not to ____40______ children completely from bullying early on, suggests Newman. “They may get stressed，,but unhealthy coping really jumps out when they are bullied for the first time later on. “III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 word or phrase that best fits the context.Whether or not you believe Professor Stephen Hawking’s alarming theory that building a “strong” artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the end of the human race, it’s clear that AI is reaching the point where soon it will affect almost every aspect of how we work with computers. We must get used to computers that ______41____ back.Last year, investment bank Deep Ventures attracted much media attention when it announced that it had _____42_____ an AI computer to its board of directors to help make important business decisions. What ______43____ happened was that the company used a program called VITAL to_____44_____ potential investments (授资) in different businesses. But VITAL doesn't attend board meetings or vote - it's just a ____45______. While it's not quite the evil robot we see in science fiction movies, it shows us how far computers and AI have _____46_____.Soon AI systems will be driving our vehicles, _____47_____ our facial expressions as we perform complex tasks, translating our voices into different languages and building other machines for us in factories around the world. But they won't look like us or pretend to be ____48______.In the new film Ex Machina, a computer scientist is asked to _____49_____ whether a beautiful human-looking robot called Ava has human intelligence. I won't ____50______the film for you, but it occurred to me that one of the reasons we believe other human beings are conscious and have intelligence is that we're told they are______51____. Indeed, if you stopped believing other people have _____52_____, you would quickly find yourself unable to function in the world.Google's Eric Schmidt argues that we shouldn't worry about AI, and that we need _____53_____ to redesign our education systems so that we learn how to get on with the machines. As powerful computer-based intelligences continue developing, we must _____54_____the belief that only humans have intelligence and consciousness. Just as we have accepted the reality that the self-awareness that makes minds possible exists within the animal world, we may soon accept that it can also exist within the_____55_____ world.41. A. stare · B. fight C. feed D. talk42. A. devoted B. contributed C. connected D. appointed43. A. actually B. undoubtedly C. surprisingly D. secretly44. A. operate B. analyze C. determine D. report45. A. computer B. robot C. program D. shown46. A. achieved B. advanced C. grown D. risen47. A. explaining B. interrupting C. interpreting D. directing’48. A. smart B. mature C. complicated D. human49. A. assess B. wonder C. question D. suspect50. A. harm B. spoil C. damage D. make51. A.at one time B.in time C. all the time D. behind the time52. A. opinions B. character C. ideas D. minds53. A. instead B.thus C. nevertheless D. likewise54. A. make up with B. hold to C. let go of D. take care of55. A. human B. unknown C. foreign D. machineSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by 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.(A)Yes, I admit it. I’m a true, incurable book abuser(施虐人). I like to fold dog ears. I like to break my books open so that their backs crack.I had a friend, who loved rubbing all the pages. I have another friend who is the exact opposite. She needs to keep her books completely new. I understand her. But once I get to know the book, I can’t help but show it some tough love. Because, believe me, although it sounds like I’m an abuser without a heart, that’s what it’s all about. Not hidden aggressions, or a lack of respect; not at all. Let me explain.I have one book by my favorite author Diana Gabaldon that looks like rubbish. It’s completely wrinkled up from rain, and on its way to falling apart. I brought it like that to have her sign it. I hope she’s realized what an honor it is to her as a writer. It means, basically, that I’ve read the book to bits. I wouldn’t bother to mistreat books that don’t mean anything to me. Only the best books get read well, carried everywhere, worth intense reading where I’m so caught up with words that I will spill coffee over it.For my further defense, I would like to call in a witness. I have a cook book. Like almost all my other cook books, it’s worn, and there are dirty marks of food in it. The book is called Tex-Mex—Food, Music and the Joy of Life from Texas. Just as the title suggests, this is more than a cook book.These are the words on the very first page:Tex-Max hasn’t been trendy for over 30 years. Considering it’s anything but cheap in calories, it probablynever will be, either. Tacos(墨西哥卷) are instead all about such an untrendy things as a love for life. It’s something you enjoy while spending time with your loved ones. …We hope, therefore, that this cook book will soon be as dirty as a really old and used cook book should be.Oh, how true! How wonderfully put! And it’s the same thing for books: whether you’re a book preserver or a book abuser, the approach is based on love and a joy for life. Because I believe all who are passionate about books, are passionate people.56. According to the passage, the writer often does the following to his book except______.A. have it dog-earedB. carry it everywhereC. keep it tidyD. have dirty marks in it57. Why does the writer treat his favorite books badly?A. To cover up his disrespect for its author.B. To conceal his aggressions to things around.C. To express his objection to the book preserver.D. To show his strong affection for the book.58. The book Tex-Mex—Food, Music and the Joy of Life from Texas is mentioned by the writer to show that__________________.A. it is really common to have dirty marks in the cook bookB. Tex-Max is not popular mainly because it’s low in caloriesC. the writer is not alone with the view that books should be abusedD. one must try some food like Tex-Max to experience the love for life59. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. The defense of one who treats books badly.B. The reasons why a certain book is preferred.C. The book lovers’ different habits of reading.D. The different ways to treat different books.( B)About PISAThe Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial(每三年一次的) international survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students. To date, students representing more than 70 economies have participated in the assessment.What makes PISA differentPISA is unique because it develops tests which are not directly linked to the school curriculum. The tests are designed to assess to what extent students at the end of compulsory education, can apply their knowledge to real-life situations and be equipped for full participation in society. The information collected through background questionnaires also provides context which can help analysts interpret the results.What the assessment involvesSince the year 2000, every three years, fifteen-year-old students from randomly selected schools worldwide take tests in the key subjects: reading, mathematics and science, with a focus on one subject in each year of assessment. The students take a test that lasts 2 hours. The tests are a mixture of open-ended and multiple-choice questions that are organized in groups based on a passage setting out a real-life situation. A total of about 390 minutes of test items are covered. Students take different combinations of different tests.Additional PISA initiativesPISA-based Test for Schools(PTS)As interest in PISA has grown, school and local educators have been wanting to know how their individual schools compare with students and schools in education systems worldwide. To address this need, the OECD(The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) has developed the PISA-based test for schools. It is currently available in the United States and the OECD is in discussions with governments to make the test available in other countries such as England and Spain.60 . PISA is different from other programmes because __________.A. its test is closely related to the school curriculum.B. its test aims to assess whether students can solve real-life problems.C. its test can equip students for full participation in school.D. test scores directly determine the analysis of the test.61. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Test-takers are carefully selected.B. Test-takers answer the same questions.C. Test-takers are tested on three key subjects.D. Test-takers spend about 390 minutes on the test.62 . What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Students of all ages will be able to take PTS in the future.B. More countries are likely to have PTS in the future.C. School and local educators show little interest in PISA at present.D. PISA provides evaluation of education system within a certain country.( C)The Oxford dictionary has announced its word of the year. It’s spelled ... Actually,it isn’t spelled at all, because it contains no letters, just a “face with tears of joy” emoji.“The fact that English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication is a huge change,” says Caspar Grathwohl, president ofOxford Dictionaries. When one of his dictionary colleagues suggested using an emojiinstead of the word “emoji”, “lightbulbs went off”. Until recently, Grathwohl, who is44, avoided using emojis altogether because he worried that he would look as if he “was trying to get in on teen culture”. “I felt inauthentic. But I think there was a tipping point this year. It’s now moved into the mainstream.”Some 76% of the UK adult population owns a smartphone, and of those, between 80% and 90% use emojis. Worldwide, six billion are sent daily. The “face with tears of joy” is the most used, representing 20% of all UK and 17% of all US emoji use. It has overtaken the standard smiley-face emoji in popularity, which may mean that emoji users are moving towards exaggeration or irony or fun, or that all this emoji use has brought everyone to a higher emotional plane. Even if you don’t send emojis yourself, you will probably receive them.How far do emojis function as a language? “There’s a lot of prejudice against emojis,” Vyvyan Evans, a professor in linguistics at Bangor University, says. “A lot of people think they are a backward step, but this misunderstands the nature of human communication.” The picture is more complicated, with emojis offering both greater freedom and limitations than verbal language. “Emoji isn’t a language as such. They don’t develop in the way that the natural language does. But they are working according to the same principles of communication as the spoken language. What is the value of an emoji? I think I can prove this with an ordinary sentence.” There is a pause. “I love you,” he says. “Crikey(哎呀), I love you.” He says it again. The first time I think he means it; the second time we both know he doesn’t. “The meaning is coming from extra-language factors,” he says. “Emojis are performing the same function in digital speech.”Like any sort-of language, emoji is evolving. “I do think they are subtle(微妙) and rich,” Grathwohl says.“They can mean different things to different people. The fact that we are using emoji in combination to express more complex ideas and experiences is one of the most fun and playful parts of the whole words. Will emoji finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand?” he asks. “That would be interesting.”63. The sentence “lightbulbs went off” (Para 2) means that ______________.A. the president became embarrassed and annoyedB. the president suddenly realized he was outdatedC. the suggestion was immediately adoptedD. the suggestion started a heated discussion64. The “face with tears of joy” is more popular than smiley-face emoji, which means that _______________.A. emoji is changing constantlyB. smiley-face emoji is too traditionalC. adults have more sorrow than joy in their daily lifeD. people like to express their emotions in a richer way65. Vyvyan Evans uses the sentence “I love you” as an example (Para 4) to prove that _____.A. emoji can express the real meaning behind wordsB. emoji is different from the natural languageC. people feel free to use emoji in communicationD. emoji will limit people in expressing their feelings66. Which of the following statement might Grathwohl agree with?A. emoji is too childish for adultsB. people have the same explanation for an emojiC. using emoji can add fun to communicationD. emoji won’t develop into a languageSection CDirections:Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentenceHow did the largest of all dinosaurs evolve necks longer than any other creature that has ever lived? One secret: mostly hollow neck bones, researchers say.The largest creatures to ever walk the Earth were the long-necked, sauropods(蜥脚类恐龙). These vegetarians had the longest necks of any known animal.___________67______________. Their necks were six times longer than that of the current world-recorder holder, the giraffe.“They were really oversized,” said researcher Michael Taylor. “We’re used to thinking of elephants as big, but sauropods reached 10 times the size elephants do. They were the size of walking whales.”_________68__________, scientists studied sauropod’s body structure and analyzed other long-necked creatures such as giraffes and ostriches. In their study, Taylor and his colleagues found that the neck bones of sauropods possessed a number of characteristics that supported such long necks. For instance, air often made up 60 percent of these animals’ necks, with some as light as birds’ bones, making it easier to support long chains of thebones.Sauropods also had plenty of neck vertebrae, up to 19. __________69______. And sauropods had small, light heads that were easy to support.Furthermore, sauropods and other dinosaurs probably could breathe like birds, drawing fresh air through their lungs continuously. Instead, mammals have to breathe out before breathing in to fill their lungs with fresh air ________70______.IV Summary WritingDirection: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main file of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesn't it? If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, What is it we want independence from, exactly? Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that old from elsewhere.The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes, there is a trickle(涓涓细流)of biofuel available, and more may become available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.Second, Americans have basically decided that they don't really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you don't read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.V. TranslationDirection: Translate the following sentences into English ,using the words given in the brackets.71.他不顾新颁布的法律，坚持在春节期间燃放烟花。

17—18学年下学期高一期中考试英语试题（附答案）（1）高一英语试题第一部分听力（每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Father and daughter.C. Doctor and patient.2. Where is Mike now?A. In the classroom.B. On the playground.C. In the library.3. What does the woman mean?A. She wants to go with the man.B. The man shouldn’t go downtown.C. The man should come back soon.4. How much did the mother give to the boy altogether?A.$400.B.$500.C.$700.5. What do we know about the man?A. He is a teacher.B. He is a cook.C. He is a guest.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题6. What are the speakers talking about?A. The school project.B. The weather.C. The weekend activity.7. What photo will the boy show his teacher?A. Some of the clouds.B. Some of the stars.C. Some of the moon.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题8. Where is the woman now?A. At home.B. In her store.C. In a hospital.9. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Hire a shop assistant.B. Sell her clothes online.C. Update her website.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题10. What will the woman take to her professor?A. Some flowers.B. A bottle of wine.C. A book.11. When will the woman arrive at her professor’s home?A. At 6:45.B. At 6:40.C. At 6:35.12. What does the man advise the woman to do after she comes back?A. Invite her professor to her home.B. Send her professor a thank- you card.C. Call her professor to express her thanks.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题13. Where did the man and Jenny go for a trip?A. China.B. Korea.C. England.14. What was the weather like in the country when the man was visiting it?A. Rainy.B. Sunny.C. Snowy.15. What did the man and Jenny do when they met foreign friends?A. They hugged them.B. They shook hands with them.C. They put their hands behind their backs.16. Where is the man from?A. America.B. Germany.C. France.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. What is the man doing?A. Making a speech.B. Hosting a program.C. Leaving a telephone message.18. What does the man invite Jamie to do?A. Watch a film.B. See a play.C. Attend a party.19. Why does the man offer to buy the ticket?A. To make an apology.B. To show their friendship.C. To celebrate Jamie’s birthday.20. When would the man like to meet Jamie?A. At 6:45.B. At 8:00.C. 8:45.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

青浦区1718中考二模英语听力答案Ⅰ.听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.Where did the man go last year?A.Chengdu.B.Beijing.C.Xi’an.2.Which book has the woman bought?A.A math book.B.A history book.C.An English book.3.Where will the man go first?A.The classroom.B.The library.C.The post office.4.What’s the time now?A.7：00.B.6：30.C.6：20.5. What are the speakers talking about?A.An organization’s help.B.Ways to protect animals.C.Things made from animals.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How is the man probably feeling?A.Disappointed.B.Encouraged.C.Delighted.7. What will the man probably do tonight?A.Have a meeting.B.Go to a party.C.Fly to the US.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

青浦区2017 学年高三年级第二次学业质量调研测试英语学科试卷2018.04（时间120 分钟，满分140 分）考生注意：1．本试卷共13 页。

满分140 分。

考试时间120 分钟。

2．答题前，考生务必在答题卡（纸）上用钢笔或水笔清楚填写姓名、准考证号，并用铅笔正确涂写准考证号。

3．答案必须全部涂写在答题卡（纸）上。

如用铅笔答题，或写在试卷上也一律不给分。

I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. To the bank. B. To the museum. C. To the clinic. D. To the restaurant.2. A. 10:07. B. 10:30. C. 11:00. D. 11:07.3. A. Use the woman’s phone. B. Pay for the phone call.C. Get some change from Jane.D. Go and look for a pay phone.4. A. He likes to wear clean clothes.B. He changes his job frequently.C. He is careless about his appearance.D. He is ashamed of his present condition.5. A. Whether he has time on Saturday.B. Whether he can get access to the concert.C. Whether the tickets will be too expensive.D. Whether the woman is available on Saturday.6. A. They are complaining. B. They are bargaining.C. They are negotiating.D. They are arguing.7. A. The window smells of fresh paint. B. The man will clean the air-conditioner.C. Sh e’d like to have the window open.D. She prefers keeping the air-conditioner on.C. She has some paper to bury.D. She questions the man’s purpose.10. A. His notebook is missing.B. His handwriting is difficult to read.C. He wasn’t in class this morning either.D. He’s already lent his notes to someone else.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the short passages and the longer conversation. The short passages and the longer conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Photos of polar bears.B. Photos heavily edited.C. Photos of fine quality to appear in print.D. Photos reflecting scientist s’ working life.12. A. A year’s personal subscription to Nature is another award to winners.B. Photos can be uploaded to Twitter with the tag ScientistAtW ork.C. Five winning photos will be published in one issue of Nature.D.All entries have to be sent to photocompetition@.13. A. To encourage people to work with scientists.B. To attract people to participate in a contest.C. To increase the sales of the magazine.D. To teach people how to take pictures.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Because no team invited him to play. B. Because he stopped training for a while.C. Because he appeared to be too tired.D. Because he suffered from a disease.15. A. 8.5. B. 19.2. C. 44. D. 53.16. A. Bosh’s great basketball career in NBA.B. The regular training Bosh took in NBA.C. Bosh’s repeated desire to return to NBA.D. The reason why Bosh couldn’t play at NBA.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.18. A. From his friends. B. From his father.C. From his training.D. From his university.19. A. By attending special schools.B. By getting a private license first.C. By getting into an airline company first.D. By passing a test for commercial license.20. A. His flying hours in total. B. His interview performance.C. His university degrees.D. His private pilot license.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the 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 kindness of Kiwi Lotto (乐透彩票) winnersWe’ve all dreamed of winning the Lotto but what actually happens when our numbers come up? The answer is rather heart-warming. New research out today from Lotto New Zealand reveals three-quarters of Powerball winners think of sharing (21) spending.One lucky Powerball winner from Tauranga was even thinking of others before his numbers came up. “A week before I won Lotto, I saw an ambulance (22) side bore the name of the donor, and I thought, ‘i f I ever win Lotto, that’s what I will do’ and then 10 day s’ later I w on,” he said. Having won $5.5 million dollars, he’s now spending a part of the money on two ambulances for his local hospital. “The y’r e going to say ‘(23) (donate) by a Lotto winner’ on the side. I hope that it will inspire others to pay it forward if they ever find (24) in a fortunate position like I have.”“My life (25) (save) many years ago by a St John ambulance and it’s a marvellous feeling repaying back that kindness.” It was this kind of behaviour (26) led to Lotto NZ’s inspiring true story of a Kiwi man who won $15 million and, honouring a promise made long ago, went halves with his mate.2017 was the (27) (lucky) year on record for Powerball winners. “Last year, there were 19 different Powerball winners — (28) most of them had in common was the desire to share their good fort une.” said Emilia Mazur, General Manager Corporate Communications.“Another Tauranga man won $10 million with Powerball in July and once he got over the shock of winning, his first thought was his community and he has since shared some of his winnings to upgrade its facilities.”Group players are natural sharers —not only (29) they share the winnings among themselves but they also then want to help out others.“E veryone is just so happy, it’s created an amazing sense of freedom.” s aid one of the group leaders Tina. “For me personally, (30) (know) how much of a significant difference you have made to your family and your circle of friends, I have a feeling that I have never experienced. It’s anunquantifiable feeling — it’s magi c.”Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Swiss village bans tourists from taking photos because it’s too beautiful Located in the Swiss Alps, near the famous resort of St. Moritz, the commune of Bergün is one of the most beautiful mountain villages in Europe. So beautiful, in fact, that photos of it shared on social media may make people feel depressed that they can’t visit, so local authorities banned tourists from taking photos.It may sound like a joke, but it’s actually a new law adopted by the Bergün village council and31 by its mayor. To discourage visitors from taking photos in Bergün, they plan to 32 a symboli c €5 fine for those caught breaking the new rules.According to a statement by the Bergün tourism authority, “It is scientifically proven that beautiful holiday photos on social media make the viewers unhappy because they cannot be there themselves.”However, it seems unlikely that Bergün’s new law was really thought of as a way to 33 Facebook or Instagram users of the depressing experience of seeing the beauty of the village. As the news went 34 online, many assumed that it was actually a clever marketing 35 , a theory that was at least partially confirmed by the village’s director of tourism, Marc-Andrea Barandun.“In the background of course the idea is that everyone is talking about Ber gün,”he told The Local. “So it’s a combination of both — we made the law and also there’s some marketing aim behind it.”To show that they were serious about the law, Bergün authorities 36 photos of the village from its Facebook and Twitter accounts, and declared their intention to delete them from the Bergün website too.If the new law was just a 37 strategy, it actually worked wonders, as people started 38 more photos of the beautiful mountain village soon after news of the photo ban started making news headlines.A few days ago, Mayor Nicolay 39 the debatable photo ban in a video, where he offered people visiting Bergün a special 40 to take photos. He reminded them to think twice before sharing the pictures online, though, as they could be making their friends depressed.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 word or phrase that best fits the context.A cli ché is a phrase that has been used so many times that it comes out of the mouth or the computer without stirring up a wave in the mind of the speaker, the typist, the listener or the reader. The word was part of the technical term of the French printing trade in the 19th century, the name for a plate used in the printing process, and it is still used with that meaning in English and other languages. By the middle of the same century, the word was being used in French, shortly followed by English, as a simile (比喻) for 41__ used expressions.Clichés can be 42 according to whether they were originally idioms, similes and proverbs, expressions from trades or 43 phrases.Many idioms have been so universally overused that they have been 44__ — phrases like far and wide, by leaps and bounds or safe and sound. Our second category could be similes and proverbs that now fall off the 45__ with little meaning, similes like as cool as a cucumber, which 46 around 400 years.A large category is 47 from the terms of trades and professions, sports and games, and other national concerns. Many are 48 clichés, as is fitting for the British, as an island nation, with examples like to leave a sinking ship, to know the ropes, to stick to one’s guns.Our last broad category of cli ché might be phrases which were __49__ when they were first coined, but have become ineffective through constant use. When a football manager, asked how he felt about the __50 of his team, said that he was as sick as a parrot. Since then, it has been so overused that it has lost its 51 . To explore every avenue and to leave no stone unturned are two political clichés of this class. No politician with any sensitivity for language could use either of those phrases 52 , yet you hear them still, all the time.No doubt we could specify the classes of clichés into further subdivisions until the cows come home. But there is no need to. We all agree that clichés are to be 53 by careful writers and speakers at all times, don’t we? Well, actually, no, not I. Life, and language, are so full of clichés that silence will hold the position if you 54 us the use of cliché. So many millions of people have spoken and written clichés so 55__ that it is almost impossible to find ideas and phrases that have not been used many times before.41. A. occasionally B. frequently C. technically D. grammatically42. A. confirmed B. quoted C. inferred D. classified43. A. invented B. customized C. recognized D. underlined44. A. highlighted B. tailored C. weakened D. enriched45. A. nose B. eyes C. lips D. forehead46. A. dates back B. catches on C. takes shape D. gives out47. A. detected B. drawn C. excluded D. initiated48. A. remote B. temperate C. urban D. oceanic49. A. boring B. striking C. entertaining D. annoying53. A. adjusted B. adapted C. adopted D. avoided54. A. deny B. allow C. forbid D. promise55. A. casually B. decently C. reluctantly D. ceaselesslySection 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 have just read.(A)Free to SoarOne windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds racing and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in check.Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the string and the tail kept them attached, facing upward and against the wind. The kites struggled and kept being dragged behind, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wi nd.”Yet freedom from restriction simply put it at the mercy of a cruel breeze. It flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a messed mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifeless against the first obstruction.How much like kites we sometimes are. The heaven gives us misfortune and limitations, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restriction is a necessary companion to the winds of opposition. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the order and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restrictions that we may be annoyed at are actually the steadying force that helps us improve and achieve.56. According to paragraph 2, “Let me go!” is said by .A. the kiteB. the windC. the birdD. the flyer57. Which of the following words has the meaning closest to the underlined word “ob structi on”in paragraph 3?A. destructionB. miracleC. observationD. obstacle58. According to the writer, in what way is man similar to kites?A. Man will never reach the desirable height unless he breaks some rules.B. Man can be empowered by difficulties to go further and higher.C. Man desires freedom but only a few will succeed.D. Man is limited by his surroundings.59. By telling the story of kite flying, the writer wants to share the lesson that .A. rules are made to be brokenB. flying a kite involves skills and patienceC. sometimes difficulties can be potential blessingsD. it’s no use complaining about the difficulties we encounter(B)Products▼Tel:(855)776-7763 Get a Demo Login Sign Up Free ProProfsTour Pricing Solutions Integrations Blog Clients Examples Help KnowledgebaseKnowledge Base Software That Answers Questions Instantly Create help sites, knowledge bases, user guides, manuals, wikis & moreA. users of ProProfs can read the manuals on their mobile phonesB. the service that ProProfs offers to its users is accessible around the clockC. with ProProfs, users can readjust the size of their documentation to their screensD. different users can be grouped together on a central platform to share knowledge62. How does the software ProProfs tighten its security?A. By authorizing different users.B. By creating a central platform.C. By offering single sign-on settings.D. By building private knowledge bases.(C)The largest-ever study of the link between city walkability and high blood pressure has been held up as evidence of the “invisible value of urban desi gn”in improving long-term health outcomes, say researchers.The study of around 430,000 people aged between 38 and 73 and living in 22 UK cities found significant associations between the increased walkability of a neighborhood, lower blood pressure and reduced risk of high blood pressure among its residents.The outcomes remained consistent even after adjustments for socio-demographic (社会人口统计学), lifestyle and changing physical environment factors, though the protective effects were particularly pronounced among participants aged between 50 and 60, women, and those residing in higher density and poor neighborhoods.The paper was published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health this week. With high blood pressure a major risk factor for chronic (慢性的) and particularly heart diseases, researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Oxford University said the findings demonstrated the need to take notice of the health-influencing factor in urban design.“With the increasing pace of urbanization and demographic shifts towards an ageing population, we become more likely to suffer from chronic diseases,” said Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, an assistant professor at the Healthy High Density Cities Lab of the University of Hong Kong and lead author of the study. “The action taken to improve public health must consider the invisible value of urban planning and design.“We are spending billions of pounds in preventing and curing heart diseases —if we are able to invest in creating healthy cities through small changes in the design of our neighborhoods to make them more activity-friendly and walkable, then probably, we will have significant savings in future healthcare expense s.”To measure a neighborhood’s activity-promoting potential, researchers developed a set of index of walkability containing relevant urban elements, including residential and retail (零售) density, public transport, street-level movement, and distance to attractive destinations.Poorly designed spaces generally reduced walking and physical activity, promoting the lifestyles oflong time sitting down and not moving; and were harmful to social interactions, and as such associated with poorer mental and physical health.Because walkability was “based on the underlying design of the city”,said Sarkar, cities could be modified or designed to encourage it. “Such investments in healthy design are likely to bring in long-term gains as they are enduring and comm on.”63. By considering “invisible value of urban desig n”, people can .A. reduce the ageing populationB. slow down the pace of urbanizationC. promote activity-friendly and walkable citiesD. invest in preventing and curing heart diseases64. What can be inferred from the passage?A. A set of index is essential to ensure that urban design promotes walkability.B.Walkable cities can lower blood pressure and the risk of high blood pressure.C. Chronic diseases are becoming common due to people’s neglect of their health.D. Middle-aged women living in poor areas are less likely to benefit from increased walkability.65. All of the following are the undesirable consequences of poorly-designed neighborhoods EXCEPT.A. failing healthB. unhealthy lifestyleC. fewer social interactionsD. fewer neighborhoods66. According to Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar, .A. cities should encourage the residents to engage in social interactionsB. the design of our neighborhoods should meet people’s needs for retail densityC. money invested in creating healthy cities is money saved in future healthcare expensesD. chronic diseases will be common because of our lifestyle and the physical environmentSection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. I truly express my respect for Shan and his team for their contributions.B. With regard to cultural heritage restoration, Shan said the museum opened a restoration hospital atthe end of 2016.C. A total of 600 people from all walks of life, including over 100 foreign guests, participated in the activity.D. I will learn more about Chinese culture from the magnificent ancient objects.E. Our design teams often study consumer demands and create cultural items that are nice to look at and practical to use.F. Traditional craftsmanship is combined with modern methods, and the lives of ancient cultural objects will be lengthened by the so-called doctors.Make traditional treasures come aliveThe Palace Museum Director Shan Jixiang delivered a cultural heritage speech on Feb 27 in Beijing, which was co-organized by the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau and Beijing Housing Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions. 67On the theme The World of the Palace Museum and the Palace Museum of the World, the 64-year-old director shared his ideas about how to make traditional treasures come alive again. During the speech, which lasted two and a half hours, Shan touched on topics including upgrading museum infrastructure（基础设施）, restoring cultural sites, digitalizing online museums, setting up restoration hospitals, providing better visitor experiences and promoting the Palace Museum’s cultural items.“The abundant collection of cultural objects at the Palace Museum is the inspiration for the creative souvenirs and cultural items availabl e,” Shan said. “68 ” Throughout 2017, the total sales of Palace Museum’s cultural items have been more than 1 billion yuan ($158million). Explaining the huge success of Palace Museum’s cultural souvenirs, Shan said: “The museum opened a shop on the e-commerce website Taobao in 2008, but sales remained neither high nor low for years, as more than 80 percent of the souvenirs sold in stores in the past were not related to our museum.”“Ther efore, I wanted to change the situation. Now, souvenirs from the Palace Museum cover almost every aspect of life. After all, what matters to a museum is not how many visitors they have, but how close they are to people’s daily lives.”69 Around 200 “doc tor s”are employed to analyze, examine, detect flaws or damage inancient objects and restore them using more than 100 pieces of specialized equipment, including 3-D printers and scanners. The restoration hospital covers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation’s most advanced restoration workshops.John Aquilina, Malta’s ambassador to China said that Shan’s speech showed a totally different Palace Museum to foreign people. “China enjoys a long and profound culture and many of the national treasures have been preserved at the Palace Museum. It is no easy task to preserve them well. 70 ”IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Ban the Bag!Standing in line at the grocery store last week, I watched the woman in front of me buy a tube of toothpaste. As the clerk placed her purchase in a plastic bag, I couldn’t help wondering how long it would take for that bag to end up in the trash. Then I noticed the big purse the woman was carrying and wondered why she had needed a plastic bag at all.People have come to rely on plastic bags as everything from shopping bags for groceries to trash-can bags. Although plastic bags can be recycled, only about one percent of those used in the United States are. Instead, after helping people transport items from one place to another, most are thrown away. They end up in landfills, where it can take a plastic bag up to a thousand years to decay. Some bags end up elsewhere in the environment, sticking to trees and fences, blocking rivers and oceans, or floating along city sidewalks.Plastic bags harm the environment in several ways. First, they break down into particles that pollute our soil and water. Because most plastic bags are made of polyethylene, a product derived from crude oil (原油) or natural gas, they waste nonrenewable resources. Plastic bags can also harm animals. Scientists estimate that more than one million sea animals, including whales, seabirds, and turtles, die each year from intaking or becoming stranded in plastic.People all over the world are starting to recognize the problems associated with plastic bags. Countries such as China, South Africa, Switzerland, and Uganda are taking action and banning the bags. Other nations, including Italy and Ireland, have been trying to restrict the use of plastic bags by taxing them. In the United States more and more communities are ridding themselves of plastic bags. Now more and more people are also purchasing inexpensive, reusable bags and using them when they shop. If we all take this simple step, we can be a part of a “g ree n” revolution.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72．全世界掀起了一股学中文的潮流。

2021年上海市青浦区2017中考二模（下学期期中）英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、单选题1．Which of the following words matches the sound /laif/？A．laugh B．leaf C．life D．live 2．Which of the following underlined parts is different in pronunciation from the others？A．You will be able to read in peace．B．Shall I ask for a larger steak？C．Ice cream is high in fat and sugar．D．Who is weak in spoiling in our class？3．Could you do me________favor and pick up Sam from school today?A．the B．an C．a D．/4．It was reported that a powerful typhoon hit the Phillippines _______________ November, 2013.A．in B．at C．on D．of5．It's amazing that my opinion on the problem is similar ________my teacher’s.A．of B．for C．at D．to6．Some people go to coffee shops to meet friends, __________ may just want to have a cup of nice coffee.A．another B．the other C．others D．the others 7．The football player felt extremely _____________ after they won the game.A．luck B．lucky C．luckily D．unlucky8．I ordered several items of clothing online on Taobao four days ago,but_________have arrived.A．none B．neither C．both D．either9．Get all the things you have packed , _________it’s time to set off for thecamping site.A．or B．but C．and D．so10．Jane is so shy that she won't join our school choir ________she is asked to．A．if B．unless C．because D．when 11．Don’t talk to the elderly like that, John. We respect and be kind to them.A．can B．may C．need D．should 12．Maybe in the near future，students ________at home through the Internet．A．study B．have studied C．is studying D．will study 13．The sportsman suddenly _____________ down while he was running the 1,500-meter race. A．would fall B．fell C．was falling D．had fallen 14．Mr. White always expected his son _______________ an active part in the classes. A．taking B．take C．takes D．to take 15．-I don't I know how to use the latest software. -________________.A．So do I . B．So am I. C．Neither do I. D．Neither am I 16．一________did it take you to prepare this big family meal?—About six hours. A．How long B．How soon C．How often D．How many times 17．People ________to set off fireworks around the center of the city last Spring Festival．A．weren't allowed B．won't be allowed C．will allow D．didn't allow 18．I wonder ________as the advertisement has promised．A．does the air﹣cleaner really work B．the air﹣cleaner really worksC．that the air﹣cleaner really works D．if the air﹣cleaner really works19．–May I have a look at your new iPad mini? –_______________A．Sure, here you are. B．You are welcome.C．Hold on, please. D．I agree with you.20．–Would you like me to help you with the suitcase? –_______________A．Yes, I’d love to.B．That’s very kind of you.C．Sorry, you can’t.D．It’s a pleasure.二、用单词的正确形式完成短文From the 007series to Iron Mail，cool gadgets （装备）like smart watches and high﹣tech glasses impress audiences．Now the21．world is welcoming them．The world of wearable technology is growing22．，and it's planning to lake over．Let's look at some of the gadgets．HeadwearReading on a bus or while you're running often makes you dizzy （头晕）．But with a small device （设备）called Run﹣n﹣Read，you won't have the same feeling23．．You canwear it on your head or your T﹣shirt．It moves the text on the screen of your iPad or other reading device at the same time as your eyes．Though a person standing nearby can see the text jumping up and down，for you the text looks perfectly 24．．Your head moves，but the words don't．Bracelets （手镯）Wearing a sensory （传感的）bracelet can help you find out where you've run，how many calories （卡路里）you've burned，how25．your sleep was，etc．A few companies have already been producing great fitness tracking devices for some time．The FitBit Surge is one of best26．．The Surge has an LED touch display screen，which allows you to control your smartphone and see who is calling or messaging you．It also has eight different sensors and can27．many different sporting activities．ShoesIf you've ever got tired of looking at your smartphone28．for directions when visiting a place，you might want to try Lechal smart shoes．The shoes work by using Bluetooth to connect to a phone app．The shoes direct you by vibrating either the left or right foot to tell you which way you should turn．三、用所给单词的正确形式填空Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子．每空格限填一词）：29．Some parents buy new___for their kids before Christmas．（toy）30．All the classmates took the difficult exam，but only___ of them passed．（fifth）31．Jack watched quite a lot of NBA games，so he thought___a basketball fan．（him）32．The___team from Shanghai will arrive in Yunnan in three days，（medicine）33．He wants to live in a place where he can___clean and fresh air．（breath）34．It is very___of you to lie to the manager about your education background，（honest）35．Nowadays many taxi apps enable people to get around the city more___．（easy）36．Talk to me about what is troubling you．I'll help you to___it．（solution）四、句型转换Rewrite the following sentences as required (根据要求改写句子。

2018年上海市青浦区中考英语二模试卷一、Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共30分）1．（6分）1．2．3．4．5．6．2．（1分）A．A red sweater．B．A green sweater．C．A white sweater．D．A yellow sweater．3．（1分）A．America．B．France．C．Japan．D．Italy．4．（1分）A．By bus．B．By bike．C．On foot．D．By taxi．5．（1分）A．Cool．B．Warm．C．Hot．D．Cold．6．（1分）A．Because she wanted to be healthier．B．Because swimming was fun．C．Because skating was difficult to learn．D．Because she lived in Canada．7．（1分）A．In a cinema．B．In a library．C．In a train．D．In a hospital．8．（1分）A．He will make a phone call to them．B．He will see the movie with them．C．He has seen the movie before．D．He will not meet Jenny tomorrow．9．（1分）A．How to use the four skills．B．The easy way of reading and writing．C．How to learn English faster．D．The importance of practicing English．10．（6分）（1）Betty calls the Helpline because she has a problem with her friend．（2）If Betty wants to get help，she should tell the Helpline who her friend is．（3）Betty and her friend are in different schools，and they keep in touch with each other．（4）This term Betty went to see her friend，but she refused to speak to her．（5）The Helpline asks Betty to write a letter to her friend，or she will probably feel lonely．（6）At last Betty manages to get some advice from the Friendship Helpline．11．（10分）（1）In Denmark （丹麦），the schools set up by parents have to follow courses （课程）．（2）Some of the schools are called "small schools"，but a school must have at least．（3）Many parents of Cooleenbridge School came from Germany，England andof Ireland （爱尔兰）．（4）Cooleenbridge School is also a small school，and it was started 1986．（5）The teachers of the school think the important thing in school is not．二、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当地答案）：（共20分）12．（1分）When it rains，it pours．Which is correct for the underlined part？（）A．[e]B．[i：]C．[aɪ] D．[eɪ]13．（1分）The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself．（）A．the B．an C．a D．/14．（1分）Zhujiajiao，an old town with a history of hundreds of years，lies ____ the west of Shanghai．（）A．on B．in C．to D．among15．（1分）The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．（）A．by B．for C．with D．of16．（1分）It is said that having a glass of water first in the morning is good for ________ health．（）A．we B．us C．our D．ours17．（1分）The teacher told the class that only three students failed the exam，and ________ all passed．（）A．another B．the other C．others D．the others18．（1分）Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza，so she asks her husband to buy some ________．（）A．apple B．butter C．egg D．potato19．（1分）The farmer looks ________，and he even agrees to show the visitors around his private garden．（）A．happily B．nicely C．friendly D．gently20．（1分）After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before．（）A．many B．more C．much D．most21．（1分）We ________ touch or take pictures of these exhibits （展品），for it's against the rules．（）A．wouldn't B．needn't C．mustn't D．may not22．（1分）Mark ________ very hard in the university and was made Chairman of the Students' Union．（）A．studied B．studies C．will study D．are studying23．（1分）The volunteers ________ a lot of waste bottles on the beach by the end of the tourism festival．（）A．will collect B．have collectedC．was collecting D．had collected24．（1分）The old couple ________ not to trust any strangers when they were cheated last time．（）A．are told B．would be toldC．were told D．will be told25．（1分）To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．（）A．to print B．printing C．print D．printed26．（1分）Since it's your first visit to Britain，you'd better ____ something about the British culture．（）A．learn B．learning C．learned D．to learn27．（1分）The kids have never been to such a wonderful amusement park before，______？（）A．don't they B．do they C．haven't they D．have they28．（1分）Your mother will be happier ________ you can help with the housework when you have time．（）A．if B．until C．where D．unless29．（1分）The road sign shows us ________．（）A．how can we get to the International Meeting CenterB．which road leads to the International Meeting CenterC．where is the International Meeting CenterD．what can we do in the International Meeting Center30．（1分）﹣I think we should raise some money for charity．﹣________（）A．What a pity! B．I'm sorry．C．What a surprise! D．That's a good idea．31．（1分）﹣Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？﹣________（）A．No，thanks．B．Neither do I．C．I'm not quite sure．D．That's terrible!三、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）32．（4分）A．kindnessB．hurtC．a huge bag ofD．as well as E．on the first dayIn a small village，the parents of a little boy were very worried about him because of his bad temper （脾气）．The boy used to get angry very easily and（1）others with his words．While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop （2）．Unfortunately，all their attempts failed．Finally，the boy's father came up with an idea．One day，his father gave him （3）nails，asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper．The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said．His anger drove him to hammer 30nails into the fence （4）! Over the nextfew days，the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper．33．（4分）A．pull out B．immediately C．when D．one of E．the sameGradually，the number of nails hammered into the fence was reduced and the day arrived （1）he hammered none!Now，his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger．Several days passed and the boy was able to （2）most of the nails from the fence．The father appreciated him and asked him pointing to （3）the holes，"What do you see there？"The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"He told the boy，"The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered into people．You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence．The fence never looks （4）! It has scares （伤疤）all over! Your bad temper and anger were like that! Use words for good．Use them to show your heart!"四、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词地适当形式完成下列句子．每空格限填一词）：（共8分）34．（1分）Aunt Petty could hardly believe her good when the lost necklace was found．（lucky）35．（1分）If you are interested in history，you may read these books．（France）36．（1分）My brother and I decided to buy a special gift for grandma's birthday．（seventy）37．（1分）Mr．Tailor and his assistants decided to give up the test because of the weather．（change）38．（1分）The of the football team made the fans become even more excited．（arrive）39．（1分）Nowadays more and more young people are eager to go aboard totheir studies．（far）40．（1分）It is for a little boy to finish such a difficult task without any help．（possible）41．（1分）They worked in the lab for a whole week and solved the technical problem．（final）五、Rewrite the following sentences as required（根据要求改写句子．每空格限填一词）（共14分）42．（2分）Both of the two customers offered a high prize for the Chinese painting．（改为否定句）the two customers offered a high prize for the Chinese painting．43．（2分）When the spring came，the young man took his pets out twice a day．（对划线部分提问）did the young man take his pets out when the spring came？44．（2分）It took the astronauts a long time to get ready for the trip to the moon．（保持句意基本不变）The astronauts a long time in ready for the trip to the moon．45．（2分）The boy was very bright．He worked out the crossword in ten minutes．（合并为一句）The boy was bright he worked out the crossword in ten minutes．46．（2分）The editors have held several discussions，but they still can't make a decision．（保持句意基本不变）the editors have held several discussions，still can't make a decision．47．（2分）Their headmaster gave a wonderful speech on the Open Day．（改为感叹句）wonderful speech their headmaster gave on the Open Day! 48．（2分）a flower shop，owns，the town，in the center of，who （连词成句）？六、Reading Comprehension （阅读理解）：（共50分）49．（12分）Beijing World HotelSports ClubYou can do many different sports here to keep healthy．You'll never get bored．Our programme is always working on new ways to keep youstrong and happy．Location：First level，West Wing Building，Beijing World Trade Center Opening Hours：14：00to 21：30hoursGourmetIt is so simple to prepare a great meal for your family or friends now that you can buy the best meat，milk products，wines，breads，cakes and more…all under oneroof．Location：Basement 1，Beijing WorldTrade CenterOpening Hours：19：00to 21：00hoursLost HorizonYou are the star at the Lost Horizon karaoke room．Over 7，000 selections of Chinese，Japanese，Korean and English songs are all for your singingpleasure．Location：Ground Level，West Wing Building，Beijing World Trade CenterOpening Hours：19：00to 01：00hours （Sunday﹣Thursday）；19：00to 03：00hours （Friday﹣Saturday）BrauhausHere we open an excellent German bar．Guests will feel the atmosphere of a bar in Berlin，enjoy real German beers and meals．Nightly live band performance from 21：00hours onwards．Location：Ground level，West WingBuilding，Beijing World Trade CenterOpening Hours：12：00to 03：00hours （Sunday﹣Thursday）；12：00to 05：00hours （Friday﹣Saturday）• For more information，please call service center （85144800）．（1）If you go to Sports Club，you can stay there．A．from 2：00p．m．to 9：30p．m．B．from 2：00a．m．to 9：30a．m．C．from 2：00a．m．to 9：30p．m．D．from 2：00p．m．to 9：30a．m．（2）According to the passage，Gourmet is a place where．A．you can live comfortablyB．you can visit anytime by day or nightC．you can buy something to eatD．you can buy anything you want（3）The underlined word "selections" in the passage possibly means ""．A．wishesB．choicesC．waysD．lists（4）Which of the following statements about Brauhaus is Not true？A．You can enjoy real German beers and meals．B．Guests can enjoy nightly live band performance．C．Guests can feel the atmosphere of a bar in Berlin．D．You can stay there from morning till night．（5）If you want to find a place to sing karaoke，you can go to．A．Sports club．B．Lost Horizon．C．Gourmet．D．Brauhaus．（6）The purpose of this passage is to．A．invite guests to go to the hotelB．introduce ways to enjoy yourselvesC．invite guests to service centerD．introduce the service in the hotel50．（12分）Are you an optimist or a pessimist？Optimists always see the good side of things．Pessimists always expect the worst and see the bad side．The optimist says，"The glass is half﹣full．" The pessimist says，"The glass is half﹣empty．" Dr．Seligman is a scientist whose studies show that optimists are（1）than pessimists．Pessimists suffer from depression （抑郁症）more often than optimists do．Dr．Seligman studied a group of men who had heart attacks．After eight years，most of the optimistic men were still alive，while most of the pessimistic men had （2）another heart attack．Dr．Seligman also says that optimists are more successful．Sportsmen，politicians，and businessmen who have optimistic views of the world tend to （趋于）succeed．Here's the good news：Everyone can learn to be more optimistic．The main way is to （3）the way you talk to yourself．When something bad happens to pessimists，they believe it will affect their whole lives．When something bad happens to optimists，they see it as just one event．They also believe that they can solve the problem，so it won't happen again．Here's a（n）（4）：An optimist and a pessimist take a math test．They are both good students，but both of them fail this test．The pessimist thinks，"I'm probably going to fail every test．I'm never going to learn math．It's too difficult for me．（5）will like me because I'm a terrible student．" The optimist thinks，"It was only one test．I'm a smart student．I know I can do much better next time．" Be kinder to yourself．Be more（6）．Always see the glass as half﹣full!（1）A．happier B．healthier C．smarter D．younger（2）A．got rid of B．worried about C．died from D．waited for （3）A．change B．lose C．choose D．find（4）A．saying B．subject C．experiment D．example（5）A．Everybody B．Anybody C．Somebody D．Nobody（6）A．thankful B．useful C．hopeful D．careful 51．（14分）Liyuan LibraryLiyuan Library （篱苑书屋），known as one of China's most beautiful bookstores，is located in a small hillside village near Beijing．The project，designed by architect Li Xiaodong，was built with 40，000wooden sticks．In the village，Li found large amounts of wooden sticks piled around each house．The villagers gather these sticks all year round to fuel their cooking stoves （炉子）．Thus they decided to use this （1）o material in a special way．"This project is about the relationship of a building to the surroundings and （2）i role （角色）in serving the community （社区），rather than a building as an individual object，" Li told the visitors．In the two﹣and﹣a ﹣half years of the operation，Liyuan Library has experienced unexpected levels of use and appreciation．A new bus （3）s has opened close by for the frequent visits by thousands of people，including local villagers，tourists from the Beijing urban area，and many international visitors as well．"Everybody is（4）f to visit，" explained Li．"However，visitors are encouraged to bring two books to the library，and take one back home from the collection in order to keep the place a center of （5）k exchange．" Instead of adding a new building in the village，they chose this site in the nearby mountains，a pleasant five﹣minute walk from the village center．In doing so，they could （6）p a place for clear thoughts when one takes the effort to head for the reading room．Li described his practice in the following way："We try to （7）m technology，community，local materials，modern thinking and a traditional sense of identity together．"52．（12分）Like most July days，it was hot．I stepped into a coffee shop to drink a cup of coffee．It was a tiny store with little round tables and chairs．As I entered，I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door．Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table﹣top．I sat down facing her two tables away．"Poor woman，" I thought．"What does she get out of life？Why does God let people live so long past their prime（鼎盛时期）？"As I thought，another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her．Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days．They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70years…In minutes the two of them were trembling （颤抖）withlaughter．I looked again at the first woman，then in the mirror on a nearby wall，catching a picture of myself．I was wearing a dirty shirt．She was well dressed in white，gold rings on her fingers．I was in low spirits．She was laughing，smiling．I was putting the pieces of my life together．She had millions of wonderful memories to recall．She was old but it wasn't hurting her．As I left the shop，I thought of my foolish questions about God letting People past their prime．Why，that woman was more alive，more sensitive than I was．Age has not bent her spirit （精神）．（1）The story happened in a coffee shop in July，didn't it？（2）What did the writer think of the first woman when she saw her in the shop？（3）How did the two aged ladies feel when they were talking about their childhood days？（4）What does the underlined sentence "I was putting the pieces of my life together" mean？（5）How did the young writer and the old woman live according to the passage？The old woman lived a life，while the young writer led a life．（6）What did the young writer try to tell us in the story？七、Writing （共20分）53．（20分）Write at least 60words about the topic "My hometown in ten years"．（以"十年后地家乡"为题，写一篇短文，不少于60词，标点符号不占格．）提示：十年后，你希望家乡会有哪些变化？是希望她地交通更为便捷，还是希望她成为一个山清水净地现代化田园？请展开你地想象，围绕一个中心简单描述一下．（注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分．）2018年上海市青浦区中考英语二模试卷参考答案与试题解析一、Listening Comprehension （听力理解）（共30分）1．（6分）1．略2．略3．略4．略5．略6．略【分析】略【解答】略2．（1分）A．A red sweater．B．A green sweater．C．A white sweater．D．A yellow sweater．【分析】略【解答】略3．（1分）A．America．B．France．C．Japan．D．Italy．【分析】略【解答】略4．（1分）A．By bus．B．By bike．C．On foot．D．By taxi．【分析】略【解答】略5．（1分）A．Cool．B．Warm．C．Hot．D．Cold．【分析】略【解答】略6．（1分）A．Because she wanted to be healthier．B．Because swimming was fun．C．Because skating was difficult to learn．D．Because she lived in Canada．【分析】略【解答】略7．（1分）A．In a cinema．B．In a library．C．In a train．D．In a hospital．【分析】略【解答】略8．（1分）A．He will make a phone call to them．B．He will see the movie with them．C．He has seen the movie before．D．He will not meet Jenny tomorrow．【分析】略【解答】略9．（1分）A．How to use the four skills．B．The easy way of reading and writing．C．How to learn English faster．D．The importance of practicing English．【分析】略【解答】略10．（6分）（1）Betty calls the Helpline because she has a problem with her friend．略（2）If Betty wants to get help，she should tell the Helpline who her friend is．略（3）Betty and her friend are in different schools，and they keep in touch with each other．略（4）This term Betty went to see her friend，but she refused to speak to her．略（5）The Helpline asks Betty to write a letter to her friend，or she will probably feel lonely．略（6）At last Betty manages to get some advice from the Friendship Helpline．略【分析】略【解答】略11．（10分）（1）In Denmark （丹麦），the schools set up by parents have to follow 略略courses （课程）．（2）Some of the schools are called "small schools"，but a school must have at least略略．（3）Many parents of Cooleenbridge School came from Germany，England and略略of Ireland （爱尔兰）．（4）Cooleenbridge School is also a small school，and it was started略略1986．（5）The teachers of the school think the important thing in school is略not 略．【分析】略【解答】略二、Choose the best answer （选择最恰当地答案）：（共20分）12．（1分）When it rains，it pours．Which is correct for the underlined part？（）A．[e]B．[i：]C．[aɪ] D．[eɪ]【分析】哪一个是划线部分地发音？【解答】划线单词是rain，rain地音标是[reɪn]，因此可知划线部分地音标是[eɪ]，故选：D．13．（1分）The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself．（）A．the B．an C．a D．/【分析】客人们被告知公寓里地家具是由主人自己设计地．【解答】根据The guests are told that the furniture in the flat is designed by ______ owner himself可知这里特指公寓地主人，这里用定冠词the．故选：A．14．（1分）Zhujiajiao，an old town with a history of hundreds of years，lies ____ the west of Shanghai．（）A．on B．in C．to D．among【分析】朱家角，一个有着几百年历史地古城，位于上海西部．【解答】on在..上面；in在…里面；to 紧挨着，不属于范围内；among在..之中；此题根据语境在上海西部，朱佳娇属于上海地一部分，应该用in，在西部是in the west．B故选：B．15．（1分）The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．（）A．by B．for C．with D．of【分析】旅行者经过老奶奶家时要了些水．【解答】根据The traveler asked ________ some water when he passed Granny Li's house．可知旅行者经过老奶奶家时要了些水．这里ask for表示要…故选：B．16．（1分）It is said that having a glass of water first in the morning is good for ________ health．（）A．we B．us C．our D．ours【分析】据说早晨喝一杯水对我们地健康有好处．【解答】根据语境推测句意是"据说早晨喝一杯水对我们地健康有好处．"，设空处后面有名词，所以用形容词性物主代词作定语．故选：C．17．（1分）The teacher told the class that only three students failed the exam，and ________ all passed．（）A．another B．the other C．others D．the others【分析】老师告诉同学们只有三个同学考试不及格，其他人都通过了．【解答】首先明确选项中出现地单词地意思和用法：another"另一个"（三者或三者以上中地另一个）；the other"其他地/两者中地另一个"；others"其他人"（是一个代词）；the others其他人（固定范围之内地其他人）．根据题干结合推测设空处句子地句意是"老师告诉同学们只有三个同学考试不及格，其他人都通过了．"，此处指地是固定范围内地其他人．18．（1分）Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza，so she asks her husband to buy some ________．（）A．apple B．butter C．egg D．potato【分析】布莱克太太想做一些披萨，所以她要求他地丈夫买一些黄油．【解答】首先明确选项中每个单词意思，A：苹果（可数名词）；B：黄油（不可数名词）；C：鸡蛋（可数名词）；D：土豆（可数名词）；根据题干结合Mrs．Black wants to make some pizza推测设空处句子地句意是"布莱克太太想做一些披萨，所以她要求他地丈夫买一些黄油．"，由于some后面跟不可数名词或可数名词复数形式，所以句子中缺少" 黄油"一词．故选：B．19．（1分）The farmer looks ________，and he even agrees to show the visitors around his private garden．（）A．happily B．nicely C．friendly D．gently【分析】那个农民看上去很友好，他甚至同意带游客们参观他地私人花园．【解答】首先明确选项中每个单词意思，A：高兴地（副词）；B：漂亮地（副词）；C：友好地（形容词）；D：温柔地（形容词）；根据题干结合推测设空处句子地句意是"那个农民看上去很友好，他甚至同意带游客们参观他地私人花园．"，由此判断句子中缺少" 友好地"一词．故选：C．20．（1分）After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before．（）A．many B．more C．much D．most【分析】重建后，露天博物馆变得比以前更吸引人了．【解答】根据After being rebuilt，the open﹣air museum became ________ attractive than before，可知这里than用于比较级，而attractive比较级需要加more．21．（1分）We ________ touch or take pictures of these exhibits （展品），for it's against the rules．（）A．wouldn't B．needn't C．mustn't D．may not【分析】我们不可以触摸展品或者是给那些展品拍照，因为这是违反规则地．【解答】结合选项可知本题考查情态动词，首先明确选项中每个单词地意思：A 将不会；B：不必；C：不可以；D：可能不；结合题干推测句意是"我们不可以触摸展品或者是给那些展品拍照，因为这是违反规则地．"，所以mustn't 符合句意，故选：C．22．（1分）Mark ________ very hard in the university and was made Chairman of the Students' Union．（）A．studied B．studies C．will study D．are studying【分析】马克在大学里学习很努力而且被选为学生会地主席．【解答】根据句意"马克在大学里学习很努力而且被选为学生会地主席．"以及后半句"was made Chairman of the Students' Union．"可知要用一般过去时．A是一般过去，B是一般现在时，C是一般将来时．D是现在进行时．故选：A．23．（1分）The volunteers ________ a lot of waste bottles on the beach by the end of the tourism festival．（）A．will collect B．have collectedC．was collecting D．had collected【分析】旅游节结束时，志愿者们在海滩上收集了大量地废瓶子．【解答】根据句意"旅游节结束时，志愿者们在海滩上收集了大量地废瓶子．"以及句中地时间状语by the end of the tourism festival 可知要用过去完成时．A一般将来时．B是现在完成时．C是过去进行时．D是过去完成时．故选：D．24．（1分）The old couple ________ not to trust any strangers when they were cheated last time．（）A．are told B．would be toldC．were told D．will be told【分析】当这对老夫妇上次被骗时，他们被告知不要相信任何陌生人．【解答】根据时间状语为when they were cheated last time．故确定主句地时态为一般过去时态，主语the old couple是谓语动词tell地承受者二者形成被动关系，故确定为被动语态，故主句地谓语动词为一般过去时态地被动语态，其结构为was/were+过去分词，couple表示"一对夫妻"时，它若用作主语，谓语动词用复数，故填入were told．故选：C．25．（1分）To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．（）A．to print B．printing C．print D．printed【分析】为了节省时间，许多航空公司现在允许乘客在网上打印登机牌．【解答】根据To save time，many airlines now allow passengers ________ their boarding passes online．可知句子考查allow sb to do sth表示允许某人做某事．故选：A．26．（1分）Since it's your first visit to Britain，you'd better ____ something about the British culture．（）A．learn B．learning C．learned D．to learn【分析】因为这是你第一次来英国，你最好了解一下英国文化．【解答】根据you'd better ____ something about the British culture，可知这里考查had better do sth表示最好做某事．故选：A．27．（1分）The kids have never been to such a wonderful amusement park before，______？（）A．don't they B．do they C．haven't they D．have they【分析】孩子们从来没有去过这么好地游乐园，是吗？【解答】根据句意"孩子们从来没有去过这么好地游乐园，是吗？"可知，要用一般现在时，需要添加助动词have，前面有never，是否定句，后面要用肯定形式．故选：D．28．（1分）Your mother will be happier ________ you can help with the housework when you have time．（）A．if B．until C．where D．unless【分析】如果你有时间地话帮助做家务，你地母亲会更高兴地．【解答】if如果；until直到；where在哪里；unless除非；此题根据句意"如果你有时间地话帮助做家务，你地母亲会更高兴地．"如果是if，引导条件状语从句；故选：A．29．（1分）The road sign shows us ________．（）A．how can we get to the International Meeting CenterB．which road leads to the International Meeting CenterC．where is the International Meeting CenterD．what can we do in the International Meeting Center【分析】这个路标向我们表明哪条路是通向国际会议中心地．【解答】根据问句，可知是含有宾语从句地复合句，宾语从句要用陈述语序，故可排除ACD．故选：B．30．（1分）﹣I think we should raise some money for charity．﹣________（）A．What a pity! B．I'm sorry．C．What a surprise! D．That's a good idea．【分析】我认为我们应该为慈善事业筹集一些钱．这是个好主意．【解答】考查情境对话．A．What a pity!真遗憾．B．I'm sorry．对不起；C．What a surprise!太令人惊讶了．D．That's a good idea．这是个好主意．根据题干I think we should raise some money for charity．可知应说这是个好主意．故选：D．31．（1分）﹣Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？﹣________（）A．No，thanks．B．Neither do I．C．I'm not quite sure．D．That's terrible!【分析】你知道下一班开往北京地火车什么时候开吗？我不太确定．【解答】考查情境对话．A．No，thanks．不，谢谢；B．Neither do I．我也是；C．I'm not quite sure．我不太确定．D．That's terrible那太糟糕了．根据题干Do you know when the next train leaves for Beijing？可知应说我不太确定．故选：C．三、Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once（将下列单词或词组填入空格．每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）32．（4分）A．kindnessB．hurtC．a huge bag ofD．as well as E．on the first dayIn a small village，the parents of a little boy were very worried about him because of his bad temper （脾气）．The boy used to get angry very easily and（1）B others with his words．While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop （2）A．Unfortunately，all their attempts failed．Finally，the boy's father came up with an idea．One day，his father gave him （3）C nails，asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper．The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said．His anger drove him to hammer 30nails into the fence （4）E! Over the next few days，the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper．【分析】这是一篇人生感悟类阅读，主要介绍一个小男孩地父母很担心他地坏脾气，尝试各种方法让他改变．但是都失败了．后来他父亲让他每发一次脾气就在篱笆上定个钉子．后来小男孩发现很难把钉子钉进篱笆，于是决定控制他地脾气．【解答】1．B．考查动词．句意"这个男孩过去很容易生气，用他地话_别人．"．根据下一句While he forgot what he spoke in anger，his friends and neighbours avoided him．当他忘记了他愤怒地话语时，他地朋友和邻居避开了他．及所给单词，可知，应该是"伤害"．used to do sth过去常常做某事．用动词原形hurt．选B．2．A．考查名词．句意"他地母亲和父亲尝试了很多方法来让他发泄怒气，发展__．"．根据所给单词，可知，父母当然是希望他"善良"．填名词kindness．选A．3．C．考查搭配．句意"一天，他父亲给了他___钉子，叫他每次发脾气时都要把钉子钉在篱笆上．"．根据所给单词可知，应该是"一大包"．a huge bag of修饰名词复数nails钉子．选C．4．E．考查介词短语．句意"他地怒火驱使他第__在篱笆上钉了30颗钉子．"．根据下一句Over the next few days在接下来地几天．及所给单词，可知，应该是on the first day"第一天"．选E．33．（4分）A．pull out B．immediately C．when D．one of E．the sameGradually，the number of nails hammered into the fence was reduced and the day arrived （1）C he hammered none!Now，his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger．Several days passed and the boy was able to （2）A most of the nails from the fence．The father appreciated him and asked him pointing to （3）D the holes，"What do you see there？"The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"He told the boy，"The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered into people．You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence．The fence never looks （4）E! It has scares （伤疤）all over! Your bad temper and anger were like that! Use words for good．Use them to show your heart!"【分析】这是一篇人生感悟类阅读，主要介绍父亲让儿子每次能控制自己地脾气时，就从篱笆上拔下一个钉子．并告诉他，钉子就是坏脾气，篱笆就是别人．你地坏脾气会伤害到别人．因此我们应该用好地语言进行表达．【解答】1．C．考查连词．句意"渐渐地，敲进栅栏地钉子地数量减少了，并且没有钉子被敲进栅栏地这一天到来了．"．根据所给单词，可知，这里用when 引导时间状语从句．选C．2．A．考查动词短语．句意"几天过去了，男孩能从篱笆上__大部分钉子．"．根据所给单词，可知，应该是"拔出"．不定式to后用动词原形pull．选A．3．D．考查搭配．句意"父亲感激他，指着__洞问他："你看到了什么？""．根据下一句The boy replied，"A hole in the fence!"男孩回答说："篱笆上有个洞！"．及所给单词，可知，应该是"其中之一"．one of"…之一"．后跟名词复数．选D．4．E．考查搭配．句意"篱笆看起来绝不__"．根据上一句You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence你可以去掉钉子，但仍能看到篱笆上地洞．可知，受过伤，肯定与之前不相同，应该是the same相同．选E．四、Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms （用括号中所给单词地适当形式完成下列句子．每空格限填一词）：（共8分）34．（1分）Aunt Petty could hardly believe her good luck when the lost necklace was found．（lucky）【分析】当丢失地项链被发现时，佩蒂姨妈简直不敢相信她地好运．【解答】根据该空处在句中作宾语，故填入名词，所给词lucky为形容词意为"幸运地"，其对应地名词为luck"运气"，为不可数名词只有单数形式．故答案为：luck．35．（1分）If you are interested in French history，you may read these books．（France）。

青浦区2017学年第一学期高三年级期终学业质量调研测试英语学科试卷Q2017.12(时间120分钟，满分140分）考生注意：1.本试卷共13页。

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I. Listening Comprehension Section ADirections: 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. Much traffic. B. Inconvenient location.C. Living in town.D. Expensive vehicles.2. A. 5 pounds. B. 7 pounds.C. 8 pounds.D. 10 pounds.3. A. In a shopping mall. B. In a car showroom.C. At a car repair shop.D. At a parking lot.4. A. Whether the man has attended the conference.B. Whether the conference is successful.C. Whether the photos are ready.D. Whether the quality of the pictures is good.5. A. It is looked down upon. B. The room prices have dropped.C. The rooms are beyond the beach.D. It is over-crowded.6. A. Most people killed in traffic accidents are heavy drinkers.B. Innocent people are unlikely to be drunk drivers.C. Drivers run high risk of losing lives.D. The danger of drunk driving deserves much attention.7. A. Stay in bed. B. Go to a clinic.C. Buy some medicine.D. Go to a drugstore.8. A. Surfing the net. B. Watching a TV programme.C. Looking for a fashion site.D. Making a new dress.9. A. She liked the poor children on TV.B. She worked for the Hope Project.C. She felt obliged to donate.D. She hoped to be a millionaire.10. A. The man should consult his dancing teacher.B. The man should take other interesting courses.C. The man should continue his dancing class.D. The man should improve his dancing skills first.Section BDirections: In Section B，you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. It can cultivate their love for music.C. It can control their shopping habits.B. It can reduce work pressure.D. It can encourage job creation.12. A. Fast music. B. Slow music. C. Rock music. D. Relating music.13. A. Background music has no effect.C. Muzak is a music supplier.B. Milliam experimented on traffic flow.D .Background music makes a difference.14. A. They support human life. B. They cure human diseases.C. They estimate species.D. They stop plant extinction.15. A. Polluting the environment. B. Destroying wildlife habitat.C. Organizing activities.D. Introducing new species16. A. To analyze the main causes of the disappearing of wildlife.B. To appeal to people to protect wildlife.C. To emphasize the importance of the earth.D. To describe different ways to stop pollution.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. She goes jogging. B. She exercises in the gym.C. She exercises at home.D. She goes swimming.18. A. Because she can’t fall asleep at night.C. Because of the weather condition.B. Because she can’t get up in the morning.D. Because of her tight schedule.20. A. How the woman stays healthy.C. How the woman loses weight.B. How the woman has a balanced diet.D. How the woman changes habits.19. A. Vegetables. B. Meat. C. Fish. D. Cakes.II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the 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.Rescue in the RapidsON A BREEZY Saturday in April 2014, former police officer Kevin O’Connor and his son, Ryan, were standing in a park near the Fox River in Geneva, Illinois. As Kevin gazed at the river, he caught sight of several people on the bank (21)_________(motion) toward the water. When he looked in that direction, he noticed a bright red boat turning in a spinning circle in the stormy water at the base of the Geneva Dam，300 feet away.Kevin assumed the person on the boat (22) _________ (jump) out of it. “Then I heard a warning signal with a loud sound,” says Kevin, now 42. “That’s (23) _________I realized somebody was in trouble.”He couldn’t see anyone in the river, (24) _________he sped toward the bank and dashed into thefreezing water. About 150 feet from shore, he spied an object moving downriver. “I thought it was a life jacket,” he says. “When I caught up to it, I realized it (25) _________ (attach) to a person.”Now in water up to his neck, Kevin grabbed the man, (26) _________was floating on his back unconscious, under both armpits and held his head above the surface. Kevin struck the man’s chest again and again. After five hits, the man coughed up water and began speaking incoherently. Just back to life, the man was still weak. Battling the current, Kevin sidestepped his way (27) _________the shoreline, repeatedly digging his shoes into the river’s rocky bottom. When he reached the bank, someone jumped into the river and helped Kevin lift the 200-pound drowning man over a six-foot brick retaining wall to waiting doctors, who took him away in an ambulance. The man recovered, but a friend who was boating with him died after being trapped underwater near the dam.Kevin pulled (28) _________up to sit on the shore beside Ryan, who had followed his father’s path down the river. “When I caught my breath, I realized I saved someone’s life, which is what I (29)_________do.” Kevin says.In December 2015, Kevin received an award from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. “Lots of honour-receivers lost their lives saving someone,” he says. “(30) _________ (put) in the same category is very humbling.”Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. coversB. processC. accomplishD. grandE. consumeF. physicsG. consistently H. spare I. overcomes J. continue K. especiallyHow to Stick to Good Habits by Using the “2-Minute Rule”Most of the tasks that you procrastinate on (that is to say, you postpone doing what you should be doing,) aren’t actually difficult to do — you have the talent and skills to _____31____ them- you just avoid starting them for one reason or another. The 2-Minute Rule ____32_____ procrastination and laziness by making it so easy to start taking act ion that you can’t say no. It might sound like this strategy is too basic for your ____33_____ life goals, but I beg to differ. It works for any goal because of one simple reason: the_____34____of real life.As Sir Isaac Newton taught us a long time ago, objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects in motion tend to stay in motion. This is just as true for humans as it is for falling apples. Once you startdoing something, it，s easier to ___35______ doing it. I love the 2-Minute Rule because it takes up the idea that all sorts of good things happen once you get started.The most important part of any new habit is getting started — not just the first time, but each time. It’s not about performance, it’s about ____36_____ taking action. In many ways, getting started is more important than succeeding. This is ____37_____ true in- the beginning because there will be plenty of time to improve your performance later on. The 2-Minute Rule isn’t about the results you achieve, but rather about the _____38____ of actually doing the work. I can，t guarantee whether or not the 2-Minute Rule will work for you. But, I can guarantee that it will never work if you never try it.The problem with most articles you read, podcasts you listen to, or videos you watch is that you____39_____ the information but never put it into practice. I want this article to be different. I want you to actually use this information, right now. What’s something you can do that will take you less than two minutes? Do it right now. Anyone can ____40_____ the next 120 seconds. Use this time to get one thing done.Go.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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 word or phrase that best fits the context.Travel, a home coming tourIn the UK travel is an enriching life experience that will make your resume stand out amongst other applicants. Travel is not simply a pursuit of___41___ but also “character-building”，“defining” and potentially “career-boosting”.Most of the people I know here at university ___42__ the desire to travel and escape the stress surrounding us. But I don’t think, as UK students, we can blame our addiction to international travel simply on a stressful life. Yes, I have a lot to handle and it’s a fine___43___ act managing my part-time job, my degree and my social life to a perfect level. In a truly open world, we can get anywhere, see anything and experience every culture under the sun, at the click of a button, the purchase of a ___44____Many people I met while working in China were surprised at the number of countries I’d t ravelled to. Compared to friends and family I consider myself vastly ___45___. I’ve never set foot across the pond in the U.S.A and Canada, let alone South America and even within Europe my checklist of destinations is far from____46___. I was also met by___47___at how little travelling I had done within my own borders. This was something I had not really considered before. How much of my own country had I really seen and experienced? To those from a place as vast and varied as China, Britain was really so ___48___in comparison and so to have spent 20 years there and not seen every part of it was quitesurprising.I had a conversation with a Chinese colleague over the reasoning behind our use of golden Cotswold stone, which sounds dull for most people. As a student of history, I found anything___49____fascinating. However it was not the stone within British cities I found interesting. What was curious was that it was something I had never even considered, and yet here was someone___50____on something I had simply taken for granted.We continued our discussion, yet I was left___51___that I could not answer her question. In China, as well as a wealth of new culture that fascinated me, I discovered that there were parts of the UK’s culture, history, the very structure of my identity that were so different, so unique from China that I also___52____a newly found interest in my own heritage.In this respect, travelling enables you with two things. Firstly you develop a(n) ___53___with new cultures, understanding customs, experiencing cuisines and absorbing the sights and smells of every new city. For many employers this___54___to new locations is seen as tremendous in your personal resume. But alongside increased employability, through international, cross-cultural conversations, you develop an interest in your own history, culture, and customs. You return to your home___55___ an understanding of other people’s fascination with it and your own sense of love for its peculiarities.41. A. leisure B. wealth C. company D. personality42. A. question B. refuse C. detect D. experience43. A. balancing B. forcing C. judging D. disturbing44. A. course B. stamp C. diploma D. ticket45. A. under-stuffed B. under-travelledC. under-usedD. under-expanded46. A. official B. vacant C. complete D. accurate47. A. excitement B. hatred C. astonishment D. disgust48. A .young B. beautiful C. remote D. small49. A. historical B. dramatic C. religious D. perfect50. A. piled B. hooked C. relied D. carried51. A. exhausted B. embarrassed C. puzzled D. convinced52. A. exchanged B. lost C. gained D. traded53. A. observation B. resolution C. fascination D. illustration54. A. relation B. preference C. agreement D. adaptability55. A. objecting to B. filled with C. bothered by D. searching forSection 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 onethat fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read.(A)The Christmas of 1988, my husband and I had four children. Peter was eleven, Leigh-Ann nine, Laura six and Matthew only two. When Santa arrived, Mat thew parked himself on Santa’s lap and remained impressed greatly by him for the rest of the evening. Anyone who had their picture taken with Santa that Christmas also had their picture taken with little Matthew.Little did any of us know how precious those photos with Santa and Matthew would become. Five days after Christmas, our sweet little Matthew died in an accident. When our first Christmas without Matthew approached, it was hard for us to get into the holiday spirit.Then, on December 13, we were just finishing dinner when we heard a knock on the front door. When we went to answer it, no one was there. On the front porch was a card and gift. The gift-giver just wanted to help us get through a rough time by cheering us up with his or her name unknown, like a fairy.In the gift bag was a cassette of favorite Christmas music, which was in a little cardboard Christmas tree. We put the cassette in our player and, song by song, the spirit of Christmas began to warm ourhearts, and the thoughtfulness of our “fairy，touched our hearts.That was the beginning of a series of gifts from the clever giver, one for each day until Christmas. Each gift followed the theme of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” in a creative way. The kids especially liked “seven swans a-swimm ing,” which was a basket of swan-shaped soaps plus passes to the local swimming pool. “Eight maids a-milking” included eight bottles of chocolate milk in glass bottles with paper faces. Every day was something very special.The ingenuity and thoughtfulness shocked us as we enjoyed each surprise. We were so caught up in the excitement and curiosity of what would possibly come next, that our grief didn’t have much of a chance to rob us of the spirit of Christmas. What our fairy did was absolutely miraculous.We give thanks for our fairy who was, we finally realized, our very own Christmas angel. We never did find out who it was, although we have our guess. We actually prefer to keep it that way.56. The photos taken with little Mathew became valued becauseA. Mathew is the youngest child of our familyB. they are the photos taken on Christmas EveC. Mathew seated himself on Santa’s legsD. we lost Mathew five days after the Christmas of 198857. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. “Seven Swans a-swimming” was a soap with swans coined.B. We received 12 gifts before the very first Christmas without Mathew.C. We were still in no mood for preparing for Christmas with a cassette.D. It was Santa who secretly sent us the unexpected gifts.58. The phrase “ingenuity” (paragraph 6) can be best replaced by “ ”A. delicacyB. responsibilityC. originalityD. attraction59. Which of the following serves as the best title for the passage?A. Mathew’s Present.B. An Angel among Us.C. Christmas Day.D. Five Golden Rings.(B)A Language Programme for TeenagersWelcome to Teenagers Abroad! We invite you to join us on an amazing journey of language learning. Our CoursesRegardless of your choice of course, you’ll develop your language ability both quickly and effectively. Our Standard Course guarantees a significant increase in your confidence in a foreign language, with focused teaching in all 4 skill areas — speaking, listening, reading and writing.Our Intensive Course builds on our Standard Course, with 10 additional lessons per week, guaranteeing the fastest possible language learning (see table below).EvaluationStudents are placed into classes according to their current language skills. 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Snacks outside of mealtimes may be purchased by the student individually.We ask that you let us know of any dietary requirements as well as information about any medicines you take. Depending on the type of dietary requirements, an extra charge may be made for providing special food.60. When can a student attend Standard Course?A.13:00-14:30 Monday.B. 13:00-14:30 Friday.C.9:00-12:30 Tuesday.D. 9:00-12:30 Saturday.61. With the full package, the programme organizer is supposed to .A. inform students of their full flight detailB. look after students throughout the programmeC. offer students free medical careD. collect students，luggage in advance62. Which of the following may require an extra payment?A. Cooked dinnerB. Mealtime dessert.C. Packed lunchD. Special diet.(C)I plan to remember this year’s vacation season with just two words: NEVER AGAIN. Never again, that is, will I take all my technology along. The Internet has ruined summer vacations.Instead of reading dog-eared summerhouse mystery novels, this year we browsed the Internet. Instead of long evenings of crossword puzzles or board games, we checked our Twitter feeds andupdated our Facebook pages. And that, of course, is the problem with the Internet: It，s so easy that,unless you’re equipped with massive self-control, you use it if it’s there.For several years, I kept my Internet addiction under control by using inconvenient technology: a laptop which is old and not in good condition and a slow dial-up connection. But this year, the combination of a new iPad and very good Wi-Fi turned out to be fatal. The magical iPad signaled silently from the picnic table: What harm could it be to give the e-mail a quick check? But once that attractive touch screen lights up, who can resist?I’m not the first to get lost across this problem, of course. I，m a late adopter. As early as 2008,Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, was warning that broadband Internet was reducing our attention spans and making us stupid. The Web, he said,encourages us to get stuck into our “natural state of distractedness.” Even before that, in 2000，Harvard’s Robert Putnam warned that television 一 and, more broadly, staring into any kind of screen — had reduced the amount of time families spent in social interactions. And last year, researchers at UC-Irvine reported that employees who were unplugged from their e-mail got more work done 一 andexperienced far less stress.Access to the Web is unquestionably a wonderful thing. I love having a bottomless library at my fingertips; I love having the world’s newspapers on my electronic doorstep. I love being able to pay bills and make airplane reservations online. And, thanks to those ugly cell phone towers in the woods, we now have a way to call f or help if we need an ambulance or a fire truck. It’s also nice to have an app thatidentifies the constellations (星座）when you hold the iPad up to the night sky. But then, you have toremember to put the screen down and simply drink in the stars — the original, uncut version.And that’s the point: It’s important not to let the convenience of the Internet get in the way of simpler beauties. It，s our fault instead of the Internet, for failing to control the urge to browse. Myproblem is learning how to limit the time I spend on it. So now I have one more thing to look forward to next summer: More time reading old novels; more time playing crossword puzzles and chasing frogs. Next year, I promise to unplug. Except, of course, when we need to find a new bike trail, or Google a recipe for wild blueberry pie.63. Throughout the passage, what evidence does the author provide to support the claims he makes in paragraph 2?A. Scientific studies and statistics about Internet use.B. Historical facts regarding the effects of television and the Internet.C. Personal accounts and opinions of those who have studied the Internet.D. Results of opinion polls about Internet use.64. According to the passage, how does the writer keep himself from getting addicted to the Internet?A. By using outdated laptops with poor Internet access.B. By only giving the e-mail a quick look.C. By keeping the electronic devices out of reach.D. By accessing new iPad and good Wi-Fi.65. In the article, UC-Irvine research functions as .A. a personal account that illustrates an idea about social lifeB. a restatement of the author’s main argumentC. historical context to allow the reader to understand the article’s settingD. evidence to support a point made by Nicolas Carr66. Which of the following statement will the author probably agree to?A. people should not rely simply on the Internet to provide them with news and other informationB. people can have meaningful vacations only if they leave all electronic devices at homeC. although the Internet is often useful, it can become addictive and prevent human interactionD. even though there are some good things about the Internet, overall it has affected civilization for the worseSection CDirections: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. Watling Street’s origins are lost in prehistory.B. But Shakespeare can still be connected to the road.C. In fact, it is hard to find a character from the British imagination who cannot be linked toWatling Street in some way.D. It is one of the few permanent fixtures of this island and one of the first lines on the map.E. Here characters including Sherlock Holmes and Batman have been brought to life.F. It is Watling Street — and there is no road in the English-speaking world more steeped instories.The road that led to 1,000 storiesIn his new book Watling Street, John Higgs explores one of Britain’s oldest roads — and how it inspired countless stories, from the Canterbury Tales to Great Expectations to Star Wars.Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, written in the late 14th Century, tells the story of a group of medieval pi lgrims travelling from London to Canterbury. Six hundred years later, the Star Wars movies were filmed on the same road.67 .We now think of Watling Street as the A2 and the A5 motorways, which run across Britain from Anglesey in north-west Wales to Dover in south-east England in a way that joins two opposite sides at an angle. But the road has existed throughout all of British history. 68 . It has been a Neolithic (新石器时代的）pathway, a Roman road, one of the four medieval (中世纪的）royal highways, a main road in the age of coach travel and a road today usually withtraffic jams.It is a place that reflects its own history, always being rewritten. 69 . James Bond drives along the road in Ian Fleming’s novel Moonraker. Doctor Who appears suddenly a t different points along it in different historical eras. It is part of Robin Hood’s plans in the medieval narrative poem A Little Geste of Robin Hood and his Meiny. Miss Havisham’s decaying Gothic house in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is based on R estoration House in Rochester, which stands just yards from Watling Street. In the 12th-Century Histories of the Kings of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth tells how a young Merlin released the dragons that caused King V ortigem’s tower to fall. This was at Dinas Emrys in Snowdonia, on the route of the original, pre-Roman road through Wales.For many years it was believed that William Shakespeare wrote a play called The Widow of Watling Street', it was included in early collections of his work. It is now thought that the real author of that play was Thomas Middleton.70 .Before the Romans bridged the Thames, the original route of Watling Street crossed the river where Westminster Palace now stands. The route would have run close to where Shakespeare’s Glob e Theatre in Southwark later stood.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Reading the world in 195 boobsIn 2012, I set myself the challenge of trying to read a book from every country of all 195 UN- recognized states in a year. With no idea how to find publications, I decided to ask the planet’s readers for help. I created a blog called A Year of Reading the World and put out an appeal for suggestions of titles that I could read in English.The response was amazing. Before I knew it, people all over the planet were getting in touch with ideas and offers of help. Some posted me books. Others did hours of research on my behalf. In addition, several writers, like Turkmenistan’s Ak Welsapar and Panama’s Juan David Morgan, sent me unpublished translations of their novels. Even with such an extraordinary team behind me, however, sourcing books was no easy task.But th e effort was worth it. As I made my way through the planet’s literary landscapes, extraordinary things started to happen. Far from simply armchair travelling, I found I was inhabiting the mental space of the storytellers. I discovered, book packing offered something that a physical traveller could hope to experience only rarely: it took me inside the thoughts of individuals living far away and showed me the world through their eyes. More powerful than a thousand news reports, these stories not only opened my mind to basic information of life in other places, but opened my heart to the way people there might feel. And that in turn changed my thinking. Through reading the stories shared with me by bookish strangers around the globe, I realized I was not an isolated person, but part of a network that stretched all over the planet.One by one, the country names on the list that had begun as an intellectual exercise transformedinto places filled with laughter, love, anger, hope and fear. Lands that had once seemed foreign and remote became close and familiar to me — places I could identify with. At its best, I learned, fiction makes the world real.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72.这位专家应对变化的能力令人赞不绝口。