上海版高中英语必修1高一期中试卷

牛津上海版高一上学期英语期中考试试卷(考试时间：120分钟满分：150)听力（略）I Grammar and VocabularyDirections: 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.21.―I have to leave now.―Must you? I you could stay and have dinner with us.A.thinkB. thoughtC. have thoughtD. am thinking22. He then shut himself up in the room, nobody come near him, and got ready to work alone.A. lettingB. to letC. letD. being let23. When Mohammed, a friend of mine from the Middle East, first went to the United Kingdom to attend the university，he ______ with women in the same class before．A. had never studiedB. would never studyC. has never studiedD. did not study24．So far millions of pounds’ worth of damage ______ by a storm which swept across the north of England last night．A. has been caused B. had been causedC. will be causedD. will have been caused25．Enjoy your time in the sun；it ______ last long before the storm rolls in．A. won’tB. isn’tC. didn’tD. doesn’t26．By his very success，Webber ______ that there is an eager，enthusiastic public that will support large-scale works of musical theatre．A. will have been provenB. had provenC. will have provenD. has proven27．They brought about ______ impossible-navigating a ship carrying human beings to the moon for a landing，and then back．A. what was regardedB. what had been regardedC. what was thoughtD. what had been thought28．Although there is more female participation in IT workforce，______ a significant imbalance of male and female senior positions．A. it remainsB. there remainsC. there remaining D．that remains29．I ______ to go to Hawaii today，but when the fortune-teller warned me not to travel，I postponed the trip．A. was intendingB. was intendedC. would intendD. had intended30．I spite of growing popularity，he doesn’t seem ______ the public appearances that are requested of him．A. that he enjoysB. enjoyingC. to enjoyD. enjoy31．Along with enthusiasm for composing music ______ his devotion to cultivating young people passionate about music．A. come B. comes C. coming D. to come32．The 1920s ushered in the era of the motor car，thus greatly ______ the amount of time it took people to travel to work．A. reducedB. being reducedC. to reduceD. reducing33．The large orchestra was very ______ by Arturo Toscanini，who received enthusiastic applause from the audience．This was truly a concert ______．A. well conducted；to rememberB. well conducting; rememberedC. well conducted；rememberingD. well conducting; remembering34．An overwhelming majority of people ______ －91 percent-hold the opposite point of view that peace can only be achieved through dialogue．A. surveyedB. surveyingC. surveyD. to survey35．______ her job with little prospect of finding a new one，she came to the point where she could no longer afford．______ her entire family．A. Lost；to be supportedB. Having lost; to supportC. Lost；supportingD. Having lost; support36．If any of the symptoms arises，it’s worth ______ a change of diet．A.to considerB. of consideringC. consideringD. being considered37．How many species do you believe will be threatened with extinction when the reservoir is completed？—I expect ______ ten at least．A. there to beB. there beingC. there beD. there have been38．______ her salary with that of her male partner’s，she found the unjust treatment toward female employees in the company．A．Compared B．Having comparedC．To compare D．Having been compared39．No matter how frequently ______，the works of Beethoven always attract large audiences．A. performedB. performingC. to be performedD. being performed40．You may be an inexperienced candidate，but none of that makes things worse than your walking into that interview room ______ confidence．A. lackedB. lackingC. for lack ofD. lacking of41．With knowledge-based economy starting to ______ and becoming a growing trend，new industries have kept emerging．A. take shape B. take actionC. create civilizationD. pay attention42．He continued his writing until 1990 when a worsening eye condition ______ the end of his active career．A. signedB. signaledC. consideredD. communicated43．Over the years，London’s economy has changed from a manufacturing economy to one ______ financial services．A. cared for B. applied to C. preferred to D. based on44．Tea contains a variety of substances beneficial to human health，but only in a dark，sealed box can it be well ______．A. advised B. balanced C. informed D. preserved45．They lived in a backward part of the country，with no electricity，paved roads or easy ______ to safe drinking water．A. lack B. guarantee C. remedy D. access46．If applicants do not meet these requirements they will not be ______ to graduate school，even if they had excellent undergraduate grades and an impressive resume．A. permittedB. attractedC. suitedD. admitted47．The hotel boasts a lovely dining room ______ the lake，where the view can truly be described as spectacular．A. overlookedB. reflectingC. overlookingD. reflected48．The painful experience left her emotionally drained，but she is not the sort of woman to be defeated by a of fate．A. damage B. collapse C. twist D. share49．The Colosseum ______ for nearly 500 years with the last recorded games held there as late as the 6th century．A. put into useB. remained in useC. went out of useD. made the use50．We are trying to get people to like us and approve of us：Our greatest fear is of being ______ and rejected．A. abandonedB. ruinedC. remindedD. stressedSection BDirections：Fill in each blanks with a proper word chosen from the box．Each word can be used only once．Note thatFor the vast majority of people，checking social media involves a mix of expectation and curiosity．The app feeds on a collective 51 that we are missing out on something，whether it’s a fabulous party，a pop-up sale or the mere concept of vacation．But the same dynamic doesn’t quite 52 to parents sharing pictures of their young children online. There certainly may be an element of proud boasting: “Admire my little son’s taste in jazz,” etc. But these carefully chosen photos often do little more than help parents escape from a harsh day ____53____. The isolation of parenthood delivers one to strange places, and you need your tribe. Sharing images on social media makes the experience ____54____, connecting one to a larger world.In his new book Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online, Leah Plunkett, a Harvard psychology professor, argues that “sharenting” happens when an adult transmits private details about a child via digital channels. It ____55____ a child’s entry into “digital life.” Studies estimate that by 2030 nearly two-thirds of identity-fraud cases affecting today’s children will have been caused by sharenting.For Plunkett, there are a couple of reasons to be concerned about sharenting. On a philosophical level, sharenting exposes children to the larger digital world without their permission, ____56____ them of a kind of privacy. This feeds into Plunkett’s second, much broader concern. The ____57____ problem with sharenting is the same with many adult-world privacy issues: the bargain we have made in exchange for these services is that we surrender our data and choose not to imagine the worst-case scenarios. Could things that parents post about children produce real-world ____58____, in terms of bullying, professional reputation, or future prospects? Today, long before children take their first step, their digital data already travels to “thousands, likely tens of thousands, of human and machine users.” How long will it be until someone ____59____ the power to predict who a child will become as an adult based on these data points?Plunkett’s concerns made parents reconsider their choices. In the end, Plunkett’s advice is to “make more mindful choices” about digital lives though parenthood is often so ____60____ vague that mindfulness seems impossible.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.The Last Robot-Proof Job in America?You can get most food, such as warm cookies or vodka, to your doorstep in minutes. But try getting a red snapper (红鲷鱼). Until recently, if you could obtain it, it would likely have been pre-frozen and shipped in from overseas.A new tech startup is aiming to ____61____ this situation. Based inside the Fulton Fish Market, a seafood wholesale market, the startup, called , allows customers across the whole county, both restaurants and individuals, to buy from the market. The fish is shipped ____62____, rather than frozen, thanks to an Amazon advanced logistics system. Mike Spindler, the company’s C.E.O., said recently, “I can get a fish to Warren Buffett, that’s as fresh as if he’d walked down to the pier (码头) and bought it that morning.”There is one thing, ____63____, that the sophisticated logistics system cannot do: pick out a fish. If Warren Buffett orders a red snapper, the company needs to ____64____ that his fish is actually red snapper, and not some other. Accordingto the ocean-conservation organization, more than 20% of the seafood in restaurants and grocery stores in America is ____65____. For this task, the company has employed Robert DiGregorio, a forty-seven-year veteran of the business, who possesses a blend of judgement and ____66____ knowledge that, so far, computers have yet to replicate.“____67____ the food-safety stuff, our business could be any market from the last three thousand years of human history,” Spindler told me. He is experienced in the ____68____ business. When he arrived at the fish market in 2014, people were cautious. “They thought selling fish on the Internet was ____69____.” DiGregorio said, speaking for the fishmongers (鱼贩). “They didn’t see how it could possibly work.” Five years ago, DiGregorio didn’t know how to use a computer, but when the Web-site people arrived at the market, he sensed an opportunity. Together, they’ve created a human-machine fish-buying operation.By I a.m. each night, the company ____70____ from around the country and sends them to DiGregorio. He heads into the market, carrying his tablet computer. The company’s algorithms (算法) ____71____ data on their sources and can tell DiGregorio, for example, which stall to go to get the best tuna (金枪鱼). The computer is a “learning system,” so if DiGregorio makes a choice it didn’t ____72____, it asks, “Was the fish not available? Was it damaged?” All that information is fed back in for next time.Then, what can a fishmonger see that a computer can’t? DeGregorio showed me his part of the ____73____ process.“I’m assessing a few things,” he said. First,____74____. Fish should have “nice” slime (粘液). Then, smell. He sniffed the air above the box. “When fish goes bad, it smells like ammonia.” Besides, to get the best stuff, “Fishmongers have to have a relationship with you. To trust you.” He added.Is he never ____75____ being replaced by the learning system of computers? DiGregorio shrugged. “By the time they invent a computer that can do what I can do,” he said, “I’ll be dead.”61. A. maintain B. remedy C. substitute D. recognize62. A. free B. overseas C. separate D. fresh63. A. therefore B. otherwise C. however D. thus64. A. ensure B. propose C. concede D. remind65. A. overpriced B. misidentified C. displaced D. modified66.А. computer B. cuisine C. fish D. marketing67. A. Rather than B. Thanks to C. Except for D. Prior to68. A. fund-raising B. online-grocery C. fish-selling D. non-profit69. A. significant B. worthy C. responsible D. ridiculous70. A. sales B. orders C. alternatives D. statistics71. A. analyze B. supply C. prioritize D. feed72. A. require B. process C. predict D. value73. A. calculation B. decoding C. correction D. selection74. A. smash B. touch C. wipe D. roll75. A. concerned about B. eager for C. delighted with D. capable ofSection 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)For some people, music is no fun at all. About four percent of the population is what scientists call “amusic.” People who are amusic are born without the ability to recognize or reproduce musical notes (音调). Amusic people often cannot tell the difference between two songs. Amusics can only hear the difference between two notes if they are very far apart on the musical scale.As a result, songs sound like noise to an amusic. Many amusics compare the sound of music to pieces of metal hittingeach other. Life can be hard for amusics. Their inability to enjoy music set them apart from others. It can be difficult for other people to identify with their condition. In fact, most people cannot begin to grasp what it feels like to be amusic. Just going to a restaurant or a shopping mall can be uncomfortable or even painful. That is why many amusics intentionally stay away from places where there is music. However, this can result in withdrawal and social isolation. “I used to hate parties,” says Margaret, a seventy-year-old woman who only recently discovered that she was amusic. By studying people like Margret, scientists are finally learning how to identify this unusual condition.Scientists say that the brains of amusics are different from the brains of people who can appreciate music. The difference is complex, and it doesn’t involve defective hearing. Amusics can understand other nonmusical sounds well. They also have no problems understanding ordinary speech. Scientists compare amusics to people who just can’t see certain colors.Many amusics are happy when their condition is finally diagnosed. For years, Margaret felt embarrassed about her problem with music. Now she knows that she is not alone. There is a name for her condition. That makes it easier for her to explain. “When people invite me to a certain, I just say, “No thanks, I’m amusic,””says Margaret. “I just wish I had learned to say that when I was seventeen and not seventy.”76.Which of the following is true of amusics?A.Listening to music is far from enjoyable for them.B.They love places where they are likely to hear music.C.They can easily tell who different songs apart.D.Their situation is well understood by musicians.77.According to paragraph 3, a person with “defective hearing” is probably one who________.A.dislikes listening to speechesB. can hear anything nonmusicalC. Has a hearing problemD. lacks a complex hearing system78.In the last paragraph, Margaret expressed her wish that________.A.her problem with music had been diagnosed earlierB.she were seventeen years old rather than seventyC.her problem could be easily explainedD.she were able to meet other amusics79.What is the passage mainly concerned with?A.Amusics’ strange behaviorsB. some people’s inability to enjoy music.C. Musical talent and brain structureD. Identification and treatment of amusics.(B)How to place an Order of Custom Jeans▶Select the Fabric & Styles→Fabrics---Select the Fabric from our large collection of Denim Fabric Samples→Special Wash---Select your favorite special wash treatment to make your jeans look stylish→Thread Color---Select the thread color you want. You can select secondary thread color also, which can be used at certain stitches. 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But that essential ingredient is no longer so easy for marine life to obtain, several new studies reveal.In the past decade ocean oxygen levels have taken a dive--an alarming trend that is linked to climate change, says Andreas Oschlies, an oceanographer at the Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany, whose team tracks ocean oxygen levels worldwide. “We were surprised by the intensity of the changes we saw, how rapidly oxygen is going down in the ocean and how large the effects on marine ecosystems are.” he says. It is no surprise to scientists that warming oceans are losing oxygen, but the scale of the drop calls for urgent attention. Oxygen levels in some tropical regions have dropped by an astonishing 40 percent in the last 50 years, some recent studies reveal. Levels have dropped less significantly elsewhere, with an average loss of 2 percent globally.A warming ocean losses oxygen for two reasons. First, the warmer a liquid becomes, the less gas it can hold. That is why carbonated drinks go flat faster when left in the sun. Second, as polar sea ice melts, it forms a layer of water above colder, more salty sea waters. This process creates a sort of lid that can keep currents from mixing surface water down to deeper depths. And because all oxygen enters the surface, less mixing means less of it at depth.Ocean animals, large and small, however, respond to even slight changes in oxygen by seeking refuge in higher oxygen zones or by adjusting behavior, Oschlies and others in his field have found. These adjustments can expose animalsto new predators or force them into food-scarce regions. Climate change already poses serious problems for marine life, such as ocean acidification, but deoxygenation is the most pressing issue facing sea animals today，Oschlies says. "they all have to breathe.”Aside from food web Problems, animals face various other physiological challenges as their bodies adjust to lower oxygen levels. Chinese shrimp(虾) move their tails less vigorously to preserve energy in lower oxygen environments. Some creatures, such as jellyfishes, are more tolerant of low oxygen than others are. But all animals will feel the impact of deoxygenation because they all have evolved their oxygen capacity for a reason, says Oschlies."Any drop in oxygen is going to damage survivability and performance, "he says.83. According to the first two paragraphs, what worries scientists most?A. The worsening deoxygenation in the warming oceanB. The survival of predator and various marine animalsC. The alarmingly changeable oxygen levels in the oceanD. The lack of attention to the warming of tropical oceans.84. Which of the following is a reason for the oxygen loss in the ocean?A. Polar ice melting consumes much oxygen in the ocean.B. Global warming reduces the amount of oxygen in the air.C. The surface polar ice water prevents oxygen going downD. Salty water holds less gas in the increasingly warmer ocean85. What can be inferred from the passageA. Ocean deoxygenation changes some animals' natural territories.B. Ocean acidification is more serious a problem than deoxygenation.C. Not all ocean animals are bothered by the decreasing oxygen levels.D. Some animals reduce their movements in order to absorb more oxygen86. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. The Oxygen Levels of Marine LifeB. Ocean Warming Affects Food WebC. The Survivability of Ocean AnimalsD. The Ocean Is Running Out of BreathSection CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once.The war on smoking, now five decades old and counting, is one of the nation's greatest public health success stories – but not for everyoneAs a whole, the country has made amazing progress. In 1964,four in ten teens in the Us smoked; today fewer than two in ten do.___________87_______________.Their failure is the greatest disappointment in an effort to save lives that was started on Jan. 11, 1964, by the first Surgeon General s Report on Smoking and Health. Its finding that smoking is a cause of lung cancer and other diseaseswas major news then. The hazards of smoking were just starting to emerge.The report led to cigarette warning labels, a ban on TV ads and eventually an anti-smoking movement that shifted the nation’s attitude on smoking. Then, smokers were cool.Today, many are outcasts, rejected by restaurants, bars, public buildings and even their own workplaces, Millions of lives have been saved.The formula for success is no longer guesswork: Adopt tough warning labels, air public service ads, fund smoking cessation programs and impose smoke-free laws___88____. If you can stop them from smoking, you’ve won the war. Few people start smoking after turning eighteen. _____89_______.The 10 states with the lowest adult smoking rates slap an average tax of$2. 42 on every pack -three times the average tax in the states with the highest smoking rates.New York has the highest cigarette tax in the country, at $4.35 per pack, and just 12 percent of teens smoke, far below the national average of 18 percent. Compare that with Kentucky, where taxes are low(60 cents), smoking restrictions are weak and the teen smoking rate is double New York's, Other low-tax states have similarly dismal records Enemies of high tobacco taxes cling to the tired argument that they fall disproportionately on the poor._____90__________. The effect of the taxes is amplified further when the revenue is used to fund initiatives that help smokers quit or persuade teens not to start.Anti-smoking forces have plenty to celebrate this week, having helped avoid 8 million premature deaths in the past 50 years. But as long as 3, 000 adolescents and teens take their first puff each day, the war is not wonIV. Productive GrammarDirections: 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.Flu is killing us. The usual response to the annual flu is not enough to fight against the risks we currently face,____91___(say) nothing of preparing us for an even deadlier widespread flu that most experts agree ____92__(come) in the future. Yet we have an annual vaccine, and everyone _______93____(qualify) should get it without question. The reality, however, is that less than half Americans get the flu vaccines. And the flu vaccines we have are only 60% effective in the best years and 10% effective in the worst years. We urgently need a much ____94___(effective) flu vaccine.In the U. S alone, seasonal flu can cause up to 36 million infections, three-quarters of a million hospitalizations and 56,000 deaths. We are not investing the resources needed to protect ourselves, our loved ____95____ and our communitiesWhy not? We haven't been hit by _____96____ truly destructive widespread disease in a long time. So as individuals, we let down our guard as our leaders quickly defund and destaff the services we need to protect us.The risk of continued foot dragging is huge. In a severe widespread disease, the U.S. health care system could be defeated in just weeks. Millions of people would be infected by the virus, and would die in the weeks and months following the initial outbreak.The cost of preventing epidemics is roughly a tenth of ____97___ it costs to cope with them when they hit. In 2012, a call was issued for an annual billion-dollar U.S. commitment ___98____ the development of a universal flu vaccine. Six years later, the search for a universal vaccine remains seriously underfunded.The simple reason lies in our collective satisfaction. 99. headlines about the flu are gone, hospitals are emptied of flu patients, and school and workplace absence rates decline, we go back to business as usual.Leading scientists and public health officials have the capability to keep us much safer from flu. They need your quick and decisive support to succeed. Your action today 100 be a matter of life and death for you and those you love.V TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.101.他的父母为他考入理想大学而感到自豪。

上海高一高中英语期中考试班级:___________ 姓名：___________ 分数：___________一、单项选择1.The businessperson wanted to sell his goods fast; ______, he chose his partner with great care. A．therefore B．otherwiseC．for D．however2.By the time he was ten, Edison _________ experiments in chemistry.A．had already done B．already had doneC．was already doing D．already did3.His mother happened _______ when his program was shown on Channel Young. A．watching TV B．to watch TVC．to be watching TV D．being watching TV4._______, the more exercise you do, the richer your knowledge will be.A．It is known to all B．Which is known to allC．As we all know D．As is known to all that5.__________ the students who have taken part in the sports game is unknown.A．A great number of B．A great deal ofC．A large number of D．The number of6.Believe it or not, crying is a way you can imagine ______ pressure.A．relieving B．to relieveC．relieved D．relieve7.The news that volunteer workers will go to homes for the aged ______now.A．is being talked about B．are being talked aboutC．is being talked D．are being talked8.He has lived ________ in a(an) _________ village since his wife died.A．alone, alone B．lonely, lonelyC．alone, lonely D．lonely, alone9._______ you have got an MA degree, you are qualified for a PhD program.A．Though B．BecauseC．Since D．While10.Tom, I can’t see the notice clearly. May I _______ the seat ________ you?A．exchange …with B．exchange …forC．offer…to D．offer…for11.On hearing the ________ result, all the students of Class Two couldn’t help _______. A．satisfied; to jump B．satisfactory; to jump C．satisfied; jumping D．satisfactory; jumping12.Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ________ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.A．has considered B．is going to considerC．considered D．has been considering13.By the end of this month, we surely _________ a good solution to the problem.A．have found B．will been foundC．will be found D．are finding14.Tom was about to close the windows ______ his attention was caught by a bird.A．if B．when C．and D．till15.It was not until midnight _______ they reached the camp site.A．when B．whileC．that D．as16.Just use this room for the time being, and we’ll offer you a large one ___ it becomes available.A．unless B．as far asC．until D．as soon as17.The boy _______ when he said he _______ the eggs which were _______ by that hen before he _______ down to have a rest.A．was lying …. had laid… laid … layB．was lying …. had lain… laid … laidC．lied …. had laid… lain … lainD．lied …. had laid… lain … l ay二、其他1.Direction: Complete the following sentences by using the phrases from the box in their proper forms. Note that there is one phrase more than you need.【2】We decided to ________our tour of Europe with a brief visit to Madrid.【3】They ________ all the drawers ______ the missing paper.【4】I believe I _________________ calculating the political consequences accurately【5】He ______also heavily__________ all of its live theater productionsDirection: Complete the passage by choosing the proper words in the box.Ever since humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of ___【1】___speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is ___【2】___through sign language in which motions___【3】___ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to turn to this form of __【4】__. Many of these symbols of whole words are very lively and exact and can be used __【5】___; spelling, however, cannot.Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either___【6】___ or not. A wink can be a way of showing that the party is only joking. A nod means approval, while shaking the head indicates __【7】___.Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of __【8】___ dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also __【9】__and warn people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.3.Direction: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Apple’s iPhone may be big news, but in Silicon Valley all eyes are on Facebook. The all-age private Internet club that began as a college student hangout has become the technology industry’s hottest ticket.Facebook, which started out offering simple Web profile pages for users to update personal details and link to their friends, has since late May provided an easy way to enhance profiles with growing menu of 1,400 applications from virtual horoscopes to music video players.Membership has exploded to over 29 million active users, up one million users in just the past week and five million from six weeks ago. It’s adding more than 150,000 member a day, up from its pace of 100,000 six weeks ago, Facebook says.Facebook has become the central way many users keep track of Web sites they use every day. More importantly, it’s a way to keep up with what friends are doing, says Chief Technology Officer Adam Angelo, a high school classmate of Zuckerberg.Far b igger rival MySpace has difficulty striking a balance between sharing personal data and not revealing “too much information”. Many Facebook users post their mobile phone numbers, political affiliations or changes in dating status.“Facebook is not open the way the Web is open, Users share all kinds of information on the site they would never share on the Web,” Angelo, 22, says. “We get users to reveal more information because we protect users’ privacy.One protest group, called “Facebook Should Be Students ONLY”, with 20,000 members, is magnet from random discontent.“Facebook should most definitely be ONLY students,” Katerina Laurel, 15, of Kansas City, Kansas, writes in Web shorthand. “Our CHOIR teacher has a Face book membership.”Laurel’s solution is to use the site’s privacy controls to exclude the teachers/principals/dens/choir directors in her life. “I can just block them from my site if I don’t want them to see any of my profile.” She says.（Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.）【1】What is Facebook?_________________________________________________________________.【2】How many active uses have Facebook had till now?_____________________________________________________________________【3】The reason why Facebook users share all kinds of information on the site they would never share on the Web is that________________________________________【4】It can be inferred that if you don’t want your profile exposed to strangers, you can_____________________________________________________________________4.Direction: Complete the following sentences using the given verbs in their proper forms.【1】A new hospital ___________ (build) in this area now.【2】The life he has been used to __________ (change) greatly soon.【3】Those naughty boys _________ (always get) into trouble. What tiresome boys!【4】I can’t stand ________ (make) fun of by my classmates constantly.【5】This is the first time that he _________ (have) a car of his own.5.Direction: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.【1】这颗圣诞节的装饰需要使用许多彩灯。

牛津英语上海版高一上学期期中考试试卷Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentences. 16’25.This memorial hall ______late in the 1930s in memory of this famous writer.A. builtB. was being builtC. would be builtD. was built26.Qing Dynasty ______for more than 200 years.A. existedB. has existedC. was existedD. has been existed27.The girl who ___ beautiful eyes _____a priz e in yesterday’s singing contest.A. has…winsB. had…wonC. having…wonD. has…won28.The news that volunteer workers will go to homes for the aged ______now.A. is being talked aboutB. are being talked aboutC. is being talkedD. are being talked29.They became friends again that day. Until then they ______to each other for nearly two years.A. didn’t speakB. hadn’t spokenC. haven’t spokenD. haven’t been speaking30. In the past few years, __________much improvement in the traffic.A. there has beenB. there has hadC. there have beenD. there had been31. Here are some of the suggestions you need __________your hair.A. taking care ofB. to be taken ofC. to take care ofD. take care of32. You’d better make an appointment with a hairdressing salon before you have your hair _____.A. cuttingB. to cutC. cutD. to be cut33.Tourists have been recently gained access___ Angkor Wat by air and _____ has hotels nearby.A. to…itB. of…thisC. to…whichD. /…it34. When this boy was asked to copy down the sentence ten times, he did nothing but_____deeply with a blank look on his face.A. sighB. sightC. signD. signal35. Body language is widely used to ______our feelings and emotions to others by means ofgestures and posture.A. carryB. fetchC. bringD. communicate36. Debbie’s smiling face can make her customers feel ______so you have to improve the way_____you deal with your customers.A. welcomed…/B. welcome…thatC. awkward…in thatD. embarrassed…in which37. The child _______toothpaste out of a tube, ________it to the toothbrush and began to brushher teeth.A. applied…squeezedB. squeezed…applied C .pressed…put D. stressed…pla ce38. The education system was once the ______of the country, but now it seems to be________.A. proud…in ruinB. pride…in ruinsC. remains…falling into ruinD. wonder…fall into ruins39. You should be well aware _____the fact that most interviewers have rich experience becausethey are in ________position in their companies.A. of…olderB. on…youngerC. on…juniorD. of…senior40. _____ the coach was twisting and turning _______ the bumpy country road, the travelers feltthat they were pulling themselves apart.A. As…alongB. While…awayC. When…offD. Until…inSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Notethat there is one word more than you need. 9’Ever since humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication.Generally, this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of ___41___speech. When there is a language barrier, communication is ___42___through sign language in which motions___43___ for letters, words, and ideas. Tourists and the people unable to hear or speak have had to turn to this form of ___44___.Many of these symbols of whole words are very lively and exact and can be used ___45___; spelling, however, cannot.Body language sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either___46___ or not. A wink can be a way of showing that the party is only joking. A nod means approval, while shaking the head indicates ___47___.Other forms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of ___48___ dots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals. Road maps and picture signs also ___49___and warn people. While language is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniques also express human thoughts and feelings.Reading comprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages 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.There is an English saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until re cently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the _ 50 _ it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can _51 _ people’s health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films __ 52__ doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to 53 exercise. It decreases blood pressure, the heart beat and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter 54 the body, it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors 55 pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the 56 time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish( 减少) both stress and pain.As a 57 of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by 58__ them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects 59 to those caused by laughter.50．A. harm B. strength C. effect D. good51．A. help B. improve C. increase D. damage52．A. if B. but C. while D. since53．A. mental B. physical C. practical D. medical54. A. guarantees B. applies C. maintains D. exercises55．A. overlooked B. produced C. preserved D. ensured56. A. remaining B. rest C. longest D. adequate57．A. fact B. matter C. result D. sign58．A. encouraging B. allowing C. assisting D. reminding59．A. respectful B. subtle C. adaptable D. similarSection BDirections: Read the following passage. Each passage is followed by several questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A. B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the passage you have just read.(A)To Chinese immigrants, in the mid-1800s, California was “The Land of the Golden Mountain.” In their homeland they had heard the words, “There’s gold in California.” They sailed 7,000miles to join the gold rush and strike it rich. Between 1849 and 1882, more than 30,000 Chinese came to California. Most were men. They had been farmers in China. They came here to be miners and laborers. They ended up doing many other jobs, too.Like many other immigrants, they did not plan to stay in America. They came because of their ties to their homeland and their families. They planned to return to China with their fortunes and help their families.Only a few Chinese gold miners struck it rich. Most picked over the areas that had been mined already. But still, white miners resented the Chinese. Slowly, they drove the “yellow peril” from the mining camps.By the end of the 1850s, many Chinese returned home. Those who stayed found other jobs.Few women had come west in the gold rush. The Chinese saw a good business opportunity. They began doing the jobs women would have done. Many became house servants. Many more opened laundries.The Chinese opened restaurants. Chop suey and show mein are popular Chinese-American dishes. The Chinese probably created these dishes to serve to the white miners. Other Chinese became fishermen, farmers, and even cigar makers.60. Why did Chinese go to America in the mid-1800s?A. Because they could find good jobs there.B. Because they had found gold there.C. Because they could open laundries and restaurants there.D. Because they heard there was gold there.61. The underlined word “resented”(L.2,Para.3 ) mean “________”.A. likedB. helpedC. hatedD. served62. Which should be the title of the passage?A. Early Chinese immigrants in AmericaB. Dream to strike it richC. The difference between men and womenD. Gold miners in America(B)My father was Chief engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in World War II. The bookNight of the U-boats told the story.MemoriesIn September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sail.Then I remember my mother lying face down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷).I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报),which in those days always brought bad news. My grand- mother opened it. It read, “Safe, Love Ted.”My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee, his arm in a bandage.He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.Ten years later I read Night of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.TorpedoOne torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.By the time he got on deck (甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck firm. When he tried to cut it free it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue? Lest（以免）we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.63. We can infer(推断) that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.A. to meet a friendB. to see the father offC. to take a family photoD. to enjoy the sailing of the ship64. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?A. he was still alive.B. His knee was broken.C. His ship had been sunk.D. He had arrived in Glasgow.65. What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?A. He lost his armB. He repaired the engines.C. He managed to take a lifeboat.D. He was the last to leave the ship.66. What is the passage mainly about?A. A group of forgotten heroesB. A book describing a terrifying battle.C. A ship engineer’s wartime experience.D. A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue.(C)Over a period of time, many habitats (栖息地)change with respect to the types of plants and animals that live there. This change is known as succession.Succession occurs because plants and animals cause a change in the environment in which they live. The first weeds and grasses that appear on a bare field, for example, change the environment by shielding the soil from direct sunlight. As these plants spread, the ground becomes cooler and more moist than it was originally. Thus, the environment at the ground surface has been changed. The new surface conditions favor the sprouting（产生）of shrubs. As shrubs grow, they kill the grasses by preventing light from reaching them and also enhance (增加)the soil. Pine seedlings (苗)soon take hold and as they grow, they in turn shade out the shrubs. They are not able to shade out oak and hickory (山核桃)seedlings, however, that have found the forest floor suitable. These seedlings grew into large trees that eventually shade out the pines.67.The best title of this passage is _____.A. The Importance of Weeds and GrassesB. The Success of Oak and HickoryC. How Environmental Habitats ChangeD. Animal and Plant Habitats68.It can be inferred (推理) from the passage that ______.A. oak and hickory trees grow taller than pinesB. weeds and grasses prefer cold climateC. pines and grasses can exist togetherD. birds encourage the growth of shrubs69. Which of the following is a stage of succession as described in the passage?A. A forest cut down to build an airport.B. A flood washing away a crop of wheatC. Wild flowers growing in an unused parking lotD. Animals being tamed (驯服)by childrenTranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.70. 什么样的发型适合她的脸型？（suit）71. 在炎热的夏日里,保护食物最有效的方法之一是把食物放在冰箱里。

2016-2017学年度高一第一学期英语期中试卷第Ⅰ卷(选择题共75分)第一部分: 听力 (共两节，满分10分)第一节(共5小题; 每小题0.5分, 满分2.5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. What does the man think of Ben Brown’s latest novel?A. Boring.B. Strange.C. Interesting.2. What is the time now?A. 2:15.B. 2:40.C. 2:45.3. What is the girl doing?A. Having a rest.B. Cleaning her shoes.C. Making a sandwich.4. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a bar.B. In a hotel.C. In a restaurant.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A hairdresser.B. A hairstyle.C. A girl.第二节(共15小题; 每小题0.5分, 满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，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。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What relation is the woman to Doctor Jones?A. His patient.B. His secretary.C. His mother.7. When will the man see Doctor Jones?A. On March 23rd.B. On March 22nd.C. On March 21st.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

高中英语必修1期中试卷及答案Class:____ Grade______ Name:___________ No: _________ Mark:__________第一卷客观题测试一、单项选择(每小题1分，共计20分)1. How much does that ?A.addB. add upC. add toD. add up to2. get a good seat, he set out early after supper.A. In order toB. So thatC. So as toD. In order that3. You come to his office. Our boss won’t be back until next week.A.haven’t toB. won’t have got toC. haven’t got toD. don’t have got to4. This novel was concerned the Second World War, while most teenagers are more concerned the hero’s love story.A.with ; forB. with ; withC. for ; aboutD. about ;with5. He came here to discuss it with you.A.on purposeB. by chanceC. for purposeD. on design6. I won’t allow you to make the trip alone, even if you do it.A.dareB. daredC. daringD. dares to7. The policeman asked with the old women.A.what the matter wasB. what was the matterC. what matter wasD. what was the wrong8. During the war, he much pain.A.is sufferedB. sufferedC. was sufferedD. was suffered from9. She couldn’t her words by the students.A.get…understandingB. get…u nderstoodB.get… to understand D. make…understand10. As the project at the meeting, it drew our attention.es upB. was came upC. came upD. had been come up11. She insisted that we ____ the source of the river and begin our journey there.A. findB. foundC. would findD. were to find12. All examinations are passed. This is the first time I ____ really relaxed.A. have feltB. feelC. had feltD. was feeling13. It is high time you ____ sports to build up your body.A. have doneB. should be doingC. doD. did14. The factory ____ the river since it was opened.A. has pollutedB. is pollutingC. has been pollutingD. polluted15. This medicine has no effect on my ____ cold.A. determinedB. stubbornC. insistingD. familiar16. If the gas pipe is not ____ fixed, it will be a great danger.A. correctlyB. rightlyC. properlyD. reasonably17. After it leaves the high ____, the river becomes wide and travels slowly into the sea.A. plainsB. attitudeC. altitudeD. altitudes18. We tried to ____ her out of her foolish plan, but she just turned a deaf ear to us.A. persuadeB. takeC. helpD. advise19. My father ____ for Beijing on business tonight.A. is about to leaveB. has been leavingC. is leavingD. would leave20. I think she ____ right now.A. readingB. is readingC. is readD. to read二：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能够填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

高一上学期期中考试试卷含答案VocabularyDirections：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.Body language refers to various forms of non-verbal communication, which in a person may reveal（透露）clues as to some unspoken intention or feeling through their physical behaviors. These ___21___ can include gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Body language can also vary（不同）depending on the culture. There are a set of commonly ___22___ gestures but many are influenced by our social settings. Although this article ___23___ on interpretations（解释）of human body language, also animals use body language as a communication mechanism（机制）. Body language is typically subconscious（潜意识的）behavior, and is therefore ___24___ to be different from sign language, which is a___25___ conscious（有意识的）and intentional（故意的）act of communication.Body language may provide ___26___ as to the attitude or state of mind of a person. For example, it may indicate aggression, ___27___, boredom, a relaxed state, pleasure and amusement. However, the value of body language in recognizing cheat has been called into question.Body language is very important to communication and relationships. It is relevant（相关的）to management and ___28___ in business and also in places where it can be observed by many people. It can also be relevant to some outside of the workplace. It is commonly ___29___ in dating, in family settings, and parenting. Although body language is ___30___ or non-spoken, it can reveal much about your feelings and meaning to others and how others reveal their feelings toward you. Body language signals happen on both a conscious and subconscious level.Reading ComprehensionSection AAlmost every day we come across situations in which we have to make decisions one way or another. ___31___, we are given to believe, is a right. ___32___ for a good many people in the world, in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury（奢侈）, something wonderful but ___33___ to get, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion（错觉）, a false idea created by ___34___ and advertisers hoping to sell their products.The ___35___ choice gives birth to anxiety（焦虑）in people’s lives. Buying something as basic as a coffee p otis not exactly ___36___. Easy access to a wide range of everyday goods leads to a sense of ___37___ in many people, ending in the shopper ___38___ up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted. Recent studies in England have shown that many electrical goods bought in almost every family are not really needed. More difficult decision-making is then either ___39___ or trusted into the hands of the professionals, lifestyle instructors, or advisors.It is ___40___ just the availability of the goods that is the problem, but the speed with which new types of products come on the ___41___. Advances in design and production help ___42___ the process. ___43___ also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded（说服）to replace them within a short time. The typical example is computers, which are almost ___44___ once they are bought. This indeed makes ___45___ a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with case into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety.31. A. Choice B. Effect C. Work D. Effort32. A. Because B. So C. But D. Therefore33. A. easy B. interesting C. hard D. important34. A. families B. companies C. parents D. lawyers35. A. limited B. endless C. final D. starting36. A. simple B. complex C. hard D. difficult37. A. power B. effectiveness C. disorder D. powerlessness38. A. giving B. cheering C. catching D. making39. A. done B. talked C. avoided D. welcome40. A. market B. usually C. neither D. not41. A. market B. country C. nation D. school42. A. slow B. quicken C. stop D. forbid43. A. Products B. Bags C. Society D. Life44. A. brand-new B. long-lasting C. down-to-earth D. out-of-date45. A. work B. joy C. selection D. salesSection BDirections：For each blank in the following passages 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.ADo you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you're “hot”. That's true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the morning. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues ( 自言自语) as: “Get up, John! You'll be late for work again!” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you're sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract (对抗) your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If our energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your cycle, but you'll get up steam (鼓起干劲) and work better at your low point.Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your sharper hours.46. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably______.A. he is a lazy personB. he refuses to follow his own energy cycleC. he is not sure when his energy is lowD. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening47. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?A. Unawareness of energy cycles.B. Familiar monologues.C. A change in a family member’s energy cycle.D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.48. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will ______.A. help to keep your energy for the day’s workB. help you to control your temper early in the dayC. enable you to concentrate on your routine workD. keep your energy cycle under control all dayBHere is some must-know information from a handbook on how people behave in doing business in some countries.In BrazilBrazilians are warm and friendly. They often stand close when talking and it is common for them to touch the person on the shoulder. People often greet each other (particularly women) with light cheek kisses. Schedules tend to be flexible, with business meetings sometimes starting later than planned. But to be safe, be on time. Meals can stretch for hours—there’s no such thing as rushing a meal in Brazil. Lunches also can start in the mid to late afternoon. Brazilians are social, preferring face-to-face communication over mails or phone calls.In SingaporeSingaporeans shake hands when they meet and often also greet each other with a small, polite bow. Business cards should be offered and received with two hands. Arriving late is considered disrespectful. So be on time. Efficiency(效率) is the goal, so meetings and dealings often are fast-paced. Singaporeans are direct in their discussions, even when the subject is about money. Rank is important and authority is respected. This determines both people react in meetings. For example, people avoid disagreeing outright with someone with a higher rank.In the United Arab EmiratesIn the UAE, status (地位) is important, so the most senior or oldest should be greeted first with their titles. The handshake seems to be longer than elsewhere. So, do not pull away the handshake. Women should cover themselves when it comes to dress. Men also tend to be covered from neck to elbows(肘部) and down to the knees. People do not avoid entertaining in their homes, but they also hold business meals at restaurants. Touching or passing food or eating with your left hand is to be avoided. When meetings are one-to-one, if your host offers you coffee, you should refuse. It might seem odd, but it is a cultural tradition. Coffee should only be accepted if it is always set out or presented.In SwitzerlandThe Swiss tend to be formal and address each other by last name. They also are respectful of private lives. You should be careful not to ask about personal topics. Punctuality (守时) is vital, something that comes from a deep respect for others’ time. Arrive at any meeting or event a few minutes early to be safe. They also have clear structure in their companies. Higher-ups make the final decisions, even if others might disagree. Neat, clean dress is expected. The Swiss follow formal table manners. They also keep their hands visible at the table and their elbows off the table. It is polite to finish the food on your plate.49. The passage is mainly about _____.A. communication typesB. the workplace atmosphereC. customs and social mannersD. living conditions and standards50. Why do Singaporeans avoid arguing with their boss?A. They put efficiency in the fist place.B. They dislike face-to-face communication.C. They want to finish meetings as quickly as possible.D. They are supposed to obey the person of a higher rank.51. In the UAE, when should you refuse the coffee if it is offered?A. When greeting seniors.B. When meeting the host alone.C. When attending a presentation.D. When dining with business partners.52. In which country do people care about where to put their hands at the dinner table?A. In Brazil.B. In Singapore.C. In the United Arab Emirate.D. In Switzerland.CHAPPY to help or too selfish to share – some scientists wonder whether generosity（慷慨大方）lies in our upbringing or in our genes（基因）.In a social science experiment carried out in an Israeli children’s playroom, 136 children aged 3 and 4 years old were given six sets of colorful stickers. They were told：“You can keep all of the stick ers, or you can give some to another child you don’t know. He doesn’t have any stickers.”Researchers then asked the children to step into the playroom one at a time and watched how they behaved.About two thirds of the children chose to give one or more sets of stickers to an unknown child. The others refused to share. Researchers found that many of this second group of children had something in common: a variation（变异）in a gene known as A VPR1A. This gene is supposed to control a chemical in the brain responsible for social behavior. The genetic variant（变体）of this gene can make people a lot less willing to share.This study was published last month in the online scientific journal PLoS One. It suggested that children can be selfishless and genetics may play a role.But social scientists point out environmental influences from home, school and the wider world may play alarger role in creating good or bad habits. Studies using brain scans have shown that when someone is being generous or is described as generous, his or her brain will give off a kind of chemical. This chemical is linked to positive feelings.“If（parents）tell a kid he is a generous person, he is more likely to act generously again than if they buy him a toy,”said Nancy Eisenberg, an Arizona State University psychology professor, to The Wall Street Journal.Social scientists also Say that as people grow up and develop stronger ideas of morality（道德）and fairness, their generosity will increase.Referring to the Israeli study, Emmanuel College psychologist Joyce Benenson says to the Wall Street Journal, that even at 3 or 4 years old,“If you’ve got six packs of something, you know that giving away one isn’t really changing what you have.”Of the 136 children in the Israeli study, the largest group gave aw ay one sticker; the second largest group gave away none. Only twenty-two children gave away more than one sticker.53. According to the article, the experiment ______.A. studied more than 100 children aged between 13 and 14B. gathered all the children in a room to watch their behaviorC. found that one-third of the children were unwilling to shareD. asked the children to share stickers with their friends54. What was newly discovered by the experiment?A. A variation of a gene can influence people’s so cial behavior.B. More than half of the kids were considered to be selfish.C. Generous behavior can make a child feel good.D. Children are less generous than adults expect.55. What can we conclude from the article?A. Genes play a major role in deciding whether people are generous.B. As children grow, economical responsibility can stop them from sharing with others.C. Both genes and social environment influence whether people are generous.D. Parents could try giving toys to kids to encourage them to be generous.56. Who might be more generous according to the article?A. Those with an A VPR1A gene.B. Those growing up in rich families.C. These who receive college education.D. Those growing up in a sharing environment.Section CDirections：Choose from the sentences A~AC to complete the passage. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.A. I listened to it 20 times at least.B. That place made me what I am today.C. Community colleges have improved a lot these years.D. Those plays filled my head with expanded dreams.AB. Of course, I enjoyed the pleasure of eating French fries between classes.AC. So I sent my test results to Chabot, a community college in nearby Hayward, California, which accepted everyone and was free.I owe（归功于…）it all to my community collegeIn 1974, I graduated from Skyline High School in Oakland, California, an underachieving student with poor SAT scores. I couldn’t afford tuition（学费）for college anyway. ___57___.For thousands of commuting students like me, Chabot was our Harvard, offering course in physics, certified public accounting, foreign language, journalism and so on. Classmates included veterans（老兵）back from Vietnam, married women returning to school, middle-aged men wanting to improve their employment prospects and paychecks. We could get our general education requirements out of the way at Chabot---credits we could transfer to a university---which made those two years an invaluable head start.Classes I took at Chabot have rippled（起涟漪）through my professional pond. I produced the HBO mini-series John Adams with an outline format I learned from a pipe-smoking historian, James Coovelis, whose lectures were interesting. Mary Lou Fitzgerald’s“Studies in Shakespeare”taught me how the five-act structures of Richard Ⅲ, The Tempest, and Othello focused their themes.In Herb Kennedy’s“Drama in Performance,”I read plays like The Hot L Baltimore and Desire Under the Elms, then saw their productions. I got to see the plays he taught, through student rush tickets at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. ___58___ I got an A. Some hours I stayed in the huge library, where I first read the New York Times, frustrated by its lack of comics.If Chabot’s library still has its collection of vinyl records（黑胶唱片）, you will find my name repeatedly on the takeout slip of Jason Robards’ performance of the monologue（独白）of Eugene O’Neill. ___59___Chabot College is still in Hayward, though Mr. Coovelis, Ms. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Kennedy are no longer there.I drove past the campus a few years ago with one my kids and summed up my two years there this way:“___60___”Complete the following sentences, using the proper forms61. This film is worth __________（see）twice.62. _________（leave）it with me and I’ll see what I can do.63. We ________（hope）to catch the 9:30 train, but found it was gone.64. It is said that the bush fire was brought under control soon. Many houses have been destroyed but no lives __________（lose）so far.65. I ___________（walk）along the street looking for a place to park when the accident occurred.66. He __________（learn）English for eight years by the time he graduates from the university next year.The World Cup is an international football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of FIFA. The championship ___67___（award）every four years since 1930. The World Cup is the world’s most widely viewed sporting event. The next two World Cups ___68___（hold）Russia in 2018, and Qatar in 2022.When I came here, I heard those words,“cradle（摇篮）of leadership”. Well, when the bough（粗树枝）breaks, the cradle ___69___（fall）, and it has fallen here, it has fallen! Makers of men, creators of leaders, be careful what kind of leaders you are producing here. I can’t guarantee ___70___（say）that Charlie’s silence here today is right or wrong. I’m not a judge or jury（陪审团），but I have to remind you of the fact that he didn’t sell anybody out to buy his future. And that, my friends, is called integrity and courage. Now that’s the stuff leaders should be made of.Translation71. 在过去的几年里，上海发生了很大的变化。

高中英语学习材料（灿若寒星*制作整理）牛津上海版英语必修1测试卷II. Grammar and Vocabulary：B B DC DA B B C BB A A B DC C B ADDCC1. How little Franz regretted the days ______ playing in the woods and fields.A. which wastedB. wastedC. having wastedD. which is wasted2. The books _______ belong to Mr. Smith.A. which is on the tableB. lying on the tableC. are on the tableD. which on the table3. _______ for the coming examinations before, I have no time for the film.A. Not preparingB. To prepareC. Having not preparedD. Not having prepared4. ______ for half a month, the town was running out of food and clothing.A. Having floodedB. As the town had floodedC. Having been floodedD. To have been flooded5. _______ from the hill, the whole city of Nanjing looks more beautiful.A. As people seeB. SeeingC. People see the cityD. Seen6. The soldiers ran as fast as they could, ______ to catch the fleeing enemies.A. hopingB. to hopeC. they hopedD. hoped7. ______ their life in the past, ours is much better.A. Comparing withB. Compared withC. To compare withD. Comparing to8. ______ the call for help, the boys immediately rushed out to see what was going on.A. In order to hearB. HearingC. Having heardD. They heard9. Jane is looking forward to _____ from me. Remember ______ my letter on your way home.A. hear… to postB. hearing…postC. hearing…to postD. hearing…posting10. We looked forward, only ________ a narrow path ______ to the top of the mountain.A. to finding...leadingB. to find...leadingC. to find...leadsD. to finding...leads11. After seeing the play, ______.A. it made him read the book at onceB. he wanted to read the book at onceC. the book was immediately readD. it interested him a great deal12. The teacher began by _____ us where the city was and went on ______ about its history.A. telling...to talkB. to tell...to talkC. telling...talkingD. to tell...talking13. Being in a foreign country, _______.A. one may soon change his old habitsB. one’s old habits will soon be changedC. there’ll be some change in his habitsD. one’s new habits will soon be formed14. He walked up and down the room for half an hour, _______ behind him.A. with his hands claspingB. his hands claspedC. his hands were claspedD. as his hands clasped15. _______ by the police, the kidnappers had nothing to do but ______ up.A. Surrounding...to give B. Having surrounded (iv)C. Surrounded...to give D. Surrounded (iv)16. ______ in a big and crowded department store, poor Jack burst out ______.A. To lose...cryingB. Lost... to cryC. Lost...cryingD. Having been lost...cry17. Janet is delighted _____ the first prize in the poem recitation contest.A. to awardB. to be awardedC. to have been awardedD. to be awarding18. What he had said was ______ and made us ______.A. surprised...surprisingB. surprising...surprisedC. surprised...surprisedD. surprising...surprising19. The Internet has made it possible ______ in a very convenient way around the world.A. for people to communicateB. for people communicatingC. for people communicateD. for people to be communicated20. There is a little time left. We _____ hurry.A. shouldB. wouldC. mustn’tD. needn’t21 They _____ be at home. You see, the door is locked from the outside.A. mayB. mustC. mustn’tD. can’t22. ---Need you leave so soon?---Yes, _____, I’m afraid.A. I needB. I doC. I have toD. I must to.23. The seaman _____ swim only half way before he drowned.A. couldB. mightC. was able toD. wouldSection B BC, A, C, B, BD, E, AD, AB, DA. disappearB. organsC. nearlyD. manualE. preservedAB. scientists AC. naturally AD. leather BC. thick BD. mealIn 1984, two men made an amazing discovery while working in a bog called Lindow Moss, in the north of England. A bog is a very wet area of earth, with a lot of plants growing in it. It can be like a very big and very __41__ vegetable soup—walk in the wrong place and you can sink and __42__ forever. The men were working when one of them saw something sticking out—a human foot! Naturally, the men called the police, who then found the rest of the body. Was it a case of murder? Possibly—but it was a death __43__ two thousand years old. The two men had found a body from the time of the Roman invasion of Britain. Despite being so old, this body had skin, muscles, hair and internal __44__ —the scientists who examined him were able to look inside the man’s stomach and find the food that he had eaten for his last __45__!Why was this man so well __46__? It was because he was in a very watery environment, safe from the bacteria that need oxygen to live. Also, the water in the bog was very acidic. The acid preserved the man’s skin in the way that animal skin is preserved for __47__ coats and shoes.How did he die? Understandably, archaeologists and other __48__ wanted to know more about the person that they called, “Lindow Man”. His hands and fingernails suggested that he hadn’t done heavy __49__ work in this life — he could have been a rich man. They found that he hadn’t died by accident. The archaeologists believe that he was sacrificed to three different gods. III. Reading Comprehension：Section AWe have quite a bit of information about ancient Egyptian medicine. Doctors’ instructions have been found to tell us what they did for the sick and the injured. __50__ many of the treatments included magic, ancient Egyptians used plant leaves and other methods to treat many __51__.Religion, magic and medicine were __52__ related in ancient Egypt. Some priests (牧师) were specially __53__ as doctors to __54__ the sick and the injured. Doctors were held to a high moral standard. Patients were treated with __55__ and their __56__ information was highly secret. The highest-ranking doctors were priests of the goddess Sekhmet, who controlled illnesses. Doctors spent a part each year __57__ the goddess. Doctors were thought to be __58__ to the gods and able to ask them for healing.Temples were centers for healing. When a person was ill, he or she would come to the temple or __59__ a doctor for a diagnosis (诊断). If a(n) __60__ problem was not __61__, the diagnosis would be that the illness was caused by an evil spirit or curse. The doctor would use magic spells to __62__ a cure. __63__, a diagnosis could not be reached. In this case, a patient would be told to rest for a period of time until another examination could be __64__.50.A. When B. Although C. Since D. After51.A. damages B. diseases C. disasters D. destructions52.A. hardly B. closely C. mainly D. shortly53.A. trained B. designed C. planed D. studied54.A. look to B. come to C. care for D. search for55.A. reputation B. respect C. fame D. inspection56.A. ill B. own C. hidden D. personal57.A. serving B. reading C. learning D. following58.A. careful B. generous C. mean D. close59.A. think over B. apply to C. call for D. make up60.A. serious B. internal C. odd D. obvious61.A. discovered B. treated C. cured D. aroused62.A. bring about B. set out C. insist on D. make up63.A. Subsequently B. Consequently C. Occasionally D. Hopefully64.A. decided B. performed C. carried D. discussedSection B(A)Monday: Here I am, in the middle of nowhere. This camping trip idea is not getting off to a very good start. It's raining and the tent leaks. The hiking seemed to take forever, and I still can't understand how it could all have been up hill! How did I ever let my brother talk me into this? When we get home—if we ever get home—he's going to have to do something great to get back on my good side. Maybe he should sponsor a shopping spree （狂购）at the mall!Tuesday: Things are looking up. The sun came out today, so we were able to leave the tents and dry out. We're camped at the edge of a small lake that I couldn't see before because of the rain and fog. The mountains are all around us, and the forest is absolutely beautiful. We spent most of the day dragging everything out of our backpacks or tents and putting it where the sun could dry it out. Later in the afternoon we tried to catch the fish for dinner, but the fish were smarter than we were. At night we built a fire and sang songs happily.Wednesday: We hiked to the far side of the lake and climbed to the top of a small peak. From there we could see how high the other mountains were and how far the forest spread around us. On the way up we passed through a snowfield!Thursday: I caught my first fish! We followed the stream that fed the lake. After about two miles, we came to a section that Carol said looked "fishy". She had a pack rod （竿）, which can be carried in a backpack. I asked to cast it, and I caught a fish on my first try. Carol caught a few more. But they were just too pretty to eat for lunch, so we put them back in the stream.Friday: I can't believe we are going home already. It will be nice to get a hot shower, sleepin a real bed, and eat junk food, but the trip has been wonderful．We're already talking about another camping adventure next year where we canoe down a river. It's hard to believe, but I think this city girl has a little country blood in her veins.65.The writer went on this camping trip because _____.A. she enjoyed campingB. she wanted to go fishingC. she was influenced by her brotherD. she was tired of staying home66.The whole morning of Tuesday, the writer _____.A. hiked along the lakeB. dried out her belongingsC. climbed the mountainD. caught the fish for dinner67.It can be inferred that Carol had a pack rod with her because _____.A. she could not afford to buy a regular fishing poleB. she needed it to get their main source of foodC. she thought the writer of the journal might need itD. she expected to go fishing while they were hiking68.It is likely that the writer will _____ ．A. go on another camping tripB. invite Carol to go fishing togetherC. make her brother buy her somethingD. convince tier brother to go camping(B)A Little Is A Lot For Those With NothingEach year, 22 million people die from preventable causes, such as polluted water or the lack of nutrition, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. These groups are taking some of the top lights:****A child dies every eight seconds from water-borne disease. Global Water builds wells in very poor communities in Romania, Central America and Africa. Go to global .****As much as 80 percent of the world's population may be lacking in iron. UNICEF supplies iron supplements (补充) to women and children in more than 100 countries, preventing anaemia (贫血症), low birth weight and death. Their greeting cards, calendars and gifts help fund the program; visit .****Mercy Corps fed more than 150,000 mouths in 2003. Still, more than one-quarter of children worldwide are underweight. One dollar helps feed 15 kids in developing countries like China and India; learn more at .69.What is the purpose of the advertisement?A. To ask readers to do their bit for the people who are likely to die from preventable causes.B. To attract people's attention to the problem of water pollution.C. To help the homeless children in developing countries.D. To ask the readers to surf the Internet and become aware of the miserable things in theworld.70.You can help the children lacking in iron by _____.A. buying special greeting cards or gifts from UNICEF.B. helping the program of digging wells in poor area.C. doing some volunteer work for them.D. keeping our environment from being polluted.71.Supposing there are 300, 000 starving children, how much money will be needed to helpthem according to 2003 standard?A. 15 dollars.B. 20, 000 dollars.C. 4, 500, 000 dollars.D. 2, 200, 000 dollars.(C)The city has always been an engine of intellectual life, from the 18th-century cafes of London, where citizens gathered to discuss chemistry and politics, to the Left Bank bars of modern Paris, where Picasso talked about modern art. Without the metropolis, we might not have had the great art of Shakespeare.And yet, city life isn’t easy. Now scientists have begun to examine how the city affects the brain, and the results are depressing. Just being in an urban environment, they have found, impairs (损害) our basic mental processes. After spending a few minutes on a crowded city street, the brain is less able to hold things in memory, and suffers from reduced self-control. While it’s long been recognized that city life is exhausting, this new research suggests that cities actually dull our thinking, sometimes dramatically so.One of the main forces at work is a complete lack of nature, which is surprisingly beneficial for the brain. Studies have demonstrated, for instance, that hospital patients recover more quickly when they can see trees from their windows, and that women living in public housing are better able to focus when their apartments overlook a lawn. Even these glimpses of nature improve brain performance, it seems, because they provide a mental break from the urban life.This research arrives just as humans cross an important milestone (里程碑). For the first time in history, the majority of people live in cities. Instead of inhabiting wide-open spaces, we’re crowded into concrete jungles, surrounded by traffic and millions of strangers. In recent years, it’s become clear that such unnatural surroundings have important implications for our mental and physical health, and can powerfully alter how we think.This research is also leading some scientists to dabble(涉足) in urban design, as they look for ways to make the city less damaging to the brain. The good news is that even slight alterations, such as planting more trees in the inner city or creating urban parks with a greater variety of plants, can significantly reduce the negative side effects of city life. The mind needs nature, and even a little bit can be a big help.72.Which of the following is the main idea of this passage?A. The city inspires talented people.B. The city hurts your brain.C. The city has many pleasures and benefits.D. The city seriously affects the natural balance.73.The word “metropolis” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.A. citizenB. natureC. cityD. stress74.What is the factor mentioned in the third paragraph that helps the hospital patients recovermore quickly?A. Nature.B. Better treatment.C. Experienced doctors.D. Good medicine.75.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Different aspects of an urban environment, such as the crowded streets, can lead to anincrease in self-control.B. Small changes in urban design cannot reduce the negative side effects of city life.C. For the first time in history, the earth’s population is more urban than rural.D. A walk down a busy city street will improve brain performance.Section C BAFEDDirections: Read the following passage and choose the most suitable heading from A—F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need. (F=AB)A. Classroom participationB. Differences in American university educationC. Examination systemD. Competition among studentsE. Honest policy in students’ school workF. Students’ responsibility for learning76. ___________There is considerable variety in university classroom in the United States. Because of diverse teaching methods and non-standardized curricula, no two courses are the same. Undergraduate courses are considerably different from graduate courses. The classroom atmosphere in expensive, private universities may differ from that in community colleges which are free and open to everyone.77. ___________Participation in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student in many courses. Some professors base part of the final grade on the student’s oral participation. Although there are formal lectures during which the student has a passive role (i.e., listening and taking notes), many courses are organized around classroom discussions, student questions, and informal lectures.78. ___________Many teachers believe that the responsibility for learning lies with the student. If a long reading assignment is given, instructor expects students to be familiar with the information in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or give an examination. (Courses are not designed merely for students to pass exams.) The ideal student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn for the sake of learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades.79. ___________Ideally, the teacher-student relationship at universities is characterized by trust. The honor system, put forward by the teacher and the university demands that the student be honest in all areas of school work. Thus , cheating on tests, plagiarizing (抄袭) in written work, presenting others’ ideas as original, and turning in homework completed by someone else are all prohibited.80. ___________Relationships between students in the classroom can be cooperative or competitive. International students should not hesitate to ask for help if it is needed. There are courses, however, where grades are calculated in relation t o other student’s scores. Therefore, in classes where such a grading curve is used, students may be reluctant to share lecture notes or information for fear that their own grades will suffer.Section DBreastfeeding for a month or longer appears to re duce a woman’s risk of getting diabetes (糖尿病) later in life, according to a new study. The breastfeeding and diabetes link has been reported in other studies, according to researcher Eleanor Schwarz. Yet, her study makes the link easier to believe. Her study is published in a journal of medicine in America. Schwarz and her colleagues looked at data about breastfeeding practices. They evaluated data on 2,233 women from California. Of those, 405 were not mothers, 1,125 were mothers who breastfed for at least a month, and 703 were mothers who had never breastfed. They were 40 to 78 years old.According to Schwarz’s study, the risk of getting a diagnosis (诊断) of Type 2 diabetes for women who breastfed all their children for a month or longer was similar to that of women who had not given birth. But mothers who had never breastfed were nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as women who had never given birth. Mothers who never breastfed were about 1.4 times as likely to develop diabetes as women who breastfed for one to three months, Schwarz found.While one month of breastfeeding appears to make a difference, Schwarz says, even longer is better. “Previous studies have shown the longer the mom breastfeeds, the more benefit for her body.” Many experts recommend breastfeeding for six months and continuing for a year, she says.The diabetes-breastfeeding link is probably explained by belly fat. Mothers, who don’t breastfeed, as they get older, may have more belly fat, as breastfeeding helps new mothers take off wei ght. “Belly fat increases the risk of diabetes as you get older,” she says.The finding isn’t surprising at all, says Kimberly Gregory. She often gives advice to women who get diabetes occurring during pregnancy (怀孕) that they are at risk for later getting Type 2 diabetes and suggests they breastfeed. The new findings will probably inspire Gregory to add to the advice she gives moms-to-be about the benefits of breastfeeding. She often focuses on the benefits to the baby.81. According to the first paragraph, Eleanor Schwarz’s results seem more reliable.82. According to Schwarz’s findings, those mothers who had never breastfed are more likely to get diabetes later in life.83. Schwarz agrees that if a mother breastfeeds her baby longer, she will benefit more from it.84. What does the author mean by “moms-to-be” in the last paragraph?Women who are pregnant, especially for the first timeIV. Translation: 20%1.他对于记者的提问避而不答。

华东师大二附中2016-2017学年第一学期期中考试试卷高一英语I.听力略II. GrammarDirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked ABC and D. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.17.---- Can you give me the right answer?---- Sorry, I _________ . Would you repeat that question?A.hadn’t listenedB. haven’t listenedC. don’t listenD. wasn’t listening18.A latest report by Taobao said that visitors through wireless devices _________ from 10 million in 2010 to 300 million by the end of last year.19.He _______ articles for our wall-newspaper these three years, and he ____about forty articles.A.has been writing; has writtenB.has been writing; wroteC.is writing; has been writingD.has written; has written20.-- We ______ that you would fix the TV set this week. --I’m sorry. I _____ to, but I’ve been too busy.A.had expected; had intendedB.are expecting; had intendedC. expect; intendD.expected;intend21. They ____ on the program for almost one week before I joined them, and now we _____ on it as no good results have come out so far.A.had been working; are still workingB.had worked; were still workingC.have been working; have workedD.have worked; are still working22.These people once had fame and fortune; now _____ is left to them is utter poverty.A. all thatB. all whatC.all whichD.that all23. The time is not far away ______ modern communication will become widespread in China’s vast countryside.A.when b.as C. Until D.before24. The fertilizer may pollute the grass that ______.A.animals are fed onB.feeds animalsC.animals are fedD.feeds on animals25. The evening school where I study computer ______.A.is its best courseB.is fastC.is well taughtD.is nice26. I gave him a warning, ______ he turned a deaf ear.A.of whichB.for whichC.to thatD.to which27.______your ship travels through the harbor and around Manhattan Island, you begin to understand the enormous scope of the great metropolis.A. SinceB. AsC. BecauseD. Before28. To my surprise, my children are not allowed to play football in the school playground ______ they might be hurt.A. in order thatB. except thatC. for fear thatD. for that29. ______ more Americans are getting married today than ever before, the divorce rate is also on the rise.A. SinceB. IfC. WhileD. Once30. I sent the parcel by express that morning ______ my mom received it that afternoon.A. in order thatB. such thatC. for the purposeD. so that31.______, the politician became famous for her wonderful speech.A. Failed in the electionB. Fail in the election as she didC. As she failed in the electionD. Failing in the electionIII. Cloze(15%)Direction: 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.The Yellow River is the 2nd longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the 7th longest in the world, at 5,463km. It is called the Yellow River ___32____ huge amounts of loess sediment(黄土沉积物) turn the water that colour. So much of this mineral-rich soil ends up in the Yellow River that it can fill the riverbed and thus change the river’s course.The Yellow River is to China___33___ the Nile is to Egypt. It is the cradle of the Chinese ___34___, a symbol of enduring glory, and a force of nature both feared and admired. From its ___35___ in the 14,000-foot Tibetan highlands, the river sweeps across the northern plains, ___36___ ancestors of Chinese people first learned to cultivate crops and irrigate land, to make porcelain and gunpowder, to build and bury imperial dynasties.But today, ___37___ the Chinese call the Mother River is dying. Poisoned by pollution and crowded with dams, it ___38___ at its mouth to a lifeless trickle(涓涓细流). There were many days during the 1990s that the river failed to reach the sea at all.The desperate reality of the river is a tragedy ___39___ consequences extend far beyond the 150 million people living by it, one of which is a shortage of the one resource no nation can live without: water.Water has always been ___40___ in China, a country with roughly the same amount of water as the United States but nearly five times the population. The shortage is especially severe in the dry north, where nearly half of China’s population lives on only 15percent of its water. Nothing, however, has ___41___ the water crisis more than three decades of rapid industrial growth. Just consider what is happening already in the Yellow River Basin. The spread of deserts is creating a dust bowl that may only be compared with ___42___ of the American West in the 1930s, driving down grain production and pushing millions of “environmental refugees(难民)”___43___ the land. The poisonous chemicals polluting the waterways--50 percent of the Yellow River is considered biologically dead-- have ___44___ an outbreak of cancer, birth defects(缺陷), and waterborne disease along their banks. Theses symptoms, if unchecked, could ___45___ China’s growth and cause a great stir across world markets. Taken together, the long-term impact could be even more destructive. As former Premier Wen Jiabao has put it.the shortage of clean water ___46___ “the survival of the Chinese nation.”32 A.for B.because C.that D.due to33 A.what B.while C.as D.when34 A.culture munity C.civilization D.technology35 A.birth B.root C.origin D.source36 A.where B.when C.which D.whose37 A.how B.why C.what D.whatever38 A.increases B.reduces C.adds D.broadens39 A.with B.its C.who’s D.whose40 A.adequate B.precious C.extensive D.particular41 A.worsened B.survived C.prevented D.solved42 A.those B.one C.that D.what43 A.for B.across C.into D.off44 A.made up B.build up C.led to D.resulted from45 A.hold back B.hold on C.hold off D.hold out46 A.strengthens B.threatens C.quickens D.deepensIV. Reading ComprehensionDirections: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.ATech-CampNo.6 Devon Road, Kowloon Tong, Hon KonA technology day camp for students 12-17 AboutAbout Tech-CampTech- Camp is a day camp with a focus on computers and electronics technology. We offer 2-week summer programmes for students of 12 to 17 years of age. We have a computer lab with the latest and fastest equipment, an electronics lab, and a video production studio. Our staff are special, too. Our programme leaders are experts in computers and electronics, of course, but they are also people who care about children and enjoy working with them.The benefits of Tech-CampIn all of our programmes, we show students how to work in teams and how to solve problems by themseles. We encourage them to think creatively.What students will do at Tech-CampEach day Tech-camp is filled with useful, interesting and challenging activities. For example, in the Computer Programme, students learn the basic computer programming, and how to use the Internet. In the High-tech Programme, they make radio-controlled model cars and produce their won short videos.Programme Session 1 Session 2 Session 3Computer Programme 15 June-26 June 15 June-26 June 15 June-26 JuneHigh-tech Programme 29 June-10 July 27 July-7 August 15 June-26 JuneFee: HK $2,000 per student (10% discount available for groups of 10 or more students.)For more information about Tech-Camp, please contact Director of Summer Programmes, Ms Julia Brown, by phone, fax or e-mail.Telephone:26548898 Fax:26948850 E-mail:juliab@47.What would you probably like to ask about if you phone Ms Julia Brown after reading the brochure?A.The activities the students will haveB. The fee each attendant should pay.C. The e-mail address of Tech-Camp.D. The deadline for application.48.From the brochure we can infer that _______.A.the Camp offers students accommodation during their two-week stay at eh CMPB.High school teachers are in charge of the Tech-Camp all the timeC.Students at Tech-Camp benefit from the knowledge about the hi-tech through lectures given by the experts.D.Students will learn how to work with their friends and how to think and solve problems creatively through activities.49.The purpose of writer is to ________.A.introduce to us some information about Tech-CampB.Attract students to take part in Tech-CampC.Offer some introductions about computer technologyD.Tell students of the necessity of learning Hi-tech Programme50.If Mrs. Newman’s two sons and another ten classmates of theirs form a group to sign up for the camp, how much can Mrs.Newman save?A.HK$200B. HK＄400C.HK$3600D. HK$2400BJon D. Giorgini says he isn’t losing sleep yet over 1950 PA, the kilometer wide asteroid(小行星) that he predicted might hit the planet Earth. After all, if it hits, it won’t get here for 878 years. Researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory also spotted a space rock--- about the size of a football field--- passing by Earth just 75,000 miles away. Named 2002 MN, it came closer than any similar-size asteroid had in recent years. Giorgini spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Adam Piore last week. Here is an excerpt.PIORE:According to your research, is this something we should be worried about?GIORGINI: well, not this particular asteroid, 1950 PA, because it’s so far off. It’s 878 years in the future, but it’s possible that there are other asteroids we haven’t discovered yet that could impact sooner. The purpose is to find these things as soon as possible. If there are centuries of warning, there are many things you can do about the threat. But if you only find out about it the last day or two, or the last year, there’s not much you can do. PIORE:What would happen if one of these things hit?GIORGINI:There was an incident where an asteroid nearly the size of 2002 MN hit in Tunguska, Siberia, back in 1908. It exploded in the air and flattened about 800 miles of forested area. 1950 DA would carry about 100,000 megatons(百万吨级) of energy if it hit. It would make a crater(陨石坑)about 10 or 15 miles across and destroy hundreds or thousands of miles around it, kick up dust and steam into the atmosphere. Some would even orbit the Earth for a while. It would be a global problem.PIORE:What should we do about 1950 DA?GIORGINI:In hundreds of years, it’s hard to imagine what ways we’ll have to deal with it. It’s sort of like guys 900 years ago trying to plan the interstate highway system. It would probably be more sensible to leave it to future generations. If you have centuries of warning like this, you can just change the way it absorbs and reflects light and heat. Sunlight shines on it and heats one side, and it turns around to the back and the heat radiates off into space and sort of pushes on it like a weak rocket. Over centuries, it’s enough to push it out of the way.51.The main purpose of Piore interviewing Giorgini is ________.A.to announce an astonishing predictionB.to publicize the significance of a researchC.to warn people of the coming threatD.to create a sensational effect52.What is Giorgini really worried about?A. Unidentified outer space rocks.B. Undiscovered approaching small asteroidsC. The tremendous impact of 2002MND. The potential threat of 1950 PA.53.Giorgini mentioned the asteroid explosion in Tunguska because he would ________.pare the explosion to that of 2002 MN.B.give an impression of an asteroid hitting the earth.C.estimate the property damage a space object causedD.describe a disaster bigger than a nuclear explosion in human history54.Which of the following statements is TURE?A. Ancient people attempted to build main roads connecting cities or states.B. Humans are now in a position to take action on 1950 PA.C. One solution Giorgini suggested is to launch a rocket towards 1950 PA and push it away.D. One solution Giorgini suggested is to change the direction of sunlight shining on 1950 PA.CThe wallet is heading for extinction. As a day-to-day essential, it will die off with the generation who read print newspapers. The kind of shopping-where you hand over notes and count out change in return—now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters，like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a comer shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstracted. And this is more and more true, the higher up the scale you go. At the most cutting-edge retail stores—Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance—you don’t go and stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa.Which is nothing more or less than excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstraction of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned. But earning money isn’t quick o r easy for most of us. Isn’t it a bit weird that spending it should happen in half a blink (眨眼) of an eye? Doesn’t awallet—that time-honoured Friday-night feeling of pleasing, promising fatness—represent something that matters?But I’ll leave the econom ics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is the change it represents in our physical environment. Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone of an iPad. The rounded edges, cool glass, smooth and unknowable as pebble (鹅卵石). Instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into corners, we move our fingers left and right. No more counting out coins. Show your wallet, if you still have one. It may not be here much longer.55. What is happening to the wallet?A) It is disappearing. C) it is becoming costly. B) It is being fattened. D) It is changing in style.56. What makes the author feel uncomfortable nowadays?A) Saving money is becoming a thing of the past. B) The pleasing Friday-night feeling is fading.C) Earning money is getting more difficult. D) Spending money is so fast and easy.57. Why does the author choose to write about what’s happening to the wallet?A) It represents a change in the modern world. B) It has something to do with everybody’s life.C) It marks the end of a time-honoured tradition. D) It is the concern of contemporary economists.58.What can we infer from the passage about the author?A) He is resistant to social changes.B) He is against technological progress.C) He feels reluctant to part with the traditional wallet.D) He fells insecure in the ever-changing modern world.DWhy do some people live to be older than others？You know the standard explanations：keeping a moderate diet，engaging in regular exercise，etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity（长寿）? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives？A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing，more active and less neurotic （神经质的）than other people. Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory：those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.Interestingly，however，other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined，for instance，were no more likely to live to be very old. Also，being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life，which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life，you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.Unfortunately，another recent study shows that your mother’s personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28，000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious，depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we’re adults，which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.Personality isn’t destiny（命运），and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn’t just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.59. The aim of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is____.A）to see whether people’s personality affects their life spanB）to find out if one’s lifestyle has any effect on their healthC）to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeD）to examine all the factors contributing to longevity60. What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people？A）They have a good understanding of evolution. B）They are better at negotiating an agreement.C）They generally appear more resourceful.D）They are more likely to get over hardship.61. What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation？A）Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.B）Personality characteristics that prove advantageous actually vary with times.C）Such personality characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.D）Readiness to accept new ideas helps one enjoy longevity.62.What can we learn from the findings of the two new studies？A）Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one’s life span.B）Longevity results from a combination of mental and physical health.C）Personality plays a decisive role in how healthy one is.D）Health is in large part related to one’s lifestyle.第II 卷（38分）I. Words(10分)Directions: Write the words you have learnt according to the meanings given. The first letter is given.1.l_____________ the shape or form of the land or ground in a place (n.)2.o____________ job (n.)3.t____________ lasting for a short period (adj)4.m___________ to keep (v.)5.m___________ encourage or move to action (v.)6.g____________ to say in amazement (v.)7.a____________ to leave something permanently (v.)8.c____________ beautiful handwriting done with a pen or a brush (n.)9.s____________ to press hard (v.)10.h___________ unfriendly feeling (n.)II. Words and phrases (12%)Directions: fill in the blanks to make the sentences coherent and grammatically correct. Use the proper form of the words and phrases given in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. Note that there is one word or phrase more than you need.A.budgetB.intendC.suspendD.adaptE.admitF.similarG.accessibleH.rely onI.take overJ.rob...ofK.look down upon L.the pride of M.make up for1.For a moment he ____________ his confidence in using English, but having an American-born roommate offered him a good chance to practise.2.This textbook ____________ for managers, professionals and trainers whose daily work involves international and cross-cultural challenges.3.Don’t fool yourself into believing that taking a few vitamin pills a day ____________ lack of vegetables inyour diet.4.The plan to invest more int he enlargement of the factory ____________ because of financial crisis, and no one knows when it will be reconsidered.5.____________ the family business is no easy job for those with no business sense.6.A fair weather friend is never someone you can ____________ when you are in trouble.7.Animals and plants ____________ more quickly to climate change than humans.8.How to offer resettlement services for all refugees ____________ to the U.S. Is a big issue.9.Try to find an app ____________ to this one, but free of charge.10.The new metro line has cost $ 2 billion and is now well over ____________.11.Women have grown tired of ____________ in the workplace and they are confident of performing as well as, if not better than, their male colleague.12.Events are being held nationwide to mark the 400th anniversary of the famous Chinese drama writer, Tang Xianzu, who is ____________ China.III.NCE(4%)Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words according to NCE Lessons:I find young people exciting. The have _____1_____, and they have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love of comfort. They are not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things. All this seems to me to link them with life, and _____2_____ things. It;s as if they were, in some sense, cosmic beings in violent and lovely ____3_____ us suburban creatures. All that is in my mind when I meet a yong person. He may be conceited, ill-mannered, ____4____, but I do not turn for protection do dreary clichés about respect for elders-as if mere age were a reason for respect. I accept that we are equals, and I will argue with him, as an equal, if I think he is wrong.I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport ____5____ between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would ____6____ to meet on the battlefield. Even if one didn’t know ____7____ (the 1936 Olympic Games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from ____8____.IV. Translation (12%)1.旅行时，玩得开心很重要，保护自身安全也很重要。

高一上学期期中考试试卷英语学科Grammar and vocabulary.Section A:1. No progress was made in the trade talk as neither side would accept the conditions of __________.A. othersB. the otherC. eitherD. another2. Fewer people will die from heart disease if they __________ to eat more fruit and vegetables.A. persuadeB. will persuadeC. be persuadedD.are persuaded3. Although I like swimming, I don't like __________ today.A. swimmingB. to swimC. to be swimmingD. swim4. It is the greatest happiness on earth __________.A. loving and to be lovedB. to love and being lovedC. to love and to be lovedD. love and be loved5. Your story is perfect; I’ve never hoard __________ before.A. the better oneB. a better oneC. the best oneD. a good one6. I apologize for __________.A. don't let you knowB. not let you knowC. letting you not knowD. not letting you know7. It is almost five years __________ we saw each other last time.A. beforeB. sinceC. afterD. when8. She said that she would do __________ she could __________ her daughter laugh.A. what, makeB. that, makeC. what, to makeD. that, to make9. Mona Lisa is __________ one of the best masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci.A. thoughtB. regardedC. looked onD. considered10. The story is very interesting, and it is ___________.A. well worth readingB. well worthy of readingC. very worthy readingD. worthy to read11. Don’t expect too much of him, ________, he is a disabled man.A. at allB. after allC. in allD. above all12. ____ you learn, _____ you will get.A. The more knowledge; the more equippedB. Much more knowledge; much more equippedC. The much knowledge; the much equippedD. If more knowledge; then much equipped13. Do you feel like _______ Faust, the latest hit at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center this coming Sunday?A. to watchB. having watchedC. to be watchingD. watching14. I forgot Tom's address. But I found his telephone number in the __________.A. phone book'sB. book of phoneC. phone's bookD. phone book15. The US is often called the nation on wheel, because many Americans prefer driving long distance to __________ train or plane.A. takeB. takingC. to be takingD. taken16. By the time he ____ fourteen years old, he ____ advanced mathematics all by himself.A. has been … learnedB. had been … had learnedC. was … learnedD. was … had learned17. ____ you go on trying, you will succeed sooner or later.A. As soon asB. As far asC. As long asD. As well as18.Nothing will ____ me undertaking the task.A. resistB. keepC. preventD. protect19. Hard work and proper methods are the keys ____________ high marks.A. to getB. for gettingC. of gettingD. to getting20. Tourists got ____________ about the beautiful scenery although the trip was rather .A. exciting, tiredB. exciting, tiringC. excited, tiredD. excited; tiring21. The new regulation will not ________ until the first of March.A. put into effectB. come into effectC. take into effectD. put into serviceKeys: 1. BDBCB 6. DBCDA 11. BADDB 16. DCCDD 21. BSection B:My grandmother used to say to me, "You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand. " For a long time I thought this was 22 . I've discovered that my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few "best" friends in our lifetime, but those aren't the only people that we can call friends. There are many different 23 . Let me tell you about a few of them.One type of friends is the type that I call the "soccer mom friend". My neighbor Betty is a good 24 . We both have kids who play soccer, and someone has to take them to their practices and pick them up. Betty and I and two other mothers do this. We meet sometimes and have coffee and talk about what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we see each other. I 25 the company of these women, but we don't do anything else together.Another type is the "hobby friend". This is the person that you share an interest or a hobby with. Doug and Charles Fisher, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. They all 26 to a bird watching club. Every 27 weekends the members of the club go on hikes to watch different kinds of birds. There's 28 romantic about my relationship with Doug and Charles, of course. We just share an interest in birds.Then there's the "other half of the couple" type of friends. George is married to Carmen, a friend that I' ve known 29 college. When Carmen married George, I knew that I would have to be George's friend if I wanted to continue to be Carmen's. George and I don't share that many interests, but we do have a 30 relationship. He's part of the package.Keys: 22. ECIAD 27. HFJGReading ComprehensionSection A：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.31. A. from B. of C. about D. on32. A. often B. look C. sometimes D. seem33. A. rest B. another C. other D. others34. A. without B. by C. from D. upon35. A. saying B. being said C. said D. says36. A. On B. In C. from D. since37. A. took up B. took as C. took after D.took off38. A. for B. about C. on D. from39. A. missing B. missed C. miss D.having missed40. A. and B. or C. nor D.neither41. A. also B. no C. more D.beside42. A. which B. there C. where D. that43. A. instead of B. except C. than D. nor44. A. Similarly B. Furthermore C. However D.Therefore45. A. as B. for C. by D. fromKeys: 31. BDCAC 36. ADCAB 41. ACADBSection 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.AA child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or giving him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy stories. Often, however, this arises(出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar(奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.46. The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when parents ___________________________ .A. repeat it without any changeB. treat it as a jokeC. make some changesD. set it in the present47. According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story isA. in a realistic settingB. heard for the first timeC. repeated too oftenD. told in a different way48. The advantage for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it__________________________ .A. makes them less fearfulB. develops their power of memoryC. makes them believe the storiesD. encourages them not to have strange beliefs49. The author mentions flying on sticks and kissing telephones to suggest that ________________________ .A. fairy stories are still being made upB. there is misunderstanding about fairy talesC. people try to modernize old fairy storiesD. there is more concern for children's fears nowadaysBJoan Chen is famous both in China, where she grew up, and in the United States, where she now lives. How did Joan become a famous actress in two countries? It's an interesting story.Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from a film studio(制片厂）came to her school and chose her to study at the studio. She was happy about this chance, but mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, however she discovered that she really liked acting. At age 18, she won the Golden Rooster, China's top film prize.In the late 1970s, Joan's parents, who were doctors, moved to the United States. Joan joined them when she was 20 and went to college there. Her parents hoped she would study medicine. Instead, she majored in film and later looked for work as an actress. To work in the United States, Joan had to start all over again. She told Hollywood that she was an actress in China, but she only got some small parts in TV shows.One day Joan went to speak to a director who was making a movie called Tai-pan. The interview didn't go well. As she walked away, a man in a car noticed her. The man was Dino DeLaurntiis, the film's producer. He immediately offered her a leading part. A year later, she starred in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor and was on her way to worldwide fame.50. What was true about Joan Chen when she was 14?A. Some people came to her school and chose her as an actress.B. She liked to study at the studio just because she wanted to be famous.C. The most important reason for her going to the studio was that she wouldn't like to stay atschool.D. She found she was fond of acting even before she was 14.51. When did she move to the States?A. In the late 1970s.B. After she graduated from college.C. In the late 1980s.D. In the early 1980s52. The interview with a director ______________________ .A. made her on the way to being famous in the worldB. led to no immediate good resultC. made her play a leading part in Tai-panD. gave her a chance to act in The Last EmperorCStudent participation(参与) in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student in many courses. Some professors base part of the final grade on the student's oral participation. Although there are formal lectures during which the student has a passive role (i.e., listening and taking notes), many courses are organized around classroom discussions, student questions, and informal lectures. In graduate discussions the professor had a "manager" role and the students make presentations and lead discussions. The students do the actual teaching in these discussions.A professor's teaching method is another factor(因素) that determines the degree and type of student participation. Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without controlling it. Many professors encourage students to question their ideas. Students who object to the professor's point of view should be prepared to prove their positions.In the teaching of science and mathematics, the controlling mode of instruction is generally traditional, with teachers presenting formal lectures and students taking notes. However, new educational trends have turned up in the humanities and social sciences in the past twenty years. Students in education, society, and history classes, for example, are often required to solve problems in groups, design projects, make presentations, and examine case studies. Since some college or university courses are "practical" rather than theoretical, they pay more attention to "doing" for themselves.53. Participation in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student in many courses except in .A. science and mathematicsB. the humanities and social sciencesC. informal lecture coursesD. discussion courses54. From the passage we know that education in the humanities and society _________________________ .A. has not changed muchB. pay attention to students' studying instead of teachers' teachingC. is much more important than that of science and mathematicsD. has become more practical than theoretical55. The reason why some professors ask students to make presentations and lead discussions is that .A. these professors are often not well prepared before classB. these professors want to stress "doing"C. these professors want to test the students' abilitiesD. these professors are not willing to teach theory56. Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage?A. Student participation is not common in the classroom in many courses like social sciences.B. Some professors want to control the classroom discussion.C. Some professors usually want the students to take part in the teaching of science andmathematics.D. New educational trends have turned up in teaching of natural sciences such as chemistry. Keys: 46. CBAB 50. CDB 53. ADBBSection CDirections; Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A—F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.Driving a car at high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You need only to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highways and it will take you to where you wish.But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver has to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of London, from the smallest lane to the most popular bar around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.A certain London taxi driver told of his job as follows. During the night it is quite usual for him to stop two or three times for some sadness. He said, "I never drink when I'm working—I would lose my license. "He normally goes home at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay longer and tries to make more runs. He said, "That's the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don't make the money, no one is going to give it to you. "London taxi drivers not only " take" but also " give". Every summer hundreds of children from London will go for a day at the sea—by taxi f Their rides are paid by the taxi drivers, and these fares all go to the London Taxi Fund for Underprivileged Children. At the sea, they are met by the mayor, and a lunch party is also held in honor of the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day running around the sea beaches and visiting the market, the children go home again—by taxi and free of charge.Section DDirections; Read the following passage. Then answer the questions or complete the sentences according to the information given in the passage you have just read.The next time you try for a high-ranking post, you could let your possible boss listen to a recommending(推荐) phone call "made" by former US President George W. Bush or former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.Of course, neither of them could really do that for you—you would just "borrow" their voices. AT&T labs will start selling speech software that it says is so good at reproducing the sounds of a human voice that it can recreate voices and even bring the voices of long-dead famous people back to life.The software, which turns printed text into speech, makes it possible for a company to use recordings of a person's voice to say things that the person never actually said.Possible customers for the software, which is priced in the thousands of dollars, include telephone call centers, companies that make software that reads digital(电子的) files aloud, and makers of automated voice devices（装置). The advances raise several problems. Who, for example, owns the rights to a famous person's voice? (Some experts even believe that new contracts(合同) will be drawn that include voice-licensing clauses. ) And although scientists say the technology is not yet good enough to commit fraud (假冒) , would the synthesized(合成的) voices at last be able to trick people into thinking that they were getting phone calls or digital audio recordings from people they know?Even Mr Fruchterman, one of A T&T lab's possible first customers, said he wondered what the new technology might bring. "Just like you can't trust a photograph any more. " he said, " you won't be able to trust a voice either. "62.What is the passage mainly about?63.With the help of the speech software, it is most possible _____________________________________ .64.If the speech software were widely used, ________________________________________________ .65.What problem might the new software cause?Keys: 57. EAFDC62.it describes the future market of a new speech software.63.to say what you want in another’s voice64.we would be able to hear the voices of long-dead famous people65.people might not trust other’s voice any more.Translation66．生活的压力也会不知不觉地是你的头发失去亮泽。

上海高一高中英语期中考试班级:___________ 姓名：___________ 分数：___________一、其他1.As a boy，Tim was much influenced by books about the sea, but in fact by the age of fifteen he had decided to become a doctor 【1】 a sailor. His father was a dentist and as a result Tim had the opportunity of meeting many doctors either at home or elsewhere. When he was fourteen he was already hanging around the clinic of a local doctor【2】 he was supposed to be helping to wrap up medicine bottles, but was actually trying【3】 (listen) to the conversations【4】 (take place) between the doctor and his patients in the next room.During the war Tim served in the Navy as a surgeon（外科医生）.“That was the happiest time of my life. I was dealing with very real suffering and【5】the whole making a success of it .”In California he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver. He【6】 (prove) his skills to himself and his ability to take decisions. Thus, while he was able to tell them what to do, he could feel he was serving them. After the war, he got married and chose to be a doctor in the countryside, working under an old doctor who was popular in the area,【7】 who hated the sight of blood and believed that the secret of medicine was faith. This gave the younger man many opportunities to go on【8】 (work) working as a life –saver.2.An American novelist Jonathan Franzen tells readers that he appreciated real, printed newspa pers more “as the Internet rose to power, disseminating information that could be trusted as little as it cost to read it.”That’s 【1】 turn of phrase that we could apply to the discussion of Internet rumors(谣言)and their impact: this kind of information can【2】(trust) as little as it costs to read it. That is, we can’t trust it at all. Franzen may be overstating the case to make a point. There are, after all, plenty of ways that the Internet has provided access to information that is trustworthy and accurate, not to mention helpful. The problem is【3】 the Internet also has flooded our lives with less accurate and less trustworthy material.“Digital literacy”is the name for this 21st century skill, and it is becoming as fundamentally important a s literacy itself. So【4】 do we tell the real from the false?Like anything, it takes practice at asking questions and, above all, paying attention to details【5】 (give) already. Who is the author? Do you know a real name or just a username(用户名)?Why【6】 you trust this person? Does he or she provide some credentials (证明)? There are big differences in the domains, and it is important to understand【7】 .It was【8】 (easy) to tell a trustworthy source in the days before the Internet. Then, we all knew which newspapers had the highest standards and which ones were more for sensation and entertainment than for real news and commentary.3.Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Bullying (欺负) can take a variety of forms, from the verbal being taunted or called hurtful names to the physical being kicked or shoved, as well as indirect forms, such as being excluded (排除)from social groups. A survey I conducted with Irene Whitney found that in British primary schools up to a quarter of pupils reported experienceof bullying, in which about one in ten cases was persistent(执意的). There was less bullying in secondary schools, with about one in twenty-five suffering persistent bullying, but these cases may be particularly recalcitrant. Bullying is clearly unpleasant, and can make the child experiencing it feel unworthy and depressed. In extreme cases it can even lead to suicide, though this is thankfully rare. Victimized pupils are more likely to experiencedifficulties with interpersonal relationships as adults, while children who persistently bully are more likely to grow up to be physically violent, and convicted of anti-social offences.Until recently, little help was available to teachers to deal with bullying. Perhaps as a consequence, schools would often deny the problem. “There is no bullying at this school” has been a common r efrain, almost certainly untrue. Fortunately more schools are now saying: “There is not much bullying here, but when it occurs we have a clear policy for dealing with it.”(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN ELEVEN WORDS)【1】According to the first paragraph, the fact that _________________ belongs to an indirect form of bullying. 【2】The survey the author conducted indicates that as students grow older, ______________.【3】Bullying is likely to cause ________________ feelings among victimized children.【4】One possible reason why schools denied the problem of bullying was ______________.4.Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. You are required to use the word given in the bracket for each respective sentence.【1】电脑的发明对人们的生活产生了重大影响。