市北中学2008-2009学年度高一年级英语期末考试卷

上海市市北中学2008-2009学年度高一年级英语期末考试卷

I. Listening: 16% Part A Short Conversations

1. A. He is lost B. He needs an apartment.

C. He will not move. D. He doesn?t know what he will do. 2. A. He is seven years old. B. He is seventeen years old. C. He is twenty-four years old. D. He is thirty-one years old. 3. A. The man and the woman are having lunch now. B. The man will call the woman to arrange for lunch. C. The man and the woman have lunch at the same time. D. The woman does not want to have lunch with the man. 4. A. The students watched the football game in the stadium. B. Only half of the students watched the football game. C. The students watched the football game at 10:30. D. They only watched half of the football game.

5. A. She?s two hours late. B. She?s too worried to be patient.

C. The woman can stand two hours. D. The man tells the woman not to worry. 6. A. $3,184 B. $5,264 C. $3,264 D. $5,184 7. A. She?s going to the town. B. She?s going to the department store. C. She?s going to the hotel. D. She?s going to the stadium.

8. A. They?re going to be very late. B. She doesn?t know how long they?ll have to wait. C. It?s just nine o?clock. D. They?re going to be in Beijing at half past eleven. 9. A. 5 B. 12. C. 18. D. 24.

10. A. Mr. Weiner B. Mrs. Weiner C. Mrs. Green. D. Dr. Robert. Part B Passage

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Oil, chemicals, minerals and nuclear energy. B. Oil, chemicals, nuclear energy and ocean water. C. Ocean water, oil, chemicals and minerals. D. Salt, oil, minerals and nuclear energy.

12. A. Producing food from farms. B. Growing food in the sea.

C. Inhabiting the sea. D. Solving the problem of overpopulation. 13. A. Because there is a rise in the price of electricity.

B. Because the supplies for conventional(传统的) fuels are decreasing. C. Because there is a decrease in the number of power stations. D. Because the demands for conventional fuels are decreasing. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. It can release their hands to work. B. The baby can enjoy a sense of security(安全). C. The baby can make less mess in the room. D. The baby may feel more comfortable. 15. A. Both mother and baby feel hot in hot months. B. The mother suffers from backache. C. The baby is not free to use its hands and legs. D. The baby tends to be too dependent. 16. A. Quite positive. B. Rather negative C. Indifferent D. Matter of fact. II. Grammar: 17%

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17. Accounting is described as ___ science of classifying, recording, and reporting____ important financial

events.

A. a, the B. a, / C. /, / D. /, the

18. The college student has written quite a few books now, _______ his teachers didn?t expect. A. that B. whom C. of which D. which 19. My pen is nowhere to be found. I think I _______ it in the classroom yesterday.

A. have left B. must have left C. should have left D. could leave

20. I felt disappointed and was about to leave_______ something occurred which attracted my attention.

A. until B. when C. while D. and

21. So far as population is concerned, New York is _______ the biggest cities in the world.

A. about B. on C. among D. for 22. The child hid himself behind his mother, ______ he was afraid of the dog.

A. or B. and C. but D. for 23. _______ the term is finished, I?m going to rest a few days and take a trip. A. As if B. Even if C. Now that D. In case

24. It is these poisonous products____ can cause the symptoms of the flu such as headache and aching

muscles.

A. who B. that C. how D. what 25. That was the reason ______ Ms. Smith refused to speak at yesterday?s meeting. A. why B. what C. which D. for that 26. The brave man, _______ the tiger was shot, is a good hunter.

A. of whom B. by that C. by whom D. by which 27. I still remember the day ______ she wore that pink dress.

A. when B. in which C. on that D. which 28. Let?s talk of a situation _______ this word can be used.

A. which B. that C. where D. in that

29. Tom promised to try his best to teach me to swim. I didn?t know _______ who would do so. A. anyone B. anyone else C. another D. any other 30. Free tickets will be given to _______ comes first.

A. whomever B. whoever C. no matter who D. whichever 31. Can you tell me_______ he will arrive in time?

A. where B. which C. what D. whether 32. Alice?s hair is longer than ________ in her class.

A. any other girls B. any other girl?s C. any other girl D. any other girls? 33. You _____ return the book now. You can keep it till next week if you like.

A. can?t B. mustn?t C. needn?t D. ought not to *(34-40空白)

III. Vocabulary: (9%)

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A. inexpensive B. face C. password D. users E. access F. complex G. technology H. fails I. software J. expects Wouldn?t it be great if we didn?t have to remember passwords ever again? If we could just sit in front of our computers and be automatically logged in? Crave mentions how NECSoft BiodeLogon system uses face recognition technology to log you on to Windows, rather than using a 41______. All you need is a webcam and your pretty face to 42_____ your PC. No more 43_____, confusing passwords to remember or change every few months. Problem is, this software is in Japanese.

After doing a little research, I found this type of 44____ already available in English to consumers via a relatively 45____ application called FaceCode. The 46____ requires the use of a webcam to recognize and log PC users into their systems. You can add as many 47____ as you want, if they each have a Windows account. If the system 48____ to recognize your 49____, you can recall the Windows user name and password by using a hot-key combination. IV. Cloze: (15%)

I guess I should look upon it as a sweet proof of my tastes. My 17-year-old son, who had for so long 50_______ my choice of clothing, now 51______ searches through my closet. Wasn?t it only yesterday that he had turned up his nose at my clothes? When Alyosha was in middle school and 52______ beginning to look at his father as a creature from outer space, I had once 53_______to suggest buying a pair of chinos(斜纹棉布裤) while we were shopping. He said nothing but selected a pair of outsized jeans. He 54_______ it on. “Too 55_____,” I pronounced. “Just right,” was his reply, 56_____ he admired himself in the mirror, completely 57_____ with the image. I think that set the tone(基调) for the next four years.

58______ began to change about a year ago. I remember the 59_____day. I had gone to my 60______ in search of a favorite T-shirt. I couldn?t find it, 61_______ it appeared later in the day when Alyosha returned home from school. “That?s my shirt,” I said. “Yeah, I know,” said Alyosha as he 62______ for the fridge. Since that time, he often —— and 63_____ warning —— searched for the new and different in my closet. I asked Alyosha why he wore my clothes. “I like some of them,” he smiled. Warmed by his words, I 64____ my tongue as he slipped into a pair of my trousers. 50. A. based on B. looked down on C. set on D. thought highly of 51. A. interestedly B. hurriedly C. disappointedly D. unwillingly 52. A. also B. soon C. just D. almost 53. A. attempted B. managed C. longed D. persuaded 54. A. put B. tried C. had D. wore 55. A. big B. tight C. cheap D. expensive 56. A. because B. though C. until D. as 57. A. worried B. satisfied C. proud D. nervous 58. A. Things B. Times C. Manners D. Tastes 59. A. first B. exact C. only D. single 60. A. house B. store C. office D. closet 61. A. and B. unless C. but D. so

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62. A. headed B. looked C. searched D. walked 63. A. about B. with C. on D. without 64. A. took B. held C. got D. moved V. Reading: 20%

(A)

It is said that in the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck.

Yes, when one becomes rich he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That?s what “Keeping up with the Joneses” is about. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things to keep up with their neighbours: they try to look as rich and as successful as their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping Up with the Joneses”, because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand?s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. That is one reason why they read the “right” books, go to the “right” universities and eat in the “right” restaurants.

Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr Jones always seems to be ahead. 65. Why, according to the passage, do many people try to keep up with the Joneses? A. Because they want to be as rich as their neighbours. B. Because they feel proud to be taken for the Joneses. C. Because they want others to know or think they are rich. D. Because they are afraid that others will know they are rich. 66. Why did Arthur Momand use the name “Jones” in his stories? A. Because many rich people in the U.S. are named Jones. B. Because few rich people in the U.S. are named Jones. C. Because the name sounds funny and impressive.

D. Because there are many people in the U.S. whose family name is Jones. 67. What does the author mean when he says the “right” books? A. Books that other people around are reading.

B. Books that teach people how to get rich and successful. C. Books by famous and successful writers. D. Very expensive books.

68. What does the author mean by “Mr Jones always seems to be ahead”? A. It seems Mr Jones is always walking ahead of others. B. It seems one can never keep up with all people around.

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C. It seems Mr Jones is a very rich man. D. It seems one has to work very hard to get rich. 69. What is the author?s opinion?

A. It is funny to try to keep up with the Joneses. B. It is necessary to keep up with the Joneses. C. It is hard to keep up with the people around you.

D. It is senseless to try to keep up with the people around you.

(B)

A linguist, an expert on languages, is always listening, never off-duty. I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents(地方口音), and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, one evening, three people came to my house and were shown into my front room. In front of each chair there was a microphone at head height, connected to a recorder in the middle of the floor. They sat down, rather nervously, and I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.

I turned on the recorder and each in turn counted from one to twenty in their best accents. When it was over, I turned the recorder off and brought round the drinks. The rest of the evening was spent in total relaxation. I joined them in talking and joking freely, leaving them only for a telephone call which lasted some time.

Or at least that is how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one in the bedroom. My friends, having seen the recorder before them turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. It meant that I was able to get as natural a piece of talk as it would be possible to find.

I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the recording was over, and asked them whether it should be destroyed. None of them wanted to —— but for some years after that, it always seemed that when it came to buying drinks, it was I who paid for them. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.

70. The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because he ____________. A. wanted to record how they pronounced numbers in their regional accents B. had to check if his recorder was working

C. wanted them to think that was all he wanted to record D. wanted to discover who had the best pronunciation

71. The writer left the room in the middle of the evening because _________.

A. he had to make a phone call B. the phone rang in the bedroom C. he wanted the others to have a talk without him D. he didn?t like talking with them 72. The recording which the writer was able to make was ____________.

A. natural B. controlled C. unclear D. expensive 73. When he told his friends what he had done, they _________.

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A. wanted him to destroy the recordings he had made B. didn?t seem to mind much C. were angry with him D. made him buy them more drinks 74. The writer recorded their talk ___________.

A. on the recorder in the middle of the floor B. through hidden microphones C. on a recorder in another room D. in the front room

( C )

One Saturday night, while we were sitting around our living room with some old friends, one of them started trying to remember how long we?d lived there.

“Since 1952,” I said. “We paid off the mortgage（分期付款） eight years ago.” “What did you pay for it?” “We paid $ 29,500 in 1952.”

My friend nodded knowingly and thought a minute. “I think,” he said, “that you could get $85,000 for it today.”

I don?t know why it is such a popular topic of conversation these days, but if any real estate dealers(房地产商) are reading this, I will give them some money-saving advice: don?t waste any stamps on me with your offers to buy.

Our house is not an investment. Our house is our home. We live there. It is the place we go when we don?t feel like going anyplace. We do not plan to move.

Our house gives me a simple pleasure every time I come home to it. I am warmed by some ambiance(氛围)—— which perhaps is only dust, but it is our dust and I like it.

There?s been much talk of moving, usually brought on by a leak in the roof or a neighbor we don?t like. But when anyone asks me how much I think our house is worth, I just smile. They couldn?t buy what that house means to me for all the money in both local banks. The house is not for sale.

75. The underlined word “mortgage” means a certain amount of money from _________. A. a company B. a bank C. a friend D. the country 76. According to the passage, we can learn that the house is a __________. A. careful investment B. careless investment C. money-losing investment D. money-making investment 77. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage? A. It was not easy for the writer to pay off the mortgage. B. People often talk about buying houses. C. People never lose interest in moving.

D. Some people do not get on well with their neighbors. 78. The writer thinks that his house __________.

A. is worth $ 25,000 B. is worth $ 85,000 C. is worthless D. is priceless 79. The best title for the passage would be _________.

A. The Structure of My House B. The Value of My House C. The Story of My House D. The History of My House

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(D)

Recently the World Health Organization announced that the disease of smallpox(天花) had almost been wiped out in most parts of the world, thanks to widespread vaccination(种牛痘). Most people are vaccinated at least once in their lives and if they wish to travel from one country to another they must be able to prove that they have had a recent vaccination. In this way the disease has been prevented from spreading and today one seldom hears of it at all.

This is mainly because of the great discovery made by a village doctor, Edward Jenner, in about 1798 when he published his report of his new experiment called vaccination(from the word “vacca” meaning a cow). Jenner discovered that people who worked with cattle often suffered from a harmless disease which they caught from the cattle, but these people never seemed to get smallpox. So he experimented by putting the disease into a small opening on the arms of healthy people, and though their arms became painful for a day or two, they soon recovered and none of these people ever got smallpox.

So the news of the wonderful discovery spread to other countries and people rushed to their doctors to be vaccinated. In many countries the simple way to deal with the arm was done on thousands of people, and the terrible smallpox began to disappear. 80. Vaccination against smallpox has been so successful that __________. A. the discoverer made a large amount of money

B. Dr Jenner was given a prize by the Would Health Organization C. smallpox has almost disappeared in most countries D. smallpox was no longer in existence on earth

81. Smallpox has been prevented from spreading through the following measures EXCEPT that _____________.

A. most people were vaccinated against the disease at least once B. people going abroad should promise not to spread the disease

C. people traveling from one country to another must prove they are vaccinated D. people must be vaccinated shortly before going to foreign countries 82. What led Dr Jenner to experiment with vaccination was that _________. A. he wanted to make a great discovery and publish it B. vaccination could make people?s arms safe

C. he tried to cure the farmers of some disease caught from the cattle D. those who worked with cattle seemed free from getting smallpox

83. The doctor?s new discovery was called ?vaccination? for the reason that _______. A. he discovered smallpox near a farm

B. he experimented with a disease from the cattle C. he was working with cattle in the countryside D. people got the disease of smallpox from the cattle 84. The news of the discovery _________.

A. caught people?s attention from all corners of the world

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B. spread far and near in the western countries C. made people rush to Dr Jenner for vaccination D. helped to get rid of the terrible disease of smallpox

第二卷

I. Verb forms: (10%)

1. All these new books _________________ to the students early next month. (introduce) 2. I __________ computer skills useful until I had begun to work in the research center. (not find) 3. Some students asked _______________ to use the new lab during the lunch break. (allow) 4. We _________________________ tea in the sitting room talking when the door bell rang.(have). 5. The gardener told us that those plants needed ________________________ once a week. (water) 6. Just at that moment, we saw her _________________________ happily on the playground.(play) 7. By the time the heavy rain came, all the crops ______________________ in by the farmers.(get) 8. The new TV play _______________________________ about all over the town these days.(talk) 9. He promised that he ___________________ the radio as soon as he finished the washing up. (fix) 10. She suggests our going to the beach for an outing if it _________________ tomorrow.(not rain) II. Translation:

1．你应该注意自己的肢体语言，因为交际不仅仅是说和听。(pay attention) 2．夜晚她一个人在行走时，手机被抢走了。(rob)

3．桂林是春天去游玩的好地方，它因为漓江的风景而著名。( , which) 4．你认识那位在竞赛节目开始前晕过去的女参赛者吗？(faint) 5．许多人是因为农民在蔬菜上使用的杀虫剂而生病的吗？(make) 6．我担保：有了现代技术，农业将变得更多彩更赢利。(with) III. Writing:

Write a composition on the topic below in 100-120 words according to the form given.

My favourite _____________

My favourite __________. I have three reasons why I ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Firstly, ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Secondly, ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Thirdly, _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

In short, _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Answer Sheet

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I.

1.________________________________ 2._____________________________________ 3.________________________________ 4._____________________________________ 5.________________________________ 6._____________________________________ 7.________________________________ 8._____________________________________ 9.________________________________ 10._____________________________________

II.

1. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. ____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

III.

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My favourite ________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Answer:

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1 CDBCB ABADB 11 CBB DBB

17 BDBBC DCBAC ACBBD BC 50-64 BACAB ADBAB DCADB

65-84 CDABD CCABC BDADB CBDBA 十选九：41-49 CEFGA IDHB 动词填空

1 will be introduced 2 did not find 3 to be allowed 4 were having 5 watering/to be watered 6 playing 7 had been got 8 is being talked 9 would fix 10 doesn?t rain 翻译

1 You should pay attention to your body language because communicating is more than listening and speaking.

2 She was robbed of her cell phone when she was walking alone at night.

3 Guilin , which is famous for its scenery along the Li River, is a good place to visit in spring. 4 Do you know the woman contestant who fainted before the quiz program (began).

5 Are many people made ill because of the pesticides that farmers use on their vegetables?

6 I guarantee (that) with modern technology, farming will become more colorful and more profitable.

出题意图：

围绕书本，结合所学的词汇，语法等知识，从听力，语法，词汇，阅读，翻译，写作，综合运用语言能力等方面，全面检查学生的基本知识和基本技能。试题源于课文又高于课文，强调扎实的基础知识和灵活的运用能力。

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1 CDBCB ABADB 11 CBB DBB

17 BDBBC DCBAC ACBBD BC 50-64 BACAB ADBAB DCADB

65-84 CDABD CCABC BDADB CBDBA 十选九：41-49 CEFGA IDHB 动词填空

1 will be introduced 2 did not find 3 to be allowed 4 were having 5 watering/to be watered 6 playing 7 had been got 8 is being talked 9 would fix 10 doesn?t rain 翻译

1 You should pay attention to your body language because communicating is more than listening and speaking.

2 She was robbed of her cell phone when she was walking alone at night.

3 Guilin , which is famous for its scenery along the Li River, is a good place to visit in spring. 4 Do you know the woman contestant who fainted before the quiz program (began).

5 Are many people made ill because of the pesticides that farmers use on their vegetables?

6 I guarantee (that) with modern technology, farming will become more colorful and more profitable.

出题意图：

围绕书本，结合所学的词汇，语法等知识，从听力，语法，词汇，阅读，翻译，写作，综合运用语言能力等方面，全面检查学生的基本知识和基本技能。试题源于课文又高于课文，强调扎实的基础知识和灵活的运用能力。

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