上海市闵行区2014学年第一学期期高二英语试卷

上海市闵行区2014学年第一学期期中考试八校联考

高二年级英语学科 试卷

满分：100分 完卷时间：90分钟 命题 陈应宏

第I卷 （共 74分）

I. Listening Comprehension

Part A Short Conversations （10％）

Directions: In Part A, you will hear ten shot conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. He’s coughing. C. He’s laughing. 2. A.

B. He’s thinking. D. He’s smoking. B. He cooked Chinese rice. D. He made Chinese tea.

D. $5.20.

B. Professor and student. D. Publisher and writer.

D. 6:15. D. Tokyo. D. On Sunday.

He made a Chinese dish.

B. $4.5.

C. He cooked some fish. 3. A. $2.5.

C. $5.00.

4. A. Hairdresser and customer. C. Doctor and patient. 5. A. 7:45. 6. A. Berlin.

B. 7:15. B. Paris.

C. 6:45. C. London.

7. A. On Wednesday. 8. A. In a market.

B. On Tuesday. B. In a kitchen.

C. On Monday.

C. In a department store. D. In a restaurant. B. Jack has taken Mary for a holiday.

D. Jack isn’t Mary’s boy friend now.

9. A. Mary usually goes to work by taxi. C. Mary doesn’t live in New York. 10. A. Rabbits don’t like wearing glasses. B. Eating carrots is good for eyesight.

C. The woman should never believe what he says. D. He wouldn’t like the woman to wear glasses.

Part B Passage （6％）

Directions: In Part B, you will hear one short passage, and you will be asked several questions on the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 and 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. Two.

B. Twenty.

C. Twenty-one.

D. Twenty-two.

12. A. The owner had forgotten where he had parked it a few days before.

B. A thief had abandoned it in Rockinghill Palace Road. C. Someone had borrowed it from the owner. D. The owner wanted to play a joke on the police. 13. A. To park their cars on the roadside. B. To lock up their garages.

C. To park the cars in their garages at night.

D. To lock up their cars even when they are kept in locked garages.

Part C Longer Conversation （4%）

Directions: In Part C, you will hear one longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you will fill in the four brackets according to what you’ve heard. Blanks 14 through 17 are based on the following conversation. A Robbery Where? When? What? At the city (14)_______________. It happened (15) ___________. The (16)__________________ was stolen, which was worth (17)________________. Complete the form. Write No More Than Three Words for each answer.

II. Grammar & vocabulary Section A (10%)

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

(A)

Good morning, everyone. Now I’d like to talk to you about the final exam you are going to come across. The exam (18)________ (hold) next Thursday. Unlike the previous exam of this term, this test will not include multiple choice questions. It will consist entirely of essays, (19)________ involve many skills of writing. You will have to answer three of the five questions. The exam will be comprehensive. This means you will be responsible for all of the subject matter we’ve covered in class. I suggest you go over (20)________ we have learned thoroughly. To be more exact, I mean you should review all your corrected test papers and your class notes (21)____ ____ ____ the textbook. This exam will count for 50% of your grade in the course, the research project will count for 20%, and your rest work 30%.

I’ll be available in my office almost all day on Tuesday next week. If you run into any problems, don’t hesitate (22)________ (ask) me for help. You are always welcome. Best wishes and good luck for you on Thursday.

(B)

Tom, a reporter friend of ours, passed the large street windows of the New York Public Library. He

noticed a man on the other side of the window (23)________ (read) that day's newspaper. With delight Tom saw that the paper was open to the very page for which he had written a big article.

The reporter stopped, with his eyes (24)_______ (fix) on the man. Would the man read deeply into the article?

To the bottom of the page? It was one of those rare, unexpected moments, of which a writer dreams. The writer's nose got closer to the glass. The page wasn't turned: Good, the reader was interested. Our friend stayed there a bit longer to learn the answer (25) ________ the important question: Would the reader turn to the page (26)________ the story was continued?

Two minutes passed. Four minutes. Nothing. The man must be a very slow reader indeed. The writer didn’t realize the reader had fallen asleep (27)_______ he stepped forward and saw the reader’s closed eyes.

Section B ( 10%)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than yoSection B ( 10%)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. u need. A. encouraged B. means C. maintaining D. coexisting AB. economic AC. used AD. morality BC. artificial BD. mostly CD. policymakers ABC. interact

Science fiction in the 20th century predicted many early versions of today’s technologies. If you are a Star Trek fan, you’ll notice the gadgets (小装置) often look like modern technologies like smartphones. But Neal Stephenson argues that sci-fi’s greatest contribution is to show how technology interacts with social and (28)________ systems — what authors call “world-building”.

Denise Caruso, a science policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University in the US, agrees. In an interview with Smithsonian magazine, she said science fiction not only helps scientists think about how the work they’re doing might eventually turn out, it can also help them think about (29)________.

For example, US writer Isaac Asimov’s 1950 book I, Robot is a collection of stories about robots (30)________ with humans. In these stories, Asimov (31)________ readers to think about moral (道德的) issues like whether (32)________ beings should enjoy legal rights and equal social status with humans. He also discussed the dilemmas that could result from programming robots with moral directives.

Upon Asimov’s death in 1992, the journal Computer Engineers praised him for demonstrating “the enormous potential of information technology” and highlighting the difficulties of (33)________ “reliable control over semi-autonomous machines.”

Participants in the Hieroglyph Project hope their audience may extend to not only scientists and innovators, but also to politicians and (34)________ who can influence our society for generations to come.

“If the government has to decide what to fund and what not to fund, they are going to get their ideas (35)________ from science fiction… rather than in technical papers,” Arizona State University roboticist and project participant Srikanth Saripalli told the BBC.

Drones are Saripalli’s specialty. They are frequently described as weapons or a (36)________ of surveillance(监视). But they can also be helpful tools (37)________ for search and rescue missions, agriculture and traffic monitoring. III. Cloze (10%)

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.

Since the disappearance of Malaysian flight MH370 early Saturday, revelations about the passenger list and

plane's flight plan have left officials (38)________ to get latest information.

As officials and authorities attempt to (39)________ what happened, they are still faced with the lack of physical evidence including the missing flight data recorder and the black box. Stolen Passports

Perhaps the most troubling mystery surrounding the missing plane is (40)________ two passengers who were travelling on stolen passports played any role in what happened to the jet.

Both an Austrian and Italian passenger were (41)________ on the flight manifest（名单）, but neither was actually on the plane. Both had their passports stolen in Thailand. Plane's Disappearance is shocking

Without more information or the missing plane's black boxes, authorities could not confirm or rule out terrorism. (42)________ there is an Interpol database of stolen passports, officials told The Associated Press that no one had checked the database before the flight took off. Disappeared Midflight

The most dangerous parts of a flight are (43)________ the takeoff and landing, but the missing jetliner disappeared about two hours into a six-hour flight, when it should have been cruising （巡航）safely around 35,000 feet. No SOS Signal

Another (44)________ element in the missing plane case is that the pilots never sent an SOS signal before disappearing from radar.

If pilots did not even have time to alert air traffic control, experts say that is a likely sign that the event would have been quick and (45)________. The Boeing 777 can fly on just one engine and even if both engines go out, they can be restarted. Did it Turn Around?

The whole world is wondering: Did the plane turn around?

At a (46)________ conference today, a Malaysian official said that the plane may have turned around. \military radar indicated that the aircraft may have made a turn back. But from what we have now, there was no such signal or (47)________ call, so we are equally puzzled.\

38. A. wondering 39. A. pick out 40. A. whether 41. A. listed commented 42. A. Because

B. Although B. missing B. precious B. pressure

C. When

C. alarming C. various C. stress

D. Unless

D. interesting D. disastrous D. reporter

D.

43. A. occasionally B. traditionally 44. A. delighting 45. A. previous 46. A. press 47. A. quick relevant

IV. Reading Comprehension Section A (16%)

C. rarely

D. consequently

B. combining B. take out B. how

C. participating C. figure out C. why

D. scrambling

D. turn out D. when

D.

B. enrolled C. focused

B. urgent C. frequent

Directions: Read the following 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)

Only three local students won Chinese Blog Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.

170 students’ task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many postings based on a theme of choice — all written in Chinese.

Themes ranged from local opinions － such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre － to food blogs.

The entries were judged on language proficiency and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.

Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University, IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.

In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list — the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.

“No surprise,” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teacher-in-charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language.”

One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao, 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts. Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible.

“Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers.” Said Miss Gao, “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.” 48. The competition was organized by ______. A. the National University of Singapore

B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao C. Innova Junior College

D. the Saint Andrew’s Junior College

49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Chinese students won most of the awards. B. Not all the themes were about local subjects. C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish. D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China. 50. What Miss Gao said suggests that ______. A. she likes to blame the authorities C. she thinks highly of the others’ blogs 51. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. how Chinese students won the awards in the competition B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs C. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition D. what the result of the competition was

B. she has a sense of responsibility D. she loves to read valuable posts

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