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1、上海中学2022学年第一学期高二年级期末练习英语L Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a questions will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear
2、a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1 .A. Excited B. Dissatisfied. C. Bored. D. Exhausted.2 .A. 7:00. B. 7:10. C. 9:00. D. 9:10.3 .A. A cook. B. A shop assistant. C. A saleswoma
3、n. D. A waitress.4 .A. At a gas station. B. In a work shop.C. At an art gallery. D. In a department store.5 .A. He hasnt had a chance to meet Kathy yet.B. Kathy had already told him the news.C. He didnt know that Kathy was being moved.D. His new office will be located in New York.6 .A. The woman wan
4、ts to go to Toronto. B. The man wants to go to Vancouver.C. There are no flights to Toronto. D. There are two direct flights to Toronto.7 .A. She should do more careful work. B. She is not concerned about Georges remarks.C. George does not care about her. D. George shouldnt have said much about her.
5、8 .A.8.A. She cant afford that much for a trip.B. She is fortunate to have made a lot of money.C. She doesnt think 15, 000 dollars is enough for the trip.D. She considers 15, 000 dollars only a small sum of money.9 .A. Playing tennis. B. Writing a term paper.C. Gathering materials. D. Holding a meet
6、ing.10 .A. The man was seriously injured in the car accident.B. The man had poor imagination because of the car accident.C. The man wasnt wearing the seat belt when the accident happened.D. The mans daughter advised him to wear the seat belt before he left home.Section BDirections: In Section B, you
7、 will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers
8、on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11 .A. Future researchers. B. College students.C. Company employees. D. Successful artists.12 .A. To teach the listeners how to work hard.B. To enable
9、 the listeners to get better salaries.C. To prepare the listeners to get better jobs.D. To encourage the listeners to seize opportunities.13 .A. Kindness. B. Diligence. C. Willingness. D. Interest.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14 .A. The benefits of walking. B. The impor
10、tance of keeping fit.C. The way of forming a habit. D. The possibility of excising regularly.15. A. Because it needs much thinking. B. Because people can improve their memory.C. Because it is suitable for everyone. D. Because people neednt concentrate on it.16. A. It is the easiest way to lose weigh
11、t. B. It can be made part of peoples life.C. It can make peoples hearts stronger. D. It prevents people suffering from cancers.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. He has just been back from South America.B. He has been burnt for a few hours.C. He has been surfing t
12、he Internet for long.D. He has been doing school work all night.18. A. To look for something interesting for pleasure.B.To meet new friends in the Net chatroom.C. To release pressure from heavy work.D. To look for information for his project.19. A. Quite a few sites are just old event calendars.B. I
13、ts a waste of time to surf the Internet.C. A lot of information can be found.D. A lot of friends can be made on the Internet.20. A. People spend much time talking about other interests.B. It takes long to find things because of many useless sites.C. It is hard to start chatting with others in the ch
14、atroom.D. Its hardly the best source of information available.IL Grammar and VocabularySection A Multiple Choice1. No one was convinced by her insistence to blame.A that she be notB. that she was notC. on her being notD. on her not beDo remember you breathe a word of this to anyone.A. wontB. shantC.
15、 dontD. wouldntHe ask too much about her private life as she was so sensitive about it.A. not daredB. didnt dareC. dared not toD. dares not toTimmy, why in the mud? I have already told you so many times not to!A. must you sitB. should you sitC. will you sitD. can you sitIt is obvious that nobody wan
16、ts to make friends with the poor boy money.A. suspecting to have stolenB. suspecting to stealC suspected having stolenD. suspected of having stolen2. Could it have been on her birthday her parents gave her this computer as a present?A. thenB. thatC. whenD. thats whyThe use of radar as well as the tw
17、o-way radio for the police to intercept most speeders.A. makes it a possibility B. make possible it C. makes it possibleD. make possiblehis impeccable intellectual and social credentials, we wouldnt have managed to get the grant.A. If it werent forB. Had not it been for C. With the help ofD. But for
18、in her veins some of the blood of the bohemian and the adventuress who runs barefoot.A. There flownB. Here flewC. There flowsD. Here flowOnce again, Jeff could interact with the dolphins and find affection in return.A. Little he dreamed how severely his love could be tested.B. Little has he dreamed
19、how severely his love will be tested.C. Little dreamed he how severely his love would be tested.D. Little did he dream how severely his love would be tested.3. Tracy Mcgrady announced his operation decision to the press without informing his club, leaving his team members why he did so.A. to wonderB
20、. wonderedC. wonderingD. wonderNot long ago in mysterious circumstances, following the death of another opposition leader earlier thisyear.A. died a leader of the democratic oppositiondid a leader of the democratic opposition dieB. a leader of the democratic opposition had dieda leader of the democr
21、atic opposition died4. enquiries and seek fbr reliable new-corporation logistics company for transloading, we would be glad to assist and append our best competitive rates to you.A. If you had hadB. Should you have C. But that you had D. You are to haveAny change in consciousness is accompanied by a
22、(n)change in the biophysical system.A. exhaustingB. discreetC. correspondingD. distractingThe depth and extent of this understanding have been shown in some work of quality and insight.A. fancyB. exceptionalC. promisingD. flexiblePolish national long-stay visas their holders to a maximum 5-day visa-
23、free transit through theSchengen territory (only on the way to Poland).A. attachB. stickC. exposeD. entitleA special period should be solely for the purpose of carrying out an inspection.A. set asideB. set againstC. set offD. set backSection BDirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the
24、blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.How language transformed humanityLanguage is very probably the one characteristic that separates us from the chimpanzees, our closest relatives. All other major differences between us likely stem from language. It allows you to implant (植
25、入)a thought from your mind directly into someone elses mind”, says Mark Pagel, professor and head of the Evolution Laboratory at the University of Reading.Humans use discrete (分离的)pulses of soundtheir language-18 (alter) the internal settingsinside someone elses brain to suit an individuals interest
26、s. Language is a form of social learning instead of something 19 (pursue) all by oneself.Social learning is visual theft: for example, if I can learn by watching you, I can steal (and benefit from) your best ideas, wisdom or skills without having to invest the time and energy to develop these 20.The
27、re are two options for dealing with this crisis: either return into small family groups so the benefits of each groups knowledge 21 others. y with ones relatives or expand ones group to include unrelated others. 22 our relatives, the Neanderthals, who withdrew into small groups, humans chose the sec
28、ond option, and language was the result.Language evolved to solve the crisis of visual theft and to exploit cooperation and exchange”, says Professor Pagel.In fact, as Professor Pagel argues, language is a “social technology 23 (allow) for cooperation between unrelated individuals and groups. Accord
29、ing to the archaeological record, it was this cooperation and sharing of ideas 24 came before human migration around the planet and the following human population explosion.But almost incomprehensibly, thousands of languages evolved. So just 25 a shared language facilitates communication and coopera
30、tion between unrelated groups, different languages slow the flow of ideas, technologies-and even genes.“Can humans afford to have all these different languages?99 asks Professor Pagel. In a world 26 we want to promote cooperation, in a world that is more dependent than ever on cooperation to maintai
31、n and enhance humanitys levels of prosperity, multiple languages 27 not be practical.In fact, humanitys “destiny is to be one world with one language”, concludes Professor Pagel.Section C VocabularyDirection: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used on
32、ce. Note that there is one woid more than you need.A. labourB. mannerC. highlighting D. circumstancesE. updatedF. characterised G. integratedH. admirableI. accommodateJ. overseeingK. flexibleThe house of the future? A sun-filled, shape-shifting, shed-share paradiseWhat will homes be like 10 years fr
33、om now? Judging by the winners of the Home of 2030 competition, sharing will be key.Shared home-working spaces, communal garden sheds and houses built using apps一these are just some of the ideas in the winning proposals for the governments Home of 2030 competition to develop prototype “homes fit for
34、 the future, 28 the “best of British design”. The aim was to imagine what the best age-adaptable, energy-efficient, healthy homes might look like in 10 years9 time; but, according to the winning architects, most of the best ideas have been around for generations.“You cant get much more 29 and adapta
35、ble than the Georgian townhouse/9 says Jennifer Beningfield of Openstudio, leader of one of the two winning teams announced today. Weve taken this very simple model and 30 it for the 21st century. Our idea was to create infinite choice and variation from something very simple.”Her teams scheme imagi
36、nes a terraced (排房的)housing type made from two standard components, a base unit and a loft, joined with “connector“ pieces, taking into account multiple configurations (布局)over time as family 31 change. Standing between the homes, the connectors would 32 stairs and a lift, as well as storage and sha
37、red workspace. One of the most important aspects since the pandemic, says Beningfield, is providing space to work from home, without having your laptop on the kitchen table”. Each home would have its own private outdoor space, while they would all back on to large communal gardens, arranged in the33
38、 of a traditional London square.Built off-site to demanding Passivhaus standards, with a twin wall timber frame, the homes would be34 by generous 2.7m high ceilings and tall 2.5m windows and doors, massively increasing the amount of daylight brought into the rooms, compared with most new-build spec
39、housing. Beningfield, who studied and worked in South Africa and the US, says that off-site construction is crucial, given the shocking build quality of so many new homes in the UK - which she fears will only get worse after Brexit, if much of the skilled35 is forced to leave.As is so often the case
40、 with blue-sky (纯理论的)ideas competitions, the ambitions of the Home of 2030 winning teams are 36- and, in this case, completely buildable - but there is little evidence to suggestthat either the government or the volume housebuilding sector has any intention of putting them into practice. For that, w
41、e must look to Sunderland in 2023, and hope that a(n) 37 union of other councils, communities and smaller-scale builders have the imagination to follow their lead.IIL Reading ComprehensionSection A ClozeDirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B,
42、C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Left out of society: Vanuatus deaf community push for national sign languageLeft out of society: Vanuatus deaf community push for national sign languageTasale Edward Bule, a 45-year-old fisher from Vanuatus Efate island,
43、remembers the day the world went silent. I woke up one morning and remember not hearing the birds sing, or the rooster crow,“ Bule says. I asked everyone to call my name to see if I would hear them - it was then I realised I had 38 the hearing in both my ears. The illness that took his hearing has n
44、ever been clearly explained to Bule by a doctor. But at 14, and with no 39 sign language or disability support, he left school, despite dreaming of one day becoming a pilot or an engineer.Bules story would be 40 much of the deaf community in the Pacific country of Vanuatu. With no national sign lang
45、uage, most people have to41their own ways to communicate. Some use signs theyvedeveloped with their families and communities, but then 42 to communicate outside this group. Others, like Bule, rely largely on lip-reading to 43.Disability advocates say this leaves the deaf community unable to particip
46、ate fully in society. The group are also more 44 during natural disasters, frequent in Vanuatu. Thus people are seeking to create an official language in the hope of 45 life for the hard of hearing community in the Pacific nation.46 , the government hopes to fix this too. It is currently developing
47、a national sign language, to becalled Storian wetem han, or using hands to communicate”.The initiative, which is funded by the Global Partnership for Education and the World Bank, has seentravel the country collecting signs from deaf people, and filming deaf people signing differentwords, which will
48、 be 48 to a sign language dictionary software program and turned into a nationalsign language.Once developed, Vanuatu would join Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa and Solomon Islands as Pacific nations with a national sign language, though at present Papua New Guinea is the only country where its sign language,
49、 Auslan- PNG Sign, is an officially 49 national language.The government hopes that Storian wetem han will be able to be 50 fully across the country in2024.For now though, Arthur Simrai, a field officer for the Vanuatu Society for People Living with DisabilitySimrai, says that many of those living with