上海青浦高级中学2017学年第一学期期末考试
高中二年级英语试题
考试时间：90分钟；满分：
100分
第I卷共71 分
I. Listening Comprehension12%
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear six short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. At 7:30 B. At 9:30 C. At 9:10 D.9:50
2. A.They will look for the car key. B.They will drive to work.
C.They will eat breakfast. D.They will make breakfast.
3. A.Martha needs some training. B.Martha needs to be cleverer.
C.Martha needs more experience. D.Martha needs some skills.
4. A.To go to a foreign country. B.To pass the exam.
C.To work in the company. D.To ask for help.
5. A.To her home. B.To the hospital.
C.To the dining hall. D.To the restaurant.
6. A.They will hold a food display.
B.They will hold a party tonight.
C.They are short of food for their friends.
D.They haven’t prepared for tonight yet.
Section B
Directions:In Section B, you will hear one short passage and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions after each one. The passage 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 on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 7 through 9 are based on the following passage.
7. A.It can get readers familiar with the classics.
B.Readers can learn a lot of knowledge from it.
C.It can hold readers’ attention.
D.It can improve readers’ language abilities.
8. A.It sets off electrical activities in the brain.
B.It triggers more activities in the left brain.
C.It makes readers reflect on poetry.
D.It makes chemical changes in the brain.
9. A.Teaching difficult sentence structures.
B.Making people smarter in Maths.
C.Producing new thoughts.
D.Making literature become easier.
Questions 10 through 12 are based on the following passage.
10. A.A systematic noting standard.
B.A systematic notebook.
C.A way to save noting time.
D.A method to improve memorizing ability.
11. A.Key words. B.Main idea. C.Symbols. D.Some blank space.
12. A.At the TOP. B. At the bottom. C.On the left. D.On the right.
II Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
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.
Each year there are at least five million people around the world who develop serious flu, and almost half a million deaths. When someone we know gets the flu virus, we expect them to be very careful not to pass _______on to others. Doctors and nurses _______ with flu patients also need to protect themselves from the virus. But what is the best way to do this? This is the question ______ flu expert Professor Jonathan Van-Tam at Nottingham University is trying to answer. He wants to find out how flu is transmitted, ______ _______ he can sTOP doctors and nurses getting sick.
Since 2008, Van-Tam has been in charge of an international group studying _______ the flu virus travels. For the first time, 41 volunteers agreed to live together, like the TV program Big Brother. They _______ in a clinic in Cambridgeshire for two weeks, where they came into contact with the flu virus. The scientists wanted to see if the virus is transmitted when people cough and sneeze, or in other ways.
Van-Tam explains their method. “Fit and healthy volunteers _______ the flu virus via drops in their nose. When they show symptoms, other volunteers enter the house. Everyone lives together in the small space for four days. Some of the recipients wear face masks, and wash their hands every 15 minutes, _____ some have no protection. In this way we _____ study who catches the flu and which ways of transmitting flu are important.”
During the four days when they are in contact with the virus, and for the ten days _____ that, the flu recipients are checked regularly. The scientists make sure that everyone spends the right amount of time doing things together. And the volunteers are not allowed to drink alcohol, smoke or do exercise, to make sure the results are not changed.
【答案】1.for 2.that 3.waiting 4.After 5.built 6.that/which 7.can 8. much 9.do 10.has heard
【剖析】
1．for 考查介词．for意为"以（提及物）为目的（或功能）"．
2．that 考查连词．that引导同位语从句，其先行语是chance．
3．waiting 考查目前分词．The drones与wait之间是主谓关系，用目前分词作状语．
4．After 考查连词．依据句意：在厨师把点的东西放到遥控飞机后．用连词after．
5．built 考查过去分词．technology与build之间是动宾关系，用过去分词短语作后置定语．
6．that/which 剖析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词
7．can 考查情态动词．can表示"能力"．
8．much 考查固定搭配．as…as意为"和…一样"，表示同级的比较．用时应该注意第一个as为副词，第二个as为连词．其基本结构为：as+adj．/adv．+as．
9．do 考查动词不定式．let后接不带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语．
10．has heard 考查动词时态．依据从句Since it drew recent media attention，要用目前完成时态，因主语he是单数三人称，助动词用has．
Section B
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.
The strongest foundation for any bilateral ties, including those between China and the United States, is trust and cooperation.
On Monday U.S. President Donald Trump called China a "rival power" that is "______ weakening America's interests around the globe" in his administration's first national security strategy. The label, which is as blunt as it is misleading, suggests that the Trump administration is still _______ the relationship with China with an old-fashioned zero-sum mentality. This does precious little to help bring the world's TOP two economies, also each other's largest trading _______, closer.
In fact, the China-U.S. relationship, especially in the economic and trade sectors, has ________ both sides. Statistics have proved that the two sides have far more reasons and sufficient _______ to work together than to turn against each other. There are multiple more cases that can ______ the success of China-U.S. cooperation. For example, to combat climate change, the two countries formerly joined forces to make the historic Paris climate deal a reality.
In _______ global security, the two countries worked together along with other parties to clinch the Iranian nuclear deal, and safeguarded regional as well as international stability through diplomacy and ________ resolution.
Therefore, despite ________, cooperation and dialogue should be the mainstay of bilateral relations.
Since Trump became president, the two countries have maintained regular high-level communications. Over the past year, the two sides have ______ four high-level dialogue mechanisms on diplomacy and security, the economy, social and people-to-people exchanges, and law enforcement and cyber security and have been making progress in those areas.
【答案】FIBDACFJHG
【剖析】
1．考查副词．依据句子成分不缺少，所以填副词。
2．考查动词．依据前面is可知要填动词ing形式。
3．考查名词．上下文关系可推出答案。
4．考查过去分词．依据句子前面有has,可以填写过去分词。
5．考查名词．依据句意可填名词符合句式。
6剖析句子结构可知这是一个动词原形。
7考查词语的运用，依据句意需要填形容词。
8考查句式的对称关系，需要填写符合语篇意思。
9考查名词内在的句式关系是名词并列关系。
10考查过去分词．依据句子前面有has,可以填写过去分词。
III. Reading Comprehension
Section 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.
The doors to the ivory trade in China close on Dec. 31, 2017, and the world starts 2018 a step closer to a land _____ the slaughter of endangered animals.
China honors its _____ to ending commercial processing and sales of ivory by the end of 2017, the State Forestry Administration has said, adding it was China's "new year gift to the elephant."The move affects 34 processing enterprises and 143 designated ______places, with all of them to close, in the world's once largest ivory market."The Chinese authorities will continue to clamp down on ivory ______ as well as processing, sales, transportation and smuggling of elephant tusks," the administration said.
Rising wealth, a growing ______ of ivory as part of Chinese cultural heritage, its value as a status symbol and popular gift, and a sense that it was an inflation-proof investment ______ a boom in the industry, and a huge opportunity for global crime groups to _______.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the ______ of African elephants declined by 111,000 over the past 10 years. The overall ______ in the poaching（偷猎） of African elephants show a decline from the 2011 peak, but are still at levels too high when _______ continent-wide.
The World Wildlife Fund found that between 2008 and 2016, the number of elephants _______ by 66 percent in parts of Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic and Gabon.In 2015, China joined global efforts to announce it would phase out the ivory trade and ban imports of ivory and ivory products.The Chinese clampdown on the ivory trade has pushed the prices of ivory down, and the number of elephants killed in the last three years down by 65 percent, according to a report by Save the Elephants.Save the Elephants researchers said the price of ivory dropped ______ from its peak of 2,100 U.S. dollars per kg in 2014 to 730 dollars per kg in February 2017.
"China's ban is crucial for elephants," said Wild Aid CEO Peter Knights.
Poaching for the trade in ivory is estimated to ______ about 30,000 elephants around the world every year. But Knights said things were improving. The trading _____ will put ivory carving craftsman out of business. The Chinese government ______ 67 ivory-carving workshops and retail outlets in March, and the remaining 105 will be closed by the end of the year.
1. A. full of B. free of C. aware of D. guilty of
2. A. development B. announcement C. achievement D. commitment
3. A. meeting B. crossing C. trading D. showing
4. A. collection B. decoration C. promotion D. affection
5. A. pressure B. appreciation C. resistance D. extinction
6. A. forced B. signaled C. created D. reflected
7. A. expose B. explain C. exhaust D. exploit
8. A. population B. ambition C. competition D. description
9. A. effects B. trends C. benefits D. proceeds
10. A. expected B. viewed C. launched D. inspected
11. A. increased B. soared C. shrank D. expanded
12. A. definitely B. dramatically C. extremely D. perfectly
13. A. migrate B. transfer C. protect D. claim
14. A. policy B. rival C.ban D. law
15. A. put down B. shut down C. broke down D. turned down
【答案】1---5 ADACB 6---10 DDABC11---15 BBDAB
【剖析】
1．门的象牙贸易在中国12月31日,2017年,2018年世界开始一步一个土地充满了的濒危动物。
2．中国将在2017年底前完成对象牙的商业加工和销售，所以是致力于。
3．这一举措影响了34家加工企业和143家指定的碰面地址，它们都将关闭。
4．中国当局将继续打击象牙买卖，与加工、销售。
5．财富增长，象牙作为中国文化遗产的一部分。
6．从某种意义上说，这是一项预防通货膨胀的投资。
7．这对全球犯罪集团来讲是一个巨大的机会。
8．依据国际自然保护网盟的数据，在过去的10年里，非洲大象的数目降低了11万1千人。
9．偷猎的整体的非洲象趋势从2011年的峰值有所降低,
10．但，当在整个国内范围内的时候，它们的水平仍然过高。
11．世界自然基金会发现，从2008年到2016年，大象的数目有所降低。
12．拯救大象研究职员表示，象牙价格从2014年每公斤2100USD的峰值降低到2017年2月每公斤730USD。
13．偷猎象牙贸易估计每年约有30,000头大象在世界各地转送贩卖。
14．该买卖政策将使象牙雕刻工匠破产。
15．今年3月，中国政府将关闭67个象牙雕刻车间和零售网点，其余105家将于年底关闭
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
The British National Health Service was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basic health care, free of charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals.
Nowadays central government is directly responsible for the NHS although it is administered by local health authorities. about 83 percent of the cosplayt of the health service is paid for by general taxation and the rest is met from the National Insurance contributions paid by those in work. There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people, such as children, pregnant women, pensioners, and those on Income Support, are __________ from payment.
Most people are registered with a local doctor who is increasingly likely to be part of a health center which serves the community.
As the population of Britain gets older, the hospital service now treats more patients than before, although patients spend less time in hospital. NHS hospitals—many of which were built in the nineteenth century — provide nearly half a million beds and have over 480, 000 medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe although Britain actually spends less per person on health care than most of her European neighbors.
During the 1980s there was considerable restructuring of the Health Service with an increased emphasis on managerial efficiency and the privatization of some services . At the end of the 1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals to be self-governing, and encouraging GPs to compete for patients. Patients would be able to choose and change their family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility. The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from.
1. We can know from the first paragraph that ______________.
A. the original aim of the NHS was to provide equal basic health care for everybody
B. people didn’t have to pay for health care since the NHS was set up
C. patients were charged for receiving health care before 1948
D. the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villagers
2. All the following statements about GPs are true except that they ____________.
A. take care of the local people’s health
B. often take part in competitions to see who is the best
C. work under high pressure nowadays
D. have more responsibilities than before
3. What does the underlined word “exempt” probably mean?
A. tired B. different C. safe D. free
4. The biggest problem for the NHS is ______________.
A. many hospitals are too old to be used
B. some services are in the charge of individuals
C. more and more patients go to GPs for treatment
D. there is not enough money for further reform
【答案】 CBDD
【剖析】考试试题剖析：文章介绍了一本杂志TOKNOW Magazine。
1.细节理解题。依据第一段was designed to provide equal basic health care, free of charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals. 说明以前医疗是自费的，故答案为C。
2.细节理解题。B选项文章没提到，故答案为B。
3.细节理解题。依据依据There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people, such as children, pregnant women, pensioners, and those on Income Support, are __________ from payment. 孩子，孕妇，退休职员都免费。
，故答案为D。
4.细节理解题。 依据The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from. 可知主要问题是资金问题，故答案为D。
B
Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received a full financial education got lost in the ‘wash up’. An application is calling on the next government to bring it back.
At school the children are taught to add up and subtract but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account — let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England. Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions, they say. And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children, Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called “wash-up” earlier this month — the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed. Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum.
As the Personal Finance Education Group points out, the good habits of young children do not last long. Over 75% of seven- to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends. By this age, 26% see a credit card or overdraft as a way of extending their spending power. Pfeg predicts that these young people will “find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents' generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school.”
The UK has been in the worst financial recessionfor generations. It does seem odd that — unless parents step in — young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university. In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.
1. The passage is mainly about _____________.
A. how to manage school lessons B. how to deal with the financial crisis
C. teaching young people about money D. teaching students how to study effectively
2. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that __________.
A. the author complains about the school education
B. pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C. students have been taught to manage their finances
D. laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
3. The website and the consumer campaigner joined to _________.
A. instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money
B. promote the connection of schools and families
C. ask the government to dismiss the parliament
D. appeal for the curriculum of financial education
4. A poll is mentioned to ___________.
A. stress the necessity of the curriculum reform
B. show the seriousness of the financial recession
C. make the readers aware of burden of the parents
D. illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal
【答案】CADA
【剖析】
1.主旨题。依据文章最后一段，本文在教怎么样用钱，故答案为C。
2.细节理解题。依据At school the children are taught to add up and subtract but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account — let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world.学校只讲加减乘除，不讲怎么样管理钱，故答案为A。
3.细节理解题。依据Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England. ，上一些经济课程，故答案为D。
4.细节理解题。依据Over 75% of seven- to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends..可知大多数孩子都没资金管理的常识，故选A。
C
Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Chinese people are caring and friendly people. They show that it is easy for them to be your close neighbor, to be like a brother, a sister, a mother or a father. They smile easily, and laugh and reacted with honest emotion.
In contrast, my visit to England, Germany, Canada, and traveling in my own home, the United States left me with the impression that people there prefer to be left alone.___________ Possibly eight of ten would not return a smile to a stranger, and they might even frown at your forwardness.
However, it seems to me that the Chinese are friendly and helpful to strangers regardless of whether they are their own countrymen or form other countries.
People in Beijing often volunteer to help me to get in or get out of a taxi. Being in my 80s, with weak legs and poor balance, I tend to move a little slowly. Passers-by invariably smile and sTOP to offer assistance. Everyone I speak to while walking smiles and greets me. ___________
China has an abundance of goodwill compared to the United States. Chinese outdo Americans in overall day-to-day friendliness to acquaintances as well as to strangers. ___________ People I have met in different activities in my daily life have given gifts to me in various ways. It makes no difference to them that giving gifts is not a common practice among Americans, even between close friends and relatives. As for myself, I am a poor shopper when it comes to buying gifts and never know what to give. I tell people so, and yet they never quit giving me gifts. Their generosity is so endearing.
__________ Pedestrians frequently step out in front of moving vehicles. Cars cut each other off with a minimum of clearance. But I see or hear of no “road rage.” People show great self-control. Chinese drivers are defensive drivers. They constantly watch other vehicles and pedestrians. They want no contact with either!
【答案】DAEC
【剖析】
1.本段主要解说外国人不太跟陌生人交际，前面的left alone, 主语是复数，所以选D。
2.本段解说了北京人的热情，举例了一些实例，所以选一个类似的具体实例，选A。
3.本段解说了中国人对陌生人的慷慨，本段最后一句又点出了主题Their generosity is so endearing.，所以选E更准确。
4.本段设置在段首，要往后文看，可以发现解说了不少中国人礼让的现象，所有是一个社会，而且在升华主题，因此选C。
第II卷
I.Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1.大家常常彼此推荐我们的成功故事，这使大家可以互相学习。（enable）
【答案】We often share our success stories with each other, enabling us to learn from each other.
【剖析】enable sb to do
2.为了达成他的梦想， 这个年轻的音乐家在过去十年里历程了很多的艰辛。
【答案】To make his dream come true, the young musician has suffered a lot of hardships in the past ten years.
【剖析】历程了很多的艰辛：suffered a lot of hardships； in the past ten years.
in the past ten years.用目前完成时
3.喜好是不会叫你感到厌倦的——你投入的时间越长，乐趣越多.
【答案】You will never get bored with your hobbies. The more time you spend on them, the more fun you will have.
【剖析】get bored with
4.电视里充斥着低劣的电视节目，大家很担心其对青少年的影响。
【答案】 On TV, there are many programs of low quality, so many people are concerned about the effects on teenagers.
【剖析】低劣的：of low quality 对。。。担心：be concerned about
II. Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in no more than 120 words according to the instructions given below.
近期，有一所美国高中学校组织学生来你校参观访问，你作为学生代表，向其介绍学校组织的学生活动，请选择其中一项活动（Spring Poetry Competition, Class Singing Competition, Carnival）进行介绍，并谈谈你的感想与收成。
【范本】
Word comes that some students organized by an American senior high school are scheduled to pay a visit to our school. I am enchanted to introduce Spring Poetry Competition, one of our activities, to our foreign friends as a student representative.
Many students are attracted to participate in the Spring Poetry Competition held in spring every year. Some intend to read classical poetry while others may show their own talent in creating poetry. Additionally, some 百度竞价推广inars are arranged to share their appreciation about poems.
As lovers of poetry, not only can they have a better understanding of various poems from home and abroad but also they can enrich their own knowledge and horizons. Meanwhile, our traditional culture is able to be better passed on and spread.
Finally, I hope that our American friends can enjoy their visit to our school.
Tapescript
I. Listening Comprehension12%
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear six short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1.M: Excuse me. When will the bus arrive? I have been waiting for 20 minutes.
W: The bus is scheduled to arrive at 7:30. But it will have a two hours’ delay because of the bad weather.
Q: When will the bus arrive?
2. M: Can you help me to find my car key? I’ll drive to work.
W: I’ll look for it later. Right now I need your help with the breakfast so that you can eat and go.
Q: What will they two speakers do first?
3.M: Martha is thinking of applying for this post, but I guess she isn’t qualified.
W: But she is smart. What she needs now is relevant training.
Q: What does the woman mean?
4.M:If I pass this exam, I can go to the foreign country I have longed for.
W: If not, you have to keep working in your current company.
Q: What’s the most important work for the man now?
5.M:I’m going to the dining hall to get a sandwich for lunch. Do you like to join me?
W: I’d like to, but I have to go home now. My mother just called and she didn’t feel well.
Q: Where is the woman going?
6.W:I have no idea how many friends will come for tonight’s party.
M: Don’t worry. We have enough food and drinks for all of them.
Q: What can be inferred from this conversation?
Section B
Directions:In Section B, you will hear one short passage and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions after each one. The passage 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 on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 7 through 9 are based on the following passage.
The works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth are “rocket-boosters” to the brain and better therapy than self-help books, researchers say this week.
Scientists, psychologists and English academics at Liverpool University have found that reading the works of classical writers has a beneficial effect on the mind, catches the readers’ attention and triggers moments of self-reflection. Using scanners, they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read works by William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, T.S Eliot and others.
They then “translated” the texts into more “straightforward”, modern language and again monitored the readers’ brains as they read the words.
Scans showed that the more “challenging” prose and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the more pop versions.
Scientists were able to study the brain activity as it responded to each word and record how it “lit up” as the readers encountered unusual words, surprising phrases or difficult sentence structure.
This “lighting up” of the mind lasts longer than the initial electrical spark, shifting the brain to a higher level, encouraging further reading.
The research also found that reading poetry, in particular, increases activity in the right hemisphere of the brain, helping the readers to reflect on their own experiences in light of what they have read. The academics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.
The research shows the power of literature to shift mental pathways, to create new thought, shapes and connections in the young.
Questions:
According to the research, what effect does reading classic books have?
What does poetry do to readers’ brain?
According to the research, what is the power of literature?
Questions 10 through 12 are based on the following passage.
W: Hey, are you busy lately?
M: Yes, I am sorting up my notebooks. It’s a mess.
W: Why not try the Cornell Notes?
M: The Cornell Notes?
W: The Cornell Notes is a noting method that provides a systematic standard for organizing notes. The student divides the paper into two columns: the noting-taking column is twice the size of the key word column. The student should leave two inches, at the bottom of the page.
M: What does the notes consist of?
W: The notes usually consist of the main ideas of the text or lecture, and long ideas and sentences are avoided; symbols are used instead. To assist with future reviews, relevant questions are written on the left.
M: What then?
W: Then, within 24 hours of taking the notes, the student must write a summary in the bottom five to six lines of the page. This helps to increase understanding of the TOPic.
M: I see. I will try it next 百度竞价推广ester.
Questions:
10.What do the Cornell Notes offer?
11.What should be left at the bottom first?
12.Where should relevant questions be written?
