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上海行知中学2022-2021学年第一学期期中英语试卷
II. Grammar and vocabulary；
A
Now I still remember my first day at a fast food restaurant three years ago. I wanted to save up money and buy my own car, so I applied everywhere I __25__ that summer. The restaurant called me right away and I thought to __26___ . “This is going to be easy.” But within four hours of my first shift, I had angry customers who complained how slow I was. I watched in fear as a kid spilled his milk everywhere. and I heard ___27___ words that no 16-year-old boy or anyone for that matter wants to hear. “Mike, there’s a problem in the men’s bathroom and you might want gloves for this one.” I realized right away that __28___ (work) at the restaurant was not going to be a picnic.
Over three years later I still work at that restaurant whenever I go home during vacations, I love my co-workers there and all the customers know __29___ I am. Every morning, the same senior citizens come in and get their morning coffees. They chat with us and joke around. Our smiles have just as __30___ (much) to do with them making us a part of their everyday lives as the coffee does.
From my first job at the restaurant, I learned teamwork, and devotion. I also learned staying positive ___31__ _______ ______ rough things seem to get. I will forever carry the experience that I gained at the restaurant ___32____ me as I go forward in my life.
B
On Christmas morning, Linda wakes up, and tries to imagine the wide-eyed surprise of children in another household as the well-chosen presents ___33___ (unwrap). Linda has never met the children, but that’s all part of the joy of giving as secret Santas.
“It’s an amazing feeling to buy gifts on an anonymous匿名的 basis,” says Linda, who does charitable work as a member of the American Women’s Club of Toronto.
To find her “adopted” family, Linda goes to the local schools and requests a wish list for a family that’s struggling ___34____ (survive). It was a single mother with three children __35__ she helped last year. The mother works as a cleaning lady in a nursing home.
“__36_____ the list includes is always heartbreaking. They have an opportunity to ask for anything and do just the opposite, ___37___(ask) for basic clothes or simple toys,” she says. “We always buy the kids a new winter coat, hats, and gloves.” She also buys gifts for the parents.
Last year Linda asked the mother for a second wish list----one ___38___ didn’t include the basics. “Every child should have a Christmas that sticks with them for a lifetime.” She ___39___ (purchase) iPods for the two older children and a video game system for the youngest. Linda says that the valuable lesson __40___ (learn) in all of this is to pay attention to what’s going on in your own backyard----wherever you live.
Section B.
A. concerns B. unfriendly C. symbols D. shocked E. proud F. boasting
G. teasing H. targeted I. attractions J. incredibly K. interaction
Ah, Paris! The city d’amour(爱)， where loved ones walk by the River Seine, kiss under the Eiffel Tower, and enjoy romantic candle-lit dinners at the famous Le Meurice restaurant. Across the city, “love locks” ___41___ of a couple’s love, are put on its famous bridges to stay there forever. But in the city of love, all is not as it seems.
Instead of romantic streets, there are dirty ones, instead of world-class service, there are rude waiters, and instead of carefully watched ___42___, there are pickpockets (thieves).
These are some of the ___43__ of tourists visiting the French capital who have been __44___ after experiencing a kind of Paris very different from the one seen in the popular films Chocolat and Amélie.
The “Paris syndrome (综合征)”, as it is known, describes the feeling of disenchantment (觉醒) after building up a romantic view of the city.
As there are expensive Louis Vuitton, Hermes, and Cartier stores on the famous Champs-Elysees, it is easy to see why 60 percent of Chinese tourists shop in Paris. But because they are often carrying large amounts of money, many Chinese tourists are being __45___ by the city’s pickpockets.
However, stories of rude Parisians have long been told throughout Europe. Britons have been ___46___ the French for being ___47___ for a long time, and even many French people outside of Paris admit that Parisians can be a little bad-tempered. But dig deeper than the general nice tourist ___48____ and you’ll find a pleasant side to Paris and Parisians. If you’re willing to go to places that you might not see in postcards, there are many ___49____ beautiful and surprising spots hidden all around the city that will give you a taste of the romance you imagined. Paris is simply a(n) ___50___ city that sometimes gets a little tired of tourists.
III. Reading comprehension:
Section A
In most cultures throughout the world, there is an expectation that when a person reaches adulthood, marriage should soon follow. In the United States __51__ ，each month upwards of 168,000 couples wed, vowing to love, honor, and respect their chosen life mates until ___52__ parts them. The expectation is deep-rooted.
___53___, the social functions, purposes, and relevance of marriage are rapidly changing in ___54___ society, making them less clear-cut than they have been throughout history. For instance, in a Pew Research Center random polling of over 2,000 specimens fewer than half of all of the adults polled ___55___ that if a man and a woman plan to spend the __56___ of their lives together as a couple, it was important that they nominally （名义上地） marry.
Those of us who choose to marry have ___57___ reasons why we decide to marry the person we do. There is a __58__ , however in our Western, individualistic culture: We tend to marry for reasons that benefit ourselves, ___59___ for reasons that benefit the society __60__ , such as found in collectivist cultures. Research in Western cultures has found, for example, that the number-one ___61___ people cite for marrying to signify a lifelong commitment to someone they love. However, this reason is not the only ___62___ to why people wed—today, people get married for reasons of commitment, security, and personal belief systems. The Pew Research Center’s recent findings __63___ that the main reasons people get married are for mutual happiness and commitment, and bearing and missing children. As the date from this ___64___ show us, there are racial, age, and religious differences in what people ___65___ to be the main purposes of getting married.
51. A. alone B. barely C. solely D. again
52. A. war B. death C. tragedy D. illness
53. A. Hence B. Then C. However D. Therefore
54. A. contemporary B. constructive C. conclusive D. consequent
55. A. determined B. indicated C. swore D. criticized
56. A. whole B. leftover C. total D. rest
57. A. neutral B. specific C. constant D. casual
58. A. worry B. myth C. tendency D. confidence
59. A. rather than B. not only C. or else D. as well
60. A. at length B. at random C. at most D. at risk
61. A. case B. reason C. belief D. concept
62. A. guide B. contribution C. solution D. response
63. A. raise B. suspect C. suggest D. resolve
64. A. legend B. survey C. episode D. blueprint
65. A. observe b. substitute C. discount D. consider
Section B.
A
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium (水族馆)
The all-new Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, situated in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, is one of Victoria’s leading visitor attractions and an unforgettable outing for the whole family. Having 12 amazing zones of discovery, Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is the very place that you cannot miss when you visit the city.
* Opening Times
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is open from 9:30 am until 6:00 pm every day of the year, including public holidays. Last admission is at 5:00 pm, one hour before closing.
* Location ( 位置)
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is located on the corner of Flinders Street and King Street, Melbourne. It is siyuated on the Yarra River, opposite Crown Entertainment Complex.
* Getting to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium
Train
The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium train stop is located on the free City Circle Tram route (公交线路) and also routes 70 and 75. City Circle trams run every 10 minutes in both directions.
Shuttle Bus
The Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is a free bus service, stopping at key tourist attractions in and around the City. Running daily, every 15 minutes from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Car Parking
While there is no public car parking at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, there are several public car parking lots available only a short walk away.
* Wheelchair Access
Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium provides people in wheelchairs with full access to all 12 zones. Each floor also has wheelchair accessible toilets.
* Terms
Tickets will be emailed to you immediately after purchase or you can download and print your ticket once payment has been accepted. Please print out all tickets purchased and present at the front entrance of Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium. No ticket, no entry!
66. Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium _________ .
A. is located at the center of the CBD in the city B. has 12 most attractive places in Melbourne
C. admits visitors from 9:30 am until 6:00 pm D. is beside Crown Entertainment Complex
67. Getting to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, visitors can take ________.
A. trains from southern Cross train station B. shuttle buses around the train station
C. boats across the Yarra River D. either tram route 70 or 75
68. Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium offers visitors ________.
A. free car parking B. wheelchair access
C. Internet connection D. transportation service
69. Tickets to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium ________ .
A. are free to all visitors B. can be pursed by email
C. are checked at the entrance D. can be printed at the ticket office
B
Franz Kafka wrote that "a book must be the ax (斧子) for the frozen sea inside us. " I once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didn't seem to require any explanation.
We’d just finished John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I. "Are you crying?" one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. "I am," I told her, "and the funny thing is I've read it many times. "
But they understood. When George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. In my 14 years of teaching in a New York City public middle school, I've taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. They understand, more than I ever will, the novel's terrible logic—the giving way of dreams to fate (命运).
For the last seven years, I have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school--one that often attracts the literary-minded children of Manhattan's upper classes—into a less competitive setting. The daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates. I thought additional "cultural capital" could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned Ph. D.'s.
Along with Of Mice and Men, my groups read: Sounder, The Red Pony, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. The students didn't always read from the expected point of view. About The Red Pony, one student said, "it’s about being a man, it’s about manliness. " I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeth's soliloquies (独白)read as raps (说唱) , but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. Once introduced to Steinbeck's writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that "all these people hate each other, and they're all white. " His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. Year after year former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.
Year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity. Yet, we cannot enrich (充实) the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. We are teaching them that words do no. amaze but confuse. We mav succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.
70. The underlined words in Paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to________.
A. realize our dreams B. give support to our life '
C. smooth away difficulties D. awake our emotions
71. Why were the students able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men?
A. Because they spent much time reading it. B. Because they had read the novel before.
C. Because they came from a public school. D. Because they had similar life experiences.
72. The girl left the selective high school possibly because_______.
A. she was a literary-minded girl B. her parents were immigrants
C. she couldn't fit in with her class D. her father was then in prison
73. The author writes the passage mainly to________.
A. introduce classic works of literature B. advocate teaching literature to touch the heart
C. argue for equality among high school students D. defend the current testing system
C
Many things make people think artists are weird and the weirdest may be this: artists' only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.
This wasn't always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere in the 19th century, more artists began seeing happiness as insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring as we went from Wordsworth's daffodils to Baudelaire's flowers of evil.
You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen such misery. But it's not as if earlier times didn't know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today.
After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost
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