上海市松江二中2011-2012学年高一下学期期末考试英语试题.doc

松江二中2011学年度第二学期期末考试试卷
高 一 英 语
第Ⅰ卷 (105分)
I. Listening Comprehension (24’)
Section A
Directions: In section A, you will hear ten 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. Clean. B. Nice C. Terrible D. Quiet.
2. A. In a museum. B. In a cinema.
C. In a classroom. D. In a dining hall.
3. A. Near Queen Square. B. Beside a crossroad.
C. Beside a theatre. D. Beside a museum.
4. A. Stay for the party. B. Go to work.
C. Go to another party. D. Go home.
5. A. Worried. B. Surprised. C. Curious. D. Embarrassed.
6. A. 20 yuan. B. 22 yuan. C. 21.5 yuan. D. 21 yuan.
7. A. Elegant. B. Artistic. C. Simple. D. Abstract.
8. A. Running. B. High-jump. C. Basketball. D. Long-jump.
9. A. Dalian. B. Sanya. C. Harbin. D. Changchun.
10. A. He was ill and went to hospital.
B. He had to work in the hospital.
C. He had to look after his mother in the hospital.
D. He was on a business trip.

Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. In China. B. In the United States.
C. In England. D. In France.
12. A. Scholars. B. Counsellors. C. Engineers. D. Teachers.
13. A. Her father. B. Her teacher. C. Her grandfather. D. Her grandmother.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. On April 22nd. B. On April 23rd.
C. On April 24th. D. On April 25th.
15. A. For two weeks. B. For one month.
C. For two months. D. For three months.
16. A. Sing and dance in the street. B. Do gymnastics with parents.
C. March in uniform. D. See a film.

Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Preparing for Study Abroad

Jane will go to study in France as a(n) 17 student.
¨ She wants to buy some 18 and T-shirts for summer.
¨ She wants to buy some sweaters and jackets for 19 .
¨ She is looking forward to her new 20 .
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
How long is the man going to be away?
For 21 .
Why does the man ask for a leave?
To 22 his father.
Where is the man’s wife now?
His wife has gone to 23 two days ago.
Who is going to do the man’s work?
24 .
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A (18’)
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. ________ a successful scientist, you need to have a curious mind and be able to work on your own.
A. Becoming B. To become C. Become D. Having become
26. It was about ten o’clock ________ I heard Ellen scream next door.
A. since B. before C. if D. that
27. The first civil service exam was held in 1995 and since then more and more people ________ for it, with applications reaching a peak over the last two years.
A. had signed up B. have signed up
C. signed up D. sign up
28. Poor countries will experience more flooding, and the disappearing of entire ecosystem ________ many of the world’s poorest people depend.
A. that B. which C. on which D. of which
29. What really worries us is _________ the explorers can accurately locate themselves with the old device in case of bad weather.
A. that B. where C. what D. whether
30. Little Tommy was seen _________ with his building blocks happily alone at home yesterday.
A. to play B. play C. to be playing D. was playing
31. The kill is the exciting moment in the life of the lions as they spend most of their time, about 20 hours a day, ________.
A. to sleep B. to be sleeping C. sleeping D. slept
32. We will discuss ________ information is, or can be, organized in the course of journalism.
A. that B. what C. whether D. how
33. ________ by the three tough boys is something the little boy doesn’t want to talk about any more.
A. Bullied B. Bullying C. Having bullied D. Being bullied
34. The banyan tree is such an interesting plant _________ all those who see it are impressed.
A. that B. as C. as to D. why
35. It was not until he took a tour of Rome _________ how great the city was.
A. did he know B. that he knew C. that did he know D. where he knew
36. To learn English well, you should put yourself in situations ________ you’ll be forced to communicate in English.
A. when B. how C. where D. that
37. Susan is definitely the most popular teacher in our school, and always tries to make her students _________ in her lectures.
A. to be interested B. interest C. interesting D. interested
38. ________ is mentioned above that the number of the students in senior high school is increasing.
A. It B. What C. As what D. As
39. The number 9.11 is a special number, one, I think, ________ will be remembered by the Americans forever.
A. that B. as C. which D. what
40. Robert Earl Hughes, who was the heaviest person ever ________, was born in Illinois in 1926, ________ 11.5 pounds.
A. weighed; weighing B. weighing; weighing
C. weighed; weighed D. weighing; weighed
41. The fact really shocked us __________ a bristlecone pine tree in Nevada had been around for 4,6000 years.
A. how B. that C. why D. which
42. _________, he didn’t know what to say in front of Jenny, whom he had admired for nearly three years.
A. So well-prepared was he B. As he was well-prepared
C. Well-prepared as he was D. As well-prepared as he was

Section B (10’)
Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.
A. with reference to B. sponsor C. remedy D. grumbled AB. attempt
AC. suffer from AD. typically BC. emerge BD. identify with CD. originally
43. Love is said to be a good ________ for emotional pain.
44. __________, we had planned a tour of Germany, but we didn’t go in the end.
45. Reading this novel, I can ___________ the main character’s struggle.
46. A few guests __________ that the hotel rooms were too small and that they were charge too much.
47. The rabbit will not ___________ from its hole while you are there.
48. __________, he would come in late and say he was sorry.
49. The company offered to __________ Emma, who lost both of her parents in the earthquake, at college.
50. __________ your letter of yesterday, we are glad to inform you that there has been a great demand for your products.
51. Many people here ___________ lack of shelter as the war has destroyed their houses.
52. Simon made no ____________ to improve his relationship with his father.

Section C (9’)
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.
A. approaches B. slightly C. exposed D. rarely AB. include
AC. collect AD. movement BC. accessible BD. expect CD. survey
Recently, a student organization at Cornell University introduced their Big Red Bikes program. Like many bike share programs across America, the project aims to make biking 53 and convenient for every student on the campus. As the cold winter 54 , the bikes are being moved into storage, but that has not stopped the organization from continuing to 55 money in the hope of expanding the program in the coming years.
Big Red Bikes put 20 bikes on the campus for the students to use in May 2011. Six months later, 20 more were added. The hope is to finally expand the program to 56 100 bikes and more parking station.
As the need for the program increases, Big Red Bikes is working in a highly democratic manner to determine how to expand the program. The organization sent out a campus-wide 57 to decide where to put future parking stations and get advice on bike models. For example, the second 20-bike addition has a 58 different model and includes a basket.
Though it is only a campus-wide program at present, it could contribute to a larger national 59 . Boris Suchkov, the finance director of Big Red Bikes, explained, “When graduates go to live somewhere else, they have this expectation that biking should be a part of life.” He added, “We believe that students who are 60 to an environmentally sustainable transport system during their college years will be more likely to 61 and need sustainable systems of all kinds in the future.”

III. Reading Comprehension
Section A (15’)
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.
Suzan Harkness is at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington. She is among an increasing number of professors who are making their own podcasts. They record short lessons or full lectures for students to 62 on their MP3 players.
Write a story about your life. It sounds like a simple 63 , especially for a group of high school students, but not for these students at Mountain View Alternative High School in Centreville, Virginia. They are among a 64 number of students at schools in the United States that use podcasting in their classrooms.
Podcasting is like radio broadcasting, 65 it uses the Internet. Anyone with a computer and a microphone can 66 a show about any subject. Anyone with a computer and an MP3 player can download the podcast and listen. Podcasting does require some 67 , but not very much.
Many 68 podcasts are aimed at college students. But more are created 69 students in middle school and high school.
The students at Mountain View have 70 several weeks preparing for their project. They have written their stories. And they have recorded music and other sound for their podcasts. For example, nineteen-year-old Tamim uses traditional music from Afghanistan to create the 71 of his homeland. 72 , they bring together the different elements on a computer.
Their teachers help by offering 73 and suggestions. The students have made decisions about how to 74 their information. They have decided how it will be read, and how other sound will be used.  Some students decide to read their story themselves. Others choose to 75 a different effect by having someone else read parts of it. Through voices, music and sound effects, the students are able to create something deeply 76 .

62. A. upload B. download C. unload D. browse
63. A. object B. subject C. project D. item
64. A. declining B. dropping C. developing D. growing
65. A. besides B. other than C. except D. except that
66. A. name B. record C. see D. watch
67. A. technical problems B. adequate skills
C. technical knowledge D. useful information
68. A. education-related B. well-designed C. newly-found D. up-to-date
69. A. on and for B. with and by C. for and by D. for and at
70. A. spent B. took C. paid D. charged
71. A. atmosphere B. association C. composition D. masterpiece
72. A. Thus B. As a result C. Next D. Furthermore
73. A. methods B. means C. comments D. criticism
74. A. download B. present C. construct D. write
75. A. create B. build C. change D. have
76. A. emotional B. artificial C. realistic D. personal
Section B (24’)
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
I was impressed by a lecture presented by a famous memory expert, Ron White. Ron started the lecture by having 250 people in attendance get up from their seats. He then asked everyone to take off the name tags they were issued when they entered the lecture hall and put them away for a moment.
Ron then went around the room and addressed each person individually by name and asked them to take a seat!
How did Ron know the names of the 250 people in attendance? He had learned them all in 45 minutes while walking around the room, reading name tags. And, to be honest, he probably didn’t need that long.
Ron is a two-time national memory champion, winning the USA Memory Championship in 2009 and 2010. He holds the record for being the fastest to memorize a deck of shuffled (打乱的) cards in only 1 minute and 27 seconds.
His secret is similar to what Dale Carnegie talks about in his book, How to Develop Self-confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking, where he says the “natural laws of remembering” are impression, repetition and association.
The basis for this method involves associating pictures with names and numbers that you can easily recall. For example, for the number “ten”, associate a picture of something that sounds like “ten”, such as a “hen” or “pen”. Then imagine that the tenth item you have to recall is a windmill (风车). To associate the name, do not think of the word “ten” at all. Instead, imagine a fantastic image in your mind of a hen sitting on a windmill, or a windmill pumping ink to fill the pen.
When you are asked what the tenth object was called, don’t think of “ten”, but rather, ask yourself where the hen was sitting, or picture ink spewing (喷涌) out of the top of the windmill and flowing into the top of the pen.
The study of memory is a fascinating subject and one that will serve you well if you put in some time reading up on the techniques to