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上海中学2017学年第一学期期中考试
英 语 试 题
20171109
高三_____班 学号_________ 姓名____________ 成绩_________________
第I卷(110分)
I. I. Listening Comprehension
Part A Short Conversations
Directions: In Part 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. Angry. B. Tired. C. Hungry. D. Disappointed.
2. A. She did a survey a week ago. B. She completed her survey quickly.
C. She will help him on Thursday. D. She thinks she can reduce the cost.
3. A. In a grocery. B. In a warehouse.
C. In a shopping mall. D. In a fashion designer's studio.
4. A. He wrote it last semester. B. He'll finish it in a few minutes.
C. He never does assignments early. D. He isn't going to write it.
5. A. Boss and secretary. B. Coach and athlete.
C. Doctor and patient. D. Teacher and student.
6. A. 10:00. B. 10:10. C. 10:20. D. 10:30.
7. A. The electrician came to repair the lamp. B. The lamp was taken to the repair shop.
C. She had Mike fix the lamp. D. The lamp was replaced.
8. A. Studying. B. Watching television.
C. Coming upstairs. D. Going to the movies.
9. A. She had gone to photography class instead.
B. She has not chosen a picture for it.
C. She had broken her camera.
D. She was unable to have her picture taken.
10. A. Dick is practically the only one who thinks so.
B. Most people play football differently.
C. Few people are optimistic about the team's chances of winning.
D. Dick is disappointed in football games.
Part B Passages
Directions: In Section B, you will hear one short passage and two longer conversations. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passage and the conversations 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. When directions are long. B. When directions are short.
C. When homework is given. D. When your mother talks.
12. A. Your pen and paper. B. A few words.
C. Your mind and ears. D. Some pictures.
13. A Topics or page numbers. B. Key words or a picture in mind.
C. Some details. D. School assignments.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. The teenagers' strange behaviour.
B. The teenagers' criticism of their parents.
C. The dominance of the parents over their children.
D. Misunderstanding between teenagers and their parents. .
15. A. Because they want to make their parents angry.
B. Because they have no other way to enjoy themselves.
C. Because they have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste.
D. Because they want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own.
16. A. They should be obedient. B. They should be responsible. .
C. They should be cooperative. D. They should be independent.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17．A. He hadn’t found the job.
B. He found a job as a teacher.
C. He was preparing for final exams.
D. he found a job as a writer.
18. A. Writers. B. Interviewers.
C. Newspaper reporters. D. Teachers.
19. A. New York. B. Boston.
C. California. D. Los Angeles.
20. A. Continue his education. B. Start a newspaper.
C. Write a book. D. Continue to find jobs.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
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.
21.Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially _______ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.
A. one B. the one C. that D. those
22. Because he could not find the right theme ______, his explanation was vague and unconvincing.
A. which to center his thought around B. around which his thoughts to center
C. on which to center his thoughts D. which he centers his thoughts on
23.A: The research on the new virus vaccine is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?
B: ______ my students have a try?
A. Shall B. Must C. Will D. May
24.I will be surprised if you can get Calvin, who is a close-fisted man, ______ these donation draw tickets from you.
A. buy B. buying C. buys D. to buy
25. The man got up and shouted that he was the equal ______ any boxer at the Fair.
A. at B. to C. with D. of
26. The architects of the temples of ancient Rome and Greece worked anonymously (匿名地), ________the builders of the medieval cathedrals in Europe.
A. as did B. as have C. as if D. as
27.The Qingming Festival, now a national holiday, allows more people to pay their respects to dead relatives on ______ would otherwise be a workday like Friday.
A. where B. that C. when D. what
28. In the United States and some other countries, it is the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under fourteen do not ride in the front seat ______ they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
A. while B. even C. until D. unless
29.______ the U.S. has been busy consuming, Asia, China in particular, has been investing in factories and technologies, so it can produce even more goods and services to sell abroad.
A. As B. Even if C. While D. Whether
30.The text and dialogues below focus on cultural differences between Chinese and Western societies which can create misunderstanding if ______.
A. ignore B. to be ignored C. ignoring D. ignored
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.
From classics to movies
He can recite Shakespeare’s Hamlet from memory. His favorite ancient myth is The Odyssey. Tom Hiddleston, 32, could have been a popular professor teaching English Literature at a university, but the well-educated British man chose (31) __________(do) something that he loved even more: acting.
He’s well-known around the world as the villain Loki from the Hollywood films Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012) and now Thor: The Dark World, which will come out in China on Nov 8. Hiddleston’s role as Thor’s evil brother has led to his fans — “Hiddlestoners” — (32) __________ (refer) to him as “the most charming villain” in cinema.
(33) __________ his charm, Hiddleston had a tough time (34) __________ (persuade) his scientist father that acting was a worthwhile job. As a student at Eton, a private school for upper-class kids in England, Hiddleston performed in a lot of school plays. At 18, he appeared on stage at the Edinburgh International Festival. “It was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected had come up to me after the show and said: ‘You could really do this (35) __________ you wanted to’,” Hiddleston told the Daily Mail.
He said that as a teenager he didn’t have much self-esteem, but acting gave him confidence. “It was when they started saying I could do it (36) __________ I really committed to it as a possibility,” he continued. However, his father did not approve, believing his polite and bright son should be using his brains for (37) __________ else. “You’ve been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?” the father told the son.
So, instead of going to drama school, Hiddleston went to Cambridge, (38) __________ he studied classics. There, he continued to appear in student plays and even landed some roles on TV and in local theaters. He managed to balance his acting and his studies so well that he graduated with (39) __________ first-class degree.
But Hiddleston’s international breakthrough came when he auditioned for the 2011 film Thor. He was desperate to play the title superhero, but the director decided that he was (40) __________ (suitable) for the part of the villain, Loki.
In the end, his dark and powerful performance won over his father. It also earned him some important fans in the film industry: Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen. The two world-famous directors asked him to star in their award-winning films War Horse (2011) and Midnight in Paris (2011), respectively.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the word in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. intended B. result C. share D. creative E. defined AB. constant AC. guilty AD. belief AE. answer BC. certainty BD. suspicious
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel ____41______ about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re obsessed with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the ____42______ to this ambivalence(矛盾情结) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, _____43_____ to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more ____44______ ways of doing it.
The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be _____45_____ by imports — pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sit-ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat as a political ____46______.
But strong opinions have not brought ____47______. Americans are ambivalent（矛盾的） about what they put in their mouths. We have become ____48______ of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.
The ____49______ in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚). It’s what we eat — and how we _____50_____ it with friends, family, and strangers — that help define America as a community today.
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.
Now elsewhere in the world, Iceland may be spoken of, somewhat breathlessly, as western Europe's last pristine wilderness. But the truth is, once you're off the 51 track of the low-lying coastal areas where everyone lives, the roads are few, and they're all bad, 52 Iceland's natural wonders have been out of reach and unknown even to its own 53 . For them the land has always just been there, something that had to be dealt with and, if possible, 54 —the mind-set being one of land as commodity rather than land as, well, priceless art on the scale of the " Mona Lisa".
When the opportunity arose in 2003 for the national power company to enter into a 40-year 55 with the American aluminum company Alcoa to supply hydroelectric power for a new smelter （冶炼厂）, those who had been dreaming of something like this for decades 56 the opportunity. For a long time, life here had meant little more than a hut, dark all winter, cold, no hope, children dying left and right, plagues, starvation, volcanoes erupting and destroying all vegetation and livestock, all spirit— a world 57 almost entirely around the welfare of one's sheep and, later, on how good the cod catch was. In the outlying regions, it still largely does.
Ostensibly, the Alcoa project was intended to save one of these dying regions— the remote and sparsely populated east— where the way of life had steadily 58 to a point of desperation and gloom. After fishing quotas (定额) were 59 in the early 1980s to protect fish stocks, many individual boat owners sold their allotments or gave them away, fishing rights ended up mostly in the hands of a few companies and small fishermen were virtually 60 . Technological advances drained away even more jobs previously done by human hands, and the people were seeing everything they had worked for all their lives turn out to be 61 and their children move away. With the old way of life doomed, aluminum projects like this one had come to be perceived, wisely or not, as a last chance. "Smelter or death."
The contract with Alcoa would infuse the region with foreign 62 , an estimated 400 jobs, and spin-off service industries. It also was a way for Iceland to develop expertise that 63 could be sold to the rest of the world and 64 an economy historically dependent on fish. “We have to live,” Halldor Asgrimsson said. Halldor, a former prime minister and longtime member of parliament from the region, was a driving 65 behind the project. “We have a right to live.”
51. A. beaten B. explored C. expired D. centered
52. A. so B. when C. if D. as
53. A. government B. inhabitants C. countryside D. scale
54. A. designed B. retained C. exploited D. preserved
55. A. stage B. contract C. transition D. prosperity
56. A. gave up B. jumped at C. rushed to D. made up
57. A. revolving B. developing C. Stirring D. Initiating
58. A. transferred B. declined C. grew D. reformed
59. A. preferred B. presented C. resisted D. imposed
60. A. wiped out B. held up C. kept down D. put aside
61. A. priceless B. superficial C. worthless D. negative
62. A. investment B. Exclusion C. invasion D. landscape
63. A. socially B. immediately C. accidentally D. potentially
64. A. stabilize B. wreck C. diversify D. consolidate
65. A. force B. wheel C. instructor D. signal
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 )
If you intend to use humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that's God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor.”
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural, include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don't succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.
66. To make your humor work, you should_________.
A. take advantage of different kinds of audience B. make fun of the disorganized people
C. address different problems to different people D. show sympathy for your listeners
67. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are________.
A. impolite to new arrivals B. very conscious of their godlike role
C. entitled to no privileges D. very busy even during lunch hours
68. It can be inferred from the text that public services______.
A. have benefited many people B. are the focus of public attention
C. are an inappropriate subject for humor D. have often been the laughing stock
( B )
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviews who wore (展示) their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling（使命）, and were proud to be published in the daily press. 'So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,' Newman wrote “that I am tempted to define” journalism “as a term of contempt（轻蔑） applied by writers who are not read to writers who are”.
Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England's foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
Is there any chance that Cardus's criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly polished Vicwardian（维多利亚和爱德华时代） prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
69. It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that
A. arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers.
B. English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews.
C. high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers.
D. young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies.
70. Newspaper reviews in England before World War 2 were characterized by ___________.
A. free themes. B. casual style. C. elaborate layout. D. radical viewpoints
71. Which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probably agree on?
A. It is writers' duty to fulfill journalistic goals.
B. It is contemptible for writers to be journalists.
C. Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism.
D. Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing.
72. What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?
A. His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.
B. His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.
C. His style caters largely to modern specialists.
D. His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.
( C )
The most prevalent use of intelligence test scores is to predict degree of academic success. Such scores are used in some communities as bases for admitting able children to schools at ages younger than normal, and they are very generally used to determine admissions to schools beyond public secondary school. Another use common in elementary schools involves comparing such scores with performances in various subjects to identify children who are working below capacity.
The greatest problem in using intelligence tests for the purpose of prediction is that no dependable criterion(标准) of their accuracy exists. The ideal criteria would be objective and reliable achievement tests following instruction in each subject, but there are few such tests, especially at the college level. Studies have shown that correlations(相关度) between intelligence tests and achievement tests in various subjects through secondary school range roughly from 0.5 to 0.8. Such correlations are fairly high, but they do not suggest anywhere near complete agreement.
At the college level there are two major tests used as criteria of admission. By far the more important is the College Entrance Examination, constructed by the Educational Testing Service authorized by the College Entrance Examination Board. These tests are returned to the Educational Testing Service for scoring, and the results are then made available to the various colleges authorized by the students to receive them. The second test of this type is the American College Test, which operates in essentially the same fashion.
Both tests constitute measures of certain skills, abilities, and knowledge that have been found to be related to success in college. Their correlations with academic success are limited for three outstanding reasons. First, measures of achievement in college are themselves perhaps no more reliable than those in elementary and secondary schools. Second, intellectual factors do not alone determine academic success, especially at the college level. Many students drop out of schools because they are inadequately motivated or because they dislike the instructional program. Third, correlations are lowered because the use of such tests for denying admission to some students means that the range of scores for those admitted is restricted, and such restrictions tend to reduce correlation.
73. The intelligence scores can be used in the following way EXCEPT ______.
A. telling in advance the degree of academic success
B．admitting intelligent children to school at the age younger than ordinary
C．finding out children working below capacity in primary schools
D．selecting pupils by public secondary schools
74.What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A. The standards for the evaluation of college students’ academic achievements need to be improved.
B. The correlations between intelligence and achievement tests in middle schools are not as high as predicted.
C. Intelligence test scores can help predict accurately the degree of students’ academic success.
D. The high correlations can prove that the results of academic tests exactly agree with intelligence test scores.
75.What can we learn about the two major tests for college admission?
A. The papers of the College Entrance Examination are set by the College Entrance Examination Board.
B. The American College Test is of the same importance as the College Entrance Examination.
C. The results of the two examinations will be sent to colleges with the students’ permission.
D. The College Entrance Examination is as fashionable as the American College Test.
76.Which of the following does not account for the reduction of the correlation between the two admission tests and the academic success in college?
A. Measures of students’ achievements in college
B. Students’ motivations for and interest in their study
C. Some students’ being refused the admission to the college
D. The popular use of the intelligence test
Section C
Directions: 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 sentence than you need.
A. But some recent studies on people in their golden years are disturbing.
B. However, in European nations like France, governments are considering changes to pension plans, which may affect retirees’ health after they leave their jobs.
C. Clearly, said Westerlund, much of the decrease in physical and mental fatigue can be traced back to relief from the stresses of work.
D. Those who don’t have good social networks may not be able to get assistance if they become ill.
E. The scientists followed the employees of the French national gas and electric company for 14 years.
AB. But for many, retirement means a sudden loss of many work-related social ties and a drastic decrease in activity levels.
Most people look forward to retirement as a time when they can finally take up activities that they never had the time or energy to pursue before. ___77____. They suggest that retirees are more likely to suffer from depression and possibly higher rates of other diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure. That’s why a new study of French workers is welcome news.
Led by Hugo Westerlund, a professor of psychology at Stockholm University, the study of more than 14,000 workers found lower rates of depression and fatigue in people after they got retired than while they were still employed. ___78____. They found in the year immediately after retirement, the volunteers reported 40% fewer depressive symptoms than they had in the year before their retirement. The researchers also found an 81% drop in reports of both mental and physical fatigue over the same time period.
___79___. The decline in depressive symptoms suggests that retirement may be having a positive mental effect, too, which may have a lot to do with the generous pensions that French workers enjoy. Most retirees in that country still benefit from about 80% of their yearly salaries.
“The economic or financial situation in retirement is very important,” Westerlund says. “We don’t know if the decrease in fatigue and depressive symptoms is because of the removal of something bad while in work or the addition of something good while in retirement. But no matter the reason, if life in retirement is not comfortable, then we won’t see the improvements we did.”
_____80_____ With less of a financial safety net, workers may no longer seem so mentally and physically happy to be out of work.
IV．Summary Writing (10%)
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
It is a common sight on campus or in the streets: a young person rides by on an electric scooter, traveling quickly and proudly. But Beijing’s traffic authorities have said that starting on Sept.5, people who are caught riding electric scooters on public roads or bicycle lanes will be fined 10 yuan. They will also be given a warning not to use the vehicles on public roads again.
The announcement was made after traffic police in Shanghai started a campaign to get electric scooters off public roads, with police officers stopping riders because the scooters could cause traffic problems.
The Beijing Consumer Association said it had tested more than 20 electric scooters of different brands recently and found that most had substandard brakes. It added that 16 of the tested scooters could go faster than the maximum 20 km per hour set for electric bikes. According to the traffic police, people who ride electric scooters at certain speeds can easily bump into the vehicles in the vehicle lane and hurt people who walk in the bicycle lanes.
But seeing the benefits that electric scooters have brought to young people, experts are worried that the ban may take effect slowly.
Electric scooters are a great answer to the ‘last mile problem’ of getting from a public transport station to one’s home. They’re light enough to throw over your shoulder. They’re easy to ride just about anywhere and don’t need a lot of physical effort. The scooter can travel 25 km on one charge. It’s convenient and easy to control.
They are also good for environment. Unlike cars and buses, electric scooters produce no carbon dioxide, need no fuel and make almost no noise.
For many young people, they use them to copy cool celebrities they have seen in videos.
第II卷（40分）
I Translation (15%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 务必自觉做到温故而知新。(See, basis)
2. 我从未想到经济舱位的票子会如此畅销。（occur）
3. 进入高中两年后，那个勤奋的学生已经习惯于劳逸结合。(accustom)
4. 为了养活全家人，他顶替了名册上别人的名字，这是违背他意愿的。(substitute)
II. Guided Writing (25%)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
学校将开展一场校际辩论赛，辩论题为“机遇是成功的关键”。请就此辩论题谈谈你的观点。
上海中学2017学年第一学期期中考试
英语试题答案
171109
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. D 16. C 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. A
21-30 ACADD ADDCD
31. to do 32. referring 33. Despite 34. persuading 35. if
36. that 37. something 38. where 39. a 40. more suitable
41-50 B (AC)(AE)ADE B(BC)(BD)(AD)C
51-65 A A B C B B A B D A C A D C A
66-68 CBD 69-72 BADA 73-76 DACD 77-80 AECB
Summary 参考
People riding an electric scooter on public roads will be fined from Sept. 5th . Because of the substandard brakes and fast speed, electric scooters are considered potentially dangerous for riders and walking people. Considering its advantage of being convenient, portable environment-friendly and fashionable, experts predicted the ban would take effect slowly.
1. 务必自觉做到温故而知新。(See, basis)
See to it that you consciously review your lessons on a regular basis so that you can obtain new knowledge.
2.我从未想到经济舱位的票子会如此畅销。（occur）
It never occurred to me that the tickets for economy class would sell so well.
3.进入高中两年后，那个勤奋的学生已经习惯于劳逸结合。(accustom)
Since he entered senior high school two years ago, the diligent / hard-working student has been accustomed to keeping a balance between work and play.
4.为了养活全家人，他顶替了花名册上别人的名字，这是违背他意愿的。(substitute)
To support the whole family, he substituted his own name for someone else’s on the (name) list，which was against his (own) will.
Transcript
Part A Short Conversations
1. M: It's almost midnight. Why don't we leave these until tomorrow？
W: Good idea! I'm sleepy.
Q: How does the woman feel?
2. W: I don't think she can complete a survey in less than a week.
M: Barbara did it in a few days.
Q: What does the man say about Barbara? .
3. M: Are men's suits on the seventh floor?
W: No, they are here on this floor. Seventh's housewares.
Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?
4. W: Bill, have you finished the research paper for biology?
M: Not yet, I always seem to put things off until the last minute.
Q: What does the man mean?
5. M: Come into my office, please. I'd like you to type some letters.
W: Yes, sir. And I think I should remind you that you have a meeting in ten minutes.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
6. M: When is the show supposed to start?
W: Don't worry. It won't start until 10:30. We've still got 20 minutes.
Q: What's the time now?
7. M: Did you call an electrician to repair the lamp?
W: No. I got Mike to do it.
Q: What does the woman mean？
8. W: Tom is watching a movie on TV.
M: Should he be doing that now with the exam's coming up next week?
Q: What does the man imply that Tom should be doing?
9. M: Have you picked up your ID card from the office yet?
W: No, the camera for taking photos was broken.
Q: Why hasn't the woman got her ID card?
10. M: Dick seems to think this year's football season will be disappointing.
W: That is his opinion. Most others think differently.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
The main trick in listening to directions is to pay close attention. When directions are long, it is a good plan to make notes. For school assignments, the notes should contain page numbers,topics, and other details. Often, of course, it is unnecessary or inconvenient to make notes. In any case, you must use your mind as well as your ears as you listen to directions. The proof of your skill will be your ability to follow the directions you hear.
One plan to help you remember is to think of a few key words. For example, suppose your mother says, "While you are at the library, ask if we may reserve a copy of the new biography of Henry James. On the way home, please stop at Mrs. Duggan's to pick up a note she has for me. " You have two things to remember, so keep in mind these key words in this order: Henry James, Mrs. Duggan.
Another way to make directions "stick" to your memory is to picture in your mind each step as it is given to you. For example, you hear “turn right at the large white farmhouse. " Try to imagine what it looks like. Or "When you pass a small pond, take the next road left". You can make a mental picture. Can you see this picture?
Questions :
11. When are notes needed to help to recall directions?
12. What must you use as you listen to directions?
13. What are useful in helping you to remember directions?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
It is for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modem ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crisis; that they talk too much about certain problems – and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenager children and also forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are not successful. You think that you may not be able to win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural even after long years of childhood, when you are completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others; especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
Questions :
14. What is mainly discussed at the very beginning of the talk?
15. Why do teenagers like to wear strange clothes and hairstyles?
16. How should teenagers improve parent-children relations according to the writer?
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: Hey, James. How’s the job search going?
M: Hi, Sharon. I had no idea it would take so much time. It sure makes it difficult to prepare for final exams. How about you?
W: I was lucky. There seems to be a shortage of high school teachers now. I applied to three schools, and each one offered me a position.
M: That’s great. Which one did you like?
W: I haven’t decided yet. Of course, it would be easiest for me to stay here in New York or go back home to Boston. But I may go to California.
M: That would be a big move.
W: So, tell me about your plans.
M: Well, I applied to six newspapers. Last week, I had an interview with New York Times.
W: How did it go?
M: Not so well. I think they’re looking for people with some experience.
W: Have you had any other interviews?
M: No, not yet. It seems that everyone wants to be a writer these days. There just aren’t that many jobs out there.
W: That’s too bad.
M: Yes. I had hoped to have a job lined up by graduation. That doesn’t seem likely now.
W: What will you do if you can’t find a job?
M: In that case, I’ll begin working on a master’s degree in the fall.
W: Good luck!
Questions:
17.How is the job-searching going for the man?
18.What kind of jobs seems to be in short supply?
19.Where is Sharon most likely to do?
20.What does James plan to do if he can’t find a job?
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I. I. Listening Comprehension
Part A Short Conversations
Directions: In Part 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. Angry. B. Tired. C. Hungry. D. Disappointed.
2. A. She did a survey a week ago. B. She completed her survey quickly.
C. She will help him on Thursday. D. She thinks she can reduce the cost.
3. A. In a grocery. B. In a warehouse.
C. In a shopping mall. D. In a fashion designer's studio.
4. A. He wrote it last semester. B. He'll finish it in a few minutes.
C. He never does assignments early. D. He isn't going to write it.
5. A. Boss and secretary. B. Coach and athlete.
C. Doctor and patient. D. Teacher and student.
6. A. 10:00. B. 10:10. C. 10:20. D. 10:30.
7. A. The electrician came to repair the lamp. B. The lamp was taken to the repair shop.
C. She had Mike fix the lamp. D. The lamp was replaced.
8. A. Studying. B. Watching television.
C. Coming upstairs. D. Going to the movies.
9. A. She had gone to photography class instead.
B. She has not chosen a picture for it.
C. She had broken her camera.
D. She was unable to have her picture taken.
10. A. Dick is practically the only one who thinks so.
B. Most people play football differently.
C. Few people are optimistic about the team's chances of winning.
D. Dick is disappointed in football games.
Part B Passages
Directions: In Section B, you will hear one short passage and two longer conversations. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passage and the conversations 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. When directions are long. B. When directions are short.
C. When homework is given. D. When your mother talks.
12. A. Your pen and paper. B. A few words.
C. Your mind and ears. D. Some pictures.
13. A Topics or page numbers. B. Key words or a picture in mind.
C. Some details. D. School assignments.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. The teenagers' strange behaviour.
B. The teenagers' criticism of their parents.
C. The dominance of the parents over their children.
D. Misunderstanding between teenagers and their parents. .
15. A. Because they want to make their parents angry.
B. Because they have no other way to enjoy themselves.
C. Because they have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste.
D. Because they want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own.
16. A. They should be obedient. B. They should be responsible. .
C. They should be cooperative. D. They should be independent.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
17．A. He hadn’t found the job.
B. He found a job as a teacher.
C. He was preparing for final exams.
D. he found a job as a writer.
18. A. Writers. B. Interviewers.
C. Newspaper reporters. D. Teachers.
19. A. New York. B. Boston.
C. California. D. Los Angeles.
20. A. Continue his education. B. Start a newspaper.
C. Write a book. D. Continue to find jobs.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
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.
21.Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially _______ containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.
A. one B. the one C. that D. those
22. Because he could not find the right theme ______, his explanation was vague and unconvincing.
A. which to center his thought around B. around which his thoughts to center
C. on which to center his thoughts D. which he centers his thoughts on
23.A: The research on the new virus vaccine is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?
B: ______ my students have a try?
A. Shall B. Must C. Will D. May
24.I will be surprised if you can get Calvin, who is a close-fisted man, ______ these donation draw tickets from you.
A. buy B. buying C. buys D. to buy
25. The man got up and shouted that he was the equal ______ any boxer at the Fair.
A. at B. to C. with D. of
26. The architects of the temples of ancient Rome and Greece worked anonymously (匿名地), ________the builders of the medieval cathedrals in Europe.
A. as did B. as have C. as if D. as
27.The Qingming Festival, now a national holiday, allows more people to pay their respects to dead relatives on ______ would otherwise be a workday like Friday.
A. where B. that C. when D. what
28. In the United States and some other countries, it is the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under fourteen do not ride in the front seat ______ they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
A. while B. even C. until D. unless
29.______ the U.S. has been busy consuming, Asia, China in particular, has been investing in factories and technologies, so it can produce even more goods and services to sell abroad.
A. As B. Even if C. While D. Whether
30.The text and dialogues below focus on cultural differences between Chinese and Western societies which can create misunderstanding if ______.
A. ignore B. to be ignored C. ignoring D. ignored
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.
From classics to movies
He can recite Shakespeare’s Hamlet from memory. His favorite ancient myth is The Odyssey. Tom Hiddleston, 32, could have been a popular professor teaching English Literature at a university, but the well-educated British man chose (31) __________(do) something that he loved even more: acting.
He’s well-known around the world as the villain Loki from the Hollywood films Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012) and now Thor: The Dark World, which will come out in China on Nov 8. Hiddleston’s role as Thor’s evil brother has led to his fans — “Hiddlestoners” — (32) __________ (refer) to him as “the most charming villain” in cinema.
(33) __________ his charm, Hiddleston had a tough time (34) __________ (persuade) his scientist father that acting was a worthwhile job. As a student at Eton, a private school for upper-class kids in England, Hiddleston performed in a lot of school plays. At 18, he appeared on stage at the Edinburgh International Festival. “It was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected had come up to me after the show and said: ‘You could really do this (35) __________ you wanted to’,” Hiddleston told the Daily Mail.
He said that as a teenager he didn’t have much self-esteem, but acting gave him confidence. “It was when they started saying I could do it (36) __________ I really committed to it as a possibility,” he continued. However, his father did not approve, believing his polite and bright son should be using his brains for (37) __________ else. “You’ve been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?” the father told the son.
So, instead of going to drama school, Hiddleston went to Cambridge, (38) __________ he studied classics. There, he continued to appear in student plays and even landed some roles on TV and in local theaters. He managed to balance his acting and his studies so well that he graduated with (39) __________ first-class degree.
But Hiddleston’s international breakthrough came when he auditioned for the 2011 film Thor. He was desperate to play the title superhero, but the director decided that he was (40) __________ (suitable) for the part of the villain, Loki.
In the end, his dark and powerful performance won over his father. It also earned him some important fans in the film industry: Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen. The two world-famous directors asked him to star in their award-winning films War Horse (2011) and Midnight in Paris (2011), respectively.
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the word in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. intended B. result C. share D. creative E. defined AB. constant AC. guilty AD. belief AE. answer BC. certainty BD. suspicious
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel ____41______ about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re obsessed with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the ____42______ to this ambivalence(矛盾情结) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, _____43_____ to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more ____44______ ways of doing it.
The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be _____45_____ by imports — pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles.
Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sit-ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat as a political ____46______.
But strong opinions have not brought ____47______. Americans are ambivalent（矛盾的） about what they put in their mouths. We have become ____48______ of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.
The ____49______ in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚). It’s what we eat — and how we _____50_____ it with friends, family, and strangers — that help define America as a community today.
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.
Now elsewhere in the world, Iceland may be spoken of, somewhat breathlessly, as western Europe's last pristine wilderness. But the truth is, once you're off the 51 track of the low-lying coastal areas where everyone lives, the roads are few, and they're all bad, 52 Iceland's natural wonders have been out of reach and unknown even to its own 53 . For them the land has always just been there, something that had to be dealt with and, if possible, 54 —the mind-set being one of land as commodity rather than land as, well, priceless art on the scale of the " Mona Lisa".
When the opportunity arose in 2003 for the national power company to enter into a 40-year 55 with the American aluminum company Alcoa to supply hydroelectric power for a new smelter （冶炼厂）, those who had been dreaming of something like this for decades 56 the opportunity. For a long time, life here had meant little more than a hut, dark all winter, cold, no hope, children dying left and right, plagues, starvation, volcanoes erupting and destroying all vegetation and livestock, all spirit— a world 57 almost entirely around the welfare of one's sheep and, later, on how good the cod catch was. In the outlying regions, it still largely does.
Ostensibly, the Alcoa project was intended to save one of these dying regions— the remote and sparsely populated east— where the way of life had steadily 58 to a point of desperation and gloom. After fishing quotas (定额) were 59 in the early 1980s to protect fish stocks, many individual boat owners sold their allotments or gave them away, fishing rights ended up mostly in the hands of a few companies and small fishermen were virtually 60 . Technological advances drained away even more jobs previously done by human hands, and the people were seeing everything they had worked for all their lives turn out to be 61 and their children move away. With the old way of life doomed, aluminum projects like this one had come to be perceived, wisely or not, as a last chance. "Smelter or death."
The contract with Alcoa would infuse the region with foreign 62 , an estimated 400 jobs, and spin-off service industries. It also was a way for Iceland to develop expertise that 63 could be sold to the rest of the world and 64 an economy historically dependent on fish. “We have to live,” Halldor Asgrimsson said. Halldor, a former prime minister and longtime member of parliament from the region, was a driving 65 behind the project. “We have a right to live.”
51. A. beaten B. explored C. expired D. centered
52. A. so B. when C. if D. as
53. A. government B. inhabitants C. countryside D. scale
54. A. designed B. retained C. exploited D. preserved
55. A. stage B. contract C. transition D. prosperity
56. A. gave up B. jumped at C. rushed to D. made up
57. A. revolving B. developing C. Stirring D. Initiating
58. A. transferred B. declined C. grew D. reformed
59. A. preferred B. presented C. resisted D. imposed
60. A. wiped out B. held up C. kept down D. put aside
61. A. priceless B. superficial C. worthless D. negative
62. A. investment B. Exclusion C. invasion D. landscape
63. A. socially B. immediately C. accidentally D. potentially
64. A. stabilize B. wreck C. diversify D. consolidate
65. A. force B. wheel C. instructor D. signal
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 )
If you intend to use humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that's God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor.”
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it'll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman's notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn't attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural, include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don't succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.
66. To make your humor work, you should_________.
A. take advantage of different kinds of audience B. make fun of the disorganized people
C. address different problems to different people D. show sympathy for your listeners
67. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are________.
A. impolite to new arrivals B. very conscious of their godlike role
C. entitled to no privileges D. very busy even during lunch hours
68. It can be inferred from the text that public services______.
A. have benefited many people B. are the focus of public attention
C. are an inappropriate subject for humor D. have often been the laughing stock
( B )
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviews who wore (展示) their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling（使命）, and were proud to be published in the daily press. 'So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,' Newman wrote “that I am tempted to define” journalism “as a term of contempt（轻蔑） applied by writers who are not read to writers who are”.
Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is now known solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England's foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.
Is there any chance that Cardus's criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly polished Vicwardian（维多利亚和爱德华时代） prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.
69. It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that
A. arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers.
B. English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews.
C. high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers.
D. young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies.
70. Newspaper reviews in England before World War 2 were characterized by ___________.
A. free themes. B. casual style. C. elaborate layout. D. radical viewpoints
71. Which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probably agree on?
A. It is writers' duty to fulfill journalistic goals.
B. It is contemptible for writers to be journalists.
C. Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism.
D. Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing.
72. What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?
A. His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.
B. His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.
C. His style caters largely to modern specialists.
D. His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.
( C )
The most prevalent use of intelligence test scores is to predict degree of academic success. Such scores are used in some communities as bases for admitting able children to schools at ages younger than normal, and they are very generally used to determine admissions to schools beyond public secondary school. Another use common in elementary schools involves comparing such scores with performances in various subjects to identify children who are working below capacity.
The greatest problem in using intelligence tests for the purpose of prediction is that no dependable criterion(标准) of their accuracy exists. The ideal criteria would be objective and reliable achievement tests following instruction in each subject, but there are few such tests, especially at the college level. Studies have shown that correlations(相关度) between intelligence tests and achievement tests in various subjects through secondary school range roughly from 0.5 to 0.8. Such correlations are fairly high, but they do not suggest anywhere near complete agreement.
At the college level there are two major tests used as criteria of admission. By far the more important is the College Entrance Examination, constructed by the Educational Testing Service authorized by the College Entrance Examination Board. These tests are returned to the Educational Testing Service for scoring, and the results are then made available to the various colleges authorized by the students to receive them. The second test of this type is the American College Test, which operates in essentially the same fashion.
Both tests constitute measures of certain skills, abilities, and knowledge that have been found to be related to success in college. Their correlations with academic success are limited for three outstanding reasons. First, measures of achievement in college are themselves perhaps no more reliable than those in elementary and secondary schools. Second, intellectual factors do not alone determine academic success, especially at the college level. Many students drop out of schools because they are inadequately motivated or because they dislike the instructional program. Third, correlations are lowered because the use of such tests for denying admission to some students means that the range of scores for those admitted is restricted, and such restrictions tend to reduce correlation.
73. The intelligence scores can be used in the following way EXCEPT ______.
A. telling in advance the degree of academic success
B．admitting intelligent children to school at the age younger than ordinary
C．finding out children working below capacity in primary schools
D．selecting pupils by public secondary schools
74.What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A. The standards for the evaluation of college students’ academic achievements need to be improved.
B. The correlations between intelligence and achievement tests in middle schools are not as high as predicted.
C. Intelligence test scores can help predict accurately the degree of students’ academic success.
D. The high correlations can prove that the results of academic tests exactly agree with intelligence test scores.
75.What can we learn about the two major tests for college admission?
A. The papers of the College Entrance Examination are set by the College Entrance Examination Board.
B. The American College Test is of the same importance as the College Entrance Examination.
C. The results of the two examinations will be sent to colleges with the students’ permission.
D. The College Entrance Examination is as fashionable as the American College Test.
76.Which of the following does not account for the reduction of the correlation between the two admission tests and the academic success in college?
A. Measures of students’ achievements in college
B. Students’ motivations for and interest in their study
C. Some students’ being refused the admission to the college
D. The popular use of the intelligence test
Section C
Directions: 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 sentence than you need.
A. But some recent studies on people in their golden years are disturbing.
B. However, in European nations like France, governments are considering changes to pension plans, which may affect retirees’ health after they leave their jobs.
C. Clearly, said Westerlund, much of the decrease in physical and mental fatigue can be traced back to relief from the stresses of work.
D. Those who don’t have good social networks may not be able to get assistance if they become ill.
E. The scientists followed the employees of the French national gas and electric company for 14 years.
AB. But for many, retirement means a sudden loss of many work-related social ties and a drastic decrease in activity levels.
Most people look forward to retirement as a time when they can finally take up activities that they never had the time or energy to pursue before. ___77____. They suggest that retirees are more likely to suffer from depression and possibly higher rates of other diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure. That’s why a new study of French workers is welcome news.
Led by Hugo Westerlund, a professor of psychology at Stockholm University, the study of more than 14,000 workers found lower rates of depression and fatigue in people after they got retired than while they were still employed. ___78____. They found in the year immediately after retirement, the volunteers reported 40% fewer depressive symptoms than they had in the year before their retirement. The researchers also found an 81% drop in reports of both mental and physical fatigue over the same time period.
___79___. The decline in depressive symptoms suggests that retirement may be having a positive mental effect, too, which may have a lot to do with the generous pensions that French workers enjoy. Most retirees in that country still benefit from about 80% of their yearly salaries.
“The economic or financial situation in retirement is very important,” Westerlund says. “We don’t know if the decrease in fatigue and depressive symptoms is because of the removal of something bad while in work or the addition of something good while in retirement. But no matter the reason, if life in retirement is not comfortable, then we won’t see the improvements we did.”
_____80_____ With less of a financial safety net, workers may no longer seem so mentally and physically happy to be out of work.
IV．Summary Writing (10%)
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
It is a common sight on campus or in the streets: a young person rides by on an electric scooter, traveling quickly and proudly. But Beijing’s traffic authorities have said that starting on Sept.5, people who are caught riding electric scooters on public roads or bicycle lanes will be fined 10 yuan. They will also be given a warning not to use the vehicles on public roads again.
The announcement was made after traffic police in Shanghai started a campaign to get electric scooters off public roads, with police officers stopping riders because the scooters could cause traffic problems.
The Beijing Consumer Association said it had tested more than 20 electric scooters of different brands recently and found that most had substandard brakes. It added that 16 of the tested scooters could go faster than the maximum 20 km per hour set for electric bikes. According to the traffic police, people who ride electric scooters at certain speeds can easily bump into the vehicles in the vehicle lane and hurt people who walk in the bicycle lanes.
But seeing the benefits that electric scooters have brought to young people, experts are worried that the ban may take effect slowly.
Electric scooters are a great answer to the ‘last mile problem’ of getting from a public transport station to one’s home. They’re light enough to throw over your shoulder. They’re easy to ride just about anywhere and don’t need a lot of physical effort. The scooter can travel 25 km on one charge. It’s convenient and easy to control.
They are also good for environment. Unlike cars and buses, electric scooters produce no carbon dioxide, need no fuel and make almost no noise.
For many young people, they use them to copy cool celebrities they have seen in videos.
第II卷（40分）
I Translation (15%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1. 务必自觉做到温故而知新。(See, basis)
2. 我从未想到经济舱位的票子会如此畅销。（occur）
3. 进入高中两年后，那个勤奋的学生已经习惯于劳逸结合。(accustom)
4. 为了养活全家人，他顶替了名册上别人的名字，这是违背他意愿的。(substitute)
II. Guided Writing (25%)
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
学校将开展一场校际辩论赛，辩论题为“机遇是成功的关键”。请就此辩论题谈谈你的观点。
上海中学2017学年第一学期期中考试
英语试题答案
171109
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. D 16. C 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. A
21-30 ACADD ADDCD
31. to do 32. referring 33. Despite 34. persuading 35. if
36. that 37. something 38. where 39. a 40. more suitable
41-50 B (AC)(AE)ADE B(BC)(BD)(AD)C
51-65 A A B C B B A B D A C A D C A
66-68 CBD 69-72 BADA 73-76 DACD 77-80 AECB
Summary 参考
People riding an electric scooter on public roads will be fined from Sept. 5th . Because of the substandard brakes and fast speed, electric scooters are considered potentially dangerous for riders and walking people. Considering its advantage of being convenient, portable environment-friendly and fashionable, experts predicted the ban would take effect slowly.
1. 务必自觉做到温故而知新。(See, basis)
See to it that you consciously review your lessons on a regular basis so that you can obtain new knowledge.
2.我从未想到经济舱位的票子会如此畅销。（occur）
It never occurred to me that the tickets for economy class would sell so well.
3.进入高中两年后，那个勤奋的学生已经习惯于劳逸结合。(accustom)
Since he entered senior high school two years ago, the diligent / hard-working student has been accustomed to keeping a balance between work and play.
4.为了养活全家人，他顶替了花名册上别人的名字，这是违背他意愿的。(substitute)
To support the whole family, he substituted his own name for someone else’s on the (name) list，which was against his (own) will.
Transcript
Part A Short Conversations
1. M: It's almost midnight. Why don't we leave these until tomorrow？
W: Good idea! I'm sleepy.
Q: How does the woman feel?
2. W: I don't think she can complete a survey in less than a week.
M: Barbara did it in a few days.
Q: What does the man say about Barbara? .
3. M: Are men's suits on the seventh floor?
W: No, they are here on this floor. Seventh's housewares.
Q: Where does the conversation probably take place?
4. W: Bill, have you finished the research paper for biology?
M: Not yet, I always seem to put things off until the last minute.
Q: What does the man mean?
5. M: Come into my office, please. I'd like you to type some letters.
W: Yes, sir. And I think I should remind you that you have a meeting in ten minutes.
Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
6. M: When is the show supposed to start?
W: Don't worry. It won't start until 10:30. We've still got 20 minutes.
Q: What's the time now?
7. M: Did you call an electrician to repair the lamp?
W: No. I got Mike to do it.
Q: What does the woman mean？
8. W: Tom is watching a movie on TV.
M: Should he be doing that now with the exam's coming up next week?
Q: What does the man imply that Tom should be doing?
9. M: Have you picked up your ID card from the office yet?
W: No, the camera for taking photos was broken.
Q: Why hasn't the woman got her ID card?
10. M: Dick seems to think this year's football season will be disappointing.
W: That is his opinion. Most others think differently.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
The main trick in listening to directions is to pay close attention. When directions are long, it is a good plan to make notes. For school assignments, the notes should contain page numbers,topics, and other details. Often, of course, it is unnecessary or inconvenient to make notes. In any case, you must use your mind as well as your ears as you listen to directions. The proof of your skill will be your ability to follow the directions you hear.
One plan to help you remember is to think of a few key words. For example, suppose your mother says, "While you are at the library, ask if we may reserve a copy of the new biography of Henry James. On the way home, please stop at Mrs. Duggan's to pick up a note she has for me. " You have two things to remember, so keep in mind these key words in this order: Henry James, Mrs. Duggan.
Another way to make directions "stick" to your memory is to picture in your mind each step as it is given to you. For example, you hear “turn right at the large white farmhouse. " Try to imagine what it looks like. Or "When you pass a small pond, take the next road left". You can make a mental picture. Can you see this picture?
Questions :
11. When are notes needed to help to recall directions?
12. What must you use as you listen to directions?
13. What are useful in helping you to remember directions?
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
It is for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modem ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crisis; that they talk too much about certain problems – and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenager children and also forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are not successful. You think that you may not be able to win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural even after long years of childhood, when you are completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others; especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
Questions :
14. What is mainly discussed at the very beginning of the talk?
15. Why do teenagers like to wear strange clothes and hairstyles?
16. How should teenagers improve parent-children relations according to the writer?
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
W: Hey, James. How’s the job search going?
M: Hi, Sharon. I had no idea it would take so much time. It sure makes it difficult to prepare for final exams. How about you?
W: I was lucky. There seems to be a shortage of high school teachers now. I applied to three schools, and each one offered me a position.
M: That’s great. Which one did you like?
W: I haven’t decided yet. Of course, it would be easiest for me to stay here in New York or go back home to Boston. But I may go to California.
M: That would be a big move.
W: So, tell me about your plans.
M: Well, I applied to six newspapers. Last week, I had an interview with New York Times.
W: How did it go?
M: Not so well. I think they’re looking for people with some experience.
W: Have you had any other interviews?
M: No, not yet. It seems that everyone wants to be a writer these days. There just aren’t that many jobs out there.
W: That’s too bad.
M: Yes. I had hoped to have a job lined up by graduation. That doesn’t seem likely now.
W: What will you do if you can’t find a job?
M: In that case, I’ll begin working on a master’s degree in the fall.
W: Good luck!
Questions:
17.How is the job-searching going for the man?
18.What kind of jobs seems to be in short supply?
19.Where is Sharon most likely to do?
20.What does James plan to do if he can’t find a job?
上海中学2017学年第一学期期中考试英语试卷答题纸 171109
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