（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分）
第I卷 (共110分)
I. Listening Comprehension（25分） Section A (10×1=10分)
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. They are talking about the runners. village.
C. They are listening to the radio. ceremony.
2. A. Cindy will arrive at 4:20 p.m. p.m.
C. Cindy will arrive at 4:35 p.m. p.m.
3. A. To a river. the ocean.
4. A. The man has been in Shanghai for 20 years. B. The man has been in Shanghai for 30 years. C. The man has been in Shanghai for 60 years. D. The man has been in Shanghai for 35 years. 5. A. She will try to help the man. man.
C. She doesn’t like French.
D. She speaks French well.
B. She is unwilling to help the
B. To a lake. C. To a park.
D. To
D. Cindy will arrive at 4:15
B. Cindy will arrive at 4:05
D. They are watching the opening B. They are running in the
6. A. In an airport. B. In a car. C. Near a station. D. On a bus.
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7. A. Making poses. B. How to look natural.
D. Taking photographs.
C. Mending cameras.
8. A. There’re not enough oranges. oranges.
B. There’re altogether 10
C. There’re altogether 10 children. oranges..
D. There’re altogether 8
9. A. A student. B. A teacher. eye doctor 10.A. Driving. Parking.
Section B(10×1.5=15分)
C. An interviewer. D. An
B. Reading. C. Shopping. D.
Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) 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. It costs too much.
B. It doesn’t work very well. D. It is not safe.
C. It bends in some situations. 12. A. In newspapers. C. On the Internet. 13. A. A good material C. A safe choice.
B. In business halls. D. In shops.
B. A new iPhone.
D. A cellphone problem.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. They’re special. C. They’re strange. 15. A. Los Angeles. Washington.
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B. They’re short.
D. They’re easy to remember. C. Chicago
D.
B. New York.
16. A. Because of the shiny, bright and unreal nature of Hollywood. B. Because of the fruit that grows in that city’s climate. C. Because it is warm and sunny.
D. Because it is the music industry center.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Moving to a unit. B. Selling a unit. C. Furnishing a unit. D. Renting a unit. 18. A. She thinks it’s nice but a little bit smaller for her. B. She is satisfied with the unit. C. She wants the unit to be furnished.
D. She wants the security deposit a little lower. 19. A. She has to furnish it by herself. clothes by hands.
C. She can park her car in the garage. D. She will live on the first floor.
20. A. 450 yuan. B. 900 yuan. C. 1350 yuan. D. 2250 yuan.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A(10×2=20分)
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.
Many restaurants have “take out” service. But this restaurant in Helsinki, Finland, (21) ___________ (become) famous for its special “take in” service. Actually the name of the restaurant is “Take In” too.
Instead of cooking the meals in its own kitchen--- which doesn’t exit ---- it allows customers (22) __________ (order) various dishes from 20 other restaurants in the city.
(23) ___________ (sponsor) by American Express and Wolt , (24) _________ popular
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B. She needs to wash her
food delivery app, “Take In” is a popular restaurant that opened at the beginning of November 2016.
(25) _________ you have probably already guessed, the name “Take In” is a clever play on words. The whole point of ordering take-out is to avoid (26) ___________ (go) to a restaurant, and if you are going to dress up to go out, you (27) __________ as well go straight to your favorite restaurant instead of ordering food from it somewhere else. But here is the idea (28) _________ it ----- when you go out with a group of friends and you can not decide where to go for dinner, because everyone wants to order something else, “Take In” is the perfect solution. You can have a pizza, (29) __________ your friends enjoy Japanese, Chinese or even a burger.
If customers want to try the “take in” experience, they can use the Wolt app, just as they would from the comfort of their own homes. (30) __________ they order and pay for their meals, all they have to do is to wait for someone to deliver it to the restaurant.
Section B (10分)
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. register B. developed C. observation D. clarity E. desired F. employ G. measurable H. determined I. accomplish J. available K. belief
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III． Reading Comprehension Section A (15分)
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.
Children have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation! Recently a campaign encouraging children to put away __41__ and play outside has been
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organized. The campaign, said to be the biggest ever, has been launched with the __42__ of a documentary film, Project Wild Thing. It tells the story of how, __43__ an attempt to get his daughter and son outside, film-maker David Bond __44__ as marketing director for nature.
The call to renew a connection with nature comes from about 400 organizations, from playgroups to the National Health Service. Children are being __45__ to take back their “wild time”, swapping (交换) 30 minutes of screen use for outdoor activities. The organizers __46__ that giving up 30 minutes of television and computer games each day in exchange for outdoor play will increase the __47__ of fitness and alertness and improve children’s well-being.
According to the chairman Andy Simpson, right now, time spent outdoors is down, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been __48__. “With many more parents becoming __49__ the dominance of screen time in their children’s lives, and growing scientific evidence that a decline in __50__ time is bad news for the health and happiness of our children, we all need to become marketing directors for nature. We want parents to see what this magical wonder product does for their kids’ development, independence and creativity, by giving wild time a go” said Mr. Simpson.
In Mr. Bond’s opinion, the reasons why kids, __51__ they live in cities or the countryside, have become __52__ from nature and the outdoors are complex. “We need to make more space for wild time in children’s daily routine, __53__ this generation of kids to have the sort of experiences that many of us took for granted. It’s all about finding __54__ on your doorstep and discovering the sights, sounds and __55__ of nature一maybe in a back garden, a local park, or just green space at the end of the road.” 41. A. subjects 42. A. outcome 43. A. by
B. screens
C. stages C. exposure
D. scenes D. release
B. direction B. on B. acts
C. for
D. in
D.
44. A. behaves regards
45. A. pulled warned 46. A. allow
C. treats
B. forced C. urged D.
B. admit C. acquire D. argue
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47. A. amounts 48. A. developed lost
B. levels
B. shown
C. degrees
D. standards
D.
C. tested
49. A. delighted with B. guilty of desperate for 50. A. free 51. A. while whether
52. A. escaped 53. A. freeing serving
54. A. imagination 55. A. senses
B. fortune
B. active
C. concerned about D.
C. spare
D. normal
B. though C. as D.
B. disconnected
B. forbidding
C. suffered
D. protected
D.
C. seeking
C. wildness D. solution
D. smells
B. voices C. features
Section B（11×2=22分）
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)
Mr. Richards was quite good at shooting with a rifle (来福枪), and he had taken part in several competitions in his small town. He had never actually won a prize, but each time he had done well and once he had come in fourth.
Then he had to go to a big city on business for a month, and as he had nothing much to do in the evenings, he joined the local rifle club, and spent several pleasant evenings shooting there.
The rifle club had a very good first team, which used to take part in a lot of important shooting competitions. One of these took place while Mr. Richards was with them, and of course he went to see it. But one of the members of the club’s team suddenly fell ill just before the match, and the captain had to choose somebody else to take his place in a hurry. He had heard that Mr. Richards had taken part in several
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competitions already, and he had seen for himself at the club that, although he was not up to the standard of the club’s first team, he was quite a good shot. He therefore invited him to take the sick man’s place.
Mr. Richards felt greatly honored to be asked to shoot for such a good team, but he also felt very nervous, because he was afraid of making a fool of himself and letting down his team.
In fact, he was so nervous that he could not keep his hand from trembling while he was shooting, with the result that he did very badly in the competition. When he took his score card to his captain, he said , “After seeing my score , I feel like going outside and shooting myself. ”
The captain looked at the card for a few minutes and then said, “Well, you had better take two bullets with you if you do that.”
56. How did it happen that Mr. Richards took part in the competition for the club’s first team?
A. He was a member of the club’s first team.
B. He was a first-rate shot in competitions. C. He wanted to take the sick man’s place.
D. He took part in the competition at the invitation of the captain. 57. How did Mr. Richards feel after the competition?
A. He felt uncomfortable. B. He was very much shocked. C. He felt very much ashamed. D. He was very angry with himself
58. According to the passage, which of the following was true of Mr. Richards?
A. He joined the local club to compete with other members. B. He was a man who had a strong sense of self-respect.
C. He always came in first in all the competitions he took part in. D. He was full of confidence before the competition.
59. What does the last sentence “You had better take two bullets with you if you do that.” mean?
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A. One bullet is not powerful enough to kill a person.
B.The quality of the bullets is very bad. You had better take an extra one. C. You are such a bad shot that you might miss the target while trying to kill yourself.
D. There are two bullets left in your rifle. You had better use them up.
（B）
Psychologists have found that only about two percent of adults use their creativity, compared with ten percent of seven-year-old children. When five-year-olds were tested, the results soared to ninety percent! Curiosity and inventiveness are daily occurrences for the small child, but somehow most of us lose the freedom and flexibility (灵活性) of the child as we grow older. The need to “follow directions” and “do-it-right,” plus the many societal constraints we put on ourselves, prevent us from using our creative potential.
It is never too late to tap our creative potential. Some of us, however, find it difficult to think in imaginative and flexible ways because of our set pattern of approaching problems. When we are inflexible in our approach to situations, we close our minds to creative possibilities.
Being creative doesn’t necessarily mean being a genius. It means looking at situations in a new way or putting something together in a new form that makes sense. Spontaneity（自发性） is one of the key elements of creativity.
If you were to ask someone, “What's half of eight?” and received the answer, “Zero,” you might laugh and say, “That's wrong!” But the figure 8 can be visualized as two zeros, one on top of the other; it can also be seen as two 3's standing face to face.
The ability to visualize our environment in new ways opens our perspective and allows us to make all kinds of discoveries. If each of us asked the question “Why?” more often and investigated “other” alternatives to problem solving, our lives would be more interesting and exciting.
60. According to the essay, ___________________. A. we tend to be more creative as we grow old
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B. adults do not use their creativity so often as children do C. we don't lose our creativity as we grow old D. people are born with different creative potentials 61. Being creative means being ________________
A. able to approach problems in new ways B. able to solve problems C. inclined to ask why D. a genius 62. We are less creative than we can be because _______________ A. we often think it too late to tap our creative potentials B. set patterns of doing things close our minds to new possibilities C. creativity is not encouraged by society D. education kills creativity
(C)
Was your school noisy or peaceful? It might not seem important, but a growing body of research suggests that sounds can have an impact on learning, performance and creativity.
Whether background sounds are beneficial or not seems to depend on what kind of noise it is — and the volume. In a series of studies published last year, Ravi Mehta from the College of Business at Illinois and his colleagues tested people's creativity while exposed to a soundtrack made up of background noises — such as coffee-shop chatter and construction-site drilling — at different volumes. They found that people were more creative when the background noises were played at a medium level than when volume was low. Loud background noise, however, damaged their creativity.
This makes sense for a couple of reasons, says psychologist Dr Nick Perham, at Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK, who studies the effect of sounds on learning but was not involved in the study. Firstly, he says, sounds that are most disturbing tend to be very variable. A general hum (嗡嗡声) in the background suggests a steady-state sound with not much variation. \"So there's not much there to capture your attention — nothing disturbing the subjects,\" he says. At the same time, the background noise might cause the subjects to be in a slightly heightened state of
arousal (觉醒), says Perham. \"Medium arousal is best for good performance. So it might
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be that a general hum in the background gives an ideal level of arousal.\" With that in mind, Perham suggests there may be some benefits to playing music or other sounds in an art class or other situations where creativity is key.
Many teachers all over the world already play music to students in class. Many are inspired by the belief that hearing music can improve IQ in tasks, the so-called Mozart effect. While the evidence actually suggests it's a stretch to say classical music improves brainpower, researchers do think pleasant sounds before a task can sometimes lift your mood and help you perform well, says Perham, who has done his own studies on the phenomenon. The key appears to be that you enjoy what you’re hearing. \"If you like the music or you like the sound — even listening to a Stephen King novel — then you did better. It didn’t matter about the music,\" he says.
63. Which of the following is true according to the studies by Ravi Mehta and Nick Perham?
A. It’s better not to expose people to any background noise while at work. B. Construction-site drilling should be forbidden where there is a school. C. Noises will harm people’s health however low their volumes are. D. A certain level of noise may do good to people’s creativity.
64. According to Dr Nick Perham, it can be inferred that in an art class teachers had better ______.
A. keep the classroom quiet
B. play music at a steady and medium volume C. broadcast classical music
D. vary the volume of the music constantly
65. In the last paragraph. the underlined part “it’s a stretch\" is used to______. A. prove the usefulness of pleasing sounds B. confirm the belief of Mozart effect C. challenge the importance of soft music D. cast doubt on the power of music in raising IQ
66. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
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A. Learning Power: Noise and Music Work B. Noise Meeting Music: A Blessing? C. Noise or Music: Creativity in Danger D. Brainpower: More Music and Less Noise Section C （4×2=8分）
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 sentences than you need.
A. Experts say these issues are a growing concern. B. An expert says feeling worried and sad is normal parts of life. C. In other words, the students said they felt unusually worried or afraid. D. College students worried about their academic performances. E. Experts give several explanations for why the number of students seeking help for mental health issues is rising. F. A 2015 report from the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors found anxiety to be a major problem for students.
Over the last 10 years, the number of university students seeking help for mental or emotional problems has grown sharply. _____67___ Nearly half of all students who sought help in recent years said they felt anxious. ____68____ An additional 40 percent of students said they felt depressed—very, very sad.
____69____ One reason could simply be a change in American culture. In the United States, people are increasingly comfortable talking about mental health issues and bringing their problems to trained experts. Another reason could be related to the current generation of young people attending university today. But one reason is surely higher education itself.
____70____ But college is a difficult time when students want to make friends,
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find their identity and succeed academically. “College being a place with high demands, lots of competition and lots of concern about being able to get a good job after college, certainly increases the level of stress that students experience.” IV. Summary Writing (10分)
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Now another American education icon may be disappearing: the hardbound (精装的) textbook. More and more school districts are replacing traditional textbooks with electronic ones. Electronic textbooks are usually accessed either through an online server or are downloaded to student laptops.
In North Texas, Plano and Irving schools are introducing e-books into a few classrooms, and Lancaster school officials also are considering them. But no local district appears to be going as far as Forney. The district most likely would be the first in the state to use e-books in every classroom for grades five to twelve.
Officials point out several reasons for turning to e-books. For one, they are easier to update. Thus the publishers are able to find ways to do online textbooks and they can go back and change information. Using e-books will better prepare students for college and the workplace.
Rapid district growth is another reason. The number of the students in the district is expected to double within five years. It’s difficult to know textbook needs in advance and some students wait months for their books. But e-books can be uploaded onto a “blank” laptop in a few hours.
Cost may eventually be a deciding cause for choosing e-books, but there are no big savings yet. Even if they get it electronically, they still have to pay for the book because they’re buying the instructional material. That may change as more and more districts move toward e-books.
Today’ students have little trouble adjusting to laptops and e-books, said Connie Cooley, who has taught at the Academy of Irving ISD for five years. But she said it could worry teachers.
“It’s harder for people who are right around my age and older.” said Ms. Cooley,
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36. “I’m laptop-savvy, so I was ready for it, but those that aren’t are a little worrying.
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第II 卷 (共40分)
I. Translation（3+3+4+5=15分）
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
71. 在英语考试中，你越仔细，你犯的错误就越少。（the more…，the more…） 72. 多吃水果，你就不用担心缺少维生素了。（lack） 73. 估计，正在建设中的这条路将按计划于明年竣工。（It）
74. 坦白的说，只有家长和老师都注重学生的心理成长，还有及时地制止校园暴力，这个问题才能在不久的将来得以解决。。（only when） II. Guided Writing （25分）
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 - 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是学生会干部，要为校刊英语园地写一篇为“Our Spring Outing”的稿件，请根据以上四幅图的先后顺序，叙述上周你们从准备春游到春游结束的完整过程。
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金山中学2016学年度第二学期高一年级英语学科期末试卷
答 案
I. Listening (25)
1--10 DCBDA BDBDA 11--20 CCD DBA DBCD
II. Grammar (10)
21. has become 22. to order 23. Sponsored 24. a 25. As 26. going
27. might 28. behind 29. while 30. Once
III．词汇 (10)
31—40 F K D J G C H E A B
IV完型 (15)
41-45 BDDBC 46-50 DBDCB 51-55 DBACD
V．阅读 (22+8)
56—59 D C B C 60--62 BAB 63—66 DBDB 67—70 FCEB VI．概要写作(10)
More and more schools in America choose e-textbooks. That’s because it’s easy to update e-textbooks. Besides, with rapid district growth, it’s difficult to know the exact number of students, so some of them have to wait months before textbooks arrive. Finally, adjusting to e-books may help to reduce cost. However, it worries some old teachers. (55 words) VII． Translation: (3+3+4+5)
71. The more careful you are in the English exam, the fewer mistakes you will make. 72. Have more fruit, and you don’t need to worry about lack of vitamins. 73. It is estimated that the road under construction will be built next year as planned. 74. To speak frankly, only when parents and teachers pay more attention to the mental
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growth of children and stop the school violence in time can the problem be solved in near future. VIII． Writing （25）
Never will we forget the spring outing of my class on the mountain last Saturday. Before the outing, ideas about where to go varied, among which were an amusement park and a lake for boating. But the mountain was the final choice, for we decided to do something not only relaxing but also significant.
Then came the day for the outing. We arrived at the foot of the mountain early that morning. In the gentle sunshine and the soft breeze, we climbed as we chatted and sang. The scenery indeed refreshed us.
What was the outing really about is that we did something to clean the environment. Having learnt that the mountain was littered with various packaging materials, we carried with us bags and gloves. Wherever there was rubbish, we picked it up, especially on the top of the mountain where people camp often. We cleaned our way up the mountain, attracting attention of other visitors.
What’s more, we sorted the rubbish before they were put into different bins. The work went on for the whole day. At the sunset, we left. I believe everyone will make the outing experience rooted in the mind.
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