2018-2019年上海交大附中高一上英语期末

21.

A gingko tree ________ to be around 3800 years old was recently discovered in Hebei Province.

A. was believed

B. that believed

C. believed

D. being believed

22.

________ almost my entire professional life researching black holes, I finally came up with a better

understanding of them.

A. Having spent

B. Spending

C. Spent

D. To spend

23.

By the time she ________ home to Belgium three months later, her outlook ________ completely.

A. returned…changed

B. had returned…changed

D. returned…had changed

C. had returned…had changed

24.

The

public

is

shocked

at

the

news

of

that

famous

college

________

all

the

students’

information

________ to several private companies during the year of 2015-2017.

A. having…to be sold

C. having…sold

B. to have…selling

D. had…to sell

25.

The evidence means the family of Mr. Warrick is one step closer ________ what happened to their son

on that night.

A. to finding out

B. to find out

C. to be finding out

D. finding out

26.

________ by the new rule that was approved last month, the company is looking for a new way to

expand their market share.

A. Guiding

B. Being guided

C. To be guided

D. Guided

27.

Wouldn’t you rather your child ________ to bed early?

A. go

B. went

C. would go

D. goes

28.

Do you feel like you ________ alone so that you can’t care for someone else?

A. are too used to being

C. are too used to be

B. used to being

D. too used to being

29.

They ________ by air this morning for all flights were canceled due to the heavy fog.

A. shouldn’t have left

B. mustn’t have left

C. can’t have left

D. might not have left

30.

________ this entirely new, cutting-edge design in the latest model of our car, we have repeatedly

tested and demonstrated its feasibility.

A. Including

B. Included

C. Being included

D. To include

31.

________ in the battle this morning, we sent the soldier to hospital in a hurry.

A. Being badly wounded

C. Badly wounded

B. Since he was badly wounded

D. Since badly wounded

32.

Get yourself ________ more, and always let everything you do ________ as if it makes a difference.

A. to achieve…done

B. to achieving…done

D. to achieving…to be done

C. to achieve…to done

33.

He was lying on the grass, his hands ________ under his head.

A. crossed

B. being crossed

C. crossing

D. were crossed

34.

Who is knocking at the door? ________ it be your guest?

A. Can

B. Shall

C. May

D. Must

35.

Making decisions ________ by personal emotions creates an unhealthy work environment that harms

the success of the supervisor, the employee, and the organization.

A. being driven

B. having been driven

C. driven

D. driving

36.

This hand-decorated plate, ________ 14 inches ________, with seven blooming flowers in the middle,

is said to be a gift from King Alexandra.

A. measured…across

C. measured…broad

B. measuring…across

D. measuring…broad

37.

Although there is still some time, the researchers are doing all they can ________ the problem facing

the local citizens.

A. to solve

B. to solving

C. solve

D. solving

38.

It is believed that many Christmas traditions ________ Germany.

A. was originated in

B. originated in

C. originating in

D. was originating in

39.

________ discussing the issue with our professor, we thought of several ways to handle it.

A. During

B. On

C. In

D. At

40.

________, the investor always intends to create output, to increase productivity, and to make money.

A. Whatever the case

B. However is the case

D. However the case it is

C. Whatever is the case

41.

Many traditions are connected with Christmas. For children, the most important one is ________ of

receiving gifts.

A. one

B. that

C. the ones

D. it

42.

In spite of failing to save every endangered species, we may ________ the majority from extinction.

A. serve

B. preserve

C. deserve

D. observe

43.

The

________

expressed

their

anger

against

the

local

government’s

plans

about

how

to

solve

the

________.

A. people present…problems present

C. present people…problems present

B. people present…present problems

D. present people…present problems

44.

It’s

going

to

be

a

memorial

park

soon

because

some

________

of

the

soldiers

who

died

in

1942

defending the city are said to be under the ground there.

A. remains

B. ruins

C. damages

D. maintains

45.

She spent the afternoon ________ on her back in water.

A. flowing

B. lying

C. drowning

D. floating

46.

I hope that my lessons ________ in my students’ lives.

A. are reflected well

C. have been around

B. serve a purpose

D. have their origin

47.

Before you recommend the books, you’d better make it clear how many categories they ________.

A. fall into

B. fall on

C. fall over

D. fall behind

48.

Families will usually decorate their garden ________ shining colored lights and their house ________

bright colors.

Section B

(A)

A. imagine

B. native

C. threatened

D. blossom

AB. cover

AC. expecting

AD. wondering

BC. extend

BD. care

CD. informed

ABC. produce

One of the world’s largest flowers, known as the “corpse(

尸体

) flower”, will bloom at the Toronto Zoo

A. with…through

B. in…with

C. with…in

D. in…in

– a first for the zoo and the city.

The corpse flower, officially titled Amorphophallus Titanum, has been recorded as having the world’s

tallest bloom. The Corpse Flower smells like a rotting corpse, and it looks like it belongs in the movie

Avatar

.

People

would

(49)________

that

the

smell

helps

prevent

it

from

being

eaten,

but,

despite

this

defense

mechanism,

the

plant

is

still

very

rare. According

to

the

IUCN,

it’s

a(n)

(50)________

species.

It’s

not

actually one big flower, but thousands upon thousands of little male and female flowers. These exude(

分泌

)

oils, while the center will collect heat. The heat causes the oils to create the smell that attracts the beetles

that pollinate the flower. In case you were (51)________, a mature plant can weigh 200 pounds.

For the first time ever the corpse flower will bloom at the Toronto Zoo, with officials (52)________

the majority of the plant’s specimens to bloom in the next two weeks.

“This species only blooms for 8 to 36 hours and this is the first time the kind of flower has bloomed in

the Greater Toronto Area, and the fifth time one has bloomed within Canada!” the Zoo said in a statement.

One of the six specimens of the smelly plant, under the (53)________ of the Zoo’s horticulture(

园艺

)

division, has begun its early bloom – four years ahead of schedule.

The

corpse

plant,

(54)________

to

the

Indonesian

island

of

Sumatra,

can

take

six

to

ten

years

to

(55)________ its first flower, a zoo keeper said.

The Toronto Zoo has continued to keep the public (56)________ of the status of the flower and when

it’s

projected

to

bloom. The

zoo

will

(57)________

viewing

hours

in

its

Greenhouse

during

the

plant’s

bloom period.

The corpse plant that has started its early bloom, dubbed “Pablo “Pe-ew” Caso”, is expected to bloom

towards the end of the week.

“It’s a big event and we’re very excited here at the Toronto Zoo,” said Paul Gellatly, a gardener at the

zoo. Facebook users have also expressed excitement over the anticipation for the plant’s bloom period.

“Anxiously waiting for the (58)________! It’s amazing!” one Facebook user wrote on the zoo’s page.

(B)

A. ceremonial

B. striking

C. composed

D. sights

AB. viewed

AC. served

AD. literary

BC. amusing

BD. figures

CD. connected

ABC. offered

Mount Tai, located north of Tai’an in Shandong province, is the most sacred(

神圣的

) Taoist mountain

and is of both historical and cultural significance in China.

The word tai in Chinese means stability and peace, and the name Tai’an is from the saying “If Mount

Tai is stable, so is the entire country.” Jade Emperor Peak, the summit of Mount Tai with an altitude of 1,545

meters, offers tourists a(n) (59)________ bird’s eye view of the city of Tai’an.

Among China’s Five Great Mountains, Mount Tai, known as the eastern mountain, is only the third

highest. Why is it regarded as the leader of the Five Great Mountains, then? In Chinese culture, east is

(60)________ as a sacred direction, since it is where the sun and the moon rise. Therefore, Mount Tai is

(61)________ with sunrise, birth and renewal(

复兴

).

Moreover, Mount Tai has been a place of worship for at least 3,000 years and (62)________ as one of

the

most

essential

(63)________

centers

in

China.

According

to

records,

a

total

of

72

emperors

(64)________ sacrifices to heaven and earth on Mount Tai in history. Among them, Emperor Wu of the Han

Dynasty visited Mount Tai eight times. It was the first and foremost thing for emperors to do when they

came into power, because Mount Tai was seen as the symbol of the kingdom’s peace and prosperity.

The

supreme

impressive

(65)________

of

Mount

Tai

had

been

praised

by

lots

of

great

historical

(66)________, such as Confucius, Li Bai and Du Fu. From the time of Confucius till today, countless poems

and essays depicting Mount Tai in praise have been (67)________, leaving a great many cultural relics(

遗

迹

) on the mountain. In 1987, Mount Tai was listed as both a World Natural Heritage site and a World

Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO. Nowadays, many (68)________ scholars still come to Mount Tai to get

inspiration for poems, essays, paintings and pictures.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Xing Tonghe(

邢同和

), who graduated from Architecture department, Tong Ji University of Shanghai

in 1962, is now the Director of Xing Tonghe Design Studio and Director of Shanghai World EXPO’s.

Xing Tonghe has taken charge of more than 300 projects in the past 50 years. His works have been

granted more than 30 (69)________ as national, ministry or municipal(

市级的

) outstanding design. In the

past years, he has also been in charge of the work of planning and designing Shanghai APEC conference

hall, 2010 World EXPO Shanghai planning and so on. Xing Tonghe won the title of Distinguished Middle

Age and Young Experts of China in 1988, and Municipal Key Project Contribution competition prize for

continuous

3

times. Among

his

works,

“the

Shanghai

Museum”

was

(70)________

as

the

“World

City

Distinguished Modern Architecture Design”.

The Shanghai Museum, dating back to 1952, moved to its current location in 1995. The building is by

Xing Tonghe of Xiandai Architectural Design Group, which is responsible for a(n) (71)________ 70% of

Shanghai’s new developments.

The museum has a(n) (72)________ of over 120,000 pieces, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy,

furniture,

jades,

ancient

coins,

paintings,

seals,

sculptures,

minority

art

and

foreign

art.

The

Shanghai

Museum (73)________ several items of national importance, including one “transparent” bronze mirror

from the Han Dynasty.

The new building is a modern (74)________ of the ancient Chinese cosmological(

宇宙的

) view, from

the Han dynasty 2200

years ago or earlier, that Heaven is round and the earth beneath is square. For a

fifteenth century display of the same idea see Beijing’s Temple of Heaven; for a different contemporary

understanding see the Shanghai Grand Theater opposite the museum.

The form is also considered to be (75)________ to the Chinese ding, a bronze food container, but this

is (76)________ by the architect as the main inspiration.

Within the square base, Xing (77)________ a new philosophy and argues that the museum represents

a (78)________ on museum design:

“In the past, it was thought that the owner or managers were the (79)________ of the museum and we

are

afraid

that

people

might

visit

the

museum

and

destroy

the

(80)________. That’s

why

so

many

old

museums have railings for protection.

I made the change. (81)________ should be the host; cultural relics belong to people, so I trust them.

So we light up the halls to (82)________ the display, instead of lighting the passageways. And we don’t

(83)________ people, either. They can choose which part they want to see first. Lots of new museums in

China has embraced this idea now.”

69.

A. awards

B. rewards

C. praises

D. ranks

D. thought out

D. valued

D. collection

D. provides

D. operation

D. particular

D. supplied

D. approves

D. reflection

D. architects

D. decorations

D. Observer

D. highlight

70.

A. thought about

71.

A. separated

72.

A. source

73.

A. houses

B. thought over

B. estimated

B. resource

B. conceals

C. thought of

C. considered

C. gallery

C. handles

74.

A. translation

75.

A. similar

76.

A. denied

77.

A. adapts

B. transformation

B. familiar

B. declined

B. adopts

B. recycle

C. interpretation

C. peculiar

C. accepted

C. adjusts

C. recall

C. hosts

78.

A. reference

79.

A. visitors

80.

A. exhibits

81.

A. Staff

B. designers

B. objections

B. Spectators

B. illustrate

C. exhibitions

C. Audience

C. clarify

82.

A. demonstrate

83.

A. dominate

Section B

B. restrict

C. limit

D. require

(A)

How Plants Branch Out to Access Water

New research has discovered how plant roots sense the availability of water in soil and then adapt their

shape to acquire water. The discovery could enable crops to be bred which are more adaptive to changes in

climate conditions, such as water scarcity, and help ensure food security in the future.

These findings, published in the journal

Science

, describe a new mechanism discovered by cooperating

teams at the universities of Nottingham and Durham.

Roots are critical for plants to acquire water and nutrients from the soil. Water is essential for plant

growth, yet changing climatic conditions makes acquiring water from soil even more challenging. Plants

are able to adapt to different soil moisture(

湿润

) conditions by altering their root architecture, but up until

now, it was not understood how this is done.

The researchers discovered that plant roots lacking a branching master gene were no longer able to

branch

out.

They

found

that

when

roots

are

exposed

to

moisture,

the

certain

gene

remains

active

and

promotes root branching, but when exposed to air, the gene is inactivated, blocking root branching.

Professor Sadanandom explained: “Plants are relatively immobile and therefore their growth is very

much

dependent

on

their

environment.

Our

research

has

identified

the

particular

protein

which

can

inactivate root branching, therefore limiting plant growth and development.”

“This is hugely exciting as it opens up the possibility for us to help develop plants that could continue

to branch roots even in challenging conditions such as water scarcity.”

Professor Bennett concluded: “Water is critical for plant growth, development and their survival. By

studying how plant roots change their branching in response to water availability, we have uncovered a

novel mechanism. This represents a major step forward and opens the way for breeders to develop new

crops better adapted to climate change and helping deliver global food security.”

It is absolutely

imperative

to ensure food security worldwide. Crop production must double by 2050

to keep pace with global population growth. This target is even more challenging given the impact of climate

change

on

water

availability

and

the

drive

to

reduce

fertilizers

to

make

agriculture

become

more

environmentally

sustainable.

In

both

cases,

developing crops

with

better

ability

to

acquire

water

would

provide a solution.

84.

The findings of the research may have a positive effect on several global issues EXCEPT ________.