上海市交大附中2019年高一第二学期英语期中试卷

I Listening

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II Grammar and vocabulary(28

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Section A

Beneath each of the following sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. choose the

one answer that best completes the sentence.

1.

______ has been done to develop the habit of reading aloud in the morning, his pronunciation

remains a serious problem.

A.

In spite of that

B. Despite what

C. Although he

D. Though what

2.

_____ is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Ages.

A.

It’s the sun not the earth

B. The sun not the earth

C. Being the sun not the earth

D. That the sun not the earth

3.

It’s

far

better

for

one

to

drink

milk,

______one

gets

health

nutrients,

than

to

drink

coffee,

______ contains no nutrients at all.

A. that...which

B. which...which

C. which...that

D. from which...which

4.

It’s

important

that

parents

know

of

any

situation______

can

be

of

great

significance

to

their

children’s behavior and school performance.

A. which

B. where it

C. what

D. that

5. When they went into the shop and asked to look at the engagement rings, the shop assistant

brought out a cheap one, _____ she has arranged with James.

A. which was that

B. what was that

C. which was what

D. that was that

6.

It

was

with

deep

sadness

that

the

House

of Chanel

announced

the

passing

of

Karl

Lagerfeld

_____ talent for all the branding companies related to fashion it benefited since 1987.

A. of which

C. of whom

D. from whose

7.

Who

_____

for

the

US

government

shutdown

after

President

Donald

Trump

and

the

US

Congress failed to pass the bill to extend federal funding?

A. you suppose to blame

B. do you suppose to blame

C. you suppose is to blame

D. do you suppose is to blame

8. a modern city has been set up in ______ was wasteland ten years ago.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. where

9. If he had a real talent for painting, a painter he should be. If not, he must take to some other

craft, _____ he would have the chance of making himself a decent livelihood.

A. where

B. which

C. what

D. when

10. The order came ______ the soldiers_____ the small village the next morning.

A. that, had to leave

B. that, should leave

C. /, must leave

D. when, should leave

11. The question came up at the meeting_____ we had enough money for our research.

A. that

B. which

C. whether

D. that if

12.

The

date

5.12

is

a

special

number,

_____

I

think

that

will

be

remembered

by

the

Chinese

forever.

A. what

B. which

C. it

D. one

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13. The beast said that he made a promise ______ anyone released him from the cage, he would

make his wish come true.

A. that

B. when

C. that if

D. if

14. She liked the souvenir of “Mozart L’ Opera Rock” so much that she would like to take it _____

it costs.

A. How much

B. what

C. whatever

D. however

15. Such tourists ______ have visited Shanghai all think that a visit to Shanghai can’t be complete

without a stroll along the Bund.

A. who

B. that

C. as

D. whoever

16. The shabby house collapsed ________ the soldier could help the old woman out.

A. when

B. before

C. after

D. until

17. To understand the nature of this challenge, we must first come to terms______ a physical field.

A. with the concept of

B. without regard of

C. independence of

D. out of the question of

18. The references I have made to light and existence only touch the surface of a very ______

debate.

A. complicated

B. confused

C. content

D. confident

19.

What “wandering Earth” wants to _______ viewers is the faith in man’s strong will power to

make the impossible possible.

A. communicate with

B. consider about

C. share with

D. interpret about

20.

It’s hard to imagine that a white man should become the driver of a black man, serving and

______ him all the way to the south of the USA in the 1960s.

A. approving

B. agreeing

C. attending

D. accepting

doctor and nurses______ all night at the bedside of the patient, who was getting even

worse.

A. looked

B. guarded

C. defended

D. watched

22.

European

_____

with

Nigeria

dated

back

to

the

15th

century,

when

Portuguese

merchants

_____ the ancient city of Benin.

A. exchange… called for

B. contact… called at

C. convey… called off

D. communication… called on

23. No matter where he goes and no matter who he encounters, he would like to follow his fat

her’s

advice and ______ the best upon mind.

A. bear

B. impress

C. gather

D. put

24. It is incredible that my courage and bravery have been called into ______ by people who have

never spoken to me.

A. attention

B. effort

C. question

D. consciousness

25.

He is opposed to applying the theory to classroom teaching. It doesn’t _____ that he is more a

theorist than a pragmatist.

A. question

B. wonder

C. doubt

D. follow

26. I was _____ asking him what that work might be, but something in his manner showed me that

the question would be an unwelcome one.

A. at the edge of

B. on the point of

C. in the case of

D. at the mercy of

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27. Green hand as he is, his lack of experience is _____by a willingness to learn.

A. bewildered

B. balanced

C. delighted

D. presented

28. One way to stay away from the strong sunlight is to ______ some sun-cream to your body

before you have to be exposed to the sun.

A. reply

B. comply

C. apply

D. supply

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passages 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)

Hundreds of years ago, Charles Darwin predicted that facial expressions of emotion are

29._____

. If you’ve ever seen an episode of the popular US TV

drama Lie To Me, you will really

understand facial expressions. The leading actor of the show, Dr. Cal Lightman has spent 20 years

studying nonverbal communication and facial expressions, which allows him to point out other

people’s studying nonverbal comm

unication and facial expressions which allows him to point out

other people’s 30

._____ and on many occasions, to be skilled at tricking in order to get the truth.

Is

there

really

much

truth

behind

this

science

of

31._____

human

emotions

through

expressions?

Paul

Ekman,

a(n)

32._____

psychologist

whose

work

focuses

on

mapping

facial

expressions, is

Lie To Me

’s scientific advisor and the following are some of his explanations.

Hand-to-face gesture indicates a lie.

Each micro-expression is unique to 33._____ specific emotions because the person is often

unaware of doing it. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are lying when someone uses a hand

to hide part of his face. The person could be holding back information but you may better consider

looking at other more important clues rather than just the simple hand-to-face gesture.

A liar refuses eye contact.

People look away

when they are

thinking carefully and considering each word before it is

spoken,

not

just

when

they

are

34._____

an

excuse.

Oblique

eyebrows

are

a

very

reliable

35._____of

sadness

and

few

people

can

make

this

36._____

expression,

so

it

is

actually

never

faked.

Guilty knowledge technique is

37.___.

Lightman often uses the guilty knowledge technique, mentioning something that only the

guilty person will know about and show a(n) 38._____. This is often used in polygraph exams:

“Was the person strangled, shot or stabbed to death?” Only the killer knows and is likely to

respond physiologically when the actual weapon is mentioned.

(B)

Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only

be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

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The elementary means of communicating with other people is conveying messages by voice.

This fact is widely acknowledged and we recognize the voice as a(n) 39.______ characterizing the

identity of a person. The array of voices is immeasurable as no two are exactly similar. They can

be nasal, resonant or shrill produced in accordance with the individual physical 40._____ of the

throat.

One possible implementation of the 41._____ of voice recognition is voice profiling used by

police analysts as a method of substantiating court evidence in trials. Every year, thousands of

audiotapes with recorded interviews or 42._____ utterances are put to the purpose to help identify

the probable 43._____. Specialists dealing with the voice investigation claim that people can give

themselves away by their 44._____, inflections or other voice attributes like pitch, intensity and

loudness. A recorded sample is usually 45._____ into electric impulses and later transformed into

a pictorial recoding which is processed by a computer program. Very frequently voice analyst have

a stake at deciphering the relevant information which may be 46._____ with background noise or

other interfering sounds until they attain the 47._____ results.

Thankfully, these efforts help the police detect individuals who threaten their victims by

phone or inform about bomb 48._____ or those who make offensive calls disturbing the peach of

decent citizens.

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.

Clowns

hold

a

confusing

place

in

the

human

mind.

They

make

some

people

roar

with

49._____;

they

make

some

people

scream

in

horror.

For

the

past

few

months

a

series

of

frightening sightings of people dressed as 50._____ have been reported around the world. So we

asked ourselves: What is it about these painted people that 51._____us? It turns out that 52._____

may have the answer.

Clowns date back to ancient Egypt and evolved into the court jesters

（朝廷弄臣）

in the

Middle Ages. These jokesters were paid to be funny and did whatever it took to 53._____ people.

The 54.____

_ clowns didn’t arrive until the 1800s when joseph Grinmaldi, a London clown,

painted

his

face

white

and

his

cheeks

red,

and

wore

strange

and

colorful

costumes.

Although

Grinmaldi’s clown life cau

sed a lot of laughter, his life behind makeup was anything but 55._____.

Sadly, he died penniless and an alcoholic.

56._____,

in

France,

Jean-Gaspard

Deburau

became

famous

for

creating

a

clown

called

Pierrot. However,

Deburau’s

mime

act

was

not

what

made

h

im

world-famous.

The

white-faced

clown

57._____a

boy

with

a

cane

just

because

the

child

had

laughed

at

him.

58._____

he

was

eventually acquitted

（宣判无罪）

of the crime, the 59.____

_ of the killer clown stayed in people’s

mind.

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Perhaps the most 60._____ clown in history was John Wayne Gary, who was found guilty of

the murder of more than 35 men in the 1970s. When asked about his 61.___

__, Gary said, “You

know clowns can get away with murder.”

So it’s no 62

._____ that even horror movies and television shows featuring clowns can still

give many of us nightmares. It seems like a few 63.____

_ examples have influenced the public’s

opinions of clowns.

49. A. enthusiasm

B. laughter

C. courage

D. tears

50. A. clowns

B. experts

C. journalists

D. tourists

51. A. shocks

B. amuses

C. terrifies

D. saddens

52. A. history

B. customs

C. media

D. legends

53. A. terrify

B. frighten

C. entertain

D. control

54. A. colorful

B. modern

C. frightening

D. funny

55. A. meaningful

B. funny

C. normal

D. poor

56. A. What’s more

B. By contrast

C. Secondly

D. Meanwhile

57. A. killed

B. educated

C. frightened

D. motivated

58. A. Because

B. If

C. Even if

D. While

59. A. impact

B. image

C. effect

D. symbol

60. A. impressive

B. interesting

C. notorious

D. respected

61. A. purpose

B. intention

C. crimes

D. suspicions

62. A. doubt

B. deal

C. point

D. surprise

63. A. bad

B. typical

C. great

D. famous

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is following 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)

The American Craftsman style is a type of design. It was popular from 1900 to the 1930s. It

changed the style of building in the United States.

The craftsman style originally began in Europe. The British Arts and Crafts style arose in the

1860s. The unique designs of this movement tried to offer dignity to the common person.

Handmade items were preferred because they were thought better than items that were

mass- produced. But this British style was still Victorian. It still only served the wealthiest clients.

In 1897 a group of Boston architects brought these handcrafted styles to American. They

planned a show of craft objects, which turned out to be a huge success. Here they realized the

potential and established the Society of Arts and Crafts on June 28, 1

897. Its slogan was “to

develop and encourage higher standards in the handicrafts.”

The American style began as the Victorian Era was ending. It emphasized handmade work.

Originality and simplicity were highly valued. Local materials and the quality of the handicraft

were very important. these traits were meant to dignify the modest homes of the middle class.

These simple designs used glass and wood that were produced locally. They were also very

elegant. The metalwork was a reaction to Victorian Opulence. The increase of mass-produced

housing items was rejected. The American Craftsman used clean lines. It also relied on sturdy

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