2017-2018华二附中高一上英语期末

华师大二附中高一

英语期末考试

2017-2018

学年第一学期

第

I

卷（共

77

分）

II. Grammar(16%)

17. By the time they are released from the prison, they ________some skills to begin their new

lives.

A. will have learned

B. have learned

C. would have learned

D. had learned

18.

–

Would you please keep quiet, Sally?

--

Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t realize it.

A. was being broadcasted

B. is being broadcasted

C. was broadcasted

D. is broadcasted

19.

Unfortunately,

when

I

dropped

in

,

Professor

Mathew

__________

for

Beijing

to

attend

an

important forum, so we only had time for a few words.

A. just left

B. had just left

just leaving

D.

was

just

leaving

20. A few days later she entered the Peter Brigham Hospital in Boston and __________ there for

several months. Nevertheless, when she was released, her condition got worse.

A. had stayed

B. stayed

C. has stayed

D.

had

been

staying

21.

For

the

past

few

years,

India

__________

rapid

development

in

the

field

of

computer

software engineering.

A. had gained

B. has gained

C. was gaining

D. gained

22.

The

documentary

________

to

expose

the

difficulties

faced

by

the

community

especially

women living in the area.

A. is meaning

B. meant

C. was meant

D. was meaning

23. It would be a good idea to use a plastic bottle, __________ is cut off, as a container to grow

plants in.

A. of which top

B. the top

C. the top of which

D. with its top

24. Today economists are keeping an eye on emerging markets like China, ___________ savings

rates still run high but spending is likely to increase.

A. which

B. its

C. where

D. as

25. ________ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.

A. Which

B. It

C. What

D. As

26. ---

Dad, I’ve finished my

assignment.

---

Good, and __________you play or watch TV, you mustn’t disturb me.

A. even

B. whether

C. no matter

D. whatever

27. He ate the big breakfast, _______ he said he wasn’t hungry.

A. even

B. as

C. while

D. although

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28. You might as wall tell the manufacturer that male customers ________not like the design of

the furniture.

A. must

B. shall

C. may

D. need

29. The development of society has made it necessary for us to have a good knowledge of English,

so we _________ overemphasize the importance of learning English.

A. can’t

B. can

C. should

D. shouldn’t

30. Visually attractive _________the new models are, there are a few disadvantaged to consider

before you decide to buy it.

A. even if

B. although

C. in spite of

D. as

31.

Nathan

was

against

gun

control,

because

he

felt

that

every

family

should

keep

a

gun

_________ robbers (

谋杀犯

) should stage a surprise attack.

A. in case

B. while

C. in that

D. since

32. It seemed only seconds ________ the boy finished washing his face.

A. when

B. before

C. after

D. since

III. Vocabulary

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. noted

B. endure

C. extending

D. criticism

E. shutdowns

F. measures

G. fixed

H. deliver

I. aging

J. released

K. reductions

Many people have long believed Apple intentionally shows down performance of iPhones in

an

effort

to

get

users

to

buy

new

ones.

For

the

first

time,

Apple

has admitted

to

slowing

some

iPhones

down.

But

the

company

explained

it

only

took

the

action

last

year

to

prevent

battery-related shutdowns. For the first time, Apple has admitted to slowing some iPhones down.

But the company explained it only took the action last year to prevent battery-related _____33___.

Apple's

action

–

and

the

company's

decision

to

keep

it

secret

-

led

to

widespread

_____34___

from industry analysts and iPhone owners.

Owners of iPhones in several states are suing Apple. They accuse Apple of violating fraud

laws by purposely limiting performance without informing iPhone owners that the problems might

have

been____35____

by

replacing

the

device

battery.

This,

they

argue,

forced

them

to

spend

more money to buy new iPhones.

The issue of iPhone slowdowns in certain phones was recently ____36____ in an online post

by

the

founder

of

software

maker

Primate

Labs.

In

his

post,

John

Poole

cited

test

results

suggesting repeated ___37_____ in iPhone performance over time. The tests included the iPhone

6s

and

iPhone

7,

with

several

different

operating

system

versions.

Results

of

the

tests

blamed

____38____

batteries

for

causing

the

reduced

device

performance.

Poole

said

his

company's

software that ____39____ processor performance found that some users who replaced their iPhone

batteries reported much improved results.

But

he

was

not

convinced

that

old

batteries

were

the

whole

problem.

He

came

up

with

a

theory.

He

believed

Apple

must

have

made

changes

to

the

iOS

software

to

limit

iPhone

performance when battery capacity reached a certain point.

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A few days later, Apple ____40____ a statement admitting it made the software change. It said

the

action

was

needed

to

prevent

certain

devices

from

suddenly

shutting

down.

goal

is

to

____41____

the

best

experience

for

customers,

which

includes

overall

performance

and

prolonging

the

life

of

their

devices,

the

Apple

statement

said.

goal

is

to

deliver

the

best

experience

for

customers,

which

includes overall

performance

and

____42____

the

life

of

their

devices,

IV

. 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 phrases that best fits the context.

One

of

our

most

firmly

established

ideas

of

masculin ity(

男子汉气概

)

is

that

a

real

man

doesn’t cry. Althoug

h he might shed a respectful tear at a funeral, he is expected to quickly regain

control . Weeping(

哭泣

) openly is for girls.

This

isn’t

just

a

social

______43___ .

One

study

found

that

women

____44_____crying

significantly more than men do ----five times as often, on average , and almost twice as long per

episode. So it’s perhaps _____45____ to learn that the gender gap in crying seems to be a recent

development ___46______, men routinely wept, and no one saw it as feminine or shameful.

_____47____, in medieval(

中世纪

) romances, knights cried purely because they missed their

girlfriends.

In

The

Knight

of

the

Cart,

no

less

a

hero

than

Lancelot

weeps

at

a

brief

___48_____from Guinevere, his beloved queen. At another point, he cries on a lady’s shoulder at

the thought that he won’t get to go to a big tournament(

骑士比武

) because of his captivity. What’s

more, instead of being disgusted by his crying, the lady is moved to help.

There

is

no

mention

of

the

men

in

these

stories

trying

to

hide

their

tears.

No

one

___49______to have something in his eye. No one makes an excuse to leave the room, They cry

in a crowded hall with their heads_____50____. Nor do their companies make fun of this

public

crying; it’s universally regarded as a/an____51_____ expression of fe

eling.

The Bible is full of ____52_____ demonstrative weeping by kings, entire peoples, and God

himself,

Jesus.

In

fact,

one

of

the

most

famous

verses(

诗篇

)

in

the

Bible,

John

11:35,

____53_____,

“

Jesus

wept”.

So

where

did

all

the

male

tears

go?

There

w

as

no

anti-crying

movement. No leaders of church or states introduced measures to ____54____ them. Nevertheless,

by the Romantic period, men’s tears were _____55___for poets. From there, it was just a short

leap to the poker-faced heroes of Ernest Hemingway, who, ___56_____their poetic gift, could not

express ____57___by any means but tippling and shooting the occasional buffalo.

43. A. expectation

B. remedy

C. manners

D. practice

44.A. report

B. oppose

C. bear

D. hold

45.A. foreseeable

B. sensible

C. surprising

D. common

46.A. Absolutely

B. Normally

C. Admittedly

D. Historically

47. A. For example

B. In addition

C. In general

D. In contrast

48. A. pause

B. absence

C. distance

D. separation

49. A. affords

B. intends

C. pretends

D. refuses

50. A. kept still

B. held high

C. bent down

D. turning backward

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51. A. negative

B. delightful

C. admirable

D. unique

52. A. reference to

B. focus on

C. hesitation about

D. resorts to

53. A. appears

B. remarks

C. writes

D. reads

54. A. discourage

B. advocate

C. maintain

D. guarantee

55. A. overused

B. ensured

C. preserved

D. reserved

56. A. regardless of

B. in spite of

C. apart from

D. based on

57. A. grief

B. confusion

C. boredom

D. desire

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)

The common cold is the world’s most widespread illness, which is probably why there are

more myths about it than any of the other illnesses.

The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are

caused

by

viruses

passing

on

from

person

to

person.

You

catch

a

cold

by

coming

into

contact,

directly

or

indirectly,

with

someone

who

already

has

one.

If

cold

causes

colds,

it

would

be

reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated

arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with

infected

people

from

the

outside

world

by

way

of

packages

and

mail

dropped

from

airplanes.

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches, cold and wet, showed

no

increased

tendency

to

catch

colds.

In

the

Second

World

War

prisoners

at

the

notorious

Auschwitz concentration camp, naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had

colds.

At

the

Common

Cold

Research

Unit

in

England,

volunteers

took

part

in

Experiments

in

which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time.

After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and

then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised

in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a

cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in

the

winter

？

Despite

the

most

pains- taking

research,

no

one

has

yet

found

the

answer.

One

explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather

than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.

No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors such as aspirin,

but all they do is relieve the symptoms.

58. The fact that the Eskimos don’t suffer colds shows that _______.

A. colds are really full of myths.

B. viruses are the factors causing colds.

C. colds are more severe than other illnesses.

D. the idea that cold leads to colds doesn’t stand up

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