上海市控江中学2021-2022学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（含答案）.docx

2021-2022学年上海市控江中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷I. Listening Comprehension 略IL Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: 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. You are going to marry John? You be serious! You just told me howannoying he was.A. shouldn'tB. mustn*tC. won'tD. can'tWhatever Brad said have made her angry because she totally lost hertemper.A. mightB. mustC. wouldD. shouldWalking alone in the deserted town, John felt his blood running cold. He thought he Tom to go with him.A. might ask B. should ask C. should have asked D. might have asked 24. A police spokesman said if the man had gone much further in opening the letter, he killed.A. may beB. could have beenC. would beD. shouldhave been25.his last album was, there are as yet no plans for any follow-ups.A. Successful as B. Although successfulC. Despite success D. Regardless of success26 . We were sitting in the car outside the house when up the road a tallman.A. cameB. comesC. has comeD. did come.my keys in my bag than they slipped out of my hand and fell to theArtibo isn't quite ready for stores yet, though. It's part of a crowdfunding project. Crowdfunding is a program where you put a request online to a crowd of people. Supporters can then pay large or small amounts to help you finish a project. Artibo will first be available to people who have paid to help bring it into production.Using computer code to program your own toys is nothing new. LEGO first released a robot kit in 1998. Since then, programmable robots have become one of the best-selling units in the LEGO product line. Programming robots might sound comparable to rocket science, but anyone can program one using nothing more than a tablet or a smartphone and code blocks.Code blocks allow you to program simple or complex commands by assembling visual blocks of code on the canvas （画布）of a computer screen. Just drag and drop a variety of code blocks from a programming menu, link them together, and watch how you robot responds. In Artibo*s case coding doesn't stop there. Unlike other similar programmable toys, Artibo will also allow you to write your own code. So as your familiarity with coding increases, you won!t lose interest in Artibo.80. According to the passage, the purpose of developing Artibo is.A. helping people learn anything they want and providing companionshipproviding a robot that can move, accompany and help people learn codingB. chatting with people, telling bedtime stories and supplying languages.C. helping people raise money on line and creating programmable robots 81. What can be concluded from the passage?A. Programming robots is not really complicated.B. Programming robots is advanced like a rocket.C. Programming robots can be used in smartphones.D. Programming robots used to toys is not new at all.82. The passage implies that.A. people can programme various orders even without code blocks B. anyone can control Artibo freely unlike other programming toys C. the more familiar you*re with coding, the more you'll like Artibo D. Artibo is popular in the world especially among young people（C）Animal-rights activists often complain that cute beasts get more sympathy than equally deserving ugly ones. If so, one would think a lovely creature like the mink （貂）would be easy to protect. Yet in the Netherlands, mink is the only animal that can still legally be farmed for their fur. That is about to change. On August 28th the government brought forward to March a ban on mink-farming that had been scheduled to take effect in 2024. The timetable was sped up not because mink had become more adorable, but because they can contract COVID-19 and spread it to humans.Dutch farmers normally raised about 2.5 million minks a year, making the Netherlands the world's fourth-largest producer after Denmark, China and Poland. In April, a couple of minks and the all hands who tended them were diagnosed with COVID-19. Genetic tracing showed that at least two workers had probably been infected by mink, rather than the other way around. The affected animals were destroyed and stricter hygiene rules imposed, but by summer the virus had spread to third of the country's farms. In June, parliament voted to shut down the industry as soon as possible, and the cabinet agreed.That was a win for the Netherlands Party for the Animals, which has four seats in the 150-member parliament. In 2013, it helped pass the law that gave mink farmers until 2024 to get out of the business. Now the party and its supporters object to the generous compensation （补偿）the government has offered for bringing forward the deadline: $150 million, or $1 million per farmer. Some members of parliament claim that the compensation paid for destroying the infected minks was higher than the market price for their fur.Fur farmers say modern standards allow minks to be raised humanely, and that they are not a big reason for the spread of the virus. But minks tend to live by themselves instead of living in groups: animals-rights advocates say they cannot be raised humanely in small cages. As for COVID-19, the worry is that mink could serve as a medium for it to attack human immunization (免疫)programs. The industry*s value is modest (framers put it at $150 million-$200 million, activists at under $100 million), and polls show the public overwhelmingly opposes it "In a democratic country, that widespread belief has to translate into a political decision to ban fur farming/1 says Esther Ouwehand, leader of the Party for the Animals. The framers accept they are shutting down. The remaining argument is over money.83. According to the passage, why did animal-activists have an unexpected win for protecting minks?A. Because mink's cute appearance won people's heart.B. Because the farmers stopped raising minks, considering the great reward.C. Because the government carried out an act earlier than planned.D. Because the minks could act as a host for an infectious disease.84. What does the writer mean by saying nthe other way aroundn in paragraph 2?A. The farm-raised minks were born with the virus.B. The minks contracted covid-19 from their caregiver.C. The farmers were infected with covid-19 by minks.D. The affected minks had contact with the virus in nature.85. Esther Ouwehand and his party members supported the following statements EXCEPT.A. Minks can be easily bred by humans without bringing any harm to them.B. The amount of money to make up for the loss of the mink farmers was too high.C. People's objection to fur industry is a min reason behind this governmental decision.D. It is acceptable to shut down mink fur industry because it doesn*t make much money.86. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Cuteness wins .B. Winter for minks.C. An Unexpected Win. D. Farmers vs. Activists.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. 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. This one should be easy, but it's not.B. Successful negotiators always look at the situation from the other side's perspective.C. He probably has something in mind when he makes suggestions, and it's up to you to find out what.D. This is especially true of editors, who by nature tend to be eager and engaged participants in everything they do.E. Be kind and given him positive feedback before your refusal and be specific about what you do like or appreciate about him.F. By anticipating HWhat if .?H situations before they happen, you can reach understanding and it will help ease you out of confrontations.How good are you at saying "no"? For many, it's surprisingly difficult.87 Consider these scenes:It's late in the day. That front-page package you've been working on is nearly complete: one last edit and it's finished. Then enters the executive editor, who makes a suggestion requiring a more-than-modest rearrangement of the design and the addition of an information box. You want to scream: "No! Its done!1' What do you do?The first rule of saying no to the boss is "don't say no."88 Thesecond rule is "don't raise the risks by chanllenging his authority.n That issue is already decided. The third rule is "to be ready to cite options and consequences/1 The boss*s suggestions might be appropriate, but there are always consequences. He might not know about the pages backing up that attention, or about the designer who had to go home sick. Tell him he can have what he wants, but explain the consequences. Understand what he's trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far.Here's another case. Your least-favorite reporter suggests a dumb story idea.89 If you say no, even politely, you risk holding back further ideas, notjust from that reporter, but from others who heard that you turned down the idea. This case is common in newsrooms that lack a systematic way to filter （过滤）story suggestions.Two steps are necessary. First, you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed. Reporters can tolerate rejection of their ideas if they believe they were given a fair hearing. Your natural reaction and strong rejection, even of a worthless idea, might not qualify as systematic or fair.Second, the people you work with need to negotiate a "What if agreement covering "What if my idea is turned down?” How are people expected to react? Is there an appeal process? Can they perfect the idea and resubmit it?90. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point（s） of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Perhaps you*ve heard the old saying "curiosity killed the cat." It's a phrase that's often used to warn people especially children not to ask too many questions. Yet it's widely agreed that curiosity actually makes learning more effective. In fact, research has shown that curiosity is just as important as intelligence in determining how well students do in school.Curiosity can also lead us to make unexpected discoveries, bring excitement into our lives, and open up new possibilities. In science, basic curiosity-driven research can have unexpected important benefits. For example, one day in 1831, Michael Faraday was playing around with a coil（线圈）and a magnet（磁铁）when he suddenly saw how he could produce an electrical current. The discovery changed the world.However, curiosity is currently under the biggest threat, coming from technology. On one level, this is because technology has become so advanced that many of us are unable to think too deeply about how exactly things work anymore.In addition to this, there's the fact that we all now connect so deeply with technology, particularly with our phones. The more we stare at our screens, the less we talk to other people directly. All too often we accept the images of people that social media provides us with. Then we feel we know enough about a person not to need to engage further with them.The final and perhaps most worrying way in which technology stops us from asking more has to do with algorithms （算法），the processes followed by computers. As we increasingly get our news via social media, algorithms find out what we like and push more of the same back to us. That means we end up inside our own little bubbles, no longer coming across new ideas. Perhaps the real key to developing curiosity in the 21 st century, then, is to rely less on the tech tools of our age.V TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.92 .我想知道，个人成功的关键因素是超群的智力还是不断的努力和坚定的信 念。（wonder）.这部以真实故事为基础的电影获得了大奖，故事中突如其来的森林大火严重 威胁到当地居民的生命和财产安全。（where）93 .直到20世纪60年代才出现确凿的科学依据，经常做一些慷慨的行为会对人 们的情绪健康产生奇效。（It was）.政府采取积极行动呼吁市民们回收和再利用材料是至关重要的，因为此举不 仅保护了自然资源，而且有助于创造新的就业机会。（notonly引导倒装句）语法选择21-25DBCBA. 26-30ABBCD语法填空参考答案31. more precisely. 32. With. 33. verbed.34. to be snowballing 35. Even if36. have been pressed. 37. advising. 38. an39. what. 40. that选词填空(A) 41.1.42.K. 43. E. 44. D. 45. A46. H. 47. G. 48. B. 49. C.50. F(B)51.D. 52.1.53. F. 54. J. 55. K.56. B 57. C 58. G 59. H. 60.完形填空61-65BDACB.66-70BCDDA. 71-75ADBCC阅读理解(A) 76. B.(B) 76. B.77. D.78. C 79. A(C) 80. B.81. D.82. C(D) 83. C.84. B.85. A. 86. B六选四87. D. 88. C. 89. A. 90. F.略91. I wonder if the key to personal success is superior intelligence or constant effort and conviction.92. The true-story-based film, where the sudden forest fires seriously threatened the lives and property of local residents, won a grand prize.93. It was not until the 1960s that solid scientific evidence emerged, and often doing some generous behavior would work wonders for people's emotional well-being.94. It is vital for the government to call on citizens to recycle and reuse materials, as not only does it protect natural resources, but also helps to create new jobs.ground.A. I had scarcely foundB. No sooner had I foundC. Hardly had I foundD. In no time had I found28. I've heard from your teacher that your brother has improved his Maths a lot. Mr Scott says that I can now write a decent solution.A. So did IB. So have I C. So he hasD. So has heThe number of prisoners serving life sentences in the region over thelast decade.A. are falling B. have fallen C. has fallenD. is fallingEither you or the headteacher the award to the gifted students at theceremonyA. is presenting B. are to present C. are presenting D. is to presentSection BDirections: After reading the passage 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.Are Summering and Medaling Annoying?While many of us in the northern hemisphere may have been away somewhere nice recently, not many of us would say that we've 'summered'. "Summer” is clearly a noun, or (31)(precisely), a "verbified" noun.Way back in our childhood, we all learned the differences between a noun (person, place or thing) and a verb (action word). (32)such a tidy definition, it was easy to spot the difference. Not so in adulthood, where we are expected to "foot" bills, “chair” committees, and "dialogue" with political opponents. Chances are you don't feel uncomfortable at the sight of those (33)(verb) nouns."The verbing of nouns is as old the English language”, says Patricia O' Conner, a former editor at the The New York Times Book Review. Experts estimate that 20 percent of all English verbs were originally nouns. And the phenomenon seems (34) (snowball). Since 1900, about 40 percent of all