2022-2023学年上海建平中学高一上学期期末考试英语试卷含答案.docx

上海市建平中学2022学年第一学期期末考试高一英语试题说明：(1)本场考试时间为90分钟，总分100分；请认真答卷，并用规范文字书写。I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. A zoo keeper. B. A postal worker.C. A shop assistant. D. An airport security guard.2. A. Satisfied. B. Disappointed. C. Afraid. D. Apologetic.3. A. They got there at diflerent time. B. The woman didn't go there.C. The man forgot about the meeting. D. They didn't agree on the meeting place.4. A. Her husband couldn't find a suitable job.B. Her husband quarreled with their son.C. She had an argument with her husband.D. She had to stay home because she was fired.5. A. Exciting. B. Funny. C. Outdated. D. Terrible.6. A. At a restaurant. B. At a grocery. C. In a theater. D. On a farm.7. A. She doesn't work hard enough. B. She never falls asleep in class.C. She has a Japanese cultural background. D. Her parents urge her(o have more sleep.8. A. Take a course on sailing. B. Watch some sailing shows.C. Buy things needed for sailing. D. Learn about sailing from an app.9. A. The birds are not beautiful enough.B. The woman prefers to teach a cal io talk.C. The birds actually cannot imitate human voice.D. The woman won't have the birds at such a price.10. A. He didn,t see the sign. B. He got three parking tickets this month.C. He refused to pay a fine. D. He parked his car (here after working hours.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The44. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The New Yorkers cheered at the sight of the crash of the station.B. The members realized (hat all (he old buildings should be preserved.C. It was too late for the city to mend the mistake.D. The replacement of (he station was never a problem.45. The underlined word “feat” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to.A. sceneryB. banquetC. probabilityD.achievementWhat can be best title of the passage?A. How was the Pennsylvania Station built?B. What happened to the Pennsylvania Station?C. Where should the Pennsylvania Station be built?D. Why should the Pennsylvania Station be recovered?Section CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Is Australia an island?Australia is the smallest continent and one of the largest countries on Earth, lying between the Pacific and Indian oceans in the Southern Hemisphere. At about 3 million square miles (7.7 million square km), it's closer in size to Greenland than it is to South America. Does that make Australia an island like Greenland?Although Australia is sometimes called an “island continent,most geographers consider islands and continents to be separate things. 47 By that definition, Australia can't be an island because it's already a continent.But in that case, what's the difference between Australia and Greenland? Why isn't Greenland (at 836,000 square miles 2,165,230 square km) considered a continent instead of just the world's largest island? Unfortunately, there isn't a strict scientific definition of a continent. 48First, there is a geological distinction. While Australia and most of Asia are situated on separate tectonic plates, Greenland shares a tectonic plate with North America. There is also a biological difference. While a large percentage of Australia's plant and animal species can be found nowhere else in the world, fewer of Greenland's species are unique. 49 Aboriginal people are limited to Australia, while native Greenlanders belong to a group of peoples (the Inuit) found throughout the Arctic, including parts of Canada, the United States, and Russia.Of course, there's also the basic matter of size. 50 If they were much closer in area, Greenland might have more of a case for continent status (and Australia fbr island status). As it is, the vast difference between the two makes for a good dividing line.While each of those criteria may not be sufficient on its own for instance, Europe and Asia also share a tectonic plate but are usually considered separate continents for cultural reasons together they form a general understanding of what qualifies as a continent.A. Australia is nearly four times as large as Greenland.B. In addition, in terms of anthropology, the scientific study of people, they arc different as well.C. Australia is the last of lands only because it was the last continent, apart from Antarctica, to be explored by Europeans.D. According to Britannica, an island is a mass of land that is both “entirely surrounded by waler” and also “smaller than a continent.”Isolation is also a clear characteristic of （he social landscape beyond the large coastal cities.E. But there arc a few criteria that arc commonly used to distinguish one continent from another.IV. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.51 .要不了一个月，我们就要过春节了。（before）（汉译英）.这个勇敢的士兵冒着生命危险营救被困住的科学家们。（risk v.）（汉译英）52 .我正在欣赏窗外的美景，突然，一个拄着拐杖的老爷爷吸引了我的注意力。（when）（汉译 英）.世界极限运动之都新西兰是很多人的终极旅游目的地，它吸引了数百万无所畏惧的游客,挑战自己的极限，体验绝妙之旅。（push）（汉译英）上海市建平中学2022学年第一学期期末考试II. Grammar and VocabularySection A【110题答案】【答案】1. sitting2. that 3. when4. Brought5. which6. because7. to takeup8. is coveredbetweenSection B【1120题答案】【答案】H J 12. F 13.EC14. G 16. H 17.118. B 19. D 20. KReading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages 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.【2135题答案】【答案】21. B22. A23. C24. D25. C26. C 27. A 28. B 29. C30. B 31. D32. A33. C34. C35. BSection BDirections: 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)【3639题答案】【答案】36. D 37. B 38. C 39. D(B)【4042题答案】【答案】40. C 41. C 42. D(C)【4346题答案】【答案】43. A 44. C 45. D 46. BSection CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.47-50题答案】【答案】47. D 48. F 49. B 50. AIII. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.51题答案】答案It will be less than a month before we celebrate our spring festival.【52题答案】【答案】The brave soldier risked his life to rescue the trapped scientists.【53题答案】【答案】I was enjoying the beautiful scenery outside the window when an old man with a cane caught my attention suddenly.【54题答案】【答案 J New Zealand, the extreme sports capital of (he world, is the ultimate travel destination for many people, attracting millions of fearless travelers to push (heir limits and experience the amazing tours.passages and the conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.ILA. His regular water therapy. B. His disability to swim like others.C. Lack of proper training. D. A terrible experience in a pool.12. A. He wanted to train an Olympic champion.B. He hoped kids like Zulfic could learn swimming.C. He wanted to improve physical education for kids.D. The existing swimming equipment wasn't standard.13. A. He will soon compete in a world game.B. He could swim twice as fast as average swimmers.C. He could swim (he length of Olympic-sized pools with help.D. He won a local swimming competition for disabled people.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. A cell phone. B. A leather wallet. C. A mini camera. D. An alarm clock.15. A. It will track the owner with GPS system.B. It will contact banks to stop withdrawing.C. An alarm will be sent to the police station.D. A picture of the opener will be taken.16. A. It is a multifunctional wallet.B. It's old-fashioned in this age.C. It is unique in size and function.D. It can send text messages automatically.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. 30%. B. 24%. C. 96%, D. 50%.18. A. He nearly became blind. B. His vision became even worse.C. He couldn't see very well at night. D. His eyes were dry fbr several months.19. A. Nervous. B. Regretful. C. Painful. D. Relaxed.20. A. Laser surgery is safe despite its side effects.B. Two weeks' home rest is required after the surgery.C. The cost of the surgery is too high for ordinary people.D. People with poor vision are all good candidates for the surgery.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the two passages below, fill in the blanks (o make the passage 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.A road tripOut of all possible road trips, the best one is by car. You finish packing, put everything inside the car, sit inside it, buckle up, look at your friend (sit) next to you, smile and . go! And (hen begins the most wonderful pari of the road trip. It is not the place you are heading to but what you see from the opened window of the car 2 matters. The best pan is when you leave your home before the dawn. Personally, 3 I look in the direclion of the east, I am always amazed by how the sun informs the world about its arrival.I love to meet the sun while driving a road trip in a car. 4 (bring) alive in the new sunlight, everything looks promising. It always seems as if it was the first time in your life that you had seen a green leaflet, the trees, 5 grew right next to your car window, and a light smiling over the nature.Spring and autumn are two seasons of the year that are perfect for a road trip. In my opinion, spring is the most inspiring time of the year, 6 when you open the car windows, you can actually feel (hat the world is clean and ready for a new life. The green grass is so fresh that you can't wait 7 (take) a deep breath. The air is filled with a fragrant smell of the plants.A road trip in autumn is beautiful, too. The golden brush touches 8 around the gardens, the fields, the groves, the woods. In deep autumn, the whole earth 9 (cover) by colorful plants as if you were driving through a fine carpet. The air is sharp, cool and fresh. You simply put on a warmer sweater but never put the window up!A road trip for me is the moment of communication with nature. It is a dialogue 10 the nature and me. The beauty that you observe during a car road trip purifies you, refreshing your soul and your mind!Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. accessB. basicallyC. eliminate D. fitE. generateF. majorityG. merelyH. performI. power J.promiseK. preferenceNoise-canceling headphones worth the price?A little bit of silence. Sometimes Ihat's all we want. Whether it is halfXvay through a 1 O-hour flight with a crj-ing baby or trying to sleep through the snoring from the hotel room next door, the11 of noise-canceling headphones is one that every traveler probably finds charming. Yet are they worth it? These headphones are often expensive, and fbr some people, they don't live up to (he ads.I've spent a 12 of the last five years traveling, taking dozens of flights and train journeys, and as someone who has reviewed noise-canceling headphones for even longer, I can definitely say maybe.HOW THEY WORK? Noise-canceling headphones, also called active noise canceling headphones, use electronic processing to analyze nearby sound and attempt to 13 (he opposite sound. The result is less noise, over all.These headphones don't create silence, nor are they able to 14 noise. The crests and 他吆力5 (波峰和波谷)do not perfectly cancel out. The absolute best noise-canceling headphones 15 reduce noise and work best with low-frcqucncy droning sounds.Two headphone sets could claim to reduce the same amount of noise but 16 completely differently. Only hands-on testing, ideally with objective measurements, can tell the difference.Noise-canceling headphones require a battery to 17 their electronics. Noise-isolating headphones, which do not require electronics and therefore can be far cheaper, work by creating a seal in your ear canal to block noise. They are 18 like earplugs. bu( with earbuds. If you can get a good seal, these work reasonably well.Getting a good seal can be a challenge, however, since everyone's ears are difTerent, and not all headphones will 19 correctly. And even if you do get a good seal, noise-isolating headphones will not be able to block low-frequency sounds as well as (he best noise-canceling headphones. They will reduce a wide range of frequencies, which can help.WHO REALLY NEEDS THEM? If you are a frequent traveler, good noise-canceling headphones will make any journey in a plane, train or automobile far more pleasant.In-ear models are easier-though still slightly uncomfortableto sleep with and are my 2(). Ovcr-car models reduce a little more noise, as they arc able to passively block somesound because of (heir design. But they are always bulky on your head or in your bag. After I stopped reviewing these headphones for Wirccuttcr, I bought a pair of Bose QuitcComfbrt 20s, a long time Wirecutter pick, and I never fly without them.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages 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.ChatGPT. an artificial intelligence-driven chatbot (聊天机器人)programme that responds to user prompts, has dominated social networks in recent weeks. Its 21 is such that within days of its launch, OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind the chatbot, announced that 1 million people had logged on. In comparison, Facebook and Spotify took months to attract that level of 22. The attraction is obvious: ChatGPT can generate jokes, essays and computercode from a short writing prompt.There's nothing 23 in software that pro