上海市长宁区2015-2016学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题

长宁区2015-2016学年第一学期高二英语期终质量抽测试卷第I卷 （共73分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear five 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 you paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1.A. At a train station.B. At an airport.C. At a travel agency.D. At a bus station. 2.A. 7:10.B. 7:20.C. 7:30.D. 7:50.3.A. How to keep fit.B. How to deal with pressure.C. What to play with.D. What to take up as a hobby.4.A. He doesn’t need his iPad until Friday.B. He forgets to take his iPad back.C. He cannot wait until Friday for his iPad.D. He wants his iPad back immediately.5.A. The new dress makes her look cool.B. She bought the dress when it was warm.C. She doesn’t like cold weather at all.D. It has been too cold to wear the new dress. Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passages 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 6 through 8 are based on the following passage.6.A. Relieved and happy.B. Guilty or selfish.C. Stressed and regretful.D. Supportive or confident.7.A. Telling people honestly that you are not available.B. Mentioning the importance of what people are doing.C. Providing people with other ideas to solve the problem.D. Offering kind remarks about people having trust in you.8.A. It could be annoying to turn people down.B. How to say no but still be nice to people.C. It is not nice of you to say no to people anyway. D. How to be less stressed by turning people down.Questions 9 through 11 are based on the following passage.9. A. To take it with the farmer to the parade.B. To encourage farmers to raise it.C. To add happiness to the holiday.D. To grow a culture in the country.10.A. The presidents of the United States prefer turkeys to any other birds.B. Each state in the United Sates pardons one turkey on Thanksgiving Day. C. Turkeys as well as eagles enjoy great popularity in the United States.D. The turkey will replace the eagle to be the national bird of the United States.11.Talented.B. Delicious.C. Interesting.D. Fortunate.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write you answers on your answer sheet. Blanks12 through 15 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.The woman’s complaint:She can never finish her 12 . The last time she took a holiday:Last 13 .The man’s suggestions:Trying to be 14 . Taking a holiday without her computer will 15 her.II. 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. 16. A goodbye meal is often considered ______ a perfect way to say so long to your friends.A. fromB. inC. forD. as17.--- Mum, I really have no idea which container is the best. --- Well, then. Put ______ of them in the cart. We may need them one day anyway.A. bothB. neitherC. noneD. all18.______, some famous scientists have the qualities of being both careful and careless.A. Strangely enoughB. Strange enoughC. Enough strangelyD. Enough strange19.If you want help — money or anything, let me know, ______ you?A. doB. don’tC. willD. won’t20.______ Tom’s excellent at science, his twin brother lacks the slightest knowledge of it.A. BecauseB. WhileC. IfD. When21.Due to the super storm Sandy, thousands of people in New York City were forced ______ their homes.A. leavingB. to be leftC. being leftD. to leave22.The woman is going through a tough period ______ she must shoulder heavy responsibilities in her family life.A. thatB. whoseC. in whichD. with which23.Safely ______ to the zoos after the natural disaster, the pandas are reported to have settled very well.A. sentB. being sentC. having been sentD. sending24. The regulation says we should not ski alone in this area ______ we fall and get hurt.A. so thatB. in caseC. even ifD. now that25. The bookstore has the writer’s works on the shelf, some of ______ have been sold out since he was awarded the prize.A. thoseB. themC. whomD. which26. Vampire Diary(吸血鬼日记) is a TV series about ______ vampires. Surprisingly, ______ TV viewers love it.A. frightening; interestedB. frightened; interestingC. frightening; interestingD. frightened; interested27. Jill came to China as an exchange student from the UK last month. He ______ Chinese since then, and still cannot understand it.A. studiedB. is studyingC. has been studyingD. had studied28.The bridge which ______ will be open to traffic soon. The work is almost done.A. has restoredB. is restoringC. is being restored D. has been restored29. ______ medicine to chicken’s food makes them grow faster, which brings a quick profit to some greedy companies.A. AddedB. Having addedC. Being addedD. AddingSection BDirections: 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. wondersB. reconstructC. puzzledD. reflectAB. tradersAC. ruinAD. stockedBC. demandingBD. observableAlexandria was a city by the ocean and its commercial life depended on commerce and fishing. However, the coast around Alexandria was flat and it was ___30___ for the sailors to find their way to it. To overcome this problem, the ruler of the city decided to build a lighthouse to guide ___31___ and fishermen to the city during day and night. The total height of the lighthouse was about 120 metres. It took ancient Egyptians 40 years to build the giant lighthouse on the island of Pharos. During the day, the lighthouse used a great mirror to ___32___ sunlight. The light from the mirror might have been ___33___ for 50 kilometres. At night, a fire burned brightly inside the light room. Several earthquakes struck Alexandria, during which the Pharos was damaged. By 1349, the lighthouse had fallen into ___34___ and it was impossible to enter it. There was little reason to ___35___ the lighthouse, because the sea around the lighthouse had long been ___36___ with sand and ships could not sail into Alexandria’s harbours. In 1480, another Egyptian ruler made his decision to build a fort (要塞) on the original site of the Pharos. The people in Egypt built a new building out of the fallen lighthouse’s stone and marble, and with that, one of the world’s ancient ___37___ disappeared.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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. When it comes to sports injuries, the old days of “play through the pain” is over. Doctors, trainers and most coaches are now aware that playing through a sports ___38___ can cause damage that keeps you on the bench longer and it may even ___39___ your sports career entirely.Continuing to play if you have an injury can make that injury ___40___. A small stress breaking that might have healed or recovered quickly can grow into a more serious, more pain上海市长宁区2015-2016学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题
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