上海市吴淞中学2016-2017学年高一上学期第二次月考英语试题

　　（时间：90分钟

　　满分：100分）第I卷

　　I. Listening Comprehension (20%)

　　Section A

　　Short Conversations

　　Directions: 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. At 5:00 p.m..

　　B. At 5:30 p.m..

　　C. At 6:00 p.m..

　　D. At 6:30 p.m..

　　2.

　　A. A secretary.

　　B. A student.

　　C. A journalist.

　　D. A fireman.

　　3.

　　A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. At home. D. In a park.

　　4.

　　A. Strawberry pie.

　　B. Sandwich.

　　C. Toast.

　　D. Butter.

　　5.

　　A. The woman.

　　B. The woman’s sister Mary.

　　C. Mary’s husband.

　　D. The family cook.

　　6.

　　A. He means that the weather is not suitable for photo-taking.

　　B. He means that the woman doesn’t need to buy a camera today.

　　C. He doesn’t cares about the weather very much.

　　D. He doesn’t like the weather.

　　7.

　　A. The man’s sister.

　　B. The man’s aunt.

　　C. The woman herself.

　　D. Nobody.

　　8.

　　A. Only a dictionary.

　　B. Nothing at all.

　　C. All but a dictionary.

　　D. Anything but a dictionary.

　　9.

　　A. Read an article on political science.

　　B. Present a different theory to the class.

　　C. Read more than one article.

　　D. Choose a different article to read.

　　10. A. Travel. B. Stay with her. C. Have a break. D. Play tennis.

　　Section B

　　Passages

　　Directions: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. 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 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

　　11. A. By boat. B. By bike. C. By car. D. By train.

　　12. A. Its school and libraries. B. Its yearly motor race.

　　C. Its universities and medical schools. D. Its Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument.

　　13. A. Because they are painted every year.

　　B. Because the Indiana people keep them clean.

　　C. Because they are made of special stone.

　　D. Because there is little pollution from factories.

　　Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

　　14. A. Attacking. B. Defensive. C. Total. D. Half.

　　15. A. The front.

　　B. The back.

　　C. The middle field and the front. D. The middle field and the back.

　　16. A. Dutch teams play most beautifully in the world.

　　B. Dutch teams own the best individual players in the world.

　　C. Holland is the birthplace of the total football.

　　D. Holland aims not to lose rather than not to win.

　　Section C

　　Longer Conversations

　　Directions: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. Each conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

　　Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

　　What does the man want? A newspaper and ___17___.

　　How much are they? ___18___.

　　What does the evening paper cost? It’s ___19___.

　　Where does the conversation most probably take place? At a ___20___.

　　II. Grammar and Vocabulary.

　　Section A (15%)

　　Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

　　Canadian writer Alice Munro, who is called the “master of the contemporary short story,” ___21___(award) the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Munro is the first Canadian writer and the 13th woman in the world ___22___ (receive) the prestigious award.

　　The prize committee compared ___23___ 82-year-old author to Chekhov, the 19th century Russian who is considered one of the ___24___( great) short story writers in history, for her warmth, insight and compassion, and for capturing a wide range of lives and personalities without passing judgment on her characters.

　　 ___25___ the prestigious award was announced, the Nobel committee said that they were not able to contact Munro and ___26___(leave) a phone message to tell her the good news. But The Canadian Press contacted her, and she was quoted as saying the award was “quite wonderful” and she was “terribly surprised.” “I knew I was in the running, but I never thought I ___27___ win,” she said. “I am amazed and very grateful. I am particularly happy ___28___ winning this award will please so many Canadians and bring more attention ___29___ Canadian writing.”

　　Munro is mostly known as a short story writer and she brings as much depth, wisdom and precision to every story ___30___ most novelists bring to a lifetime of novels. Munro ___31___ (publish) many collections such as "Who Do You Think You Are?", "The Moons of Jupiter", "Runaway", "The View from Castle Rock" and "Too Much Happiness". To read Munro is to learn ___32___ that you never thought of before. Her writing has brought her numerous awards, ___33___ (include) the 2009 Man Booker International Prize and three Governor General’s Literary Awards, Canada’s highest literary honor.

　　Munro is praised for her good storytelling, which is characterized by clarity and psychological realism. Her stories are often set in small town environments, ___34___ the struggle for a socially acceptable existence often results in tense relationships and moral conflicts--problems ___35___(come) from generational differences and colliding life ambitions.

　　Section B (9%)

　　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. influence

　　B. devoted

　　C. mentally

　　D. circumstance

　　E. affected

　　F. overall

　　G. financially

　　H. decision

　　I. positive

　　J. strive

　　Happiness, according to the Oxford English dictionary, is based on luck or good fortune. Joy on the other hand, is described as a vivid emotion of pleasure. Thus, happiness depends on ___36___; joy, on our emotional well-being.

　　If you know joyful people, you will probably notice common traits among them. Joyful people are often healthy, both physically and ___37___; they value strong ___38___ relationships, and they don’t allow the extremes of life -- sudden highs or sudden lows -- to ___39___ them too much. Joyful people lead a more stable life. But these abilities do not just arrive; they have to be worked at.

　　Teaching ourselves to be joyful may be one of the greatest things we can do to enhance our ___40___ health. However, it is important to understand that joy is an emotion that arises from within us and is not ___41___ by the things that happen to us. Instead of looking for external things to provide happiness in our lives, we must ___42___ to find the joy within. We must educate ourselves about joy and work to enhance it in our lives. One way to start is to make a ___43___ to wake up every morning and find joy in our lives. Think about a special person or a ___44___ pet. It is our choice to be joyful or fearful. Let’s take the time to train ourselves to be joyful -- our lives will be both happier and healthier for it.

　　III. Reading Comprehension

　　Section A (10%)

　　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.

　　There is an English saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying ___45___. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effect it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can ___46 ___ people’s health.

　　Tests were ___47___ to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It ___48___ blood pressure, the heart beat and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be ___49___ .

　　Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors ___50___ pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that ___51___ the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which relieve both stress and pain.

　　___52___ these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ ___53___ by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce positive effects ___54___ to those caused by laughter.

　　45. A. generally B. usefully

　　C. seriously

　　D. greatly

　　46. A. change B. improve

　　C. increase

　　D. make

　　47. A. taken out B. turned out

　　C. carried out

　　D. brought out

　　48. A. increases

　　B. decreases

　　C. raises

　　D. maintains

　　49. A. inevitable B. incredible C. superficial D. beneficial

　　50. A. predicted

　　B. produced

　　C. released

　　D. reduced

　　51. A. remained B. enjoyed C. tolerated D. relieved

　　52．A. In addition to B. In spite of C. As a result of

　　D. Judging from

　　53．A. condition

　　B. situation

　　C. solution

　　D. Emotion54．A. suitable

　　B. used

　　C. available

　　D. similar

　　Section B (15%)

　　Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B,C or D. Choose the one that suits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

　　(A)

　　Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar（美洲豹）saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.

　　Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.

　　“Tom, no!” shouted his father.

　　But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.

　　Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined man stands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye, Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.

　　“Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.

　　The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.

　　The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.

　　55. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?

　　A. To get ready to fight.

　　B. To frighten it away.

　　C. To protect the boy.

　　D. To cool down.

　　56. What do we know about cougars?

　　A. They are afraid of noises.

　　B. They hesitate before they hit.

　　C. They are bigger than we think.

　　D. They like to attack running people.

　　57. Which of the following happened first?

　　A. The cougar jumped from the rock.

　　B. Tom struggled free of his father.

　　C. Jeb asked Tom to get the knife.

　　D. Jeb held Tom across his body.

　　(B)

　　Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers. Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”

　　“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.

　　Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands at the young isn’t healthy for children or the family. “Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior,” says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe”. It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.

　　When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.

　　“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”

　　58. Bossy children like Stephen Jackson ____________________.

　　A. make good decisions

　　B. show self-centeredness

　　C. lack care from others

　　D. have little sense of fear

　　59. The study on bossy behavior implies that parents___________________________ .

　　A. should give more power to their children

　　B. should be strict with their children

　　C. should bend before their children

　　D. should not set limits for their children

　　60. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. How bossy behavior can be controlled.

　　B. How we can get along with bossy children.

　　C. What leads to children’s bossy behavior.

　　D. What effect bossy behavior brings about.

　　(C)

　　Full face transplants are no longer science fiction fantasy, a leading surgeon has said, adding that they are technically feasible but ethically complex.

　　       Peter Butler from London’s Royal Free Hospital called for a debate on the ethics of such an operation made possible by new drugs which stop the body’s immune system rejecting a transplanted face. “It is not ‘Can we do it?’ but ‘Should we do it?’” he told the BBC．“The technical part is not complex, but I don’t think that’s going to be the very great difficulty. The ethical and moral debate is obviously going to have to take place before the first facial transplantation.”

　　      The British Association of Plastic Surgeons will discuss the microsurgical procedure, which could give new skin, bone, noses, chin, lips and ears from deceased donors to patients disfigured（毁容）by accidents, burns or cancer. But surgeons could have trouble finding enough willing donors. Butler said his survey of doctors, nurses and members of the public showed most would accept a face transplant but few were willing to donate their own after dying.

　　       Despite a number of ethical concerns, Christine Piff, who founded the charity Let’s Face It after suffering a rare facial cancer 25 years ago, welcomed the possibility of face transplants. She rejected the idea that the procedure would mean people would end up living with a dead person’s face. “There are so many people without faces, I have half a face… but we are all so much more than just a face… you don’t take on their personality. You are still you,” she told reporters. “If we can donate other organs of the body, then why not the face? I can’t see anything wrong with it.”

　　61．The underlined word “deceased” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “_________”.

　　A．living              B．dead  C．disabled         D．dying

　　62．When Christine Piff says “There are so many people without faces…”, she refers to the people who _________.

　　       A．are dishonorable and shameless       B．disagree with the full face transplant

　　       C．are seriously injured by an accident

　　       D．are disfigured by accidents, burns and cancer

　　63．According to the passage, what makes it possible to carry out a facial transplantation?

　　       A．Drugs are available to stop the body’s immune system rejecting a transplanted face.

　　       B．It’s morally practical, though technically complex.

　　       C．Most people accept the idea of face transplants.

　　       D．There are some people who are willing to donate their faces after dying.

　　64．What is implied but not stated in the passage?

　　       A．Christine Piff has been the first lucky patient to receive a face transplant.

　　       B．Surgeons have difficulty finding enough willing donors.

　　       C．The main difficulty with the operation lies in the matter of ethics and morality.

　　       D．Nobody other than Christine Piff is quite in favor of the donation of organs.

　　Section C (6%)

　　Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

　　Stress for a teenager is as real a problem as stress for an adult. To deal with it, it’s important to understand the causes of stress in teenagers.

　　When parents change their jobs or if the family decides to move to a different place, the child has to change schools, find new friends, adapt to the new social circle and fit into new groups. It is always difficult for children to adapt to such changes, which can be a serious cause of stress in their life.

　　Academic difficulties, such as inability to understand a certain subject can cause stress. Not every child has the ability to understand every subject. Some kids need extra help besides school work to grasp a few concepts. Poor academic performance is often laughed at and is looked down upon by both teachers and peers. In such cases, it can make the child feel isolated, neglected and hurt. All of this, put together, can add to stress, which many times worsens grades.

　　Extra curricular activities such as playing a sport, or attending art classes can weigh heavily on your child’s mind. Balancing between school and extra curricular activities does seem like a burden when you have to excel at both. When the pressures from both the ends get unmanageable, teenagers tend to get tired and annoyed. Fatigue sets in, leading to stress related issues such as lack of concentration in school.

　　These are the common causes of stress in teenagers, which can be noticed through signs such as poor memory, anxiety, negative and pessimistic attitude. If the signs of teenage stress go unrecognized for a long time, it can make the child emotionally imbalanced.

　　65. What do those suffer at school who perform badly in their academic work?

　　_________________________________________________________________.

　　66. Extra curricular activities may lead to additional pressure for teenagers when_________.

　　67. According to the writer, _______________are the common causes of stress in teenagers.

　　第II卷

　　I. Translation（15%）

　　Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

　　我们发现有必要立即处理这个问题。（it）

　　这位独居老人养宠物和他做伴。(company)

　　众所周知，狗依

　　卡通画除了逗乐读者，还给了他们一些值得的东西。（addition）

　　我赶到售票处，却被告知票已经卖完了。（only）

　　II. Guided Writing（10%）

　　分段，书法

　　各0.5分

　　词组、句型

　　3+0.5+…≤5分

　　定从1+1≤2分

　　doing作主/宾/定/表语1分

　　段间连接词1分

　　自评得分

　　互评得分

　　教师评分

　　假如你很想养条狗当宠物，估计你妈不同意，请你向你妈说说养狗的好处，并说服她同意你喂养。

　　你的文章必须包括：1. 养狗的好处2. 估计你妈有哪些反对意见？3. 如何打消你妈的顾虑同意你养

　　4. 要求字数为80 -120

　　第I卷

　　第II卷

　　We find it necessary / essential to deal with the problem immediately.

　　2. The old man who lives alone has raised a dog to keep him company.