1、上海市嘉定区封浜高级中学学年高二英语上学期期中试题上海市嘉定区封浜高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题I. Listening Comprehension（1-10 每题1分，11-20每题2分）Section A Short ConversationsDirections: In Part 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
2、 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 postwoman. B. A teacher. C. A journalist. D. A librarian.2.
3、 A. On a plane. B. On a train. C. At a restaurant. D. At a travel agency.3. A. 5 minutes. B. 10 minutes. C. 15 minutes. D. 20 minutes.4. A. He spends too much money. B. He should watch more TV. C. He actually likes watching TV. D. He bought an expensive watch.5. A. The woman should get a new watch.
4、B. The woman needs to buy another battery. C. He knows what is wrong with the watch. D. The store can probably fix the womans watch.6. A. He should work in the summer school. B. He shouldnt go to New York in the summer. C. He may not want to do so. D. He may have difficulty in doing so.7. A. Spend m
5、ore time on the course. B. Turn to the graduate assistant for help. C. Drop the course as soon as possible. D. Help the graduate assistant with the course.8. A. They should buy a lot of coffee. B. The supermarket isnt going to be closed. C. Coffee is out of stock in the supermarket. D. They should w
6、ait for a better deal on coffee.9. A. The final exam. B. A law school. C. A reference letter. D.The department policy.10. A. He wasnt able to find a seat there. B. He had to wait a long time for a seat there. C. The seats there are uncomfortable. D. It provides reading materials for customers.Sectio
7、n B (10*2)Directions: In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. Whe
8、n 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 news.11. A. 2. B. 18. C. About 125. D. Over 1,300.12. A. Helping good universities to enroll more students.B.
9、Getting more financial support from foreign students. C. Encouraging more foreign students to travel around the UK. D. Attracting more excellent foreign students to work in Britain.13. A. He voted for Donald Trump. B. He did not vote in the presidential election.C. He made a political speech in the
10、concert. D. He sang for only 40 minutes in the concert.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They can play many kinds of games with snow. B. They can see the beautiful scenery of falling snow. C. They can have several days off from school if it snows. D. They can enjoy st
11、eaming hot chocolate on a snowy day.15. A. The building of snowmen for children. B. The removal of snow off their driveway. C. The spread of salt mixed with sand. D. The low temperature that snow brings.16. A. Rare and exciting. B. Dangerous and challenging. C. Unusual but disappointing. D. Troubles
12、ome but interesting.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. It encourages wise consumption. B. It is impossible to get stolen. C. It makes it easier to pay off debt. D. It can be used in an emergency.18. A. It makes people feel safer. B. It prevents people from overspe
13、nding. C. It enables people to get things cheaper. D. It helps people know more about money.19. A. Doing some shopping. B. Doing some reading.C. Opening an account. D. Taking a lesson.20. A. Shop owners prefer cash to credit cards. B. The woman pays part of her bill each month. C. Most people dont c
14、hoose to use credit cards. D. The man wasnt persuaded by the woman at last.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)Section A (10%)Directions: 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
15、 the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Apart from the spelling of the word, there are, obviously, many differences between American and British humour.There is a common belief in the U.K. that Americans dont understand irony(讽刺). This is of c
16、ourse not true. But what is true is that Americans dont use it all the time.Irony may show up in American comedies, but people there dont use it as much as Brits in daily life and it is generally seen as inappropriate in situations (21) _it is normal in the U.K.On the contrary, irony is a common fea
17、ture of British culture. It virtually (22) _(run) in the blood of Brits. They use it as liberally as prepositions in everyday conversations, as a way of mocking their enemies, (23) _ (play) with their friends and laughing at themselves.This may sometimes be considered as offensive (24)_ the recipien
18、ts are not used to it. But, it, in fact, is almost a sign of affection if a Brit likes you.Things are different in America. When Americans use irony they will clearly state that they are “only kidding” after that. They feel the need (25)_ (make) a joke more obvious (26)_ _it will not offend other pe
19、ople.Humor is tied so much (27)_ culture. American jokes are more obvious and forward, a bit like Americans themselves. British jokes, on the other hand, tend to be more subtle but with a dark or sarcastic undertone (讽刺的意味). There is usually a (28)_ (hide) meaning. This may stem from the fact (29)_
20、British culture is more reserved than American culture. However, we should not neglect the fact that certain American comedies (30)_(gain) huge success in Britain and vice versa. Therefore, although there are differences between both comic styles, there is still an appreciation and understanding of
21、the others sense of humour.Section 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. energetic B. imply C. depends D. exposure E. habit F. cope G. electronic H. individual I. functions J. dou
22、bt K. efficientWhether you prefer burning the midnight oil or going to bed early so you can get up at the break of dawn _31_ on your genes, according to experts. I jump out of bed each morning, eager to start a (n) _32_ day. But I can hear my neighbors alarm clock ringing non-stop every morning and
23、I _33_ he gets to work on time.A lot of noise comes from his flat in the evening. Hes happy to stay up watching TV till after midnight, while I go to bed early and try to sleep. Well, it could be his _34_ after all. Im regarded as a lark(百灵鸟） and my neighbor is called an owl.We all have inside clock
24、s in the brain to control all kinds of bodily _35_ and it is reset every day by light. These inside clocks run to a different schedule in larks and owls. If you have a fast clock, you like to do things early, and if you have a slow clock, you like to _36_ with things late. Because we live in a 24/7
25、world, scientists believe its important to understand a persons chronotype(睡眠类型）- the time of the day when they function the best. It could help make our life more _37_.A US professor has studied sleeping patterns and thinks work times should be changed and made more _38_ to fit in with our chronoty
26、pes. And he has advice for those who cant choose their working hours: If thats not possible, we should be more careful about light _39_, says the professor. You should try to go to work not in a covered vehicle but on a bike. The minute the sun sets we should use things that have no blue light, like
27、 computer screens and other _40_ devices.III. Reading Comprehension (45%)Section A (15%)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 phrase that best fits the context.Researchers came to the conclusion t
28、hat having two daughters is the key to a happy and harmonious family life after examining the lives of families with different combinations of children, both male and female.The results show of all the variations, two girls make for the most harmonious family life as they are unlikely to fight, will
29、 play nicely and are generally a _41_ to be around.It also emerged that two girls rarely _42_ their parents, make limited noise, often trust in their parents and are unlikely to wind each other up or _43_ each other._44_, doubling the number of daughters is likely to lead to a whole world of pain, t
30、he report found. Mums and dads with four girls _45_ out to be the least happy with family life overall. Parents of four girls also admitted to having to _46_ an average of four fights or arguments a day, the study of 2,116 families _47_.The study looked into families with twelve different combinatio
31、ns of children, _48_ only children but including everything from a brother and sister to four of the same _49_.Mums and dads were asked to rank their childrens behavior. Two girls _50_ highly in every category. They were “easy to reason with”, “helped around the house” and _51_ “liked each other”.In
32、 fact, mums and dads with four children of any gender found it harder, the results showed. _52_, sixty-two per cent of parents with this combination would have exactly the same number of children if they had their time again.“Every child is a blessing and there are lots of things parents can do to _53_ family life is as h
