上海市同济大学第一附属中学2021-2022学年高二下学期线上期中测试英语试题

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同济大学第一附属中学 2021-2022 学年第二学期期中考试

I. Grammar and Vocabulary (45 分)

Section A (15 分)

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 the proper form of the given word: for the other

blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Have you ever seen an old movie called Three Coins in the Fountain? It is about three young American

women ____1____ (search) for permanent romance in Rome and they all find it. Far-fetched Hollywood? Well,

from the world history point of view, romance did, in fact, set down its roots in Rome.

The word romance evolved in Latin from Roma to Romanicus of the Roman language, to the Old French

romanz escrive, ____2____ means “to write in a Romance language,” and on to the English romance.

The Romance languages ____3____ (compose) of seven groups of languages that all have Latin ____4____

their basis. These languages include French. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. The common people in ancient Rome

spoke ____5____ is referred to as Vulgar Latin, an informal speech, as opposed to the classical Latin of the more

educated. Most language experts agree that Vulgar Latin is the chief source of the Romance languages.

Medieval Romances were tales ____6____ (write) primary in French verse about brave heroes. The notion of

having a romance with another person is thought ____7____ (develop) sometime during the Middle Ages. In the

late 18th century and on through the 19th

a romance was not a love story ____8____ a work of prose fiction

that contained far-fetched, mysterious events. Romances of this period ____9____ (include) English Gothic novels

like The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.

What exactly is a twentieth-century romance? Does it have any relationship with the lively, popular novels

written today, with their fantastic plots of love affairs? Or did the playwright Oscar Wilde have it right in The

Picture of Dorian Gray: “When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving (欺骗) ____10____ and one always

ends by deceiving Otho’s. That is what the world calls a romance.”

Section B (30 分)

(A)

Directions: 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. destructive B. relatives C. experts D. contribute E. particularly

F. fearful G. gently H. assist I. respond J. species K. equivalent

Cats: Human Companions

Cats have a reputation for being colder and less cuddly (令人想拥抱的) than their counterparts---dogs. Cats

may not be able to speak English but they do have many other ways in which they can interact with people. In fact,

cats are animals which can solve problems just like any other highly developed ___11___. They form close

relationships with their owners and provide a sense of companionship, ___12___ for women. In fact, the findings

of one Austrian study show that owning a cat is the emotional___13___ of being in a romantic relationship.

Some people feel silly talking to their pets, since, of course, they can’t ___14___. But interacting with your

feline (猫科的) companion has proven health benefits. Not only does talking to your cat improve your bond, but

it’s also said to be beneficial for your mental health by helping improve your mood, reduce stress, and fight against

loneliness.

Cats are ___15___ at sleeping, so it’s perhaps no surprise that they can help improve your sleep, too. A Mayo

Clinic study found that people who slept with their pets in the same room were almost twice as likely to get a good

night’s rest, with only 20 percent saying they found their pets’ presence___16___.

Cats may not be able to help with the housekeeping, but they can ___17___ in keeping your house free of

mice. It turns out there’s some truth behind the cartoon cat-and-mouse chase. When mice smell certain proteins in

cat saliva (唾液) , they become ___18___ and therefore avoid the area.

It’s important for children to learn to care for and look after a living thing, just as their parents take care of

them. Cats can help children develop social skills as they learn to approach the feline ___19___. Looking after a cat

also encourages a sense of responsibility.

In addition to filling your heart with love, cats can ___20___ to keeping your heart healthy. Numerous studies

have shown that owning a cat can help reduce blood pressure and heart rate, lower triglyceride and cholesterol

levels, and thereby reduce the risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

(B)

Directions: 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. ambition B. approached C. inadequately D. occurred E. personally F. potential

G. published H. refresher I. reluctance J. struggled K. traditional

The last hurrah

The turn of the year is traditionally the time for reviewing one’s life, and perhaps for making some resolutions

as to what to concentrate on in the coming year; and for many years past I have taken advantage of the holiday

period to review my own goal and ___21___.

One thing I did decide to do this year, with some ___22___, was to give up writing the Grumpy Old

Bookman column in this magazine. It’s not that I’ve lost interest in the book world, you understand. But Leonard

Woolf, husband of writer Virginia Woolf, used to say that a man should change his career every seven years.

Though ___23___ I would say that changing your whole career so often is going a bit far, I did find, during my

own working life, that it acts as a great ___24___ if you can occasionally try a new job within the same

organisation or line of business.

It is in fact well over ten years since our editor wrote to me and asked if I would be interested in writing a

regular piece about what was, even then, a rapidly changing publishing scene. He ___25___ me because since 2004

I had been writing a regular blog called, amazingly enough, Grumpy Old Bookman.

As my monthly survey of developments in both ___26___ and digital publishing continued, in this magazine, I

began to realise that writers in this century, of both fiction and non-fiction, are living in something close to a

paradise. Once, you ___27___ for years to find a publisher — or an agent if you wanted one — but now you can

publish your own stuff, either digitally or in paperback, without it costing you a penny piece. Amazing.

After about five years of producing such columns, at just under a thousand words a time, it ___28___ to me

that, rather than let these essays drift away on the seas of time, it might be of value to ___29___ readers to publish

my thoughts and comments in book form. Hence, in 2014, I ____30____ the first 69 GOB columns in paperback

format, using Amazon’s Create space facilities. Title: Writers Rejoice! A monthly diary of the dawn of the digital

age.

II. Reading Comprehension (45 分)

Section A (15 分)

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.

Concerns about the harm caused by “too much” screen time—particularly when it is spent on social media—

are widespread. But working out what a “healthy” ___31___ might be is far from easy.

Some negative experiences on social media—like ___32___ how your appearance compares to others—do

affect some children. However, this does not mean that technology use in ___33___ is harmful and it is difficult to

make claims about how it will affect different people.

Consider the picture painted by a UNICEF review of existing research into the effects of digital technology on

children’s ___34___ comfort, including happiness, mental health and social life. Rather than stating that social

media was harmful, it suggested a more ___35___ effect.

The UNICEF report highlighted a 2017 study that examined 120,000 UK 15-year-olds. Among those

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