上海市徐汇区2020-2021学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

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徐汇区 2020 学年高一年级第二学期

期中考试英语试卷

I. Listening Comprehension (16%)

Section A

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. To plan for a party. B. To celebrate his birthday.

C. To give her friend a surprise. D. To avoid missing her favorite film.

2. A. He will be 85 by the end of next year.

B. He can get the degree before his birthday.

C. He doesn’t work hard enough on his study.

D. He hopes he can finish his essay as planned.

3. A. Unimportant. B. Necessary. C. Unimaginable. D. Inspiring.

4. A. The woman has just bought a new car.

B. The man hopes to see the woman’s car.

C. The woman used to have a car accident.

D. The man doesn’t believe the woman’s words.

5. A. They can get promoted sooner. B. They can make more money.

C. They can win more support. D. They can find better jobs.

6. A. He will play badminton tomorrow. B. Someone else has borrowed his bat.

C. His bat is not in good condition. D. The woman should buy a new bat.

7. A. Exchange the shirt for a new one. B. Bargain with the shirt seller.

C. Get his money back. D. Wash the shirt again.

8. A. A teacher. B. A coach. C. A boss. D. A doctor.

9. A. He didn’t know he was supposed to call the woman.

B. He spoke to the woman on the phone last night.

C. He tried to call the woman but failed.

D. He was too busy to call the woman.

10. A. She’d like a sandwich. B. She’s angry at the man.

She has already got some food. D. She doesn’t want anything to eat now.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear several short passages and longer conversations, and

you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversations. The passages

and the conversations 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. Barack Obama. B. Kate Middleton. C. Brad Pitt. D. Shakira.

12. A. He once wrote books for his daughters. B. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

C. He could speak six languages. D. He was an outstanding artist.

13. A. Famous people’s skills. B. Politicians’ achievements.

C. A programme named ‘Fabulous facts’. D. Charities sponsored by pop stars.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Help locate objects accurately.

B. Remind the user of the weather.

Tell the user whether a specified item is close.

D. Charge the light when its battery has run down.

15. A. Its computer chips. B. Its sensors.

C. Its functions. D. Its materials.

16. A. They can both be put together according to the user’s needs.

B. They can both inform users of something like directions.

C. They are both based on computerized equipment.

D. They both attract children and adults as well.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20%)

Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to 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. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

American Indians

When you think of a typical American, whom do you picture? A pretty white American like Taylor Swift? Or a

handsome black American like Barack Obama or basketball star Kobe Bryant? In fact, there was a time when the

average American looked like ____1____ of these people.

Back in the year 1500, the average American was a brown-skinned hunter-gatherer who probably rode a horse

and wore clothing ____2____ (make) from animal skins. Today, these people—who tend to be connected with their

individual tribes (部落) such as Iriquos, Apache and Navajo—are referred to ____3____ “Native Americans”,

“American Indians” or simply “Indians”.

You ____4____ say that you have never even heard of American Indians. That’s because there aren’t very

many left. ____5____ (settle) in North America, the settlers from Europe were involved in bitter conflict with the

native peoples. After the Revolutionary War, conflicts with natives continued as the states were created ____6____

would later make up the US. American Indians were treated as a military “enemy” ____7____ 1924, when the few

Indians still alive at that point ____8____ (award) US citizenship.

____9____ the story of the American Indians has been a sad one, these people’s legacies (遗产) are still felt

every day in the US. There are many US geographical names _____10_____ (come) from Indian languages and

numerous successful academics and other important US leaders descended (是……的后裔) from Indians.

Section B

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. efficiently B. leading C. working D. attracted AB. travelling AC. managed

AD. talented BC. opportunities BD. competition CD. business ABC. measure

New York City and Shanghai

New York City is always thought of as the financial capital of the world. However, there is ____11____.

London has been challenging this, and there is an emerging challenger from the east, the city of Shanghai. Shanghai

has become the base for many international and ____12____ Chinese companies. In fact, Shanghai has been called

the New York of the East. One thing that is vibrant (充满活力的) in both cities is the strong sense of a ____13____

environment.

New York is famous for its financial market on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Index (道琼斯指数) is the

measure used to record how stocks and shares in companies are rising or falling in value. It is also famous for its

international business network. New York financial service companies have a huge number of ____14____ people

who can make decisions quickly, with profit as the main focus. Shanghai, like New York, has also ____15____ the

best of the talent, but from Asia. Many leading companies are also establishing their Asian regional headquarters in

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