2018年至2019年高二下学期期末英语题免费试卷（上海市建平中学）

1. 语法填空

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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. Buy, buy in Bangkok The city of angles is a divine destination for those who are in heaven when they shop，spa and eat, according to a report by China Daily. Even if you are just in town for a few days, 【1】 (shop) in Bangkok is an experience not to be missed. From air-conditioned malls to cheerful markets, you have a trip made in heaven for those 【2】 like to keep the swings open. It is in Central Bangkok 【3】 you will also find the tempting delights and welcoming chilled (休闲舒适的)interiors of refined palaces of luxury consumption such as Central Chidlom，which has a “one-stop shopping” philosophy 【4】 (feature) a wide selection of goods from both international and top local brand names. In-store services include personal fashion stylists who will provide professional advice 【5】 clothing, make-up, hair styling and accessories that will suit you best. For Muslim customers there’s a prayer room 【6】 (locate) on the 6th floor. The store is also a participant in Bangkok’s VAT refund (增值税退款)for tourists. This means most tourists 【7】 claim a VAT refund of from 4 to 6.1 percent 【8】 they spend 2,000 baht (64$) or more in a day and claim a refund at the airport. Just a few minutes’ walk from Chidlom is one of Bangkok’s popular recreational destinations for young people. Central World is a buzzing 550,000 square meters —that’s 77 soccer fields — of retail and entertainment, including two mega stores ZEN and Isetan, more than 500 stores，100-pius restaurants, a 15-screen cinema, an ice skating rink and 【9】 (large) supermarket in Asia. And you can drop your kids off at the play and learning centers, Thailand Knowledge Park or Genius Planet Zone, where there are trained supervisors 【10】 (keep) an eye on them and guarantee they make the most of the edutainment environments.

2. 短文填空

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Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once. Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all. When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless. While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way. “Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?” But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end. Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on. Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said. It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”. “We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.

3. 完形填空

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Some of the advantages of bilingualism include better performance at tasks involving brain’s ability to plan and prioritize, better defense against Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默氏病)in old age and the obvious the ability to speak a second language. One advantage was not mentioned, though. Many multilinguals report different ___. or even different worldviews, when they speak their different languages. It’s an exciting idea that one’s very self could be_____ by the mastery of two or more languages other than in obvious ways such as________to new friends and literature, A former colleague, ______, reported being ruder in Hebrew than in English. So what is going on here? This______is not necessarily linked to the vocabulary or grammar of a second language. Significantly, most people are not symmetrically (对称性地)bilingual. Many have learned one language at home from parents, and another later in life, usually at school. They usually have different________in their different languages, and they are not always best in their first language. For example, when________in a foreign language, people are less likely to fall into a cognitive trap (answering a test question with an obvious-seeming but wrong answer) than in their native language. In part this is because working in a second language________the thinking. No wonder people feel different when speaking them. And no wonder they feel relaxed, perhaps more assertive or funnier, in the language where they were________from childhood. Then，what of those bilinguals raised in two languages? Even for a speaker whose two languages are_______ in ability, there is another big reason that person will feel different in the two languages. This is because there is an important____between bilingualism and biculturalism. Of those bicultural bilinguals, we should be little____that they feel different in their two languages. Experiments in psychology have shown the power of “priming”—small unnoticed factors that can affect behavior in big ways. Asking people to tell a happy story, for example, will put them in a better mood. The choice between two languages is a huge prime. Speaking Spanish rather than English, for a bilingual and bicultural Puerto Rican（波多黎各人）in New York, might _____ feelings of family and home. Switching to English might prime the same person to think of school and work. So there are two very good reasons, asymmetrical ability and ________, that make people feel different speaking their different languages. We are still left with a third kind of________, though. We often see some languages’ inherent（内在的）properties overlap （重叠）with national stereotypes: French, rigorous; German, logical; English，playful. In this case, is there any convincing line of cause from grammar to personality? 【1】A.scholars B.personalities C.evolution D.intelligence 【2】A.maintained B.upgraded C.examined D.broadened 【3】A.attention B.adaption C.exposure D.attraction 【4】A.in turn B.for example C.in another way D.of course 【5】A.challenge B.influence C.mastery D.benefit 【6】A.cause and effect B.problems and solutions C.strengths and weaknesses D.pains and gains 【7】A.spoken B.taught C.tested D.pressed 【8】A.slow down B.result in C.break up D.cut up 【9】A.related to B.brought up C.fixed on D.obsessed with 【10】A.familiar B.unique C.equal D.practical 【11】A.relationship B.distinction C.limitation D.emphasis 【12】A.embarrassed B.accustomed C.surprised D.exhausted 【13】A.arouse B.oppress C.explain D.demand 【14】A.biculturalism B.priming C.location D.education 【15】A.gift B.definition C.argument D.principle

4. 阅读理解

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The train was speeding onward and the plains of Texas were pouring eastward. A newly married pair had boarded this coach at San Antonio. The man’s face was reddened from many days in the wind and sun, and a direct result of his new black clothes was that from time to time he looked down respectfully at his clothes. He sat with a hand on each knee, like a man waiting in a barber’s shop. The glace she devoted to other passengers were shy. The bride was not pretty. She wore a dress of blue cashmere. She continually twisted her head to regard her puff sleeves. They embarrassed her. The blushes （脸红）caused by the careless glances of some passengers as she had entered the car were strange to see. They were evidently very happy. “Ever been in a parlor-car （特等火车）before?” he asked, smiling with delight. “No,” she answered; “I never was. It’s fine，ain’t it?” “Great! And then after a while we’ll go forward to the dinner. Fresh meal in the world. Charge a dollar. ” “Oh, do they?” cried the bride. “Charge a dollar? Why，that’s too much — for us — ain’t it, Jack?” Later he explained to her about the trains. “You see, if s a thousand miles from one end of Texas to the other; and this runs right across it, and never stops but four times.” He had the pride of an owner. He pointed out to her the dazzling fittings of the coach; and in truth her eyes opened wider and she watched the sea-green velvet（丝绒人）, the shining bronze，silver, and glass, the wood that glowed as darkly brilliant as the surface of a pool of oil. At one end a bronze statue held a support for a separated room, and on the ceiling were frescos（壁画）in olive and silver. To the minds of the pair, their surroundings reflected the glory of their marriage that morning in San Antonio: this was the environment of their new estate; and the man’s face in particular shone with an elation （得意）that made him appear ridiculous to the Negro porter. This porter at times surveyed them with an amused and superior grin. On other occasions he bullied them with skill in ways that did not make it easy to them that they were being bullied. He oppressed them. But of this oppression they had small knowledge, and infrequently, a number of travelers covered them with stares of derisive （嘲讽的）enjoyment. At last they went to the dining-car. Two rows of Negro waiters, in glowing white suits, surveyed their entrance with the interest. The pair fell to the seats of a waiter who happened to feel pleasure in steering them through their meal. He viewed them with the manner of a fatherly guide, his face radiant with kindness. The service, coupled with the ordinary deference（毕恭毕敬），was rare to them. And yet, as they returned to their coach, they showed in their faces a sense of escape. 【1】The description of the couple's clothes and behaviour seems to indicate that they had a sense of ____. A.superiority B.awkwardness C.despair D.satisfaction 【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.The interior of the coach was luxurious and modem. B.The Negro porter was very helpful to the couple. C.It was the first time for the couple to take a train in Texas. D.Some passengers on the train took the couple as an object of fun. 【3】What does the underlined word “surveyed” mean in the 8th paragraph? A.monitored B.observed C.searched D.investigated 【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.The waiter was indifferent to the couple. B.The couple felt uneasy at dinner. C.The service was satisfactory. D.The couple enjoyed the dinner.

5. 阅读理解

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Operation Green Sweep (For teens currently in 6th 12th grades) Operation Green Sweep is a volunteer program organized by the Alameda Recreation and Park Department for teens who want to earn community service hours by assisting with the cleaning of our city parks and community centers. Teens will be supervised while cleaning up various local parks, doing light trash removal and learning a thing or two about our parks and surrounding environment. ◎ Fridays, April 17 to May 29,2019 ◎ 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ◎ Cost: $45— covers ths uniform shirt, the training book and transportation How to register: ◎ You may register in person or mail your completed form and payment to: Alameda Recreation and Park Department, 2226 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, 94501. ◎ Phone registrations are accepted Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with MasterCard or VISA payment only. Please have your credit card ready before calling (510) 7477566. ◎ Save time and register online at www.Arpdeplay.com at your convenience. Cancellation and refund policy: If the program is cancelled by the Alameda Recreation and Park Department, your fee will be fully returned to you. Cancellations put forward by the client must be requested digitally at least five business days in advance of the start of the program. Well charge a $15 administration fee, Note: If you miss more than two days, you may be dropped from the program without earning your hours. Please bring a snack, wear work clothes (no skirts or open-toed shoes) and sunscreen. Teens are expected to act quickly, learn communication skills and learn to plan ahead. All volunteers must meet at the Veteran’s Memorial Building. Do not be late as transportation is provided to take teens to their destinations. 【1】What can we learn about the Alameda Recreation and Park Department? A.It offers free community service. B.It spreads knowledge on nature. C.It provides volunteer activities for kids. D.It takes care of kids for busy parents. 【2】What can you do if you’re interested in Operation Green Sweep? A.Mail the park where you want to do the cleaning job. B.Call (510)747-7566 at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. C.Fax your registration form and American Express card number. D.Apply online at www.Arpdeplay.com at any time. 【3】If you give up 7 days prior to Operation Green Sweep,____ A.$30 will be returned to your account B.there is no need to make a request for cancellation. C.no extra fee will be charged D.you must hand in your request form in person

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More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called “preparation for future learning.” The researchers asked fifth graders and college students to create a recovery plan to protect bald eagles from extinction. Shockingly, the two groups came up with plans of similar quality (although the college students had better spelling skills). From the standpoint of a traditional educator, this outcome indicated that schooling had failed to help students think about ecosystems and extinction, major scientific ideas. The researchers decided to go deeper, however. They asked both groups to generate questions about important issues needed to create recovery plans. On this task, they found large differences. College students focused on critical issues of interdependence between eagles and their habitats. Fifth graders tended to focus on features of individual eagles (“How big are they?” and “What do they eat?”). The college students had cultivated the ability to ask questions, the cornerstone (最重 要部分)of critical thinking. They had learned how to learn. Museums and other institutions of informal learning may be better suited to teach this skill than elementary and secondary schools. At the Exploratorium in San Francisco, we recently studied how learning to ask good questions can affect the quality of people's scientific inquiry. We found that when we taught participants to ask “What if?” and “How can?” questions that nobody present would know the answer to and that would spark exploration，they engaged in better inquiry at the next exhibit-asking more questions, performing more experiments and making better interpretations of their results. Specifically, their questions became more comprehensive at the new exhibit. Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try，they tended to include both cause and effect in their question. Asking juicy questions appears to be a transferable skill for deepening collaborative inquiry into the science content found in exhibits. This type of learning is not confined to museums or institutional settings. Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools. Perhaps many teachers have too little time to allow students to form and pursue their own questions and too much ground to cover in the curriculum. But people must acquire this skill somewhere, Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions about their own medical treatment, say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands. For that, we have an informal learning system that gives no grades, takes all comers，and is available even on holidays and weekends. 【1】What is traditional educators interpretation of the research outcome mentioned in the first paragraph? A.Students are not able to apply prior knowledge to new problems. B.College students are no better than fifth grader in memorizing facts. C.Education has not paid enough attention to major environmental issues. D.Education has failed to lead students to think about major scientific ideas. 【2】College students are different from children in that_____ ? A.they have learned to think critically. B.they are concerned about social issues. C.they are curious about specific features. D.they have learned to work independently. 【3】What is the benefit of asking questions with no ready answers? A.It arouses students’ interest in things around them. B.It cultivates students’ ability to make scientific inquiries. C.It trains students’ ability to design scientific experiments. D.It helps students realize not every question has an answer. 【4】At the end of the passage the author seems to encourage educators to ____. A.train students to think about global issues B.design more interactive classroom activities C.make full use of informal learning resources D.include collaborative inquiry in the curriculum

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Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. Importance of Ethics Two 1996 studies indicate the importance of the study of ethics to students in journalism and mass communications programs. A survey of seventy-three media ethics courses at universities across the country revealed a continuing rise in enrollment. 【1】Also, media organizations have told educators that they value students' critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and their sense of ethics. However, reasons for studying ethics go beyond what potential employers desire. Proper behavior is necessary for growth and order. if one objective of an education is to promote the growth and development of the individual, then the place to start is with personal behavior. Developing a sense of what is right and wrong, or appropriate and inappropriate, will promote order, not only in individual lives but also in society at large. 【2】Speed limits are set, proper directions are indicated, and numerous suggestions are made-seat belts, for example—so that automobile travel is reasonably safe and efficient. Without the “rules” of the road，travel becomes chaotic. Order is necessary.【3】 It sets rules” for proper human activity and as a result promotes growth，development，and order in individual lives. 【4】Not every problem is an ethical one, and even when an ethical problem does present itself, people sometimes make the wrong ethical decision, or they make the right ethical decision and it results in unforeseen negative consequences. Nevertheless, people must realize that without a large number of individuals ”doing the right thing，" society would not be doing much at all except fighting for survival and trying to figure out an increasingly chaotic world. Things are bad enough with ethics; think how bad they might be without them. A. Ethical behavior could play the same role. B. Think, for example, of the order required to move traffic on roads and highways. C. Ethics promotes not only a better individual but also a better society. D. The other study noted that 44 percent of the responding schools required students to complete an ethics course. E. In conclusion, ethics seeks to resolve moral problems by defining concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong. F. Ethics, however, is not a magic cure-all

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Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Leeches as Medical Treatment Leeches are small wormlike creatures that live in water and suck the blood of animals and humans. In the past, though, leeches were commonly used in medicine. Then advances in science led to other kinds of treatments, and leeches disappeared from the sick room. Now, however, they are making a comeback. The use of leeches in medicine goes back at least 2,500 years. Doctors used them to treat the sick in ancient Egypt, India, Persia, and Greece. It was believed in those days that taking blood from patients helped to bring their bodies back into balance. This belief and the practice of draining blood with leeches continued through the ages. Another use of leeches has been investigated by a team of German doctors who study the ability of leeches to reduce pain. Their patients suffer from arthritis, a painful joint disease that often affects knees, shoulders, or fingers. When the German doctors put leeches on the arthritic knees of their patients, almost all of them felt immediate relief from the pain. Most of the patients continued to be pain-free for over a month and some for as long as six months. Leeches have also proved indirectly useful in treating patients with heart and blood diseases. Since the 1880s, researchers have understood that certain chemicals in. leeches prevent blood from clotting or becoming hard. Many people with heart or blood problems live with a serious risk of the formation of blood clots, which can travel through the blood to the heart or brain and cause death. In the 1950s, a scientist identified the chemical in a leech that prevents clotting. Later studies led to experiments with the chemical and the development of a drug that thins the blood of patients who are at risk for blood clots. Though doctors today do not view the use of leeches as the all-purpose treatment it once was, they now see that for certain problems, this ancient remedy may be valid after all.

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Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 【1】提到5G技术，华为在全世界遥遥领先。(come to) 【2】如果温室效应持续恶化，可以预见沿海城市面临的威胁。(foresee) 【3】应该好好对待为国家做出突出贡献的人才，不能让他们寒心，这样他们才能全身心投入 到工作中去。(in order that) 【4】这本书封面设计精美，价格合理，而且内容迎合了新一代年轻人，因此登上了销售榜的 首位。(It…)

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Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instruction given below in Chinese. 下面三幅图分别是不同的三个人画的关于让他们感到开心的三样东西（1代表最重要的），如果你来画这样一幅图，那是那样东西会是什么？为什么？ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________