2017-2018学年上海市金山中学高二上学期期中考试英语学科（考试时间：120分钟满分：150分命题人：吴亚永 审核人：杨晓丽）第I卷 (共110分) I. Listening Comprehension（25分）Section A (101=10分) 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. All day.B. Only in the morning.C. Only in the afternoon.D. The same as weekdays.2. A. Doctor and patient.B. Customer and salesgirl.C. Man and wife.D. Customer and waitress.3. A. The woman changed the reservation. B. The woman made no reservation. C. The woman made the reservation for the 9:30 flight. D. The woman misunderstood the man.4. A. Stay in the garden.B. Join the man. C. Watch TV.D. Do some housework.5. A. About seven or eight days.B. Four or five days. C. Exactly one week. D. More than ten days.6. A. Britain.B. Italy.C. Spain.D. France.7. A. On a boat trip. B. In a cinema. C. At the beach.D. In a restaurant.8. A. At 10:05.B. At 5:10.C. At 10:40.D. At 5:20.9. A. Travel agency clerk.B. Office secretary. C. Head nurse.D. Hotel receptionist.10.A. 12 years.B. 24 years.C. 6 years.D. 18 years.Section B(101.5=15分)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. 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. Having no children gives a couple more freedom.B. Having children in youth brings a couple plenty of joy.C. A couple will enjoy life with their children.D. A couple think of children as a nuisance(讨厌的人).12. A. The desire for a job. B. The desire for a free lifestyle. C. The desire for further education. D. The desire for beauty.13. A. To build a career in communication.B. To have a baby soon.C. To enjoy life better.D. To have a large circle of friends.Questions14through16arebasedonthefollowingpassage.14. A. People from Holland.B. People from Britain.C. People from Germany.D. The Puerto Ricans.15. A. Asians.B. Irishmen.C. Eastern Europeans.D. Italians.16. A. For adventure.B. For religious freedom.C. For a better life.D. For independence.Questions17through18arebasedonthefollowingconversation.17. A. They had difficulty understanding their professor.B. They got stuck in the beginning.C. They had no talent for writing.D. They didnt like detective stories.18. A. To go shopping.B. To get herself relaxed. C. To look for inspiration for her story.D. To meet Prof. Wilson.Questions19through20arebasedonthefollowingconversation.19. A. She has trouble learning English.B. She is often late for class. C. She has won a scholarship.D. She is absent-minded in class.20. A. She is doing well in study. B. She has to deliver milk every morning to earn her school fees. C. Her parents fell ill two months ago. D. She has behaved well in school. II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (102=20分)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. Stress：Good or Bad?Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to talking about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.In recent years，stress（21） （regard） as a cause of a whole range of medical problems, from high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress（22） does you harm. It is time you（23）_(consider) that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve a little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the（24） _（good） your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though, further stress will only lead to exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself （25） number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of