1 上海市高一第二学期英语期末考试 . Listening Comprehension (24%) Section A Short Conversations 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. At 11:20. B. At 10:30. C. At 10:50. D. At 11:30. 2. A. Having an interview. B. Filling out a form. C. Talking with his friend. D. Asking for information. 3. A. A shop assistant. B. A telephone operator. C. A waitress. D. A clerk. 4. A. At home B. In a restaurant. C. In a car. D. On the street. 5. A. A railway porter. B. A telephone operator. C. A bus conductor. D. A postal clerk. 6. A. A math teacher and his colleague. B. A teacher and his student. C. A student and his classmate. D. A librarian and a student. 7. A. A movie. B. A lecture. C. A play. D. A speech. 8. A. The man shouldn t dream of being a superstar. B. The man didn t practice hard enough. C. The man should find a new partner. D. The man should not give up. 9. A. His injury kept him at home. B. He didn t consider it necessary. C. He was too weak to see the doctor. D. He failed to make an appointment. 10. A. He wants to get a new position. B. He is asking the woman for help. C. He has left the woman a deep impression. D. He enjoys letter writing. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, 2 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. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays. B. On Tuesdays and Thursdays. C. On Wednesdays and Thursday. D. On Tuesdays and Fridays. 12. A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Once a month. D. Twice a month. 13. A. Classroom tests. B. Attendance rate. C. Research papers. D. Final exam. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Photographs B. Books. C. Films. D. Music. 15. A. Poor people. B. Disasters. C. Racial injustice. D. Crime. 16. A. He was the first director of Hollywood. B. He lived a poor life in his childhood. C. He was born in Middle Western Africa. D. He picked up photography in 1912. Section C Directions: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Name of the restaurant: Pink (17) _ Restaurant Day reserved for: (18) _, 22nd. Number of people to come: (19) _. Family name of the customer: (20) _. Complete the form. Write ONE WORDfor each answer. 3 Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Why does the man do sports in his spare time? (21) _. What kind of sports does the man prefer? (22) _. How often does the woman do yoga? (23) _. What does the woman enjoy reading most? (24) _. Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. II. Grammar and Vocabulary: (25%) Section A Directions: After reading the sentences or passages below, fill in the blanks to make the sentences or 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 other. (A) While (25) _(rise) temperatures bring seasonal treats like fruits and ice cream, they also mean that mosquitoes, one of the nuisances( 讨厌的东西 ) of the summer, are coming back. If you find yourself (26) _(cover) in mosquito bites while others escape without so much as an itch(痒 ), you can blame your genes (27) _ control our body odor( 气味 ), reported the BBC. A team, led by scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (28) _(carry) out research into pairs of identical twins -those (29) _ share 100 percent of their genes. They found that identical twins are equally attractive to mosquitoes. Non-identical twins, who only share about 50 percent of their genes, differ (30) _ how strongly they attract mosquitoes, the scientists found. The research, published in the journal PLOS One in late April, “ provides strong evidence (31) _ your chance of being bitten is down to genetics,” said the Daily Mail. “ If we understand the genetic differences between people, it could be possible to find new ways to repel(驱 赶) mosquitoes, ” lead author James Logan told the BBC. “ In the future we (32) _ be able to take a pill which will help the body produce repellents(驱虫剂 ).” (B) 4 Its (33) _ part of life that we take for grant