1、上海市上海中学学年高一上学期期中英语试题逐题详解版上海中学2017学年第一学期期中考试英语试题II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.1.Understanding the cultural habits of another nation, especially
2、containing as many different subcultures as the United States, is a complex task.A. one B. the oneC. that D. those2.Because he could not find the right theme , his explanation was vague and uncovering.A. which to center his thought around B. around which his thoughts to centerC. on which to center h
3、is thoughts D. which he centers his thoughts on3.A: The research on the new virus vaccine is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?B: _ my students have a try?A. Shall B. Must C. Will D. May4.I will be surprised if you can get Calvin, who is a close-fisted man, these donation dr
4、aw tickets from you.A. buy B. buyingC. buys D. to buy5.The man got up and shouted that he was the equal _ any boxer at the Fair.A. at B. to C. with D. of6.The architects of the temples of ancient Rome and Greece worked anonymously(匿名的), the builders of the medieval cathedrals in Europe.A. as did B.
5、as haveC. as if D. as7.The Qingming Festival, now a national holiday, allows more people to pay their respects to dead relatives on would otherwise be a workday like Friday.A. where B. thatC. when D. what8.In the United States and some other countries, it is the drivers responsibility to make sure t
6、hat children under fourteen do not ride in the front seat they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.A. while B. evenC. until D. unless9._ the U.S. has been busy consuming, Asia, China in particular, has been investing in factories and technologies, so it can produce even more goods and services to s
7、ell abroad.A. As B. Even if C. While D. Whether10.The text and dialogues below focus on cultural differences between Chinese and Western societies which can create misunderstanding if _.A. ignore B. to be ignored C. ignoring D. ignoredDirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks
8、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.From classics to moviesHe can recite Shakespeares Hamlet from memory. His favorite ancien
9、t myth is The Odyssey. Tom Hiddleston, 32, could have been a popular professor teaching English Literature at a university, but the well-educated British man chose _11_(do) something that he loved even more: acting.Hes well-known around the world as the villain Loki from the Hollywood films Thor (20
10、11), The Avengers (2012) and now Thor: The Dark World, which will come out in China on Nov 8. Hiddlestons role as Thors evil brother has led to his fans “Hiddlestoners” _12_ (refer) to him as “the most charming villain” in cinema._13_ his charm, Hiddleston had a tough time _14_ (persuade) his scient
11、ist father that acting was a worthwhile job. As a student at Eton, a private school for upper-class kids in England, Hiddleston performed in a lot of school plays. At 18, he appeared on stage at the Edinburgh International Festival. “It was the first time that people I knew and loved and respected h
12、ad come up to me after the show and said: You could really do this _15_ you wanted to,” Hiddleston told the Daily Mail.He said that as a teenager he didnt have much self-esteem, but acting gave him confidence. “It was when they started saying I could do it _16_ I really committed to it as a possibil
13、ity,” he continued. However, his father did not approve, believing his polite and bright son should be using his brains for _17_ else. “Youve been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?” the father told the son.So, instead of goi
14、ng to drama school, Hiddleston went to Cambridge, _18_ he studied classics. There, he continued to appear in student plays and even landed some roles on TV and in local theaters. He managed to balance his acting and his studies so well that he graduated with _19_ first-class degree.But Hiddlestons i
15、nternational breakthrough came when he auditioned for the 2011 film Thor. He was desperate to play the title superhero, but the director decided that he was _20_ (suitable) for the part of the villain, Loki.In the end, his dark and powerful performance won over his father. It also earned him some im
16、portant fans in the film industry: Steven Spielberg and Woody Allen. The two world-famous directors asked him to star in their award-winning films War Horse (2011) and Midnight in Paris (2011), respectively.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the word in the box. Each word c
17、an only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel _21_ about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. Were obsessed with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic
18、of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the _22_ to this ambivalence(矛盾情结) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(经济作物) wasnt eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, _23_ to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more
19、_24_ ways of doing it.The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nations food has come to be _25_ by imports pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the countrys most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in s
20、hackles.Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nations defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sit-ins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious rea
21、sons or evades meat as a political _26_.But strong opinions have not brought _27_. Americans are ambivalent（矛盾的） about what they put in their mouths. We have become _28_ of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain.The _29_ in food is still prosperous in the American consciousne
22、ss. Its no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束缚). Its what we eat and how we _30_ it with friends, family, and strangers that help define America as a community today.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the foll
23、owing 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.Now elsewhere in the world, Iceland may be spoken of, somewhat breathlessly, as western Europes last pristine wilderness. But the truth is, once youre off the _31
24、_ track of the low-lying coastal areas where everyone lives, the roads are few, and theyre all bad, _32_ Icelands natural wonders have been out of reach and unknown even to its own _33_For them the land has always just been there, something that had to be dealt with and, if possible, _34_the mind-se
25、t being one of land as commodity rather than land as, well, priceless art on the scale of the Mona Lisa.When the opportunity arose in 2003 for the national power company to enter into a 40-year _35_ with the American aluminum company Alcoa to supply hydroelectric power for a new smelter （冶炼厂）, those
26、 who had been dreaming of something like this for decades _36_ the opportunity. For a long time, life here had meant little more than a hut, dark all winter, cold, no hope, children dying left and right, plagues, starvation, volcanoes erupting and destroying all vegetation and livestock, all spirit
27、a world _37_ almost entirely around the welfare of ones sheep and, later, on how good the cod catch was. In the outlying regions, it still largely does.Ostensibly, the Alcoa project was intended to save one of these dying regions the remote and sparsely populated east where the way of life had stead
28、ily _38_ to a point of desperation and gloom. After fishing quotas (定额) were _39_ in the early 1980s to protect fish stocks, many individual boat owners sold their allotments or gave them away, fishing rights ended up mostly in the hands of a few companies and small fishermen were virtually _40_. Te
29、chnological advances drained away even more jobs previously done by human hands, and the people were seeing everything they had worked for all their lives turn out to be _41_ and their children move away. With the old way of life doomed, aluminum projects like this one had come to be perceived, wise
30、ly or not, as a last chance. Smelter or death.The contract with Alcoa would infuse the region with foreign _42_, an estimated 400 jobs, and spin-off service industries. It also was a way for Iceland to develop expertise that _43_ could be sold to the rest of the world and _44_ an economy historicall
31、y dependent on fish. “We have to live,” Halldor Asgrimsson said. Halldor, a former prime minister and longtime member of parliament from the region, was a driving _45_ behind the project. “We have a right to live.”31. A. beaten B. explored C. expired D. centered32. A. so B. when C. if D. as33. A. government B. inhabitants C. countryside D. scale34. A. designed B. retained C. exploited D. preserved35. A. stage B. contract C. transition D. prosperity36. A. gave up B. jumped at C. rushed to D. made up37. A. revolving B. developing C. Stirring D. Initiating38. A. transferred B
