上海市建平中学2022-2023学年高一上学期1月期末英语试卷

第1 页/共17 页 （北京）股份有限公司 上海市建平中学2022 学年第一学期期末考试 高一英语试题 说明：(1)本场考试时间为90 分钟，总分100 分; (2)请认真答卷，并用规范文字书写。 I. Listening Comprehension 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. A zoo keeper. B. A postal worker. C. A shop assistant. D. An airport security guard. 2. A. Satisfied. B. Disappointed. C. Afraid. D. Apologetic. 3. A. They got there at different time. B. The woman didn’t go there. C. The man forgot about the meeting. D. They didn’t agree on the meeting place. 4. A. Her husband couldn’t find a suitable job. B. Her husband quarreled with their son. C. She had an argument with her husband. D. She had to stay home because she was fired. 5. A. Exciting. B. Funny. C. Outdated. D. Terrible. 6. A. At a restaurant. B. At a grocery. C. In a theater. D. On a farm. 7. A. She doesn’t work hard enough. B. She never falls asleep in class. C. She has a Japanese cultural background. D. Her parents urge her to have more sleep. 8. A. Take a course on sailing. B. Watch some sailing shows. C. Buy things needed for sailing. D. Learn about sailing from an app. 9. A. The birds are not beautiful enough. B. The woman prefers to teach a cat to talk. C. The birds actually cannot imitate human voice. 第2 页/共17 页 （北京）股份有限公司 D. The woman won’t have the birds at such a price. 10. A. He didn’t see the sign. B. He got three parking tickets this month. C. He refused to pay a fine. D. He parked his car there after working hours. Section B Directions: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation 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 is the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. His regular water therapy. B. His disability to swim like others. C. Lack of proper training. D. A terrible experience in a pool. 12. A. He wanted to train an Olympic champion. B. He hoped kids like Zulfic could learn swimming. C. He wanted to improve physical education for kids. D. The existing swimming equipment wasn’t standard. 13. A. He will soon compete in a world game. B. He could swim twice as fast as average swimmers. C. He could swim the length of Olympic-sized pools with help. D. He won a local swimming competition for disabled people. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. A cell phone. B. A leather wallet. C. A mini camera. D. An alarm clock. 15. A. It will track the owner with GPS system. B. It will contact banks to stop withdrawing. C. An alarm will be sent to the police station. D. A picture of the opener will be taken. 16. A. It is a multifunctional wallet. B. It’s old-fashioned in this age. C. It is unique in size and function. D. It can send text messages automatically. Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. 30%. B. 24%. C. 96%. D. 50%. 第3 页/共17 页 （北京）股份有限公司 18. A. He nearly became blind. B. His vision became even worse. C. He couldn’t see very well at night. D. His eyes were dry for several months. 19. A. Nervous. B. Regretful. C. Painful. D. Relaxed. 20. A. Laser surgery is safe despite its side effects. B. Two weeks’ home rest is required after the surgery. C. The cost of the surgery is too high for ordinary people. D. People with poor vision are all good candidates for the surgery. II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions: After reading the two passages 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. A road trip Out of all possible road trips, the best one is by car. You finish packing, put everything inside the car, sit inside it, buckle up, look at your friend ___1___ (sit) next to you, smile and ... go! And then begins the most wonderful part of the road trip. It is not the place you are heading to but what you see from the opened window of the car ___2___ matters. The best part is when you leave your home before the dawn. Personally, ___3___ I look in the direction of the east, I am always amazed by how the sun informs the world about its arrival. I love to meet the sun while driving a road trip in a car. ___4___ (bring) alive in the new sunlight, everything looks promising. It always seems as if it was the first time in your life that you had seen a green leaflet, the trees, ___5___ grew right next to your car window, and a light smiling over the nature. Spring and autumn are two seasons of the year that are perfect for a road trip. In my opinion, spring is the most inspiring time of the year, ___6___ when you open the car windows, you can actually feel that the world is clean and ready for a new life. The green grass is so fresh that you can’t wait ___7___ (take) a deep breath. The air is filled with a fragrant smell of the plants. A road trip in autumn is beautiful, too. The golden brush touches ___8___ around the gardens, the fields, the groves, the woods. In deep autumn, the whole earth ___9___ (cover) by colorful plants as if you were driving through a fine carpet. The air is sharp, cool and fresh. You simply put on a warmer sweater but never put the window up! A road trip for me is the moment of communication with nature. It is a dialogue ___10___ the nature and me. The beauty that you observe during a car road trip purifies you, refreshing your soul and your mind! Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that 第4 页/共17 页 （北京）股份有限公司 there is one word more than you need. A. access B. basically C. eliminate D. fit E. generate F. majority G. merely H. perform I. power J. promise K. preference Noise-canceling headphones worth the price? A little bit of silence. Sometimes that’s all we want. Whether it is halfway through a 10-hour flight with a crying baby or trying to sleep through the snoring from the hotel room next door, the ____11____ of noise-canceling headphones is one that every traveler probably finds charming. Yet are they worth it? These headphones are often expensive, and for some people, they don’t live up to the ads. I’ve spent a ____12____ of the last five years traveling, taking dozens of flights and train journeys, and as someone who has reviewed noise-canceling headphones for even longer, I can definitely say maybe. HOW THEY WORK? Noise-canceling headphones, also called active noise canceling headphones, use electronic processing to analyze nearby sound and attempt to ____13____ the opposite sound. The result is less noise, over all. These headphones don’t create silence, nor are they able to ____14____ noise. The crests and troughs (波峰和波 谷) do not perfectly cancel out. The absolute best noise-canceling headphones ____15____ reduce noise and work best with low-frequency droning sounds. Two headphone sets could claim to reduce the same amount of noise but ____16____ completely differently. Only hands-on testing, ideally with objective measurements, can tell the difference. Noise-canceling headphones require a battery to ____17____ their electronics. Noise-isolating headphones, which do not require electronics and therefore can be far cheaper, work by creating a seal in your ear canal to block noise. They are ____18____like earplugs, but with earbuds. If you can get a good seal, these work reasonably well. Getting a good seal can be a challen