20182019学年闵行三中高一上英语期末考试

2018-2019学年上海市闵行区闵行三中高一上英语期终试卷I.ListeningComprehension(略)II.GrammarandVocabulary(20分)SectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.(A)Ifoundoutonetimethatdoingafavourforsomeonecouldgetyouintoalotoftrouble．Iwasintheeighthgradeatthetimeandwewerehavingafinaltest．DuringthetestthegirlsittingnexttomewhisperedsomethingbutIdidn'tunderstand．SoIleanedoverherwayandfoundoutthatshe(21)（try）toaskmeifIhadanextrapen．Sheshowedmethat(22)(her)wasoutofinkandwouldnotwrite．IhappenedtohaveanextraonesoItookitoutofmypocketandputitonherdesk．Laterafterthetestpapers(23)(turn)intheteacheraskedmetostayintheroomwhenalltheotherstudentsweredismissed．(24)wewerealoneshebegantotalktomeaboutwhatitmeanttogrowup;shementioned(25)importantitwastostandonyourownfeetandberesponsibleforyourownacts．Foralongtimeshetalkedabouthonestyandemphasizedthefact(26)whenpeopledosomethingdishonesttheyarereallycheatingthemselves．AndIwasalsomade(27)(promise)thatIwouldthinkseriouslyaboutallthethingsshehadsaidandthenshetoldmeIcouldleave．Iwalkedoutoftheroomwondering(28)shehadchosentotalktomeaboutallthosethings．(B)It'sstillthere，theVietnameseschoolwheremybrotherandIusedtogo．Evenwithanewcoatofpaintandthehighwirefence，theschoolIknewtenyearsago(29)(remain)thesame．Everydayat5p.m．，(30)flyingkiteswithourfriends，mybrotherandIhadtogotoVietnameseschool．Nothing(31)couldstopmydeterminedmothertohaveuslearnthelanguageofourculture．Sheheldusbythecollarandwalkedwithusthesevenlong，hillyblocksfromourhometoschool，(32)(leave)ourtearfulfacesbeforethefrontoftheschool.(33)theschoolmainlytaughtlanguage----speaking，reading，dictation----thelessonsalwaysbeganwithanexerciseinpoliteness．Withtheentranceoftheteacher，thebeststudentwouldtapabellandeveryonewouldgetup，andsayinVietnamese，Howareyou，teacher？Thelanguagealwaysmademeembarrassed．Moreoftenthannot，Ihadtriedtoseparatemyselffromtheloudvoicethatfollowedme(34)IwenttotheAmericansupermarketoutsideourarea．Thevoicebelongedtomygrandmother，asmalloldwoman(35)Vietnamesewasquick,loud,butnotbeautiful.Ididnotwanttobethoughtofasbeingmad，astalkingstupid．WhenIspokeEnglish，peoplenoddedatme，smiledandencouragedme．EvenVietnamesepeoplewouldlaughandsaythatI'ddowellinlife．Mybrotherwaseven(35)(strict)thanIaboutspeakingEnglish．Hewasespeciallycrueltowardsmymother，scoldingherforherpoorEnglish．BitsofVietnamesewereoftenmixedinherconversation．Aftertwoyearsofstruggle，Ifinallydivorcedmyculture．IwaspermittedtostopVietnameseschool．IthoughtofmyselfasAmerican．Atlast，IthoughtIwasoneofyou；Iwasn'toneofthem．SectionB(10分)Directions:Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.A.doubledB.modestC.flowD.preserveE.solutionF.profitableG.debtH.accountI.applyingJ.concernedKaffordableDianaJacobsthoughtherfamilyhadaworkableplantopayforcollegeforher21-year-oldtwinsons:acombinationofsavings,income,scholarships,anda(37)_______modestamountofborrowing.Thenherhusbandlosthisjob,andtheplanfellapart.Ihavetwokidsincollege,andIwanttosay'comehome,'butatthesametimeIwanttoprovidethemwithagoodeducation,saysJacobs.TheJacobsfamilydidworkouta(n)(38)_______:Theyaskedandreceivedmoreaidfromtheschools,andeachsonincreasedhisborrowingtothemaximumamountthroughthefederalloan(贷款)program.Theywilleachgraduatewith$20,000of(39)_______,butatleasttheywillbeabletofinishschool.Withunemploymentrising,financialaidadministratorsexpecttohearmorefamiliesliketheJacobs.Morestudentsare(40)_______foraid,andmorefamiliesexpecttoneedstudentloans.Collegeadministratorsare(41)_______thattheywillnothaveenoughaidmoneytogoaround.Atthesametime,tuition(学费)continuestorise.AreportfromtheNationalCenterforPublicPolicyandHigherEducationfoundthatcollegetuitionandfeesincreased439%from1982to2007,whileaveragefamilyincomerosejust147%.Studentborrowinghasmorethan(42)_______inthelastdecade.Ifwegoonthiswayforanother25years,wewon'thavean(43)_______systemofhighereducation,saysPatrickM.Callan,presidentofthecenter.Themiddleclassfamilieshavebeenfinancingitthroughdebt.Theywillsendkidstocollegewhateverittakes,evenifthatmeansahugeamountofdebt.Financialaidadministratorshavebeenhavingahardtimeasmanycompaniesdecidethatstudentloansarenot(44)_______enoughandhavestoppedmakingthem.Thegoodnews,however,isthatfederalloans(45)_______foraboutthreequartersofstudentborrowing,andthegovernmentsaysthatmoneywill(46)_______uninterrupted.III.ReadingComprehension(45分）SectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordofphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.Youmayhavebeentoldbeforenottobeafraidofanything.Fearisoftenassociatedwithweakness.Fearissomethingtobe(47)_______.Butthat’snot(48)_______,accordingtoTimeForKidsmagazine.Fearcanbegoodforus.Feartellsusabout(49)_______.Withoutfear,wewouldn’tknowtorunawayfromatigerorstepbackfromacliff.InastudypublishedintheJusticeQuarterlyjournalinAugust,researche