2022-2023學(xué)年上海交大附中高二（下）期中英語試卷

I. Listening Comprehension： （25%）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.Learning to drive.
  B.Buying the insurance.
  C.Buying a car.
  D.Taking a plane.
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• 2． A.At an airport.
  B.At a police station.
  C.At a travel agency.
  D.At a hotel.
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• 3． A.Customer and shop assistant.
  B.Trainer and trainee.
  C.Customer and travel agent.
  D.Guide and tourist.
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• 4． A.Cantonese food.
  B.Shanghai food.
  C.Hunan food.
  D.None of the above.
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• 5． A.7 days.
  B.1 year.
  C.Anytime.
  D.Two years.
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• 6． A.She will sell it to buy a bookstore.
  B.She is changing it into a bookstore.
  C.She will rent it to a bookstore owner.
  D.She is still hesitating about it.
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• 7． A.Because of the cool air-conditioner.
  B.Because of the dressing code.
  C.Because of his politeness.
  D.Because of the weather forecast.
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• 8． A.She lost her purse.
  B.She forgot to bring money.
  C.She failed to attend the concert.
  D.She was unable to get the student discount.
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• 9． A.He was sorry for the woman's absence.
  B.He was happy about the woman's absence，
  C.He suggested the woman bring her daughter.
  D.He suggested the woman visit the university.
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• 10． A.Taylor is unlikely to change his behavior.
  B.She thinks Taylor has turned over a new leaf.
  C.Tailor is changing at such a speed as a leopard.
  D.She is surprised but satisfied with Taylor's change.
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Section B Directions： In Section B， you will hear two short passages and a longer conversation， 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， read the four possible answers on your paper； and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

• 11．（1）A.They are remarkably intelligent birds.
  B.They can please a princess by sending roses.
  C.They have a sense of environmental protection.
  D.They have been trained to be rubbish collectors.
  （2）A.Nicolas de Villiers is the initiator of the crow rubbish picking campaign.
  B.The idea of crow garbage collecting is rewarding the crows for their efforts.
  C.The purpose of the crow garbage collectors is just to clean the environment.
  D.The experiment of crow garbage collecting is different from that of crow intelligence.
  （3）A.Innovative cleaners of the environment.
  B.Close supervisors of the theme park.
  C.Bird exhibits to please park-goers.
  D.Magical birds to train people.
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• 12．（1）A.Competitive and flexible personalities decide their achievement.
  B.Their sensitivity to the surroundings leads to their success.
  C.They share the idealistic personalities and pursue perfection.
  D.Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are middle children.
  （2）A.Scientists.
  B.Classical music players.
  C.Artists.
  D.Chief executive officials.
  （3）A.Birth order affects family size.
  B.Birth order influence career paths.
  C.How people achieve their success.
  D.Family size plays a part.
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• 13．（1）A.Because of their durability.
  B.Because they are symbols of status.
  C.Because of the trend in fashion.
  D.Because they look quite appealing.
  （2）A.The man was the creator of jeans.
  B.The man applied for a patent for jeans.
  C.It led to the popularity of jeans.
  D.It led to a flood of fake products.
  （3）A.They are durable and wash easily.
  B.They appear on sex and violence ads.
  C.They win the favor of many women liberalists.
  D.They are influenced by cowboy style and rebellious spirit.
  （4）A.The advantages of jeans.
  B.The culture of western America.
  C.The history of jeans.
  D.The change of jeans.
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Grammar and Vocabulary Section A （25%）Directions： 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.

• 14．                the people in the Middle Ages knew of the universe was twisted by the Church.（　　）

  A． What little	B． What a little
  C． Little	D． A little
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• 15．                 the emphasis on how actors move，Kun operas don't normally have complicated stage sets.（　　）

  A． Despite	B． Given
  C． As for	D． Regardless of
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• 16． As for bottled water，25 to 30 percent of it comes straight from municipal tap water systems，despite the pretty nature scenes on the bottles that imply                 .（　　）

  A． somehow

  B． instead

  C． otherwise

  D． meanwhile
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• 17． Recall the days when he was put in a room on his own，Picasso remarked， "I                there forever，drawing without stopping"（　?。?/h2>

  A． should have stayed	B． need have stayed
  C． must have stayed	D． could have stayed
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V. Translation （3+3+4+5 =15%）Directions： Translate the following sentences into English， using the words given in the brackets.

• 50．如何改革僵化局限的教育項(xiàng)目，構(gòu)建靈活創(chuàng)新的課程體系，體現(xiàn)學(xué)校對(duì)學(xué)生的現(xiàn)實(shí)意義是教育家們最為關(guān)注的問題之一。（concern）
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Summary （10%）Directions： Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point（s） of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

• 51．    Art has always been a polarizing subject.Some people like realism，others like abstract.But do you know why some people value art in the millions，while others see the same piece as little more than a child's finger painting？
      Many consider art to be quite random in terms of our likes and dislikes.But according to new research，there may be a scientific reason behind our fondness for certain works.The answer lies in how a person's brain breaks down the visuals of a painting combined with their judgment.
      To prove their theory，neuroscientist Kiyohito Iigaya and his team from the California Institute of Technology （Caltech）gathered more than 1，300 volunteers and asked them to rate 825 different paintings from four different art genres
      After analyzing the data，scientists found that the same groups of people tended to prefer similar aspects of the same paintings.These characteristics were then grouped into "low-level" features like color and blending，and "high-level" features like the emotion behind the painting.
      From this experiment，Caltech's system was then able to predict an individual's specific taste in art and organize different works into one group，according to the paintings' features and volunteers' preferences.
      Finally，the team repeated the first test on new volunteers.Again，the algorithm was able to accurately predict individuals' art preferences.According to Iigaya，this shows that the factors that contribute to whether a person likes an image are universal，not random.
      Lesley Fellows，a neurologist at McGill University who studies value judgments，stated， "We know a lot about 'how' the brain carries out actions，but 'why' is far less well understood."
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