1、嘉定一中高一年级第二学期英语学科期末质量诊断（时间:120分钟满分 150分）I. Listening comprehensionSection ADirections: 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.
2、 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. Spend more time working on chemistry problems.B. Talk to his advisor about dropping the course.C. Work on the assignment
3、 with a classmate.D. Ask graduate assistants for help.2. A. Go home to get the washing.B. Send dirty clothes to the laundry.C. Pick up the washing.D. Remind the woman to hurry up.3. A. The woman could use his calculator.B. Hell finish the adding up for the woman.C. The womans calculator is better th
4、an his.D. Hes faster at adding numbers up than the woman.4. A. The final will begin next week. B. The man should talk with his doctor again.C. She hopes the man will be able to play in the final.D. She wants the man to watch the soccer game with her.5. A. The advisor will approve of the mans class s
5、chedule.B. The advisor is not easy to make an appointment with.C. The man should work harder next semester.D. The man should go to see his advisor.6. A. An educational policy.B. An economic issue.C. A heated debate.D. A famous economist.7. A. The former is more valued than the latter.B. Views on the
6、m vary from person to person.C. The former is less valued than the latter.D. Neither of them should be valued so much.8. A. Disappointed.B. Puzzled.C. Astonished.D. Relieved.9. A. Why the woman took up this job.B. Why there are ice-cream tasting schools.C. How the man went into the ice-cream busines
7、s.D. How it feels to work as an ice-cream taster.10. A. They can go to the theatre on foot.B. The theatre is on the other side of the town.C. This town is big enough to walk around.D. Everything in the town is worth visiting.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and yo
8、u will be asked to 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through
9、13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Adoctor.B. A model.C. A TV host.D. A magazine editor.12. A. Kirsty is very likely to develop an eating disorder.B. Teen programmes talk a lot about appearance.C. Being thin is a common trend.D. Magazines are informative.13. A. How to develop a healthy die
10、t.B. Whether the media are a bad influence.C. How to follow famous peoples lifestyles.D. Whether your appearance should matter or not.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Peary wasnt an experienced explorer.B. He had reached the pole before Peary did.C. Peary had announc
11、ed his success too late.D. Pearys exploration wasnt thoroughly investigated.15. A. They interviewed Peary himself.B. They examined the tools that Peary used.C. They talked to one of Pearys companions.D. They conducted a computer analysis of his photographs.16. A. Exploration of space.B. Doctor Cooks
12、 exploration.C. Exploration of the South Pole.D. The Navigation Foundations conclusions.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to answer the following questions.Questions 17 throug
13、h 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. A biologist.B. A psychologist.C. An artist.D. A reporter.18. A. Talents play a role in childrens overall development.B. Typical parental involvement is not as important as thought.C. Arts training will improve childrens performance in other subject
14、s.D. Children need to be assigned to different groups according to their ability.19. A. Its subjects were young children.B. It showed what skill is essential to maths.C. It illustrated why abstract reasoning is important.D. Its results helped explain why parents turn to arts education.20. A. By help
15、ing activate childrens brains.B. By helping raise educators awareness.C. By helping children learn how to learn.D. By helping scientists find a rich environment.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose
16、 the one answer that best completes the sentence.21. Great honors will be given to _ have successfully rescued the victims of the earthquake.A. whomeverB. whoeverC. whoD. those who22. Nowadays, many developing countries are heavily in debt, because very high interest rates have created a situation t
17、hese countries now spend $13 on debt repayment for $ 1they receive.Athat; thatBwhich; whenCwhere; thatDwhere; what23. The military parade for the upcoming National Day celebrations will involve around 15,000 military personnel, _ scale will be the largest in recent years.A. of which B. of what C. wh
18、ich D. whose24. The old man looked up towards the moon and seemed, judging from his facial expression, _ of his family.A to think B. thinking C. to have thought D. to be thinking25. Some people try to knock me down, only _ me more determined to do better. A. to make B. makes C. having made D. making
19、26. _ Double 11, which is quickly turning into Chinas biggest grassroots festival, somewhat overlaps with Valentines Day and provides another occasion for lovers to buy each other gifts, most spending on that day doesnt involve a change of single status.A. Ever sinceB. In caseC. Even thoughD. As tho
20、ugh27. _ seems to be a strong competition in China for senior high students to enter college or university.A. It B. There C. What D. That28. A total of 35 Chinese universities _ among the worlds 500 best in a ranking released by Chinas Shanghai Jiao Tong University on Monday.A. ranked B. rank C. ran
21、ks D. ranking29. The spokeswoman said at the news conference that they were considering having the term the Russian group strongly objected to _.A. changing B. changed C. change D. being changed30. _ yourself with positive people and you will keep focused on what you can do instead of what you cant.
22、A. Surrounding B. Having surrounded C. Surround D. SurroundedSection BDirections: After reading the passage 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 bla
23、nks, use one word that best fits each blank.The installation of sleeping pods in the University of Manchester library indicates a new era of beanbags（豆袋椅）, futons（日式床垫）and sleep rooms popping up on campuses across the U.K. But does this mean we are finally taking care of our students sleep, (31)_ is
24、 it an indication that students now are so constantly sleep-deprived（失眠的）that they (32)_ take a nap to get through the day?The benefits of taking a nap are well documented. We know that as little as six minutes sleep can sharpen thinking (33)_ _ _ improve memory, mood and mental flexibility. Leonard
25、o da Vinci famously lived on 20-minute naps for weeks while oil painting to avoid the paint (34)_ (dry).But a full nights sleep benefits the mind on a larger scale. Deep sleep at night facilitates learning and creative thinking. Some studies even show that the parts of the brain responsible for memo
26、ry and creativity will shrink with constant sleep deprivation.Whats concerning for educators is (35)_ poor sleep at night is inevitably accompanied by poor academic performance. The most sleep-deprived students are usually also those (36)_ show the poorest academic performance on tests.The response
27、of students and schools to this problem has been curious. In the competitive educational atmosphere of China, time asleep is still viewed as time (37)_ (waste). “If I am able to get up ten minutes before my roommates, thats an extra ten minutes I have in my day,” said one student.In the West, the si
28、tuation is (38)_ (contradictory); more and more universities in the U.K. are announcing 8 a.m. classes, something American students have long got accustomed to. By contrast, the University of Oxford has arranged for its students to have an extra hour in bed in the morning, with the expectation that
29、their grades will improve.Finally, sleeping pods appeared as a compromise: schools can feel it is taking action to help, and students can feel “safe” to stay up later. Certainly, they are helping someone sleep more soundly, but (39)_ that is the student or the school management remains (40)_ (see).S
30、ection CDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.（A）A. ambition B. approached C. inadequately D. occurred E. personally F. potential G. published H. refresher I. reluctance J. struggled K. tr
31、aditionalThe last hurrahThe turn of the year is traditionally the time for reviewing ones life, and perhaps for making some resolutions as to what to concentrate on in the coming year; and for many years past I have taken advantage of the holiday period to review my own goal and (41).One thing I did
32、 decide to do this year, with some (42), was to give up writing the Grumpy Old Bookman column in this magazine. Its not that Ive lost interest in the book world, you understand. But Leonard Woolf, husband of writer Virginia Woolf, used to say that a man should change his career every seven years. Th
33、ough （43） I would say that changing your whole career so often is going a bit far, I did find, during my own working life, that it acts as a great （44）if you can occasionally try a new job within the same organisation or line of business.It is in fact well over ten years since our editor wrote to me
34、 and asked if I would be interested in writing a regular piece about what was, even then, a rapidly changing publishing scene. He （45） me because since 2004 I had been writing a regular blog called, amazingly enough, Grumpy Old Bookman.As my monthly survey of developments in both （46） and digital pu
35、blishing continued, in this magazine, I began to realise that writers in this century, of both fiction and non-fiction, are living in something close to a paradise. Once, you （47） for years to find a publisheror an agent if you wanted onebut now you can publish your own stuff, either digitally or in
36、 paperback, without it costing you a penny piece. Amazing.After about five years of producing such columns, at just under a thousand words a time, it （48）_ to me that, rather than let these essays drift away on the seas of time, it might be of value to (49), readers to publish my thoughts and commen
37、ts in book form. Hence, in 2014, I (50) the first 69 GOB columns in paperback format, using Amazons Createspace facilities. Title: Writers Rejoice! A monthly diary of the dawn of the digital age.( B )A. potential B. coupled C. coincidence D. blocks E.regulatory F. urgencyG. prevent H. launch I. appr
38、oved J.emphasized K.devotedA single case study isnt enough to prove anything. Its not clear if the medication, called remdesivir（瑞德西韦）, actually helped the patient, or if his improvement was a(n) (51)_. But its one of a few drugs, including a combination of anti-HIV drugs, that doctors think might h
39、elp patients with the new coronavirus（冠状病毒）.Remdesivir was developed by the pharmaceutical company Gilead as a treatment for Ebola. Its a broad-spectrum antiviral drug, and it (52) _ the activity of a protein that helps coronaviruses make copies of themselves. Research groups identified the drug as
40、a(n) (53) _ candidate for the treatment of coronaviruses in the aftermath of the 2012 MERS outbreak, when another new coronavirus spread through the Middle East. In cell models, it blocks the activity of MERS, SARS (a 2002 coronavirus), and other coronaviruses that are found in bats.Tests on the new
41、 coronavirus show that remdesivir blocks its activity, too, at least in the lab. That result, (54) _ with the positive outcomes in the Washington patient, were enough for Gilead to (55) _ a larger clinical trial of the drug in new coronavirus patients. The company will test it in a group of 270 pati
42、ents at China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing one group will be given the drug, and one group will be given a placebo.The drug isnt (56) _ by the Food and Drug Administration or by any other (57) _ body. However, it already went through safety testing during the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015.
43、 Thats why Gilead is able to test it in sick patients immediately.The importance of those previous studies was (58) _ by Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in a press conference last week. Researchers arent starting from zero because work over the p
44、ast two decades tested drugs in cells, animals, and individual patients. Now, researchers who have (59) _ their professional lives to this work face new (60) _around the most important question: if the drugs actually work in people. “Theres no proven therapy for coronavirus infections,” Fauci said.I
45、II. Reading comprehension Section A Directions: For each blankin the followingpassage 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. Vast parts of Earth should be left wildTo avoid mass extinctions of plants and animals, g
46、overnments should protect a third of the oceans and land by 2030 and half by 2050, with a focus on areas of high biodiversity. So say leading biologists in an editorial in the journal Science. This isnt just about saving biodiverse areas, says Jonathan Baillie of the National Geographic Society, one
47、 of the authors. It is also about saving ourselves by protecting 61 natural systems, or ecosystems, and their benefits to us, known as ecosystem services. “We are learning that the large areas that remain are important for providing services for all life. The forests, for example, are 62 for absorbing and storing carbon,” says Baillie. At present, just 3.6 per
