静安区2017学年第一学期教学质量检测 英语试卷 2018.01
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. Air conditioner.
C. Suitcase. 2. A. A nurse.
B. Stove . D. Mobile phone.
C. A flight attendant. D. A secretary.
B. A manager.
3. A. On the day of Black Friday, he has nothing to do.
B. He will buy nothing during the coming shopping day. C. His salary will be increased before Black Friday. D. He prefers to save money rather than spend.
B.8.
C. 12.
D. 16.
4. A. 6.
5. A. People should carefully study information they get from various experts.
B. There’s no need to turn to experts for health suggestions. C. Ordinary people should be invited on TV to talk about healthy life. D. Experts help a lot in promoting healthy life style.
6. A. The professor failed everyone at the term end.
B. The professor criticized him for failing the exam. C. The professor thought highly of him.
C. The man failed the science course for the term.
7. A. Jenny has graduation ceremony.
B. They go for a movie. C. They have family dinner.
D. Nothing happens.
B. Math.
C. History.
D. Chinese.
8. A. Medicine.
9. A. It’s wonderful in all aspects.
B. It’s good on the whole with one shortcoming. C. It’s totally disappointing. D. It’s of average quality.
10. A. Buying the expensive cake is foolish.
B. The cake is worth the price. C. The taste of the cake is misleading. D. Eating the cake hurts people’s intelligence.
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. Children looking for future husband and wife for their parents.
B. Children trying to earn wedding fund for their parents. C. Children making plans for their parents’ wedding day. D. Children taking part in their parents’ wedding ceremony.
B. Wedding style.
D. Honeymoon destination.
12. A. Wedding dress.
C. Food for wedding banquet.
13. A. The difficulties modern marriage meets.
B. The good relationship between British children and parents. C. The unconventional weddings in modern Britain. D. The new marriage concepts combined with traditions.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. For how long the event will last.
B. The site address to purchase the event ticket. C. The past achievements the lecturer has made. D. The location where the lecture is to happen.
15. A. Stand out and hold a poster for the event.
B. Cover other event ads with your event ad. C. Rent school channel to introduce the event.
D. Use modern communication media to spread the event.
16. A. Tips on advertising campus events.
B. Food work wonders to attract campus event attendees. C. The rise of modern social media on campus.
D. Challenges to prepare for a high-quality campus event.
Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 17. A. Academic and professional prospects.
B. Life conditions on campus. C. Tuition and geographic advantages. D. Ranks among all the universities.
18. A. Strong program background.
B. Low living expenses. C. Circle of contacts on campus. D. Agreeable weather.
19. A. Because they can hire talents from UCLA.
B. Because foreign talents can be employed. C. Because their companies are near beaches. D. Because their bosses are from UCLA.
20. A. Moving to live with his parents.
B. Pursuing graduate study at UCLA.
C. Accepting the offer from Chicago University. D. Keeping comparing the two Universities.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A
Directions: 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 blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Today, Mandatory(强制的) recycling is a hard sell in the United States, where the economy runs largely along free market lines and the current landfilling waste remains inexpensive and efficient.
Plain and simple, recycling still costs more than landfilling in most places. This fact, (21)______(couple) with the disappearance of the so-called “landfill crisis” of the mid-1990s, means that recycling has not caught on, which runs ______(22) some environmentalists’ wishes.
However, many cities have found ways to recycle economically. They have cut costs by automating sorting and processing. They’ve also found profitable markets for the recyclables(可回收物) (23)______ cast-off items are acceptable or even welcome. Increased efforts by green groups (24)______(educate) the public about the benefits of recycling have also helped.
(25)______ ______ ______ uneconomical recycling seems to some people, some cities, such as Pittsburgh, San Diego and Seattle, have made recycling mandatory. In these cities, recyclables are banned from both household and business garbage. Families (26)______ recycle all basic recyclables, such as paper, cardboard, glass and plastic. To businesses with garbage containers “polluted” with more than 10 recyclables，warnings (27)______(issue). If they fail to take action, fines are expected.
New York, a national leader on recycling, decided to stop its least cost-effective recycling programs (plastic and glass) in 2002. But rising landfill costs ate up the $39 million savings expected.
As a result, the city brought back plastic and glass recycling and committed to a 20-year contract with a recycling firm, Hugo Neu Corporation, which built the (28)______(advanced) recycling facility in the country.
The company focuses on (29)______could cut costs. Automation has streamlined the sorting process, and easy access to rail has cut both the environmental and transportation costs. The new deal and new facility have made recycling efficient for the city and its residents, (30)______(show) once and for all that responsibly-run recycling programs can actually save money, landfill space and the environment.
Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. shamed B. consequently C. criticism D. scarce E. authorities F. struggled G. original H. practical I. luxury J. blanketed K. assume
William Shakespeare came from a modest start, but finished life living in a(n) ___31___ house in Stratford-upon-Avon, with a coat of arms and a series of business investments to his name.
So was William Shakespeare a businessman, as well as a writer?
Researchers have uncovered information from historical documents that point to Shakespeare being a greedy businessman, anxious to grab every penny whose practices caused ___32___in his lifetime.
The academics believe that many of Shakespeare’s doubtful business dealings have been ___33___ by people’s romantic view of him as a creative genius who made his money through acting and writing plays. The idea that Shakespeare gave the world such wonderful narratives, language and entertainment makes it uncomfortable to even ___34___ that he was simply motivated by his own thirst for
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