上海市復(fù)旦附中2019年高二(下)英語期中試卷及答案

1、復(fù)旦附中2018-2019學(xué)年第二學(xué)期高二英語期中試卷I. Listening （略）IL Grammar and N ocabularv22. Adiscussion about whether men are brave than women is settled in arudeway.A. warm. / B. lively. very C. hot. rather D. spirited. fairly23. The sculpture, and the person who produced it.the young artist has never been able to fi

2、nd out.A. thatB. /C. whichD. what24. the end of the dinner party, the conclusion of the crisis bare the fact women haveas much self-control as men.A. layB. laidC. linedD. lied25. It is not how much you read but you read really countsA. that. what B. what. that C. that. that D. wliat. what26. Though

3、a man may also feel like screaming as a woman in a crisis, he has a little bitmore self-control than a woman and that makes the difterence.A. havingB. hasC. doingD. does27. It seems that houses like mushroonis almost in the night during the housing boom.Which of the following is IMPROPER?A. pop upB.

4、 spring up C. shoot up D. stick up28. When the candidates came in, the interviewer made a to them to take their seats at thedesk. Which of the following is IMPROPER?A. motionB. hintC. signD. signal29. They either sat there or stood to the ground.at the tree coveredwith hundreds of ribbons, which loo

5、ked like a banner of welcome in the wind.A. stunning . rooting . starling . billowingB. stunned . rooted . stared . billowedC. stunning . rooting . stared . billowedD. stunned . rooted . staring . billowing30. She complained that she him fbr more than twenty years and she still didnt knowwhal wen I

6、on inside his head.A. had been married toB. had been marriedC. had married withD. had married31. Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to thein a / anA. problems discussed . unexpected wayB. discussed problems . way unexpectedC. problems discussed . way unexpectedD dis

7、cussed problems . unexpected way32. Neither believe nor reject anything because any other person has rejected or believed it. Which of the following differs from the statement in meaning?A. Do not accept blindly other peopled likes or dislikes without caretui independent thought.B. One must think fb

8、r oneself rather than simply seek agreement with others.C. Dont express your opinion hastily on anything others have commented on carefully.1) . We shouldnt be influenced by others opinions easily while making our own judgement.33. Only if you into ordinary peoples life,find out why they are dissati

9、sfiedand understand the revolution threatening the country.A. have gone . you willB. will go . may youC. go. you mayD. do go . you will34. to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a govenunent, I not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.A. If it

10、were left . wouldB. Should it leave . mustC. Would it be left. shouldD. Was it left . would35. a day when tew noble persons ever spoke to those of humble origins exceptan order. Jefferson went out of his way to talk with people of humble origins.A. On . give B. On . gave C. In . giving D. in . to gi

11、ve36. According to Thomas Jcflcrson, ii is ihai keep freedom alive.A. conflicting ideas and unquestioning agreementB. not conflicting ideas but unquestioning agreementC. unquestioning agreement and not conflicting ideasD. not unquestioning agreement but conflicting ideas37. The uncontrolled emotiona

12、l reaction of the nation to L.ncolns death was incredible and demonstrated the high eslecin lie was held.A. whom B. for whom C. which D. in which38. If Lincoln had lived, it be that his postwar policies would have brought criticism upon him that wouldhis reputation.A. might as well . have tarnishedB

13、. might well . have tarnishedC. might as well . tarnishD. might well . tamish39. As President, lie appointed men to higli government positionshe considered mostcapable,some of them openly defied his authority.A. which . as thoughB. / . thoughC. which . even ifD. whom .as though40. Much io her disgus

14、t, his confidence on arrogance.A. edges B. borders C. splitsD. emphasizesSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note thal (here is one word more than vou need.A. wound B. whispering C. rewards D. flat AB. joinedAC. faint AD

15、. steaming BC. tiptoed BD. rose CD. rawABC. growingOn a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the com 41.Under these silences there was a : an orchestra of natural music playing notes

16、no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of u monicntaiy breeze blowing across my grandmcthcrs yard. As I 42 along amossy bunk to surprise a frog, a 43 splash told me the quarry had spoiled me und slipped into the s

17、tream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmothers house, I paddctl into her dark cool living room, lay 44 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock onthe wall ticking

18、the meaningless hours away.I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 45. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.For baths, laundn; and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it

19、, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in nibs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 46 and wrung it oui by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpci

20、beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the familys clothing on (readlc-opcraicd sewing machines,47before the men lo start thestove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even fou

21、nd time to lend ihe flowers that grew around every1 house. By ihe end of a summer day u Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.At sundown (he men dnfted back Irom the fields exhausted and48. They scrubbedthemselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch t

22、he night arrive. Presently ihe women 49 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.The swing creaking , rocking chairs 50 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the icn-thousandth time in his life, *4A man works from

23、 sun to sun. but a womans work is never done.”III. Reading ComprehensiouSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are tbur words or phrases marked A. B. C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.“Just the man I was looking for/ said a vo

24、ice at Winstons back.He turned round. It was his friend Syme, who worked in the Research Department. Syme was ci philologist, a specialist in Newspeak. Indeed, he was one of the enormous team of experts now 51 in compiling the Eleventh Edition of the Newspeak diet沁nary.“How is the dictionary* 52? as

25、ked Winston.“Slowlysaid Syme. Im on the adjectives. Its fascinating/*He had53immediately at the mention of Newspeak.The Eleventh Edition is the dcfinilive cditionj, he said. Were gening the language into its final shape the shape its going to have when nobody speaks anything else. When weve finished

26、 with iu people like you will have to learn it all over again. You think. I dare say, (hat our chief job is inventing new words. But not a bit of it! Were 54 words - scores of them, hundreds ofthem. every day. Were cutting the language down to the 55. The Eleventh Edition wont56 a single word that w

27、ill become obsolete before the year 2050/tHis thin dark face had become animated and his eyes had grown almost dreamy.“Its a beautitiil thing, the destruction of words. It isnt only the synonyms, there are also the antonyms. After all hat justification is there for a word which is simply the opposit

28、e ofsomc other words? A word contains its 57 in itself Take good、for instance. If you have a word likegood. what need is there for a word like bad*? Ungood* will do just as well - better, because its an exact opposite, which the other is not. Or again, if you want a stronger version of good, what se

29、nse is there in having a whole string of 58 useless words like Excellent and Splendid andall the rest of them? Plusgood covers the meaning, or * doublepl usgood* if you want something59 still. Of course we sue those forms already, bin in ihc final version of Newspeak therell be nothing else. In the

30、end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words 一 in reality, only one word. Dont you see the beauty of that. Winston?”A sort of vapid eagerness fitted across Winstons focc. Nevertheless Syme immediately detected a certain 60 of enthusiasm.You havent a real appreciatio

31、n of Newspeak. Winston/t he said almost sadly. In your heart youd prefer to 61 to Oldspcak with all its vagueness and its useless shades of meaning. Youdont grasp the beauty of the destruction of words. Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every y

32、ear? IX)n*t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to 62 the range of thought? In the end wc shall make thoughtcrimc literallyimpossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept tliat can ever be needed will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly63

33、. Already, in theEleventh Edition, wcrc not 64 that point. But the process will still be continuing 65you and 1 are dead. Every year fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now. theres no reason or excuse for committing thoughKrimc. But in the end there wont be any

34、need even tbr that. Has it ever occurred to you. Winston, that by the year 2050. at the ver)r latest, not a single human being will be aiivc who could understand such a conversation as we arc having now?51. A. engagedB. dressedC. electedD. appointed52. A. getting onB. putting onC earn ing onD. takin

35、g on53. A. woken upB. brightened upC put upD. lived up54. A. escapinginventingC. coiningD. destroying55. A. skinB. fleshC. boneD. muscle56. A. involveB. holdC. containD. include57. A. meaningB. similarityC originD opposite5S. A. randomB. vagueC preciseD. misery59. A. strongerB. betterC. moreD. less6

36、0. A. shareB. marginC. lackD.ounce61. A. reactB. objectC. fleeD. stick62. A. oflerB. narrowC. widenD. shoot63. A. associatedB. lostC. definedD. explained64. A. far fromB. close toC. along withD. parallel to65. A. long afterB. long before C.shortly afterD. shortly beforeSection BDirections: Read the

37、following passages. Each passage is followed by questions or unfinished stateinenls. For each of them (here are four choices marked A, B. C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the infonnation given in the passage you have just read.The Tide Rises, the Tide FallsBy Henry* Wadsworth Long

38、lellowThe tide rises, the Iide falls.Along the sea-sands damp anc brownThe traveler hastens toward the town.And the tide rises, the tide lalls.Darkness settles on roofs and walls,But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;The little waves, with their soft, white handsEfface the footprints in the san

39、ds.And the tide rises, the tide lalls.The morning breaks; the steeds in their stallsStamp and neigh, as the hostkr calls;The day returns, but never more Returns the traveler to the snore, And the tides rises, the tide tails.66. What is the figurative meaning of the title * I he I ide Rises, the I ide Fails indicate?A. The change of the oceanB. the sequence of human historyC. the coming and going of travelers D. the eternity of the natural world67. Which line is parallel to “Thu morning breaks: the steeds in their stalls*?A. The tide rises, the tide fallsB. The twilight darkens,