上海市控江中学2018-2019学年高一下学期开学考试英语试题

控江中学2019 学年高一第二学期英语测试卷

Part One

II. Grammar

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of following sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentences.

1. the coming talent competition, he has spent all his free time making preparation.

A. win

B. Winning

C. Having won

D. T o win

2.In the middle of the lake a huge island,_ lives a phantom.

A. lies, where

B. locates, where

C.

stands, in which D.

is situated, that

3. of current news, whether it is domestics or overseas, is his daily routine.

A. Being informed

B. Informed

C. Informing

D. Having been informed

4.Many people feel nervous they attend a concert, so I recommend the hall early to have enough time yourself comfortable.

A.at the first time, arriving, to make

B. the first time, to arrive, making

C. for the first time, reaching, making

D. the first time, getting to, to make

5. hip-hop is popular with youngsters, I’m still not accustomed it.

A. As, to appreciating

B. Although, to appreciate

C. Even though, to appreciating

D. While, to appreciate

6.Mother T eresa great contribution to the world peace,_ she was awarded the Nobel Price in 1979.

A. might have made, because

B. must have made, for

C. could have make, since

D. should have make, as

III. V ocabulary:

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be

used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. invested

B. contributed

C. shortly

D. honorable

E. established

F. setting

G. classic

H. humorous I eventually J praise K complexity.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835-April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark T wain, was an American author and humorist. T wain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the 1 _for Huckleberry Finnand T om Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and 2 articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City T erritorial Enterprise. In 1865, his 3_ story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into 4 Greek. His wit and Satire, in prose and in speech, earned 5_ from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.

Though T wain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he 6 _ in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its_ 7__ and imprecision. Following these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers_ 8 overcame his financial troubles. T wain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so .

T wain was born_ 9_ after a visit by Halley’s Comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it, too. He died the day after the comet returned. He _10_ himself as the “g reatest American humorist of his age”,and William Faulkner called T wain “the father of American literatur e”.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A Directions: For each blank in the following passage 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.

The famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison once claimed that genius was one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration(汗水). Now, it seems, there is scientific evidence to 1_ his claim. The idea that geniuses such as Shakespeare, Mozart, and Picasso possessed certain inborn talents is a false belief, according to a study by a British psychologist and his colleagues

After examining outstanding performance in the arts and sports, these researchers concluded that 2 is determined by opportunity, encouragement, training, motivation, self-confidence, and — most important of all —3. Even people who were not thought to be 4 with any special talent could, after having received training, reach levels 5 considered attainable (可获得的) only by gifted individuals. …T alent is a false belief, and it is time that people got rid of it,”they said.

This theory —a dramatic __6 with traditional beliefs —has been 7 by academics worldwide. In fact, studies of accomplished artists and mathematicians, and top tennis players and swimmers, have reported few early signs of 8 in these people before any parental