上海市建平中学2024-2025学年高二上学期11月期中英语试题

建平中学2024学年第一学期期中教学质量检测

高二英语试卷

说明：（1）本场考试时间为120分钟，总分140分；

（2）请认真答卷，并用规范文字书写。

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. At 7:15.    B. At 7:50.    C. At 8:05.    D. At 9:00.

2. A. Unconcerned.    B. Surprised.    C. Doubtful.    D. Delighted.

3. A. He is rather disappointed.    B. He can’t accept the result.

C. He knows his own limitation.    D. He doesn’t care about a promotion.

4. A. She wants to get some sleep.    B. She is to prepare a presentation.

C. She has to attend a chemistry class.    D. She is troubled by her sleep problem.

5. A. Get more food and drinks.    B. Invite more people.

C. Frepare for a party.        D. Tidy up the place.

6. A. Take a taxi to the zoo.        B. Walk to the zoo.

C. Cross the street.        D. Wait for the bus.

7. A. The woman arrived too early for registration.

B. The woman got a wrong class permit.

C. The woman misplaced her class permit.

D. The woman missed the registration deadline.

8. A. They haven’t agreed on where to live.

B. They don’t want to live in a noisy area.

C. They both work in the downtown area.

D. They hope to save money for the wedding.

9. A. It will clear up in the lake area tomorrow.

B. The lake will be clear after the heavy rain.

C. The woman is inviting the man to go to the lake.

D. The woman might have to change her plan for tomorrow.

10. A. They love Italian food more than anything else.

B. They are disappointed at the restaurant’s recent changes.

C. They are satisfied with the current chef at the restaurant.

D. They are unhappy with the prices of food at the restaurant.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear a short passage and a longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of them. The passage 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. They found it charming.    B. They didn’t care about it.

C. They were annoyed by it.        D. They had mixed feelings about it.

12. A. It wasn’t being properly maintained.

B. People didn’t care whatever mess it might be in.

C. There were no effective regulations concerning visitors.

D. It was poorly designed and constructed in the first place.

13. A How the White House has become what it is today.

B. Why more people from home and abroad visit the White House nowadays.

C. How the White House has been damaged by tourists throughout history.

D. How the White House became the official residence of the U. S President.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. More of them are smoking cigars.

B. Teens are becoming more addicted to cigarettes.

C. There has been an 11% increase in the number of teen smokers.

D. Teens are increasingly exploring healthy alternatives to cigarettes

15. A. Most of the teens buy cigars because of peer pressure.

B. There are only fruit-flavored cigars available on the market.

C. They can be purchased one at a time so they are afforded by the teens.

D. They are quite expensive and require the teens to save their allowance.

16. A. The Cigar Association has taken action against flavored cigars.

B. There are no special restrictions on the sale of flavored cigars.

C: Teens have been taught cigars are less poisonous than cigarettes

D. The attempts to stop teens from smoking cigars have been effective.

Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. She is interested in attending an American university.

B. She is calling to consult for her friend.

C. She wants to learn some basic language skills.

D. She has to study English for the sake of her job.

18. A. To help people find a hetter job.

B. To help people with English learning.

C. To help people get enrolled in, a famous university.

D. To help people improve communication skills.

19. A. It is a form that helps the students get a student vise.

B. It is a certificate that Indicates the student’s English proficiency.-

C. It is a certificate that shows the student’s education experiences,

D. It is a reference letter that helps the students get into the U. S embassy.

20. A. Applicants need to pay the tuition at the beginning.

B. Applicants must confirm their applications in person.

C. Applications can be made through the Internet or by mail.

D. Applicants can apply to join the program at any time they want.

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.

The Hell of the Sandwich Lunch

The competition to be the worst two words in the English language is extremely hard-fought. Surprise party. Cruise holiday. Rice pudding. Keen golfer. The list goes on and on. But right up there is “sandwich lunch”. Separately, ___1___ of these words contains lots of beautiful promise. In combination, however, they spell horrible disaster.

Most obviously, they signal that your lunch is ruined. You might have been planning to stroll through a park or eat with a friend. Now you will be spending your break working, ___2___(trap) in a meeting room with several of your colleagues. Even more annoyingly, your manager has announced that sandwiches will be provided ___3___ you should be grateful for the kindness and consideration.

The actual food choices are not yours. Instead, they appear ___4___ (make) by a six-year-old. The centre piece is a platter of sandwiches cut into triangles. There are paper plates. You can’t help ___5___ (look) around for party hats and balloons.

Not that you actually eat much. The etiquette (礼仪) of the sandwich lunch requires everyone to take less than they want, in order to signal that they are team players ___6___ know how to share. People politely wait their turn and then restrict themselves ___7___ a few items. Your own paper plate is fairly typical: two triangles of bread, four salt-and-vinegar crisps (薯片), a limp salad leaf and one plum tomato. It’s about as appetizing as a cup of sand. You pick up the biggest of your four crisps and put it in your mouth just as the boss begins to lay out the agenda for the