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1、最新 料推荐2017-2018 上海市复旦附中高一上学期期中考试Grammar and Vocabulary: (18%)Section A (8%)Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21. The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a for
2、tune_.A, had been makingB. was makingC. was to be madeD. would make22. The president hopes that people will be better off when he quits than when he _.A. has startedB. startsC. will startD. started23. Travellers to that area can carry disease to their own countries that have never experienced_.A. th
3、emB. itC. themselvesD. itself24. No one can tell the exact number of U.S. pilots and fighter planes _were lost in the Pearl Harbor air attack.A. whoB. whichC. thatD. what25. _, the climbers, who had already conquered many high mountains before, determined to reach the top of the mountain.A. However
4、it was highB. How high it wasC. However high it wasD. However high was it26. They will not allow others to decide the future of their country, _.A. which is to be knownB. as is to be knownC. as is known to allD. as what is known to all27. We have come to realize that t he brain must “ forget ” some
5、pieces of information _it can remember others.A. whenB. sinceC. so thatD. if28. They are our school s volunteers _to help elderly people cross the streets every day.A. whose task it isB. it is whose taskC. to whom is the taskD. whose task wasSection B (10%)Directions: Complete the followingpassage b
6、y using the words inthe box. Each word can beonly used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. journeyingB. foundingC. educationalD. marvelousAB. viewAC. undoubtedlyAD.thrillBC. existedBD. sightsCD. surprisinglyABC.soilSept 27 is World Tourism Day. Of course, travel isn t a new disco
7、very. Imagine how Italiantraveler Marco Polo must have felt when he found himself on Chinese _29_, seeing a wayof life quite different from anything he d seen before.And how _30_ must it have been to listen to Zhang Qian when he returned to Chinafrom his journeythrough Central Asia and West Asia? Hi
8、s brainmust have been packed witheverything he d seen and heard, leading to the31_ of the Silk Road.Travel is one ofthe most exciting experiences a human beingcan have. Nowadays, morepeople are travelingthan ever before. By train, plane and car, people all around the globe are1最新 料推荐_32_ to places t
9、hat people didn t even_know33_ a few centuries ago, or onlyknew from books.Some people have traveled all over the world, and travel is a way of life to them. Theyperhaps know what to expect before they travel. That s why the best travel is when it s ftime. Imagine a person who has always wanted to t
10、ravel to the United States. Of course, they probably seen the Statue of Liberty a thousand times on the TV , and the White House, and all theother famous _34_. But none of that would compare to the _35_ of looking outof the cabin window as the plane lands, watching the cities and streets of the real
11、 America comeinto_36_.Although travelis often just for fun, it37salso. We may not know that we aregetting an education, but we still are.We re learning every day: new words in a new language, new people, and new ways of life.But this learning takes place in the school of the world, not the classroom
12、. One of the lessons welearn is _38_ a moral one. As we get to know foreign places, we come to understand thatthere are many different ways to live, and that the way we live isn t necessarily the best way.Britishpoliti cianBenjaminDisraelisummed thisup wellwhen he said, “ Travel teachestoleration.”
13、.Reading Comprehension (40%)Section ADirections : For each blank in the followingpassages there are four words or phrases markedA,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrases that best fits the context.( A )Leif Erickson reached North America around the year 1000, but the attempt to explor
14、e wasstarted slowly. It would be five centuries _(39)_ other Europeans landed on that continent.Why were Europeans the ones to _(40)_ to the American? The Chinese and Arabs had the_(41)_ and technology to sail across the seas. _(42)_ of them tool regular voyages intheIndian Ocean and the Asian Pacific for trade. But exploration? By the mid-15th century China hadfollowed the closed-door policy to _(43)_
