2022-2023學(xué)年上海市市西中學(xué)高二（上）期中英語試卷

II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions： After reading the passage below， fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

• 1．The Story Behind Sherlock Holmes Every year，thousands of people visit one of the world's most famous addresses：221 B Baker Street，London.It is famous（1）

  being the place where the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes lived in the well-known stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
      A lot of people are so taken with the stories（2）

  they forget Sherlock Holmes wasn't a real person and therefore didn't ever actually live at the address.In fact，there was no house there when Conan Doyle wrote the stories.So，（3）

  Sherlock Holmes was a made-up character，why do so many people think of him like a real person？
      It is often said that the character Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person named Benjamin Bell，a forensic surgeon （法醫(yī)） for（4）

  Conan Doyle worked as a clerk at the Edinburgh Royal infirmary.
      Sherlock Holmes' problem-solving ability and powers of observation are based on the surgeon.Bell was even called on by the police （5）

  （join） several investigation，just as Sherlock Holmes did.
      Conan Doyle found the inspiration for the name of his famous detective elsewhere，though.He was an expert cricket player and combined the names of two other well-known players，Shacklock and Sherwin，to make the name "Sherlock".
      Besides， （6）

  makes the character seem like a real person is his distinctive habits.He rarely ate breakfast and had three pipes which he enjoyed smoking. （7）

  his famous methods for solving mysteries started in fiction，many of them became part of modern-day policing.
      Although the character is made-up，most of the locations are real.One of Conan Doyle's strengths as an author is describing a London that seems so real to the readers.Most of the famous locations in the books are in London and Sherlock Homes fans love to visit the locations in the books and those （8）

  （use） later in the movies.
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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.

• 2．

  A.assistance B.hit C.hopelessness D.need E.ordered F.pressure G.jye.ai H.jye.ai I.starving J.jye.ai K.jye.ai

  The White Flag：An Old Symbol Take on a New MeaningRaising a plain white flag has historically been considered a symbol of surrender （投降）.But recently，in Malaysia，the white flag has taken on a new meanjye.aig.In July 2021，a social media movement encouraged people who had trouble making ends meet to use a white flag to （1）

  for help.This was the beginning of the white flag movement.
     Like most countries，Malaysia has been （2）

  hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.Following a government-（3）

  lockdown on June 1，many people couldn't find work.The local news began reporting stories of people who were living on a single meal a day.The（4）

  of lockdown also led to an increase in mental health problems.But （5）

  was on the way.
     In July，a businesswoman made a post online that encouraged Malaysians who needed aid to raise a white flag outside their house.The post was （6）

  over 20，000 times in 24 hours.People made Facebook groups and started posting photos of groceries that they could donate as well as addresses of those in （7）

  .
     The movement quickly gained attention.When 20 white flags were raised in a fishing village，the local fire department provided food and supplies.A grocery store chain even asked people to report white flag so it could send food to （8）

  families.
     The white flag movement shows that even in the face of （9）

  ，people will help each other out.In Malaysia，the white flag is no longer a symbol of surrender：it now stands for （10）

  .
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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.

• 3．

  A.decline B.encounter C.approach D.entitled E.infected F.desperate G.bargain H.harvest I.function

  （1）What is funny in China is that you have to

  to buy almost anything.
  （2）In poverty-stricken areas，the children are in

  need of love and attention.
  （3）In most scenic spots in China，children，students and the elderly are

  to cheap tickets.
  （4）Additionally，chimps were endangered because many of them were

  with HIV or other viruses for the sake of medical science.
  （5）The popularity of the hats has been on the

  ，but we can still see them on various royal occasions including weddings and christenings.
  （6）The rise in the term "man-spreading" is associated with emergence of mobile communication technology，which allows commuters（上下班的人）to comment on events they

  on their journey.
  （7）Dr.Teach-man recommends a three-step

  to handling the post-pandemic stress：acknowledge，find alternatives and then make a plan.
  （8）We can draw a conclusion that the alarm system didn't

  when the painting were stolen.
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III. Reading Comprehensions 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.

• 4．Founded in 1880，the journal Science nowadays continues to publish the very best in research across the sciences.It is （1）

  an extra round of statistical （數(shù)據(jù)的） checks to its peer-review process，editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today.The policy follows similar efforts from other journals，after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are （2）

  the irreproducibility （不可復(fù)制） of many published research findings.
     "Readers must have （3）

  in the conclusions published in our journal，" writes McNutt in an editorial.Working with the American Statistical Association，the journal has （4）

  seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing editors （SBoRE）.Manuscripts will be flagged up for additional scrutiny （審查） by the journal's internal editors，or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by （5）

  peer reviews.The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to （6）

  these manuscripts.
     Asked whether any particular papers had （7）

  the change，McNutt said： "The creation of the 'statistics board' was motivated by concerns （8）

  with the application statistics and data analysis in scientific research.And it is part of Science's overall （9）

  to increase reproducibility in the research we publish."
     Giovanni Parmigiani，a bio-statistician at the Harvard School of Public Health，a member of the SBoRE group，says he （10）

  the board to "play primarily a consultive role".He agreed to join because he "found the foresight behind the establishment of the SBoRE to be （11）

  ，unique and likely to have a lasting impact.This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself，but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to （12）

  their approach after Science.
     Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data. （13）

  ，statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research，according to David Vaux，a cell biologist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Parkvilie，Australia.Researchers should improve their standards，he wrote in Nature in 2012，but journals should also take a（n） （14）

  line.Vaux says that Science's idea to pass some papers to statisticians "has some merit，but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to （15）

  the papers that need scrutiny in the first place."
  
  
  

  （1）	A．a(chǎn)nnouncing	B．a(chǎn)dding	C．promoting	D．a(chǎn)dvertising
  （2）	A．resulting from	B．putting forward	C．calling on	D．leading to
  （3）	A．confidence	B．motivation	C．suspicion	D．justice
  （4）	A．rejected	B．a(chǎn)ppointed	C．transported	D．blamed
  （5）	A．considerate	B．remote	C．outside	D．indirect
  （6）	A．gather	B．review	C．compare	D．qualify
  （7）	A．stimulated	B．revolutionized	C．judged	D．resisted
  （8）	A．fortunately	B．negatively	C．broadly	D．a(chǎn)utomatically
  （9）	A．evaluation	B．drive	C．fuel	D．trick
  （10）	A．permitted	B．forced	C．ordered	D．expected
  （11）	A．thoughtless	B．a(chǎn)musing	C．fresh	D．profitable
  （12）	A．model	B．record	C．donate	D．exchange
  （13）	A．Furthermore	B．Instead	C．However	D．Consequently
  （14）	A．deeper	B．tougher	C．farther	D．thinner
  （15）	A．remove	B．inform	C．a(chǎn)djust	D．identify
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V. Translation Directions： Translate the following sentences into English， using the words given in the brackets.

• 11．無論采取何種方式來保護(hù)它，這個瀕危物種很可能在不遠(yuǎn)的未來滅絕。（approach） （漢譯英）
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• 12．直到這家百年老店通過發(fā)布一系列產(chǎn)品來化為轉(zhuǎn)機(jī)，人們才真正懂得創(chuàng)新的重要性。（turn） （漢譯英）
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