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2025-2026学年上海第四中学下学期高一英语期中考试卷
(考试时间90分钟，满分100分)
Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension (16％)
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. A student. B. A secretary. C. A teacher. D. A boss.
2. A. In the department store . B. At the airport.
C. At the railway station. D. At the furniture store.
3. A. By car. B. by bike. C. By bus. D. On foot.
4. A. The English test took place a week ago.
B. The woman was confident about the English test.
C. Tomorrow’s English test will be easy.
D. There won’t be an English test tomorrow.
5. A. She doesn’t like English poetry. B. Poetry class is very popular.
C. Dr. Robinson is easy to get along with. D. The course will be difficult.
6. A. Five feet tall. B. Only one foot tall.
C. Six feet tall . D. Seven feet tall .
7. A. Go to the library. B. Go to see a film.
C. Get some exercise. D. Do homework in school.
8. A. It is 4:10 now. B. It’s 4:20 now.
C. It’s 4:50 now. D. It’s 5:00 now.
9. A. He is not very enthusiastic about his English lessons.
B. He has made great progress in his English.
C. He is a student of the music department.
D. He is not very interested in English songs.
10. A. He has always been so productive. B. He got his job done within a minute.
C. He finished the paper just in time. D. He hasn’t finished his paper yet.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked several questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages 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 would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. When directions are long . B. When directions are short.
C. When homework is given. D. When your mother talks.
12. A. Your pen and paper . B. A few words.
C. Your mind and ears. D. Some pictures.
13. A. Topics or page numbers. B. Key words or a picture in mind.
C. Some details. D. School assignments.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. It is based on individual need, personal goals and different life styles.
B. It is decided by the healthiest lifestyle.
C. It is based on some tests and comparison with standards.
D. It is based more on individual needs than personal goals
15. A. It is more accurate. B. It is more flexible.
C. It is less enjoyable. D. It is less effective.
16. A. An accountant who can be as physically fit as an athlete .
B. The importance of three basic factors concerning fitness.
C. New concept of fitness and its essential factors.
D. Some sports with significant training effect.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary (20％)
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.
Developing Competent (合格的) Teaching
Nations that have greatly improved their students’ achievement, such as Finland, Korea, Singapore, and others, attribute much of their success to their focused investments in teacher preparation and development.
____1____ (Create) a system that can routinely hire and prepare teachers effectively and can support successful teaching is the arena (竞技场) in which the United States ____2____ (fall) behind the most. Although there are some great teachers in every community, the landscape of the supports for quality teaching looks like Swiss cheese. In some states, the holes are smaller, and in others they are bigger. But in no case is there a fully ____3____ (develop) system of instructional support even remotely comparable to ____4____ in high-achieving nations. And of course, as we have seen, the system is weakest in communities ____5____ students’ needs are greatest.
Some have argued that the answer to weak teaching in the United States is to eliminate “barriers” to teaching, such as teacher education and certification requirements, allow anyone who wants to teach into the classroom, and fire those who prove not to be effective. Although the interest in teaching effectiveness is important, this approach does not offer strategy ____6____ (ensure) that teachers will have opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills they need in order to be effective, or that all schools will have the resources to attract and hire the best teachers. Nor does it protect the students in low-income schools, who will be the victims of unprepared and inexperienced teachers in the years until these teachers have demonstrated their incapability and left the field.
A regulation ____7____ (focus) on easy access and easy firing ignores the question of how to develop widespread teaching skills and ensure a strong supply of highly able teachers for schools. ____8____ such supply, principals will be unable to hire strong teachers even if they are free to hire whomever they are pleased with, and, evidence shows that schools are unlikely to fire weak teachers,____9____ they feel they won’t be able to replace them. Even if they do, there is little guarantee that the quality of teaching ____10____ (improve). Although there are good reasons to argue for stronger evaluation practices for removing incapable teachers and for recognizing excellent ones, a theory that the major problems with teaching can be solved by carrots and sticks alone leaves the development of teaching abilities to chance.
Section B
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. alert B. connected C. correspond D. dismiss E. embarrassed F. invaluable G. judgement H. piloted L. respectful J. urge K. wellbeing
Are you listening But are you really listening
You’d think we’d be very good at listening, but do we deeply listen Sometimes we quickly____11____another’s opinion if it doesn’t fit neatly with our own. The British Council has launched a project Crossing Divides aimed to train young people to listen and understand other people with very different perspectives.
Practicing deep listening means tuning into empathy(同理心), resisting the____12____to judge people who are distinct from oneself. It develops important skills that will make anyone a better listener: empathy, silence and becoming aware of our____13____.
The project was____14____in Lebanon, where it helped local people find common ground with each other, in a society divided by bitter years of conflict. People taking part in the project said they felt that they were being heard, helping them to feel recognized and understood, which opened communication between communities. All the participants greatly improved their listening skills, which proved____15____in their working and personal lives.
They have also had a chance to be listened to and heard, which research shows can improve____16____. This is because we all feel accepted, valued and more____17____to others when we sense that we are being truly listened to, and the person listening to us doesn’t have to agree with us for those benefits to be enjoyed.
The project is also an opportunity for participants to feel the benefit of stepping outside their own “echo chamber (回声室)”. Echo chambers are created by our natural tendency to seek out people and opinions, in person and online, that we agree with, so we mainly see and hear information and opinions that____18____to our own. Not surprisingly this leads us to think our views are definitively correct, so we become____19____or even angry when we encounter perspectives that our worldview suggests arc wrong, because they don’t agree with our own echo chamber.
So, training young people with deep listening skills can encourage many more people to take part in challenging and_____20_____conversations. Scott McDonald, the organization’s CEO said: “The deep listening training gets to the heart of what we do by providing opportunities for people to step out of their echo chambers, to cross divides, and build trust and understanding.”
Ⅲ.Reading Comprehension
Section A (15％)
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.
There are many things parents can do to help children with autism（自闭症）overcome their challenges. Learning all you can about autism and getting ____21____ in treatment will go a long way toward helping your child. Additional, the following tips will make daily home life easier for both you and your autistic child:
Be consistent（一致的）. Children with autism have a hard time ____22____ what they’ve learned if there is a change of setting. For example, your child may use sign language at school to communicate, but never think to do so at home. Creating ____23____ in your child’s environment is the best way to reinforce learning. Find out what your child’s therapists are doing and continue their techniques at home. Explore the ____24____ of having therapy take place in more than one place in order to encourage your child to ____25____ what he or she has learned from one environment to another. It’s also important to be consistent in the way you ____26____ with your child and deal with challenging behaviors.
____27____ a schedule. Children with autism tend to do best when they have a highly-structured schedule or routine. Again, this goes back to the consistency they both need and crave. Set up a schedule for your child, with ____28____ times for meals, therapy, school, and bedtime. Try to keep disturbance to this routine to a ____29____. If there is an unavoidable schedule change, prepare your child for it ____30____.
____31____ good behavior. Positive reinforcement can go a long way with children with autism, so make an effort to “catch them doing something good.” Praise them when they act appropriately or learn a new skill, being very ____32____ about what behavior they’re being praised for.
Pay attention to your child’s sensory sensitivities. Many children with autism are hypersensitive to light, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Other children with autism are “under-sensitive” to sensory stimuli. ____33____ what sights, sounds, smell and movements cause your kid’s “bad” or disruptive behaviors and what brings about a(n) ____34____ response. If you understand what affects your child, you’ll be better at solving problems, preventing situations that cause difficulties, and creating ____35____ experiences.
21. A. encouraged B. balanced C. absorbed D. involved
22. A. applying B. devoting C. communicating D. appealing
23. A. attraction B. comfort C. steadiness D. attention
24. A. possibility B. goal C. process D. solution
25. A. transplant B. transfer C. transport D. transform
26. A. meet B. interact C. negotiate D. associate
27. A. Draw up B. Arrange for C. Work out D. Stick to
28. A. regular B. flexible C. appropriate D. normal
29. A. decrease B. mystery C. minimum D. secret
30. A. without doubt B. in private C. without notice D. in advance
31. A. Control B. Perform C. Reward D. Maintain
32. A. curious B. specific C. particular D. anxious
33. A. Figure out B. Account for C. Put up D. Take on
34. A. automatic B. immediate C. positive D. quick
35. A. frustrating B. successful C. professional D. unpleasant
Section B (14％)
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
A
Another person’s enthusiasm (热情) was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved. That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in the countryside of Virginia. My father introduced me to her with these words: “I would like you to meet the fellow who is well known for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, raised my head slightly upward, and looked at me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a bad boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors. She moved our family into the county seat, where my father’s career could be more successful and my brother and I could be better educated.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand typewriter and told me that she believed that I could become a writer. I knew her enthusiasm, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her belief and began to write for local newspapers and finally reached the goal she set for me. I wasn’t the only beneficiary. My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
36. What does the author mean by “I wasn’t the only beneficiary”
A. His stepmother bought typewriters for other family members too.
B. Not only he but also his family gained from his stepmother’s enthusiasm.
C. Other family members’ enthusiasm also greatly influenced his stepmother.
D. There were other boys who behaved as badly as he did.
37. The author’s stepmother did all the following EXCEPT ________.
A. giving some writing lessons to him at home
B. moving the family into the center of the county
C. planning the future for each family member
D. praising him from the bottom of her heart
38. Which of the following best serves as the title of the passage
A. Enthusiasm, a passport to people’s heart B. Enthusiasm, a gift from my father
C. Enthusiasm, a source of warmth D. Enthusiasm, a power for success
B
A large part of the world’s oceans had never been explored till recently. Since scuba divers (戴水肺的潜水员) could only dive down to 200 feet, only a small part of the seabed was reachable to them. It was impossible to study the shipwrecks (沉船) in deeper depths as they were beyond reach. Now, with the aid of the Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), we are no longer so constrained.
The ROVs were developed largely by the support from the US Navy in the 1960s. ROVs are machines equipped with video camera, sonar and even mechanical arms to pick up and study items on the seabed. Thus, people can examine artifacts (手工艺品) from shipwrecks up close. The best part is that the ROVs can be controlled from a well-equipped ship so that the person does not even have to get wet! These underwater robots have been used to locate many historic shipwrecks, including that of the remains of Titanic.
One of the latest expeditions was launched in the Mediterranean Sea to search for old shipwrecks. The explorations provided many exciting results, as shipwrecks that were centuries old were found and seen for the first time. How did the shipwrecks end up on the ocean floor in the first place Well, often times, the cause was storms. Some ships might have sunk at once, other ships might have taken longer — the sailors would have tried to save their ships by throwing heavy items into the sea. If the ship was lighter, there was a great chance that it would stay afloat.
Some of the items recovered because of the expedition were wine jars, stone blocks and old anchors (锚). From those items, much more could be learnt about the economy of the old empires. For example, many of the shipwrecks were dated back to the time of the Roman Empire. Some of the saved items included goods that were traded then. From the study of those goods, historians were able to figure out where they were traded.
Besides, the new technology of the ROVs allows explorers to make maps of the areas of the shipwrecks within a few hours…
39. The expression “no longer so constrained” can be understood as ________.
A. not forced to join the US Navy any longer
B. no more limited by not being able to dive so deep
C. not defeated by the fear of drowning any longer
D. no more pushed by the equipment of modern technology
40. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage
A. Causes of the shipwrecks can be told by the ROVs.
B. The ROVs rely heavily on high technology.
C. The ROVs have a nickname of underwater robots.
D. People on a sinking ship usually get rid of heavy loads to stay safe.
41. What is most likely to be discussed in the last paragraph
A. Some other oceans with ancient shipwrecks.
B. The magnificent history of the Roman Empire.
C. Some other uses the ROVs can provide us with.
D. The cause of the sinking of Titanic.
42. According to the passage, experts in history might ________ by studying the items found from the shipwrecks.
A. add more value to the Roman Empire
B. picture how the shipwrecks happened
C. know the prices of the goods on the ships
D. learn where they were bought and sold
Section C (8％)
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
For the rest of March, a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school. College students will ignore piles of homework. Employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.
The disease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly 65-team US men’s college basketball tournament. ____43____ Teams compete against each other in a single-elimination (单局淘汰) tournament that eventually crowns a national champion.
____44____ The fun comes partly from guessing the winner for every game. Friends compete against bosses.
Big-name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. But each year there are dark horses from little-known universities. This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, the little-known George Mason University was one of the final teams. ____45____
College basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. ____46____ About $4 billion will be spent gambling on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the event will bring in $500 million in advertising income this year, topping the post-season income of every US professional league, including that of the NBA.
A. Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness.
B. The players will go all out for the games.
C. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved.
D. People are willing to spend more money on watching it.
E. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.
F. Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.
Ⅴ. Guided Writing (15％)
47. Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
AI技术日新月异，有些职业比如翻译可能将被人工智能翻译软件所替代。因此，你认为未来还有学习外语的需要吗？为什么？请写一篇短文说明你的观点。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
答案版
【答案】1. Creating
2. has fallen
3. developed
4. that 5. where
6. to ensure
7. focusing
8. Without 9. because##since##for
10. will improve##will be improved
【答案】11. D 12. J
13. G 14. H
15. F 16. K
17. B 18. C
19. E 20. I
【答案】21. D 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. C 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B
【答案】36. B 37. A 38. D
答案】39. B 40. A 41. C 42. D
【答案】43. E 44. A 45. F 46. C
【答案】AI technology is advancing rapidly, and many people believe that manual translation may be replaced by artificial intelligence translation software. We should view this matter objectively.
Firstly, AI translation has both advantages and disadvantages. AI translation is popular and widely used due to its high efficiency, accuracy, and support for multilingual translation. However, the drawbacks of intelligent translation cannot be ignored. For example, it is difficult to understand language and cultural differences, and a lack of understanding of contextual information may lead to inaccurate or unsmooth translation.
On the contrary, manual translation still has irreplaceable advantages. Manual translation is more professional and accurate. Manual translation has a strong human touch. Manual translation can carefully understand cultural differences and language habits, making the translation create a human touch and emotional effect.
Therefore, in the future, we must learn foreign languages well and continue to strengthen our cultivation in language, culture and industry to obtain more opportunities and development opportunities in various industries.

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