上海市金山区张堰中学2020-2021学年高二下学期期中英语试卷word有答案（无听力题）

2020-2021学年上海市金山区张堰中学 高二下学期期中英语试卷 I. Listening Comprehension(略) 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. Albert Einstein completely changed scientific thought. After he (21)_____ (develop) the Theory of Relativity, Einstein opened the door for the creation of the atomic bomb. Although Einstein was not famous in his lifetime, he later became (22)_____ (famous) scientist of the 20th century. Although Einstein (23)_____ (consider) the best example of genius, in the first two decades of his life, many people thought Einstein was the exact opposite. When Einstein didn’t talk until was three years old, his parents worried something was wrong with him. Einstein also failed (24)_____ (impress) his teachers. From elementary school through college, his teachers and professors thought him lazy, sloppy, and insubordinate (不屈服的). Many of his teachers thought he would never amount to anything. (25)_____ appeared to be laziness in class was really boredom. Rather than just memorizing facts and dates, Einstein preferred to consider questions such as what makes the needle of a compass point in one direction? Why is the sky blue? What would it be like to travel at the speed of light? Unfortunately for Einstein, these were not the types of topics he was taught in school. (26)_____ his excellent grades, Einstein found regular schooling to be strict and unfair. Things changed for Einstein when he (27)_____ (treat) Max Talmud friendly, the 21-year-old medical student (28)_____ ate dinner at the Einstein’s once a week. (29)_____ Einstein was only eleven years old, Max introduced Einstein to numerous science and philosophy books and then discussed their content with him. Einstein flourished in this learning environment and it wasn’t long (30) _____ Einstein surpassed (超过) what Max could teach him. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. abstract B. altering C. constantly D. delicately E. intentional F. lowered G. packed H. reliability I. shaking J. tremble K. vital If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they (31) _____ at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe (32) _____ full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear. Changing fashions are nothing more than the (33) _____ creation of waste ... ...