2017-2018上海复旦附中高一上期中考试.doc

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 fortune_________. A, had been making B. was making C. was to be made D. would make 22. The president hopes that people will be better off when he quits than when he _________. A. has started B. starts C. will start D. started 23. Travellers to that area can carry disease to their own countries that have never experienced _________. A. them B. it C. themselves D. itself 24. No one can tell the exact number of U.S. pilots and fighter planes ________were lost in the Pearl Harbor air attack. A. who B. which C. that D. what 25. ____________, the climbers, who had already conquered many high mountains before, determined to reach the top of the mountain. A. However it was high B. How high it was C. However high it was D. However high was it 26. They will not allow others to decide the future of their country, _________. A. which is to be known B. as is to be known C. as is known to all D. as what is known to all 27. We have come to realize that the brain must “ forget” some pieces of information ________it can remember others. A. when B. since C. so that D. if 28. They are our school’s volunteers _______to help elderly people cross the streets every day. A. whose task it is B. it is whose task C. to whom is the task D. whose task was Section B (10%) Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be only used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. journeying B. founding C. educational D. marvelous AB. view AC. undoubtedly AD. thrill BC. existed BD. sights CD. surprisin