volans上海市七宝中学高二上学期周测9英语试题 含答案

2021年1月22日发(作者：echi)
周测
9
Part I. Grammar
2’x 20

A
Taking a walk in the school field,
you run into athletes 1)_________( stretch ) their legs to
warm up. Chances are 2) ________ you are in the middle of the annual Volleyball Month on our
campus.
Famous for its professional men’
s volleyball team, which is widely thought to be second to none
in the whole of Sichuan province, Chengdu No 7 High School really cares 3)_______ keeping its
students active. Volleyball, which is considered our school’s signature sport, has always enjoyed
a
high level of popularity. There was a lot of excitement when the event began.
Every class has to take part in the volleyball games, picking out two male teams and two female
teams. My team this year was the first team. It played in the first and third sessions , 4)________
the second team, usually not as good as the other one, played in the second session.
Newly
introduced
at
the
beginning
of
Senior
2,
not
much
was
expected
5)_______
our
class’s
teams. Our female team ended up in a group 6)_______ included teams with great potential. All of
us felt uneasy. Faced with the team from class six, which was thought to be 7) _________ (likely )
winner, we had to fight a tough battle . But, hard 8) ________
we tried, we couldn’t win.


However, we didn’t lose heart.
Instead, we put ourselves back together. On the second day,
we won two matches 2-0.
9)_______
______
our
teamwork,
we
succeeded
in
the
fourth
match
as
well.
Everybody
fought with all of their strength and energy during the game. It was at that moment that I realized
it is important to appreciate your teammates, but it is equally important to learn to cheer for the
other team.
During the competition, I remembered 10) _______had happened the year before. When I was
told that I had only been chosen as a substitute for the first team, my pride made me say no and
join
the
second
team.
After
Volleyball
Month
last
fall,
I
got
enthusiastic
about
volleyball
and
wanted to improve my ability enough to play for the first team. I joined the school volleyball team,
which
gave us professional training. I’m aware that I was not born good at it, but I have spent a lot
of time working on my skills with great energy.
Finally, I made the first team this year.


B

For you, the “Clear and Bright” day that falls in every April
11)________ be no more than
just another holiday
–
the fact that it comes with three days off school matters to most students
much more than the fact that it is part of the 24 solar terms.
But the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has recognized the
importance of the 24 solar terms. This ancient system that Chinese people have used to keep track
of the time of year 12)________ ( add ) to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Humanity on Nov 30.
To be fair, the terms do sound old; they
were invented
thousands of years ago to offer weather
information for agricultural activities. But the truth is that they still have an influence on our lives
today, 13)_______ ______ we don’t realize it most of the time.

For starters, y
ou may have heard your mom say: “The sanfu days are almost over. The heat won’t
be
here
for
long.”
The
sanfu
days
are
a
period
of
time
that
falls
in
summer,
somewhere
14)
________
Minor
Heat
(in
July)
and
Autumn
Equinox
(in
September).
The
coldest
days,
or
the
sanjiu days, are similar. They cover the 27 days 15)_________ (follow) Winter Solstice. And 16)
______
this year’s Winter Solstice (Dec 21) hasn’t arrived, you need to prepare yourself for even
colder days that are yet to come.
In some places, solar t
erms
guide people’s lives through special foods, cultural events and
healthy living tips. For example, people from northern China are 17)_______ the habit of eating
dumplings on the day of Winter Solstice. And on Start of Autumn, some treat 18)________ to a
big feast, especially of meat, something they call “putting on autumn weight”, or tieqiubiao

But 19
）
______ ______ ______ differently people celebrate the 24 solar terms, they have
been here for a long time and could last forever.
According
to
Chinese
writer
and
academic
Yu
Shicun,
unlike
many
other
examples
of
intangible
cultural
heritage
–

Peking
Opera
and
Chinese
Zhusuan
(knowledge
and
practices
of
mathematical calculation through the abacus), for example
–
the solar terms are neither regional
(
地域的
) nor a type of art or skill. Instead, the system is a philosophy of time, 20)_______ applies
to everything. And this means they are unlikely to die out.

Part II. Vocabulary

2’x 20

A
A.

stored





B. labels



C. treasures



D. lightweight


AB. explore


AC. address
AD. normally


BC. noted


BD. typical


CD. tense






ABC. widely


Cupboards
with
pigeon-holed
(
小格的
)
drawers
are
seen
all
around
the
room,
giving
off
different smells. The 21)_______ on the drawers are all written in Chinese characters. The doctor
sits at the table and takes pulses rather than relying only on the stethoscope (
听诊器
) to decide on
treatments. This is a 22)________ Chinese pharmacy.

To show the special attraction of traditional Chinese medicine, a new documentary called The
Tale of Chinese Medicine (
《
本草中国》
) started on Nov 20 on the CCTV-9 Documentary Channel
In
the
documentary,
the
ways
in
which
people
use
medicine
from
Chinese
pharmacies
to
23)________health problems can be seen.

For
example,
many
have
used
special
Chinese
herbs
when
they
have
“caught
heat”,
also
known as “shanghuo” in Mandarin, after eating too much spicy, hot food during the cold winter.


According to traditional Chinese medicine, someone’s health is all about the balance of yin
and
yang.
When
the
yang
of
someon
e’s
body
is
stronger,
the
person
has
inner
heat.
People
24)_______ aren’t asked to go to the doctor or take medicine if they have inner heat. They are just
asked to drink a special drink to balance their yin and yang.
25)________ known as liangcha, it is a drink made from herbs, not a tea. The drink usually
includes honeysuckle (
金银花
), chrysanthemum (
菊花
) and wild tuckahoe (
茯苓
) to balance the
heat from what people eat and drink and their surroundings.

Drinking herbal tea is a tradition in the Lingnan region, and it is found largely in Guangdong
and Guangxi. Dried tangerine peel (
陈皮
) is another herb the region feels proud of, as it is shown
in The Tale of Chinese Medicine. “There are three 26)_______ in Guangdong –
dried tangerine
peel,
old
ginger
(
姜
)
and
straw
(
禾秆草
),”
the
Cultural
China
website
27)_______.
“But
100-year-
old tangerine peel is considered more valuable than gold.”

The longer the tangerine peel has been 28)________, the more expensive it becomes. Kept in a