（整理版高中英语）阶段评估检测（六）

1、阶段评估检测六选修6(120分钟 135分). 语言知识及应用共两节，总分值45分)第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每题2分, 总分值30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意然后从115各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最正确选项。a man who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. a letter can be enjoyed, read and 1 . it can set up a warm conversation between two people far apart; it can keep a

2、2 with very little effort. i will give 3 . a few years ago my elder brother and i were not getting along well. we had been close as 4 but had grown apart. our meetings were not 5 ; our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only 6 our misunde

3、rstanding. then he 7 a small island in the caribbean and we 8 touch. one day he wrote me a letter. he described his island and its people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt. rereading the letter, i was 9 by its humor and clever expressions. these were all qualities for which i had 10 respe

4、cted my older brother but 11 he no longer had them. i had never known he could write so well. and with that one letter we became friends 12 . it might never have occurred to him to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no 13 . for him, writing was a necessity. it also turned out to

5、 be the best way for us to get back in touch. because we live in an age of 14 communication, people often forget that they dont always have to phone or email. they have a 15 . and that is to write. 1. a. receivedb. rewrittenc. returnedd. reread2. a. recordb. promisec. friendshipd. secret3. a. an exa

6、mpleb. a lessonc. an experienced. a talk4. abrothersb. childrencfellowsdclassmates5. anormalb. necessarycpleasantdpossible6. adeepenb. startcexpressdsettle7. aaroundb. stopped overcarrived atdmoved to8. alostb. kept cneededdgot 9. adrivenb. beatencsurpriseddhonored10. aneverb. seldomcsometimesdonce1

7、1. arealizedb. judgedc. thoughtd. expected12. alaterb. anyhowc. tood. again13. amailsb. friendsc. phonesd. relatives14. a. poorb. easyc. populard. busy15. a. habitb. choicec. methodd. plan第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每题1. 5分，总分值15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。making new friends means 16

8、 put yourself out on a limb and asking others not only to accept you, but to like you and want to be around you as well. 17 (fortunate)， there is no magical solution 18 this part of the process, so if you want to make friends, take a deep breath and jump right in!19 first step to making new friends

9、is figuring out what is holding you back. a lot of times people 20 are interested in making new friends dont know why they dont have them already. they cant see that 21 own actions are working against them. once you can identify(确认，确定) what is keeping you from making new friends, you need to work th

10、rough these concerns. this can be painful 22 you will need to put yourself outside of your comfort zones to see any real differences. the next step is to shine in these social settings so that others will leave with a positive 23 (impress). if you find social situations hard, just rely on a few simp

11、le rules. when you feel 24 (confidence) that youve made some great new friends, get out there and celebrate with them! no matter 25 you decide to do, the important thing is to celebrate your new friends and hopefully continue cultivating more. . 阅读共两节，总分值50分第一节 阅读理解(共20小题; 每题2分, 总分值40分)a“our aim is

12、to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move, said david belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷). do you love running? it is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. but what if making your morning jog a creative one? like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground

13、rolls? just like the james bond in the movie casino royale? bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. it is just because of bonds wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide. yes, thats parkour, an extreme street sport

14、aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. parkour is considered as an extreme sport. as its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooft

15、op to rooftop. parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that. overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念) behind parkour. this is the same as life. you must determine your destination, go strai

16、ght, jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life, to reach the destination successfully. a parkour lover said, “i love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything. another philosophy weve learnt from parkour is freedom. it can

17、 be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. it is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence. 26. parkour has become popular throughout the world because of _. a. its founder, david belleb. the film, casino royalec. its risks and tricksd. the varieties

18、of participants27. the underlined word “obstacles in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_ . a. streetsb. objectsc. barriersd. roofs28. which of the following is true of parkour? a. it challenges human abilities. b. it is a good but boring sport. c. it needs special training. d. it is a team sport

19、. 29. as its participants move around a city, _. a. they can ask for helpb. they may choose to escapec. they should run to extremesd. they must learn to survive30. which of the following is the philosophy of parkour? a. sports and extremes. b. excitement and popularity. c. dreams and success. d. det

20、ermination and freedom. bthe personal computer has overtaken the family dog as mans best friend, according to a study. researchers found that just 6 per cent of us believe that most people rely more on their dog than they do on their pc, while 67 per cent think the opposite to be true. even 38 per c

21、ent of dog owners admit relying more on their pc than on their dog, although 36 per cent disagree. and 71 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old dog owners said they relied more on their computer. paul allen, editor of computer active magazine, which conducted the poll with the royal society for the protecti

22、on of cruelty to animals, said, “these days you can even take your pc for a walk, provided you have a laptop or tablet pc. “its only a matter of time until the first pc that fetches your slippers. researchers questioned 2, 000 british adults to find out about the change modern technology has brought

23、 to their home life. they found that male dog owners are almost twice as likely as female owners to rely on their computer than a canine companion. mr. allen said, “with broadband bringing them global news and newspaper sales falling, the family dog even misses out on the pleasure of taking the pape

24、r to his owner. but its not all bad news for honest dogs. “the family pc has given dog owners access to a wealth of resources and information that can help with the long-term care that a dog needs, mr. allen said. 31. according to the statistics, _ rely more on their computers. a. dog owners aged fr

25、om 18 to 24b. female dog ownersc. british adultsd. 36% of the people32. which of the following is the advantage that computers have brought to dogs? a. they can go out for a walk with their owners. b. they can be better looked after. c. they wont have to take paper to their owners. d. they can get o

26、n well with their owners. 33. the family dog even misses out on the pleasure of taking the paper to his owner because _. a. people gradually lose their interest in newspapersb. family dogs dont want to do that any morec. people dont want to read newspapersd. people prefer to use computers for news a

27、nd information34. the underlined word“provided means _ in the passage. a. offeredb. supposedc. as long asd. even though35. the purpose of the writer of writing the passage is to tell us _. a. more and more people choose to use computersb. computers have reached every aspect of our lifec. personal co

28、mputers will replace family dogs as mans best friendsd. family dogs are not as useful as they used to beckids with type 1 diabetes who spend hours in front of a tv or computer each day may have poorer blood sugar control, a new study suggests.its not clear why the relationship exists, and the findin

29、gs do not prove that “screen time itself worsens kids diabetes control. but factors like obesity, exercise habits and family income did not explain the connection, the study found. among 296 children, teens and young adults with type 1 diabetes, those who spent four or more hours per day in front of

30、 a tv or computer had higher hemoglobin a1c levelsa measure of blood sugar control over the past few months. on average, their hemoglobin a1c was 9. 3 percent, versus about 8. 5 percent among their peers who spent less time in front of a screen. experts recommend that adults keep their a1c levels be

31、low 7 percent, while levels in children and teens can go as high as 8. 5 percent, depending on their age. the goal of reining in blood sugar is to help reduce the risk of long-term diabetes complications (并发症) which range from heart and kidney disease, to nerve damage to vision loss. exactly why scr

32、een time was connected to blood sugar control in this study is not clear, according to the researchers, led by dr angela galler of charite-universitatsmedizin berlin in germany. one possibility, they say, is that kids who spend more time in front of the tv or computer snack more often. so it may be

33、more difficult to control their blood sugar than when they stick with more regular meals. people with type 1 diabetes have to inject insulin every day, generally timed around meals, to control their blood sugar levels. but while snacking could be a culprit, this study cannot really prove that screen

34、 time is at all to blame for the poorer blood sugar control, according to dr sanjeev mehta, a diabetes specialist who was not involved in the research. one limitation of the study is that it measured kids screen time and their blood sugar control at one time point. 36. what is the passage mainly tal

35、king about? a. kids with type 1 diabetes like watching tv or sitting in front of a computer. b. kids who spent four or more hours per day in front of a tv or computer suffer from type 1 diabetes. c. snacking while watching tv or playing in front of a computer develops type 1 diabetes. d. screen time

36、 may worsen type 1 diabetes in kids. 37. the underlined word “reining means _. a. improvingb. developingc. controld. balance38. why may kids with type 1 diabetes have poorer blood sugar control according to the study? a. because they spend too long time in front of the screen. b. because spending lo

37、ng time in front of the screen has direct connection with poorer blood sugar control. c. because of the bad habits companied with their screen time. d. because of their obesity, exercise habits and family income. 39. we can infer from the passage that _. a. kids who spent four or more hours per day

38、in front of a tv or computer may develop type 1 diabetesb. obesity, exercise habits and family income may contribute to diabetesc. snacking in front of the tv or computer may cause diabetesd. teens develop diabetes more easily than adults40. dr sanjeev mehta believes that _. a. the study is believab

39、leb. the study is unbelievablec. snacking is not to blame for the poorer blood sugar controld. the measure of kids screen time and their blood sugar is limited at one time pointd模拟any discussion of english conversation, like any english conversation, must begin with the weather. and in this spirit o

40、f observing traditional rule, i shall quote dr johnsons famous comment that “when two english meet, their first talk is about the weather, and point out that this observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago. this, however, is the point at which most people either stop, or try

41、, and fail, to come up with a convincing explanation for the english “addiction to the weather. they fail because their premise (前提) is mistaken: they assume that our conversations about the weather are conversations about the weather. in other words, they assume that we talk about the weather becau

42、se we have a keen interest in the subject. most of them then try to figure out what it is about the english weather that is so fascinating. bill bryson, for example, concludes that the english weather is not at all fascinating, and that our “addiction to it is therefore very difficult to explain, “t

43、o an outsider, the most striking thing about the english weather is that there is not very much of it. all those phenomena that elsewhere give nature an edge of excitement, unpredictability and dangertornados, monsoons, hailstormsare almost wholly unknown in the british isles. jeremy paxman takes of

44、fence at brysons comments and argues that the english weather is truly fascinating:bryson misses the point. the interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty. . . . one of the few things you can say about england with absolute certainty is that it has a lot of weather. it may not

45、include tropical cyclones but life at the edge of an ocean and the edge of a continent means you can never be entirely sure what youre going to get. my research has convinced me that both bryson and paxman are missing the point, which is that our conversations about the weather are not really about

46、the weather at all: english weather-speak is a form of code, developed to help us overcome our natural reserve (含蓄) and actually talk to each other. everyone knows, for example, that “nice day, isnt it? , “oh, isnt it cold? ; and other variations on the theme are not requests for weather data: they

47、are greetings or conversation-starters. in other words, english weather-speak is a form of “cleaning talkthe human equivalent of what is known as “social cleaning among our primate (灵长类的) cousins, where they spend hours cleaning each others fur, even when they are perfectly clean, as a means of soci

48、al connection. 41. according to the author, most peoples explanations for the english love for weather talk are _. a. scientificb. incorrectc. fascinatingd. accurate42. as is stated in the passage, most people try to find out _. a. why the english weather is so uniqueb. whether the english enjoy the

49、ir weatherc. why the english are so interested in the topic of weatherd. whether the english really talk about weather when they do so43. in bill brysons opinion, the english “addiction to their weather is _. a. understandableb. convincingc. respectabled. unreasonable44. disapproving of bill brysons

50、 opinion, jeremy paxman argues that _. a. the english talk about their weather because it is unpredictableb. the english dont talk about weather as often as the outsiders thinkc. the english weather can be as exciting as anywhere elsesd. the english weather talk is merely a form of small talk45. acc

51、ording to the author, english weather-speak is similar to primates social cleaning in that they are both _. a. ways of greetingb. means social connectionc. fascinating topics between peopled. phenomena difficult to understand to outsiders第二节 信息匹配共5小题；每题2分，总分值10分)请阅读以下广告和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。以下是旅游景点的信息：a.

52、agra fortnear the gardens of the taj mahal stands the important 16th-century mughal monument known as the red fort of agra. this powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2. 5-km-long enclosure walls, the imperial city of the mughal rulers. it comprises many fairy-tale palaces, such

53、 as the jahangir palace and the khas mahal, built by shah jahan; audience halls, such as the diwan-i-khas; and two very beautiful mosques. b. taj mahaltaj mahal is regarded as one of the eight wonders of the world, and some western historians have noted that its architectural beauty has never been s

54、urpassed. the taj mahal is the most beautiful monument built by the mughals, the muslim rulers of india. taj mahal is built entirely of white marble. it was constructed over a period of twenty-two years, employing twenty thousand workers. it was completed in 1648c. e. at a cost of 32 million rupees.

55、 c. keoladeo national parkthis former duck-hunting reserve of the maharajas is one of the major wintering areas for large numbers of aquatic birds from afghanistan, turkmenistan, china and siberia. some 364 species of birds, including the rare siberian crane, have been recorded in the park. d. humay

56、uns tomb, delhithis tomb, built in 1570, is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the indian subcontinent. it inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the taj mahal. the gardens also contain the red-and-white sandstone and

57、black-and-yellow marble tomb of humayuns wife and the tomb of humayuns barber. e. grand canyon national parkthe grand canyon is perhaps the most awesome sight in the united statesand one of the wonders of the world. much of the parks beauty is related to its geology and ecology. schmidt explores the shape