重庆杨家坪中学2010-2011学年高二英语第二次阶段性考试

1、20102011学年上期高2012级第二次阶段性考试英 语 试 题第一部分：听力（共三节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How old is Jane now?A. 27 B. 24 C . 292. Who wants to go into the town? A. Fred B. Joan C. Both 3. When will the competition b

2、egin? A. On August 15th B. On September 15th C. On October 15th 4. What are the two speakers speaking? A. A TV play B. A book C.A film5. Where are the speakers? A. In the womans house B. In a shop C. In a hotel第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对

3、话，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第6段材料，回答第6-8题6. Where is the man possibly? A. In the US. B. In Australia. C. In Austria.7. What is the man changing? A. Cash B. Credit card C. Travelers check8. How does the man want his money? A. In big bills. B. In small bills. C. Mixed请听第7段材料，回

4、答第9-11题9. Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers? A. Strangers B. Friends C. Husband and wife10. Which statement referring to the man is NOT true? A. He was waiting for the same bus as the one that the woman was waiting. B. He moved to Florida by himself. C. Because it was too cold

5、 in Indiana, he moved to Florida.11. Which statement referring to the woman is TRUE? A. She thought it was unusual to be hot in March B. She had been waiting for the bus for twenty minutes. C. She lived in Florida for eight years.请听第8段材料，回答第12-14题12. What does the man want to drink coffee with? A. C

6、ream B. Brown sugar C. Powdered milk 13. How many bananas has he had? A. 1 B. 2 C. 314. Why cant he stay longer? A. Because he has to catch the last bus. B. Because he has to get up early tomorrow. C. Because he will go to work early tomorrow morning. 请听第9段材料，回答第15-17题15. What is the relationship be

7、tween the woman and the man? A. Customer and manager B. Manager and salesman C. Secretary and manager16. When will the air-conditioner be delivered? A. This week B. This afternoon C. Tomorrow morning17. What is the attitude of the customer in the end？ A. She is angry. B. She isnt happy. C. She is sa

8、tisfied.第三节：请听下面一段材料，用所听到的词数填空，每空限一个词或数。请听第10段材料。回答第18-20题The Taste of ChicagoTime of the festiveFrom (18) June through early JulySum of attended restaurantsOver (19) The combinationThe wonderful food and great (20) 第二部分：英语知识运用第一节:单项选择题。（15分）21. How would you like your coffee? _A. Its well done. B.

9、Very nice. Thank you.C. One cup. Thats enough. D. The stronger, the better. 22. She hit him_ the head with a book but dropped the beautiful watch_ her wrist.A. on; on B. on; inC. in; around D. in; above 23. Now, she is planning _ new career and _ once-broken heart of hers is filled with _ hope.A. a;

10、 the; / B. /; the; a C. the; /; a D. a; /; the 24.Do you think there is anything interest in the exhibition?Yes, I think some of the pictures are .A. for; of helpB. of; of great helpC. in; of helpfulD. at ; helpful25. I met her?A. Do you imagine where B. Where do you imagineC. Where you imagine D. D

11、o you where imagine 26. The old man like being together and telling stories that can old times.A. call at B. call for C. call on D. call up 27. He announced, believe it or not, _ he would never forgive her.A. that B. / C. which D. then 28. He differed from other people_ he always looked farther ahea

12、d in his work.A. the B. in that C. because of D. in 29. He made_ clear to the poor peasant that he would make him_ if he saved him.A. /; the king B. it; the king C. /; king D. it; king 30.Ive been told that John_ from his journey to America. What about visiting him tonight?All right. Ill call for yo

13、u at 6:00 p.m.A. had come back B. was backC. came back D. is coming back 31. He left London to travel to the east, and then continued south, _ the coast going westwards.A. to be followed B. followed C. be following D. following 32. Which do you like better, bananas or apples? My _ is for bananas rat

14、her than apples.A. favor B. appreciation C. hobby D. preference 33. The weather has been very hot and dry. Yes. If it had rained even a drop, things would be much better now! And my vegetables _ .A. wouldnt die B. didnt die C. hadnt die D. wouldnt have die 34. Who can _ President Bush out of his pla

15、n of bombing Iraq? None.A. advice B. persuade C. suggest D. recommend 35. Children who are not active or diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly.A. who B. whose C. which D. how 第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) In the 19th century, Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly of a carriag

16、e, pulled along by a team of horses, that could    36  more than twenty miles of road  37     sixty minutes. To us in the twenty-first century, in which man is able to move and communicate so rapidly, the 38    

17、0;of the carriage seems nothing at all. Planes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour. And even without  39      ,we can, by wireless or telephone, communicate within  40      with people on the other side of the 

18、60;41     .      The benefits of these increased speeds are countless. Businessmen say travelling from Europe to America can  42    much time, for the journey that would once have taken weeks  43   now, by air,

19、 only twenty-four hours. Members of one family separated from each other by long  44    can have talks with each other by telephone as  45   as if they were sitting in the same room.      Not all the effects of speed,  &

20、#160;46    , are beneficial. People who are in the  47    of using a motor car   48    they want to move half a mile become lazy and  49    the power of enjoying an active  50 

21、;  . Those who travel through a country at eighty miles an hour do not  51   much of the life to that country as they  52  .They become  53  anxious about moving quickly from one 54     to another that they are 

22、; 55    able to relax and enjoy a happy journey. 36. A. cover               B.  discover           C. move      

23、60;  D. pull 37. A. by                   B.  for               C. within         D. o

24、ver 38. A. movement             B.  running           C. speed           D. travel 39. A. moving     

25、0;         B.  seeing             C. speaking       D. talking 40. A. months              

26、 B.  seconds           C. weeks          D. years 41. A. country               B.  globe    

27、60;        C. street          D. village 42. A. save                   B.  cost       

28、;        C. waste           D. take 43. A. spends                 B.  has        

29、0;      C. makes         D. takes 44. A. ways                   B.  periods          

30、   C. distances      D. journeys 45.A. easily                 B.  firmly             C. nearly   

31、60;     D. quietly 46. A. thus                   B.  otherwise          C. however       D. meanwhil

32、e 47. A. position               B.  habit               C.  group         D. rest 48. A. in which

33、60;            B.  whenever         C.  wherever     D. why 49. A. get               

34、      B.  have             C.  lose         D. want 50. A. activity              

35、0;B.  driving           C.  walk         D. training 51. A. find                    B.

36、0; know             C.  listen         D. see 52. A. away                  B.  out

37、60;              C.  back         D. past 53. A. more                   B.  so&#

38、160;            C. too             D. very 54. A. family                 B.  floor &#

39、160;            C. person         D. place 55 A. no longer             B.  no more        

40、 C. for ever         D. for something第三部分. 阅读理解 （40 分）AYes, love is everywhere. Love is in me, love is in you and love is there in everything on the earth because love is God and God is love. Love provides us with the opportunity to have marvelous experiences.

41、 Scientifically it is difficult to state the causes of love. Still love can do miracles. It does not cost anything to share and give love. True love always multiplies itself and never reduces. Now the question arises how to tell true love from fake love. This question has a very simple answer. We ca

42、n never know the real feeling of the other people, but we dont need to worry about it. If our own feelings are true then it is definitely a true love. We do not need other peoples acceptance or approval for it. In love it matters only that we are ready to give. It is very easy to give love to others

43、 and we will always get many times more love in return. However, there is one condition, that is, our love should be free of any expectation. The Indian God Krishna only loves and loves. He is a symbol of love and a picture of love itself. We usually run here and there in search of love and never fi

44、nd it but we forget to look at what is near us. Love is here in ourselves, only we need to give it to others. If you offer others love then they are not going to return hatred to you. They will also return love to you. Love is very simple, but still so many people are not able to understand it becau

45、se they do not love themselves. First lesson in love is to love yourself.56. By saying, “However, there is one condition, that is, our love should be free of any expectation.” in the second paragraph, the author means that _.A. loving others means getting love back B. if you love others truly, dont

46、expect whether others love you or not C. loving others means they will love you freely D. loving others neednt cost any money 57. Which of the following statements about love is NOT true?A. Its easy to tell whose love is really true. B. The Indian God Krishna sets a good example to us in love. C. If

47、 you offer others love, youll not get hatred from others. D. Love can make us do wonders. 58. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Love can make you a rich man.B. Giving love to others requires you to love yourself first.C. If you love others, you can love yourself.D. We often look for lov

48、e around us.59. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. Love is everywhere and love is in everything.B. The importance of love.C. How to share your love with others. D. The secret of love.BAbout 40 years ago, the famous British band The Beatles sang that “money cant buy me love”.

49、Today, British economists are saying that it perhaps cant buy you happiness either. This is showed by the happy planet index (HPI，快乐指数) published recently by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) in London. The index is about how well countries are using their resources. It shows how well they provide

50、people with better health and longer and happier lives, and at what cost to their environment. It would seem to be a common sense that people in richer countries live happier lives, while those in developing countries are having a harder time. But the results are surprising, even shocking. The numbe

51、rs show that some of the so-called developed countries are performing very badly. The United States, for example, ranks number 150. On the other hand, some little-known developing countries are doing a much better job. A tiny island in the Pacific, Vanuatu, comes in first. There are 178 countries an

52、d areas in the index. China ranks number 31. Countries are graded on the basis of information supplied in response to the following questions. How do people feel about their lives? How long does an average person live? How much of its natural resources does a country need to use to keep its living s

53、tandard? This is what the index calls the “ecological footprint”. The NEF found that people from island nations enjoy the highest HPI rankings. The index points out that people in the US and Germany enjoy similar lives. However, Germanys ecological footprint is only about half that of the US. 60. Th

54、e underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to _.A. a song B. The Beatles C. money D. love61. According to the passage, the most shocking thing is that _.A. Vanuatu comes in first in the indexB. China ranks number 31 in the indexC. America comes in number 150D. there are 178 countries and areas in

55、the index62. How many factors decide a countrys happy planet index according to the passage? A. Two. B. Three.C. Four. D. Five.63. What is the best title of the passage?A. Being rich doesnt mean being happy.B. Americans arent happy. C. People in small countries are happy.D. Why arent people in rich

56、countries happy?CSchools are becoming technically irrelevant (不相关的) because pupils know more about computers than their teachers, a senior professor of education will argue today. Teachers are careful of using digital media and new technologies during their lessons and risk failing a generation of c

57、omputer-literate schoolchildren, David Buckingham, from the Institute of Education, will say in a lecture tonight. Professor Buckinghams comments reflect rising fears about the quality of the use of information technology communications in schools. Research by the University of Bristol earlier this

58、year found that teachers were happy using computers at home, but would not run the risk of getting it wrong in front of a class of pupils. Some 30% of teachers surveyed failed to make good use of computers in the classroom. Despite huge government investment, few teachers have made much use of techn

59、ology in the classroom, and most are skeptical about its educational advantages. Money has been spent on hardware, but not software, and little has been used for training teachers, leaving many teachers unwilling to combine technology with their lessons, he will argue. In contrast, the modern media

60、television, computer games, mobile phones, the Internet are a constant part of childrens lives and young people spend hours using technology outside of school. Professor Buckingham argues that children should even be encouraged to play computer games: “Playing computer games involves a whole range o

61、f informal learning processes remembering, hypothesis (假设) testing, guessing, planning and online chatting and instant messaging require specific skills in language and interpersonal communication.” In contrast, educational media tend to be “visually poor, lacking in interactivity and thin on engagi

62、ng content”, and surfing the Internet gets turned into “an unexciting obstacle (障碍) course” by the filtering systems used by schools designed to keep in check the information children access. 64. Teachers are fearful of using new technologies in the classroom because _.A. they think new technologies

63、 may harm themB. they havent realized the importance of new technologiesC. they dont want to run the risk of getting it wrong in front of the studentsD. they doubt whether they are useful for students65. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Fears about the qualit

64、y of the use of new technologies in school are rising.B. About one in three teachers cant make good use of computers in the classroom.C. Young people are familiar with modern media such as computers and the Internet.D. The government has spent little money on new technologies in the classroom.66.The

65、 underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 5 probably means “_”.A. doubtful B. curiousC. disappointed D. surprised67. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. there is no need to use new technologies because students know more about computers than their teachersB. the government has paid little

66、attention in training teachers to use new technologiesC. students think that surfing the Internet for educational material is excitingD. teachers think that students should be encouraged to play computer gamesDInsurance companies provide a service to the community by protecting it against expected a

67、nd unexpected disasters. Before an insurance company agrees to insure anything, it collects accurate figures about the risk. It knows, for example, that the risk of a man being killed in a plane accident is less than the risk he takes in crossing a busy road. This enables it to quote (报价) low figure

68、s for travel insurance. Sometimes the risk may be high, as in motor-racing or mountaineering. Then the company charges a much higher price. If too many climbers have accidents, the price rises further. If the majority of climbers fall off mountains, the company will refuse to insure them. An ordinary householder may wish to protect his home against fire or his property against burglary. A shopkeeper may wish to insur