郯城一中高二年级下学期阶段性检测题
英语 2015.6
本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
第I卷 (选择题共100分)
注意事项: 1. 答第I卷前, 考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 每小题选出答案后, 用铅笔 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上, 否则无效。
第一部分 听力 (共两节, 满分30分)
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分)
听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一个小 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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. Who is the woman
A. A fast food waiter ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). B. A waiter in a restaurant. C. A customer.
2. What does the man suggest the woman do
A. Put ice on ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) her knees. B. Rest for several days. C. See a doctor.
3. Why is the woman upset
A. The man broke hi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s promise. B. The man took her to a scary movie.
C. The man’s joke wasn’t funny.
4. Who might Rufus be
A. A dog. B. A cat. C. The woman’s son.
5. What do we know about the woman
A. She tried to c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ut in line. B. She arrived late for work. C. She asked to buy a ticket.
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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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。听每段对话或独白前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。
听第6段材料, 回答第6、7题。
6. What are the speakers discussing
A. A photograph. B. A drawing. C. A dress.
7. How does the woman probably feel in the end
A. Shocked. B. Confused. C. Embarrassed.
听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题。
8. Where is the relationship between the speakers
A. Nurse and patient. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. Mother and son. C. Doctor and patient.
9. According to the woman, why is the young man always tired
A. He doesn’t eat enough. B. His brain is changing.
C. He is taller than he used to be.
10. What did the young man show the woman
A. The hair o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n his face. B. The muscles on his body.
C. The deepness of his voice.
听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。
11. Why does the man want to buy a laptop
A. He wants something he can carry. B. He already has a desktop.
C. Desktops don’t come in many colors.
12. How are the two laptops similar
A. They use ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the same amount of power. B. They have the same amount of storage.
C. The screens are the same size.
13. What does the man ask the woman to do
A. Tell him the pri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ce of the MacBook Air. B. Show him the cheaper laptops.
C. Give him a good discount.
听第9段材料, 回答第14至17题。
14. What might the man intend to buy at first
A. Nothing at all. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. Two bags of groceries. C. Five dollars’ worth of items.
15. How much is the woman’s employee discount
A. One third off. B. One fifth off. C. One fourth off.
16. What is wrong with the man’s card
A. The machine ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n’t read it. B. A piece of the plastic came off.
C. He doesn’t have enough money on it.
17. How does the man pay in the end
A. With another card ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). B. With a personal check. C. With some cash.
听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题。
18. What did the speaker’s parents want her to buy
A. Medicine. B. Law. C. Politics.
19. When did the speaker work for her neighbors
A. When she was ve ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ry young. B. When she was in middle school.
C. When she was an older teenager.
20. What was the sp ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eaker’s parents’ attitude toward her going to Africa
A. Sad. B. Confused. C. Supportive.
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分)
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Bangkok Transportation
Public buses
The Bangkok ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) is charged with providing bus service to people living and working in Bangkok and the nearby provinces. As of February, 2005, the BMTA operated a total of 113 routes, served by 3,526 buses, of which 1,665 were regular buses and 1,861 air-conditioned buses. There were also privately-owned buses operated under the BMTA with a total of 3,535 regular and air-conditioned buses and 1,067 minibuses including 2,325 small buses which provide services in lanes. An average of 3.4 million people use these services daily.
Types of Buses and Fares
Type Bus Color Fare Service Time
Regular bus White-Blue 7 baht 05:00 – 23:00
Regular bus Cream-Red 8 baht 05:00 – 23:00
Expressway bus Cream-Red 9 baht 05:00 – 23:00
All-night service bus Cream-Red 8.50 baht 23:00 – 05:00
Air conditioned bus Cream-Blue 11 13 15 17 19 baht(depending on the distance) 05:00 – 23:00
Fare Exemptions (免票)
The following passengers are eligible for bus fare exemptions:
1. BMTA bus inspectors
2. Mailmen in uniform while on duty
3. Holders of BMTA employee ID cards
Half-Price Concessions (优惠)
The following p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )assengers are eligible for half-price fares when using the service of regular buses.
1. The blind with ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a certificate from the Association of the Blind.
2. Soldiers and policemen in uniform.
3. Holders ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of official certificates or medals as specified by the Regulation on Bus Fare.
Fare Concessions for Air-conditioned Buses
Holders of the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )following official certificates and medals are eligible for air-conditioned bus fare reductions.
1. Victory Medal (Off-spring of this medal are also entitled)
2. Border Service Medal
3. Free-Man Protection Medal
4. European Royal War Medal
5. Non-active War Veterans Classes 1, 2, 3 and 4
6. BMTA Employee ID cards
Search for bus route here@Bangkok Tourism Division
21. Which of the following is true of the Bangkok Transportation
A. Buses in Bangkok are of the same size.
B. At least 3.4 million people take a bus every day.
C. BMTA provides city buses and inter-provincial bus service.
D. Buses operated under the BMTA are owned by individuals.
22. Jonny sees a cream-blue bus coming. It must be______.
A. a regular bus B. a night-service bus
C. an expressway bus D. an air-conditioned bus
23. Who needn’t pay fares on a regular bus
A. A grandson of a Victory Medal holder.
B. A BMTA inspector with his employee card.
C. A blind person with a medical certificate.
D. A postman, together with his family.
24. How much should ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a soldier in uniform pay when he takes a white-blue bus
A. 5. 50 baht. B. 8 baht. C. 7 baht. D. 4 baht.
B
When people attend c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hildren’s birthdays or a long-expected family holiday, they usually want to keep those important moments in mind with a photograph. But if you’re one of those people who can’t stop snapping photos at an important event, beware (注意)—you could end up forgetting it all in a flash.
Experts have warned th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )at the addiction to recording every moment of our lives could be having an opposite effect on our memories.
Maryanne Garry, a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )New Zealand psychology professor, has been studying how the frequent taking of photos might change childhood memories. “I think the problem is that people are forgetting to experience the moment,” she says. Parents at the park taking one photo after another of their children, for example, are actually paying less attention to what is happening around them. The picture only captures a small part of the total experience. And because parents remember less about these important events, they become less effective in their role as the key people who help children learn how to talk about their experiences. As a result, children’s own childhood memories are reduced.
The idea that we ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e experiencing less as we record more got psychologist Linda Henkel thinking. She wanted to explore how photographs shape our memories.
Henkel did an experi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ment by sending groups of students to the university’s art museum. The students observed some objects and photographed others. Then, back at the lab, they were given a memory test. Henkel found what she called a “photo-taking effect”. The students remembered fewer of the objects that they had taken photos of, and they remembered fewer details about those objects. She says her students’ memories were worse because they were relying on the camera to remember the details for them.
“As soon as you h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )it ‘click’ on that camera, it’s as if you’ve outsourced (外包) your memory,” she says.
25. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to ____________.
A. a child’s birthday B. an important event
C. a valuable photograph D. a family holiday
26. According to Paragraph 3, why are children’s memories reduced
A. Flash lights are causing children to forget more things.
B. Parents are not ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) interested in listening to children’s experiences.
C. Children are more interested in taking photos than experiencing.
D. Parents are less ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) effective in helping children discuss their experiences.
27. How did He ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nkel develop her theory about the “photo-taking effect”
A. By carryin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g out an experiment. B. By giving a questionnaire.
C. By interviewing a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )group of students. D. By researching the findings of the others.
28. What’s the purpose of this passage
A. To discuss the effect of photo-taking on memory.
B. To introduce a new discovery in taking photos.
C. To explain how to use cameras in an effective way.
D. To describe the ways of remembering valuable experiences.
C
A glass a day keeps ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )obesity at bay. Alcohol has always been thought to cause weight gain because of its high sugar content, but new research suggests a glass a day could form part of a diet. Looking at past studies they found that, while heavy drinkers do put on weight, those who drink in moderation can actually lose weight.
A spokesman for the research team at Navarro University in Spain says, “Light to moderate alcohol intake, especially of wine, may be more likely to protect against, rather than increase, weight gain.” The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research checked the findings and agreed with most of the conclusions, particularly that current data do not clearly show if moderate drinking increases weight.
Boston University’ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s Dr. Harvey Finkel found that the biologic mechanisms (生物学机制) relating alcohol to changes in body weight are not properly understood. His team pointed out the strong protective effects of moderate drinking on the risk of getting conditions like diabetes, which relate to increasing obesity. Some studies suggest that even over-fat people may be at lower risk of diabetes (糖尿病) if they are moderate drinkers.
The group ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )says alcohol provides calories that are quickly absorbed into the body and are not stored in fat, and that this process could explain the differences in its effects from those of other foods. They agree that future research should be directed towards considering the roles of different types of alcoholic drinks, taking into consideration drinking patterns and including the past tendency of participants to gain weight.
For now ther ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e is little evidence that drinking small to moderate amounts of alcohol on a regular basis increases one’s risk of becoming over-fat. What’s more, a study three years ago suggested that resveratrol, a compound present in grapes and red wine, destroys fat cells.
29. The passage is mainly for those________.
A. who produce wine B. who wish to quit drinking
C. who sell alcohol D. who have a drinking habit
30. The underlined ph ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rase ‘‘in moderation’’ in the first paragraph means “______”.
A. excitedly B. carefully C. frequently D. properly
31. What can we learn from the passage
A. Resveratrol is proved to increase the risk of becoming fat.
B. Current data clearly show that moderate drinking increases weight.
C. The research fou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd moderate drinking has a strong protective effect.
D. The specific roles of different types of alcoholic drinks are very clear.
D
Using a computer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )or smartphone at night can cause us to pile on the pounds, new research has suggested.
The study found ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a link between blue light exposure (blue light is produced by smartphones and computers) and increased hunger. It found that exposure to the light increases hunger levels for several hours and even increases hunger levels after eating a meal. Blue light exposure has also already been shown to decreased sleepiness in the evening increasing the risk of sleeplessness.
The leading researcher, Ivy Cheung, from Northwestern University in Chicago, said: “A single three-hour exposure to blue-enriched light in the evening acutely greatly affected hunger and metabolism (新陈代谢). These results are important because they suggest that controlling environmental light exposure for humans may represent a novel approach of influencing food intake patterns and metabolism.”
The study group con ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sisted of 10 healthy adults with regular sleep and eating schedules. They completed a four-day trial under dim light conditions, which involved exposure to less than 20 lux (勒克斯, 照明单位) during 16 hours awake and less than three lux during eight hours of sleep. On the third day they were exposed to three hours of 260 lux, blue-enriched light starting 10.5 hours after waking up, and the effects were compared with dim light exposure.
Ivy Cheung said m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ore research is needed to determine the functions involved in the relationship between light exposure, hunger and metabolism.
32. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about
A. How blue light exposure affects hunger.
B. Why blue light exposure influences sleepiness.
C. What is the l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ink between blue light exposure, hunger and sleepiness.
D. Who has found ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the effects of blue light exposure on hunger and sleepiness.
33. The results are of importance because they ______.
A. suggest controlling environmental light exposure
B. can control environmental light exposure for humans
C. suggest influencing food intake patterns and metabolism
D. suggest a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n unusual way to affect food intake patterns and metabolism
34. What can we learn from the passage
A. Blue light exposure has no effect on sleeplessness.
B. The researchers drew their conclusion by comparison.
C. Blue light exposure can make us lose weight at night.
D. Ivy Cheung h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as found the relationship between light exposure and hunger.
35. Where would you be most likely to find the passage
A. In a health magazine. B. On a notice board.
C. On a business website. D. In a college newspaper.
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分, 满分10分)
根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How do you celebrate New Year’s Eve If I had to take a guess, you probably celebrate New Year’s Eve surrounded by family and friends, enjoying drinks of your choice and watching the ball drop with Dick C1ark. 36 Listed below are five of the top ten “Unique New Year Traditions from Around the World.”
1. Breaking Dishes on Neighbor's Door
A strang ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e Danish New Year tradition, depending on how you look at it, is throwing dishes at neighbor’s door. 37 The family with the tallest tower of broken plates, glasses, cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest person because it symbolizes their large amount of loyal friends.
2. Talking to Spirits
Talking to spirits is a part of Mexican belief. Mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones. 38 And this is not done at home on an individual basis but is a legal Mexican practice. Taos Inn, in New Mexico for example, offers 15 minutes session of spiritualism and meditation for $ 15. 6. Not a bad price for some helpful guidance!
3. Wearing Polka Dots
Imagine stree ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts full of people wearing polka dots and dining room tables full of round shaped food and fruits on one single day of the year. 39 Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth·
4. Burning Scarecrow Dummy
Ecuador has a unique custom of crafting scarecrows and then burning them at midnight. They adorn them and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and pieces of wood. As midnight approaches, everyone gathers outside their home and each family burns their own scarecrow. 40 The scarecrow also scares away bad luck, which in turn, fills their new year with luck and happiness.
A. New Year’s Eve is considered the best time to communicate with dead spirits to convey a message or ask for guidance.
B. It is als ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o believed in the Irish culture that this act will help them get rid of bad luck.
C. Have you e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ver imagined how New Year’s Eve would look in another country
D. This a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ll actually happens in the Philippines on New Year’s Eve every year.
E. Strangely, this makes them happy instead of annoying them.
F. We all w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ant to start a new, fresh year with renewed enthusiasm and hope
G. The tradition says ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )that this destroys all the bad things that took place in the past months.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day a student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )was taking a walk with his teacher. As they went along, they saw a pair of old 41 lying in the path. They were a 42 farmer’s, who was working in the 43 field.
The student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )turned to the teacher, saying: “we will 44 his shoes, and hide ourselves behind those trees, and wait to see what he will do.”
“My young fr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )iend,” answered the teacher, “we should 45 make fun of the poor. Why not put a(n) 46 in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and 47 ” The student did so and they both hid themselves behind the trees. The poor man soon 48 his work, and came across the field to the path where he had 49 his coat and shoes.
After putting on h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is coat, he put his foot into one of his shoes, and felt something 50 . Then he 51 down to feel what it was, and found the coin. 52 , he looked at the coin, turned it around and looked at it again. He then looked 53 , but no person was seen. He put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe. His surprise was 54 on finding the other coin.
He couldn’t control ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) his feelings and fell to his 55 , looked up to the sky and expressed his 56 . Then he spoke of his wife, sick and 57 , and his children without bread. He said the help would save them from 58 .
The student stood there deeply 59 , and his eyes filled with tears. “Now,” said the teacher, “are you not much 60 than if you had hidden the shoes ”
41. A. trousers B. glasses C. socks D. shoes
42. A. homeless B. heartbroken C. poor D. hopeless
43. A. special B. rich C. faraway D. nearby
44. A. hide B. fetch C. choose D. take
45. A. never B. ever C. always D. seldom
46. A. stone B. coin C. egg D. cash
47. A. notice B. watch C. wait D. pretend
48. A. prepared B. arranged C. lost D. finished
49. A. changed B. forgot C. left D. picked
50. A. hard B. soft C. gentle D. tough
51. A. bent B. broke C. calmed D. lay
52. A. Moved B. Excited C. Surprised D. Disappointed
53. A. ahead B. above C. around D. behind
54. A. increased B. doubled C. decreased D. improved
55. A. arms B. feet C. legs D. knees
56. A. fault B. happiness C. thanks D. delight
57. A. faithful B. careless C. forgetful D. helpless
58. A. dying B. living C. working D. sleeping
59. A. shocked B. moved C. disturbed D. hurt
60. A. happier B. bitterer C. cooler D. sadder
第Ⅱ卷(共50分)
注意事项:
第Ⅱ卷共2页。考生必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔在答题纸上各题目的指定答题区域内作答, 在试卷上作答无效。
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading books ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 61 (be) fun. You can always keep yourself 62 (interest) and help you to have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a 63 (relax) holiday too.
Next, you can read ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a book anywhere: in a car, in a waiting room, on a plane, in bed – even in the bath. 64 you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.
Another good reason fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r reading books is 65 it is useful. If you read as a hobby you 66 (get) better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and will become 67 (good) at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much easier. Many school subjects depend 68 good reading and, as you read, you learn more and more.
Good readers ar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e most likely to be good 69 (write), too. They are usually good at 70 (spell) as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is really a wonderful hobby.
第四部分 写作(共两节, 满分35分)
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(︿), 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改: 在错的词下画一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。
A recent s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )urvey shows that many students have got into some bad living habit, which do great harm to their health.
As we all know it, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) health is more important than wealth. Without a healthy body, you cannot do everything even if you are a millionaire. In order keep healthy, it’s necessary to get rid of unhealthy habits and form good ones.
First of all, eat ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a healthy breakfast is a great way to start the day. You should eat more fruit and vegetables, which are rich of vitamins. Secondly, getting enough sleep. Early to bed and early to rise make you feel great all day long. Lastly, take exercise every day to make your body strong.
As long as you form health habits and keep them, you’ll have a strong body and live the healthy life.
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是某中学的学生John。不久前，你参加了全国英语演讲比赛并获得一等奖。请用英语给校刊写一篇文章，谈谈你的体会。内容主要包括：
1．付出才有回报；
2．收获自信和友谊；
3．感激之情。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数；
3．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Looking back on the Na ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tional English Speaking Competition I took part in several days ago, I have a lot to share with you.
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参考答案
第一部分 听 力1-5 ABBAB 6-10 BCCBA 11-15 ACBCB 16-20 ACBBC
第二部分 阅读理解21-24 CDB ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )D 25-28 BDAA 29-31 DDC 32-35 CDBA 36-40 CEADG
第三部分 英语知识运用
完形填空41-45 DCDAA 46-50 BBDCA 51-55 ACCBD 56-60 CDABA
短文填空61. is 62. i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nterested 63. relaxing 64. All/What 65. that 66. will get
67. better 68. on 69. writers 70. spelling
第四部分 写作
第一节 短文改错
A recent survey sh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ows that many students have got into some bad living habit, which do
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