1、芝华中学2017-2018学年(上)期高二年级第一次阶段考试英语科试卷 使用日期：2017-10-26本试卷分为第I 卷(选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节, 满分30分）第一节听下面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. Where are the speakers going to eat lunch? A. At home. B. At a cafe. C. At a p
2、ark.2. What do we know about Jerry? A. He has asked for sick leave.B. He has gone to visit his mother.C. He has found a new job in Europe.3. What will the man do tomorrow? A. Buy some new software.B. Attend a computer course.C. Teach Ann to use her new software.4. What is the woman going to make tod
3、ay?A. Cups. B. A big vase. C. Some flowers.5. Why does the woman want to buy a clock? A. She has trouble waking up.B. Her old clock broken down.C. It is a gift for someone.第二节听下面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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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。听下面一段对话
4、，回答第6-7题。6. What does the woman want to do? A. Book a room.B. Change a room.C. Smoke in the room.7. Whats the womans attitude at last? A. Understanding.B. Angry.C. Happy.听下面一段对话，回答第8-10题。8.How many people will the man live with? A.1. B. 2. C. 3.9. What the man? A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. A studen
5、t10. What will the woman tell the man next? A. The address. B. Her name. C. The rent. 听下面一段对话，回答第11-13题。11. How does the man feel now? A. Tense. B. Sad. C. Relaxed.12. What is the man going to do? A. Give a lecture.B. Have an interview.C. Go to the park.13.What is the probable relationship between t
6、he speakers? A. Boss and secretary.B. Teacher and student.C. Husband and wife.听下面一段对话，回答第14-17题。14. What did Tom do last Friday evening? A. He went to the cinema.B. He bought a train ticket.C. He ate out with his classmate.15. What was the weather like that day? A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Snowy.16. How
7、 did Tom travel? A. By subway. B. By bus. C. By taxi.17. When will the speakers watch a movie together? A. Tonight. B. Next Friday. C. Next weekend. 听下面一段对话，回答第18-20题。18. According to the report, how many people talk on the phone while driving ? A. 80%. B. 73%. C. 68%.19. Who are more likely to mult
8、i-task while driving? A. The old. B. The young. C. The middle-aged.20. What is Windsors attitude towards multi-tasking while driving? A. Indifferent. B. Understanding. C. Opposed.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,从所给的四个选项 (A、B、C、D) 中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。AIn 1997,Mary gave a present of
9、$ 500, 000 to the University of Southern Mississippi. She wanted to help poor students. It was a very generous thing to do. But her friends and neighbors were surprised. Mary was a good woman. She went to church. She was always friendly and helpful. But everyone in her town knew that Mary was not ri
10、ch. In fact, she was poor.How did a poor 89-year-old woman have so much money? Mary was born in 1908 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family. She took a job washing clothes. She earned only a few dollars a day. She washed the clothes by ha
11、nd. Then she hung the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s, she bought an automatic washer and dryer. But she gave them away. She did not think they got the clothes clean enough！At that time, many people started to buy their own washers and dryers. Mary did not have much wo
12、rk, so she started to iron clothes instead.Mary never married nor had children. Her life was very simple. She went to work and to church. She read her Bible. She had a black-and-white television. But she did not watch it very much. It had only one channel.Mary saved money all her life and eventually
13、 had about $ 800, 000. When she was 89, a lawyer helped her make a will. She left the money to the church, her relatives and the university. Mary wanted to help others. She did not think she was a special person. But then people found out about her present to the university. She received many honors
14、. She even flew in an airplane for the first time！Mary died in 1999. She was a shy and ordinary woman who became famous.21. Mary gave $ 500, 000 to the University of Southern Mississippi_. A. to surprise her friends and neighbors B. to help the poor students C. to prove she was a rich woman D. to sh
15、ow her generosity22. From the passage we can learn that_, A. Mary left school young to help support her family B. Marys parents asked her to wash clothes for others C. an automatic washer and dryer were too expensive for her D. Mary started to iron clothes because she didnt get other skills23. Which
16、 of the following tells us Mary lived a very simple life? A. She went to the church every day with friends. B. She didnt like others to buy an automatic washer. C. She didnt have much work to do. D. She only had a black-and-white television with one channel.24. What kind of person is Mary according
17、to the passage? A. Rich and friendly. B. Hard-working and helpful.C. Well-educated and special. D. Poor and silly.BI wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but thats impossible. For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easygoing and optimistic. They are curious and unusual
18、ly patient and they are also the hardest-working people I have ever met.In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and
19、parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isnt large and I live better. Nonimported(非进口的)foods are very cheap,
20、so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children cant afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor areas in China. But they organized Project Hope many
21、 years ago. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone th
22、rough. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.When I am asked which country I consider better, China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”25What doe
23、s the author think of Chinese people?A. He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.B. He thinks most Chinese people are proud.C. He dislikes most Chinese people.D. He praises most Chinese people a lot.26What is the author doing in China?A. He is teaching English in a school.B. He is visiting the plac
24、es of interest.C. He is studying in a college.D. He is on business.27What are NOT cheap in China in the authors opinion?A. Clothes and shoes made in China.B. Local foods.C. Imported foods.D. Public transportation tickets.28We can infer from the passage that the author thinks _.A. the westerners have
25、 got to know China wellB. the progress of China is seldom reported in the US.C. Chinas economic miracles have appeared everywhereD. the education in rural areas is never cared about in ChinaCNew research has shown that you might not just be feeling blue; you may also be seeing it differently. Your m
26、ood may affect how you see the world around you, according to a new study. A team of researchers has proved that sadness could have an effect on the way we see colors.The team, led by psychology researcher Christopher Thorstenson of the University of Rochester, found that people who had a sad mood w
27、ere less accurate in identifying colors on the blue-yellow axis (轴), compared to people who werent feeling sad.“We were already deeply familiar with how often people use color terms to describe common phenomena, like mood, even when these concepts seem unrelated,” Thorstenson said in a statement. “W
28、e thought maybe a reason why these metaphors (比喻) appear was that there really was a connection between mood and identifying colors in a different way.”Thorstenson and his team are not the first to identify a link between a depressed mood and a difference in recognition. In 2010, Emanuel Bubl and hi
29、s team at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in Germany first proved a link between mood and identifying colors. This was supported by a 2013 paper by Johnson Fam of the University of Singapore.The team conducted two studies. In the first, 127 participants were chosen randomly to watch one of two vi
30、deo clips, which had been proved in previous studies to feel either sadness or amusement. They didnt do that in a specific order. The entire group was then tasked with identifying the colors in 48 continued color changes. The group that had been shown the sad clip was measurably worse at identifying
31、 colors along the blue-yellow axis.For the second study, 130 participants were randomly assigned to watch either a sad clip or a neutral (中性的) one. The sadness group showed reduced ability to identify colors along the blue-yellow axis than the neutral group. 29. If one _, the colors he sees might be
32、 different from those in others eyes.A. is in a good mood B. has an eye illnessC. attends a speech D. doesnt feel happy30. Who were the first to find out the link between mood and identifying colours?A. Thorstenson and Johnson.B. Thorstenson and his team.C. Johnson and his team.D. Emaneuel and his t
33、eam.31. The sadness group in the second study _.A. felt happy when watching the videoB. performed better than the otherC. were less able to identify some coloursD. could only identify blue and yellowDIn January, British actor Eddie Redmayne made headlines around the world as he became the latest mem
34、ber of smartphone refuser. “It was a reaction against being glued permanently to my iPhone during waking hours,” he explained, turning instead to an old-fashioned “dumb phone” handset that could only make and take calls. He is not alone. There is a small but busy market for phones that are simple an
35、d cheap at a time when smartphones are becoming ever more complex and expensive. Basic phones handsets with some basic functions such as playing music and accessing the Internet are gradually being replaced by low cost smartphones, according to Francisco Jeronimo, research director for European mobi
36、le devices at IDC, the research group. But there is still a significant demand for older-style phones.Strategy Analytics, a research group, estimates that 44,000,000 basic phones were sold in 2015, accounting for 2 percent of the global market. Some phonemakers, such as Sony and LG, have already tur
37、ned their back on the market. But others like Microsoft and Samsung are still producing devices every year aimed at the basic phone market.Many smartphone users beef about having to buy devices that are easily broken, require daily recharging and which will be replaced by a new, better version withi
38、n a year. Even basic smartphones offer more functions that not many people need.Some users buy phones with limited or no Internet connections in a conscious attempt to keep away from the modern digital world. Analysts say that there is a growing number of “second phoneys” who use an expensive smartp
39、hone during the day, but turn to cheaper, pocket-sized devices when they go out in the evening.Light Phone founder Joe Hollier falls into this camp. He has developed a credit card-sized phone without a data connection and no extra functions other than to make calls. He describes a feeling of huge re
40、lief when the ability to check emails or status updates is removed. Light Phone functions as a companion device to a smartphone but Mr Hollier hopes it will also encourage people to unplug from the modern Internet world.32. What is the function of paragraph 1? A. To lead to the topic. B. To summariz
41、e the whole passage. C. To analyze the situation of phone usage. D. To deepen the theme.33. The expression “beef about” may be replaced by “_” in the passage. A. care about B. approve of C. complain of D. think over34. Joe Hollier developed the new card-sized phone to _. A. save money B. relax the m
42、ind C. save time D. keep healthy35. What is the main idea of this passage? A. Some people prefer basic phones to smart phones. B. What are the functions of basic phones. C. The old-fashioned phones have many advantages. D. The future of smartphones is gloomy.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
43、入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。If something that youre doing doesnt challenge you, then it doesnt change youWe all need some normal stress in our lives, after all 36 So challenge the following limits: 1 Figure out what youre scared of and do it continuouslyIf youre a salesman, and youre scared of talking to
44、people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking youll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call 37 But dont stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, “Go on, Im not scared!” 2 38 Make sure this hobby
45、 is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing thisSome examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so onApart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income 3Set aside at least nine minutes a day for p
46、hysical exercise 39 A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourselfExercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself 4Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new peopleDont just limit yourself to your fellow tra
47、velers - try to connect with the service staffYou never know what kind of people theyre going to be Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class 40 A You should do it continuously B Someone may hang up on you C You dont need to go to the gym D Running in the gym may be a better choice E Start to travel now and learn to c
