1、1高 2016 级高二上期 12 月阶段性测试英语试题（试卷 共 140 分 ; 考试时 间 120 分钟）第 一部 分听力 （每 小题 1 分， 共 20 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 l0 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. What did the man do last weekend?A. He went camping. B. He attended a pa
2、rty.C. He stayed home with his friends.2. When did the woman meet Anna?A. At 7:55. B. At 7:58. C. At 8:02.3. Why does the woman remember James so well?A. He has a funny face.B. He was the first person she met at school. C. He was late for school on the first day.4. What do we know about the man?A. H
3、e is eager to meet the boss.B. He is going to give a talk on fishing. C. He has the same hobby as the boss.5. What does the woman mean?A. Bob never studies hard.B. Bob has been studying hard lately.C. Bob started preparing for the test long ago.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、
4、 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 时问 。 每段对 话或 独白读 两遍 。听 第 6 段 材料 。回答第 6、 7 题 。6. What did the woman dream about?A. The man had an accident.B. The boss wanted to fire the man.C. The man was going to give up his job.7. Whats th
5、e relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Doctor and patient. C. Husband and wife.听 第 7 段 材料 。回答第 8、 9 题 。8. Why did the woman call the man?A. To cancel a booking. B. To make a reservation. C. To change her trip.9. When does the hotel have a special offer?A. In January. B. In February. C
6、. In March.听 第 8 段 材料 ，回答第 10 至 12 题。210. Who might Johnny be?A. The mans son.B. The mans brother.C. The womans brother.11. What will the man do today?A. Go shopping. B. Meet some friends. C. Play basketball.12. What kind of life does the woman live?A. Very busy. B. Easy. C. Interesting.听 第 9 段 材料 ，
7、回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. On the phone. B. At the office. C. In a restaurant.14. What does the woman think is the key part of the whole operation?A. Having early studies.B. Having a good product.C. Getting a good import agent.15. What kind of company does t
8、he man work for?A. A phone company. B. A bicycle company.C. A furniture design company.16. What does the woman mean in the end?A. She will sell the product.B. She will help the man with the report. C. She hasnt been convinced by the man.听 第 l0 段 材料， 回答第 17 至 20 题17. Why did the speakers family move
9、to New York City?A. To move into a smaller apartment. B. To go to a better school.C. To experience more cultures.18. What did the speaker dislike about her new building?A. It was noisy outside.B. It was far from her school.C. It wasnt in a safe neighborhood.19. What was the speakers favorite thing a
10、bout the city?A. Eating delicious food.B. Going to museums and theaters. C. Making a lot of new friends.20. What did the speaker mainly think of the city?A. It was mostly positive.B. Everything was a challenge.C. Things changed from bad to good.3第 二部 分 阅 读理解 （共 三 节 ，满分 50 分） 第 一节（共 15 小题；每 小题 2 分， 满
11、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 该选项 涂黑 。AMy wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like the way it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire sid
12、e of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because instead of a wall along the sidewalk, therocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finishWe did the best we could with what we had to work wi
13、th and called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just to bring some color to the area. We would do all of the yard work on our own, even thetiring weed pullingLast summer I reached the end of the rock garden and found a ti
14、ny little plant that I could not immediately identify I knew I didnt plant it and Denise claimed that she didnt eitherW e decided to let it continue growing until we could figure out what it wasWeeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant，it appeared to be a sunflower with a tall skin
15、ny stalk(茎， 秆) and only one head on it I decided to baby it and weed around it As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds， I noticed something unusual The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the
16、sunThats when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didnt let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability to do the same thing. Once our environment begins to seethat we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower， we can attain the same nourishment andgrowth as wellS
17、tand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support youY ou will find a way to go under or around your big obstacle in order to reach your desires21The author found it unusual that Athe m ystery plant turned out to be a sunflowerBthe sunf lower
18、 had a tall stalk and only one headCthe sunf lower grew under and around a big rockDthe sunf lower had started where the stalk was seen22W hich of the following best describes the sunflower?AB rave and stubborn BConfide nt and persistentCOptim istic and modest DM ysterious and devoted23W hat can be
19、inferred from this passage?AHuma n beings are able to remove ObstaclesBThe Universal truth made the sunflower surviveCA big rock blocked out the sunlight of the sunflowerDW e can achieve success as long as we are self-confidentBThe United Arab Emirates(UAE) government announced it had elected 60 “Ch
20、ief HappinessOfficers” to study happiness and how to spread it abroad Currently ranked 28th out of over 150countries surveyed in the United Nations 2016 World Happiness Report, the UAE wants to sit within the top five by 2021. “We seek to create a society where our peoples happiness is primary,” dec
21、lared the UAEs Vice President and Prime Minister.Since the new minister took office，pe ople working in the civil service have attended aseries of happiness seminars to learn more about the plan. Dubai Police has renamed itscommunity service department the “General Department for Community Happiness”
22、 and theforce often adds #YourSecurityOurHappiness to their tweets( 推 特 ). Meanwhile, variousgovernment agencies have changed the language of their customer surveys to find out if people are “happy rather than just satisfied” with the services， and some have investigated social media followers to se
23、e if their Instagram and Facebook posts bring happinessMeik Wiking, an independent think tank in Denmark，the country which tops the UNshappy table, thinks governments can and should play a role in public happiness. “The aim of public policy should be to improve the quality of life for people,” he sa
24、ysSonia Edwards，w ho has lived in the UAE for over a decade, says：“ I think its a bit of apublic relations gimmick to be honest I think the government wants to be seen to be makingthings better through this plan but I dont know how much effect it will really have.”Edwards in Dubai adds: “There are a
25、 lot of issues here around job insecurity, workplace discrimination，hig h rents and expensive school fees, so if those were dealt with，w ed all be happier, but overall，ha ppiness is not just up to the government, its also up to individuals andtheir own mindsets.”24W hat does the UAE government inten
26、d to do?ACre ate a perfect society. BB uild a happier country. CP romote international trades.DS how its status in the world.25W hat is one of the measures the UAE takes?AHold ha ppiness seminars for civil servantsBGive government agencies new namesC Look through peoples online postsDCha nge the dai
27、ly language426W hat does the underlined word “gimmick” in Paragraph 4 mean?Aim provement Bpr incipleCtra nsformation Dtrick27W hat might Meik Wiking and Edwards both agree with?AThe government misses the pointBHa ppiness is somewhat subjectiveCP olicy makers count as to peoples well-beingDThe effect
28、s of the happiness plan are uncertain5CMARCELA Del Sol first noticed something wasnt right when she stumbled(绊倒) uponmens clothing “hidden” around the houseThe 42-year-old originally from Chile says she then discovered dozens of photographs in her phone that she did not remember taking. She was the
29、subject but something wasdifferent Her friends started falling away and she did not know why Her long-term relationship ended suddenlyS he now knows the mens clothing belonged to one of her “alternatives”，a ndthe same person was responsible for separating those closest from herIn an interview，M s. D
30、el Sol said she was not allowed to name any of her six alternative persons“ I cant tell you their names because theyre not happy for me to do so,” she said“ Iknow that sounds very irrational I am aware that theyre not real people，not physical people，but l have a very good opinion of them.”Ms. Del So
31、l has whats known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a condition characterized by the presence of two or more split personalities that have power over a personsbehaviorIn her case， the condition is blamed on a car accident she was involved in three years ago It was July 2013， when her vehicle
32、broke down on the side of the road A speeding driver collided with Ms. Del Sols car She wasnt physically injured but her brain experienced trauma Shortlyafter， she discovered she wasnt alone inside her head Switching between personalities happensoften but there is no real pattern It can be weeks bet
33、ween incidents and then，for whatever reason，it happens more frequentlyShe describes her lifestyle as “secluded”(与 世隔绝的 )but she knows she has to make aneffort. She volunteers for an organization helping abused children. She also spends time speaking out about her condition and has written a book on
34、the subject， hoping to help others who are experiencing the same thing28W hat led to Del Sols friends breaking up with her?AHe r unpleasant photographs BThe male personality inside herCHe r love for mens clothing DThe changeable characters of her29W hat does Del Sol think of the personalities inside
35、 her?AThe y also deserve respect BThe y are gifts given by GodCThe y are too strong to resist DThe y make her life ridiculous30W hat do we know about Del Sol?AS he makes her personalities names knownBHe r personalities change regularlyCHe r physical injury caused DIDDS he tries to live a positive li
36、fe31W hat is the best title for the passage?AAn unusua l present BAn unha ppy experienceCThe effect of DID on a woman DA woman suffering DID after an accidentDDo you have an emotional brain or a rational one? Researchers at Australias Monash University have found actual difference in the brains of p
37、eople who respond emotionally to others feelings compared with those who respond more rationally.A study published in the journal NeuroImage has looked at whether people who have more6brain cells in certain areas of the brain are better at certain types of empathy, according toScience Daily. Empathy
38、 is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, and the two types investigated were cognitive(认知的 ) empathy and affective empathy.“Every day people use empathy with, and without, their knowledge to get around in the social world,” said Robert Eres from Monash Universitys Scho
39、ol of Psychological Sciences. “We use it for communication, to build relationships, and to increase our understanding of others.”“People who are high on affective empathy are often those who get quite fearful when watching a scary movie, or start crying during a sad scene. Those who have high cognit
40、ive empathy are those who are more rational, for example a psychologist helping someone,” explained Eres.The results of the study showed that people with high scores for affective empathy had more gray matter in a part of the brain called the insula, found right in the “middle” of the brain. Those w
41、ho scored higher for cognitive empathy had more in a part called the midcingulate cortexan area above the corpus callosum, which connects the two halves of the brain.The discovery “raises new questionslike whether people could train themselves to have more empathy, and whether those areas of the bra
42、in would become larger if they did, or whether we can lose our ability to empathize if we dont use it enough”, according to Science Daily.“In the future we want to investigate further by testing whether training people in empathy-related tasks can lead to changes in these brain areas. We also want t
43、o investigate if damage to these brain areas, as a result of a stroke for example, can lead to empathy problems,” said Eres.Perhaps in the future we will all be able to empathize more with other people. Maybe you will cry at that sad movie after all!32. Empathy can be used in the following situation
44、s EXCEPT that .A. when a psychologist is helping a patient with his mental disease B. when a teacher is comforting a student about his fathers death C. when a mathematician is calculating the area of a farmlandD. when people are reading a story with a frightening ending33. What does the research don
45、e by Monash University mainly show?A. Differences in the brains of emotional and rational people.B. Whether a rational brain works better than an emotional one.C. What empathy is and how to improve peoples ability to empathize.D. How to effectively train people to have more empathy cells in their br
46、ain.34. Which of the following statements might Robert Eres disagree with?A. People use empathy when they are or arent aware of it.B. People tend to use empathy to build relationships or understand others.C. People with higher affective empathy feel heart-broken when watching sad movies.D. People wh
47、o are more rational have been found to have more gray matter in their brains.35. Which of the following will be one of the focuses of future investigations according to the article?A. How to train people in empathy-related tasks.B. Whether people can be trained to be more empathetic.C. Whether empat
48、hy problems can lead to damage to areas of the brain.D. Why people seem to lose their ability to empathize if they dont use it enough.7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（请将答案填涂在答题卷上相应位置） 。Critical ReadingCritical reading applies to non-fiction writing in which
49、 the author puts forth a position or seeks to make a statement. Critical reading is active reading. 36 . Here are the things you should do to be a critical reader. Consider the context of what is written.You may be reading something that was written by an author from a different cultural context than yours. Or, you may be reading something written some time ago in a different time context than yours. 37 . Question o
