广东省揭阳一中2013-2014学年高一下学期第二次阶段考英语试题 Word版含答案

揭阳第一中学94届高一级下学期第二次阶段考试英语本试卷共四部分，满分135分,考试用时120分钟。

I. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1―15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time, in a small city there was a storybook. The book looked _____1_____, but all its pages were blank. People would pick up the book with interest, but finding no stories inside, they put the book aside. Not far from there, a lovely inkwell (墨水瓶) had been full of ink for years. His owner had _____2_____ about it and left it away in the corner.One time, the book was ____3____ away and he ended up next to the inkwell. For days and days, they exchanged stories about their ____4____ luck. They could have carried on this for years, if a swan feather had not landed nearby. Having fallen from his _____5____, the feather felt lonely for the first time. He cried and cried, then the book and the inkwell ___6___ in, letting out all their sadness.____7____, unlike his partners, the feather soon ____8____ crying, and he decided to improve the situation. Drying his ____9____ and leaving his complaints behind, he _____10____ his friends to write a story. The storybook opened up his best pages, the inkwell didn’t spill even a drop, and the feather offered great creativity and beautiful _____11_____. Together they managed to write a lovely story about three friends, who helped each other to improve their lives.A young teacher passed by. He found the storybook, the inkwell and the feather. The teacher read the book, and found the story ___12___.When lessons _____13____, he told the story to his pupils, and all of them were interested in it.Every night from then on, the three partners got together and wrote a new story for the ____14_____. They felt so happy and proud at having ____15______ to improve their fate.1. A. old B. great C. thin D. dirty2. A. forgotten B. cared C. thought D. talked3. A. sent B. thrown C. kept D. turned4. A. funny B. rare C. bad D. simple5. A. body B. home C. mother D. owner6. A. fought B. competed C. joined D. resulted7. A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Still8. A. loved B. stopped C. continued D. remembered9. A. tears B. hands C. hair D. clothes10. A. forced B. agreed C. encouraged D. allowed11. A. picture B. sight C. writing D. image12. A. charming B. boring C. surprising D. frightening13. A. began B. paused C. finished D. broke14. A. teacher B. city C. family D. school15. A. pretended B. imagined C. expected D. managed第二节语法填空(共10小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分15 分)阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯性的要求, 在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中单词的正确形式填空。

When I was a teenager, I used to skateboard on the playground. It seems that skateboarding is _____16_____ hobby a lot of American teenagers take great interest in.I ____17____ (have) a skateboard that I bought not too long ago. But, since I don’t skateboard any more, I made a ____18____(decide) that I should go to a skateboard shop and give it to some kid. I know I would have been so excited ____19_____ someone had done that for me when I was younger.So, I drove to the local skateboard shop and waited outside _____20____ about ten minutes. A boy and his dad were about to walk into the shop ____21____ I stepped up. I asked him if he’d like my skateboard. He asked how much it was. I told him it was free --- as long as he used it!His eyes lit up and I could really see ____22____ excited he was. So I handed him my skateboard and walked back to ___23___ car. His dad kept ___24____ (ask) me if I was really giving him my skateboard, ____25____ I kept saying, “Yes!”I think his dad was more excited than he was. I was very happy that I could give someone a skateboard --- a really nice one.II.阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AMany people lived in the United States before the settlers came from Europe. These ancient peoples had different cultures and parts of them were difficult to understand. One feature of these cultures was their close relationship to the land. The people used the land for many things. One thing people did with the land was to create mounds(土丘), which look like small hills. Scientists have found mounds built by many different groups of native people. They called the people who built these mounds “Mound Builders”.Three cultures seem to have built most of the mounds found in the United States. These cultures are the Adena, the Hopewell and the Mississippian. Of the three, theAdena culture is the oldest. It was developed mainly in Ohio. The Hopewell culture rose as the Adena culture was dying. The Hopewell moved as far south as Florida. This culture seemed more informal and lasted about 700 years. The most recent culture is the Mississippian.Mounds can be found in many parts of the country —from New York to Florida. They are found as far west as Nebraska. No one knows for sure just why the mounds were built.There appear to be three main types of mounds. They are the temple mounds, the burial mounds, and the effigy(雕像) mounds. The temple mounds are the oldest mounds. People may have built temples or places of worship(拜神的地方) on top of the mounds. People would climb up to reach the temple for worship. Some mounds had the homes of leaders built on top of them. Other mounds were burial mounds. The burial mounds were most likely built to honor the dead. Scientists have found bones and jewelry in some of these mounds. Effigy mounds are mounds shaped like animals, such as snakes or birds.Each mound took many years to build. Many people worked together. They would collect baskets of dirt. Then they would go to the place where the mound was to be built and then return to get more dirt. This would go on day after day until a shape formed. Mound building probably went on for about 5,500 years in North America.26. What is the passage mainly about?A. The position of mounds.B. The features of American cultures.C. Native Americans in ancient times.D. Mounds created by Native Americans.27. The underlined words “This culture” in paragraph 2 refer to “_______”.A. the Florida cultureB. the Hopewell cultureC. the Adena cultureD. the Mississippian culture28. Which of the following is TRUE about the mounds mentioned in the passage?A. No one could live on the top of them.B. The effigy mounds were built to honor the dead.C. The exact purpose of building them still remains a mystery.D. The burial mounds had the longest history of all the mounds.29. The author develops Paragraph 4 mainly by ______.A. grouping different types of moundsB. giving examples of different moundsC. comparing the shapes of different moundsD. describing the methods of building mounds30. We learn from the passage that mound builders ______.A. followed the tradition of building mounds for about 700 years.B. included both Native Americans and European settlers.C. spent several months as building each mound.D. built mounds as far west as Nebraska.BA 16-year-old boy finds himself on a boat in the Pacific Ocean after a shipwreck （海难）. Even worse, he is left with a huge tiger. But he manages to survive after 227days of fighting against all the hardships of the sea.Pi, the lead character in Oscar-winning Ang Lee's new movie Life of Pi, went through an inspiring journey of growth and self-discovery. So did 19-year-old Suraj Sharma, the Indian actor who plays him.But it was a lucky chance for the new star to get this role. Sharma was a regular student who lived with his mathematician parents in Delhi, India. As the director travelled to Mumbai to find his Pi, the teenager went along with his younger brother, who had acted in a couple of movies, to audition（试镜）. But little did Sharma know that he would end up winning the role from 3,000 hopefuls.Lee said he saw Pi in Sharma: “Not only does he have a compelling and wise look. He has this rare talent.” The director said that in the final round, Sharma gave one of the “most compelling readings we had. In the end, he was in tears.” Understandably, Sharma didn't want to let Lee down. “He [Lee] had given me this opportunity. I had to give it my best,” Sharma told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.Sharma swam for four or five hours a day until he was completely comfortable with the water. He also worked on his body because he had to first put on weight and then quickly lose weight as the story developed. He even had rats run all over him to prepare for his role. Lee was impressed by the teenager, especially his endurance and patience in staying in a water tank for many hours each day. Sharma was only 16 when Lee signed him. After three years of shooting, Sharma said he had matured with Pi’s journey.31. What is the function of the first paragraph?A. To introduce the topic of the passage.B. To appeal the readers to watch a movie.C. To attract readers to continue reading.D. To suggest the theme of this passage.32. We can know from the passage that _____.A. Sharma wanted to become a mathematicianB. Sharma had acted in a couple of moviesC. Sharma was sure to win in the auditionD. Many teenagers wanted to act the role of Pi.33. What does the phrase “let down” mean?A. make somebody disappointed.B. seat somebody down.C. reject sb’s requirement.D. take down sb’s information.34. Which of the following words can be used to describe Sharma?A. confident and passionate.B. talented and diligent.C. strong and courageous.D. endurable and easily-excited35. The passage is intended to introduce _____.A. the thrilling escape from a shipwreck.B. how an Oscar-winning movie attracts audience.C. a young actor became matured when acting in a movie.D. the difficulty in winning a role in a movie.CIt may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some pointin every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them, Just continue as if nothing happened.Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech –“ I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles（结巴）his words twice during the speech．Most likely, howe ver, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that express the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speakers’ attractiveness by making him more human.As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being imperfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.36. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ___________．A. be smarter than youB. notice your mistakesC. do better than youD. know what you are talking about37. You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a sp eech because ___________．A. your attention is on the contentB. you don’t fully understand the speechC. you don’t know what the speaker plans to sayD. you find the way of speech-making more important38. It can be inferred from the passage that ___________．A. giving a speech is like giving a performanceB. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be badC. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is madeD. the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be39. What would be the best title of the passage?A. How to Be a Perfect SpeakerB. How to Make a Perfect SpeechC. Don’t Expect a Perfect SpeechD. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech40. Which of the following statements is true?A. If you are careful enough, you can make a perfect speech．B. Speech-making is a kind of performance．C. Listeners are not judges and they pay more attention to the message．D. Martin Luther King is not a good speaker．DWhen I was a boy I always wanted to be a cowboy. I remember my Mom worrying about me getting sick from the heat in the summer, because I wore a thick blue sweater all the time. No respectable cowboy, however, would wear short sleeves so I sweated while I played.One day my parents gave me a bb gun. It looked just like a gun that all the cowboys used in the movies. I spent hours each day during those summer months shooting at stumps and pretending to be John Wayne (film actor who played tough heroes). As I was coming into the house one afternoon, though, I tried it one time too many. The gun that I thought was empty let out a soft pop and a bullet flew across the room and parted the hair of my Dad who was asleep on the couch. My Dad took one look at the bb hole a half inch above his head, walked over to me, took my gun, walked outside, and calmly broke it in half.I didn’t cry too much over this. I knew how close I had come to hurting my Dad with my stupidity. I didn’t expect to ever get another bb gun either. That is why I was so surprised when my Dad bought me another one the next year. I guess he thought I had wised up enough to know how to use it this time. I never put a single bb in the new gun, but in my imagination John Wayne rode again.I eventually outgrew my cowboy stage, but I never did outgrow my appreciation for my Father’s forgiveness. He showed me that even when I messed up in the worse way I was still loved. He gave me another chance and let me know that I was forgiven whether I deserved it or not. He shared with me some of the unconditional love and forgiveness. May we always embrace and share that love and forgiveness as well.41. The author wore a thick blue sweater because _________ .A. he was easy to get sickB. he wanted to be like a cowboyC. he hoped to be respected by cowboysD. he didn’t want his mother to worry about him42. How did the author feel when he received the first bb gun?A. Doubtful.B. Surprised.C. Regretful.D. Overjoyed.43. The author didn’t cry because _________ .A. he understood his mistakeB. his fath er didn’t scold himC. his father was not hurt after allD. he didn’t expect to get another bb gun44. After Dad bought him another bb gun, the author __________.A. forgot how to use itB. was excited to use itC. felt thankful for his fatherD. had lost interest in cowboys45. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?A. A New BB GunB. A Father’s forgivenessC. A Cowboy’s ExperienceD. The Mistake of a Naughty Boy第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息, 请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。