人教版高中英语必修二第一学期阶段性考试

三明市A片区高中联盟校2015-2016学年第一学期阶段性考试
高一英语试卷
第I卷（选择题共40分）
(请将答案填涂在答题卡上)
第二部分：阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
第一节阅读下面短文，从各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
A
“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better.
Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin (皮肤), you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show.
If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!
21. By touching things ______.
A. you will have a strange feeling
B. you will learn how to reach out your hand
C. you can learn more about them
D. you can tell what colors they really are
22. You can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket with ______
A. your fingers.
B. your eyes.
C. your feet.
D. your back.
23. What does the underlined word “it”refer to?
A. The sound of a drop of water.
B. Do touch.
C. The sound of very loud music.
D. Don’t touch.
24. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Touching is helping us to see things better.
B. We can't feel the things on show in any museum.
C. Feeling things is a good way for us to learn.
D. Our skins may help us to feel the sounds of music.
25. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Touching by Feeling
B. To See or to Feel
C. To See Better—Feel
D. Ways of Feeling
B
Robert Frost was one of America’s best known and most honored realistic literary figures (文学家). But his fame came late in his life.
He was born in San Francisco, California in 1874. He lived in California during his early childhood. He was named after the chief Southern general in America’s Civil War. The officer’s name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to honor the general.
Someone once asked another American writer, Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The best thing, he said, was to have an unhappy childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost’s childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good poet. Robert Frost’s fat her was a reporter who wanted to be a politician. He often drank too much wine and became angry. Robert was the victim (受害者) of his anger.
Robert Frost finished high school in 1891. After high school, Robert’s grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College. But Robert left the school after a few months. He did not like it. He spent the next few years working at different jobs. At one time, he worked in a factory. Later, he repaired shoes. He was a teacher. He was a reporter. Always, he wrote poetry(诗歌).
Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years. After that, he returned to the many jobs he held before. For a while, Frost tried to take care of a farm in the state of New Hampshire. He was not a successful farmer. And he continued to write poetry. He said that until 1930, he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing.
In 1912, he decided to try to make a new start. He took his family to Britain. The cost of living was low. In Britain, Frost found a publisher (出版商) for his first book of poems. The book was called A Boy’s Will. When it appeared in 1913, Frost received high praise from British readers.
Praise was something he had not received in his own country.
Ezra Pound, another American poet living in Britain, read the poems and liked them very much. He wrote a magazine article about Frost. He also helped to get Frost’s second book of poems published in America. That book was called North of Boston.
26. All the followings are literary figures EXCEPT ________.
A. Robert Edward Lee
B. Robert Lee Frost
C. Ernest Hemingway
D. Ezra Pound
27. The passage wrote about what Hemingway said to tell us that ________.
A. Hemingway had great influence on Frost’s poetry and life
B. Frost’s poetry style was the same as Hemingway’s
C. Frost’s sad childhood may contribute to his success as a poet
D. Frost lived a really unhappy life in his childhood
28. It was not until ________ that fame came finally in Frost’s life.
A. 1891
B.1912
C.1913
D.1930
29. According to the passage, we can know ________.
A. Frost was good at writing poetry when he studied in high school.
B. Robert Frost’s father didn’t realize his dream of being a politician.
C. After leaving Harvard University, he began to learn to write poetry.
D. Once Frost’s first book was published he gained praise in his country.
30. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Robert Frost’s unhappy childhood.
B. Robert Frost’s first and second book.
C. Robert Frost’s family and jobs.
D. Robert Frost’s life and poetry.
C
THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS
by Jack London
Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing is left of it but memories and some houses far from the centre of the city. Its businesses are gone. The factories, hotels and palaces are all gone too. Within an hour after the earthquake, the smoke of San Francisco's fires could be seen 160 kilometres away. ①The sun was red in the dark sky. There was no stopping the fires. There was no way to organize or communicate. The steel railway tracks were now useless. And the great pipes for carrying water under the streets had burst. All of the ways man had made to keep the city safe were gone in the thirty seconds the earth moved.
②Out at sea it was calm. No wind came up. Yet from every direction - east, west, north, and south, strong winds blew upon the unlucky city. Man himself had to make ruins of some of the city's best buildings so that they would not be a danger to those in the streets. A list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses. ③A list of the brave men and women would fill a
library. A list of all those killed will never be made.
Amazing as it may seem, Wednesday night was a quiet night. There were no crowds. The policemen said nothing; even their horses were quiet. ④There were no shouts or people doing crazy things. In all those terrible hours I saw not one woman who cried, not one man who was excited. Before the fires, through the night, thousands and thousands of people who had lost their homes left for safety. Some were covered in blankets. Sometimes whole families put everything they owned and could save into wagons (四轮马车). They helped one another climb the high hills around the city. Never in all San Francisco's history were her people so kind as on that terrible night.
31. We can judge from the passage that the terrible earthquake took place in .
A. China
B. Britain
C. Canada
D. America
32. Which word best describes how the writer felt about the earthquake?
A. lost
B. shocked
C. excited
D. quiet
33. Which of the underlined sentences is NOT an example of contrast(对比)?
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③
D. ④
34. What can we learn from Jack London’s description of the earthquake?
A. The terrible earthquake lasted about one hour.
B. People hid in the library during the earthquake.
C. The quake almost destroyed everything in the city.
D. People were in panic (恐慌), not knowing what to do.
35. We could probably read the passage from .
A. a report
B. a letter
C. a poster
D. a play
第二节: 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。

（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
People around the world use their computers to buy goods, communicate with others, listen to music, see pictures and learn about different places and ideas.
36 Blog is a short way of saying Web log. Through these personal websites, people can share their experiences, ideas and opinions with anyone else on the Internet．People of all ages have their own blogs. For young people, they are a way to show their writings and other forms of self-expression．
37 These sites include “MySpace”, used mainly by teenagers and young adults. MySpace is an online community that lets people share messages and pictures with an increasing number of friends．38
YouTube is another Internet site that became more popular this year．This website lets anyone create, share and watch short videos．People can watch almost anything on YouTube：news, sports and entertainment (娱乐) events．39 These include videos of people singing or
dancing, or animals doing funny things. Three young men created YouTube almost two years ago as a personal video sharing service. They recently sold it to Google for more than one half billon dollars．
Games and entertainment also became a larger part of the Internet this year. One Internet social site is called Second Life. 40 Internet users can do all kinds of things on the Internet. They get married, build homes, operate businesses, buy and sell goods, work, play and attend school．
A. The blog is one form of communication that enjoys growing popularity．
B. Many Websites offer free services to create personal Web pages and fill them with writing sites on the web.
C. It is an online world in which computer users create a new self and live a different life．
D. People of all ages use computers to express themselves．
E. There are music videos, and videos made by people in their own homes．
F. More and more people are buying computers because of the lower price．
G. It is the one of the most popular social networking (网络) site on the web．
第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节）
第一节完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
On a cold winter evening, I was walking home, tired and hungry, when suddenly came screams (呼喊声) from behind some trees. 41 , I slowed down to listen, and 42 that what I was hearing were the sounds of a fight. A woman was being 43 not far from where I stood.
“Should I go to help her?” I thought. I was worried about my own 44 , and I regretted having suddenly decided to take a new way home that night. “45 I’m hurt too? Shouldn’t I just 46 to the nearest phone and call the police?...” But already the girl’s47 were growing weaker. I knew it was time for me to act fast because I could not 48 the life of this unknown woman, 49 it meant risking (冒……的危险) my own life.
I am not a 50 man. I didn’t know where I found the 51 and physical strength(体力), but once I had finally 52 to help the girl, I became suddenly changed. I ran behind the bushes and 53 the attacker off the woman. Struggling, we fell to the ground, where we fought for a few minutes 54 the man jumped up and escaped.
55 heavily, I stood up and came up to the girl, who was crying behind a tree. In the
56 , I could not see her clearly, but I could certainly 57 her shock. Not wanting to frighten her any further, I at first spoke to her from a distance.
“It’s OK,” I said 58 . “The man ran away. You’re safe now. ”There was a long stop and then I heard the words, said in both wonder and 59 . “Dad, is that you?” And then, from behind the tree, stepped out my youngest 60 , Katherine.
41. A. Excited B. Frightened C. Interested D. Disappointed
42. A. knew B. understood C. realized D. imagined
43. A. attacked B. buried C. robbed (抢劫) D. caught
44. A. money B. safety C. future D. family
45. A. What for B. So what C. What about D. What if
46. A. move B. escape C. run D. jump
47. A. cries B. noises C. cheers D. sounds
48. A. save B. ignore C. change D. decide
49. A. although B. because C. as D. but
50. A. kind B. generous C. intelligent D. brave
51. A. courage B. belief C. attitude D. hope
52. A. agreed B. expected C. promised D. decided
53. A. took B. dropped C. pulled D. got
54. A. unless B. after C. since D. until
55. A. Walking B. Drinking C. Breathing D. Fighting
56. A. daylight B. afternoon C. darkness D. midnight
57. A. feel B. see C. guess D. find
58. A. angrily B. softly C. loudly D. happily
59. A. shame B. peace C. pain D. surprise
60. A. son B. daughter C. grandson D. cousin
第Ⅱ卷（共三节，满分50分）
第一节单词拼写。

（共10小题；每空1分，满分10分）
61. Have you ever d of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert?
62. Why did Nelson Mandela turn to violence to make black and white people (平等的)？
63. Two-thirds of the people died or were i during the earthquake.
64. In (如释重负), Daisy burst into laughter.
65. My handbag often c no more than 10 dollars.
66. The d of the Amber Room was in the fancy style.
67. Since the 1970s computers have been put into space rockets and sent to e the Moon
and Mars.
68. How many countries ___________ (竞争) in the ancient Olympic Games？
69. The English spoken between about AD 450 and 1150 was more on(以……为基
础) German than the English we speak at present.
70. My sister tried to (说服) me to buy a mountain bike.
第二节完成句子。

（共6小题；每空1分，满分20分）
71. 说实在的，很多人把名和利看得很重。

, a lot of people great importance to becoming rich and famous.
72. 毫无疑问，莫言在成功的路上付出许多。

that Mo Yan ever did so much on his way to success.
73. 世界似乎到了末日。

It seemed the world was .
74. 罗本岛是一座任何人都逃不出的监狱。

Robben Island was a prison no one escaped.
75. 人人都想参加英语演讲比赛。

Everyone wants to the English speech contest.
76. 我故意不睡觉，为的是独自好好看看月亮。

I stayed awake in order to have a good look at the moon by myself.
第三节短文改错（共1题；满分10分）。

严格按照改错题要求作答，否则一律不给分。

I have a good friend who’s name is Liu Mei. She is our monitor and one of the excellent student in our class. Although she is clever, but she works very hard. We have a lot on common and have a lot to talk about. One evening she told me that nothing happened when her parents was out. She was doing her homeworks one Sunday morning when she smelt something burning. She stopped look out of the window and find a cloud of smoke coming out of her neighbour’s house. She called 119 immediate. Ten minutes later, the firemen came and put out fire. Her neighbour was very thankful for her help.
第四节书面表达（满分20分）
假如你是李华，你校高一开展了“有困难向谁求助”（Who do you ask for help when in trouble?）的调查活动。

调查结果如下，请根据下表提供的信息给校报写一封信反映调查内容并表明自己的观点。

信的开头已为你写好。

Who to ask for help Why
classmates and friends be of the same age; understand each other easily
parents and teachers have rich experience; love them; be reliable
no one can't get along well with others; be unwilling to tell others
注意：1. 为了使文章连贯，可适当增加内容；
2. 词数：不少于100词；
3. 文章的开头和署名已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear editor,
I'm a student in Senior One. We have made a survey –“Who d o you ask for help when in trouble?” Here are the results.
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Yours，
Li Hua敬请批评指正。