辽宁省大连市2018-2019学年高二英语下册学业水平测试题

2018年高中英语学业水平考试练习题（二）（本试卷分为第I卷和第II卷，考试时间90分钟，满分100分）第I卷（选择题满分60分）第一部分: 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

AThose who have a chance to visit the United Statesoften complain that the fast pace at which people moveis very t roubling. One’ s first impression is likely to bethat everyone is in a rush. City people always seem tobe hurrying to get where they are going. And they arevery impatient if they are delayed (耽搁) even for abrief moment. At first this may seem unfriendly to you.Drivers will rush you; storekeepers will be in a hurry asthey serve you; people will push past you as they walk along the street. You will miss smiles and brief conversations with people when you shop or dine in a restaurant. Do not think it is because Americans are in such a hurry that they are unfriendly. Life is often much slower outside the big cities, which is true in other countries as well.Americans, who live in cities such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, often think that everyone is equally in a hurry to get things done. But when they discover that you are a stranger, most Americans become quite kindly and will take great care to help you.1.Visitors to the United States possibly feel that city people of the country are very ________.A. busyB. kindC. troublingD. patient2. In American big cities, people rarely _______.A. smile to each otherB. move at a fast paceC. chat with each other in a shopD. dine away from home3. According to the writer, American people are _______.A. unfriendly only when they are shoppingB. actually friendly to foreign visitorsC. indeed cold to foreign visitorsD. in no hurry when walking in the street4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Life pace is different inside and outside big cities.B. Life pace is quite slow in other parts of the world.C. Life pace is the same in different parts of the world.D. Life pace is similar in American cities, big or small.5. It seems that Americans are cold to you because they think _______.A. you are a foreignerB. you know their way of lifeC. you are as busy as they areD. you are a stranger thereBA. 宠物店B. 收容所C. 美容院D. 屠宰场7. We know that Savannah _______.A. can not work on certain daysB. works at the local animal shelterC. has 10 years’ pet-sitting experienceD. wants to be a babysitter8. Ahjah looks for a pet-sitting job mainly to _______.A. cover his college costsB. earn some pocket moneyC. enrich his college experienceD. be admitted to a dream college9. What is Elise’s disadvantage?A. She lacks experience of pet-sitting.B. She charges too much for her work.C. She hasn’t taken care of pets before.D. She doesn’t really like animals.10. If you have over 20 cats to take care of , you will probably employ ______ to be your pet-sitter?A. SavannahB. AhjahC. EliseD. KelseyCNo one can live without nerves (神经). The human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us get used to the outside world. Without our nerves and our brain, which is a system of nerves, we couldn’t know what’s happening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of suffering is based on the human body being open to pain.But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir ( 苦行僧) who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.The big thing in standing pain is our att itude toward it. If the dentist says, “This will hurt a little,” it helps us to accept the pain. By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation (感觉), we can handle the pain without falling apart. After all, although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensations are the nature of life.11. The human body has developed a system of nerves that enables us to _______.A. stay relaxedB. avoid painC. stand sufferingD. feel pain12. What d oes the writer mean by saying “we pay for our sensitivity” in the first paragraph?A. We have to take care of our sense of pain.B. We suffer as a result of our sense of feeling.C. We should try hard to resist pain.D. We are hurt when we feel pain.13. When the author mentions the Indian fakir, he shows that _______.A. fakirs have magic powerB. Indians are not afraid of painC. people can learn to deal with painD. some people are born without a sense of pain14. What is important for people to stand pain according to the writer?A. Their relaxation.B. Their interest.C. Their nerves.D. Their attitude.15. The author believes that _______.A. feeling pain is part of our lifeB. pain should be avoided at all costsC. feeling pain can be an interesting thingD. magic power is essential for rcing painDTina was worried. She was to have a jobinterview, and she wanted to look good. She decidedto get some new clothes. The store owner, PallasHansen, helped Maria find a suit. But when she leftthe store, she didn’t pay for the suit!How could Tina do this? She was in a specialstore called Career Closet (职业壁橱) in San Jose,California. Pallas Hansen and Charlotte Krumwiedestarted this nonprofit store to help women. They knew that many women don’t find jobs because they don’t have the right clothes for a job interview. Women who don’t have a lot of money have to use their money to buy food and clothes for their children. They can’t buy clothes for themselves.Pallas and Charlotte started the store after they heard about a store like this in Chicago. V olunteers work in the store. Working women gave away most of the clothes to the store. This makes it possible for the customers at Career Closet to get clothes for free.Career Closet has helped 2,500 San Jose women, but clothes aren’t the only things women get at the store. They also get confidence. Maria is 36 years old. Her husband was hurt in an accident, and Maria needed a job to support her seven children. She went to Career Closet and got a jacket, a skirt, and a blouse. “The whole day made me feel special,” she said. Maria was a success at her interview, a nd she got the job. One reason she got it was because she was wearing the right clothes for the workplace.Pallas says, “I love this job. Sixty percent of the women get jobs. It’s like a magic godmother.”16. Pallas Hansen started the non-profit store to _______.A. help womenB. make moneyC. support childrenD. collect beautiful clothes17. We can know from the passage that _______.A. dressing properly in working place is importantB. women need to wear fashionable dress for workC. wom en are trained for the interview in Pallas’s shopD. women get the job training in Pallas’s shop18. Which is not true according to the passage?A. Chicago has a similar clothes store.B. Pallas’ makes clothes for working women.C. Customers gain confidence in Pallas shop.D. All the clothes in Pallas shop are free.19. The main idea in Paragraph 4 is _______.A. Maria’s husband had an accidentB. Right dress helps to build people’s confidenceC. Maria needed a job to support her familyD. Maria has found the right dress for the workplace20. The best title for the passage might be _______.A. Job interviewB. Fashion on the wayC. Dressing for successD. Getting clothes for free第二部分: 英语知识运用（共两节；满分35分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。