高二英语上学期12月阶段性检测试题
高二上学期英语12月考试卷
高二上学期英语12月考试卷(共两卷，分值120分；时刻120分)I. 听力（共两节，满分20分。
）听下列五段材料，回答1至5题1. Where did they go for their holiday?A. They stayed at home.B. They went to New York.C. They went to Australia.2. How much does one chair cost if you buy a pair?A. thirty-five yuanB. seventy yuanC. forty yuan3. What do you know about the bus?A. It’s very small.B. It’s an old bus.C. There are many passengers on it.4. Why didn’t Bob take off wet clothes at once?A. Because he wanted to talk to his mother.B. Because he had no dry clothes.C. Because his mother didn’t let him take them off.5. What is the man going to do?A. He will lend some ink to the woman.B. He will borrow some ink from his friend.C. He will buy some ink for the woman.听第6段材料，回答6至7题6. What will there be on Sunday?A. A birthday partyB. A sports meetingC. A concert7. Why can’t Sherry go to the concert?A. She will do her homework.B. She has to see a doctor.C. She has to look after her sister.听第7段材料，回答8至9题8. How much did the woman want to spend on the present?A. ten dollarsB. thirty dollarsC. twenty dollars9. What present did the woman choose at last?A. a pen and pencil setB. a CDC. a pair of skating shoes听第8段材料，回答10至12题10. Who wanted to call whom?A. Peter wanted to call Mrs Thomas.B. Mrs Thomas wanted to call Peter.C. Mrs Thomas wanted to call Mr. Brown.11. What was the caller’s phone number?A. 9853674B.9835672C.879542312. When did the caller want to be called back?A. The same evening.B. the same morningC. at eleven o’clock听第9段材料，回答13至16题13. What does the woman want to collect here?A. a pair of glovesB. a red furC. a black coat14. What material is the coat made of?A. It is a fur coat.B. It is a woolen coat.C. It is a cotton coat.15. Why can’t the woman see her coat among all the coats?A. Because they look the same to her.B. Because it isn’t among them.C. Because she can see nothing.16. Which of the following may be true according to the dialogue?A. The woman left with a wrong coat.B. The woman left happily with her coat.C. The woman had to go without anything.听第10段材料，回答17至20题17. How many bells do students hear every day?A. about twelveB. about twentyC. about thirty18. What is the tardy bell?A. The bell for the first class.B. The bell for lunch.C. The bell for a break.19.What class are the students happy to have?A. A difficult class.B. An interesting class.C. The class before lunch.20. Why do most students like the lunch bell best?A. They can have a lot to eat.B. They can open their big paper bags.C. They can join their friends for lunch.II单项选择(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)21. His suggestion ___ the meeting ____ was turned down.A. that; be put offB. whether; would be put offC. which; be put offD. that; put off22. The doctor ___, the worried mother became calm.A. had been sent forB. had been askedC. having been sent forD. calling in23. _____________________today, he would get there by Saturday.A. If he leavesB. Was he leavingC. Would he leaveD. Were he to leave24. Mr. Smith, ___ of the ___ speech, started to read the novel.A. tired; boringB. tiring; boredC. tired; boredD. tiring; boring25. After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to _____ hishealth.A. take upB. pick upC. carry upD. make up26 Martin Luther King demanded that black people _____ with respect in the same way as otherpeople.A. be treatedB. treatedC. were treatedD. should treat27. Nobody knows exactly how many years it will be_______ the Chinese football team entersthe final stage of the World Cup．A．when B．for C．before D．until28. Her failure in the college entrance exam __________ her the opportunity to go to university.A. spentB. tookC. costD. paid29. You ‘ll be easily to be _______ by the company if you are expert at computer and you candrive a car as well.A. taken toB. taken outC. taken upD. taken on30. It is because he __________ science that I _________ what he says.A. believes in; believeB. believes; believe inC. believes; believeD. believes in; believe in31. －What have you been doing? I asked you a question. Why didn’t you answer?－Sorry, I _________to the news on the radio.A. was listeningB. have listenedC. listenedD. had listened32. We have every reason to believe that____2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be_____ success.A. /; aB. the; /C. the; aD. a; a33. The law requires that everyone _______ his car checked at least once a year.A. hasB. hadC. haveD. must have34. We were in ________ when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.A. a rush so anxiousB. a such anxious rushC. so an anxious rushD. such an anxious rush35. He is a strict but kind teacher, ____is always trying to make his classes _____ andinteresting.A. one; livingB. one who ; livelyC. he; lovelyD. he who; liveⅢ．完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)Years ago，if a teenager had some problems in his life，he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with 36 problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog （博客）. In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 37 ; But what make bolgging different from writing in a(n) 38 diary?The biggest difference is that a blog is much more 39 than a diary. Usually，a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 40 that he does not want to 41 with others.It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 42 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her 43 . She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test.44 I was her age, I wrote about the same thing, but 45 in my dairy. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 46 that my sister might read it.The biggest 47 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 48 about him in my diary, he would never know. 49 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might 50 her blog and get angry.There are also 51 to blogging, of course. If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, ”Nobody cares about me”. because no one would 52 about it. However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friend would quickly 53 and tell her how much they 54 her. Blog help people 55 in contact with their friend and know what thepeople around them are doing.36. A. the same B. interesting C. difficult D. daily37. A. simple B. special C. similar D. different38. A. personal B. ordinary C. meaningful D. traditional39. A. attractive B. public C. exciting D. quick40. A. thoughts B. puzzles C. ideas D. secrets41. A. tell B. share C. publish D. solve42. A. instead of B. as well as C. except for D. besides43. A. blog B. diary C. report D. web44. A. Although B. Since C. When D. Because45. A. only B. already C. still D. never46. A. angry B. sad C. glad D. worried47. A. problem B. doubt C. question D. mistake48. A. boring B. wrong C. humorous D. unpleasant49. A. So B. However C. Therefore D. Then50. A. steal B. break C. write D. read51. A. reasons B. wishes C. shortcomings D. advantages52. A. care B. know C. think D. ask53. A. prepare B. begin C. respond D. feel54. A. 1ike B. miss C. need D. stand55. A. 1ose B. stay C. 1eave D. findⅣ．阅读明白得（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）ANot being able to fall asleep or stay asleep is not a disorder in itself but a sign of some other problems, often a physical one.If you have trouble sleeping, the American Sleep Disorders Association suggests that, for a week or two, you put down the time you go to bed, get up, exercise, and drink coffee, tea or wine. The purpose is to find the habits that may affect your sleep.Then:a．Don’t drink coffee in the six hours before going to bed.b．Stop smoking and drinking at bedtime.c．Don’t sleep during the day.d．Go to bed at the same time every night. Set your alarm clock for the same time every morning and get up at that time, whether or not you sleep well.e．Use the bedroom only for sleep. Read, watch TV, eat and talk elsewhere.f．Take sleeping pills according to your doctor’s directions and don’t take them for longerthan three weeks at a time.g．If you haven’s fallen asleep within 15 minutes of going to bed, don’t turn over worrying about it. Get up and read or watch TV until you are sleepy, then return to bed.If you continue to have trouble sleeping, ask your doctor for help or go to a sleep –disorders center.56．According to the passage, there is probably if you are not able to fall asleep or stay asleep.A．a bad way of sleeping B．a disorder in sleepC．a physical reason D．a problem caused by the brain57．If you have trouble sleeping, you should try to .A．ask a doctor for help or go to a sleep – disorders centerB．put down the time you do things every dayC．do more physical exerciseD．find out the cause first58．According to the passage, which of the following would be the best way to help you sleep well?A．Taking some sleeping pills every day. B．Reading books before you go to bed.C．Setting your alarm clock at night. D．Forming good living habits. 59．The author writes this article in order to .A．tell us not being able to fall asleep is a serious diseaseB．provide us with some suggestions on sleep problemC．persuade us not to go to see the doctors when we are illD．help the American Sleep Disorders Association to find the causes of not being able to fall sleepB"It’s over! Thank goodness!"School was over and I was tired. I sat at the front of the school bus.Janie, the driver, always tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by talking. I try to listen politely, but usually I’m too busy thinking about my day. On this day, however, her talk was worth listening to."My father’s ill," she said to no one in particular. I could see worry in her eyes. I had never seen her like this before. She always meets students with a smile.With a sudden chance of interest, I asked, "What’s wrong with him?"With her eyes wet and her voice unusual, she answered, "Heart trouble. " Her eyes lowered as she continued, "I’ve already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him." I couldn’t answer. My heart ached for her.I sat on the seat thinking of the great pain my own mother was thrown into when her father died.I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t want anyone to go through that.Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver, which was just her job. She had a whole world of family and cares too.I shouldn’t have been so selfish. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.I shouldn’t have been so selfish and self-centered. Understanding people is an art.60. When the students get on the school bus, Janie usually__________.A. listens to musicB. talks about her own worryC. sits on her seat without wordsD. meets them with a smile61. After she learned Janie’s story, the writer thought of__________.A. her father’s deathB. her mother’s painC. the ache of her own heartD. the pain of Janie’s parents62. The writer felt herself selfish because she had__________.A. thought of Janie as nothing but a driverB. made only a few friends in the schoolC. hardly thought of herselfD. never listened to others63. In this passage the writer tries to tell us that__________.A. losing parents makes people sad and helplessB. understanding the people around us takes timeC. we should learn to understand the people around usD. it’s not right to judge the people around us by their clothesCPerhaps a parent’s most important contribution toward raising a trustful child is to develop a relationship founded on trust. A child of any age will feel proud and grown-up if parents frequently show their trust. In court a defendant(被告) is innocent until proved guilty. But in the family, a teenager “defendant” is too often assumed guilty.Even when the child is caught in a complete lie, this should not be the end of trust. A parent can tell a child that a single lie is forgivable. Yet it should be clear that if lies continue, the child, like the boy who cried wolf, will suffer loss of trust.When my wife and I discovered that our son Tom, then 13, had lied about throwing a party while we were away, we grounded him for a month. We also told Tom that we could no longer trust him, and we could not allow him to stay alone overnight again. This loss of freedom was an important lesson; he learned how hard it is to live with people when they don’t trust him. As a result, now more than three years later we can again trust Tom to stay alone overnight.Parents must always remember there is no easy answer to this universal problem of lying.We can set a good example, allow for privacy, monitor friendship, develop trust and punish wrong doing, but still we discover our child has lied to us. Finally that’s why there is a need for trust on both sides of a parent-child relationship. Lying destroys closeness and friendship. For that reason, parents should always try to give a child the feeling that they can be trusted with the truth. Parents may start with a child’s trust, but as the child grows older, parents must earn it. 64．When the writer and his wife discovered that their son had lied, they _________.A．took him from all his freedom B．decided that they could never trust him againC．forbade him to stay alone overnight for more than three yearsD．arranged for him to live with people who do not trust him for more than three years 65．We can infer from the passage that very often ________.A．parents don’t trust their child as they shouldB．defendants are usually proved not guilty in courtC．parents have too much trust in their child D．some children are founded guilty in court 66．According to the passage, the writer believes that _____________.A．parents shouldn’t punish their children even if they lieB．it is not easy to deal with the problem of lying as parentsC．there are many effective ways to prevent children from lyingD．a child will stop telling lies as he grows up67．What does the underlined word “ground” mean in the passage?A．To teach someone the basic things they should know in order to be able to do something.B．To stop a child going out with their friends as a punishment for behaving badly.C．To put someone on the ground and beat him.D．To ask someone to stay on the ground and not to move.DA typical Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail, favors news, music and games sites and seldom makes online purchases（购物）. According to a study, about two-thirds of survey participants use the Internet for news —often entertainment-related — or for online games. About half download music and movies.They also tend to prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are depending on the Internet more frequently than before to communicate with others who have the same professions, hobbies and political interests. Online purchases still remain unpopular in China. Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month. Among those who do buy online, most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardware or software.“Many people don’t trust the quality of goods bought online,” Guo said Wednesday. “If they buy it in a store and don’t like it, they can easily bring it back.”The survey was done in five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu andChangsha. Results do not necessarily project countrywide because Internet use in rural areas is lower than in cities. Guo describes the typical netizen in the five cities surveyed as young, male,richer and more highly educated. Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community, and more than 80 percent of users are under 24. Among people ages 25 to 29, 60 percent to 80 percent goonline.China has more than 100 million people online, second in the world to the United States.68. A typical Chinese Internet user may be the one who _________.A. likes to send e-mailsB. likes to buy goods onlineC. likes to pay for entertainmentD. likes the games sites 69. Online purchases still remain unpopular in China mainly because _________.A. it is more difficult for sales returnsB. peopl e haven’t computersC. it is not convenient to purchase on lineD. all goods bought online are of low quality70. Which of the following words fails to describe the typical netizens in the five cities?A. well educatedB. richerC. femaleD. young 第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并依照所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
【高二英语试题精选】高二英语上册12月月考检测试题(含答案)_0
高二英语上册12月月考检测试题(含答案) 高二英语上册12月月考检测试题(含答案) 高二英语上册12月月考检测试题(含答案)沈阳二中1443B 816-548-1434C 816-558-14344What does the man intend to buy?A SkatesB A basketballC Baseball gloves5Why does the woman think Utah Jazz has a better chance?A It has the best coachB It has the best playersC Its players cooperate well第二节（共１５小题，每小题15分，满分225 分）听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白有5个小题，从题中所给的ABC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秒钟的时间作答。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6Who is Jack?AThe woman’s friendBThe woman’s sonCThe woman’s husband7What’s the man’s attitude towards Jack’s decision?A SupportiveB NegativeC Uninterested听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8Hodo the two speakers knoabout the royal wedding?ABy reading a newspaperBBy watching TVCBy surfing the Inter9What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?。
高二英语上学期12月阶段性考试试题高二全册英语试题
得夺市安庆阳光实验学校马营中学2015—2016学年度第一学期阶段性考试高二英语考试时间：100分钟试题分数：120分第一部分阅读理解（共两节，共40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AMy brother Ron joined the US army a few years ago. Most girls, especially those who are my age, are thrilled by anything that has to do with the “army”. It’s a novelty to them to shoot a gun, jump out of a plane, and wear uniform.Now I know you’re thinking that I must find it really cool to know a solider, who’s my brother. That’s wrong, before I found out that my brother joined the army, I was crazy about the army. Firstly, I wanted to go to college, knew that joining the army was probably the only way I could get it as my parents couldn’t afford it. Additionally there were all the other points of the army that grabbed my heart. I wanted the challenge, I wanted the discipline and I wanted the feeling that I would be doing something beyond the ability of average citizen.But as soon as my brother joined the army, all those things fell away. All I saw were dead people, guns shooting, tanks turning into a ball of fire, tents burning, and lots of blood. It was so horrible. When Ron went to Iraq, I freaked out whenever I didn’t hear from him for more than a week. I kept up with the news, reading the latest newspaper and listening to the hourly reports. And every time I heard that an American solider was killed, I prayed, it’ wasn’t Ron.I’m proud of my brother for serving our country, and his willingness to devote his life to something he finds important. It’s great to see how discipline and mature he’s got, and I’m glad he has his college paid for. But although I am proud, I gladly give up the “coolness” of having a brother in the army. I would be perfectly all right if I had never seen that uniform on him, and he was just a plain old “boring”brother.I love my brother, and I’m proud of him, but I want him back home!21. What did the writer think of the army before Ron joined?A. Joining the army was more beneficial than going to college.B. Joining the army was a good choice for those who couldn’t afford college education.C. Joining the army was meant risking one’s life for something important,D. Joining the army did more harm than good.22. After Ron joined the army, the writer .A. decide to join the army one dayB. became afraid of seeing soldiersC. often showed off Ron in front of friendsD. became aware of the danger of joining the army23. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Peace or war?B. Life in the armyC. Having a soldier in the familyD. A choice between your life and your dreamBThe greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman's life spent in caring for the children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, four or five of whom lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman's youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five years and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has to take care of children, her work is lightened by modern living conditions.This important change in women's life-patterns has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls took a full-time job after they left school. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school- leaving age is sixteen; many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry older, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to full-or-part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.24. At what age did most women marry around the 1890 according to the passage?A. At about twenty-fiveB. In their earl fiftiesC. At the age of fifteenD. At any age from fifteen to forty-five25. Many girls, the passage claims, are now likely to_______.A. give up their jobs for good after they are marriedB. leave school as soon as they canC. marry so that they can get a jobD. continue working until they are going to have a baby26. When she was over fifty, a late nineteenth-century mother ______.A. was usually expected to die fairly soonB. would expect to work until she diedC. would be healthy enough to take up paid jobsD. was less likely to find a job even if she wanted to27. Nowadays, a husband tends to_______.A. play a greater part in looking after the childrenB. help his wife by doing much of the houseworkC. feel dissatisfied with his role in the familyD. take a part-time job so that he can help in the homeCThe best example of something is often called the "gold standard." It sets the standard against which other things are measured. In economics, the term describes how major trading nations once used gold to set currency values and exchange rates. Many nations continued to use the gold standard until the last century.In the United States, people could exchange paper money for gold from the eighteen seventies until nineteen thirty-three. Then-President Richard Nixon finally disconnected the dollar from the value of gold in nineteen seventy-one. From time to time, some politicians call for a return to the gold standard.In 1978, the International Monetary Fund ended an official gold price. The IMF also ended the required use of gold in transactions with its member countries. Since that time, gold prices have grown and continued to be high. But people keep buying. Some people are "gold bugs." These are investors who say people should buy gold to protect against inflation(通货膨胀).People have valued gold for thousands of years. The soft, dense metal polishes to a bright yellow shine and resists most chemical reactions. It makes a good material for money, political power -- and, more recently, electrical power. If you own a device like a mobile phone or a computer, you might own a little gold in the wiring.The gold standard was the subject of one of the best-known speeches in American political history. William Bryan wanted the country to use both gold and silver as money. The idea was to devalue the dollar and make it easier for farmers to pay their debts. So he delivered a speech, which made him famous. He was a presidential candidate three times. But he never won.28. The underlined word “transactions”probably means “”A. warsB. tradeC. meetingsD. conflict29. After the IMF ended the official gold price, the goldprices .A. stayed the sameB. began to dropC. increasedD. increased a little at first and kept drop30. What’s the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. The reason for valuing goldB. The history of the use of goldC. New function of goldD. How to obtain gold31. We can learn from the last paragraph that William Bryan .A. was once a farmerB. loved to collect goldC. was a famous political figureD. was a good at giving speeches DEdward Wilson is America's, if not the world's, leading naturalist. In The Future of Life, he takes us on a tour of the world's natural resources. How are they used? What has been lost? What remains and is it able to continue with the present speed of use? Wilson also points out the need to understand fully the biodiversity(生物多样性)of our earth.Wilson begins with an open letter to the pioneer in environment protection, Henry David Thoreau. He compares today's Walden Pond with that of Thoreau's day. Wilson will use such comparisons for the rest of the book. The problem is clear: man has done great damage to his home over the years. Can the earth, with human help, be made to return to biodiversity levels that will be able to support us in the future?Biodiversity, Wilson argues, is the key to settling many problems the earth faces today. Even our agricultural crops can gain advantages from it. A mere hundred species(物种) are the basis of our food supply, of which but twenty carry the load. Wilson suggests changing this situation by looking into ten thousand species that could be made use of, which will be a way to reduce the clearing of the natural homes of plants and animals to enlarge farming areas.At the end of the book, Wilson discusses the importance of human values in considering the environment. If you are to continue to live on the earth, you may as well read and act on the ideas in this book.32. We learn from the text that Wilson cares most about .A. the environment for plantsB. the biodiversity of our earthC. the waste of natural resourcesD. the importance of human values33. How many species are most important to our present food supply?A. TwentyB. EightyC. One hundredD. Ten thousand34. Wilson suggests that one way to keep biodiversity is to .A. learn how to farm scientificallyB. builds homes for some dying speciesC. makes it clear what to eatD. use more species for food35. We can infer that the text isA. description of natural resourcesB. a research reportC. a book reviewD. an introduction to a scientist第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共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。
高二英语12月阶段性质量检测试题
高二年级阶段性质量检测英语卷(试卷总分：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）做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。
听力结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)1.How will the woman get to Barcelona?A. By shipB. By train.C. By plane.2. How many cars can be parked in the back lot?A. A total of 15B. A total of 30.C. A total of 50.3. Who is leaving for America?A. The woman.B. Peter.C. Mary.4. What do the scientists think of the advertisements?A. They are good for people's eyes.B. They are terrible.C. It is a waste of time to advertise on TV.5. What does the woman mean?A. She does not want to eat anything.B. She wants to eat something.C. She is getting better now.第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分）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秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why can't the man help the woman?A. He has to report it to the manager first.B. He's on the phone at the moment.C. He can't leave the desk.7. What will the man probably do?A. He will do nothing for the woman.B. He will take her to the station.C. He will find a way to help her.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
高二上学期英语12月月考试卷真题
高二上学期英语12月月考试卷一、阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）1. 阅读理解Back in 2012, Dylan Mayer was 19 yearsold. He was a few years into a new passion: scuba diving. He says spending time underwater is like visiting an alien planet full of strange creatures.Dylan grew up in Maple ValleyWashington, just outside of the liberal blue bubble of Seattle. Dylan learnedyoung how to hunt and do farm work. On October 31, 2012, he decided to marryhis love of scuba diving with his desire to be self-sufficient and harvest hisown food. That gray morning, the goal was to pull a giant pacific octopus fromits den, wrestle it to the surface and take it home for dinner.He and a friend headed to the populardive site at Cove 2 in West Seattle. With his bare hands, Dylan caught an80-pound cep halopod . “The key is to stay calm. Onceyou start to panic, you’ll drown,” said Dylan, recalling his 45-minutehand-to-tentacle battle with the octopus.But when he hauled it out of the water,people nearby didn’t look very happy. Dylan and his dive partner threw theoctopus in the back of their truck and quickly left the scene.Even though what Dylan did wasperfectly legal and even though octopus is on restaurant menus all over theNorthwest, the taking of this particularoctopus touched a nerve. Adult membersof the diving community that Dylan was so excited to be a part of not onlyroundly rejected him, but also threatened to kill him and his family. However,one diver from the Cove 2 community rose above the criticism to guide thisyoung diver.（1）What did Dylan Mayer decide to do on October 31, 2012?A . To get married.B . To grow his own food.C . To support himself by diving.D . To pull a giant pacific octopus.（2）Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A . Dylan went to Cove 2 alone.B . Dylan spent 54 minutes catching the octopus.C . Dylan attached great importance to keeping calm.D . Dylan caught a cephalopod with some equipment.（3）What were people’s reactions to Dylan’s taking of the octopus?A . Not all people liked it.B . People nearby were very satisfied.C . Adult members of the diving community were very excited.D . Nobody liked it because they thought it was against the law.2. 阅读理解From Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoylistening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Manybelieve that music helps boost creativity, but an international study conductedby English and Swedish researchers is challenging that belief. Their findingsindicate music actually stymies creativity.To come to their conclusions, researchers hadparticipants complete verbal insight problems designed to inspire creativitywhile sitting in a quietroom, and then again while music played in thebackground. They found that background music “significantly damaged”the participants’ abil ity to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity.The research team also tested background noises such as those commonly heard ina library, but found that such noises had no impact on subjects’ creativity.The tasks were simple word games. For example, participants were given threewords, such as dress, dial, and flower. Then, they were asked to find a singleword associated with all three that could be combined to form a common phraseor word. The single word, in this case, would be “sun” . Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, orwhile exposed to three different types of music; music with unfamiliar lyrics,instrumental music, or music with familiar lyrics.“We found strong evidence of damaged performancewhen playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions,”says co-author Dr. Neil McLatchie of Lancaster University.Dr. McLatchie and his colleagues theorize thatmusic interferes with the verbal working memory processes of the brain,blocking creativity. Also, as far a s the library background noises havingseemingly no effect, the study’s authors believe that was the case becauselibrary noises create a “steady state” environment that doesn’tdisrupt concentration. It’s worth mentioning that even familiar music with wellknown lyrics damaged participants’ creativity, regardless of whether or not itcaused a positive reaction, or whether participants typically studied orcreated while listening to music.“To conclude, the findings here challengethe popular view that music strengthens creativity, and instead demonstratethat music, regardless of the presence of semantic content ,consistently disrupts creative performance in insight problem solving,”the study reads.（1）Why are Mozart and Metallica mentioned at the beginning?A . To prove they are very creative.B . To introduce the topic of the text.C . To show the importance of music.D . To offer some background information.（2）What does the underlined word “stymies” in the first paragraph probably mean?A . Blocks.B . Boosts.C . Inspires.D . Strengthens.（3）If the participants were given the words fire, place and book during the game, a proper answer could be .A . manB . storeC . workD . birth（4）What do we know about the study?A . The tasks were very difficult for participants to finish.B . All participants were exposed to two different types of music.C . Music with famous lyrics didn’t harm participants’ creativity.D . Library background noises hardly affected participants’ creativity.3. 阅读理解Heart disease is one of the major killers in theworld today. Many who suffer from it must have heart transplants. However, it’sdifficult to get a suitable heart donation, and even if a patient survives thewait, his or her body often rejects the heart.But there is now new hope for sufferers of heartdisease. According to a study published in the journal Advanced Science,researchers from Israel’s Tel Aviv University printed a 3D human heart on April15.“This is the first time anyone anywhere hassuccessfully engineered and printed an entire heart,” professor Tal Dvirtold CNN. Unlike the previous 3D-printed heart structure, the new heart iscomplete with cells, blood vessels, chambers and other structures a heart needsto function normally. But scientists still have more to figure out before the3D-printed heart can be fitted into the body. For one thing, the experimentalheart is only the size of a thumb. And, although it can contract like a muscle,it cannot pump out blood like a real one. At present, the heart prototype islike a tiny airplane that has all of the right parts, but can’t fly.However, the development is still regarded as amajor breakthrough in medicine.In the experiment, the researchers turned humanfat tissue into human heart tissue with stem cell technology. The tissue wasthen turned into “bio-ink” for a 3D printer to ensure that tissue inthe heart came from the patients themselves. So ideally, if it were to beplaced in the body of someone in need of a transplant, there would be less riskof organ rejection. “Patients will no longer have to wait for transplantsor take medications to prevent their rejection,” researchers told USAToday. “Instead, the needed heart will be printed, fully personalized forevery patient.”But the scientists think that 3D printing can beused to create otherhuman organs. They foresee a time when the 3D printing oforgans will be an everyday medical practice. “Maybe, in 10 years, therewill be organ printers in the finest hospitals around the world and theseprocedures will be conducted routinely,” Dvir said.（1）Why do scientists have to do further research before fitting the 3D-printed heart into the body?A . Because the heart is incomplete.B . Because the heart can’t pump out blood.C . Because the heart is an airplane that can’t fly.D . Because the heart can’t contract like a muscle.（2）What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?A . The needed heart will be printed to meet every patient’s need.B . The 3D printing of organs will be an unusual medical practice.C . Dvir has a negative attitude towards the future of organ printers.D . Patients will need medicines to stop their rejection for their heart transplant.（3）What can serve as the best title for the passage?A . Organ printers in the hospitals.B . How to get a suitable heart donation.C . Heart disease: one of the major killers.D . A 3D-printed heart: new hope for heart disease sufferers.二、任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）4. 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。
高二英语上册12月月考检测试题(有答案)
高二英语上册12月月考检测试题（有答案）pressorstation.65.InBritaingassupplynever____.A.changesalltheyearroundB.stopsinwinterC.increasesinwinterD.meetsthedemandsofthepeople(B)RobertFriedlander,anAmerican,arrivedinXi'anonhisbicycletripacrossAsiawh ichstartedlastDecemberinNewDelhi,India.Whenhewas11,hereadthebookMarcoPoloandmadeuphismindtovisittheSilk Road.Now,after44years,hewasontheSilkRoadinXi'anandhisearlydreamswer ecomingtrue.RobertFriedlander'snextdestinations(目的地)wereLanzhou,Dunhuang,Urumqi,etc.HewillcompletehistripinPakistan.66.Thebestheadline(标题)forthisnewspaperarticlewouldbe.A.TheKingdomofBicyclesB.ABeautifulHotelinXi'anC.MarcoPoloandtheSilkRoadD.AnAmericanAchievingHisAims67.ThehotelworkerstoldthemanageraboutFriedlandercomingtothehotelbec ause.A.heaskedtoseethemanagerB.heenteredthehallwithabicycleC.themanagerhadtoknowaboutallforeignguestsD.themanagerknewabouthistripandwasexpectinghim68.Friedlanderisvisitingthethreecountriesinthefollowingorder:.A.China,India,andPakistanB.India,China,andPakistanC.Pakistan,China,andIndiaD.China,Pakistan,andIndia69.WhatmadeFriedlandercometoChina?A.ThestoriesaboutMarcoPolo.B.ThefamoussightsinXi'an.C.HisinterestinChinesesilk.D.Hischildhooddreamsaboutbicycles.70.Friedlandercanbesaidtobe.A.cleverB.friendlyC.hardworkingD.strong-minded（C）DiscoverCoverPrice:$59.88Price:$19.95($1.66/issue)YouSave:$39.93(67%)Issues:12issues/12monthsSelfPublishedbycondeNastPublicationsInc.,Selfisahand bookdevotedtowomen’s overallphysicalandmentalhealth.Everyissuecontainsusablearticlessuchas“St yleLab”,inwhichwearableclothesaremixedandmatchedonnon-modelsandth e“Eat-rightRoadMap”,withtipsonhowtoeatproperly.CoverPrice:$35.86Price:$15.00($2.5/issue)YouSave:$20.86(58%)Issues:10issues/12monthsInstyleInstyleisaguidetothelivesandlifestylesoftheworld’sfamouspeople.Themagaz inecoversthechoicespeoplemakeabouttheirhomes,theirclothesandtheirfre etimeactivities.Withphotosandarticles,itopensthedoortothesepeople’shom es,families,partiesandweddings,offeringideasaboutbeauty,fitnessandingen eral,lifestyles.Publisher:TheTimeInc.MagazineCompany.CoverPrice:$47.88Price:$23.88($2.38/issue)YouSave:$24.00(50%)Issues:10issues/12monthsWiredPrice:$10.00($1.00/issue)Yousave:$49.40(83%)Issues:10issues/12months 71．Whichofthefollowingmagazinesispublishedmonthly?A.DiscoverB.SelfC.InstyleD.Wired 72．Whichtwomagazinesarepublishedbythesamepublisher?A.WiredandInstyleB.DiscoverandInstyleC.SelfandDiscoverD.SelfandWired 73．Whichmagazineoffersthebiggestpricecut?A.InstyleB.WiredC.DiscoverD.Self74．The“StyleLab”inSelfprovidesreaderswitharticleswhich_____.A.offeradvicetoordinarywomenonclothesB.showhowawomancanbecomefamousC.introduceplaceswiththebestfoodD.discusswaysoftrainingmodels 75．Thosewhoareinterestedinmanagementandtheuseofhightechnologyw ouldprobablychoose_____.A.InstyleB.SelfC.WiredD.Discover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。
高二英语上册12月月考检测试题(有答案)
高二英语上册12月月考检测试题（有答案）考试时间100分钟满分150分第一卷（三部分，共120分）第一部分:听力（共两节, 满分30分）做题时, 先将答案划在试卷上. 录音内容结束后, 你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分）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。
A.He got out of the shower to answer the phone. B.He didn’t hear the phone ringing. C.Their shower was out of order. 3.What can be concluded from the conversation? A.Smoking is strictly forbidden in this waiting room. B.The woman is bothered by heavy smokers. C.The waiting room is on fire and full of smoke. 4.What does the woman ask the man to do? 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分）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秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.How long haven’t the speakers seen eacher other? A.3 years B.13 years C.30 years.7.What will the speakers do next? A. Have a drink. B.Have a meeting. C.Do some reading.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
英语上学期12月月考试题高二全册英语试题
额份市来比阳光实验学校二中2021—2021度上学期12月份小班化学习成果阶段验收高二英语试题说明：1.测试时间：120分钟总分150分2.客观题答案涂在答题纸上，主观题答在答题纸的相位置上。
第一卷客观题试卷 (共三，总分值115分)第一听力〔共两节，总分值20分〕第一节(共5小题；每题1分，总分值5分)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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来答复有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.How does the woman feel about working in the city?A. Scared.B. Disappointed.C. Excited.2.What day is it today?A. Tuesday.B. Wednesday.C. Thursday.3.What did the woman most probably do last night?A. She went to a concert.B. She stayed with Lisa.C. Shetalked with the man.4.What does the woman think of the man’s cellphone?A. It doesn’t look good.B. It has strange functions.C.It has too few functions.5.Where is most probably Mr Green now?A. In a hotel’s hall.B. In a conference room.C. In ahotel room.第二节〔共15小题；每题1分，总分值15分〕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三个选项中选出最正确选项，并标在试卷的相位置。
高二英语上学期12月月考试题高二全册英语试题_2
得夺市安庆阳光实验学校临川十中12月月考高二英语试卷第一部分听力第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分）1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A.In the boy’s home.B. In a zoo.C. Over the telephone2. What does the woman mean?A.She will see the man off at the airport.B.She wants the man to bring her a cake.C.The questions are easy for the man.3. What do we know about Mrs. White?A. She will join the man.B. She is too busy to go shopping.C. She wants the man to look after her son.4. Who is the little girl?A. Helen’s daughter.B. Helen’s niece.C. Helen’s sister.5. What would the woman like to drink?A. Wine.B. Beer.C. Orange juice.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分）听第六段材料，回答第6.、7题。
6. Where is Elena?A. In the classroom.B. In the reading room.C. In the park.7. What will Elena do?A. She will study for the test with the man.B. She will call Tom and discuss her holiday plans.C. She will go to the library to prepare for the test.听第七段材料，回答第8、9题8. Why does the man advise the woman to go to Harbin?A. It’s cold there.B. It’s not far away.C. It’s interesting there.9. How will the woman get there?A. By air.B. By train.C. By car.听第八段材料，回答第10-12题。
高二12月月考测试(英语)试题含答案
高二12月月考（英语）（考试总分：120 分）一、阅读理解（本题共计4小题，总分30分）1.（8分）第一节阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，共30分）AThe best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up( 混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can' t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor ( 幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: "Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes."1．The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is ____．A．writing B．listeningC．using it D．learning grammar2．What should you do in learning English?A．Be careful not to make any mistake．B．Write as quickly as you can．C．Laugh more often．D．Speak English as much as you can．3．When people laugh at your mistakes，you should ____．A．not care B．be happyC．feel worried D．be unhappy4．When you make a mistake ，you should ____．A．keep quiet B．keep your sense of humorC．be kind D．get angry2.（8分）BJoan is an American girl. She lives in China now. She is in my class. Her parents work in China, too, but her brother works in the U.S.A. He often writes letters to them. Joan likes Chinese class very much, and likes speaking Chinese with us after class. Her father teaches us English well. We all like his class. On Sundays, Joan goes to the People's Park with her father and mother.Sometimes she goes shopping with her mother. They like the Chinese food very much. It's a happy family．5．Joan is from ________．A．China B．Japan C．the U.S.A D．Canada6．Joan likes speaking ________with us after class．A．Chinese B．English C．French D．Japanese7．Joan's ________ is an English teacher．A．father B．mother C．brother D．father and mother8．How often does Joan go to the shop?A．Often B．Never C．Every Sunday D．Sometimes3.（8分）CAnnie Oakley was born in 1860 in Darke County, Ohio. Her family was very poor. She decided to help her family even when she was very young, so she learned to use a gun, and began hunting (打猎) animals for food. She could shoot them without losing the important parts of the meat．Soon her shooting ability became well known. When she was sixteen, she was invited to a competition with a famous marksman (神枪手), Frank Butler. Annie surprised everyone by winning the competition. Later that year she and Frank married.In 1882, Annie Oakley and Frank Butler started putting on shows together. Frank Butler was the star of the show and she was his assistant. The famous Native American leader, Sitting Bull, thought so highly of her shooting ability that he called her “Little Sure Shot”. Later Annie Oakley became the star of the show and Frank Butler was her assistant. Posters (海报) for the show called her the “Champion Markswoman”.During World War One, Annie Oakley wanted to train a group of women volunteers for the army, but the United States did not accept it. She gave American soldiers shooting lessons, and traveled across the country visiting many training camps. She gave shooting performances and raised money to support the American soldiers．Annie Oakley died on November 3, 1926．Eighteen days later, Frank Butler died too．9．According to the passage, Annie Oakley ______．A．lived a hard life as a childB．often went hunting with her familyC．joined the army during World War OneD．trained women soldiers during the war10．Which of the following shows best that Annie was skilled at shooting?A．She put on shows as her husband’s assistant．B．She raised money to support the American soldiers．C．She offered to help the army by training women to be soldiers．D．She could shoot animals without harming the important parts of the meat．11．Which of the following is in the RIGHT order about Annie?a．She took part in a shooting competition．b．She gave shooting demonstrations and raised money．c．She hunted animals for food．d．She put on shows with Frank Butler．e．She was called the "Champion Markswoman"．f．She married Frank Butler．A．a, c, d, f, b, e B．a, c, b, e, f, dC．c, a, d, f, e, b D．c, a, f, d, e, b12．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A．Annie Oakley—Markswomen．B．Frank Butler—Champion Marksman．C．A Couple of Marksmen．D．Trained Woman Soldier．4.（6分）DIf English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven't you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the effect is greater, the younger people learn a second language.A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of "early bilinguals" who had learnt asecond language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.Scans showed that grey matter density(密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference."Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language," said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link betweenbilingualism and maths skills．"Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的), "he said．"You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas."The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34．Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better．"Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world," explained the scientists.13.The main subject talked about in this passage is ______ .A．science on learning a second languageB．man’s ability of learning a second languageC．1anguage can help brain powerD．1anguage learning and maths study14．In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to ______ .A．say language is also a kind of physical laborB．prove that one needs more practice when he(she) is learning a languageC．to show the importance of using the language when you learn the languageD．make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well15．The underlined word “bilingual” probably means ______ .A．a researcher on language learningB．a person who is good at learning foreign languagesC．a person who can speak two languagesD．an active language learner二、阅读七选五（本题共计1小题，总分10分）5.（10分）第二节七选五（共5小题，每题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
湖北省2023-2024学年高二上学期12月月考英语试卷含解析
2023—2024学年度第一学期高二年级12月月考英语试卷（答案在最后）时限：120分钟满分：150分第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节：(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)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。
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.Why did the police officer stop the woman?A.Because of the driving speed.B.Because of the license problem.C.Because of the broken tail light.2.How does the man feel?A.Confident.B.Nervous.C.Excited.3.What is the woman telling the man?A.She likes him.B.She forgot him.C.She remembers him.4.What will happen in the speakers’company?A.The office building will change.B.Many employees will lose their jobs.C.All employees will earn more money.5.What does the man suggest?A.Buying a phone.ing his phone.C.Charging the phone.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)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。
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秒钟的作答时间。
【高二英语试题精选】高二英语上册12月阶段检测试题(含答案)
高二英语上册12月阶段检测试题(含答案) 高二英语上册12月阶段检测试题(含答案) 高二英语上册12月阶段检测试题(含答案)Kj 湖南师大附中in desks You should go to your airline desk, okay? Actually that’s very close to the entrance M You mean as soon as I enter the airport, I will see the airline desk?W That’s right Once you are at the airline desk, shoyour ticket and passport to the clerk and place your luggage on the scalesM Is there any limit of my luggage?W Yes Try not to have more than 25 kilograms altogether Oh… and don’t check in your hand luggage, as you’ll bring it along with you on the planeM Well What should I do after checking in my hand luggage?W Then, the clerk will give you a boarding pass with your seat number printed on itM A friend of mine told me something about a departure tax What’s that? Have I paid for it?W Don’t worry It’s included in the price of your ticket M Oh, thank youSection BThere are two types of people in the world Although they have equal degrees of health and wealth and the other forts of life, one bees happy, the other bees unhappy This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, and events, and the resulting effects upon their minds The people who are to be happy fix their attention on the。
高二英语上学期12月阶段性检测试题(新版)人教版
——————————新学期新成绩新目标新方向——————————2019学年度第一学期阶段性检测高二英语I．单项选择（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）1. Thanks to Mayor Geng, great changes ____ in our city and many high-risebuildings ____ during the past 20 years.A. have taken place; have set upB. were take place; were set upC. have been taken place; have been set upD. have taken place; have been set up2. The newly-rebuilt Yingze Park, ____ so many trees are planted, is really apeaceful place for us, especially after hard work.A. thatB. itC. whatD. where3. Is this hotel ____ we are to book?A. thatB. whereC. the oneD. in which4. ____ you have tried it, you can’t imagine how pleasant it is.A. UnlessB. BecauseC. AlthoughD. When5. My parents were quarrelling about me, ____ I could not quite tell why.A. sinceB. thoughC. ifD. until6. He gave his life ____ the rare wild animals.A. to saveB. to savingC. savedD. save7. The news about the accident is followed by a detailed report made ____.A. on the spotB. on the siteC. on the locationD. on the ground8. The money is to be used for one ____ purpose: the building of our new school.A. especialB. ultimateC. unusualD. specific9. Discipline is often ____ at weekends, Many students want to listen to the ____ music.A. relaxing; relaxedB. relaxed; relaxedC. relaxing; relaxingD. relaxed; relaxing10. ____ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge.A. However a serious problemB. What a serious problemC. However serious a problemD. What serious a problemII．阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
浙江省名校2023-2024学年高二上学期12月阶段性联考英语试卷(含答案)
浙江省名校2023-2024学年高二上学期12月阶段性联考英语试卷学校：___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解WHEN CHOCOLATE BECOMES A WORK OF ART!Chocolate is delicious, we all know that. But it isn’t just for eating, as these chocolate works of art clearly show.Chocolate MailboxIn 2011, chocolate company Godiva made a chocolate mailbox with white truffle hearts to celebrate Valentine’s Day. The mailbox was on display at its shop on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Customers could post their love letters there, and the company would stamp and mail them for free during the three weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day.Chocolate CouchIn 2009, chocolate company Galaxy used 250 kg of their own chocolate to make a chocolate couch. The couch was a part of their “Irresistible Reads” campaign, which was designed to promote reading. It was put on display in Victoria Embankment Gardens in London. Photos were taken of British TV actress Emilia Fox sitting on the couch reading a book.Chocolate Hotel SuiteIn 2011, French chocolatier Patrick Roger worked with fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld. The room, at the La Reserve hotel in Paris, had a chocolate carpet, chocolate bed and chocolate nightstand full of chocolate books. Sitting on the bed was a chocolate man eating a Magnum ice cream.Chocolate TreeIn 2012, Patrick Roger made a five-metre tree from five tons of chocolate. The sculpture, which was at Roger’s shop in Paris, even had chocolate monkeys hanging from chocolate branches. Roger wanted to raise awareness of the problems facing African wildlife. 1．How much chocolate was needed to make a Chocolate Couch according to the passage?A. 600 kgB. 250 kgC. 5 tons.D. 12 meters.2．Which of the following appeals to wildlife protectors most?A. Chocolate Wall.B. Chocolate Hotel Suite.C. Chocolate Tree.D. Chocolate Mailbox.3．In which column of a newspaper can the passage be found?A. SportsB. Science.C. Culture.D. Fashion.Losing an eye might be an unthinkable thing, especially for a young woman, but not for Xintong. She chose to become an ocularist (义眼师) who makes prosthetic eyes (义眼) for herself and people in the same situation to help them get back their confidence. Xintong is the name that she gave to herself – which she prefers people to call her instead of her real name –because “xintong” in Chinese sounds like “new pupils”.Nearly 10 years after losing her right eye in a car accident, 28-year-old Xintong from Beijing transformed the hollow of her eye socket –a “flaw” she used to hide – into a fashion statement. She shared a short video online in which she wears a glowing prosthetic eye. As she waves her hand, the prosthetic eye begins to shine with red light. With another wave, the light changes to green and then purple and white.The video soon went viral on social media, with many comments praising her for being “creative”, “beautiful” and “optimistic”. But that wasn’t the case 10 years ago.“The prosthetic eye I wore at that time was torturing me,” Xintong said. “It hurt and gave me a red and swollen eye socket, and it looked so dull and fake. I was young and I wanted to look attractive.”She took matters into her own hands and began researching prosthetic eyes. Beginning in 2019, she dedicated about two years to mastering the production techniques and skills under the guidance of an ocularist. This journey led her to establish her own prosthetic eye studio, providing personalized services for those requiring them.She produces prosthetic eyes as if she is creating pieces of artwork. “The posi tion, direction, and even stroke thickness of the blood streaks on the prosthetic eyeballs matter,” the ocularist said. Sometimes she also paints special patterns according to customers’ needs: twinkling stars, cartoon characters like Cardcaptor Sakura and effects like colored contact lenses.Now when Xintong hears her customers say words such as “Finally, I can accept myself” or “Now I feel free to take selfies”, she feels deeply moved.4．Why did Xintong give the name "Xintong"to herself?A. To attract more people.B. To forget her real name.C. To look like new pupils.D. To start a brand new life.5．Why did the video gain much popularity on social media?A. The prosthetic eyes had various colors.B. She cured her hollow by waving her hand.C. Many comments praised her for her beauty.D. She changed a “flaw” into a fashionable state.6．What can we learn about Xintong from paragraph 5?A. She failed to set up her own prosthetic eye studio.B. She began researching prosthetic eyes on her own.C. She was able to offer some specific services on prosthetic eyes.D. She paid no attention to grasping the production techniques and skills.7．What can be inferred from the passage?A. Xintong is a woman with determination and creativity.B. Becoming an ocularist helped Xintong gain much profit.C. Xintong lost all her hopes in her life after the car accident.D. Many customers are deeply moved by Xintong’s artworksPeople’s likelihood of being vegetarian seems to be influenced by several genetic variants, and two of the three most important genes found so far appear to be involved in fat metabolism (新陈代谢).Genetic factors are known to influence aspects of diet, such as whether people like coffee or alcohol. To see if genes also affect vegetarianism, Nabeel Yaseen at Northwestern University in Chicago and his team turned to data on about 5300 strict vegetarians and 330,000 meat eaters. They found that three gene variants were more common in vegetarians. Two, called NPC1 and RMC1, are involved in the transport and metabolism of cholesterol and other fatty molecules. The third gene, called RIOK3, has various functions, including affecting the immune system.It isn’t known how these genes may relate to vegetarianism. But one of the chief differences between animal-based foods and plant-based ones is the chemical make-up of their fats or oils, collectively known as lipids (油脂). Yaseen conclude that some people may function better on a vegetarian diet because they are more able to synthesize (合成) certain lipid molecules that are present in meat.Some people who try vegetarianism but give up may be doing so because their body becomes deficient in the essential lipids, says Yaseen. “They decide that this diet is not for them or gradually go back into an omnivore (杂食) diet. Some people might think they just don’t have the willpower.”Another possibility is that the apparently vegetarianism-promoting gene variants affect people’s taste. “Alot of information about genes is yet to be known,” Yaseen says.Richard McIlwain at the UK Vegetarian Society says the number of vegetarians has almost doubled in the UK between 2012 and 2019. “That would seem to suggest something other than potential genetic factors are at play,” he says. “People go vegetarian because, more and m ore, they are concerned about climate, about animal welfare or about their health,” he says, which are more important determinants than physiological factors.8．What's the effect of RIOK3?A. To affect the metabolism of cholesterol.B. To influence the immune system.C. To shift cholesterol and fatty molecules.D. To affect the diet of vegetarianism.9．According to Yaseen’s study. who are more likely to produce lipid molecules appearing in meat?A. Omnivores.B. Meat-eatersC. Vegetarians.D. Weight-losers. 10．What does the underline word “deficient” in paragraph 4 mean?A. lacking.B. limited.C. rich.D. enough.11．Which of the following might Richard agree most?A. Genetic factors are the decisive reasons for being a vegetarian.B. The popularity of vegetarianism has been on a sharp increase globally.C. People choose to be a vegetarian mainly for ethical and health concerns.D. Some people fail to be a vegetarian because they tend to give up halfway.The rainforests are alive with the sound of animals. Besides the pleasure of the din, it is also useful to ecologists. If you want to measure the biodiversity of a piece of land, listening out for animal calls is much easier than digging about in the undergrowth looking for tracks. Bu t such “bio-acoustic analysis” is still time-consuming, and it requires an expert pair of ears.In a paper published on October 17th in Nature Communications, a group of researchers led by Jörg Müller, an ecologist at the University of Würzburg, describe a better way: have a computer do the job. Smartphone apps already exist that will identify birds, bats or mammals simply by listening to the sounds they make. Their idea was to apply the principle to conservation work.The researchers took recordings from across 43 sites in the Ecuadorean rainforest. Sound recordings were taken four times every hour, over two weeks. The various calls wereidentified manually by an expert, and then used to construct a list of the species present. As expected, the longer the land had been free from agricultural activity, the greater the biodiversity it hosted.Then it was the computer’s turn. The researchers fed their recordings to artificial-intelligence models that had been trained, using sound samples from elsewhere in Ecuador, to identify 75 bird species from their calls. “We found that the AI tools could identify the sounds as well as the experts,” says Dr Müller.Of course, not everything in a rainforest makes a noise. Dr Müller and his colleagues used light-traps to capture night-flying insects, and DNA analysis to identify them. Reassuringly, they found that the diversity of noisy animals was a reliable proxy (指标) for the diversity of the quieter ones, too.The results may have relevance outside ecology departments, too. Under pressure from their customers, firms such as L’Oreal, a make-up company, and Shell, an oil firm, have been spending money on forest restoration projects around the world. Dr Müller hopes that an automated approach to checking on the results could help monitor such efforts, and give a standardized way to measure whether they are working as well as their sponsors say 12．Which of the following best describes Dr Muller's method of bio-acoustic analysis?A. Costly.B. Impractical.C. High-tech.D. Labor-consuming. 13．What can we learn from the research of Dr Muller?A. The species in the rain forests have increased.B. Agricultural activity negatively influenced the richness in species.C. There are more reliable sound recordings in Ecuadorean rainforest.D. Trained AI models can identify as many kinds of sounds as experts.14．Why did the Dr Muller and his colleagues do the survey in Paragraph 5?A. To figure out the species of quieter animals.B. To confirm the biodiversity of the quieter animals.C. To emphasize the biodiversity of the noisy animals.D. To compare the noisy animals and the quieter ones.15．What's the main idea of the last paragraph?A. The investment in bio-acoustic analysis.B. The importance of forest restoration projects.C. The standard to measure the automated approach.D. The research’s impact on forest restoration projects.二、七选五16．There are two kinds of people climbing a mountain. The first, they are smiling, laughing and fully enjoying the journey no matter the effort they have taken. Another group, however, they are struggling. They have to stop and catch their breath 10 times on the way up.①_______It’s their lifestyle choices. We’ll give you three main reasons your pursuit of health and youth through lifestyle choices is an essential.You should build a strong foundation now.You probably know people who’ve survived a horrific disease —and it was said that their preexisting physical and spirits str engthen their bodies for battle and made them better equipped to endure stresses. That’s true with the recent COVID-19 pandemic: Severe cases are more likely for those with preexisting conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, chronic lung disease and so on.②_______That is, healthy choices will help prevent chronic disease and set you up for a long life.It’s unclear how many reboots you’ll get.Perhaps in a utopian 25th-century world, there will exist some places that allows you to walk into a booth, press a few buttons, and erase every cigarette you’ve smoked, every couch you’ve potatoed, every potato you’ve ever fried.③_______Your ability to maximize their effectiveness will depend on your commitment to improving your biology through proven means: nutrition, physical activity, sleep, not smoking, and stress management.④_______The human brain remains the final biological frontier. So even if science ultimately allows us to correct our cells, genes, and other mechanisms that make our bodies work, when your brain goes, you will too.⑤_______And the steps are the same as those you can take to protect the rest of your body.A. What's the difference between them?B. No matter what happens, your brain needs you.C. You have the ability to change how your brain works and reacts.D. The same thinking will apply when we're talking about longevity.E. So you will definitely self-engineer your DNA switches to protect your brain.F. Your longevity depends more on the aggregate of what you do most of the time.G. But for the near future, it’s far more likely that your reboot chances will be limited.三、完形填空（15空）I didn’t really plan to learn percussion (打击乐器). I remembered the first time I came to the class, in which there were just four students, 1 that we would make a smallpercussion ensemble (合奏). I was 2 to play just the bass drum (低音鼓), while myclassmates needed to play multiple instruments. Even though the bass drum was regarded as the easiest part of the music piece, I found it very 3 .The first class was my first time learning how to 4 bass pieces. I didn’t do so wellbecause I couldn’t 5 what the teacher was talking about. I was used to reading music 6 in Chinese, so when they turned into English, I had no idea what they meant. The way they read the notes 7 from how I had learned before in China.It was really hard. I cried a lot 8 I played some wrong notes. I was even too 9 to sleep during the concert performance week. Luckily, my teacher — the conductor — was really nice and 10 with me. “Just focus on your11 ,” he said to me. The performance wasn’t bad. When I 12 the drums at a quick speed, I was relaxed. The sounds from the four of us percussionists were 13 .I didn’t drop my percussion class, because I was 14 to the amazing sound. That feeling of everyone coming together to 15 something so beautiful is quite hard to describe.17．A．implying B．meaning C．inferring D．inquiring18．A．hired B．warned C．assigned D．permitted 19．A．rough B．adorable C．incredible D．tough20．A．read B．understand C．assess D．write21．A．spell out B．figure out C．bring out D．pick out22．A．items B．terms C．theories D．performances 23．A．differed B．separated C．resulted D．learned24．A．but B．because C．until D．so25．A．frustrated B．energetic C．embarrassed D．nervous 26．A．familiar B．strict C．patient D．satisfied27．A．piece B．behaviour C．words D．audience 28．A．practiced B．touched C．moved D．hit29．A．striking B．annoying C．horrible D．rewarding 30．A．related B．devoted C．addicted D．committed31．A．describe B．support C．admire D．create四、短文填空32．Qipao. a traditional dress for females in China. is reputed as one of the traditionalChinese①_________ (costume)and an irreplaceable cultural heritage in the fashion world. Though②_________ (debate)by experts about the exact time of its occurrence. it is believed that Qipao originated from a type of Manchurian female garment in the Qing Dynasty (1632-1912).Qipao mainly③_________ (feature)a stand-up collar. Chinese knotted buttons. and a tight-fitting waist. is usually made from silk or cotton. Two major styles of modern Qipao.④_________were established in the progression. are the Shanghai style and the Beijing style.⑤_________former. absorbing western elements of design and tailoring. leads the fashion trend.⑥_________is generally accepted by scholars that the craze for Qipao in the Republican Period is a⑦_________ (nature)result of the rise of women's pursuit of freedom. Wearing Qipao. which is⑧_________ (basic)a one-piece robe. carries a symbolic sense of promoting gender equality. Later on. the priority of Qipao shifted from a political expression to aesthetic(审美的) emphasis. It was chosen⑨_________the Republic of China's mandarin dress in 1929. Since the reform and opening-up policy⑩_________ (adopt)in China. Qipao has been designated(命名)as the formal dress for female diplomats in foreign affairs activities.五、书面表达33．假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Jim因为在上周的汉字听写比赛中成绩不理想而心情沮丧，请你用英语给他写一封信表示安慰。
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太原五中2017-2018学年度第一学期阶段性检测高二英语I．单项选择（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）1. Thanks to Mayor Geng, great changes ____ in our city and many high-risebuildings____ during the past 20 years.A.have taken place; have set upB.were take place;were set upC.have been taken place;have been set upD.have taken place;have been set up2. The newly-rebuilt Yingze Park, ____ so many trees are planted, is really apeaceful place for us, especially after hard work.A. thatB. itC. whatD. where3. Is this hotel ____ we are to book?A. thatB. whereC. the oneD. in which4. ____ you have tried it, you can’t imagine how pleasant it is.A. UnlessB. BecauseC. AlthoughD. When5. My parents were quarrelling about me, ____ I could not quite tell why.A. sinceB. thoughC. ifD. until6. He gave his life ____ the rare wild animals.A. to saveB. to savingC. savedD. save7. The news about the accident is followed by a detailed report made ____.A. on the spotB. on the siteC. on the locationD. on the ground8. The money is to be used for one ____ purpose: the building of our new school.A. especialB. ultimateC. unusualD. specific9. Discipline is often ____ at weekends,Many students want to listen to the ____ music.A. relaxing; relaxedB. relaxed; relaxedC. relaxing; relaxingD. relaxed; relaxing10. ____ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge.A. However a serious problemB. What a serious problemC. However serious a problemD. What serious a problem II．阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共10题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
ASportsmanship appeared again Sunday when three men stopped their Philadelphia Love Run Half Marathon to help a sick woman to the finish line.The woman was found nearly falling over for energy loss by runner Bryan Crnkovic andanother—yet unknown man—just a fewhundred yards from the finish line. The pair caughther before she fell and with the help of JosephMcGinty, carried her to the finish line.“It’sjust what we do,”said McGinty.“Youjustsee someone who needs help and you just want tohelp. We were just under that two hour mark, andmost people came here for that, and 1 thought sheprobably trained hard so why shouldn’t she hit it,you know?”Crnkovic and the other man were the first tofind the woman. They put her arms over theirshoulders and helped her down towards the finishline, but it became clear that she was too tired tocontinue. That was when McGinty doubled back tohelp finish the job. He lifted the woman up andcarried her to the finish line so that she could cross iton her own two feet. The pair then handed her overto doctors, who took her away in a wheelchair.The scene, caught by Fox 29, went viral as the pair’s warm-hearted actions won over thecrowds.“I got a call from my cousin Bill, saying‘You’re on F acebook, you’re on the news’”, saidC rn kovic. He wasn’t the only one looking-thescene earned much praise online, with one user, MariCross Johnson saying,“Their parents h ave to beproud for raising menlike this. They’re the types ofpeople I want to have my back.”11. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A. The importance of helping others.B. How the three men helped the woman.C. Why the three men helped the woman to thefinish line.D. The high expectation the three men had for the marathon.12. Why did the woman nearly fall over?A. Because she lost her way.B. Because she was too tired to run.C. Because she was caught by an unknown man.D. Because she was found by runner Bryan Crnkovicand another unknown man.13. What can be inferred from Mari Cross Jognson’s words?A. The three men’s parents felt very proud.B. The three men’s actions were surprising.C. The three men were really well-educated.D. The three men set others a good example.BThere are so many rabbits across Australia thatit may be surprising to learn that they are a non-native species. A few rabbits arrived with British settlers in 1788, but it was not until 1859,when a British-born farmer named Thomas Austinbrought 24 European rabbits to his land for hunting,that they began to live there. They are an excellentexample of an invasive species,a non-native speciesthat does harm to its new environment.Rabbits have lived well in many different environments within Australia, such as grasslands, coastal areas, farmland, and even in towns or cities. Their activities have destroyed crops and plants. They compete directly with other wildlife for food and shelter，including taking over burrows (地洞) of other animals. They have led to dangerously reduced populations of many plant and animalspecies.Efforts to control the rabbit population have hadmixed success. The first main effort was theRabbit-Proof Fence. In 1901, the government started building a knee in the state of Western Australia to protect farmland from rabbits. By thetime it was finished in 1907, the Rabbit-Proof Fenceran some 2, 000 miles from north to south. TheActing Chief Inspector of Rabbits, AlexanderCrawford, headed a team whose job was to goaround keeping the fence in working order. But overtime,the fence proved to be no match for the rabbits.Other main efforts have included programs to destroy rabbit burrows or use viruses that sicken and kill rabbits. Again, these efforts have beenless than successful. The big problem to any effortsto control the rabbit population is simply that theirpopulation grows so quickly. One female can have30 young in a year.If Thomas Austin had known the damage thatthe rabbits would cause across the country, he mighthave had second thoughts about bringing rabbits toAustralia.14. Why did rabbits begin to live in Australia?A. They travelled there by chance.B. They were brought in by Thomas Austin.C. They were introduced by the government.D. They moved there to escape bad environment.15. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. Some activities of rabbits.B. Rabbits’ability to live in the wild.C. How fastthe population of rabbits grows.D. The damage rabbits have caused to Australia.16. How successful was the Rabbit-ProofFence?A. It failed in the beginning.B. It didn’t live up to expectations.C. It was unfinished for lack of money.D. It failed later for nobody protected it.17. What would be the best title for the text?A. Rabbits and farmingB. Efforts to control rabbitsC. Rabbits: experts in burrowingD. Rabbits: unwelcomed newcomersCImagine you are on a beautiful tropical beach. The blue water shines in the sun, and the sand is warm under your feet. You notice a small fruit in the sand. It looks like a little green apple. Youpick it up and smell it… it smells sweet. Butwhatever you do. Don’t take a bite!Thisis the fruit of the manchineel tree. It is the most poisonous tree in America. You can find it in Florida, as well as in theCaribbean, Mexico, and Central America.If you were to eat the fruit, it would tastedelicious. But then your mouth would start to burn.Your throat would tighten and make it difficult tobreathe. You could even die.The fr uit isn’t the only risky part of themanchineel tree. The tree is full of milky white sap.Sap is a liquid that flows through a plant, likeblood flows through a person. The manchineel’s sapis hazardous. If it gets on your skin, it will causepainful blisters. So don’t try to cut downthese trees, becauseyou could get sap all over you!And if you try to burnmanchineel wood, thesmoke will choke and blind you.Manchineel trees are dangerous, but they’realso an important part of the environments wherethey grow. Manchineels protect beaches with theirstrong roots. The roots help stop sand and soil fromwashing away. This is good for the plants, animals,and people living nearby. There aren’t manymanchineel trees left in the world. So even thoughthey’re harmful, people are trying to pr otect them.Still, if you see one, stay away!18. What do we know about the manchineel tree?A. It looks ugly.B. Its fruit is dangerous.C. Its fruit tastes terrible.D. It grows in cool places.19. What does the underlined word“hazardous”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Clear.B. Smelly.C. Sweet.D. Unsafe.20. What is the author’s purpose inwriting the text?A. To help people choose fruit.B. To introduce the manchineel tree.C. To improve people's sense of safety.D. To attract people to tropical beaches.第二节（共5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入空白处的最佳选项。