2017-2018学年山西省太原市第五中学高二下学期3月阶段性考试 英语 Word版

2017-2018学年山西省太原市第五中学高二下学期3月阶段性考试 英语 Word版

太原五中2017—2018学年度第二学期阶段性练习 高 二 英 语 ‎ 命题：王惠 校对：高二外语组 (2018.3.8)‎ I. 单项选择 （20分）‎ 1. The shy girl felt ______ when she made some mistakes in her performance. ‎ A. amazed B. awkward C. astonished D. amused ‎2. You ______ have come in person — a telephone call would have been enough. ‎ A. mustn’t B. shouldn’t C. couldn’t D. needn’t ‎3. The witness described what he had seen very carefully in order not to ______ any detail. ‎ A. leave out B. act out C. pick out D. put out ‎4. He got up late and hurried to his office, ______ the breakfast untouched. ‎ A. left B. to leave C. leaving D. having left ‎5. ______ speaking, I would say that about five hundred people attended the opening ceremony. ‎ A. Generally B. Roughly C. Honestly D. Constantly ‎6. The Tenth Art Festival held in Jinan ______ to many people from all over the world. ‎ A. appealed B. attracted C. fascinated D. attached ‎7. Hearing the news ______ her son lost his life in an accident, the mother ______ tears. ‎ A. which; burst out B. which; burst into C. that; burst out D. that; burst into ‎8. ______ the vegetables, Steve then began to dig the ground.‎ A. To Water B. Watered C. Watering D. Having watered ‎9. It takes talent to make a scientist and it also takes ______ if you are to succeed. ‎ A. dignity B. sympathy C. ambition D. intelligence ‎10. The manager ______ the workers how to improve the program since 9 a.m..‎ A. has been telling B. is telling C. told D. will have told ‎11. She was ______ good terms with her twin sister, because they were two of a kind. In other words, they were identical 　　　 each other. ‎ A. in; to B. in; with C. on; with D. on; to ‎12. I wish I ______ at my sister’s wedding last Tuesday, but I was on a business trip in New York then.‎ A. was B. had been C. have been D. am ‎13. ______ seemed surprising to us was ______ he came out first in the speech competition. ‎ A. What; that B. What; what C. It; what D. It; that ‎ ‎14. We are living in an age ______ many things are done on computer.‎ A. which B. whose C. when D. that ‎15. ______ with his work in the satellite launch site, he could not spare any time to stay with his parents though they are very old. ‎ A. Occupying B. To occupy C. Having occupied D. Occupied ‎16. In that school, English is compulsory for all students, but French is ______ . ‎ A. special B. optional C. regional D. original ‎17. We would have called a taxi yesterday if Harold ______ us a ride home. ‎ A. didn’t offer B. wouldn’t offer C. hadn’t offered D. hasn’t offered ‎18. — Have you seen my notebook?‎ ‎— Oh, Jane must have taken it ______; she has the same one as yours. ‎ A. by design B. on purpose C. by accident D. by mistake ‎19. Misunderstandings ______ from lack of social communication, unless 　　　 properly, may lead to serious problems. ‎ A. arisen; handling B. rising; handled C. arising; handled D. risen; handling ‎ ‎20. — Tom went to Beijing for a holiday yesterday.‎ ‎—- ______ We played football together this morning.‎ A. That’s a good point. B. You can’t be serious!‎ C. I couldn’t agree more. D. I’m not sure about it.‎ II. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）‎ Sport used to be like fresh fruit and vegetables. ___21___, football had its season, then it ended, and you had to ___22___ a while to get some more. Now, just as you can ___23___ fresh strawberries all year round, there are major sporting ___24___ taking place somewhere in the world all of the time.‎ Sport seems to be everywhere. Where sport was ___25___ for fun and amateurs, it is now a worldwide obsession (痴迷). ‎ What is it that makes sport so ___26___ for so many? First, we seriously ___27___ that sport is something we can all do. Second, sport is dominated by athletes from ___28___ backgrounds. Sports stars are self-made people. This is ___29___ it is a classic means by which those from the poorest backgrounds can ___30___ fame and fortune. Third, we ___31___ the excitement of not knowing who is going to win when ___32___ sport.‎ Television has been absolutely crucial to the growing obsession with sport. It gives increased numbers of people ___33___ to get access to sporting events around the globe. With this, certain sports have ___34___ untold wealth via advertising, advertising sponsorship and fees.‎ ‎“Sport probably does more to unify nations than any politician has ever been capable of,” said Nelson Mandela. The only truly global ___35___ are the Olympics and the World Cup. These great sporting events bring together players and athletes from ___36___ races like no other.‎ ‎___37___, there are signs of ___38___ in this vast, global industry. In football, the president of FIFA has suggested ___39___ the World Cup every two years instead of four, and overpaid tennis players and golfers fly endlessly in personal jets from one meaningless tournament to the next. Sport risks ___40___ itself through greed and over-exposure.‎ ‎21. A. For example B. In addition C. Above all D. In short ‎22. A. stay B. hide C. wait D. work ‎ ‎23. A. get B. expect C. cover D. make ‎24. A. goods B. events C. interests D. achievements ‎25. A. once B. never C. seldom D. still ‎ ‎26. A. enjoyable B. comfortable C. payable D. avoidable ‎27. A. regret B. decide C. believe D. remember ‎ ‎28. A. mixed B. cultural C. ordinary D. religious ‎29. A. why B. when C. which D. where ‎30. A. leave B. manage C. value D. seek ‎31. A. add B. prefer C. control D. cause ‎ ‎32. A. knowing B. watching C. needing D. finding ‎33. A. dreams B. strengths C. gifts D. chances ‎34. A. acquired B. shared C. accepted D. missed ‎35. A. tours B. occasions C. markets D. problems ‎36. A. rich B. poor C. different D. similar ‎ ‎37. A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides ‎ ‎38. A. happiness B. suffering C. improvement D. anxiety ‎39. A. changing B. refusing C. staging D. advertising ‎40. A. blaming B. catching C. killing D. punishing ‎ III. 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）‎ 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。‎ ‎ A Imagination and fantasy can play an important role in achieving the things we fear. Children know this very well. Fred Epstein, in his book If I Make It to Five, tells a story he heard from one of friends about Tom, a four-year-old boy with a cancer in his back bone. He came through several operations and a lot of pain by mastering his imagination.‎ Tom loved to pretend, and he particularly loved to play superheroes. Dr. Epstein explained that it was actually a brilliant way for his young mind to handle the terrifying and painful life he led.‎ The day before his third trip to the operating room, Tom was terribly afraid. “Maybe I could go as Superman,” he whispered to his mom. Hearing this, the mother hesitated for a while. She had avoided buying the expensive costume (戏装), but finally she agreed.‎ The next day Tom appeared as the powerful Superman, showing off through the hospital halls and coolly waving his hand to the people greeting him along the way. And Tom, with the strength of his fantasy, successfully made it through the operation.‎ The power of imagination need not be reserved for children only. We all have the power to use our fantasies to attempt things we never thought possible, to go through those things that seem impossible, and to achieve what we never believed we could. Just as Dr. Epstein puts it , “If you can dream it, you can do it.”‎ It doesn’t mean that you should dress as a superhero for your next job interview. But, next time you are tested in a way that seems impossible, imagine what it would take to overcome it. Become the person you need to become to win over your challenge and do it in your mind first. So, let your imagination run wild, and dare to dream.‎ 41. What do we know about Tom?‎ A. He was seriously ill. B. He was a dishonest boy.‎ C. He was crazy about magic. D. He was Dr. Epstein’s patient.‎ ‎42. When Tom went for the third operation, he ______.‎ A. pretended to be painful B. acted like a superhero C. appeared in poor spirits D. argued with his mother ‎43. In the last paragraph, you are advised ______.‎ A. to go through some difficult tests B. to wake up from your wild dreams C. to become a powerful person in your mind D. to wear expensive clothes for job interviews B Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family, and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck. I’m not going to say luck, talent, and circumstances don’t come into play because they do. Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence, and that’s just the reality of how life is.‎ However, to succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical. And, in addition to that, in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practicing. To become great at certain things, it’ll require even more time, time that most people won’t put in.‎ This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don’t enjoy what you do, it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.‎ When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success, you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost. It’s sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent, but thinking that way does you no good, and there’s a huge chance that you’re wrong anyway.‎ Whatever you do, if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out, almost to the point of addiction, and over a long period of time. If you’re not willing to put in the time and work, don’t expect to receive any rewards. Consistent, hard work won’t guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.‎ ‎44. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ______.‎ A. the reasons for success B. the meaning of success C. the standards of success D. the importance of success ‎45. In Paragraph 2, the underlined word that refers to ______.‎ A. being good at something B. setting a practical goal C. putting in more time D. succeeding in life ‎46. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?‎ A. Successful people like to show their great skills.‎ B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.‎ C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.‎ D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.‎ ‎47. What is the main theme of the passage?‎ A. Having a goal is vital to success. ‎ B. Being good is different from being great.‎ C. Luck, talent and family help to achieve success.‎ D. One cannot succeed without time and practice.‎ C One day, when I was working as a psychologist in England, an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. “This boy has lost his family,” he wrote. “He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I’m very worried about him. Can you help?”‎ I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.‎ The first two times we met, David didn’t say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children’s drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon — in complete silence and without looking at me. It’s not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.‎ Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?‎ ‎“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with,” I thought. “Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.‎ ‎“It’s your turn,” he said.‎ After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few times about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.‎ Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one — without any words — can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.‎ ‎48. When he first met the author, David ______.‎ A. felt a little excited B. walked energetically C. showed up with his teacher D. looked a little nervous ‎ ‎49. As a psychologist, the author ______.‎ A. was ready to listen to David B. was skeptical about psychology C. was able to describe David’s problem D. was sure of handling David’s problem ‎50. David enjoyed being with the author because he ______.‎ A. wanted to ask the author for advice ‎ B. need to share sorrow with the author C. liked the children’s drawings in the office D. beat the author many times in the chess game ‎51. What made David change?‎ A. His teacher’s help. ‎ B. The author’s friendship.‎ C. His exchange of letters with the author.‎ D. The author’s silent communication with him.‎ D While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor (监控器) a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.‎ Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer’s Los Angeles apartment, the monitor in Phoenix tracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked — remotely — to prevent Internet searches, and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said ‎ she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past? Or was she slowing down?‎ In the battle against cheating, this is the cutting edge and a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. The technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid — that students haven’t just searched the Internet to get the right answers.‎ Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of “open online courses”. Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.‎ Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone number they once used.‎ Other programs can produce unique exam by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test question are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.‎ ‎52. Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?‎ A. To correct her typing mistakes.‎ B. To find her secrets in the room.‎ C. To prevent her from slowing down.‎ D. To keep her from dishonest behaviors.‎ ‎53. The underlined expression cutting edge in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.‎ A. advanced technique B. sharpening tool C. effective rule D. dividing line ‎54. Some programs can find out possible cheaters by ______.‎ A. checking the question answering speed B. producing a large number of question C. scanning the Internet test question D. giving difficult test question ‎55. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?‎ A. The Advantages of Online Exams B. The High-tech Methods in Online Courses C. The Fight against Cheating in Online Education D. The War against the Booming of Online Education 第二节(共5小题:每小题2分，满分10分)‎ 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ Music Music is a group of sounds that people have arranged in a pleasing or meaningful way. All cultures of the world make some forms of music. Music can be simple — for example, one person tapping (轻敲) out a bit on a log drum or singing a children’s song. ___56___‎ All music includes basic elements, or parts. The main elements of music are rhythm, melody,‎ ‎ harmony, and form.‎ ‎___57___ The most important part of rhythm is the beat. When you tap your foot to a song you like, you are typing out the beat. The speed of the beats is called the tempo (速度). The pattern of the beats is called the mater (节拍).‎ Melody is a series of different tones, or sounds, in a piece of music. The tones are played one after another to make up a song. ___58___ The highness or lowness of a tone is called its pitch (音高). Musicians describe different tones with the letter A, B, C, D, E, F and G.‎ Harmony takes place when people play more than one tone at the same time. Groups of tones played together are called chords (和弦). ___59___‎ Form is the way people put rhythm, melody and harmony together. ___60___ Repeating a short melody is one of the simplest forms. For example, in the song Mary Had a Little Lamb, each verse repeats the same melody. A symphony is a more complex form. In a symphony, different groups of instruments may play different melodies at the same time or a series of harmonies.‎ A. The tones in a melody may be low or high.‎ B. Rhythm describe the length of musical sounds.‎ C. There are many different types of musical forms.‎ D. The tempo may be fast or slow at different points.‎ E. Harmony also describes the way chords go along with a melody. ‎ F. Drums help other instruments and voices keep the rhythm in many songs.‎ G. Music can also be complex — for example, hundreds of instruments playing together for hours.‎ IV. 语篇填空。（共10小题，计10分）‎ Azriel Blackman, an airline workers in the USA, has broken the world record for the world’s longest-serving airline mechanic (机修工). Mr Blackman, 91, started work in 1942 at ___61___ age of 16. His starting salary ___62___ (be) 50 cents an hour. He still works five days a week. His age means his employers prevent him from doing certain tasks for reasons of ___63___ (safe). He is not allowed to drive on the runways and surrounding areas, or use certain tools. He is responsible for ___64___ (assess) the maintenance (维修) needs of the airplanes ___65___ have been parked in the hangars overnight.‎ Mr Blackman’s record has been recognized for his great devotion ___66___ his job. His employer dedicated a plane in his honor at a ceremony at JFK International Airport. His signature was painted in giant ___67___ (letter) on the front of one of the airline’s Boeing 777 aircraft. Blackman said, “I’m just honored to be here. I’m proud ___68___ (be) a mechanic.” Reporters asked him about the secret behind his record. He said, “When you like ___69___ you do, it’s not work.” When ___70___ (ask) about retirement, he said, “That’s not up to me. That’s up to the man upstairs. The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is say ‘thank you for another day’.”‎ V. 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ ‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌中间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。‎ ‎ 增加：把缺词处加个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。‎ ‎ 删除： 把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。‎ ‎ 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ ‎ 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎ 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。‎ ‎ Last year during the National Day holiday, my father took my little sister and me out for a pleasantly drive. My father pulled up by a riverside and encourage us to go and catch some crabs (螃蟹). My sister and I took out our shoes and socks, walk into the shallow water. We had many tries at catch a crab, but we were out of the luck. We felt so discouraging that we decided give up. Just as we were walking towards the bank, I felt something struggling under one of my feet. “It feels like a crab,” I whispered in my sister’s ears. Then I bent down slowly and caught hold of them. Our effort did finally prove fruitful. ‎ ‎ ‎ 参考答案 ‎1~5 BDACB 6~10 ADDCA 11~15 DBACD 16~20 BCDCB ‎ ‎21~25 ACABA 26~30 ACCAD 31~35 BBDAB 36~40 CBDCC ‎41~45 ABCAB 46~50 BDDAB 51~55 DDAAC 56~60 GBAEC ‎61. the 62. was 63. safety 64. assessing 65. which / that ‎ ‎66. to 67. letters 68. to be 69. what 70. asked 改错：‎ ‎1. pleasantly-pleasant 2. encourage-encouraged 3. out-off 4. walk-walking  ‎ ‎5. catch-catching 6. out of the luck去掉the 7. discouraging-discouraged ‎8. decided后加to  9. ears-ear 10. them-it 参考答案 ‎1~5 BDACB 6~10 ADDCA 11~15 DBACD 16~20 BCDCB ‎ ‎21~25 ACABA 26~30 ACCAD 31~35 BBDAB 36~40 CBDCC ‎41~45 ABCAB 46~50 BDDAB 51~55 DDAAC 56~60 GBAEC ‎61. the 62. was 63. safety 64. assessing 65. which / that ‎ ‎66. to 67. letters 68. to be 69. what 70. asked 改错：‎ ‎1. pleasantly-pleasant 2. encourage-encouraged 3. out-off 4. walk-walking  ‎ ‎5. catch-catching 6. out of the luck去掉the 7. discouraging-discouraged ‎8. decided后加to  9. ears-ear 10. them-it 参考答案 ‎1~5 BDACB 6~10 ADDCA 11~15 DBACD 16~20 BCDCB ‎ ‎21~25 ACABA 26~30 ACCAD 31~35 BBDAB 36~40 CBDCC ‎41~45 ABCAB 46~50 BDDAB 51~55 DDAAC 56~60 GBAEC ‎61. the 62. was 63. safety 64. assessing 65. which / that ‎ ‎66. to 67. letters 68. to be 69. what 70. asked 改错：‎ ‎1. pleasantly-pleasant 2. encourage-encouraged 3. out-off 4. walk-walking  ‎ ‎5. catch-catching 6. out of the luck去掉the 7. discouraging-discouraged ‎8. decided后加to  9. ears-ear 10. them-it 参考答案 ‎1~5 BDACB 6~10 ADDCA 11~15 DBACD 16~20 BCDCB ‎ ‎21~25 ACABA 26~30 ACCAD 31~35 BBDAB 36~40 CBDCC ‎41~45 ABCAB 46~50 BDDAB 51~55 DDAAC 56~60 GBAEC ‎61. the 62. was 63. safety 64. assessing 65. which / that ‎ ‎66. to 67. letters 68. to be 69. what 70. asked 改错：‎ ‎1. pleasantly-pleasant 2. encourage-encouraged 3. out-off 4. walk-walking  ‎ ‎5. catch-catching 6. out of the luck去掉the 7. discouraging-discouraged ‎8. decided后加to  9. ears-ear 10. them-it