高二9月阶段性英语考试试卷

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高二9月阶段性英语考试试卷第一部分   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. Where are the speakers probably?A. In a dessert store. B. In a fruit store. C. In a restaurant.2. What does the man want to do?A. Talk to his roommate. B. Find a new apartment. C. Lower the rent.3. How many people came to the meeting?A. 13. B. 18. C. 30.4. What does the woman think of cooking?A. It’s difficult. B. It’s boring. C. It’s easy.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A riddle. B. The man’s father. C. Some animals.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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who is the woman most probably?A. A patient. B. A nurse. C. A chef.7. What did the man lose?A. His test report. B. His phone. C. His medical card.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why is the man’s phone off according to the man?A. He has been using it all day.B. There is a problem with its battery.C. He forgot to charge it in advance.9. How will the man charge his phone?A. By using his mobile power bank.B. By using the woman's phone charger.C. By using a shared charger.10. What will the man do?A. Take the bus. B. Go back home. C. Borrow a few coins.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What was John’s childhood dream?A. To be a pilot. B. To be an actor. C. To be an office worker.12. What is the woman’s purpose of learning English?A. To go abroad alone. B. To become a translator.  C. To get her work done better.13. Why did John’s father feel upset?A. John never achieved anything.B. He retired from the job.C. He lost his pet dog.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. When did Nancy start playing the violin?A. When she was in junior high school.B. When she was in primary school.C. When she was in high school.15. What does the man like to collect?A. Leaves. B. Stamps. C. Sounds.16. Why does Nancy mention her brother?A. To show her brother has a strange hobby.B. To encourage the man to stick to his hobby.C. To prove her brother is amazing.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is Lucas?A. A postman. B. A host. C. A scientist.18. What does Lucas usually do after work?A. Sing happily. B. Make friends. C. Do exercise.19. What is the reason that Lucas asks Mrs. Miller for water?A. He wants to make sure she’s fine.B. He is very thirsty.C. He likes talking with her.20. What is the talk mainly about?A. Ways to be a positive person.B. A story between Lucas and Mrs. Miller.C. An active young man.第二部分   阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 Passage AAll consumers travelling on TransLink services must be in possession of a valid ticket before boarding. For ticket information, please ask at your local station or call 13 12 30.While Queensland Rail makes every effort to ensure trains run as scheduled, there can be no guarantee of connections between trains or between train services and bus services. Lost property(失物招领)Call Lost Property on 13 16 17 during business hours for items on Queensland Rails services. The lost property office is open Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 5:00 pm and is located(位于) at Roma Street station.Public holidaysOn public holidays, generally a Sunday timetable operates. On certain major event days, i.e. Australia Day, Anzac Day, sporting and cultural days, special additional services may operate to a Christmas Day timetable. Before travel please visit translink. com. Au or call TransLink on 13 12 30 anytime.Customers using mobility devicesMany stations have wheelchair access from the car park or entrance to the station platforms. For assistance, please call Queensland Rail on 13 16 17.Guardian trains (outbound)DepartOriginDestinationArrive6:42 pmAltandiVarsity Lakes7:37 pm7:29 pmCentralVarsity Lakes8:52 pm8:57 pmFortitude ValleyVarsity Lakes9:52 pm11:02 pm Roma StreetVarsity Lakes12:22 am21.What would you do to get ticket information?Call 13 16 17 Visit translink .com. au. Ask at the local station. Check the train schedule. 22.At which station can you find the lost property office?AltandiRoma StreetVarsity LakesFortitude Valley23.Which train would you take if you go from Central to Varsity Lakes?6:42 pm7:29 pm8:57 pm11:02 amPassage BPort Lympne Reserve, which runs a breeding(繁育) programme, has welcomed the arrival of a rare black rhino calf (犀牛幼崽). When the tiny creature arrived on January 31, she became the 40 th black rhino to be born at the reserve. And officials at Port Lympne were delighted with the new arrival, especially as black rhinos are known for being difficult to breed in captivity(圈养).Paul Beer, head of rhino section at Port Lympne, said:“Obviously we’re all absolutely delighted to welcome another calf to our black rhino family. She’s healthy, strong and already eager to play and explore. Her mother, Solio, is a first-time mum and she is doing a fantastic job. It’s still a little too cold for them to go out into the open, but as soon as the weather warms up, I have no doubt that the little one will be out and about exploring and playing every day.”The adorable female calf is the second black rhino born this year at the reserve, but it is too early to tell if the calves will make a good candidate to be returned to protected areas of the wild. The first rhino to be born at Port Lympne arrived on January 5 to first-time mother Kisima and weighed about 32kg. His mother, grandmother and great grandmother were all born at the reserve and still live there.According to the World Wildlife Fund, the global black rhino population has dropped as low as 5500, giving the rhino a “critically endangered” status.24.Which of the following best describes the breeding programme?CostlyControversial AmbitiousSuccessful25.What does Paul Beer say about the new-born rhino?She loves staying with her mother.She dislikes outdoor activities.She is in good condition.She is sensitive to heat.26.What similar experience do Solio and Kisima have?They had their first born in January.They enjoyed exploring new places.They lived with their grandmothers.They were brought to the reserve young.27.What can be inferred about Port Lympne Reserve?The rhino section will be open to the public.It aims to control the number of the animals.It will continue to work with the World Wildlife Fund.Some of its rhinos may be sent to the protected wild areas.Passage CFor centuries, people have kept amounts of cash at home during difficult times. But during the coronavirus crisis, things are different. Metal coins and paper bills can be a source of worry rather than hope.The fear is that these objects, possibly touched by thousands of people, could provide a way for the coronavirus to spread. Public officials and health experts have said that the risk is small. Still, some businesses refuse to accept cash and some countries have suggested that their citizens should stop using it altogether. Zachary Cohle is an economics professor at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. “In many areas, cash was already beginning to disappear due to the increased risk of robbery, the ease of Internet ordering, and the ubiquity(无处不在) of cellphones,” he said. “Sweden, Finland, Norway, Canada and others have slowly reduced cash use to the point where using it in large amounts seems unusual. Britain and Australia are expected to become cashless countries. And in China, cash use has dropped as electronic payment services have increased in popularity over the past decade ”“Cash ist Fesch” is a common saying in Austria and southern Germany. The words mean cash is beautiful. But since the virus outbreak, shops that have remained open there, like grocery stores, have encourages people to pay with cards. And Germany’s central bank said 43 percent of Germans recently paid for goods and services with a card. The Bank of Japan estimates that cash makes up for 53 percent of household assets. But the threat of the coronavirus could move the country toward going cashless, said Hiroki Maruyama, head of the non-profit Fintech Association of Japan. He added, “The culture is slowly changing”.28.Why is cash regarded as a source of worry?Cash may carry viruses after being used.Some countries refuse to accept cash.It’s risky to keep a lot of cash at homeCash can’t be used during the crisis.29.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?The disadvantages of paying in cash.The introduction to cashless countries.The present situation of cash use worldwide.The increasing popularity of electronic payment 30.What do we know from the example of Germany and Japan?Shops in Germany only take cash because it’s beautiful.Less than half of the Germans still like to pay for goods in cash.More than half of the Japanese prefer to put cash in the bank.The Japanese are changing their traditional attitudes to cash.31.Why is it impossible for the world to be cashless according to the passage?The virus crisis will last for a long time.The habit of paying in cash is hard to change.The Internet is not available in all the countries.People in Africa can’t afford the banking services. Passage DAn amount of the best research on daily experience, according to some experts, is based on rates of positive and negative interactions, which has proved that being blindly positive or negative can cause others to be frustrated or annoyed to simply tune out.Over the last two decades, scientists have made remarkable predictions simply by watching people interact with one another and then scoring the conversations based on the rate of positive and negative interactions. Researchers have used the findings to predict everything from the likelihood that a couple will divorce to the chances of a work team with high customer satisfaction and productivity levels.More recent research helps explain why these brief exchanges matter so much. When you experience negative emotions as a result of disapproval or rejection, for example, your body produces higher levels of the stress hormone, which shuts down much of your thinking and activates(激活) conflict and defense mechanisms(机制). You assume that situations are worse than they actually are.When you experience a positive interaction, it activates a very different response. Positive exchanges increase your body’s production of oxytocin, a feel-good thing that increase your ability to communicate with, cooperate with and trust others. But the effects of a positive occurrence are less dramatic and lasting than how they are for a negative one.We need at least 3 to 5 positive interactions to outweigh 1 negative exchange. Bad moments simply outweigh good ones. Whether you’re having a conversation, keep this simple short cut in mind: At least 80 percent of your conversations should be focused on what’s going right.Workplaces, for example, often see this. During performance reviews, managers routinely spend 80 precent of their time on weakness and “areas for improvement”. They spend roughly 20 percent of the time on strengths and positive aspects. Any time you have discussion with a person or group, spend the vast majority of the time talking about what is working, and use the remaining time to address weakness.32.What does the underlined phrase“tune out” in paragraph 1 probably mean?Stop listeningChange one’s mindSingBe crazy33.What will happen if we experience negative emotions?The situations are sure to become worse.Much of our thinking will be prevented.We will feel an urge to improve and become better.We’ll be motivated to settle conflicts with people.34.What can we learn from Paragraph 4?We need a positive feeling to beat one negative feeling.Positive interactions have greater effects than negative ones.Our conversation should center on what needs improvement.The effect of negative feelings lasts longer than that of positive ones.35. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Harmful Negative InteractionsB. More Positive InteractionsC. How to Promote Workplace ProductivityD. Less Time on Strengths and Positive Aspects第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项中为多余选项。Undoubtedly, the best way to prevent illness of the mind is to exercise the brain. Here’s some great exercises to sharpen your mind.Never stop learning   36    one way is to take classes online through websites like Coursera or edX, where you can take courses from the top universities for free. Perhaps you would like to learn a new language.    37    There are wonderful language programs available through Rosetta Stone and Duolingo which offer many lessons to choose from. Read something everydayReading itself is a wonderful brain exercise. Make a point to read something every day. It could be a newspaper, book, blog or magazine, but the more informative it is, the more of a workout it will be for your thinking cap.    38   Exercise your bodyExercising your body affects your strength, mood and fitness. Exercise excites the nervous system and causes you to perform at a higher level.      39        Communicating with others on topics of common interest is a great workout. Talking about in-depth topics like headline news and political interests exercises your ability to pay attention and focus. There are always many like-minded people who enjoy the same hobbies or share the same beliefs.Play gamesThe act of solving problems and figuring out puzzles is excellent for keeping your brain in shape.     40    Solving math equations or word puzzles, and even just a quick game of Bubble Witch will do wonders for your thinking processes. Associate with others.Refer to professionals.If you are short on time, just read the dictionary.Such exercises promoted the growth of new stem cells in humans.The great news is, there are so many possible ways of learning new things.It’ll encourage areas of the brain that will improve your native tongue, too.Whether you prefer crossword or sudoku, playing puzzles will help you stay sharp. 第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。After two years of online learning, I started middle school in person a few weeks ago. Since it was ____41____ from online learning during which we could enjoy affordable meals at home, the school decided to give ____42____ lunches to all students to save their parents’ money for their children’s meals.Of course, every day we could ____43____ whether to take a meal from home or eat the school’s delicious hot meal. I chose to take the meal from home, while some of my friends chose to have ____44____ from school. No matter whether we had lunch from home or school, everyone knew that the school’s juice that came with the lunch was ____45____. Almost half the entire school would get a box of juice, including my ____46____ and me.Today, like every day at lunch, my friends and I were standing ____47____ to get our juice. When we got to the front and ____48____ the juice, the cashier said each juice is seventy-five cents. We were ____49____ because juice was available free of charge before. _____50_____ this, I hurried to my backpack to get some money. I thought my friends would do the same, but they were just _____51_____ there looking disappointed. I asked them what was the matter and they said none of them had any money.As I looked at their faces, something in me kicked in. I felt like it was my _____52_____ to get them the juice. I _____53_____ ran back to pay for all the juice and finished my particular duty. When I _____54_____ to them with the juice, they were so delighted. We all drank our boxes of juice while laughing away. The _____55_____ at that moment was better than the taste of any juice. Amazingly, a small act of kindness stimulated the heart and brought the joy.41. A. farB. apartC. distinctD. absent42. A. coldB. freeC. costlyD. monthly43. A. doubtB. knowC. ignoreD. choose44. A. lunchB. drinksC. steaksD. coffee45. A. sickB. tastyC. confusingD. interesting46. A. colleaguesB. friendsC. customersD. parents47. A. in lineB. out of fashionC. out of orderD. in horror48. A. asked forB. stared atC. dealt withD. cared about49. A. excitedB. satisfiedC. open- mouthedD. kind-hearted50. A. AppreciatingB. HatingC. HearingD. Spotting51. A. bargainingB. cheeringC. quarrelingD. standing52. A. regretB. shameC. apologyD. mission53. A. desperatelyB. awkwardlyC. instantlyD. frequently54. A. admittedB. returnedC. appealedD. turned55. A. attitudeB. sufferingC. feelingD. speech 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。   Ever wondered how many calories there are in the human body? Or ever wondered why old people have __56___(big) ears than they used to? The winners of Ig Nobel Prizes(诺贝尔奖) have got the answers.    The Ig Nobel Prizes, __57__(found) in 1991, are to honour achievements __58___ first make people laugh, and then make them think. The ceremony __59___(take) place at Harvard University every year. Winners' acceptance ___60__(speech) are limited to 60 seconds, __61___(strict) monitored by an eight-year-old girl.    The honoured research might seem ridiculous __62___ first sight, but that doesn't mean it lacks scientific value. For example, the research in 2006 on why dry spaghetti tends to break into more than two pieces when it is bent was important for controlling fractures, which could have applications in everything from the design of highways and bridges ___63__ the engineering of nanotubes. And a follow-up paper __64___(publish) by MIT physicists several years later. But people are more likely to read about the broken spaghetti than to read an academic paper. Even when there is no immediate usefulness, __ 65___ is still good to encourage people to observe and think. 第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)第一节(满分15分)假定你是学生会主席李华。你校新来一批美国交流生，学校要组织迎新晚会请你用英文给他们的领队 Tom写一封电子邮件，内容包括： 时间：本周六晚上6 点到8点； 地点：学校礼堂；  活动：表演节目，中美学生互动。  注意：1.写作词数应为80 左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   第二节(满分25分)阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。It was summer, and my dad wanted to treat me to a vacation like never before. He decided to take me on a trip to the Wild West.We took a plane to Albuquerque, a big city in the state of New Mexico. We reached Albuquerque in the late Afternoon. Uncle Paul, my dad’s friend, picked us up from the airport and drove us up to his farm in Pecos.His wife Tina cooked us a delicious dinner and we got to know their sons Ryan and Kyle. My dad and I spent the night in the guest room of the farm house listening to the frogs and water rolling down the river nearby. Very early in the morning, Uncle Paul woke us up to have breakfast. “The day starts at dawn on my farm,” he said. After breakfast, I went to help Aunt Tina feed the chickens, while my dad went with Uncle Paul to take the sheep out to graze(吃草). I was impressed to see my dad and Uncle Paul riding horses. They looked really cool.In the afternoon, I asked Uncle Paul if I could take a horse ride, and he said yes, as long as my dad went with me. I wasn’t going to take a horse ride by myself anyway. So, my dad and I put on our new cowboy hats, got on our horses, and headed slowly towards the mountains. “ Don’t be late for supper, ” Uncle Paul cried,  “ and keep to track so that you don’t get lost “OK！” My dad cried back. After a while Uncle Paul and his farm house were out of sight. It was so peaceful and quiet and the colors of the brown rocks, the deep green pine trees, and the late afternoon sun mixed to create a magic scene. It looked like a beautiful woven(编织的)blanket spreading out upon the ground just for us.注意：续写词数为150字左右Paragraph 1:Suddenly a little rabbit jumped out in front of my horse.                                                                                                                                                                                 Paragraph 2:We had no idea where we were and it got dark.