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镇江市国际学校20142015学年度第一学期阶段性考试高二年级英 语 试 题命题人：高二年级组2014-10-09第一卷 （共85分）第一部分:听力(共两节, 满分20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秒钟的时间来回答在关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Whats the topic of the talk? A. On pollution. B. On children. C. On death.2. How can the man get to the Hotel? A. At first taking a left, then taking a right, and then taking a right again. B. At first taking a right, then taking a left, the hotel is on his left. C. At first taking a left, then taking a right, the hotel is on his right.3. How old is the womans bicycle possibly? A. Three years old. B. Four years old. C. Five years old.4. Where are the two most possibly? A. At a bookstore. B. At an art gallery. C. At a shop.5. What is the most probable relationship between Jim and Bob?A. Friends. B. Classmates. C. Twins.第二节（共15小题；每小题1 分，满分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67题。6. What is the womans wish if she won the lottery? A. To buy a big house with a garden. B. To go round the world. C. To buy more lotteries.7. What are they drinking? A. Coffee. B. Wine. C. Tea.听第7段材料，回答第89题。8. How will the Georges come? A. By train. B. By car. C. By air.9. Who is seventeen years old? A. Fay. B. Rosemary. C. The woman.听第8段材料，回答第1012题。10. What is the mans first complaint? A. His room is in a mess. B. The rooms heating is broken. C. The porter shows no respect.11. Why does the man complain about the people who live in Room 2027? A. They are speaking and shouting all night.B. They are snoring (打鼾) all night. C. They are watching TV all night.12. How many years has the porter worked for the hotel? A. Ten. B. Fifteen. C. Twenty.听第9段材料，回答第1316题。13. How does the woman find the school system in England? A. It seems to work efficiently. B. It seems not to work efficiently.C. Its hard to say.14. What is one of the great problems of the school system in England? A. Therere less teachers.B. Therere too many students in one class. C. Therere not enough students.15. What does the woman think the education can be? A. Education can be learning more special terms. B. Education can be knowing-society. C. Education can be a gradual extension of oneself.16. How many students in a class would be very nice? A. Only twenty. B. Only twenty-five. C. Only thirty.听第10段材料，回答第1720题。17. How many free parking hours can you get if you spend $ 100 or more? A. Six hours. B. Five hours. C. Four hours.18. What must you do before you can use your parking ticket? A. You should sign on your parking ticket. B. You should let your parking ticket stamped. C. Both A and B.19. When will the prize be drawn? A. On November 14. B. On November 20. C. On November 21.20. What do you know from the text? A. You must buy any three CDs and then your name will go into the competition. B. If you buy one shirt at Daniels Menswear, youll get one tie of the same value free. C. The “Buy one, get one free” offer is limited to one per customer.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C及D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. With the days work _, the men left office and headed for the bar for a drink.A. finishing B. to finish C. finished D. being finished22. The May Flower arrived at _is now Plymouth with 102 people on board.A. that B. which C. it D. what23. - I hate all the noise downtown. Life would be much better if we could move to the countryside. -But you might find it dull and inconvenient to live in the country after a while, and you might start to miss your life in the city. _, you know. A. One mans meat is another mans poison B. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush C. There is no place like home D. The grass is not always greener on the other side24. Lucy is believed to have been killed by a vampire. She was seen _ Draculas castle last week and has never come out.A. enter B. to enter C. entering D. entered25. Maggie, I got a ticket when I parked my car on the bicycle lane this morning. Oh, _. Its not the first time you have broken traffic regulations.A. all right B. it serves you right C. no problem D. take it easy26. The cup was full and the water in it was_. A. running overB. running outC. running throughD. running out of27. The headmaster hurried to the concert hall only _ the speaker _. A. find; left B. finding; leaving C. finding; left D. to find; gone28. The rescue team made every _ to find the missing mountain climber. A. force B. energy C. effort D. possibility29._in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home. A. To wait B. Have waited C. Having waited D. To have waited30. Taking this medicine, if _, will of course do good to his health.A. continued B. to continue C. continues D. continuing31. - What caused the party to be put off?- _ the invitations.A. Tom delayed sending B. Toms delaying sendingC. Tom delaying to send D. Tom delayed to send32. Standing on the top of the hill, I would not do anything but_ the flowing of the smog around me.A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyed D. to enjoy33. They have produced _ they did last year.A. twice more grain as B. twice as much grain as C. twice as many grain asD. as twice many grain as34. - Have we _ water? -Yes, _. Wed better get some. A. run out of; we have run it outB. run out of; our water has run out C. run out of; our water has been run out. D. run out; our water has run out35. The traveler _ his coat on a stone and _ down to have a rest.A. lay; layB. laid; lay C. laid; laidD. lied; lied第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Even people who dont have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like _36_ the lottery, but better _37_ you get fame and money.For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything _38_ last week in Beijing.I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was _39_ that I must have done something horrible to offend her without _40_ it.“You are a white man,” she said _41_ when she got to our table.“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.“Can you speak _42_ ?” she asked.“Yes.”“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the streets largest _43_.The woman, a talent agent, had _44_ a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to _45_. She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one _46_. My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then _47_ the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to _48_ to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line _49_ or walk without tripping, but _50_ I got it right.The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so _51_. I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou. _52_, it seems that my _53_ “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English. _54_, next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the _55_. If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!36. A. acceptingB. bargainingC. predictingD. winning37. A. although B. ifC. since D. unless38. A. beganB. changedC. disappearedD. improved39. A. amazedB. curiousC. guiltyD. worried40. A. admittingB. imaginingC. pretendingD. realizing41. A. breathlesslyB. cautiouslyC. proudlyD. surprisingly42. A. ChineseB. EnglishC. FrenchD. Cantonese43. A. cinemasB. nightclubsC. schoolsD. restaurants44. A. introducedB. neededC. persuadedD. signed45. A. come acrossB. fit inC. show upD. make out46. A. away B. aroundC. beyond D. up47. A. enter B. nameC. recognize D. search48. A. find B. offerC. turn D. stick49. A. quicklyB. simplyC. properlyD. reasonably50. A. eventuallyB. hopefullyC. obviouslyD. unfortunately51. A. braveB. interestingC. strangeD. talented52. A. In return B. In briefC. In turn D. In fact53. A. best B. lastC. onlyD. other54. A. InsteadB. BesidesC. However D. Otherwise55. A. background B. connectionC. expression D. meaning第三部分：阅读理解（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，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。ABuilding futuresMore than 50 Maryland middle school students in the US took part in an unusual activity for teenagers they built a house during a summer camp in Annapolis.“I came here doubtfully,” said JJ Jennings, 13, an eighth-grader at the Key School in Annapolis. “Why am I paying to do labor?”To be fair, building the house was a small project 210 square feet (20 square meters) and sitting on a trailer (拖车) in the Key School parking lot.But that doesnt mean its not a big deal. Complete with solar panels (太阳能板) and a rainwater filtration system (过滤系统), the home is designed to be environmentally friendly.Students worked in teams to finish the house quickly. They received help and instruction from a team of community volunteers.Rogers Belch, lead carpenter (木工), has years of experience building homes. He said he was always “thinking of how to make the project meaningful for the kids,” often stopping to explain how to build a house and encouraging them to take leadership roles.The camp was held by the school and SustainaFest, an Annapolis nonprofit (非盈利组织) that educates the public about sustainability (可持续发展能力). It aimed to educate students about the environment.The house is sustainable in its materials and design. Aside from solar panels and a rainwater filtration system, the furniture can be rearranged (重新组合) to make the most of the small space. And the toilet feeds into a composting tank (堆肥池).The students have a bright view of the future even though there have been so many warnings from scientists about climate change. A few of the campers said their families had organic (有机的) vegetable gardens, compost piles (堆) and rain barrels (桶).“I think were doing a better job with the environment than we have in the past, especially with the new technology,” said Julia Branscombe, 14, at the Key School.Her generation (一代人) might be naive (天真的), she said, but that could be a good thing.“We might be able to do more than adults since were not saying: The world is going to end.”56. What is special about the house built during the summer camp?A. It was built by a 13-year-old boy from Annapolis alone.B. It is one of the smallest houses in the world.C. It has a unique water filtration system.D. It was designed to be sustainable.57. We can tell from the article that SustainaFest _.A. makes a lot of money by organizing summer campsB. invites students to be community volunteersC. shows students how to be friendly to the environmentD. teaches students how to design houses58. What is Julia Branscombes attitude toward the future of the environment?A. Optimistic (乐观的).B. Indifferent (漠不关心的).C. Doubtful.D. Worried.BThe Museum of Science, BostonSummer HoursJuly 5 September 1Saturday Thursday, 9:00 am 7:00 pmFriday, 9:00 am 9:00 pmRegular HoursJanuary 1 July 4 and September 2 December 31Saturday Thursday, 9:00 am 5:00 pmFriday, 9:00 am 9:00 pmIndividual Ticket PricesVenuesAdult (12+)Senior (60+)Child (311)Exhibit Halls$23.00$21.00$20.00Exhibits (展览)A Birds WorldThis exhibit includes a sample (标本) of every bird found in New England. It provides a lot of information about bird behavior, and New England birdwatchers will also find a useful bird “dictionary”. With this, you can learn how to understand the bird language you hear being chirped (吱喳叫) just outside your window at home.Butterfly GardenThis garden offers a wonderful chance to get close to all kinds of living butterflies from New England and across the world. You can also look inside The “Emergence Box” to see hanging chrysalids (蝶蛹) change into adult butterflies. If youre lucky, you might see a new butterfly crawl (爬) out of its casing (外壳).Discovery CenterDesigned for children under eight and their parents, the Discovery Center offers lots of fun, hands-on activities that are designed to help them discover through play. A perfect area for early learners, this educational environment emphasizes (着重) the use of real objects for exploring natural history, physical science, and technology topics.Take a Closer LookExplore the world around you using sight, hearing, touch, and smell. Test yourself to see what you can discover when you pay attention to your senses (感官), and learn how technology extends (延伸) them.59. If you visit the museum on a Wednesday in August, you can stay there until _.A. 3 pm B. 5 pmC. 7 pm D. 9 pm60. College students will have to pay _ a person if they go with their parents.A. $21.00 B. $23.00C. $46.00 D. $67.0061. The best choice for those who are interested in the human body is _.A. A Birds WorldB. Butterfly Garden C. Discovery CenterD. Take a Closer Look62. What can children do in the Discovery Center?A. See different kinds of animal samples.B. Discover the changes in butterflies.C. Play with real objects and discover through fun.D. Explore the world with all their senses.63. The “Emergence Box” shows _.A. all kinds of butterfliesB. birds coming out of their eggsC. butterflies changing their casingsD. how new butterflies are bornCCrows smarter than kidsWhen it comes to problem solving, many of us have heard of the skills of the crow (乌鸦) in Aesops Fables (伊索寓言).In the story, a thirsty crow comes across a bottle of water, but the water level (水平面) is out of its reach. The bird then drops small stones into it until the water level rises enough for the bird to drink.“Oh, its just a fable,” you may think. After all, its hard to imagine birds knowing about “problem solving”.But new research has found that crows brains may sometimes be better than those of 6-year-old children.In a recent experiment, US scientist Corina Logan and her team caught six crows to test them. There were two tubes (试管) of water, one wide and the other narrow (窄的). Each crow was given four stones, enough to help them get the water in the narrow tube, but not the wide one.Surprisingly, the crows dropped all or most of the stones into the narrower tube and got the food reward! They had found out the cause-and-effect relationship.Using such brains, crows are making their lives easier. For example, some crows in cities have learned to use road traffic for breaking nuts, National Geographic News reported.But how are their wits (智力) compared to humans? Logans team did another experiment, this time on both crows and children.Here, the crows and children had to choose between two sets of tubes.With the red set, when they dropped a stone into a wide tube, the water level raised in a connected narrow tube that contained food.The blue set of tubes, however, had no connection between them. So dropping a stone in the wide tube did not cause the water level to rise in the narrow tube.Children aged 7 to 10 were able to learn the rule. Children aged 4 to 6, however, failed.Five of the six crows failed the test. But Kitty, a 6-month-old crow, passed it. She put all or most of the stones into the red tube.So, could a bird be more clever than a kindergartner? Dont be too quick to say no.64. Why is Aesops Fables mentioned in the beginning of the article?A. To show that fables about crows are wrong.B. To introduce the idea that crows are smart.C. To explain why crows can solve problems.D. To prove that crows can be better than babies at problem solving.65. What have Logans team found out from their recent experiments?A. Crows prefer to get their food reward from wider tubes.B. Crows can easily recognize the tubes with a food reward inside.C. Crows are able to understand or learn cause and effect relationships.D. Some crows even make use of road traffic to help them break nuts.66. What can we learn from the experiment on crows and children?A. Five of the six crows threw stones into the red tube.B. Children aged 6 did better than children aged 4.C. Some crows proved to be more clever than children aged 10.D. One crow passed the test while the younger children didnt.D“Regardless of social class, race and age, men say they hate to shop,” says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor“Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shopMen generally like to shop for books, music and hardwareBut if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, theyll say, “ Well, thats not shoppingThats research.”In other words, what men and women call “buying things” and how they approach that task are differen