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广东省揭阳市第一中学2014-2015学年高二英语上学期第二次阶段考试试题 a. to report a fire. b. to order a garden tube. c. to express his anger at a neighbor.2. what will the man do? a. get a fire truck. b. put out the fire. c. stay on the phone.听下面一段对话，回答第3-5题。3. what is the woman going to do? a. wash up the cooker. b. put the plates away. c. do the drying up.4. what does the man want the towel for? a. to clean the table. b. to dry the dishes. c. to clean the womans bicycle.5. where does the conversation probably take place? a. in the mans office. b. at the mans house. c. at the womans house.听下面一段对话，回答第6-8题。6. which subject can american high school students choose to study? a. physical education. b. social studies. c. music.7. what is the main purpose of the lockers? a. to save students from carrying textbooks back and forth. b. to offer students a space to decorate. c. to keep students favorite things.8. what do we know about “backwards day” from the speaker? a. its held before halloween. b. students dont go to class on that day. c. teachers perhaps walk and speak backwards.听下面一段对话，回答第9-10题。9. what do we know about robert? a. he is bored with his present job. b. he has the largest farm in the us. c. he plans to make his farm larger.10. what experience on the farm will the woman never forget? a. harvesting corn. b. milking a cow. c. drinking fresh milk.第二节 听取信息（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）weather report for tomorrowmost placesdry with a good deal of 11._12._ coasta bit of fognorth-westcloudy with some heavy showerssouthern half13._ in most partsouth-westthe temperatures will reach 14._ or possibly 27 northern halfdry and be quite 15._.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完型填空 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-30各题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。one night, when i was eight, my mother gently asked me a question i would never forget. “sweetie, my company wants to _16 _ me but needs me to work in brazil. this is like your teacher telling that youve done well and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but youll have to_17_ your friends. would you say yes to your _18_?” she gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. i was puzzled. the question kept me_19_ for the rest of the night i had said “yes” but for the first time, i realized the_20_decisions adults had to make.for almost four years, my mother would call us from brazil every day. every evening id _21_ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. a phone call, however, could never replace her _22_and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.during my fourth-grade christmas break, we flew to rio to visit her. looking at her large_23_apartment, i became aware of how lonely my mother must have been in brazil herself. it was then that i started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on_24_family and work. face with difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldnt know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a_25_attitude.back home, i reminded myself that what my mother could do, i could, too. if she _26_to live in rio all by herself, i, too, could learn to be _27_. i learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable_28_. my mother is now back with us. but i will never forget what the experience has really taught me. sacrifices _29_ off in the end. the _30_ between us has proved to be blessing for me. 16. a. attract b. promote c. surprise d. praise 17. a. contact b. refuse c. leave d. forgive18. a. teacherb. friendc. motherd. family 19. a. explaining b. sleeping c. wondering d. regretting20. a. intellengentb. timely c. final d. tough21. a. eagerly b. politely c. nervously d. curiously 22. a. patience b. presence c. intelligence d. influence23. a. comfortable b. expensive c. empty d.modern 24. a. abandoning b. balancing c. comparing d. mixing 25. a. different b. friendly c. positive d. general 26. a. managed b. offered c. attempted d. expected27. a. grateful b. energetic c. independent d. practical28. a. examples b. limits c. rules d. goals29. a. breakb. pay c. cut d. turn 30. a. conversationb.attemptc. gratituded. separation 第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。history has witnessed great changes in the styles of western art. during the middle ages, a conventional artist would mainly aim to represent _31_ (religion) themes. a feeling of respect and love for god would be created in a typical picture of this period. then people began to adopt a more humanistic and realistic attitude _32_ life during the renaissance. artists attempted to paint people and nature _33_ they really were. then in the late 19th century, europe changed a great deal from a mostly agricultural society to a mostly industrial one, _34_ led to a new painting style _35_ (know) as impressionism. but as painting of this style were not as detailed as _36_ of earlier painters, they were said to be ridiculous by some people. however, paintings of this period, controversial as they used to be, _37_ (accept) as the beginning of modern art. style of modern art differ _38_ (great) from one another. some paintings are rather abstract, _39_ others may be as realistic as photographs. it is hard to predict _40_ painting styles there will be in the future.阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。athe writer margaret mitchell is best known for writing gone with the wind, first published in 1936. her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the american civil war. visitors to the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.our first stop at the margaret mitchell house is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. she was born in atlanta in 1900. she started writing stories when she was a child. she started working as a reporter for the atlanta journal newspaper in 1922. one photograph of ms. mitchell, called peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. she was only about one and a half meters tall. the young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. the tour guide explains: “now in this picture peggy is interviewing some boys from georgia tech, asking them such questions as would you really marry a woman who works? and today itd be would you marry one who doesnt? ”the margaret mitchell house is a building that once contained several apartments. now we enter the first floor apartment where ms. mitchell lived with her husband, john marsh. they made fun of the small apartment by calling it “the dump”.around 1926, margaret mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. her husband brought her books to read from the library. she read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. our guide says gone with the wind became a huge success. margaret mitchell received the pulitzer prize for the book. in 1939 the film version was released. it won ten academy awards, including best picture.41. the book gone with the wind was _.a. first published on a newspaper b. awarded ten academy awards c. written in “the dump” d. adapted from a movie42. the underlined phrase “tower over” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_.a. be very pleased with b. show great respect forc. be much taller than d. show little interest in43. why did ms. mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?a. because she was rich enough. b. because she was injured then.c. because her husband didnt like it. d. because she wanted to write books.44. we can know about margaret mitchell from the passage that _.a. her height made her marriage unhappy b. her interest in writing continued as an adultc. writing stopped her working as a reporter d. her life was full of hardship and sadness45. which is the best title for the passage?a. a trip to know margaret mitchell. b. gone with the wind: a huge success.c. an introduction of the margaret mitchell house.d. margaret mitchell: a great female writer. bmillions of americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesnt always come home with them. airline identification tags（标签）can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. and passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.the airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. they dont keep them, since theyre not in the warehouse business. and by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.so once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of scottsboro, alabama, buys them. the “unclaimed baggage center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of alabama. more than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the stores shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. you can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.the stores own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. the unclaimed baggage center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.the store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（获得物）have been preserved. they include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an egyptian pharaohs tomb, and a medieval suit of armor.statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on u.s. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.46. paragraph 1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because_.a. they are forgetful b. they are in a hurryc. there is no lost and found office in many airportsd. the owners of some luggage cant be identified47. the reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is that _.a. they have to find the owners b. they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose c. some bags are expensive d. they have to keep the bags as long as possible48. the unclaimed baggage center is very popular because_.a. theres a large variety of goods.b. all the things there are very cheap.c. visitors may purchase something undervalued.d. visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there.49. what can we infer from the passage? a. a little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage. b. the percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small. c. the things in the unclaimed baggage center are articles for daily use. d. people are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store.50. what is the main purpose of the passage?a. to introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in america.b. to introduce an attractive place to tourists.c. to remind passengers of taking care of their baggage.d. to advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage.cpeople arent walking any more-if they can figure out a way to avoid it.i felt superior about this matter until the other day i took my car to mail a small parcel. the journey is a matter of 281 steps. but i used the car. and i wasnt in any hurry, either. i had merely become one more victim of a national sickness: motorosis.it is an illness to which i had thought myself immune, for i was bred in the tradition of going to places on my own two legs. at that time, we regarded 25 miles as good days walk and the ability to cover such a distance in ten hours as sign of strength and skill. it did not occur to us that walking was a hardship. and the effect was lasting. when i was 45 years old i raced and beat a teenage football player the 168 steps up the stature of liberty.such enterprises today are regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for the heart. but a well-known british physician, sir adolphe abrahams, pointed out recently that hearts and bodies need proper exercise. a person who avoids exercise is more likely to have illnesses than one who exercises regularly. and walking is an ideal form of exercise- the most familiar and natural of all.it was henry thoreau who showed mankind the richness of going on foot. the man walking can learn the trees, flower, insects, birds and animals, the significance of seasons, the very feel of himself as a living creature in a living world. he cannot learn in a car. the car is a convenient means of transport, but we have made it our way of life. many people dont dare to approach nature any more; to them the world they were born to enjoy is all threat. to them security is a steel river thundering on a concrete road. and much of their thinking takes place while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.i say that the green of forests is the minds best light. and none but the man on foot can evaluate what is basic and everlasting.51. what is the national sickness? a. walking too muchb. traveling too much c. driving cars too much d. climbing stairs too much.52. what was life like when the author was young? a. people usually went around on foot. b. people often walked 25 miles a day c. people used to climb the statue of liberty. d. people considered a ten-hour walk as a hardship.53. the author mentions henry thoreau to prove that_. a. middle-aged people like getting back to nature b. walking in nature helps enrich ones mind c. people need regular exercise to keep fit d. going on foot prevents heart disease54. what is compared to “a steel river” in paragraph 6? a. a queue of carsb. a ray of traffic light c. a flash of lightningd. a stream of people55. what is the authors intention of writing this passage? a. to tell people to reflect more on life. b. to recommend people to give up driving c. to advise people to do outdoor activities d. to encourage people to return to walkingdshes not afraid of anything. snakes? no problem. walking alone in the dark? easy. were not talking about a superhero here - sm is a 44-year-old mother. and shes fearless because she happens to be missing part of her brain: the amygdala(扁桃腺).shaped like a pair of almonds sitting in the middle of your brain, the amygdala helps control fear and anxiety. a rare condition called urbach-wiethe disease left sm without her amygdala, and seems to have completely erased her sense of fear.to try to understand how the amygdala works, a team of researchers made their efforts to scare sm. they showed her horror movies and took her to the waverly hills sanatorium haunted house in kentucky. she pushed out one of the monsters and laughed. sm said she didnt like snakes, but at a pet store full of poisonous creatures, she kept asking to touch them. when asked to rate her feelings, sm reported feeling surprised or disgusted, but never fearful.“she tends to approach everything she should be avoiding,” says justin feinstein of the university of iowa. this means the amygdala could control deeper urges to approach or avoid danger. other scientists have a different opinion, though. “i dont believe you can make a general statement about what the amygdala does by a single case study,” elizabeth phelps said. in 2002, phelps published a study on a similar patient with amygdala damage who still showed fear.it may sound like fun to be totally fearless, but we get scared for a good reason. “the nature of fear is survival and the amygdala helps us stay alive by avoiding situations, people, or objects that put our life in danger,” feinstein said. sm was once followed in a park after dark by a man with a knife, and she simply walked away. “it is quite remarkable that she is still alive,” said feinstein.56. sm dares to walk alone in the dark mainly because _.a. she is a superhero b. she has experienced such conditions a lotc. she is a mental patient d. she has no sense of fear57. researchers tried their best to frighten sm in order to find _.a. the function of a particular organ b. sms reaction of fear and anxietyc. the process of removing amygdala d. a special way to get along with monsters58. what do we know from the research on sm?a. it was easy for her to avoid danger. b. sm never felt fearful but disgusted.c. sm was frightened by nothing except monsters. d. sm got along well with the snakes.59. what is elizabeth phelps attitude toward the function of the amygdala based on the research on sm?a. indifferent b. supportive c. disapproving d. interested60. what can we infer from the last paragraph?a. people can remove their amygdala to be fearless.b. sm will be admired because of her bravery.c. no one can survive if their amygdala is removed.d. the sense of fear is crucial to humans.第二节 信息匹配（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。以下是咨询和服务部门的信息：a. career services (room 113)the staff of the career services center advise students on career choices and applications of f