浙江省东阳市第二高级中学高二英语12月月考试题.doc

2014年下期高二英语阶段性检测试卷一、单项选择(201)1. in china today, _ car is becoming _ popular means of transportation. a. a; theb. a; /c. the; thed. the; a2. it seems that living green is _ easy and affordable. a small step makes abig difference. a. generally b. fortunatelyc. hardlyd. surprisingly3. pressed from his parents, and _ that he has wasted too much time, the boyis determined to stop playing video games.a. realizing b. realizedc. to realize d. being realized 4. it is you as well as your wife that _ your sons bad performance at school.a. is to be blamed forb. are to be blamed forc. are to blame for d. is to blame for5.six players can make up a volleyball team while a football team is _eleven players. a. consisted of b. made up c. made of d. made up of6. she opened the box and emptied its _onto the floor. a. contents b. continentsc. comments d. convenience7. the reform project _ by mr. white _ at the meeting now. a. put forward, is discussed b. has been put forward, is being discussed c. is put forward, is discussed d. put forward, is being discussed8. apples ipad2 uses a 9.7-inch touch screen like the ipad. _, it is equippedwith a pair of new cameras, which the ipad doesnt have. a. indeed b. therefore c. besides d. otherwise9. they have practiced a lot and got well prepared for it. it seems to me that theyare very _ to win the game. a. likely b. possible c. probable d. maybe10. _ with a moon rover(月球车) called “yutu” (jade rabbit) , change-3 successfully landed on the moon.a. being equipped b. having equippedc. to be equipped d. equipped11. children _ good or bad habits by watching what their parents do in daily life. a. turn up b. take up c. make upd. pick up12.they knew her very wellthey had seen her_ up from childhood agrow bgrew cwas growing dto grow13. many guests got sick after the dinner.i think the fried fish was a _.a. victim b. suspect c. cure d. clue 14. unwilling to give up slavery, the south _ from the union and set up astate of their own, resulting in the american civil war. a. broke away b. ran away c. escaped awayd. cut away 15. considering that you have no _ experience, its doubtful that youll get the job.a. efficientb. previousc. originald. unusual16.the match is going to start in a minute. lets _. a. hurry onb. go on c. speed upd. sweep up17. it will _determination and hard work to master a foreign language. there is no doubt about it.a. spend b. cost c. pay d. take 18. i strongly suggest the person that _ out and explain all that has happened. a. was referred to standing b. was referred to stand c. referred to stand d. referred to standing 19. dont wake doctor thompson up unless it is a real_; he is too tired and needs a good rest. a. campaignb. emergencyc. argumentd. connection20.no matter what happens, you should keep _. just look on the bright side of things. a. generous b. optimistic c. careful d. practical二、完形填空(201) “kevin, we are getting a divorce,” said my mother. my heart plunged (急降). i was 9 years old and i thought that my life was going to _21_. my brother and i were going to move with my mother to southern california. my dad was to _22_ in new jersey because of work. my family was splitting apart. now that my mom is a single parent, i do my own _23_, make dinner and do extra chores around the house. _24_ it was hard at first, i now recognize the positive _25_ that this responsibility had on me. my mother gave me these _26_ and duties so that i would learn to become self-disciplined (自律的) and trustworthy. i strive to display these _27_ in all aspects of my life, and have seen the benefits. when i was only 11 years old, my _28_ told me that he was selecting me as soccer team captain because of my determination and ability to get my teammates to _29_ themselves. we _30_the championship, but i won the fair play award for keeping my team together. i am always determined to be an individual and not participate in anything that i feel is _31_. i am, for example, extremely _32_ of my decision not to drink alcohol. personally, i dont feel the need to drink to have fun, and i stand by my decision even when others try to _33_ me. my mom and dad both found new _34_ and happily remarried. i am _35_ close to my father, even though he lives 4,800 km away. i thought my parents divorce was going to be the worst thing that _36_ happened to me. ironically (讽刺的是),21. a. fall apart b. stand out c. carry ond. come true22. a. abandon b. remainc. accompany d. practice23. a. homeworkb. exercise c. decisiond. laundry24. a. althoughb. becausec. ifd. since25. a. attitudeb. experiencec. effectd. situation 26. a. achievements b. abilities c. chores d. disadvantages27. a. chores b. difficultiesc. emotions d. qualities28. a. father b. headmaster c. brotherd. coach29. a. enjoyb. teachc. help d. push30. a. wonb. lostc. hadd. achieved31. a. wrongb. abnormal c. dynamic d. violent32. a. afraid b. tiredc. proudd. fond33. a. cheat b. pressure c. pleased. enlighten34. a. familiesb. jobs c. kids d. partners35. a. still b. not c. rarely d. less36. a. never b. evenc. everd. almostit turned out to be the _37_. i wasnt willing to let it _38_ my life without putting up a fight, and neither was my family. at age 9, i struggled with the confusion and _39_ of divorce. today, at age 16, i understand that _40_ can bring opportunity and success, and that hard work, determination and self-discipline can turn your worst time into your best time.37. a. bestb. worstc. busiestd. first38. a. challengeb. protectc. beatd. ruin39. a. pain b. memory c. significance d. emergency40. a. obstacles b. familiesc. parents d. routines三、阅读理解(202)afor most people, shopping is still a matter of wandering down the street or loading a cart in a shopping mall. soon, that will change. electronic commerce (trade) is growing fast and will soon bring people more choices. there will, however, be a cost: protecting the consumer from being cheated will be harder. many governments therefore want to apply street regulations to the electronic world. but politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate self-regulation.consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs or their rights to refund when goods are faulty. but governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence is on the screen. even in a country where a clear right to compensation exists, the on-line customer in tokyo, say, can hardly go to new york to get a refund (退款) for a clothes purchase.one answer is for government to cooperate more: to recognize each others rules. but that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules. and plenty of countries have rules too fanciful for sober countries to accept. there is, however, another choice. let the electronic businesses do the regulation themselves. they do, after all, have a self-interest in doing so.in electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset. governments, too, may compete to be trusted. for instance, customers ordering medicines on- line may prefer to buy from the united states because they trust the rigorous screening of the food and drug administration; or they may decide that the fdas rules are too strict, and buy from switzerland instead.customers will still need to use their judgment, but precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than customers of the normal sort. and the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain when a company lets them down. in this way, at least, the advent(出现) of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws, not more.41. according to the author, what will be the best policy for electronic commerce?a. self-regulation by the business. b. strict consumer protection laws.c. close international cooperation. d. government protection.42. in case an electronic shopper bought faulty goods from a foreign country, whatcould he do?a. refuse to pay for the purchase. b. go to the seller and ask for a refund. c. appeal to consumer protection law.d. complain about it on the internet.43. in the authors view, businesses would place a high emphasis on honest dealing because in the electronic world _.a. international cooperation would be much more frequent b. consumers could easily seek government protectionc. a good reputation is a great advantage in competitiond. it would be easy for consumers to complain44. we can infer from the passage that in licensing new drugs the fda in the united states is_.a. very quick b. very cautious c. very slow d. rather careless45. if a customer buys something that does not meet his expectation, what is the advantage of dealing through electronic commerce over the present normal one?ait will be easier for him to return the goods he is not satisfied with.bit will be easier for him to attain the refund from the seller.cit will be easier for him to get his complaints heard by other consumers.dit will be easier for him to complain about this to the government.bi was going to die in antarctica，i was certainan image of my ice-covered body，pale and lifelessfilled my mind as i glanced aroundin all directions the empty wilderness of antarctica stretched away from methe only feature on the landscape was the division between snow and sky. i gazed sadly at my teamthey were rapidly disappearing over the horizon i was leading an expedition(探险)attempting to reach the south polethe team was made up of ordinary women from all around the worldfrom jamaica，india，singapore and cyprusmany of whom had never seen snow，or spent a night in a tentbefore we set offour aim was to be the most international a11-female team to reach the south pole as i watchedthe rest of the team had marched on，unaware that i was not with the team. by the time i realized that my sledge(雪橇)was firmly trapped，the team were already a long way ahead of mei called out to era, my teammate，“era! stop!” getting no response，i called again，but my shouts were carried away in the opposite direction by the windseconds passednothing! i was gradually being left alone，completely defenseless against the low temperatures of antarctica. my strength increased when i thought of a cold，lonely deathi pulled again my sledge，which moved a littlei removed the ice with my ski-pole and boot，desperately trying to break the sledge freethe sledge shot forward，knocking me off balancei struggled to my feet and set off after the team i caught up just as reena，my teammate from india，looked behind her and noticed there was one person missingshe turned around on her skis，in shock and found me in the near distance. as we continued，my panic slowly fadedfor the rest of the day，each of the team was glancing over their shoulder every few minutesthey were not going to risk losing me again.46. from the first paragraph we can safely infer that the author_adisliked her team bgot seriously ill cpanic dlost her way47. what is special about the expedition team?athey were all female bthey were all professionalcthey made the longest expedition dthey had been strictly trained48. what made the author get her sledge out of the ice was_athe shouts from her teammates bher strong desire to livecthe sudden change in wind direction dthe natural beauty ahead49. at last，each of the team members kept looking back_. ato avoid being attacked from behind bto make sure that none fell behindcto check the distance they had covered dto keep a record of the route they took50. which may be the best title of the passage?ahow to survive in antarctic ba mysterious trip to the south polec. female expedition team dbeing left behind in the snow cwhile residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer nations report having greater meaning in life.these findings, published in psychological science, a journal of the association for psychological science, suggest that meaning in life may be higher in poorer nations as a result of greater religiosity (笃信宗教). as countries become richer, religion becomes less central to peoples lives and they lose a sense of meaning in life.“thus far, the wealth of nations has been almost always associated with longevity, health, happiness or life satisfaction,” explains psychological scientist shigehiro oishi of the university of virginia. “given that meaning in life is an important aspect of overall well-being, we wanted to look more carefully at differential patterns, correlates (相关物), and predictors for meaning in life.”oishi and colleague ed diener of the university of illinois at urbana-champaign investigated life satisfaction, meaning, and well-being by examining data from the 2007 gallup world poll, a large-scale survey of over 140,000 participants from 132 countries. in addition to answering a basic life satisfaction question, participants were asked: “do you feel your life has an important purpose or meaning?” and “is religion an important part of your daily life?”the data revealed some unexpected trends:“among americans, those who are high in life satisfaction are also high in meaning in life,” says oishi. “but when we looked at the societal level of analysis, we found a completely different pattern of the association between meaning in life and life satisfaction.”when looking across many countries, oishi and diener found that people in wealthier nations were more educated, had fewer children, and expressed more individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries all factors that were associated with higher life satisfaction but a significantly lower sense of meaning in life.”the data suggest that religiosity may play an important role: residents of wealthier nations, where religiosity is lower, reported less meaning in life and had higher suicide rates than poorer countries.according to the researchers, religion may provide meaning to life to the extent that it helps people to overcome personal difficulty and cope with the struggles of working to survive in poor economic conditions:“religion gives a system that connects daily experiences with the coherent whole (连贯的整体) and a general structure to ones life and plays a critical role in constructing meaning out of extreme hardship,” the researchers write.oishi and diener hope to reproduce these findings using more comprehensive measures of meaning and religiosity, and are interested in following countries over time to track whether economic prosperity gives rise to less religiosity and less meaning in life.51.the wealth of nations has always been related to all the following except _. a. longevityb. healthc. happinessd. a life of purpose52. which of the following questions couldnt the participants have answered? a. does your life have a purpose or meaning? b. do you have relatives living abroad? c. are you satisfied with your everyday life?d. is religion involved in your daily life?53. which of the following statements is true? a. those who have higher life satisfaction usually have lower sense of meaning in life. b. people in wealthier nations were more educated, have fewer children and express less individualistic attitudes compared to those in poorer countries. c. religion may provide meaning to life in that people can get strong support from it in face of hardship. d. wealthy people are more likely to commit suicide than poor people.54. what can be inferred from the passage? a. the poorer a country is, the more religious its people are. b. economic prosperity gives rise to less religiosity and less meaning in life. c. if you want to find meaning in life, you must practice a religion. d. meaning in life doesnt have much to do with the amount of wealth one possesses.55. the main purpose of the passage is to explain the possible reason why _. a. greater life satisfaction leads to lower sense of meaning b. residents of poorer nations enjoy greater meaning in life c. residents of poorer nations are so religious d. residents of wealthy nations have greater life satisfactiondscotland is a unique place, loaded with history, where you can find aristocratic（贵族的）palaces and castles, as well as the traditional parades in national costumes. in order to see and discover the true soul of scotland today and what formed the character of this splendid region, we have to go towards the northern regions, to the grampian mountains（格兰扁山区）, beautiful and plain. the scots conquered the environment with simple spades and strong arms, for it was difficult to farm. the history of this ancient struggle, and its peoples ancient love with the hard land, can be felt within the walls of the angus folk museum. you are able to get a feel of the typical rural atmosphere of times past from the everyday artifacts displayed here.from coastal aberdeen in towards the grampian mountains there runs the castle trail, a road that touches on many fort