甘肃省卓尼县柳林中学高三英语阶段性测试（二）试题（含解析）.doc

英语试卷 (100分钟120分)第卷(选择题, 共70分)第一部分: 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。ajob interviewsyou have the education and the work experience; now all you need is the job. most people spend more time getting ready for an evening out than they do preparing for a job interview. there are several things you can do to have a successful job interview. here are some of them: 1. know about the company where you are trying to get a job. find out what the company does and who their competitors are. 2. know yourself. most interviewers will ask a question related to your strengths and weaknesses. before the interview, examine the job you are applying for and determine the top skills needed for that position. for instance, if you are applying for a job as a telephone operator, its more important that you have strong communication skills than that you are tidy. 3. have proof. its easy to say you have good organization skills. but if you can tell the interviewer about a time you organized an event, it makes the claim much more solid. 4. prepare questions to ask about the company and the job. an interview is a stressful event. when you are under pressure, it can be difficult to think straight. preparing before the interview will make it easier to give answers to those tough questions. but you cant think of every question they might ask. so relax and be confident. remember, first impressions are lasting. 【文章大意】本文主要讲述了如何为面试做准备。1. this article is about. a. how to get a job interviewb. how to communicate at workc. how to prepare for a job interviewd. how to interview people【解析】选c。主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了如何为面试做准备, 准备什么内容, 需要具备什么技能。根据most people spend more time getting ready for an evening out than they do preparing for a job interview. there are several things you can do to have a successful job interview. 可知答案为c项。2. a good skill for a telephone operator to have is. a. the ability to smileb. tidinessc. good communication skillsd. proof of past experience【解析】选c。细节理解题。从文章第三段中的for instance, if you are applying for a job as a telephone operator, its more important that you have strong communication skills than that you are tidy. 可知, 一个电话接线员的好技能是好的交流能力, 故c项正确。3. you should prepare questions aboutwhen interviewed for a job. a. the companyb. the salaryc. the interviewers strengthsd. the weather【解析】选a。细节理解题。从文章第五段prepare questions to ask about the company and the job. 可知, 当你为一份工作参加面试时, 应该准备和公司相关的问题。4. which of the following is true? a. the job interview should be conducted over the telephone. b. the first time the interviewer sees you is important. c. you shouldnt ask questions about the company. d. you shouldnt give examples of things you have done in the past. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的so relax and be confident. remember, first impressions are lasting. 可知, 面试官见到你的第一印象是最为持久和重要的。bocean parkif you love the sea, ocean park is the place for you! situated on the south side of hong kong island, this 870, 000 square meter educational theme park provides many opportunities to learn about marine life. to start with, the park boasts the atoll reef, one of the worlds largest aquariums, with about 2, 500 fish from nearly 300 different species. what makes this aquarium special, however, is not just its size, but also its design. the atoll reef is built with an observation passageway that circles the aquarium on four different levels. this lets visitors view sea life from a variety of depths and angles. then theres the shark aquarium, a tank with more than 200 sharks from more than 30 species. like the atoll reef, this unique aquarium is designed to make sure guests get the most out of their visit. shaped like an underwater tunnel, guests can watch as sharks swim overhead and dive at them from every side. theres also the sea jelly spectacular, an aquarium that houses more than 1, 000 jellyfish of all shapes, colours and sizes. and at the parks dolphin university, visitors can go on educational tours and watch the training of dolphins up close. the parks most popular attraction is the ocean theatre, a huge outdoor pool where dolphins and sea lions entertain the visitors. sometimes a killer whale even takes part in the performance! although ocean parks focus is on the water, the theme park has plenty of other activities, too. for people seeking excitement, there are rides like the abyss turbo drop, a roller coaster ride that takes passengers on a 20-storey drop straight down. there are also exhibitions like the dinosaur discovery trail and bird paradise. finally, no trip to ocean park would be complete without visiting the parks most popular animalsfour giant pandas that were given as a gift from chinas central government. 【文章大意】本文介绍了香港海洋公园, 它被称作教育主题公园。5. why is hong kong ocean park called an educational theme park? a. it is specially designed to attract the young who are interested in the sea. b. it provides chances for people to broaden their knowledge of science. c. it offers chances for visitors to enlarge their knowledge of marine life. d. it has plenty of activities for people to have fun. 【解析】选c。细节理解题。从文章第一段中的situated on the south side of hong kong island, this 870, 000 square meter educational theme park provides many opportunities to learn about marine life. 可知, 香港海洋公园被称作教育主题公园是因为它给游客提供了机会来增长海洋知识。6. what makes the atoll reef so special? a. it is one of the symbols of hong kong ocean park. b. it has thousands of fish from various species. c. it is the largest aquarium in the world. d. it allows visitors to watch sea life from all angles. 【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据第二段中的what makes this aquarium special, however, is not just its size, but also its design. the atoll reef is built with an observation passageway that circles the aquarium on four different levels. this lets visitors view sea life from a variety of depths and angles. 可知, atoll reef之所以特殊, 不仅仅因为它的大小, 更因为它的设计, 它可以让游客从各个角度、各个深度来观看海洋生物。7. which of the following activities is not mentioned in the passage? a. interacting with sea life in the huge outdoor pool. b. visiting exhibitions about dinosaurs and birds. c. taking a roller coaster ride on a 20-storey drop. d. enjoying the show of dolphins and sea lions. 【解析】选a。细节理解题。从最后一段的there are also exhibitions like the dinosaur discovery trail and bird paradise. 可知b项提到了; 根据a roller coaster ride that takes passengers on a 20-storey drop straight down可知c项提到了; 根据第五段可知d项也提到了, 故选a。cdear dad, today i was at the shopping mall and i spent a lot of time reading the fathers day cards. they all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how i feel about you. yet as i selected and read, it occurred to me that not a single card said what i really wants to say to you. you will soon be 84 years old, dad, and you and i will have had 55 fathers day together. i havent always been with you on fathers day but ive always been with you in my heart. you know, dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. you stood on one side of the great divide and i on the other. the father-daughter duel shifted into high gear(挡)when you taught me to drive the old dodge and i decided i would drive the 54 chevy whether you liked it or not. the police officer who sent me home, after you reported the chevy stolen, didnt have much tolerance for a stubborn 16-year-old, while you were so tolerant about it, dad, and i think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life. our relationship greatly improved when i married a man you liked, and things really turned around when we began making babies right and left. somewhere along the line, the generation gap disappeared. i suppose i saw us and our relationship as aging together, rather like a fine wine. but the strangest thing happened last week. i was at a stop sign and i watched as you turned the corner in your car. it didnt immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. it was rather like a slap in the face delivered from out of nowhere. perhaps i saw your age for the first time that day. i guess what im trying to say, dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their dad today. honoring a father on fathers day is about respect and sharing and acceptance and tolerance and giving and taking. its about loving someone more than words can say, and its wishing that never had to end. i love you, dad. love, jenny【文章大意】本文是在父亲节之际作者写给父亲的信, 表达了女儿对父亲深深的感激和爱。8. how did jenny probably feel on the night she was sent home by the police officer? a. disappointed. b. nervous. c. guilty. d. frightened. 【解析】选c。推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句话. . . while you were so tolerant about it, dad, and i think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life. 可推知, 珍妮在那天晚上感到非常惭愧和自责, 故c项正确。9. we can learn from the passage that jenny and her father. a. kept in touch by writing each otherb. are separated due to the generation gapc. have been getting along very welld. had a hard time understanding each other【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后两句话you know, dad, there was a time when we were separated by the generation gap. you stood on one side of the great divide and i on the other. 并结合全文可以判断: 珍妮和父亲曾经有一段时间缺乏相互之间的理解。10. why did jenny feel strange when she saw her father last week? a. she seldom saw him driving that huge car. b. she had never realized his being old and weak. c. she didnt expect to meet with him there. d. she had never seen him driving so slowly before. 【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据文章第五段中的it didnt immediately occur to me that it was you because the man driving looked so elderly and fragile behind the wheel of that huge car. 可知, 珍妮从来没有意识到父亲如此年迈和虚弱, 故b项正确。11. jenny wrote her father this letter to. a. tell him about their conflictsb. say sorry for her being stubbornc. express her gratitude to himd. remind him of the early incident【解析】选c。推理判断题。通读全文可知, 本文是一封女儿写给父亲的信, 女儿珍妮在信中表达了对父亲深深的感激和爱。da brand is a name, word, sign, symbol, design, or a combination of these, intended to identify the goods or services of a company or a group of companies. another purpose of a brand is to contrast one company from another. the most important skill of professional marketers is the ability to create, maintain, protect, and enhance the brands of their products and services. branding has become so important that today hardly any company or product is without one. therefore, brand management is an increasingly important element in marketing. brand power refers to the relative strength of a companys brand in the minds of consumers, and can influence consumers choice of products. brands are powerful to the extent that they give high brand loyalty and strong brand associations, name recognition, perceived quality and other assets to a company. a strong brand can be one of a companys most important assets. high brand power provides a company with many competitive advantages. a powerful brand enjoys a high level of consumer brand awareness and loyalty. because consumers expect stores to carry the brand, the company has more bargaining power when negotiating with retailers(零售商). and because the brand name brings high credibility, a company with a strong brand can more easily launch new products with the same brand name. many companies use the advantage of a strong brand power strategically to expand their business. when a company introduces an additional item with a new flavor, form, color or package size in a given product category and under the same brand name, it is called a line extension. another strategy is called brand extension. this involves the use of a successful brand name to launch new or modified products in a new category, thereby employing brand recognition in order to increase sales of new products. brand recognition is certainly important. because consumers often hold long-standing perceptions about brands, high brand power ensures a company continued sales of its products. 【文章大意】本文主要讲述了品牌的优势。12. what does the word “assets” in para. 2 mean? a. points. b. advantages. c. aspects. d. elements. 【解析】选b。词义猜测题。根据第二段中brands are powerful to the extent that they give high brand loyalty and strong brand associations, name recognition, perceived quality and other. . . 可知, 此处一直在讲品牌的重要性, 尤其是品牌所能带来的优势: 品牌的力量是强大的, 它能给人带来信任度、知名度。由此可知, assets应该是“优势”的意思。13. all of the following statements are the advantages of a high brand power except that. a. a high brand wins the loyalty of consumersb. a high brand usually sets a much higher pricec. its easy for a company with a strong brand to launch new productsd. a company with a strong brand is more competitive when doing business with retailers【解析】选b。细节理解题。通过阅读全文可知, “一个高级品牌的定价通常会更高”这一点文章中并没有提到。根据第三段中a powerful brand enjoys a high level of consumer brand awareness and loyalty. 可知a项“一个高质量的品牌会赢得消费者的忠诚”正确; 根据第三段a company with a strong brand can more easily launch new products with the same brand name可知c项正确; 根据the company has more bargaining power when negotiating with retailers可知d项正确。14. a brand extension. a. happens when the company is developing a new productb. means the expansion of a companys business in its established fieldc. takes place when the company introduces a similar item but with a new colord. refers to the use of an established brand name to promote a new product in a new category【解析】选d。细节理解题。根据第四段可知, a brand extension指的是“使用强有力的已有品牌优势的力量进行新产品促销”。15. what might be the best title of this passage? a. brand powerb. famous brandsc. company brandsd. brand products【解析】选a。主旨大意题。本文主要讲述品牌的优势。故a项正确。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。how to survive high schoolhigh school can be a terrible phase if you get it all wrong. find out how to survive high school with a few easy tips. 1. be yourself. high school is a fun time to make new friends, meet new people, date and socialize. make friends with all kinds of people and not just a group which you are comfortable with. most peer pressure cases are because of the weak image created by freshmen. 16dont give into anyones wants. 2. 17choose your friends carefully and make sure you wont get influenced by anyone. socialize, but by judging who you can connect to. you will find friends, but stay away from the ones who dont want to be your friends as a bad company is tempting, but the good one is true. 3. be optimistic. there is nothing better than having a smile on your face whenever you can. 18dont be afraid to make friends, dont get aggressive or personal with anyone and treat others the way you want to be treated. respect your teachers and classmates and try to be helpful if you want the same in return. 4. be confident. when you believe in yourself, others believe in you. talk, walk and address people confidently and this will create a strong image about you. 19be creative and unique and learn to set trends. confidence is one quality you grow with, and people respect you for that. 5. love high school. 20make the most out of it, and you will never get those moments back. come up with prank ideas, get a detention, top your class, make the best friends, drink, go to prom, party, but just make as many memories as you can! with these tips to survive high school, you will surely be proud of graduating as an all-round approaching adult carrying the best roots. so, when you throw those hats in the air, feel the freedom and remember every moment you spent in “high school”.a. and always wear your smile. b. keep good company. c. just be yourself and create a strong self image. d. practice positive thinking. e. do your thing, and dont imitate others. f. fall in love with it. g. study as hard as you can in your spare time.16. 【解析】选c。考查句意理解和上下文照应。根据上文中的most peer pressure cases are because of the weak image created by freshmen. 可知, 要做自己, 建立更加牢固的自我形象。故c项正确。17. 【解析】选b。考查段落大意。根据you will find friends, but stay away from the ones who dont want to be your friends as a bad company is tempting, but the good one is true. 可知, 本段主要讲的是要和好人交朋友, 故b项正确。18. 【解析】选d。考查句意理解和上下文照应。根据上文中的there is nothing better than having a smile on your face whenever you can. 可知, 要培养积极的思维和态度。19. 【解析】选e。考查句意理解和上下文照应。根据下文中的be creative and unique and learn to set trends. 可知, 做自己的事情, 不要模仿别人。20. 【解析】选f。考查句意理解和上下文照应。根据本段的小标题love high school. 可知, 要爱中学, 故f正确。第二部分: 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分)第一节完形填空(共20小题; 每小题1. 5分, 满分30分)阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。my class and i visited chris care center in phoenix, arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season. the first two21there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. we sang22for them. they loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them. as we were23on the third floor for old people with alzheimers(早老性痴呆病), most of them24off at the walls or floor. however, one lady25my eye. she was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. they werent the songs that we were singing, at least they didnt26like that. as we got27with each festive song, she did as well. the louder we got, the louder she got. 28she was singing, she was also29out to us with her hands and body. i knew that i should have gone over to her, but i thought that my30were to my students. people who worked at the care center could31to her, i thought. just when i stopped feeling32about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about. justin also33the same lady. the difference betw