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镇江市国际学校高二年级英语阶段性测试 2010-12-16第一卷 （共85分）第一部分:听力(共两节, 满分20分)第一节 (共5小题;每小题1分,满分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,并标在试卷的相应位置.听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题.每段对话仅读一遍。1. Who reread these papers?A. The man. B. The woman. C. Tom.2. What does the man think of the womans story?A. Ridiculous. B. Satisfying. C. Exciting.3. Where most probably are the speakers?A. At a post office. B. At a railway station. C. At a local hotel.4. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Give up smoking. B. Go to see a doctor. C. Have one more cigarette.5. What probably is the woman?A. A shop assistant. B. A tourist guide. C. A bank clerk.第二节听下面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。听下面一段材料，回答第6至7题6. Why does the man decide to give up eating meat?A. He realizes less meat is good for health. B. He loves vegetables more. C. He was tired of meat.7. Why did the man stop jogging to work according to the woman?A. He was too tired to go on. B. He was always late for work. C. He hurt his leg when jogging.听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题8. Where probably are the speakers?A. On a show. B. At a car factory. C. At a repairshop.9. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Repairing cars. B. Buying used cars. C. Choosing new cars.10. What can be inferred from the conversation?A. Few people buy sports cars.B. New cars are the best choice.C. Many people buy used cars.听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题11. What do the speakers mainly talk about?A. An awards presentation. B. A music woman. C. A TV program.12. How many awards does Whitney get?A. 2. B. 3. C. 7.13. What is the man going to do now?A. Go to buy a CD. B. Work on his paper. C. Have a sunbath.听下面一段材料，回答第14至16题14. Where did the man find the advertisement?A. In the newspaper. B. On the Internet. C. On TV.15. What do we know about the courses?A. They are six months long. B. The textbook is free. C. There are about 15 students in the class.16. How will the man most probably go to the school?A. On foot. B. By subway. C. By bus.听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题17. What did the dry-cleaning store site used to be?A. A bakery. B. A restaurant C. A department store.18. How did the baker know when customers came in?A. He worked on a balcony. B. He was in a white tall hat. C. He was very tall.19. What didnt there used to be on the avenue?A. Policemen. B. Cars. C. Garbage cans.20. What does the speaker feel when passing by the store?A. Exciting. B. Sad C. Satisfied.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. 21. _, Luo Dan didnt perform well as expected in the singing competition. She was very sad.A. Somewhat B. SomehowC. AnyhowD. Anyway22. _ possibilities must be considered in a business negotiation. A. Such aB. Such many C. One such D. All such 23. _ you hate him, you should not beat him. A. However B. Whoever C. WhateverD. Wherever 24. Supposing you won a big prize, how would you deal with it?_ Id spend it on my further education abroad.A. Really? B. Its impossible!C. Me? D. Maybe youre right.25. Those soldiers preferred _ to betraying their motherland. A. being punished B. to be punished C. be punished D. punished26Why dont you put the meat in the fridge? It will _ fresh for several days.A. be stayedB. stayC. be stayingD. have stayed27. _ wants to go rafting this weekend, raise your hands, please.A. Anyone whoB. Those whoC. Anyone D. Who28. We should not waste anything. _, we should not waste food.A. After allB. Above allC. At all D. For all29. Who do you suggest _ to do the work?A. sendB. be sentC. sentD. sending30. Dont interrupt me. I _ letters all morning and have only finished five.A. writeB. have writtenC. am writing D. have been writing31. There was a knock at the door. It was the second time that someone _ me that evening.A. to have interruptedB. would interruptC. had interrupted D. has interrupted32. We all _ to the eighty-year-old man, wishing him a happy birthday.A. raised the glassB. raised our glassesC. sent our glasses D. gave the glass33. Happy birthday, Alice! So you have _ twenty already! A. becomeB. turnedC. grownD. passed 34. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if _ whether he was going in the right direction. A. seeing B. to see C. having seen D. to have seen.35. _ the big earthquake, the local government tried every means to provide shelters for the victims.A. Before long B. Soon after C. Long before D. As soon as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。To Be Lucky, Be PreparedI remember the exact moment I learned the principle of preparing for luck.I was on the wrestling team. Now, if theres one thing I can tell you about any sport, it is that wrestling is probably the sport that has the least _ (36). There are only two people on the mat, so you cannot _ (37) it on your teammates or your coach. And guess what? There is no _ (38) because we do the whole thing indoors, so you cant say, “It was raining” or “It was snowing.” It makes _ (39) to say wrestling is the sport with the least luck.On our team were two world champions; one of them had been a world champion five times. We _ (40) had five people who were national champions. One of them was a guy _ (41) the name of John.John had never been _ (42) in any high school wrestling competition that I could remember, _ (43) he was a national champion. There was nobody locally who could touch him.One day, we _ (44) a match with our biggest opponent (对手). John went out on the mat, and about a minute and 30 seconds into the match he tried to make a particular _ (45). He rolled over, and his opponent _ (46) him halfway through his roll. He was pinned _ (47)!The match was over.I remember on the bus on the way home, one of our teammates tried to _ (48) by saying, “Oh, he just got lucky.” And John said, “Thats so stupid. The opportunity presented itself, _ (49) he exploited it.”We used to have this big sign in our wrestling room that the coach had _ (50) there: “Luck is what happens when opportunity _ (51) preparation.”Johns opponent was prepared to exploit the opportunity. The probability of _ (52) John was not strong, and he knew it. But he paid attention to the _ (53) opportunity to present itself, and he defeated and pinned a five-time national champion.In other words, the real _ (54) is “Be prepared!” its not just finding the opportunity; you have to be prepared to _ (55) it.36A. luckB. riskC. difficultyD. opportunity37A. accuseB. blameC. doubtD. keep38A. stressB. injuryC. weatherD. standard39A. judgmentB. progressC. senseD. way40A. alsoB. evenC. onlyD. once41A. underB. forC. inD. by42A. hurtB. chosenC. trainedD. defeated43A. althoughB. becauseC. unlessD. until44A. went forB. waited forC. fought forD. played for45A. signB. stepC. taskD. move46A. fixedB. threwC. caughtD. carried47A. accidentallyB. fortunatelyC. unfairlyD. instantly48A. calmB. comfortC. convinceD. forgive49A. soB. orC. andD. but50A. setB. putC. leftD. used51A. meetsB. suitsC. getsD. fits52A. strikingB. beatingC. knockingD. controlling53A. equalB. exactC. restD. right54A. message B. passageC. decisionD. suggestion55A. receiveB. followC. seizeD. save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。AHappiness is for everyone. You dont need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also you are very happy, because you have something else that cant be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的)door. When it does, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.56. Those who have big houses may often feel _.A. happy B. lonely C. free D. excited57. What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?A. Oh, so do I. B. Congratulations. C. Good luck. D. Its just so-so.58. Which idea is NOT RIGHT according to the passage?A. People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air.B. You can get help from others when you make mistakes.C. You can still be a happy person even if you have little money.D. Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you.59. Which of the following is this passage about?A. Bad luck. B. Good luck. C. Happiness. D. Life.B“The best age to start learning the violin is between three and six,” says Margaret Porter, a violinist and music teacher. “Its the time when you are learning about the world.” Margaret, who lives in London, prefers to take pupils at three and four, although she has made lots of exceptions for keen five-year-olds. When she started teaching the violin in 1972, her first class consisted of her childrens five-year-old school friends.Margarets pupils have group lessons. Each group has about a dozen pupils and each lesson lasts an hour, once a fortnight. In addition, each pupil has one individual lesson a week with her. Parents also have to attend the classes. It is important that the parents take an active interest in the lessons. From the earliest lessons pupils learn to play by ear. They do not even try to read music until they have been playing for several years, and for a long time there is a big difference between their playing and reading music. Margaret says that her method is not supposed to produce great violinists, and always suggests that pupils who perform particularly well should leave and study the violin using more traditional methods.60. The writer is trying to write the text to _.A. explain why Margaret likes teaching the violin B. describe a different way of learning the violinC. give advice on how to find a music teacher D. explain why Margaret has a lot of pupils61. After reading the text, you are able to _.A. discover how Margaret learnt the violinB. learn why it is important to read musicC. to find out about Margarets teaching methodD. to learn why children should play the violin62. Margarets first students were _.A. her childrenB. three and four-year-olds C. her own friendsD. her childrens friendsCRead Your Cats Body LanguageKnow Your Pet MoreHave you ever thought that your cat is an aloof(冷漠的) creature to you? Then it is because you do not understand it. Your cat is always trying to communicate to you through its gestures and body language. So to know your cat more, you need to know more about the cats body language. The tail is the most important part of your cats body; it often shows its mood and intention. If your cat is sweeping its tail in broad gestures, then it means annoyance or impatience at your extreme petting(抚摸). If you continue to hug the cat might give you a “bat” with its paws. A rapid sweeping of tail back and forth, right from the center shows an extreme anxiety in your cat. If you find your cat turning its body fully sideways and extending its tail upwards, then be sure that your cat is giving a sign of a conflict with the fellow cats. Often you will find your cat lowering its tail between her legs, which show her complete obedience(顺从的). A raised tail also indicates that your cat wants to be friendly. Along with the tail, the cats body gestures speak volumes about its mood and behavior. While bent legs is a sign of defending itself, outstretched legs will show self-confidence and self-assurance. If the cats ears are back and the body low, it will show its shame or regret; raised ears will show interest in the happenings around it. If you find your cat with the head completely lowered then it will show that it is boredom and disappointed.63.Your cat is impatient with your petting when it is _ A. raising its tail B. lowering its tail between her legs C. sweeping its tail in broad gestures D. extending its tail upwards 64.The underlined word “bat” refers to _. A. a kind of animal B. a flying bird C. a hit with something D. a wooden stick 65.If you find the cats ears are back and the body is low, _. A. it will show that your cat is boredom and disappointed B. it means that your cat is feeling disappointed C. something around is drawing its attention D. you may see a fight between cats very soon66. What does the third paragraph tell us? A. Importance of tail movement. B. Movement of other body parts. C. Movement of ears. D. Movement of legs. DLong before the calculator or even modern math, Egyptians had discovered a way to multiply large numbers quickly. Heres how it works.Suppose you had this problem: 1312=? On a sheet of paper, draw a line to separate two columns. Down the column on the left, begin with the number 1. Double it and write 2 below it, then double the 2 and write 4, and so on.Down the column on the right, write the number you are multiplying by (in this case, 12). Under the 12, double it and write 24. Then double the 24 and write the number 48 under it, and so on.Your columns should look like this:11222444889616192Now find the numbers in the left column that add up to the first number in the problem (in this case, 13). The numbers 1+4+8=13, so underline the numbers in the right column opposite these numbers. Add these numbers (12+48+96) together, and you will get the sum 156, which is the correct answer to the problem of multiplying 13 by 12.Now try another example: 38251=?1251250241,00482,008164,016328,032We see that 2+4+32=38. So 38251=502+1,004+8,032. And that equals 9,538.The ancient Egyptians also used columns like these to divide large numbers. Can you think of how they might have done that?67. The ancient Egyptians used columns to _ large numbers.A. add upB. multiplyC. divideD. both B and C68. What does the author tell us?A. Egyptians were good at counting. B. Egyptians had their own way to multiply large numbers quickly.C. Egyptians could calculate only by adding up numbers.D. Egyptians were quick in adding up the numbers。69. From the passage, we can conclude the ancient Egyptians were _.A. stupidB. cleverC. interestingD. humorous70. Which is NOT true according to the passage?A. The ancient Egyptians used columns to divide large numbers.B. Egyptians had discovered a way to multiply large numbers quickly after the calculator or even modern math.C. Egyptians were good at counting. D. The ancient Egyptians were very clever. 第二卷（共35分）第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分）请认真阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容在文章后的空格内填入最恰当的单词。每空格1个单词。Many people think a telephone is a necessity. But I think it is a pest and a time waste. Very often you find it impossible to escape from it. If you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it tends to ring whether you least want it to ring, whether you are asleep, or in that middle of a meal or a conversation, or whether you are just going out, or whether you are in your bath. Are you strong-minded enough to ignore it? You are not. You think there may be some important news or message for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you ever rushed dripping from that bath, or chewing from that table, or dazed from that bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number?But you will say that you need not have your name printed in that telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isnt it important to have a telephone in case of sudden emergencyillness, accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but here in a thickly populated country like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of dreadful necessity.I think perhaps I had better try to justify myself by trying to prove that what I like is good. I admit that in diffe