高二英语12月阶段性检测试题1.doc

江苏省泰兴中学2016-2017学年高二英语12月阶段性检测试题第I卷（共85分）第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分20分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 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5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. Why is the man so hungry? A. He has been on a diet recently.B. He hasnt eaten anything today.C. He has only had a burger today.2. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Strangers.B. Business partners.C. Clerk and client.3. What are the speakers doing? A. Listening to the radio.B. Watching TV.C. Watching a new movie.4. Why wont the man go to college after graduation? A. His grades arent good enough.B. He never wants to go to college.C. His father asked him to work first.5. How much money will the man give the woman? A. Five dollars.B. Seven dollars.C. Eight dollars.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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who is the boss? A. Mr. Cassell. B. Ms. Baker. C. Mr. Langley.7. Why did the man apologize at the end? A. He misunderstood what he saw.B. He wouldnt be able to attend the birthday party.C. He put his kids markers on the womans desk.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why did the woman stay up late last night? A. To write her paper.B. To take exercise.C. To prepare for an exam.9. What does the man probably mean at the end? A. The woman should work harder.B. The woman should leave him alone.C. The womans study method is effective.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who is with the man right now? A. No one else.B. His wife.C. Another couple.11. What will the woman bring the man first? A. Some wine.B. Some hot water.C. Some menus.12. What might the man discuss with Ralph? A. What dishes to have.B. What wine to order.C. Where they should sit.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who took the woman to horse races when she was young? A. Her grandfather. B. Her father.C. Her dads friends.14. What does the woman say about riding a horse? A. Shes never done it before.B. Its a great way to have fun.C. Its different from racing a horse.15. How many races will there be today? A. More than ten.B. Less than five.C. It is unknown.16. What will the speakers probably do next? A. Watch a horse race.B. Place money on a horse.C. Go down onto the track.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did Mr. Jones join the company? A. Five years ago.B. Thirty years ago. C. Forty years ago.18. What was Mr. Jones first promoted to? A. Office manager.B. Head driver.C. Vice president of operations.19. How did Mr. Jones get his degree? A. By paying the fee himself.B. By working part-time.C. By taking night classes.20. Why does the woman give the speech? A. To welcome a new employee.B. To say goodbye to an old co-worker.C. To congratulate Mr. Jones on promotion.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、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上相应位置进行填涂。21. Pirates from Somalia who hijacked _European carrier in _India Ocean threatened to kill its 25 crew members if any rescue operation was attempted.A. the, / B. a, the C. the, a D. the, the 22. Compared with her sister, Mary is even more _ to, and more easily troubled by, what people think of her, so youd better not say much before her.A. sensibleB. sensitiveC. addictedD. available23. In our class there are 46 students, half _wearing glasses. A. in whom B. in them C. of whom D. of them24.After the usual greetings and some _ about the weather, the men got down to their own business.A. statementsB. declarationsC. remarksD. expressions25.When asked about his future plans, the president expressed the desire to step aside _ the younger men.A. in favour ofB. in terms of C. in need ofD. in praise of 26.He was busy writing a story, only _once in a while to smoke a cigarette. A. to stop B. stopping C. to have stopped D. having stopped27. Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just _ sweet dreams.A. make up withB. end up withC. put up withD. catch up with28.Nowadays people sometimes separate their waste to make it easier for it _. A. reusing B. reused C. reuses D. to be reused29.Jane opened the window to _ a little air and sunshine. A. admitB. admireC. adaptD. adopt30.-Thank God! The accident was avoided after all. -That was lucky, but ten inches nearer and the two cars _. A. must have been destroyed B. should have been destroyed C. would have been destroyed D. had been destroyed31. It is a golden rule in international trade that if you export nothing but raw materials, youreat the _ of world prices.A. riskB. expenseC. mercyD. cost32. Though a typhoon is on the way, people are still looking forward _ the outdoorconcert by the pop singer. A. to canceling B. not to canceling C. not to cancel D.to not canceling33.Guess what? I happened to have met Mark at the party last week.If my memory serves me correctly, you two _ each other for almost ten years.A. havent seen B. hadnt seenC. didnt seeD. dont see34. _ in Northern Europe rose steadily in the third quarter of 2016, following a 0.1 percent increase in the previous quarter.A. Tourist spending B. Tourist spent C.Tourist spend D. Tourist spends35.-Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?- Yes, _.A. At pleasureB. With pleasure C. For pleasure D. My pleasure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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上相应位置进行填涂。 With their visas in hand and their bags packed, students may feel prepared for their study abroad experiences. _36_once they set foot in foreign lands, some students realize that they dont have the skills to communicate their thoughts and feelings in their _37_ culture.Guo Yichen, a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, observed a(an) _38_ of poor communication during her time abroad.When Guo first got to the US, she stayed in the house of a 63-year-old lady, with another Chinese girl. Guo and her housemate were _39_ to take turns tidying up the bathroom. But the housemate never _40_, because she didnt know how. Her mother had always cleaned the bathroom for her back home. And when the landlord asked about it, the housemate _41_ replied, “I never needed to do housework back home, and I wont do it here _42_.”“I was shocked by how _43_ her answer was,” said Guo. “She could have explained it in a better way.” It was _44_ surprise that the girl was asked to move out almost immediately.In fact, “difficulty in _45_” is among the three major psychological problems that ZMN Education, an agency on overseas education, _46_ among Chinese students studying abroad, the other two being“fear of class discussion” and “fear of homework based on critical thinking”.A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, once told the agency that many of his Chinese students only came to see him when they got _47_ scores. They should have talked to him after each class to get a better grade _48_, he said.According to the agency, studying abroad itself may trigger(引发) certain mental problems because it is a “_49_ and stressful shift to new environments and _50_”. It has been found that students are 23 times more likely to _51_ a mental health condition than business travelers headed abroad.And during this period of major life transitions(过渡), _52_ better communication skills is particularly vital. It helps you get assistance and solve problems.Students need to understand the value of empathy the effective awareness of the emotions of othersas well as _53_ themselves clearly, especially in cross-cultural communications. It would be better if students participate in a(an) _54_ abroad program during vacations before trying year-long overseas study. That way, they could have _55_ coping with a strange world independently.36.A. And B. Therefore C. But D. Otherwise37. A. unique B. host C. national D. superb38.A. conflict B. trial C. debate D. case39.A. appreciated B. represented C. fueled D. supposed40.A. bought her story B. did her partC. kept her word D. followed her heart41.A.actually B.eventually C.pleasantly D.simply42.A. either B. rather C. too D. neither43.A. sensitive B. serious C. straightforward D. stubborn44.A. great B. no C. major D. exact45.A. communication B. explanation C. opposition D. indication46.A. impressed B. ignored C. identified D. inspired47.A.unfortunate B. unsatisfactory C. unwelcome D.unequal48.A. in the first place B. in other words C. in this case D. in the end49.A. similar B. superb C. sudden D. sensitive50.A. influences B. routines C. manners D. policies51.A. result from B. benefit from C. suffer from D. flee from52.A. tolerating B. simplifying C. requesting D. developing53.A. expressing B. blaming C. committing D. advancing54.A. affordable B. long-distance C. short-term D. trustworthy55.A. difficulty B. experience C. leadership D. survival第三部分 阅读理解（共12小题，每小题2分，满分24分）阅读下列短文，然后从A、B、C、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。AHome ownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was undoubtedly good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Franklin Roosevelt held that a country of homeowners was “unconquerable.” Homeownership could even save babies, save children, save families and save America. A house with a lawn and a fence wasnt just a nice place to live in or a risk-free investment; it was a way to transform a nation. No wonder leaders of all political types wanted to spend more than $100 billion a year on subsidies and tax breaks to encourage people to buy.But the dark side of homeownership is now all too apparent Indeed, easy lending stimulated by the cult (狂热) of homeownership may have caused the financial crisis. Housing remains a drag on the economy. Existing-home sales in April dropped 27% from the prior month, worsening fears of a double-dip. And all that is just the obvious tale of a housing bubble and what happened when it popped. The real story is deeper and darker still.For the better part of a century, politics, industry and culture lined up to create a fetish (崇拜) of the idea of buying a house. Homeownership has done plenty of good over the decades; it has provided stability to tens of millions of families. Yet by idealizing the act of buying a home, we have ignored the downsides. In the bubble years, lending standards slipped dramatically, allowing many Americans to put far too much of their income into paying for their housing. And we ignored longer-term phenomena too. Homeownership contributed to the hollowing out of cities and kept renters out of the best neighborhoods. It fed Americas overuse of energy and oil. It made it more difficult for those who had lost a job to find another. Perhaps worst of all, it helped us become casually self-deceiving by telling ourselves that homeownership was a pathway to wealth and stable communities and better test scores, we avoided dealing with these frightening issues head-on.Now, as the U.S. recovers from the biggest housing bust (破产) since the Great Depression, it is time to rethink how realistic our expectations of homeownership areand how much money we want to spend chasing them. Many argue that homeownership should not be a goal pursued at all costs.56. Political leaders wanted to spend money encouraging people to buy houses because _.A. owning a home was undoubtedly good B. homeownership could shape a countryC. houses could save families and America D. homeownership was unconquerable57. The underlined sentence in Para. 2 means _.A. homeownership has quite a lot of bad effectsB. there might be another housing breakdown in the U.S.C. the result of homeownership is much worse than it appearsD. the existing-home sales will keep decreasing in the U.S.58. It can be inferred from Para. 3 that _.A. it is hard for Americans to get a home loanB. it is the way to wealth to have ones own houseC. homeownership has made many people out of workD. many Americans choose to live out of urban areas59. What is the authors attitude towards homeownership？A. Optimistic. B. Ambiguous. C. Favorable. D. Cautious.BFor decades, public health officials have puzzled over a surprising fact about HIV: Only about 10-20 percent of infants who are breastfed by infected mothers catch the virus. Tests show, though, that HIV is indeed present in breast milk, so these children are exposed to the virus multiple times daily for the first several months of their lives.Now, a group of scientists and doctors from Duke University has figured out why these babies dont get infected. Human breast milk naturally contains a protein called Tenascin C that neutralizes HIV and, in most cases, prevents it from being passed from mother to child. Eventually, they say, the protein could potentially be valuable as an HIV-fighting tool for both infants and adults that are either HIV-positive or at risk of contracting the infection.The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was inspired by previous work by other researchers showing that, both in tissue cultures (组织培养) and live mice, breast milk from HIV-negative mothers was naturally endowed with HIV-fighting properties. Scientists suggested that a few different proteins in the milk could potentially be responsible, but no one knew which one.As part of the study, the researchers divided breast milk into smaller fractions (部分) made up of specific proteins via a number of filters (过滤) separating the proteins by size, electrical charge and other characteristicsand tested which of these fractions, when added to a tissue culture, prevented the cells from being infected by HIV. Eventually, they found that one particular protein was present in all the HIV-resistant fractions but in none of the others: Tenascin C.Tenascin C works by blocking a key protein on HIVs envelope that normally ties up to a receptor on a T cells membrane called CCR5. In doing so, Tenascin C prevents HIV from mixing with the T cell and injecting its RNA inside.Still, the researchers say that other natural elements in milk might play a role in fighting HIV as well. “Its clearly not the whole story, because we do have samples that have low amounts of this protein but still have HIV-neutralizing activity,” the studys lead author Permar says. “So it may be acting in concert with other antiviral and antimicrobial factors in the milk.”Whatever those other factors are, though, the finding vindicates (证明的正确) recent changes to UN guidelines that recommend even HIV-positive mothers in resource-poor countries should breastfeed, if theyre taking anti-retroviral drugs to combat their own infection.The next steps, Permar says, are determining which area of Tenascin C is active and whether it can effectively prevent transmission in a live animal. If it works, it could potentially be incorporated (合并) into an HIV drug with broader applications. Its even possible that it could someday be adapted to reduce the risk of HIV transmission in adults as well as infants.60. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?A. The breast milk from an infected mother doesnt contain HIV at all.B. Only a small percentage of infected breastfed by infected mothers catch HIV.C. The possibilities of infants catching HIV have nothing to do with infected mothers.D. Children feeding on infected mothers milk wont catch HIV though exposed to it frequently.61. Why did the researchers divide breast milk into smaller fractions? A. To find out Tenascin C. B. To make up specific proteins.C. To add them to a tissue culture. D. To test what prevents cells being infected.62. Which of the following about Tenascin C is true?A. It helps prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.B. It is the key protein on HIVs envelop.C. It can prevent transmission in a live animal effectively.D. It has become an effective tool in fighting TV.63. What can we know about Permar and her research group according to the passage?A. They have found a cure for HIV.B. They will do more researches on Tenascin C.C. They have helped change UN guidelines.D. Their finding is based on their previous workCNew and bizarre crimes have come into being with the advent of computer technology. Organized crime to has been directly involved; the new technology offers it unlimited opportunities, such as data crimes, theft of services, property-related crimes,