高二英语-南京三中2015-2016学年第一学期阶段测试高二英语12月月考

南京三中2015-2016学年第一学期阶段测试高二英语试题 2015.12第I卷 （三部分 共65分）第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分15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. What does the man want to do? A. To talk to the operator.B. To phone someone.C. To check his number.2. What will the man have? A. A blood test.B. A physical examination.C. A job interview.3. When will the two speakers probably meet? A. Early tomorrow.B. This afternoon.C. This morning.4. Why cant the man give the woman a hand? A. It is too heavy for him. B. He doesnt know how to help her. C. He is too busy to help her.5. What was the woman doing before she left the office? A. Reviewing a report.B. Rewriting a report.C. Typing a report.第二节 （共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7小题。6. What are the two speakers talking about? A. A photo of a street. B. A TV program about a street.C. A piece of news about a street.7. What impressed the man most about the street? A. History and people.B. History and restaurants.C. History and fashion.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9小题。8. Who is visiting the woman for the weekend? A. Her teacher.B. Her student.C. Her brother.9. How does the woman know Ann? A. She has just been introduced to her. B. She has taken piano lessons from her. C. They have met at a party before.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12小题。10. What is the conversation mainly about? A. Jobs are wanted in the library. B. The woman wants to find a job. C. Foreign students employment.11. Where does the woman study? A. In China.B. In Australia.C. In America.12. How will the woman probably find a part-time job? A. The mans friends will help her. B. She will try it herself. C. The library will offer to help.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第15小题。13. Why does the man want to take a bus? A. The bus trip is more comfortable than the train trip. B. The bus tickets are cheaper than the train tickets. C. He wants to experience another way of traveling.14. Why are the bus tickets much cheaper than the train tickets? A. The bus trip takes longer time. B. The bus stops at several cities. C. Few people enjoy the bus trip.15. What do we know about the man? A. He cant make the decision now. B. He went the wrong way. C. His aunt and uncle have a different opinion.第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节, 满分30分)第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分）16. To ensure that children from poor areas can receive fair education, the government has planned to _ more money to improve the miserable conditions of local schools.A. announce B. allocate C. advocate D. accumulate17. There will be a bow and arrow competition _ to retell _ the Plains Indians used to hunt for food. A. designed; whatB. designing; howC. designing; what D. designed; how 18. his knowledge of the mountainous village, John was appointed as our guide.A. In spite ofB. Regardless ofC. On account of D. In terms of19. They dislike when people do not look at the cards, so remember not to just put them in your pocket without looking.A. that B. themC. itD. you20. David is the current holder of the 5 000-meter race world record, but there is no _ that he will win in the Olympic Games. A. guaranteeB. denyingC. saying D. alternative21. Much disappointed as he is _ in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence. A. to have failed B. failed C. having failed D. failing22. In order to succeed, it is very important that you _ be optimistic and learn from failures. A. would B. should C. have to D. might23. Tom, your foreign teacher speaks Chinese fluently!Oh, she has lived in China for six years, otherwise she _ such good Chinese.A. didnt speak B. would not have spoken C. would not speakD. hadnt spoken24. In modern education, I think, students should be involved in various activities, especially those _ they can gain experience for growth. A. whoB. whereC. whichD. whom25. All flights _ because of the air traffic control, the passengers had to wait in the hall.A. were put off B. having put off C. have been put off D. having been put off26. I am too busy these days. I would rather all of you _ next week for a dinner.A. comeB. cameC. would comeD. have come27. In society where social roles are determined, boys usually copy the behavior of their fathers, and girls _ of their mothers. A. that B. those C. one D. the ones28. But for my teachers help when I was in the senior high school, I _ in Fudan University now. A. would not have studied B. hadnt studied C. would not be studying D. was not studying29. Was he nervous when facing the interviewers? He is _, and he even made some jokes.A. down in the dumpsB. flying off the handle C. over the moonD. as cool as a cucumber 30._ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, and youll regret it sooner or later. A. Base B. Based C. Basing D. To base第二节 完形填空 （共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 He came on stage and bent to the audience before he began his performance. If you have ever been to his concert, you know that getting on stage is no small 31 for him. He was 32 with a serious disease as a child, and so he walks with the aid of two walking-sticks. The audience sat quietly whilehe made his way across the stage to his chair and began his play. But this time, somethingwent wrong. Just as he finished the first few pieces, one of the strings on his violin 33 . We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didnt. 34, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then 35 the conductor to begin again. The orchestra（管弦乐团）began and he played with suchpassionand such power as they had never heard before. Of course, anyone knows that it is 36 to play a harmonious work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night the violinist 37 to know that. When he finished, there was an awesomesilence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary outburst of 38 from every corner of the auditorium. Hesmiled, and then said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artists task to 39 how much music you can 40 make with what you have left.” This powerful 41 has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. Perhaps that is the 42of lifenot just for artists but for all of us. He had 43 all his life to make music on a violin of four strings, but 44 , in the middle of a concert, he found himself with only three strings; so he made music with three strings, and the music he made that night was more beautiful, and more memorable. So, perhaps our 45 on the stage of life is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.31. A. shameB. pleasureC. privilegeD. achievement32. A. strickenB. sufferedC. survivedD. impacted33. A. lostB. bentC. brokeD. stretched34. A. InsteadB. HoweverC. ThereforeD. Moreover35. A. orderedB. signaledC. preventedD. promised36. A. strangeB. probableC. importantD. impossible37. A. seemedB. refusedC. pretendedD. attempted38. A. angerB. laughterC. screamD. applause39. A. find outB. show offC. get throughD. turn out40. A. justB. evenC. stillD. yet41. A. noteB. figureC. impressionD. line42. A. routineB. definitionC. adventureD. incident43. A. preparedB. devotedC. scheduledD. accustomed44. A. naturallyB. generallyC. suddenlyD. hopelessly45. A. wayB. stateC. taskD. program第三部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，共10题，计20分）A Exhausted（精疲力竭）, covered in mud and extremely hungry, a team of Swedish athletes sat down for a meal as they prepared to take on a dangerous 20-mile race through the rainforest. As they opened their canned meat, Lindord noticed a worn, miserable dog staring at him out of the corner of his eye. Feeling sorry for him, Lindord fed him a meatball and thought nothing of it, but as the team stood up to continue their race, the animal started to follow them and he didnt stop. As the group navigated the final two stages of the 430-mile Adventure Racing World Championship, the dog befriended them and was eventually given the name Arthur. Every exhausting task the team faced, Arthur did the same. He swam alongside them while they kayaked（划单人艇）down rivers, dragged himself up hills during hikes and pulled through knee-deep mud during races. When he was tired, they stopped for a break and when he got stuck in the mud, they pulled him out. Before one section of the race a 36-mile kayak around the coast organizers warned the team that taking Arthur along posed a risk to his and their safety. They tried to set off without him, but as they left, he jumped into the water beside them and started paddling（趟水）in desperation. Lindord, heartbroken by the sight of Arthur struggling in the water, picked him up, put him in the kayak and let him stay for the rest of the journey. After six days, they finished the race successfully. “I came to win the world champion. But, I got a new friend at last.” said Lindord on his way back to Sweden together with Arthur.46. Lindord gave Arthur a meatball because _.A. Arthur had helped him a lot alongside B. Arthur looked tired and sorrowfulC. he planned to set off without ArthurD. he wanted Arthur to follow them47. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. Adventure exhausting but successful B. Arthur Lindords four-legged friendC. Gratitude keep you company D. Growing Pains how a dog was trainedB Exercise may help to safeguard the mind against depression（沮丧）through previously unknown effects on working muscles, according to a new study involving mice. Mental health experts have long been aware that even mild, repeated stress can contribute to the development of depression and other mood disorders in animals and people. Scientists have also known that exercise seems to cushion against depression. But precisely how exercise, a physical activity can reduce someones risk for depression, a mood state, has been mysterious. So for the new study, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm studied the brains and behavior of mice in a complicated and novel fashion.We cant ask mice if they are feeling cheerful or in low spirits. Instead, researchers have pictured certain behaviors that indicate depression in mice. If animals lose weight, stop seeking out a sugar solution when its available because, probably, they no longer experience normal pleasures or give up trying to escape from the cold-water zone just freeze in place, they are categorized as depressed. And in the new experiment, after five weeks of frequent but low-level stress, such as being lightly shocked, mice displayed exactly those behaviors. They became depressed. The scientists could then have tested whether exercise blunts (延缓) the risk of developing depression after stress by having mice run first. But, frankly, from earlier research, they wanted to know how, so they bred pre-exercised mice. A wealth of earlier research by these scientists and others had shown that aerobic exercise, in both mice and people, increases the production within muscles of an enzyme (酶) called PGC-1alpha. The Karolinska scientists suspected（怀疑） that this enzyme somehow creates conditions within the body that protect the brain against depression. Then, the scientists exposed the animals, which without exercising, were in high levels of PGC-1alpha to five weeks of mild stress. The mice responded with slight symptoms of worry. But they did not develop depression. They continued to seek out sugar and fought to get out of the cold-water zone. Their high levels of PGC-1alpha appeared to make them depression-resistant（抵抗的）. Finally, to ensure that these findings are relevant to people, the researchers had a group of adult volunteers complete three weeks of frequent endurance training, consisting of 40 to 50 minutes of moderate cycling or jogging. The scientists conducted muscle biopsies (活体检查) before and after the program and found that by the end of the three weeks, the volunteers muscle cells contained substantially more PGC-1alpha than at the studys start.The finding of these results, in the simplest terms, is that “you reduce the risk of getting depression when you exercise,” said Maria Lindskog, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute.48. The researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm conducted the new study hoping to know_. A. if exercise cushions against depressionB. what can lead to depression in animals and people C. if stress can contribute to the development of depressionD. how exercise contributes to reducing someones risk for depression 49. We can infer from the new experiment conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institute that mice are depressed except when _.A. they stand still in placeB. they stop searching for the sugar waterC. they attempt to escape from the cold-water zoneD. they cant experience normal pleasures any longer50. Researchers asked a group of adult volunteers to complete three weeks of frequent endurance training in order to _.A. know if exercise can help to safeguard the mind against depressionB. know if they can endure 40 to 50 minutes of moderate cycling or joggingC. confirm the findings above are also relevant to peopleD. ensure they can lose weight after moderate cycling or jogging51. It can be concluded from the passage that_.A. the enzyme called PGC-1alpha helps to reduce depressionB. athletes are more likely to develop depression than ordinary peopleC. the mice with high levels of PGC-1alpha are easier to develop depressionD. in the past mental health specialists didnt know exercise could help reduce depressionC It was time to break free I needed to run away and the Bloomsburg Fair was the best place to go I dont know if you can call it running away when it was only an hour away from my homeBut once I entered the fair grounds, I crossed over into another worldThe loudspeaker offered background music over the sounds of people talking, bargaining and food sellers yelling for your attention I belonged hereI didnt know if I had it in my blood or not, but I always wanted to have a small food stand and travel in my off season from fair to fair selling goodiesPerhaps one dayIt certainly wasnt a priority(优先考虑的事)in my life , Perhaps it should be After I was there a while, I needed to get away to a quiet spotMost of the time, I could find that anywhere the farm animals were kept They needed the quietSo I went there to find peace with the cows, goats, horses, pigs and yes, the turkeysYoud think being this close to Thanksgiving, theyd be a little scared, but they were not It was in the dairy barn（仓库）where I found peace this timeI so admired the young folks who tended to farm animalsI thought they had a greater appreciation for lifeThey participated in it firsthandI once watched a young farmer help bring a baby cow into the world My favorite scene was to come across a young cowboy lying in the hay asleep among the cows that had settled down for a restThere, with his heads in a small soft spot alongside his favorite cow, I had seen him in a much deserved sleepPerhaps better at rest there than in his own bed I had the pleasure of speaking with a young teenage farm girl that day You look so comfortable, I said to her Oh I am, she saidLife makes it comfortable for me “You mean being a farm girl? No, Life! Thats the name of my cow, she said, smiling as she gently patted the cows side I thought they called cows Betsy and ElsieWhy did you call her Life? “I discovered life again hereIt was the only meaningful name that came to mindI had been raised in the big city and really hated itThen we moved to the country, running away from itI think my parents called it a mid-life crisis, she said, laughing Oh, I can understand thatIve been in one since birth, I said It was on the farm that I learned to love life againI was there when Life was bornIt was so excitingMy whole outlook on the world changedSo I named her LifeNow, I can say I really love Life, she said How amazing! I write stories and J am always trying to get people to enjoy life, to wake up each day expecting the best from itBut they all too often go to bed with so much bad stuff in their so