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1、版权所有 :中国好课堂 宁阳一中高二年级上学期阶段性考试二英 语 试 题 2017 年 12 月 本试卷共 12 页，满分 150 分，考试用时 120 分钟。注意事项：1. 答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。2. 选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。3. 非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题纸上对应的答题区域内，写在试题卷、草稿纸上均无效。第卷（共 100 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 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

2、到答题卡上。 第一节（共 5 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 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 will Peter do later?A. Take a bath. B. Do the laundry. C. Make a call.2. Where is Tina?A. In the park. B. In the garden. C. In the bedroom.3. What does

3、the man mean?A. Jenny needs less time to do it.B. Jenny needs one hour to do it.C. The rest dont want to do it. 4. What does the man want?A. A blue sweater. B. A purple sweater. C. A blue coat. 版权所有 :中国好课堂 5. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Count numbers. B. Try some pills. C. Listen to

4、some rock music. 第二节（共小题：每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分）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. What is the news about?A. A match. B. A party. C. A concert.7. What are they going to do tomorrow?A. Do so

5、me shopping. B. Go to Helens Park. C. Prepare some food.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What do we know about the woman?A. She left her car unlocked. B. She went to work by bus today.C. She lost her car in Ludlow Street.9. When did the woman start her work today?A. At eight. B. At nine. C. At ten. 10. Wher

6、e are the two speakers most probably?A. In a garage. B. At the police station. C. In a company. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What is Mike going to do?A. Go home. B. Visit his cousin. C. Go to the hospital. 12. Which bus cant Mike take?A. The No. 21 bus. B. The No. 812 bus. C. The No. 821 bus. 13. How

7、will Mike get there finally?A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What time is it now?版权所有 :中国好课堂 A. Its 8:50. B. Its 9:00. C. Its 9:10.15. What do we know about the woman?A. She is ill. B. She is patient. C. She is feeling better.16. What has the man decided to do?A. Take a

8、day off. B. Go to the hospital. C. Stay for a moment. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where did Tomas leave his car?A. Near a square. B. At a parking place. C. In a narrow street.18. When did Tomas arrive?A. At 4:20. B. At 4:40. C. At 5:00.19. Where was Tomass car when he found it?A. Behind a larger one

9、. B. Before a larger one. C. By the dentists.20. Where did Tomas put his keys?A. In his pocket. B. In his car. C. In his bag.第二部分 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI was reading these interesting stories behind a group of great logos in th

10、e world. Personally Nike is my favorite oneits so simple. And I liked the stories behind them, which made me forget all other things. McDonalds, Apple, Mercedes Benz and Adidas own great logos as well, and they are among my favorites.NikeIn the Greek myth, Nike is the goddess of victory and the sour

11、ce of inspiration for soldiers. This logo represents the wing in the famous statue of the Greek goddess. Nikes logo was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971 for $ 35, and was registered as a trademark in 1995.McDonaldsThe logo was designed in 1962 by Jim Schindler to resemble the arch shaped (拱 形 的

12、) signs on the side of the companys then walk-up hamburger stand. Later on, the two golden arches 版权所有 :中国好课堂 were combined together to form the M. The McDonalds name was added to the logo in 1968.AppleThere are different stories behind Apples logo. The first logo was a reference to the religious st

13、ory of Adam and Eve, in which the apple represented the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One year later, the second logo was designed in 1977 by Steven Jobs and Ronald Wayne, and it described Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. This logo didnt stay long. One year later it was replaced almos

14、t immediately by graphic designer Rob Janoffs “rainbow apple”, a rainbow-colored silhouette (轮廓) of an apple with a bite taken out of it. And then the rainbow-colored apple was replaced by the one-colored logo in 1998. It has not been changed so far.Mercedes BenzThe Mercedes Benz logo, which was ori

15、ginally created by Gottlieb Daimler in 1909, consists of a simple description of a three- pointed star that represents its rule of the land, the sea and the air. The company was founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. Mercedes is the name of Maybachs elder daughter, while Benz came as a res

16、ult of a combination with Benz, Cie. and DMG in 1926.21. What does the author think of the stories of the great logos?A. They are boring. B. They are attractive C. They are out of date. D. They are practical 22. What does Nikes logo stand for?A. The goddess of victory B. The source of inspiration fo

17、r soldiers C. The wing of the Greek goddess D. The statue of the Greek goddess 23. We can learn that Apples present logo is_.A. the religious story of Adam and Eve B. Newtons sitting under an apple treeC. a bitten apple with only one color D. the rainbow-colored bitten apple 24. Which of the followi

18、ng time orders describes the births of the great logos?版权所有 :中国好课堂 A. Nike McDonalds Apple Mercedes Benz.B. Mercedes Benz McDonalds Nike Apple. C. Mercedes Benz Apple Nike McDonalds. D. Nike Mercedes Benz McDonalds Apple.BIt was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhapp

19、y. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, so they wanted to buy frogs from othe

20、r places.This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch

21、and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future.But the dream didnt last long. The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be

22、more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog

23、. They hadnt been useless. They had been doing an important job - eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen

24、 to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.25. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?A. The frogs made too much noise. B. They need money to buy medicine.C. They wanted to please the visitors. D. The frogs were easy money.26. What might be the cause

25、 of the childrens sickness?版权所有 :中国好课堂 A. The crops didnt do well. B. The visitors brought in diseases.C. There were too many insects. D. The pesticides were overused.27. What can we infer(推断) from the last sentence of the text?A. Good old days will never be forgotten. B. Health is more important th

26、an money.C. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country. D. The harmony between humans and nature is important. COwls and LarksLarks are most likely to be healthy, wealthy and wise, according to the old saying. But those who are early to bed and early to rise do not always have the upper hand,

27、 researchers say. They have found that night owls are generally brighter and wealthier than those able to get up early in the morning.Experts from the University of Madrid carried out tests on around 1,000 teenagers and found that those who preferred to stay up late demonstrated the kind of intellig

28、ence associated with honored jobs and higher incomes. Larks or morning people, however, often acquired better exam results, possibly because lessons are held at the wrong time of day for night owls. The researchers examined the habits and body clocks of the youngsters to determine whether they liked

29、 to stay up late and sleep in later in the morning, or preferred to go to bed early and were at their peak in the morning. School performance and inductive ( 归纳 的) intelligence, or problem solving, were measured and academic grades in the major subjects were also taken into account. The results show

30、ed that evening types scored higher than morning types on inductive reasoning, which has been shown to be a good estimate of general intelligence and a strong indicator of academic performance. They also had a greater capacity to think conceptually as well as analytically. Such abilities have been l

31、inked to innovative thinking, more admired occupations and better incomes.Famous night owls include President Obama, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Keith Richards and Elvis Presley. George W Bush, who is regularly in bed by 10 pm, Thomas Edison, Napoleon, Condoleezza Rice who wakes at 4.30 am, a

32、nd Ernest Hemingway are among those known as larks. Jim Horne, professor of psychophysiology at Loughborough University, said, 版权所有 :中国好课堂 “Evening types tend to be the more active and creative types, the poets, artists and inventors, while the morning types are the deducers (推断者), as are often seen

33、 with civil servants and accountants.” A previous study of US Air Force recruits found evening types were much better at thinking to solve problems than larks.28. What does the word “owl” mean in the text?A. A bird of prey that flies at nightB. A kind of person who stays up lateC. A kind of person w

34、ho gets up earlyD. A bird of prey that is a symbol of wisdom29. The following features belong to night owls EXCEPT that_.A. Night owls are much healthier, wealthier and wiserB. Night owls stay up late and sleep later in the morningC. Night owls have a strong ability of inductive reasoningD. Night ow

35、ls are expert in analyzing and innovative thinking30. Whats the authors attitude towards night owls?A. Doubtful. B. Objective. C. Subjective. D. Negative.31. According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. The early bird will catch the worm.B. Morning types have a tendency to do some cre

36、ative jobs.C. Night owls usually do poorer in the examinations than larks.D. President Obama and George W Bush are models of night owls.DDownloading music over the Internet is pretty common among high school and college students. However, when students download and share copyrighted music without pe

37、rmission, they are against the law.A survey of young peoples music ownership has found that teenagers and college students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music playersHalf of those surveyed share all the music on their hard drive (硬盘), enabling others t

38、o copy hundreds of songs at any one time. Some students were found to have randomly linked their personal blogs to music sites, so as to allow free trial listening of copyrighted songs 版权所有 :中国好课堂 for blog visitors, or adopted some of the songs as the background music for their blogs. Such practices

39、 may be easy and free, but there are consequences.Sandra Dowd, a student of Central Michigan University, was fined US$7,500 for downloading 501 files from Lime Wire, a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Sandra claimed that she was unaware that her downloads were illegal until she was contacted by au

40、thorities. Similarly, Mike Lewinski paid US$4,000 to settle a lawsuit（起诉）against him for copyright violation (违反 ). Mike expressed shock and couldnt believe that this was happening to him. “I just wanted to save some money and I always thought the threat was just a scare tactic(战术) .” “You know, eve

41、ryone does it,” added Mike.The RIAA （Recording Industry Association of America）, the organization that files lawsuits against illegal downloaders, states that suing (控告) students was by no means their first choice. Unfortunately, without the threat of consequences, students are just not changing the

42、ir behavior. Education alone is not enough to stop the extraordinary growth of the illegal downloading practice.32. Why is it common for students to download copyrighted music?A. They want their friends to know that they are smart.B. They dont think that they will be caught.C. They think it is a goo

43、d way to make some extra money.D. They are against copyright protection over Internet music.33. What does Mike mean by saying that “the threat was just a scare tactic”?A. One should not be afraid of threats.B. A lawsuit will result from the threat.C. No serious consequence will follow the threat.D.

44、It is unfair to scare people with a threat.34. What is RIAAs attitude towards students illegal downloading behavior?A. They believe that education will help greatly in protecting copyrights.B. They profit from the fines illegal downloaders pay for copyright violations.C. They like to sue students fo

45、r downloading music illegally from the Internet.D. They think that illegal downloading behavior needs tough measures to correct.35. Whats the best title for this passage?版权所有 :中国好课堂 A. Copyright Violators, Beware!B. How to Get Free Music Online!C. A Survey of Students Downloading HabitsD. Get rid of

46、 Illegal Music Download? Impossible!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。(选项 E 涂 AB，选项 F 涂 AC, 选项 G 涂 AD)Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. 36 Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to w

47、hen you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest. You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. 37 Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that no

48、te-taking is a selective(选择性的) process. 38 .The following methods may work best for you.Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.Write your notes in your own words. 39 Note any questions or

49、 ideas you may have about what was said or written.As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand (速记).When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time. 40 A. Otherwise (否则), you may not be able to read your notes later.B. There are three practical note-taking met