1、高二英语 第 1 页,共 10 页 高二英语 第 2 页,共 10 页密 封 线学校 班级 姓名 学号 密 封 线 内 不 得 答 题太原五中 2015-2016 学年度第一学期阶段性检测高 二 英 语出题、校对：张旭军 王轶芳（考试时间 2015.12）一. 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)AWe all need a vacation, whether with the entire family or your significant other. Unfortunately, many of us will not be
2、 able to follow through with vacation plans. But now, there is an alternative that is catching on (流行起来) rather quickly and it is called a “Staycation”. A staycation is just what it sounds like, a vacation but you stay at home. It might not sound interesting, but you can turn it into a fun and relax
3、ing getaway.Tell family and friends your plans. In their eyes you are truly on vacation and they only need to contact you in case of an emergency. Go outside; dont let the kids sleep all day. Go out and birdwatch, go fishing, explore the parks and nature, take in all you can of the outside world. Yo
4、u can even have a relaxing day at the beach, soak in some sun, and let the kids go swimming. Go on a picnic; have the kids fly kites. Bring some bubbles, and have a nice day with the wind blowing in your hair. Watch as the kids run and play and enjoy the beautiful outdoors.Camping is another fun way
5、 to have a staycation. If you have a camping ground in your area, you can go camping for a day or two and show the kids how it is to live right in the heart of Mother Nature.Just remember, it really doesnt matter where you decide to go, whether home or away. As long as you create quality time with y
6、our family you can strengthen the bonds that may have been pushed aside during all the long stressful work hours. Time is the most important thing you can give to your husband, wife and kids, enjoying every moment together, and you will have lasting memories in your hearts.1. What is mainly talked a
7、bout in the passage?A. The popularity of a staycation. B. The importance of a vacation. C. Where to spend your vacation this year. D. How to plan a staycation.2. You should tell family and friends your plans so that .A. they will fully support you B. they will take care of your houseC. they will con
8、tact you only when necessaryD. they can help you make preparations 3. Which of the following is NOT a good way to have a good staycation?A. To sleep at home all day. B. To go out to watch birds.C. To go to the parks. D. To relax on the beach.4. What is the most important thing of taking a staycation
9、?A. Spending quality time with your family. B. Letting your kids learn about nature.C. Giving your family relaxing time. D. Getting away from stressful work hours.5. The underlined word “bonds” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by “ ”. A. friendship B. health C. links D. circles BA Chinese
10、couple tried to name their baby “”, saying the character best represents their love for the child, according to an official trying to standardize the national language. The unusual name stands out especially in Mandarin, which has no alphabet (字母表) and instead uses tens of thousands of multi-stroke
11、(多笔画的) characters to represent words. “The whole world uses it to write emails, and translated into Chinese it means love him,” the father explained, according to the deputy chief of the State Language Commission Li Yuming.While the symbol is familiar to Chinese email users, they often use the Engli
12、sh word “at” to sound it out. With a drawn-out “t”, this sounds something like “ai ta”, or “love him”, to Mandarin speakers. Li says the name is an extreme example of peoples increasingly adventurous approach to Mandarin, as commercialization and the Internet break down conventions (习俗).Another coup
13、le tried to give their child a name that in English sounds like “King Osrina”.Li did not say if officials accepted the “” name. But earlier this year the government announced a ban on names using Arabic numerals (阿拉伯数字 ) and foreign languages. Sixty million Chinese face the problem that their names
14、use ancient characters so uncommon that computers cannot recognize them and even fluent speakers are left scratching their heads, said 高二英语 第 3 页,共 10 页 高二英语 第 4 页,共 10 页密 封 线 内 不 得 答 题Li, according to a report on the government website. One of them is the former Premier Zhu Rongji, whose name has a
15、 rare “rong” character that gives newspaper editors headaches.6. Why did the Chinese couple try to name their baby “”？A. Because they wanted their baby to have a special name.B. Because they wanted their baby to have an international name.C. Because the symbol is familiar to email users all over the
16、 world.D. Because the symbol sounds something like “ai ta”, which means “love him” in Chinese.7. It can be inferred that _.A. Li Yuming is in favor of the babys nameB. many Chinese people use Arabic numerals in their namesC. a majority of the Chinese people are having longer namesD. there is little
17、possibility for the “” name to be officially accepted8. The underlined part in the passage probably means_.A. even native speakers find it hard to accept these strange namesB. even native speakers cant find these characters in their computersC. even those who are expert at Chinese cant recognize the
18、se charactersD. even those who are expert at Chinese find it hard to accept these names9. The former Premier Zhu Rongji is mentioned in the passage because _.A. people often mispronounce his nameB. there is an uncommon character in his nameC. he often made newspaper editors annoyed during his term i
19、n officeD. he once stressed the importance of standardizing Chinese characters10. The passage is mainly about _.A. how Chinese parents name their babiesB. the importance of standardizing Chinese charactersC. a ban on names using Arabic numerals and foreign languagesD. the problems caused by uncommon
20、 characters used in Chinese namesCWhy do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that mens hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.The largest study of the effects of aging on the heart has found that womens longevity may be linked to t
21、he fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.“Within the heart there are millions of
22、 cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the aging process.”What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old womans heart coul
23、d perform almost as well as a 20-year-old ones.“This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink.They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease.The team
24、has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink.The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.11. T
25、he underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to _.A. health B. long life C. aging D. effect12. The text mainly talks about _.A. mens heart cells B. womens aging processC. the gender difference D. hearts and long life13. According to the text, the UK scientists have known th
26、at _.A. women have more cells than men when they are bornB. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beatC. the female heart loses few of the cells with ageD. women never lose their pumping power with age14. If you want to live longer, you should _.A. enable your heart to beat much faste
27、r B. find out the reason for agingC. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy D. prevent your cells from being lost15. We can know from the passage that _.A. the reason why aging takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found outB. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male he
28、art loses more of the cellsC. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater lossD. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20高二英语 第 5 页,共 10 页 高二英语 第 6 页,共 10 页密 封 线学校 班级 姓名 学号 密 封 线 内 不 得 答 题第 2 节 (共 5 小题；每小题 2 分, 满分 10 分)Last month, students
29、from one hundred and three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China. 16 Jerry Cain, coach of Stanford University Team, California, says “One of the programming problems was trying to figure
30、 out how to break a chocolate bar into a certain number of pieces of a certain number of sizes and to do it as quickly as possible. 17 ”The students first listed the problems in order of difficulty. 18 They designed ways to test their solutions. And they wrote needed software systems. Even the winni
31、ng team from Shanhai Jiaotong University in China was not able to solve all the problems within the given time limit. Stanfords team solved five problems and finished in 14th place. Stanford was one of twenty-one American universities that took part in the contest this year.19 . It began in 1970 at
32、Texas A and M University. The contest quickly became popular in the United States and Canada. It developed and grew as more and more schools took part in local and area contests.The first final competition was held in 1977 at the Association for Computer Machinery Computer Science Conference. Today,
33、 a network of universities holds area competitions that send the winners to the world finals, now organized by IBM. Contest spokesman Doug Heintzman says the world champions receive prizes and scholarships. 20 A. The competitors show great interest in IBM.B. Then they figured out the requirements of
34、 each.C. And thats probably the simplest of all of them.D. This competition is an opportunity to be recognized by famous universities from the world.E. Three-person teams from each school had five hours to solve eleven real world problems.F. The official name of the Battle of the Brains is the ACM I
35、nternational Collegiate Programming Contest.G. They are also guaranteed an offer of employment with IBM.三 完形填空 (每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分)Mr White with his wife 21 now living at a small Italian hotel, 22 they had stayed in Italy for months on holiday. One night he went out for a walk 23 . It was late. The sm
36、all street was dark and 24 . Suddenly he heard 25 behind him. He 26 his head and saw a middle-aged man with wild hair, who quickly walked 27 him. The man was nearly out of sight when Mr White suddenly found that his watch 28 . He thought it was the 29 man who had taken his watch, so he ran quickly a
37、fter him and soon caught up with him. As he knew 30 Italian, Mr White had to ask the man 31 the watch in another way. He showed the man his strong arms and 32 to his watch pocket. The man thought a while and gave 33 watch to Mr White.Mr. White returned home and told his wife 34 had happened. He was
38、greatly surprised when Mrs. White pointed to the watch on the table. Now he found it was 35 that had taken the Italians watch.21. A. is B. was C. are D. were22. A. where B. which C. that D. who23. A. separate B. lonely C. alone D. loneliness24. A. noisy B. crowded C. silent D. quiet25. A. voice B. s
39、ound C. feet D. steps26. A. rose B. moved C. turned D. put27. A. past B. passed C. through D. over28. A. had lost B. gone C. was missing D. had gone29. A. very B. proper C. same D. just30. A. much B. no C. enough D. little of31. A. to lend B. to tell C. to return D. return32. A. pointed B. listened
40、C. shouted D. spoke33. A. their B. the other C. the D. another34. A. what B. that C. why D. how35. A. he B. him C. himself D. herself四 完成句子 (每小题 1 分, 满分 10 分)根据所给首字母, 汉语提示或语境写出符合句意的单词或词组, 每空一词。36. I thought he l_ to me, but on the contrary, he told me the truth. 37. Mark Twain went to the south of A
41、merica, hoping to _ _ _. (发财) 38. There is no doubt that all the teaching staff are _ (称职的) for their jobs. 39. Strawberries dont taste nice if theyve been _ (冻住). 40. Our school library is in great need of v_ who can offer to clean the desks without being paid. 41. C_ this new house with the old on
42、e, you will know for sure which is better. 42. This is a famous school with every class in it c_ of about 50 lovely students. 43. You cant imagine what difficulty I had p_ (陈述) my idea to the boss. 44. Highly intelligent men who major in science and technology are _ _ _ (称作) science geeks (理工男 ).45.
43、 Wed better _ _ _ _, or we will not catch the early bus.五.语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分,满分 10 分）阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in 高二英语 第 7 页,共 10 页 高二英语 第 8 页,共 10 页密 封 线 内 不 得 答 题that dark tunnel. We waited. We expe
44、cted the lights to come on again. (46)_ nothing happened.Then I began to smell (47)_. People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried. The woman (48)_ (stand) next to me (49)_ (sudden) fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames a
45、ppearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to (50)_, “I (51)_ (burn) alive!” But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. So I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” I heard a noise. It was on my right side. I at once be
46、gan to push my way forward to (53)_ that noise came from. (52)_ two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw (54)_ light in the distance. “Thank God!” I cried. “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help (55)_ people experience what he could do for them.” I decided.六 短文改错 （共10小题;每小题 1分,满分10分）文中共有 10 处错误, 每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（）, 并在其下面写
