福建省永安市第三中学2018_2019学年高二英语上学期第一次阶段检测试题.doc

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1、- 1 -2018-2019 学年（上）永安三中高二年段第一次阶段考英语试卷（满分 150 分，完卷时间 120 分钟）班级_姓名_考号_第一卷一听力（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）第一节 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. How will the man go to the park? A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot.2. What is the picture

2、of ? A. A city. B. A farm. C. A pet. 3. What is the woman doing now? A. Having a meeting. B. Having a meal. C. Working.4. Which city did the man visit before? A. Shanghai. B. Beijing. C. Hangzhou. 5. What does the woman think of the new film star? A. He is popular with young people. B. He isnt a goo

3、d actor. C. He is handsome.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，各个小题将给出 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 Suzie? - 2 -A. Toms secretary(秘书). B. Mr. Walkers secretary. C. Mr. Walkers wife. 7. Why does the woman feel upset

4、? A. She feels useless. B. She is late for work. C. Tom is angry with her. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What is wrong with the woman?A. Her back hurts. B. Her head aches. C. Her hand is painful. 9. What day is today? A. Tuesday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday. 10. What will the woman do next? A. Take an exam

5、ination. B. Take her blood pressure. C. Get some medicine.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. When did the speakers plan to travel to Michigan? A. Tomorrow. B. Next week. C. Early next month. 12. Why does the man call the woman? A. To cancel (取消) the trip. B. To change the time of the trip. C. To ask about t

6、he opinions of Jack and Jane. 13. What will the man do? A. Deal with his family emergency. B. Get the air tickets. C. Call Jack and Jane. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What did the teachers do after Tim got into trouble? A. They always punished him. B. They talked to his parents.C. They often laughed a

7、t him.15. Why did Tim lie down with his bike on top of him? - 3 -A. To get away from school.B. To make his mother angry.C. To play a joke on his mother. 16. What do we know about Tim? A. He used to sit on his own at school. B. He was often absent from school.C. He often played jokes on his teachers.

8、 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where are the two rooms located? A. On the second floor. B. On the fourth floor. C. On the fifth floor.18. How much will Peter pay for one room each night? A.200. B. 40 0. C. 600.19. What kind of payment is NOT accepted? A. Cash. B. Credit card. C. Check.20. When will Pe

9、ter arrive at the hotel? A. August 10. B. August 12. C. August 20.二阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AFour books that will inspire you to travel the world Theres truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspective(远景) and exposing yourself to other cultures. To get you in the adventuring mood, we as

10、ked Amazon Senior Editor Chris Schlep to help us come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. Below, see his list of four books that will inspire you to travel around the world. For more information, please click A.ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walters Price: $16.2

11、9- 4 -This book by the popular author Jess Walters is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. With the settings of the background from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on

12、Amazon.SEATTLE: Where You d Go, Bernadette by Maria SamplePrice: $16.73Maria Samples first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the

13、strange storytelling and the laughs. Buy it on Amazon.ENGLAND: Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelPrice: $15.57You cant travel to Thomas Cromwells England without a time machine，but reading Hilary Mantels prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green

14、 grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. Buy it on Amazon.NANTUCKET: Heres to Us by Eli Hildebrand Price: $ 17.16Eli Hildebrand has built a writing career out of writing about her hometown island of Nantucket. Her latest is Heres to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a g

15、reat beach read. Buy it on Amazon.21. Whose book has been made into a film according to the text?A. Hilary Mantels. B. Jess Walters. C. Maria Semples. D. Elin Hilderbrands.22. Which two books can you buy if you have only $32?A. Beautiful Ruins and Where Youd Go, Bernadette.B. Where Youd Go, Bernadet

16、te and Wolf Hall.- 5 -C. Beautiful Ruins and Wolf Hall.D. Wolf Hall and Heres to Us.23. What do the four books have in common?A. They have the same price. B. They are sold on Amazon.C. They are all love stores. D. They have the similar content .24. Where does the text probably come from?A. A website

17、. B. A magazine. C. A newspaper. D. A textbook.BSteven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even m

18、ore interesting is that one of Steins jobs is defending(保护) an industry behind the plastic shopping bag.Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every yearSo many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts （收银台）. The bag

19、s are prohibited in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds(逆风)， plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers arguments: many cities with bans stil

20、l allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as

21、 its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the p

22、lanet than plastic.- 6 -Environmentalists dont dispute（质疑） these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.25. What has Steven Stein been hired to do？_A. Help increase grocery sales B. Recycle the waste materialC. Stop things fa

23、lling off trucks D. Defend the use of plastic bags26. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers？_A. They are quite expensiveB. Replacing them can be difficultC. They are less strong than plastic bagsD. Producing them requires more energy27. What is the best title for th

24、e text？_A. Plastic, Paper or Neither B. Industry, Pollution and EnvironmentC. Recycle or Throw Away D. Garbage Collection and Waste ControlCMovies are a great means of entertainment for many. There are some advantages of watching movies. Comedies, for example,help reduce your blood pressure.Laughter

25、 for 15 minutes during a film makes your blood vessels(血管)wider.Besides,when you watch a sad movie,youre more likely to come away from it thinking about loved ones and feeling happy about what you have. Watching movies can make you creative. A study shows that young children, who watched the use of

26、magic in Harry Potter，score significantly higher in a creative thinking test than children who watched something else. Moreover, movies are very useful for strengthening peoples mental healthThey enable people to take time to really relax and temporarily forget about their daily concerns and problem

27、s- 7 -However，watching movies arent always beneficialStudies have shown that some people get real pleasure out of being scared by horror movies，but in various ways they may be risking their physical and mental health without even knowing itWhen you watch a tense scene in a movie，your heart rate and

28、blood pressure increaseMeanwhile, this change in your brain chemistry reminds you of times when you were in a similar state，even if you have no idea you even had those memoriesSo if something horrible happens to you，being scared again by a movie can unintentionally make you experience it once moreSc

29、ientists，politicians and parents have debated for decades if being exposed to movie violence leads to actual real-life violenceOverall the answer to that is probably still up in the air，but a new study seems to prove that watching aggression on screen can contribute to being a bully(土霸)in real life，

30、even if it is just in the short termIn conclusion,certain movies play a positive role,but not all movies do. It depends completely on the subject of the movie. So its always advisable to choose the movies concerning something positive28. How does watching sad movies benefit us according to the text?

31、A. It makes us content with our lives B. It rids us of unhappy memoriesC. It reduces our risk of illness D. It develops our creativity29. What can we infer about watching horror movies from the text?A. It has more advantages than disadvantagesB. It has gained popularity around the worldC. Plenty of

32、people ignore its health benefitsD. All people dont realize its disadvantages30. What does the underlined part“up in the air”in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Meaningless B. Attractive C. Uncertain D. Obvious31. What does the author advise us to do to reduce the passive effect of movies?A. Enjoy movies with mo

33、re companionsB. Make a wise choice of what to watch- 8 -C. Try our best to watch movies less oftenD. Raise our ability to tell right from wrongDSeveral recent studies have suggested that women experience laughter more than men. According to medical experts, laughter isnt just about having fun - it a

34、ctually has many health benefits. Studies have shown that the act of laughing can lower blood pressure, reduce stress and improve immune function(免疫功能). Not only that, but laughter can also provide benefits similar to that of an anti-depressant. When you laugh, your body releases endorphins(内啡肽)whic

35、h results in a general feeling of health and well-being. Regular laughter can play a role in helping you to avoid many health problems. Thus, not only do women tend to laugh more than men, they are also more likely to “have the last laugh“.According to a study conducted at the Stanford University of

36、 Medicine, gender(性别)can affect the way that a persons brain responds to humor. The study, which involved the monitoring of 10 men and 10 women watching cartoons, shows that women are more likely than their male peers to use the part of the brain that processes rewards. It seemed that women had lowe

37、r expectations in regard to a reward (in this case, the reward being the punch-line of the joke or cartoon), which resulted in them enjoying the experience more than the men. Men, on the other hand, seemed to expect that they would find the cartoons humorous, and were therefore more likely to be dis

38、appointed and find them less amusing.Women are more likely to respond to men whom they find humorous and men seem to recognize this and do their best to make women laugh. It has been shown that women are more likely to laugh in the presence of men whom they have an attraction towards and men are mor

39、e likely to be attracted to women who laugh in their presence because it makes them feel more desirable. Obviously, it is more important to men that a woman appreciates their humor. 32. The studies show that regular laughter can _A. raise blood pressure B. keep us nervousC. make immune function wors

40、e D. keep us healthy and happy.- 9 -33. Why do women experience laughter more than men?A. Because they like telling humorous stories B. Because they like watching cartoons.C. Because they expect little of a reward. D. Because they seldom respond to humor.34. From the last paragraph we can inferA. wo

41、men dislike humorous men. B. men dislike humorous womenC. laughter makes women humorous D. humorous men make women happy.35. Whats the main idea of the passage ?A. Women enjoy humor more than men B. Laughter has many health benefitsC. Women laugh more than men D. Humorous men are popular with women第

42、二节、阅读七选五Being in a negative space is harmful to our overall well-beingLets give up some of the most common negative thoughts many of us repeat to ourselves （36） _ Even if you find yourself lacking in something，theres no need to keep repeating it to yourselfThe human brain is an unbelievable thingBe

43、inspired by DrJill Bolte Taylor，who took eight years to recover from her illness and has since then written a best-selling book about her experience and appeared on Oprah No one cares about me To accurately say that your family and friends dont care about you would be a very rare situationMaybe your

44、e being too negative and overlooking the gestures of love they show youThey dont even have to be big gestures，but its the little things they did for you that count（37） _ Start showing people you care，so they can show you back in kind I really dislike this person If you dislike a person，focusing on h

45、is had qualities is not going to make - 10 -things betterYou need to know that he is human too，which means he makes mistakes（38） _ Focus on his good qualities，and repeat them to yourself Why is he better off？ （39） _ Theres always going to be someone who is younger，prettier，smarter， or richer than yo

46、uRemember，there are people who are also worse off than you and what they dont have is your whole package（40） _ AIm not good enough BBe grateful for what you have CYou think you wont be able to“get there“ DComparing yourself to someone else is never positive EAnd people may be reacting to the energy

47、youre putting out FLearn to approach him or think about him in a positive manner GKeep on working toward something，and watch the leaps youll make三、完形填空（本大题共 20 小题，每题 1.5 分，共 30 分）“This Friday well have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr. Baker. “You can work alone or with a

48、 partner.” My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects (41) .The (42) of the challenge was simpleto build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when (43) the stadium wall.I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. (44) the butter-cream gave me an idea.“I have a brilliant design for our (45) container!” I said when Cassie arrived. “We can (46) the egg with some butter-cream.”“Why not put the egg in a (47) with a parachute (降落伞)attached?” Cassie rolled he