甘肃省通渭县马营中学2015_2016学年高二英语上学期12月阶段性考试试题.doc
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1、马营中学20152016学年度第一学期阶段性考试高二 英语考试时间:100分钟试题分数:120分 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,共40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,共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。AMy brother Ron joined the US army a few years ago. Most girls, especially those who are my age, are thrilled by anything that has to do with the “army”. Its a no
2、velty to them to shoot a gun, jump out of a plane, and wear uniform.Now I know youre thinking that I must find it really cool to know a solider, whos my brother. Thats wrong, before I found out that my brother joined the army, I was crazy about the army. Firstly, I wanted to go to college, knew that
3、 joining the army was probably the only way I could get it as my parents couldnt afford it. Additionally there were all the other points of the army that grabbed my heart. I wanted the challenge, I wanted the discipline and I wanted the feeling that I would be doing something beyond the ability of a
4、verage citizen.But as soon as my brother joined the army, all those things fell away. All I saw were dead people, guns shooting, tanks turning into a ball of fire, tents burning, and lots of blood. It was so horrible. When Ron went to Iraq, I freaked out whenever I didnt hear from him for more than
5、a week. I kept up with the news, reading the latest newspaper and listening to the hourly reports. And every time I heard that an American solider was killed, I prayed, it wasnt Ron.Im proud of my brother for serving our country, and his willingness to devote his life to something he finds important
6、. Its great to see how discipline and mature hes got, and Im glad he has his college paid for. But although I am proud, I gladly give up the “coolness” of having a brother in the army. I would be perfectly all right if I had never seen that uniform on him, and he was just a plain old “boring” brothe
7、r.I love my brother, and Im proud of him, but I want him back home!21. What did the writer think of the army before Ron joined?A. Joining the army was more beneficial than going to college.B. Joining the army was a good choice for those who couldnt afford college education.C. Joining the army was me
8、ant risking ones life for something important,D. Joining the army did more harm than good.22. After Ron joined the army, the writer .A. decide to join the army one day B. became afraid of seeing soldiersC. often showed off Ron in front of friends D. became aware of the danger of joining the army23.
9、What would be the best title for the passage?A. Peace or war? B. Life in the army C. Having a soldier in the family D. A choice between your life and your dream BThe greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of
10、 the proportion of a womans life spent in caring for the children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, four or five of whom lived till they were five years old. By the time the you
11、ngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a womans youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five
12、years and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has to take care of children, her work is lightened by modern living conditions.This important change in womens life-patterns has only recently begun to have its full
13、 effect on womens economic position. Even a few years ago most girls took a full-time job after they left school. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school- leaving age is sixteen; many girls stay at school after that age, and though women
14、usually marry older, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to full-or-part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of
15、family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.24. At what age did most women marry around the 1890 according to the passage? A. At about twenty-five B. In their earl fifties C. A
16、t the age of fifteen D. At any age from fifteen to forty-five25. Many girls, the passage claims, are now likely to_.A. give up their jobs for good after they are marriedB. leave school as soon as they canC. marry so that they can get a jobD. continue working until they are going to have a baby26. Wh
17、en she was over fifty, a late nineteenth-century mother _. A. was usually expected to die fairly soon B. would expect to work until she died C. would be healthy enough to take up paid jobs D. was less likely to find a job even if she wanted to 27. Nowadays, a husband tends to_.A. play a greater part
18、 in looking after the childrenB. help his wife by doing much of the houseworkC. feel dissatisfied with his role in the familyD. take a part-time job so that he can help in the homeCThe best example of something is often called the gold standard. It sets the standard against which other things are me
19、asured. In economics, the term describes how major trading nations once used gold to set currency values and exchange rates. Many nations continued to use the gold standard until the last century.In the United States, people could exchange paper money for gold from the eighteen seventies until ninet
20、een thirty-three. Then-President Richard Nixon finally disconnected the dollar from the value of gold in nineteen seventy-one. From time to time, some politicians call for a return to the gold standard.In 1978, the International Monetary Fund ended an official gold price. The IMF also ended the requ
21、ired use of gold in transactions with its member countries. Since that time, gold prices have grown and continued to be high. But people keep buying. Some people are gold bugs. These are investors who say people should buy gold to protect against inflation(通货膨胀).People have valued gold for thousands
22、 of years. The soft, dense metal polishes to a bright yellow shine and resists most chemical reactions. It makes a good material for money, political power - and, more recently, electrical power. If you own a device like a mobile phone or a computer, you might own a little gold in the wiring.The gol
23、d standard was the subject of one of the best-known speeches in American political history. William Bryan wanted the country to use both gold and silver as money. The idea was to devalue the dollar and make it easier for farmers to pay their debts. So he delivered a speech, which made him famous. He
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