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1、120192019 高二上期高二上期 1212 月阶段性测试英语试题月阶段性测试英语试题（试卷共 140 分; 考试时间 120 分钟）第一部分听力（每小题 1 分，共 20 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 l0 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 did the man do last weekend?A. He went camping. B. He attended a party. C. He stayed home with

2、his friends.2. When did the woman meet Anna?A. At 7:55.B. At 7:58.C. At 8:02.3. Why does the woman remember James so well?A. He has a funny face.B. He was the first person she met at school. C. He was late for school on the first day.4. What do we know about the man?A. He is eager to meet the boss.B

3、. He is going to give a talk on fishing. C. He has the same hobby as the boss.5. What does the woman mean?A. Bob never studies hard.B. Bob has been studying hard lately.C. Bob started preparing for the test long ago. 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

4、读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时问。每段对话或独白 读两遍。听第 6 段材料。回答第 6、7 题。6. What did the woman dream about?A. The man had an accident.B. The boss wanted to fire the man.C. The man was going to give up his job.7. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Doctor and patient.C. Husband and

5、 wife. 听第 7 段材料。回答第 8、9 题。8. Why did the woman call the man?A. To cancel a booking.B. To make a reservation.C. To change her trip.9. When does the hotel have a special offer?A. In January.B. In February.C. In March. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。210. Who might Johnny be?A. The mans son.B. The mans brother.

6、C. The womans brother.11. What will the man do today?A. Go shopping.B. Meet some friends.C. Play basketball.12. What kind of life does the woman live?A. Very busy.B. Easy.C. Interesting. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. On the phone.B. At the office.C. In

7、 a restaurant.14. What does the woman think is the key part of the whole operation?A. Having early studies.B. Having a good product.C. Getting a good import agent.15. What kind of company does the man work for?A. A phone company. B. A bicycle company.C. A furniture design company.16. What does the w

8、oman mean in the end?A. She will sell the product.B. She will help the man with the report. C. She hasnt been convinced by the man. 听第 l0 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题17. Why did the speakers family move to New York City?A. To move into a smaller apartment. B. To go to a better school.C. To experience more cult

9、ures.18. What did the speaker dislike about her new building?A. It was noisy outside.B. It was far from her school.C. It wasnt in a safe neighborhood.19. What was the speakers favorite thing about the city?A. Eating delicious food.B. Going to museums and theaters. C. Making a lot of new friends.20.

10、What did the speaker mainly think of the city?A. It was mostly positive.B. Everything was a challenge.C. Things changed from bad to good.3第二部分 阅读理解（共三节，满分 50 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 卡上将该选 项涂黑。 A My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine year

11、s ago and we spent a lot of time and energy in the yard to get it looking like the way it does today. We live on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall. The front of the house though is another story because instead of a

12、wall along the sidewalk, the rocks appear to be just thrown up onto the dirt as if someone were in a hurry to finish We did the best we could with what we had to work with and called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had leftover flowers or plants, Denise or I would stick them out front, just

13、 to bring some color to the area. We would do all of the yard work on our own, even the tiring weed pulling Last summer I reached the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately identifyI knew I didnt plant it and Denise claimed that she didnt eitherWe decided t

14、o let it continue growing until we could figure out what it was Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery plant，it appeared to be a sunflower with a tall skinny stalk(茎， 秆) and only one head on it I decided to baby it and weed around it As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds

15、， I noticed something unusual The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the sun Thats when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower didnt let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the abi

16、lity to do the same thing. Once our environment begins to see that we believe in ourselves like that little sunflower，we can attain the same nourishment and growth as well Stand tall like the sunflower and be proud of who and what you are and the environment will begin to support youYou will find a

17、way to go under or around your big obstacle in order to reach your desires 21The author found it unusual that Athe mystery plant turned out to be a sunflower Bthe sunflower had a tall stalk and only one head Cthe sunflower grew under and around a big rock Dthe sunflower had started where the stalk w

18、as seen 22Which of the following best describes the sunflower? ABrave and stubbornBConfident and persistent COptimistic and modestDMysterious and devoted 23What can be inferred from this passage? AHuman beings are able to remove Obstacles BThe Universal truth made the sunflower survive CA big rock b

19、locked out the sunlight of the sunflower DWe can achieve success as long as we are self-confidentB The United Arab Emirates(UAE) government announced it had elected 60 “Chief Happiness Officers” to study happiness and how to spread it abroadCurrently ranked 28th out of over 150 countries surveyed in

20、 the United Nations 2016 World Happiness Report, the UAE wants to sit within the top five by 2021. “We seek to create a society where our peoples happiness is primary,” declared the UAEs Vice President and Prime Minister. Since the new minister took office，people working in the civil service have at

21、tended a series of happiness seminars to learn more about the plan. Dubai Police has renamed its community service department the “General Department for Community Happiness” and the force often adds #YourSecurityOurHappiness to their tweets( 推特 ). Meanwhile, various government agencies have changed

22、 the language of their customer surveys to find out if people are “happy rather than just satisfied” with the services，and some have investigated social media followers to see if their Instagram and Facebook posts bring happiness Meik Wiking, an independent think tank in Denmark，the country which to

23、ps the UNs happy table, thinks governments can and should play a role in public happiness. “The aim of public policy should be to improve the quality of life for people,” he says Sonia Edwards，who has lived in the UAE for over a decade, says：“I think its a bit of a public relations gimmick to be hon

24、estI think the government wants to be seen to be making things better through this plan but I dont know how much effect it will really have.” Edwards in Dubai adds: “There are a lot of issues here around job insecurity, workplace discrimination，high rents and expensive school fees, so if those were

25、dealt with，wed all be happier, but overall，happiness is not just up to the government, it s also up to individuals and their own mindsets.” 24What does the UAE government intend to do?ACreate a perfect society. BBuild a happier country. CPromote international trades. DShow its status in the world. 2

26、5What is one of the measures the UAE takes? AHold happiness seminars for civil servants BGive government agencies new names CLook through peoples online posts DChange the daily language426What does the underlined word “gimmick” in Paragraph 4 mean? AimprovementBprinciple CtransformationDtrick 27What

27、 might Meik Wiking and Edwards both agree with? AThe government misses the point BHappiness is somewhat subjective CPolicy makers count as to peoples well-being DThe effects of the happiness plan are uncertain5C MARCELA Del Sol first noticed something wasnt right when she stumbled(绊倒) upon mens clot

28、hing “hidden” around the houseThe 42-year-old originally from Chile says she then discovered dozens of photographs in her phone that she did not remember taking. She was the subject but something was different Her friends started falling away and she did not know why Her long-term relationship ended

29、 suddenlyShe now knows the mens clothing belonged to one of her “alternatives”，and the same person was responsible for separating those closest from herIn an interview，Ms. Del Sol said she was not allowed to name any of her six alternative persons“I cant tell you their names because theyre not happy

30、 for me to do so,” she said“I know that sounds very irrationalI am aware that theyre not real people，not physical people，but l have a very good opinion of them.” Ms. Del Sol has whats known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a condition characterized by the presence of two or more split person

31、alities that have power over a persons behaviorIn her case， the condition is blamed on a car accident she was involved in three years ago It was July 2013， when her vehicle broke down on the side of the road A speeding driver collided with Ms. Del Sols carShe wasnt physically injured but her brain e

32、xperienced traumaShortly after， she discovered she wasnt alone inside her head Switching between personalities happensoften but there is no real patternIt can be weeks between incidents and then，for whatever reason，it happens more frequently She describes her lifestyle as “secluded”(与世隔绝的)but she kn

33、ows she has to make an effort. She volunteers for an organization helping abused children. She also spends time speaking out about her condition and has written a book on the subject，hoping to help others who are experiencing the same thing 28What led to Del Sols friends breaking up with her? AHer u

34、npleasant photographsBThe male personality inside her CHer love for mens clothingDThe changeable characters of her 29What does Del Sol think of the personalities inside her? AThey also deserve respectBThey are gifts given by God CThey are too strong to resistDThey make her life ridiculous30What do w

35、e know about Del Sol? AShe makes her personalities names known BHer personalities change regularly CHer physical injury caused DID DShe tries to live a positive life 31What is the best title for the passage? AAn unusual presentBAn unhappy experience CThe effect of DID on a womanDA woman suffering DI

36、D after an accidentD Do you have an emotional brain or a rational one? Researchers at Australias Monash University have found actual difference in the brains of people who respond emotionally to others feelings compared with those who respond more rationally. A study published in the journal NeuroIm

37、age has looked at whether people who have more6brain cells in certain areas of the brain are better at certain types of empathy, according to Science Daily. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, and the two types investigated were cognitive(认知的) empathy and a

38、ffective empathy. “Every day people use empathy with, and without, their knowledge to get around in the social world,” said Robert Eres from Monash Universitys School of Psychological Sciences. “We use it for communication, to build relationships, and to increase our understanding of others.” “Peopl

39、e who are high on affective empathy are often those who get quite fearful when watching a scary movie, or start crying during a sad scene. Those who have high cognitive empathy are those who are more rational, for example a psychologist helping someone,” explained Eres. The results of the study show

40、ed that people with high scores for affective empathy had more gray matter in a part of the brain called the insula, found right in the “middle” of the brain. Those who scored higher for cognitive empathy had more in a part called the midcingulate cortexan area above the corpus callosum, which conne

41、cts the two halves of the brain. The discovery “raises new questionslike whether people could train themselves to have more empathy, and whether those areas of the brain would become larger if they did, or whether we can lose our ability to empathize if we dont use it enough”, according to Science D

42、aily. “In the future we want to investigate further by testing whether training people in empathy-related tasks can lead to changes in these brain areas. We also want to investigate if damage to these brain areas, as a result of a stroke for example, can lead to empathy problems,” said Eres. Perhaps

43、 in the future we will all be able to empathize more with other people. Maybe you will cry at that sad movie after all!32. Empathy can be used in the following situations EXCEPT that. A. when a psychologist is helping a patient with his mental disease B. when a teacher is comforting a student about

44、his fathers death C. when a mathematician is calculating the area of a farmland D. when people are reading a story with a frightening ending 33. What does the research done by Monash University mainly show? A. Differences in the brains of emotional and rational people. B.Whether a rational brain wor

45、ks better than an emotional one. C. What empathy is and how to improve peoples ability to empathize. D. How to effectively train people to have more empathy cells in their brain. 34. Which of the following statements might Robert Eres disagree with? A. People use empathy when they are or arent aware

46、 of it. B.People tend to use empathy to build relationships or understand others. C. People with higher affective empathy feel heart-broken when watching sad movies. D. People who are more rational have been found to have more gray matter in their brains. 35. Which of the following will be one of th

47、e focuses of future investigations according to the article?A. How to train people in empathy-related tasks. B.Whether people can be trained to be more empathetic. C. Whether empathy problems can lead to damage to areas of the brain. D. Why people seem to lose their ability to empathize if they dont

48、 use it enough.7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（请将答案填涂在答题卷上相应位置） 。Critical ReadingCritical reading applies to non-fiction writing in which the author puts forth a position or seeks to make a statement. Critical reading is active reading. 36 . Here are the things you should do to be a critical reader. Consider the context of what is written.You may be reading something that was written by an author from a different cultural context than yours. Or, you may be reading something written some time ago in a