1、1江阴一中 2018-2019 学年度第一学期 12 月阶段检测高二英语试卷（考试时间：120 分钟，满分 150 分）NO.54 第 16 周第卷（选择题，共 95 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the man want?A. A tennis game. B. An online game. C. A shooting game.2. What will the man
2、do next?A. Make dinner. B. Wash the dishes. C. Watch TV.3. What does the man mean?A. He prefers to keep the window closed.B. He is too busy to open the window.C. He agrees to open the window at once.4. What is the time now?A. About 5:30. B. About 5:00. C. About 4:30.5. What does the man suggest doin
3、g?A. Pressing the emergency button. B. Calling the service centre.C. Doing nothing for a short while.第二节 （共 15 小题；每题 1 分，满分 15 分）听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What did the woman spend $10 on？A. The taxi. B. The hot dogs. C. The popcorn and drinks.7. Where did the speakers go just before they went home?A. To
4、 the convenience store. B. To the movies. C. To the new hot dog place.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What relation is Ms Leska to the woman?A. Her roommate. B. Her cousin. C. Her workmate.9. Who will probably meet Kevin at the bus station?A. Claudia. B. Tara. C. Albee.210. What will the woman do at 3:00 p
5、.m.?A. Meet the man. B. Look after Ms Leska. C. Teach a class.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. How did the man learn to play instruments?A. He taught himself. B. He learned it at school.C. He learned it at pubs and clubs.12. What instrument did the man play first?A. The piano. B. Keyboards. C. The drum.13
6、. When did the man leave school?A. In 1981. B. In 1992. C. In 1997.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. An article. B. A newspaper. C. A minibus.15. How did the girl fall down on the road?A. She tripped over something. B. She was knocked over by a car.C. She slipp
7、ed because of the wet road.16. Who flew out in the accident?A. A car driver. B. A minibus driver. C. A minibus passenger.17. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The accident took place on Tuesday.B. A truck was involved in the accident.C. The woman witnessed the accident.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20
8、 题。18. When were the speaker and his friends caught in a storm?A. The second night. B. The fifth night. C. The last night.19. What was the weather like on the last day?A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Fine.20. What do we know about the speaker?A. He was persuaded into the trip.B. He walked 100 miles in one w
9、eek.C. He was disappointed at the trip.第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一节：单项填空(共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，共 15 分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21. We are all eager to see whether or not the chairman himself is going to _ the commitment he has made.A. get down to B. look forward to C. live up to D. 3think back
10、 to22. I saw your uncle take a taxi to the airport. Why didnt you drive him there? I _. But my car _.A. would; was fixed B. would have; was fixedC. would have; was being fixed D. did; was being fixed23. These scientists of the center _ to finding measures to stop desertification have done much resea
11、rch into the problem since the center set up in 1996.A. have committed B. committed C. being committed D. have been committed24. Comfortable as the chair was _, he preferred standing while attending the lecture.A. to sit on B. to be sat on C. sitting on D. sit on 25. What did the two countries want
12、to avoid as cooperative partners rather than enemies?_ the mistakes happening in history.A. To repeat. B. Having repeated C. To have repeated D. Repeating26. The seeming logic of addressing the issue has fallen apart that _ economy develops, interpersonal relationships worsen, for people are willing
13、 to take due responsibility. A. unless B. before C. what D. where27. The need to do what the majority of us are doing forces us to take up activities which we _ otherwise.A. wont B. wouldnt C. should D. might 28. _ you lose weight in a healthy way, I dont really care what your _ is.A. Even though; a
14、ccount B. As long as; motivationC. So that; entertainment D. In case; performance29. In his youth, however, he never left his home town, let alone _ to another country.A. travelling B. to travel C. travelled D. travel30. Ill come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening. Im sorry, by then my
15、 performance _ and I _ reporters in the meeting room.A. will end, will meet B. will have ended, will be meeting 4C. will be ended, am going to meet D. is to end, will meet31. Located in the center of Melbourne, Australia, are two tall towers designed by building architect Phil Rowe, both of _ shaped
16、 like massive tree houses rather than skyscrapers.A. who B. them C. which D. whom32. The two passengers occupying seats were reported _ from taking trains for 180 days.A. to be banned B. to have been bannedC. being banned D. having been banned33. I dont mind playing against a beginner, like myself,
17、but Im not going to _ someone who has been playing chess for years.A. take up B. take down C. take off D. take on 34. Congratulations! Yesterdays fund-raising charity was a great success. Yes. And Id like to thank everyone _ for making this activity _ so smoothly.A. concerning; to run B. concerned;
18、run C. concerned; running D. to concern; running35. I was reading The Romance of the Three Kingdoms yesterday, but I couldnt understand it. _. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.A. Dont fly off the handle B. Dont be over the moonC. More haste, less speed D. You got me there 第二
19、节： 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I find it interesting sometimes that even the most ordinary occurrences can have an impact on our awareness.My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we _36_ a lot of time and energy in the y
20、ard to getting it looking like it does today. We _37_ on a corner, higher than street level, and the entire side of the yard is _38_ by a professionally built rock wall. We did the best to put what we had into _39_ and called this area our “rock garden”. Whenever we had flowers or plants, my wife De
21、nise or I would stick them out and plant them in the “rock garden”, just to bring some _40_ to the area.I still do all of my own yard work, even the _41_ weed-pulling. After _ _42_ my knee pads, I assume the _43_ to clear the yard of weeds, even in the rock garden.Last summer I had reached the end o
22、f the rock garden and found a tiny little _44_ that I could not _45_ identify. I knew I didnt plant it and Denise _46_ that she didnt either. We decided to let it continue growing until we could _47_ what it was.5Weeks passed and _48_ I made my way back to the mystery plant, it appeared to be a sunf
23、lower. It was _49_, looking with a tall thin stalk (茎) and only one head on it. I decided to _50_ it and weed around it. As I _51_ rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something _52_. The sunflower had not started where I saw the stalk begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and
24、_53_ 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 _54_ of doing the same thing. As long as we try, we can find ways to go under or around our big _55_ in order to reach our desires.36.A
25、. use B. spent C. applied D. devoted37.A. work B. live C. stay D. play38.A. crowded B. surrounded C. prohibited D. governed39.A. effect B. practice C. use D. operation40.A. color B. peace C. credit D. focus41.A. plain B. bored C. tiring D. initial42.A. holding on B. taking on C. bringing on D. putti
26、ng on43.A. position B. style C. tissue D. thumb44.A. flower B. plant C. crop D. bush45.A. suddenly B. hardly C. gradually D. instantly46.A. claimed B. instructed C. described D. guaranteed47.A. turn out B. figure out C. hold out D. pick out48.A. as B. before C. since D. because49.A. pitiful B. ugly
27、C. pretty D. weak50.A. admire B. consider C. attend D. observe51.A. pushed B. removed C. transported D. conducted52.A. cheerful B. unnatural C. unusual D. appealing653.A. pulled B. dug C. expanded D. grown54.A. power B. capability C. energy D. strength55.A. conflicts B. responsibilities C. barriers
28、D. chances第三部分：阅读理解（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASome of the worlds most significant problems never hit headlines. One example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. Th
29、is is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the worlds major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring. The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, whe
30、at, corn and soya beans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s. There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the worlds most populou
31、s(人口多的)countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse. Second, yield growth has been lowe
32、r in wheat and rice than in corn and soybeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soya beans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvemen
33、t efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.” The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to f
34、eed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued. Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed up for crops might be able to revert(回返)to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued imp
35、rovements in yields, which may not actually happen. 56. What does the author try to draw attention to?7A. Food riots and hunger in the world.B. News headlines in the leading media.C. The decline of the grain yield growth.D. The food supply in populous countries.57. Why does the author mention India
36、and China in particular?A. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.C. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.58. What does the ne
37、w study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s.B. They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.D. They focu
38、s more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.59. What does the Food and Agriculture Organization say about world food production in the coming decades?A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.B. The optimistic prediction about food productio
39、n should be viewed with caution.C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.D. The world will be able to feed its population without increasing farmland.60. How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organization?A. It is built on the findings
40、of a new study.B. It is based on a doubtful assumption.C. It is backed by strong evidence.D. It is open to further discussion.B8There has long been a notion (观念) that money buys happiness. However, although “we really, really tried that for a couple of generations, it didnt work,” said Francine Jay,
41、 author of The Joy of Less, A Minimalist Living Guide: How to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Your Life.Thanks to a travel-inspired revelation (启发), Jay has been happily living a simpler life for 12 years. “I always packed as lightly as possible, and found it exciting to get by with just a small c
42、arry-on bag,” she told CNN. “I thought if it feels this great to travel lightly, how amazing would it be to live this way? I wanted to have that same feeling of freedom in my everyday life.”Jay decided to get rid of all her excess (额外的) possessions and live with just the essentials (必需品). “I wanted
43、to spend my time and energy on experiences, rather than things.”Jay is a follower of a movement called “minimalism (极简主义)”. Growing numbers of people have been attracted to this lifestyle all over the world. They share the same feeling of disappointment with modern life and a desire to live more sim
44、ply. Minimalists are typically progressive and concerned about the environment, Leah Watkins, a lead researcher at Otago University in New Zealand, told Stuff magazine in March.But many simply experienced unhappiness caused by owning too many possessions. Depression with the materialism of our world
45、 isnt new. English romantic poet William Wordsworth summed up how dispiriting (令人 消沉的) this was back in 1802, at the beginning of the industrial age, when he wrote: “Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers”. His preference was to go back to nature. Closer to our own times, the hippies (嬉皮士) of
46、 the 1960s also sought to drop out” of modern life.And for many minimalists, their key is to unload. Without objects, they “believe people are forced more and more into the present moment and thats where life happens,” wrote Stuff.But does simplicity ever feel like a sacrifice (牺牲)?“Its eliminating
47、the excessunused items, unnecessary purchasesfrom your life. Well, I may have fewer possessions, but I have more space Minimalism is making room for what matters most,” said Jay.And “the real questions”, according to Duane Elgin, US social scientist, are “what do you care about?” and “What do you va
48、lue?”He told CNN: “Its important for people to realize minimalism isnt simply the amount of stuff we consume. Its about our families, our work, our connection with the larger world, our spiritual dimension. Its about how we touch the whole world. Its a way of life.”61. What was the authors main purpose in writing
