高二英语阶梯测试考试试题(2)
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四、 阅读理解 (30%)(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。 A Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life. Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregiver. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings. One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born, the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby. The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again. Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children. Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression. The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear. These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression. 41. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the factor that influences intelligence development in babies? A. The environment. B. Mother’s sensitivity. C. Their peers(同龄人) D. Education before birth. 42. What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories? A. To prove that babies can learn before they are born. B. To prove that babies can learn on the first day they are born. C. To show mothers can strongly influence intelligence development in their babies. D. To indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies’ language skills. 43. Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills? A. The children of depressed mothers who cared little for their children. B. The children of women who did not suffer from depression. C. The children of depressed but caring mothers. D. Children with high communication abilities. 44. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Scientific findings about how babies develop before birth. B. Scientific findings about how the environment has an effect on babies’ intelligence. C. A study shows babies are not able to learn things until they are five or six months old. D. Scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies. B The White House dropped a report putting together some federal data. None of the information is exactly new, but a number of graphs in the report offer a clear and convincing illustration (阐述) of the status of women today. For instance, more young women are going to college than young men for the first time in US history. But, women are much more likely to go into lower-paying fields than men when they graduate, therefore lasting the long-standing wage gap. And women, especially minority women, are still more likely to live in poverty than men. Check out three of the graphs from the report below. Senior Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said on a conference call with reporters that the president will use the data as a “tool” to inform policy plans, though she would not name any specific new moves the administration is considering. “You really have to look at the whole story of a woman’s life,” Jarrett said. “This report gives us a framework to do that.” 45. The reason why American women delay having their first child, as is shown in Graph I, may be that ________. A. they get married at a later age B. they don’t want to have children C. more of them are going to college D. more of them are working outside 46. From Graph II, we can know that in the USA ________. A. women can receive the same education as men B. in the 1970s, only 10% of women got a bachelor’s degree or higher C. men are paying more attention to university education than women D. more women have finished university education than men since the late 1990s 47. Which conclusion can we draw according to the passage and Graph III? A. Women with the same education level as men don’t earn as much. B. The more education one has received, the more pay he or she can get. C. Women under 25 years old usually don’t go out to work. D. The longer one has worked, the more pay he or she can get. 48. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the report? A. The State of American Women B. The Education American Women Receive C. American Men and Women D. Competition between Men and Women C “Luck is a matter of preparation for meeting opportunity,” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to. Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck. A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s not about going to a temple to burn some incense(香)and hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it’s practical advice you can follow each day. Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message. It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day. I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. Like many foreigners, my plan was to teach English for one year. Seven years later, and still here, I’ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. I did not dream these would have been possible. I’ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman’s studies I think not. As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but it’s important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem. Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English. 49. Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer’s point? A. Make the best of a bad job. B. Rome was not built in a day. C. All is not gold that glitters. D. A good heart conquers ill fortune. 50. What do you know about Oprah Winfrey? A. She became famous through her family background. B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life. C. She is a British talk show host. D. She became successful by her own effort. 51. The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show __________. A. luck is in your own hand B. bad luck can turn into good C. you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you D. man can conquer(征服) nature D They were going to Fort Lauderdale — three boys and three girls — and when they boarded the bus, they were carrying sandwiches and wine in paper bags, dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides as the gray, cold spring of Now York went behind them. As the bus passed through New Jersey, they began to notice Vingo. He sat in front of them, completely in silence. Deep into the night, outside Washington, the bus pulled into Howard Johnson’s, and everybody got off except Vingo. The young people began to wonder about him. When they went back to the bus, one of the girls sat beside him and introduced herself. “Want some wine?” she said. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked her and became silent again. After a while, she went back to the others, and Vingo nodded in sleep. In the morning, they awoke outside another Howard Johnson’s, and this time Vingo went in. The girl insisted that he join them. He ordered black coffee and some cookies as the young people talked about sleeping on beaches. When they returned to the bus, the girl sat with Vingo again, and after a while, slowly and painfully, he began to tell his story. He had been in prison in New York for the past four years, and now he was going home. “Are you married?” “I don’t know.” “You don’t know?” she said. “Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said, “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, and if it hurt her too much, well, she could just forget me. I’d understand. Get a new man, I said — she’s a wonderful woman. I told her she didn’t have to write me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.” “And you’re going home now, not knowing?” “Yeah. Well, last week, when I was sure the parole (假释) was coming through, I wrote her again. We used to live in Brunswick, just before Jacksonville, and there’s a big oak (橡树) just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn’t have a new man and if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I’d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it — no handkerchief and I’d go on through.” “Wow,” the girl exclaimed, “Wow.” She told the others, and soon all of them were in it, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children. Now they were 20 miles from Brunswick, and the young people took over window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face, as if protecting himself against still another disappointment. Then Brunswick was ten miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, shouting and crying. Vingo sat there astonished, looking at the oak. It was covered with yellow handkerchiefs — 20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, flying in the wind. As the young people shouted, Vingo slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus to go home. 52. At the beginning of the story, the young boys and girls ______. A. showed a great interest in Vingo B. didn’t notice Vingo at all C. wanted to offer help to Vingo D. didn’t like Vingo at all 53. The underlined part “Howard Johnson’s” is most probably a(n) ______. A. bus station B. apartment C. hospital D. restaurant 54. How did Vingo feel on the way home? A. Ashamed. B. Relaxed. C. Nervous. D. Disappointed. 55. The paragraphs following this passage would most probably talk about ______. A. Vingo’s experience in prison B. the young people’s travel to Fort Lauderdale C. Vingo’s three lovely children D. the dialogue between Vingo and his family 五、 单词拼写(5%)(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分) 56. Children are naturally c__________ about everything around. 57. P___________ to leaving for France, he studied a lot about the country. 58. Only if you ask many different questions will you a_______ all the information you need to know. 59. Sorry, sir, but you are not s__________ to sit here. It’s for the old and children only. 60. They’ll arrive in ten minutes. M_______ we’ll have some coffee. 六、短文改错 (10%) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。 增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出修改的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从十一处起)不计分。 Jack had gone to a university to study the history, but at the end of his first year, his history professors failed him in his examinations, and he was told why he would have to leave the university. But, his father decided to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the followed year. “He’s a good boy, if you let him pass this time, I’m sure he’ll improve a lot next year and pass the examinations by the end of it.” said Jack’s father. “No, no, that’s quite impossible,” replied the professor immediate. “Last month I asked him when Napoleon had died. He didn’t know!” “Please, sir, give him other chance,” said Jack’s father. “You see, we didn’t have any newspapers in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill.” 七、作文 (满分15分) 随着电脑普及率的提高，老师、家长和学生对字迹的重视程度降低了。据一项调查显示，有85.8%的中学生说自己的字迹不好看，而他们又不想改善字迹，其理由有很大差别。请根据下图写一篇100–120词的英文短文，说明该现象并发表自己的看法。 可以用电脑写字 51.5% 没有时间练 32.3% 没有什么用 10.9% 其他 5.3% (责任编辑：admin) |