辽宁省东北育才学校高二下学期第二阶段考试英语试题

2015-2016学年度下学期第二阶段测试高二年级英语科试卷命题人：高二英语组校对人：高二英语组本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）。

第 I 卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题）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 much will the man pay for the four tickets?A. 15 pounds.B. 30 pounds.C. 45 pounds.2. Why is the man late according to his words?A. He knocked down an old man.B. He sent an old man to a hospital.C. His bike was broken on the way.3. What’s the date today?A. 16th.B. 17th.C. 18th.4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a bookshop.B. At a bank.C. At a restaurant.5. What is the woman’s attitude to the dishes?A. She thinks it is just so-so.B. She dislikes it.C. She likes it very much.第二节（共15小题）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. What is James’ hobby?A. Collecting match boxes.B. Collecting envelopes.C. Collecting coins.7. How old was James when he got the match boxes as a gift from his father?A. 16.B. 15.C. 14.听第7段材料，回答第8~10题。

8. What is the job of the man?A. A guide.B. An engineer.C. A teacher.9. What is the man’s advantage in English?A. Speaking.B. Listening.C. Reading.10. How many English words has the man grasped according to himself?A. Almost 500.B. Almost 5,000.C. Almost 5,500.听第8段材料，回答第11~13题。

11. What did Joe do last night?A. He saw a film.B. He worked for a design.C. He had a meeting.12. Why will Joe catch the first bus?A. Because he will meet an important customer.B. Because he will take part in an interview.C. Because he will be the first to arrive at the company.13. What does the woman prepare for the man?A. Boiled eggs.B. Fried eggs.C. Cakes.听第9段材料，回答第14~16题。

14. What does the man want to do?A. To exchange for some cash.B. To put aside some money.C. To lend some money.15. Which is better in cashing a traveler’s check according to the woman?A. A stocking center.B. A hotel.C. A bank.16. Which of the following needn’t the man offer to the woman?A. Address.B. Passport number.C. ID card.听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。

17. What is the age of Miss Bao?A. In her 20s.B. In her 30s.C. In her 40s.18. How much can Miss Bao earn one month in her company?A. $1,450.B. $1,415.C. $1,410.19. Which is China’s largest C to C(customer to customer) website?A. .B. .C. .20. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Buy it online, a whole new way of shopping!B. Buy it on TV, a whole new way of shopping!C. Buy it on a magazine, a whole new way of shopping!第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AEtymology, the study of words and word roots, may sound like the kind of thing done by boring librarians in small, dusty rooms. Yet etymologists actually have a uniquely interestingjob. They are in many ways just like archaeologists (考古学家) digging up the physical history of people and events. The special aspect of etymology is that it digs up history, so to speak, through the words and phrases that are left behind.The English language, in particular, is a great field to explore history through words. As a language, English has an extraordinary number of words. This is partly due to its ability to adapt foreign words so readily. For example, “English” words such a s kindergarten (from German), croissant (from French), and cheetah (from Hindi) have become part of the language with little or no change from their original sounds and spellings. So English-language etymologists have a vast world of words to explore.Another enjoyable thing about etymology for most word experts is solving word mysteries (谜). No, etymologists do not go around solving murders, like the great detective Sherlock Holmes. What these word experts solve are mysterious origins of some of our most common words. One of the biggest questions English language experts have pursued is how English came to have the phrase OK. Though it is one of the most commonly used expressions, its exact beginning is a puzzle even to this day. Even its spelling is not entirely consistent-- unless you spell it Okay, it is hard even to call it a word.Etymologists have been able to narrow OK’s origin down to a likely, although not certain, source (来源). It became widely used around the time of Martin Van Buren’s run for president in 1840. His nickname was Old Kinderhook. What troubles word experts about this explanation is that the phrase appeared in some newspapers before Van Buren became well known. It is likely that Van Buren could be called its primary source. Etymologists will doubtlessly keep searching for the original source. However, it is clear that OK’s popularity and reputation have topped those of the American president to whom it has been most clearly linked.21. The author mentions the words like “croissant” in Paragraph 2 to show _______.A. words have changed a lot in the two languagesB. what English-language etymologists are exploring nowC. English has absorbed many words from other foreign languagesD. the English vocabulary is difficult to the non-English-speaking people22. The underlined word “pursued” in Paragraph 4 means _______.A. looked uponB. dug upC. put inD. set down23. We can learn from the passage that etymologists _______.A. discover the possible origin of wordsB. help detectives to solve mysterious murdersC. write interesting stories for some newspapersD. explore the English language as well as the recent events24. What most probably is the major purpose of the passage?A. To present the history of English words.B. To explain what an etymologist does for his job.C. To introduce the pleasure of the study of words and word roots.D. To teach readers how to tell English words from non-English words·BToday, one can trace Venice’s rich past from its buildings. Most cities can claim at least a handful of outstanding churches, palaces or houses of historical interest, but in Venice very nearly everything is remarkable, from the magnificent Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square ) and the palaces that line the Grand Canal to the centuries-old homes of simple fishermen. It would be easy to say that the city itself is an enormous museum if it were not for the fact it is so obviously alive.At first sight, Venice looks unbelievably permanent, an apparently complete Renaissance (文艺复兴) city so untouched by time that there seems no reason why it should not go on forever. Now the city is slowly sinking, as the clay on which it is built loses its elasticity (弹性) and the massive wooden piles rot (腐烂) away. Flooding, such a rare occurrence a hundred years ago now happens several times each winter.The damage caused by the flooding is immense, and the fabric of the ancient buildings is now being further damaged by pollution from the mainland town as well as by the wash produced by the constantly increasing number of motor boats that speed up and down the canals.A further threat to Venice comes from the Venetians themselves, some of whom are not particularly interested in preserving the city as one of the wonders of the world and would prefer to see it modernized.“What better place is there for the meeting of dear friends? See how it glows with the advancing summer; how the sky and the sea and the rosy air and the marble of the palaces all glimmer and melt together.” Thus wrote the famous author Henry James, of Venice, which provided the setting for his story “The Aspern Papers”, in the nineteenth century. The Splendor of Venice has captured the imagination of artists for centuries --- and not just of the great painters and novelists. How tragic now that she is faced with the double threat of man and nature. Venice indeed will be lucky to survive.25. Venice proudly boasts .A. its beautiful churches, palaces and housesB. its unique St. Mark’s Square and the Grand CanalC. its picturesque waterscapeD. its marvelous ancient buildings26. The writer thinks that .A. Venice can be regarded as a big museumB. Venice is no longer a big museumC. Venice is different from a big museumD. Venice can never be a big museum because of its modernization27. From the fourth paragraph, we know that .A. Venetians are eager to modernize their cityB. Venetians value the Grand CanalC. Venetians don’t care about any threat to the Grand Canal.D. the threat of man is greater than the threat of nature28. In the last paragraph, the writer .A. is very confident that Venice will surviveB. is doubtful whether V enice will surviveC. thinks that Venice will have luckD. is afraid that Venice will no longer attract artists and novelistsCIt can be rude to talk politics over dinner…explicitly at least. But subtle linguistic cues might reveal more than you think about your political views, whether at the dinner table—or on Twitter. "There's a lot of information in the details of our language." Matthew Purver, a computational linguist at Queen Mary University of London. "The little words we use, the way we join together our sentences, and the kind of interactional patterns, where we react to other people."Purver’s research team used Twitter as their communications forum, randomly selecting 28,000 users, half of whom clearly followed one political party’s Twitter feeds, for example, @GOP, but not the other, for a more or less even split among Republicans and Democrats. Then they analyzed the words in those users' timelines during a two-week period in June 2014.As you might expect, the tweets of users who followed Republican accounts were a lot more likely to contain words like "obamacare" and "benghazi," whereas "bridge gate" came up more among Democratic followers.But the researchers also found that the left-leaners were much more likely to use words like sh#& and fu@$ than were the righties. And whereas Republican followers preferred plural pronouns like "we" or "us," Democratic followers used more singular pronouns, like "I" or "me.".That pronoun use could reflect previous work on how people on the right and left forge their political views. "People on the right end of the political spectrum are more likely to be concerned with group conformity. Whereas people who tend to be on the left are perhaps more likely to see their morals or their values deriving from individualistic ideas, if you like." The study is in the journal PLoS ONE.Of course, just following a political account is not proof of political belief. But these findings suggest that algorithms may increasingly be able to read between the lines, detecting nuances in human communication that even we humans can't perceive.29. What is the meaning of "There's a lot of information in the details of our language." ?A. Information can be conveyed through the way of word combination, sentence pattern, etc. explicitly or implicitly.B. We convey our meaning directly through language.C. People say what they want.D. Language is the only way we convey our meaning.30. What result does Purver’s research team find?A. Republican followers used more singular pronouns.B. Democratic followers preferred plural pronouns like "we" or "us".C. Republican followers are more likely to be concerned with group conformity.D. Democratic followers did not care about government issues because they valueindividuality31. What preference can pronoun use reflect?A. That pronoun use could not reflect people’s political views.B. Democratic followers are more likely to see their morals or their values deriving fromindividualistic ideas.C. Either Democratic or Republican followers choose the pronouns at random.D. Republican followers’ political vie ws are on the left because they like to use the wordconformity.32. Which of the following is true?A. It’s right to talk about politics over dinner.B. People use Twitter to express their political views explicitly.C. Humans may not perceive what we convey through language.D. Linguistics has nothing to do with algorithms.DFood festivals around the worldStilton Cheese RollingMay Day is a traditional day for celebrations, but the 2,000 English villagers of Stilton must be the only people in the world who include cheese rolling in their annual plans. Teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes , roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course. On the way, they must not kick or throw their cheese, or go into their competitors' lane. Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete Stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones). All the competitors are served with beer or port wine, the traditional accompaniment for Stilton cheese. Fiery Foods Festival—The Hottest Festival on EarthEvery year more than 10,000 people head for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They come from as far away as Australia, the Caribbean and China, but they all share a common addiction—food that is not just spicy ,but hot enough to make your mouth burn, your head spin and your eyes water. Their destination is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival which is held over a period of three days every March. You might like to try a chocolate-covered habanero pepper—officially the hottest pepper in the world—or any one of the thousands of products that are on show. But one thing's for sure—if you don't like the feeling of a burning tongue, this festival isn't for you!La Tomatina—The World's Biggest Food FightOn the last Wednesday of every August, the Spanish town of Bunol hosts Ea Tomatina—the world's largest food fight. A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week's events. The early morning sees the arrival of large trucks with tomatoes—official fight-starters get things going by casting tomatoes at the crowd.The battle lasts little more than half an hour, in which time around 50,000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves, runs, or fights back. Then everyone heads down to the river to make friends again—and for a much-needed wash!33. Where is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival held?A. In New Mexico.B. In the Caribbean.C. In Australia.D. In China.34. The celebration of La Tomatina lasts .A. three daysB. seven daysC. less than three daysD. more than seven days35. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. The chief prize for the Stilton cheese rolling competition is beer or port wine.B.More than 10,000 Chinese take part in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.C. Thousands of spicy foods are on show in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.D. An exciting tomato battle takes place at the beginning of La Tomatina.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。