揭阳三中2014―2015学年第一学期高二英语阶段考

 

命题人：李小丹

满分：150  时间：120分钟

第一部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Long time no see!” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a typical   1   of Chinglish.

Obviously it is a word-by-word translation of the Chinese greeting with a   2__   English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American   __3  .

I was   4   thrilled to believe her. So I did a   5   on Google. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages   6   “Long time no see”. This sentence has been   _7__   used in emails, letters, newspapers,   8  , or any other possible place. Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the    9   Americans use daily. However, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the    10   will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.

Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese sentences such as “Long time no see”. It was his    11   . Soon “Long time no see” became a   12   phrase in America thanks to the popularity of these movies. Some people   13   America to a huge melting pot (大熔炉). All kinds of culture are mixed in the pot together, and they   14   the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also_ 15   some changes in the mixed pot.

1. A example   B. sign   C. word    D. change

2. A. correct B. practical   C. broken   D. handy

3. A. custom   B. greeting   C. habit    D. proverb

4. A. much B. little C. too  D. very

5. A. job    B. research   C. survey    D. search

6. A. containing   B. printing   C. publishing   D. expressing

7. A. widely    B. hardly    C. nearly   D. seldom 

8. A. essays B. movies  C. biography D. files

9. A. sentences B. words C. culture D. language 

10. A. hardware   B. software   C. operator   D. speaker

11. A. trademark B. words C. name  D. saying

12. A. ordinary   B. rare   C. modern    D. popular

13. A. compare   B. add   C. join   D. combine

14. A. improve   B. change   C. lower   D. promote

15. A. assessing   B. assisting  C. contributing    D. acquiring

 

第二节 语法填空（共10小题； 每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或者括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。

First there was England. Wales 16.          (link) to it in the 13th century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales 17.        (include) as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the 17th century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”. 18.         (happy) this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English Government tried in the same 19.         (peace) way. 20.           , the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and 21.          (break) away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called 22.        Union Jack.

23.        their credit, the four countries do work together in some areas (e.g.: the currency and international relations), but 24.       still have very different 25._______               (institute). For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal system as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!

 

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in the USA, in 1913. There were ten children in his family. Jesse was the youngest. He went to school in the city of Cleveland. At school he showed he had a special talent for athletics (田径). He could run fast. He could jump high. He could jump far. Because he was good at athletics, Jesse became a student at Ohio State University. 

   In May, 1935 in Michigan, USA, he broke the world record for the long jump. This was his first world record. On the 25th May Jesse did something unusual. In 45 minutes he broke six world records. Some people think that this was the greatest athletics achievement ever.

   In 1936 Jesse went to the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. There were only nineteen black athletes in the USA team. He won gold medals in the 100 meters race, the 200 meters race, the long jump and the relay race.

   Jesse was not a professional athlete. This meant that he could not get money for running. Later, he became a professional athlete. To make money he had to appear in strange races. Sometimes he had to race against horses.

   In 1960 somebody broke Jesse’s last world record. In 1980 Jesse died.

26. Jesse Owens was born in _____in the USA.

   A. Alabama    B. Cleveland    C. Ohio    D Michigan

27. Jesse showed he was very good at ______ when he was at school.

A. basketball  B. swimming    C. athletics   D. shooting 

28. Jesse’s first world record was for the ______.

A. running   B. relay race  C. high jump    D. long jump 

29. He won ______ gold medals in 1936 in the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.

A. two     B. four     C. six  D. eight 

30. This text mainly tells us a story about _____. 

   A. Jesse’s life   B. Jesse’s family

   C. the records Jesse broke   D. the gold medals Jesse won

B

Very often young people dream not of owing a car but of having a motorcycle. They know that it takes less money to buy and to operate. With a little gasoline they can ride for hours. Boys and girls with motorcycles can also get to where they want to go very fast. They do not have to stay behind cars when there is a lot of traffic. They can go around the cars.

Motorcycles are also convenient to park if there is no space on the street; people sometimes push their bikes onto the lawn to leave them beside their house.

Some people like the noise almost as much as the speed. They may also feel like their grandparents did when they rode a fast horse. The motorcycles may be called the horse of modern time.

Girls and boys may belong to a motorcycle club. The members of these clubs get together and ride to places like state parks or lakes.

Many people have two motorcycles .They use one for the city streets and the other for riding through fields. The other one is called a dirt bike .it is especially made for places where there are no roads, because a dirt bike is not used in the city. A person must have a truck or a trailer to take it through the city streets.

It is fun to have friends who also own dirt bikes. A group often goes into country to race their bikes. If they are expert riders, they may enter a race called the Motor-cross, and people will pay to see them ride. Better still, they may win a prize.

31. Some young people dream of owing motorcycles instead of cars because ______.

A. motorcycles are called horses of modern times.

B. motorcycles are cheaper and better in traffic.

C. They want to save gasoline whose price is gong higher and higher.

D. Both B and C 

32. Motor-cross is _____.

A. a motorcycle club. B. a dirt bike 

C. a wonderful motorcycle race  D. a truck or trailer.

33. According to the passage it is more fun ____.

A. to race the dirt bike  B. to go round the cars 

C. to join the motorcycle club D. to pay to see the race 

34. People use dirt bikes in places where ____.

A. there is too much traffic  B. there are expert riders 

C. there are no cars to drive  D. it is more difficult to pass through 

35. The passage mainly tells us ___.

A. why many people have two motorcycles.

B. why some young people would rather have motorcycles than cars.

C. why motorcycles are called modern horses.

D. why dirt bikes are not used in the city.