太原五中2018—2019学年度第二学期阶段性检测
高 二 英 语
出题、校对：荆晋慧、宋向军、张晓佳、申玲、王芳 时间：2019.4.2
第I卷 选择题 (共60分)
第一部分 从各小题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. --- What do you think of the movie The Wandering Earth reflected in the cinema recently?
--- Just so so. I guess it______ figure description.
A. lacks in
B. lacks
C. lacks of
D. lacks for
2. It cannot be a(n) ______that a couple of jewellery stores were robbed in one night.
A. coincidence
B. accident
C. incident
D. chance
3. --- How long ________you _______?
--- For a decade. We _______in 1998.
A. did, married; married
B. have; got married; were married
C. have; been married; got married
D. were; married; married
4. If your friend has done something that he shouldn’t have done, can you __________ him?
A. avoid
B. forgive
C. excuse
D. apologize
5. I’m always at your service, so don’t ________to turn to me if you have any problems.
A. beg
B. hesitate
C. require
D. desire
6. Fantasy tales serve as a fuel to our imagination and give satisfaction to our longings for adventure. ________, Fantasies directly relate to our deepest desires and dreams.
A. However
B. In addition
C. Thus
D. Besides
7. China is developing an online toilet map by China’s search engine giant Baidu_______the request of the ministry, _________to help traveling tourists from home and abroad find the nearest toilet.
A. for, aiming,
B. to, to aim
C. at, aimed
D. at, aiming
8. It is generally believed that the elderly are very ______; it is impossible to talk them into doing anything they don’t want to.
A. stubborn
B. curious
C. skeptical
D. gracious
9. The project ______ last month but unfortunately it had to be prolonged because of the financial problem.
A. needn’t have been finished
B. shouldn’t have finished
C. could have been finished
D. must have finished
10. He was driving so fast as to get himself into a dangerous situation _______he is likely to lose the control over his car.
A. as
B. why
C. which
D. where
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
A
Privacy is something of a luxury in China, a land with a population of 1.4 billion. Personal space is not a concept that ordinary Chinese are familiar with. Pushing and shoving (乱挤) is a basic survival skill in cities. If you fail to push with people to get on a crowded underground train, you’ll be met with impatient stares.
Throughout China, people are happy to lie down for a short sleep just about anywhere: in an office, on a park bench, even in a museum or concert hall, looking as comfortable as if the public space were their own living room.
So it is a surprise to see Matti, a socially awkward Finnish (芬兰的) cartoon character in the Finnish Nightmares comic series become a celebrity in China’s cyberspace. A new term in Mandarin has even been invented to describe people who are like the hero: jingfen, or “spiritually Finnish”. According to social media, jingfen refers to people who dislike socialising---like the Finns, apparently---and take their personal space “extremely seriously”.
Matti’s fear of crowds and small talk and his tendency to be easily embarrassed has struck a chord (共鸣) with many Chinese readers, who seem relieved that their longing for privacy has finally been voiced---via the medium of a stick figure from a faraway country. But it’s Finnish culture itself---of which privacy and personal space have long existed---that has also struck a chord.
“Finland is a paradise for people with social anxiety disorder,” wrote WeChat user Zhang Yanmei in a post. “I am a jingfen, please do not disturb me unnecessarily!” wrote an anonymous user in the title of his essay on the website Douban. “Can you see yourself in Matti?” he asked. “He is shy, and the great trouble and sufferings of life are not just Matti’s nightmare. We’re all afraid of loneliness, but we desire even more for our personal space and privacy to be respected.”
11. Why does the author mention the large population in China at the beginning?
A. To show the subway is too crowded.
B. To show privacy is a pleasure people don’t often have.
C. To explain why people enjoy life outdoors.
D. To indicate people don’t have enough living room to live in.
12. What does “jingfen” in China have in common with Matti?
A. They are willing to lie down anywhere in public for a rest.
B. They like loneliness and wish their privacy to be respected.
C. They desire personal space and don’t want to be disturbed.
D. They treat Finland as a paradise.
13. What is mainly talked about in this passage?
A. There are cultural differences between China and Finland.
B. A lot of people suffer from social anxiety disorder.
C. Why so many Chinese people like Matti in Finland’s Comic.
D. All people can find themselves in Matti.
B
As the taxi pulls away, my father stands at the living room window looking out, watching me move off into the darkness, at 4:30 am. His grey hair is messy from sleeping.
Moments ago, he got up to carry my suitcase for me, despite the fact that it’s the middle of the night. He set it down for me on the front step in the cold morning air.
He thanked me for my cooking and for having traveled so far to spend the holiday with him. I told him that I worry about his loneliness and the sudden emptiness of the house, as he goes back to bed alone, to wake later, with no one there.
“I have my projects,” he said, in the moments before I walked out of the door.
When I arrived 10 days ago, I felt the stillness in the house. It was quiet and lifeless. Then my brothers and I came and filled the rooms. But, now, they’re gone; I am the last to leave.
As the taxi began to depart, I watched the lights go off, but my father didn’t leave. Even though he couldn’t see me in the dark, he stood by the window watching, his figure framed by the window, beside the tree. It was a fresh tree. He buys one every year. Always, it is ready to decorate when we arrive.
Like trees, my father endures hardships in life: the untimely (过早地) death of my mother years ago, and now his children have scattered (分散) far from home, our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other. The life of the tree is short; my father’s is long and strong. But both of them are tall and straight.
I watched him as he waited in the living room, where we sat, talked, had dinners, held our parties, watched the news, waited for the beauty of twilight (暮色) each late afternoon--- and said goodbye.
He stands still as the taxi pulls away.
Are there tears in his eyes, as there are in mine?
I can’t wave from the taxi, as I abandon a parent to loneliness in the early morning darkness. I leave behind two trees: one with silver-grey hair, the other still freshly green. But I haven’t the strength of either one.
14. What can we know about the author’s father?
A. He prefers to live by himself.
B. He likes planting trees and gardening.
C. He doesn’t get on well with his children.
D. He enjoys the time with his children.
15. What does the author mainly want to tell us with Paragraph 7?
A. Her father has got through difficult times without complaining.
B. Her father has a big family with several children.
C. Her father’s children live in different places from their parents.
D. Her father’s children make choices without asking for his advice.
16. How did the author feel when she got in the taxi?
A. She felt lonely because she was leaving her father’s home.
B. She couldn’t wait to go back to her own home.
C. She was sad to say goodbye to her father.
D. She was calm about leaving for her own home.
C
People who get too much sleep are at greater risk of an early death than those who get too little, research suggests. Experts found those who sleep for more than eight hours a night have greater death risk than those who sleep for less than seven hours.
The study, involving more than 3.3 million people around the world, found sleeping for too long raised the risk of heart disease and strokes. One explanation could be getting too much sleep means people get too little exercise, raising their risk of heart problems. But it is more likely that people who sleep for too long are already suffering from undiagnosed problems.
“Long sleep duration may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (心血管的) disease because of comorbidities (合并症) that lead to exhaustion, such as chronic inflammatory disorders and anaemia (贫血),” they wrote in the Journal of the American Heart Association, “Depressive symptoms, low socioeconomic status, unemployment and low physical activity are also associated with long sleep duration.”
The lowest risk was shown for those who slept between seven and eight hours per day, the researchers said. For people who got less sleep, the risk of disease and death rose gradually, but not enough to be statistically significant. But for people who got more than this, the effect was dramatic.
People who slept for nine hours a night had a 14 percent increased death risk, among those who got 10 hours the risk went up 30 percent and those who slept for 11 hours were 47 percent more likely to die an early death. People who got 10 hours or more were also at a 56 percent increased risk of dying from a stroke and 49 percent increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
The researchers combined the results of 74 previous studies to produce the results.
Lead researcher Dr Chun Shing Kwok of Keele University said: “Our study has an important public health impact in that it shows that long sleep duration is a symbol of higher cardiovascular risk. Our findings indicate that doctors should have greater consideration for exploring sleep duration and quality during treatment”.
17. According to the passage, long sleep duration may be connected with many factors except_________.
A. cardiovascular disease B. depression C. out of job D. high social position
18. What does the underlined word “dramatic” probably mean?
A. shocking B. interesting C. exciting D. puzzling
19. According to the study, who is at the highest risk of disease and death?
A. The person who sleeps between 7 and 8 hours per day.
B. The person who gets too little exercise.
C. The person who sleeps more than 10 hours per day.
D. The person who is exhausted at work.
20. What can we learn from Dr Chun Shing Kwok’s words?
A. The findings can help people have long but high quality sleep.
B. Doctors should consider cardiovascular risk if the patient sleeps too long.
C. Long sleep duration may lead to cardiovascular disease.
D. Sleeping has an important health impact on us.
第二节 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。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Successful people may try to be “great” or “best”. ___21___ I have studied and interviewed many of the most significant individuals in business, education, and sports, and the one thing they hold in common is the belief that, no matter what, we must always do the right thing.
You can win a game by being great and best, but you cannot make a lasting difference unless you are right. ___22___
After America’s basketball team won a bronze medal in the 1988 Olympics with amateur players, the International Olympic Committee changed the rule, allowing professionals to compete. Since the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, America has fielded a “Dream Team” made up of NBA all-stars: classy human beings like Michael Jordan, David Robinson, Karl Malone, and John Stockton. ___23___ The so-called Dream Team lost three games --- more losses in a single year than our Olympic basketball teams had suffered in all previous Olympic Games combined.
___24___ And they focused on fielding a team of right players instead of simply sending a bunch of the best players. As a result, Team USA won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and then again in 2012, restoring America’s pride and dignity.
This success is like another one, involving the famous 1980 U.S. hockey (曲棍球) team, which took gold with a tie and six wins. When asked how he could possibly know he had selected the best players in only one tryout (选拔赛) practice, Coach Herb Brooks replied, “ I don’t want the “best” players. I need the 22 “right” players if we are to win the Olympic gold.” ___25___
A. The world will never forget the event.
B. Who said your values are the right ones?
C. However, significant people go further and aim to do right.
D. Fortunately, he did get the right players, and the rest is history.
E. Surprisingly, in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, things went horribly wrong.
F. I’d like to help you see the difference between right and best with the following examples.
G. Because of this terrible outcome, the American men’s basketball team leaders changed their philosophy.
第三部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As soon as you go into a barber’s shop, you lose your freedom. You are not to ___26___ it till you have paid for it after a full hour’s slavery.
Well, you may not wish to call it slavery. You may call it ___27___. Many persons call it enjoyment; perhaps they enjoy slavery. Drunkards enjoy being slaves to ___28___. Young ___29___ enjoy being slaves of their sweethearts’ caprices (任性). And many persons enjoy being slaves to a barber once a week!
I do not enjoy being a slave to a barber. As soon as I ___30___ a barber’s shop, I feel I lose both my freedom and my ___31___. For I have to ___32___ myself, and especially my head, to the control of an ignorant (无知的) or at least ___33___ barber (I beg barbers’ pardon). He turns about my head ____34___ it were his own instead of mine. He sometimes ___35___ me a newspaper as much as to say, “While I improve the ___36___ of your head for you, you ought to improve its inside yourself”. But in fact, he does not care a bit about ___37___ is in my head. He ___38___ my head which contains a knowledge of English grammar, rhetoric, phonetics, literary history, versification, etc, in the same way as any head that does not ___39___ a single word of English.
Every time I look into the glass before me, I feel my slavery more ___40___ . Is it not enough to make a slave of me? Is it necessary to remind me that I am a slave?
I am glad that I do not make so much of my hair as to ___41___ it to be shampooed or singed (烫发) in a barber’s shop. I want to have my hair___42___, and that’s all. ___43___, if I have to be a slave once every three or four weeks, my period of slavery is always a ___44___one.
Emerging from a barber’s shop, I often breathe a sigh of ___45___.
26. A. repeat
B. regain
C. review
D. revive
27. A. enjoyment
B. excitement
C. agreement
D. engagement
28. A. chocolate
B. drink
C. cigarette
D. drugs
29. A. people
B. friends
C. artists
D. lovers
30. A. come
B. enter
C. leave
D. see
31. A. dignity
B. heart
C. mind
D. beauty
32. A. devote
B. resign
C. apply
D. remind
33. A. well-educated
B. bad-tempered
C. ill-educated
D. intelligent
34. A. even if
B. as if
C. only when
D. if only
35. A. offers
B. buys
C. awards
D. shows
36. A. hair
B. inside
C. outside
D. surface
37. A. how
B. why
C. what
D. which
38. A. treats
B. decorates
C. cleans
D. teases
39. A. acknowledge
B. care
C. attain
D. contain
40. A. utterly
B. completely
C. acutely
D. closely
41. A. advise
B. require
C. persuade
D. regard
42. A. dried
B. washed
C. dyed
D. cut
43. A. However
B. Moreover
C. Therefore
D. Besides
44. A. short
B. long
C. risky
D. unpleasant
45. A. boredom
B. relief
C. tiredness
D. sadness
第II卷 非选择题 (共40分)
第四部分 语篇填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Romeo and Juliet is one of the best-known love __46__ (story) in the world. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet meet and fall in love. But their love is dangerous, because their families are __47__ war with each other. In the following scene, the lovers meet for the second time. __48__ on this occasion, they know who each other’s families are.
It is very romantic (浪漫的), with Romeo speaking to Juliet below her bedroom window. But it is also __49__ very tense one. US author Dan C. Harmon, who __50__ (adapt) the story, shows us how __51__ (passionate) in love Romeo is with Juliet and how Juliet shares his feelings.
But the scene also holds us in suspense, because we know that if Romeo __52__ (find) with Juliet, her family will come and kill __53__ (he). When Harmon has Romeo say, “I would rather die here with you __54__ live miserably without your love,” he looks forward __55__ the tragic end of the story.
第五部分 写作（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定在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, 每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词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l0处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One day, we were eating an early dinner after it rained heavily outside. And then we received a special delivery. We found poor dog sitting in front of our gate. My husband brought it into the house. It stayed calmly as we dried it with a towel. I named it was Pumpkin. We liked it very much and let it sleeping with us. For the first time in my life, I have a dog of my own. Pumpkin’s appearance helped me in some way. It taught me what this meant to be responsible of another life. It also made me overcome its fear of animals.
第二节 书面表达（满分15分）
为弘扬中国传统文化，学校将于本周五下午在艺术中心(Art Center)举办一场专题展览。假定你是李华，作为学生会主席，打算邀请外教Mr. John参加。请根据以下内容写一封电子邮件。
内容包括：
1. 活动时间、地点以及参加人；
2. 展览内容：书法，绘画，剪纸等艺术作品。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 生词：剪纸(paper cuttings)，书法(calligraphy)
高二英语月考答案：
单项选择： BACBB CDACD
阅读理解：A：BCC B: DAC C: DACB
七选五 ：CFEGD
完形填空： 26-30 BABDB 31-35 ABCBA 36-40 CCADC 41-45 BDCAB
语法填空： 46. stories 47. at 48. But 49. a 50. adapted
51. passionately 52. is found 53. him 54. than 55. to
短文改错：
when
One day, we were eating an early dinner after it rained heavily outside. And then we received a special delivery.
sleep
calm
a
We found poor dog sitting in front of our gate. My husband brought it into the house. It stayed calmly as we dried it with a towel. I named it was Pumpkin. We liked it very much and let it sleeping with us.
my
for
it
ways
had
For the first time in my life, I have a dog of my own. Pumpkin’s appearance helped me in some way. It taught me what this meant to be responsible of another life. It also made me overcome its fear of animals.
参考范文：
Dear Mr. John,
I'm delighted to tell you that a traditional Chinese cultural exhibition will be held this Friday afternoon at the Art Center in our school.
Since this event aims to help more people learn about the traditional Chinese culture, anyone interested in it is welcome. At the exhibition, calligraphy, paintings, paper cuttings and other works of art will be exhibited, through which visitors will not only understand traditional Chinese culture better but also definitely feel the unique beauty of it.
Would you please let me know as soon as possible if you can accept my invitation? We will be thankful for your valuable presence. And I’d be glad to offer any help.
Yours,
Li Hua
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