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荆州中学高二年级2017~2018学年上学期阶段性考试（一）
英语试卷
（本试卷满分150分, 考试用时120分钟）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从试题所给的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. What is the man doing?
A. Giving a gift B. Buying chocolates. C. Making chocolates
2. Where is the woman’s father now?
A. At home. B. In a hospital. C. At the office.
3. What is the most probably relationship between the speakers?
A. Couple B. Neighbors C. Colleagues
4. Why is the baby crying according to the man?
A. He is hungry. B. He is ill. C. He is alone.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. An accident B. A flight. C. A pilot.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
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. When should Tom be back?
A. At 7:30. B. At 7:00. C. At 6:30.
7. How did Tom go to school today?
A. By bus B. By motorcycle. C.By bike.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why was the woman on the news?
A. She had written a song for the TV station.
A. She had won a music contest. C. She had sung a song for charity.
9. What does the woman think of singing?
A. It will make her famous one day.
B. It takes too much of her time.
C. It is what she really like to do.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. Who is the woman probably?
A. Alice’s sister. B. Alice’s teacher. C. Alice’s mother.
11. What reason does the woman give for her worry?
A. Artists work too hard.
B. Artists can earn a low salary.
C. Artists have few opportunities.
12. What will speakers do tonight?
A. Go out for supper.
B. Give Alice some money.
C. Have a talk with Alice.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where does the woman come from?
A. America. B. Australia. C. Canada.
14. Which place does the woman suggest the man visit?
A. Bondi Beach. B. The Opera House. C. The Blue Mountains.
15. What do we know about the small hotels in Sydney?
A. They are cheap but well-equipped.
B. Some of them can be found online.
C. Older travelers like to stay in them.
16. What is probably the best way for the man to travel around?
A. By train. B. By car. C. By air.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What was Hank’s father doing when the speaker saw him?
A. He was running.
B. He was sitting alone.
C. He was painting.
18. How did Hank’s father feel when he saw the speaker?
A. Pleased. B. Strange. C. Surprised.
19. Why did the speaker talk with Hank’s father about painting?
A. They both had a lot of painting experiences.
B. The speaker was interested in painting.
C. Hank’s father was a painter.
20. How often did the speaker go to learn to paint?
A. Every day. B. Every two days. C. Every other week.
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。
A
Is there a link between humans and climate change or not? This question was first studied in the early 1900s. Since then, many scientists have thought that our actions do make a difference. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol explained our role in the Earth’s changing atmosphere and set international limits for gas emissions(排放) from 2008 to 2012. Some countries have decided to continue these reductions until 2020. More recently, the Paris Agreement also aims to limit global warming. But just now how much warmer it will get depends on how deeply countries cut carbon emissions.
3.5℃
This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the original Paris promises to reduce carbon emissions; this
rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.
2℃
To meet this minimum goal, the Agreement requires countries to tighten(紧缩) emissions aims every five years. Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought and drive a decrease of a third in the number of species.
1.5℃
This is the most challenging goal for temperature rise set by the Paris Agreement, after a push by low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to 1.5℃ could save them from sinking.
0.8℃
This is how much temperatures have risen since the industrial age began, putting us 40% of the way to the 2℃ point.
0℃
The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.
21. It can be concluded from paragraph 1 that _______.
A. the problem of global warming will have been solved by 2020
B. gas emissions have been effectively reduced in developed countries
C. the Paris Agreements is more effective than the Kyoto Protocol
D. humans have made continuous efforts to slow down global warming
22. If nations could only keep the original promises of the Paris Agreement, what would happen by the year 2100?
A. The human population would increase by one third.
B. Little over 50% of all species would still exist.
C. Nations would not need to tighten their emissions aims.
D. The Agreement’s minimum goal would not be reached.
23. If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperature rise, since the start of the industrial age, should be_______.
A. 0.8℃ B. 1.5℃ C. 2℃ D. 3.5℃
B
Can dogs and cats live in perfect harmony in the same home? People who are thinking about keeping a dog as a friend for their cats are worried that they will fight. A recent research has found a new recipe of success. According to the study, if the cat is adopted before the dog, and if they are introduced when still young (less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs), it is highly probable that the two pets will get along well. Two-thirds of the homes interviewed reported a positive relationship between their cat and dog.
However, it wasn’t all sweetness and light. There was a reported coldness between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while attack and fighting were observed in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body signals were just opposite. For example, when a cat turns its head away it signals attack, while a dog doing the same signals of giving in.
In homes with cats and dogs living peacefully, researchers observed a surprising behavior. They are learning how to talk each other’s language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk ‘dog’, and dogs can learn how to talk ‘cat’.
What’s interesting is that both cats and dogs have appeared to develop their intelligence. They can learn how to read each other’s body signals, suggesting that the two may have more in common than we previously suspected. Once familiar with each other’s presence and body language, cats and dogs can play together, greet each other nose to nose, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa. They can easily share the same
water bowl and in some cases groom (梳理) each other.
The significance of the research on cats and dogs may go beyond pets---to people who don’t get along, including neighbors, colleagues at work, and even world superpowers. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.
24. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How cats and dogs develop their intelligence.
B. Whether cats and dogs can live in harmony.
C. What cats and dogs have in common.
D. Why cats and dogs can understand each other.
25. Some cats and dogs may fight when ______.
A. they are cold to each other B. they look away from each other
C. they are introduced at an early age D.they misunderstood each other’s signals
26. It is suggested in Para.4 that cats and dogs ______.
A. have common interests B. have a common body language
C. are less different than we thought D. are less intelligent than we expected
27. What can we human beings learn from cats and dogs?
A. We should learn to live in harmony.
B. We should know more about animals.
C. We should live in peace with animals.
D. We should learn more body languages.
C
For most of my 20 years as a teacher, summer vacation was my time to relax. So why was I standing in the schoolyard of an unfamiliar school, wearing myself out for a summer teaching job? The extra paychecks were nice, but I lacked the energy of my younger colleagues. Like Stella. She was in her early twenties, and made keeping up with the kids look effortless. She reminded me of myself, back when I was an enthusiastic student teacher at Ramona Elementary...
I’d never forget my first day. I was too full of energy. Nervous energy. My teacher
who instructed me was watching, and I wanted to make a good impression. I asked my third graders to take out their crayons for the day’s lesson. All of them obeyed apart from one. A girl with two long, dark braids(辫子). Everyone called her Estrellita, or “little star.” Why was she unprepared for class? I demanded to know.
“My sister has my crayons,” she said.
“You should each have your own crayons,” I told her. “That’s no excuse.”
“There are 10 children in my family,”Estrellita said quietly, her big brown eyes never leaving my face. “We have to take turns.”
I was taken aback. I’d completely misjudged the situation. All day Estrellita’s words played on my mind. The next morning I bought a pack of crayons to leave on Estrellita’s desk. She was so happy! That experience taught me an important lesson. Every student had unique challenges—it was my responsibility to help my students overcome them,which used to inspire me.
Rest was almost over. Stella turned to me and we started chatting. “How long have you been teaching?” she asked. I told her I’d started twenty years before, at Ramona Elementary.
“I went to school there twenty years ago!” Stella said. I looked at her again, this time really seeing her. Those big brown eyes. That long, dark hair...
“Did you use to have two long braids?” I said. “We called you Estrellita… “
Stella shouted. “You ! You gave me the crayons!”
She’d become a teacher. To help students as I did. Even doing something small that mattered.
That summer, I threw myself into teaching with a renewed sense of purpose. Estrellita had taught me a lesson once again.
28. How did the author feel according to Paragraph 1?
A. She felt relaxed. B. She felt very tired.
C. She was still excited. D. She was proud of herself.
29. Why didn’t Estrellita take out her crayons?
A. She had to share them. B. She was naughty.
C. She forgot to bring them. D. She lost them before the class.
30. Which can replace the underlined part “taken aback” in Paragraph 6?
A. fairly terrified. B. quite pleased.
C. very surprised. D. extremely angry.
31. What did the author learn through Stella?
A. Never make excuses. B. Why her job mattered.
C. How to be a good teacher. D. To be a giver, not a receiver.
D
When it comes to medical care, many patients and doctors believe “more is better.” But what they do not realize is that overtreatment—too many scans, too many blood tests, too many procedures—may bring harm. Sometimes a test leads you down a path to more and more testing, some of which may be attacking, or to treatment for things that should be left out.
Terrence Power, for example, complained that after his wife learned she had Wegener’s disease, an uncommon disorder of the immune system(免疫系统), they found it difficult to refuse testing recommended by her doctor. The doctor insisted on office visits every three weeks, even when she was feeling well. He frequently ordered blood tests and X-rays, and repeatedly referred her to experts for even minor complaints. Even when tests came back negative, more were ordered, and she was hospitalized as prevention when she developed a cold. She had as many as 25 doctor visits during one six-month period. The couple was spending about $30,000 a year for her care.
After several years of physical suffering and near financial ruin from the medical costs, the couple began questioning the treatment after discussing with other patients in online support groups. “It’s a really hard thing to determine when doctors have crossed the line,” Mr. Power said. “You think she’s getting the best care in the world, but after a while you start to wonder: What is the purpose?” Mr. Power then spoke with his own primary care doctor, who advised him to find a new expert to oversee Mrs. Power’s care. Under the new doctor’s care, the regular testing stopped and Mrs. Power’s condition was stable. Now she sees the doctor only four or five times a year.
32. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Treatments do not always cause harmful side effects.
B. Patients tend to believe more testing is better treatment.
C. Too much medical care may not be beneficial to patients.
D. Doctors generally recommend office visits that are necessary.
33. Which of the following was a problem for Mrs. Power during her medical treatment?
A. She had to be hospitalized for three weeks whenever she had a cold.
B. When test results showed she was fine, her doctor still ordered more tests.
C. She did not have any insurance, so she became penniless.
D. Her doctor asked her to consult other experts for her complaints.
34. Who does “develop” in the second paragraph probably mean?
A. construct B. improve C. catch D. attack
35. When did the Powers start to doubt Mrs. Power’s treatment?
A. After knowing about other patients’ treatment.
B. After analyzing the results of her blood tests.
C. After curing Mrs power of her illness.
D. After the new expert’s testing
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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
False Fear of Big Fish
Many people believe sharks are dangerous and will always try to hurt or even kill humans. 36 . A shark exhibition at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, USA. proves this. Visitors can touch young sharks, see their eggs develop and watch a dozen different species swim smoothly around a huge tank．
Most people fail to realize that shark attacks do not happen very often. Humans are more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark. 37 . There kids can learn, from an early age, not to fear sharks．
“People fear what they don’t know,”said Nancy Hotchkiss, an organizer of the exhibition.“Sharks have been around for 400 million years and play an important role
in the ocean’s food chain. We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection.” 38 . A study, published in January in the US magazine, Science, found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past 8 to 15 years．
Thousands of sharks are hunted in Asia for special foods, and many others get caught in nets, while fishermen are hunting other fish. 39
“Some fishing methods are actually cleaning out the ocean for sharks，”said Dave Schofield, the manager of the aquarium’s ocean health program. 40
A. They can watch them develop inside their eggs and feel the skin of the older swimmers.
B. In fact, 94 percent of the world’s 400 species are harmless to humans
C. It is a worrying situation but some areas have put measures in place to protect these special fish．
D. About 100 million sharks are killed every year around the world by humans．
E. And to make this point clear, the museum has set up a special touching pool for children．
F. Sharks can smell and taste blood, and trace it back to its source.
G. More than half of the sharks caught are smaller than one meter long．
第三部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I’ve always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others have their own ways of showing care.
What I 41 most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we 42 ate our meal．With so little conversation I was quick to regard his family as 43 ．When we got into the car to go home, his father suddenly appeared． 44 , he began to wash his son’s windscreen．I could feel he is a 45 man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about 46 a few years later．My father often 47 me early in the morning．“Buy Xerox．It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone．No pleasant 48 or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. His manner angered me and we often 49 ．But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his 50 for my financial security lay behind his short morning calls．The next time he called and told me to buy a stock，I 51 him．
When my social style has 52 with that of my friends, I’ve often felt disappointed．For example, I always return phone calls 53 and regularly contact my friends．I expect the same from them．I had one friend who 54 called, answering my messages with short e-mails．I jumped to the 55 : She wasn’t a good friend! My anger grew as the holidays approached．But then she came to a gathering I 56 and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month．I was shocked at her thoughtfulness, and 57 for how I’d considered her to be uncaring．Clearly I needed to 58 my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their 59 expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my way .Over the years, however, I’ve learned to 60 other persons’ love signs.
41．A．admire B．enjoy C．remember D．forget
42．A．excitedly B．silently C．nervously D．instantly
43．A．cold B．friendly C．attractive D．enthusiastic
44．A．Strictly B．Secretly C．Carefully D．Roughly
45．A．boring B．caring C．positive D．stubborn
46．A．value B．respect C．love D．courage
47．A．arranged B. telephoned C．visited D．interrupted
48．A．excuse B. meeting C．apology D．greetings
49．A．fought B. encouraged C．quarrelled D．laughed
50．A．concern B. blame C．regret D．pride
51．A．thanked B．ignored C．held D．praised
52．A．stayed B．conflicted C．agreed D．linked
53．A．in order B．in turn C．without delay D．without doubt
54．A．rarely B．regularly C．usually D．normally
55．A．conclusion B．suggestion C．decision D．condition
56．A．opened B．refused C．hosted D．invited
57．A．delightful B．regretful C．grateful D．pitiful
58．A．analyse B．own C．find D．change
59．A．pleasant B．enjoyable C．unique D．familiar
60．A．give B．read C．write D．send
第二节：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
There was a time when Nicolaus Copernicus was 61 (fright). The observations that 62 (collect) and and his mathematics calculations led to the conclusion 63 the earth was not the centre of the solar system. He placed a 64 (fix) sun at the centre of the solar system with the planets going around it and only the moon still going around the earth. Only in this way could astronomers make sense 65 their movements in the sky. 66 , Copernicus didn’t have his theory 67 （publish）until he lay dying in 1543, because he did not want to be attacked by the powerful Christian Church. They believed the earth was special and must be the centre of the solar system, 68 was obviously wrong. Now people can see his 69 （science）theory is important and it is the basis on which all our ideas of 70 universe are built.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（满分10分）
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，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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
One year ago, I had a special English lesson hold at the railway station. It was quite different from the regular English classes we were familiar to, for we had no textbooks, blackboards and seats.
Divided into several groups at the entrance of the station, we told to collect as many English words and sentences as possible there. Curious and delightful, we walked around the station and looked everywhere, search for any information in English. Whenever an English word comes into sight, the class would burst into cheer as if we had discovered a new world. With the Chinese translation and attractively pictures, we could figure out its meaning with ease.
Now, this unforgettable lesson still encourages me to be an active learner wherever I go to.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
书面表达(25分)
假定你是李华，你的朋友Peter无法适应离开父母在新校园的住读生活，请你写一封信劝说他尽快适应并给出建议。
注意：
1、词数100左右；
2、安慰李华并给出建议（对生活持乐观态度，主动培养独立生活能力；遵守作息时间，形成良好的生活习惯；和同寝室的成员和睦相处，建立友谊共同进步.....）；
3、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
4、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter：
I am sorry to know that you haven't adjusted to your new life.______________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
荆州中学高二年级2017~2018学年上学期阶段性考试（一）
英语试卷参考答案
听力：1—5 ABACB 6—10 CBBCA 11—15 BCACB 16—20 ABACB
阅读：21-23 DDB 24-27BDCA 28-31BACB 32-35CBCA 36-40 BEDGC
完型: 41-45 CBACB 46-50 CBDCA 51-55 ABCAA 56-60 CBDCB
语法填词：61.frightened 62. were collected 63. that 64.fixed 65. of
66. However 67. published 68. which 69. scientific 70. the
短文改错：
1. hold 改为 held;
2. to 改为 with;
3. and 改为 or;
4. told 前加were;
5. delightful改为delighted
6. search改为 searching;
7. comes改为came;
8. cheer 改为cheers
9. attractively改为 attractive;
10. 去掉to
书面表达
Dear Peter：
I am sorry to know that you haven't adjusted to your new life. The truth is that everyone will get separated from their parents and live independently one day. The important thing is to spare no effort to take up the challenge. Here are three useful tips：
First, please do hold a positive attitude to the new life, and improve independent living abilities. Second, it is also important to follow the schedule set by school and develop a good living habit, which will help you get energetic in class. Last but not least, you had better not only live in harmony with your roommates, but also
make friends with them . As the old saying goes, friends are sunshine in life .Only in this way can you make progress together.
I hope you can take my suggestions into consideration and get used to your new life as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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