太原五中2017-2018学年度第一学期阶段性检测
高 二 英 语
命题人、校对人：史海玲 郝媛 王芳（2017.12）
I．单项选择（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1. Thanks to Mayor Geng, great changes ____ in our city and many high-rise buildings ____ during the past 20 years.
A. have taken place; have set up B. were take place; were set up
C. have been taken place; have been set up D. have taken place; have been set up
2. The newly-rebuilt Yingze Park, ____ so many trees are planted, is really a peaceful place for us, especially after hard work.
A. that B. it C. what D. where
3. Is this hotel ____ we are to book?
A. that B. where C. the one D. in which
4. ____ you have tried it, you can’t imagine how pleasant it is.
A. Unless B. Because C. Although D. When
5. My parents were quarrelling about me, ____ I could not quite tell why.
A. since B. though C. if D. until
6. He gave his life ____ the rare wild animals.
A. to save B. to saving C. saved D. save
7. The news about the accident is followed by a detailed report made ____.
A. on the spot B. on the site C. on the location D. on the ground
8. The money is to be used for one ____ purpose: the building of our new school.
A. especial B. ultimate C. unusual D. specific
9. Discipline is often ____ at weekends, Many students want to listen to the ____ music.
A. relaxing; relaxed B. relaxed; relaxed
C. relaxing; relaxing D. relaxed; relaxing
10. ____ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge.
A. However a serious problem B. What a serious problem
C. However serious a problem D. What serious a problem
II．阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共10题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Sportsmanship appeared again Sunday when three men stopped their Philadelphia Love Run Half Marathon to help a sick woman to the finish line.
The woman was found nearly falling over for energy loss by runner Bryan Crnkovic and another—yet unknown man —just a few hundred yards from the finish line. The pair caught her before she fell and with the help of Joseph McGinty, carried her to the finish line.
“It’s just what we do,” said McGinty. “You just see someone who needs help and you just want to help. We were just under that two hour mark, and most people came here for that, and 1 thought she probably trained hard so why shouldn’t she hit it, you know?”
Crnkovic and the other man were the first to find the woman. They put her arms over their shoulders and helped her down towards the finish line, but it became clear that she was too tired to continue. That was when McGinty doubled back to help finish the job. He lifted the woman up and carried her to the finish line so that she could cross it on her own two feet. The pair then handed her over to doctors, who took her away in a wheelchair.
The scene, caught by Fox 29, went viral as the pair’s warm-hearted actions won over the crowds. “ I got a call from my cousin Bill, saying ‘You’re on Facebook, you’re on the news’”, said Crnkovic. He wasn’t the only one looking-the scene earned much praise online, with one user, Mari Cross Johnson saying, “Their parents have to be proud for raising men like this. They’re the types of people I want to have my back.”
11. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The importance of helping others.
B. How the three men helped the woman.
C. Why the three men helped the woman to the finish line.
D. The high expectation the three men had for the marathon.
12. Why did the woman nearly fall over?
A. Because she lost her way.
B. Because she was too tired to run.
C. Because she was caught by an unknown man.
D. Because she was found by runner Bryan Crnkovic and another unknown man.
13. What can be inferred from Mari Cross Jognson’s words?
A. The three men’s parents felt very proud.
B. The three men’s actions were surprising.
C. The three men were really well-educated.
D. The three men set others a good example.
B
There are so many rabbits across Australia that it may be surprising to learn that they are a non-native species. A few rabbits arrived with British settlers in 1788, but it was not until 1859, when a British-born farmer named Thomas Austin brought 24 European rabbits to his land for hunting, that they began to live there. They are an excellent example of an invasive species, a non-native species that does harm to its new environment.
Rabbits have lived well in many different environments within Australia, such as grasslands, coastal areas, farmland, and even in towns or cities. Their activities have destroyed crops and plants. They compete directly with other wildlife for food and shelter，including taking over burrows (地洞) of other animals. They have led to dangerously reduced populations of many plant and animal species.
Efforts to control the rabbit population have had mixed success. The first main effort was the
Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1901, the government started building a knee in the state of Western Australia to protect farmland from rabbits. By the time it was finished in 1907, the Rabbit-Proof Fence ran some 2, 000 miles from north to south. The Acting Chief Inspector of Rabbits, Alexander Crawford, headed a team whose job was to go around keeping the fence in working order. But over time, the fence proved to be no match for the rabbits.
Other main efforts have included programs to destroy rabbit burrows or use viruses that sicken and kill rabbits. Again, these efforts have been less than successful. The big problem to any efforts to control the rabbit population is simply that their population grows so quickly. One female can have 30 young in a year.
If Thomas Austin had known the damage that the rabbits would cause across the country, he might have had second thoughts about bringing rabbits to Australia.
14. Why did rabbits begin to live in Australia?
A. They travelled there by chance.
B. They were brought in by Thomas Austin.
C. They were introduced by the government.
D. They moved there to escape bad environment.
15. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Some activities of rabbits.
B. Rabbits’ ability to live in the wild.
C. How fast the population of rabbits grows.
D. The damage rabbits have caused to Australia.
16. How successful was the Rabbit-Proof Fence?
A. It failed in the beginning.
B. It didn’t live up to expectations.
C. It was unfinished for lack of money.
D. It failed later for nobody protected it.
17. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Rabbits and farming
B. Efforts to control rabbits
C. Rabbits: experts in burrowing
D. Rabbits: unwelcomed newcomers
C
Imagine you are on a beautiful tropical beach. The blue water shines in the sun, and the sand is warm under your feet. You notice a small fruit in the sand. It looks like a little green apple. You pick it up and smell it… it smells sweet. But whatever you do. Don’t take a bite!
This is the fruit of the manchineel tree. It is the most poisonous tree in America. You can find it in Florida, as well as in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America.
If you were to eat the fruit, it would taste delicious. But then your mouth would start to burn. Your throat would tighten and make it difficult to breathe. You could even die.
The fruit isn’t the only risky part of the manchineel tree. The tree is full of milky white sap. Sap is a liquid that flows through a plant, like blood flows through a person. The manchineel’s sap is hazardous. If it gets on your skin, it will cause painful blisters. So don’t try to cut down these trees, because you could get sap all over you!
And if you try to burn manchineel wood, the smoke will choke and blind you.
Manchineel trees are dangerous, but they’re also an important part of the environments where they grow. Manchineels protect beaches with their strong roots. The roots help stop sand and soil from washing away. This is good for the plants, animals, and people living nearby. There aren’t many manchineel trees left in the world. So even though they’re harmful, people are trying to protect them. Still, if you see one, stay away!
18. What do we know about the manchineel tree?
A. It looks ugly.
B. Its fruit is dangerous.
C. Its fruit tastes terrible.
D. It grows in cool places.
19. What does the underlined word “hazardous” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Clear. B. Smelly. C. Sweet. D. Unsafe.
20. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To help people choose fruit.
B. To introduce the manchineel tree.
C. To improve people's sense of safety.
D. To attract people to tropical beaches.
第二节（共5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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Faces of Stone
Easter Island is just a dot in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. 21 And it is volcanic, which is probably why it has no trees. Each of the island’s three corners has an extinct volcano.
Easter Island was relatively unknown until 1722, when Dutch Admiral Roggeveen arrived with the first Europeans ever to set foot on the island. To their great surprise, they were greeted by hundreds of extremely large stone statues lining the shores. 22 All were “figures of men with short square bodies and strangely oversized heads, many balancing red stone hats on their heads.” They were very similar to one another. 23 Each face was taller than a human being, and many were as tall as a four-story building.
For an early society to have made these huge figures with only stone tools was an amazing achievement in itself. 24 The discovery of a large stone quarry (采石场) unlocked the secrets. It was obvious that this was the site where the statues had been carved before being moved to their final resting places. Some statues appeared to be complete, while others had barely been started. When work on these statues suddenly stopped, some were in the process of being moved. It was obvious that the statue builders had cut down the island’s trees to make rolling logs and wooden scaffolds (支架). 25
A. The history of Easter Island is rich.
B. It is a relatively small island with a total area of only 63 square miles.
C. For centuries, scientists have tried to measure the weight of the statues.
D. Each had a large nose and long ears, but they were not exactly the same.
E. To the Europeans, the unusually large legless creatures appeared strange indeed.
F. Then they used these tools to carry the huge statues from the quarry to the island’s coast.
G. What was even more mysterious was how the people moved the creations, some of which weighed many tons.
III. 语言知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节（共20题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was the first Christmas that I could not spend with my wife. The day before yesterday I saw Helen 26 at the airport, because her mother fell ill suddenly. It was requested that she spend Christmas with them. And as it so happened, my mother was ill too, and I felt that I should go home to spend Christmas with my folks.
27 on Christmas Eve day, the weather forecasters 28 a heavy rain and high winds by evening for the southern coast of British Columbia. I 29 to have driven to my Mom and Dad’s, but I didn’t want to 30 the 90mile drive in bad weather .I 31 to tell them that I would see them the next day at my sister’s.
When I 32 the phone, it occurred to me that I would be spending Christmas Eve 33 . I couldn’t bear the 34 . So I decided to visit our old friends，Cyril and Nelda, who had recently moved to a nearby nursing home. They had been our 35 for twelve years, and we had watched 36 their health go from bad to worse in their late eighties.
Our 37 had begun with a chance meeting while I was working in the 38 . We exchanged friendly 39 . From then on they would stop and talk for a moment whenever I was in the yard. It was Cyril who 40 Helen to pursue her writing. Cyril was a(n) 41 writer, having had many works 42 . He and Helen would spend many an evening 43 discussing their writing, 44 Nelda and I chatted about our experiences of trying our hands, unsuccessfully, at wine making.
Since their entering the nursing home, Helen and I had visited them only once. So I wrote out a Christmas card and 45 a small plant, then drove through the pouring rain to the nursing home.
26. A．out
B.
away
C.
off
D.
back
27. A．Late
B.
Early
C.
Timely
D.
Lately
28. A．expressed
B.
described
C.
declared
D.
predicted
29. A．decided
B.
refused
C.
planned
D.
learned
30. A．risk
B.
make
C.
enjoy
D.
have
31. A．went
B.
intended
C.
called
D.
offered
32. A．lit up
B.
held up
C.
put up
D.
hung up
33. A．happily
B.
alone
C.
lively
D.
lonely
34. A．burden
B.
upset
C.
thought
D.
result
35. A．relatives
B.
teachers
C.
neighbors
D.
servants
36. A．gladly
B.
hopefully
C.
anxiously
D.
sadly
37. A．friendship
B.
concern
C.
dependence
D.
introduction
38. A．house
B.
garden
C.
study
D.
office
39. A．jokes
B.
relations
C.
warning
D.
greetings
40. A．encouraged
B.
educated
C.
permitted
D.
invited
41. A．elegant
B.
magical
C.
ideal
D.
recognized
42. A．developed
B.
drawn
C.
published
D.
chosen
43. A．gradually
B.
patiently
C.
together
D.
dramatically
44. A．when
B.
since
C.
where
D.
while
45. A．picked up
B.
found out
C.
took off
D.
turned over
第二节（共10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。
Now with a population over 80 million and large-scale immigration, 46 is practically a miracle that Germany has a murder rate that is lower than New Zealand, a laid back(放松的) island far from the turmoil (动乱) of Europe and the Americas. As for education, in the land 47 gave us Kindergarten, do you know that 48 increasing number of international students 49 (head) to Germany to do their postsecondary studies? In English, not German. The public universities are tuition-free and as a German professor told the BBC a few years ago, “I wonder whether a 50 (China) student can understand us better than someone 51 a Yorkshire accent or some strange American accent.” At private universities you will pay tuition rates 52 (close) to those in the USA. 53 (fortunate), someone has to pay for free universities and public health care and in Germany the top marginal rate for 54 (person) taxes is 45%.
It is true that the reputation of Germany has a lot of Turks. Turks make up a huge part of Germany’s foreign 55 (bear) population: over 1/4. Europe is the source for most of the other immigrants to Germany.
IV．写作（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 短文改错（共10题；每小题1分，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，每处错误仅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限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
David is a thirteen-year-old boy who was used to like eating food rich in fat and sugar. He kept gain weight in the past. One Day, when he was searching something on the Internet for his homework, he came cross an article on blood pressure. He was drawing to it and read it. According to an article, children’s blood pressure can increase as they gain too much weight. The article also said that high blood pressure could lead to many dangerously diseases that would threaten children’s life. Before reading it, David decides to make a change. Now he often avoids food in fat and sugar.
第二节 书面表达（满分15分）
假定你是校英文报社记者李华，高二(1)班全体同学上周日集体到汽车站做了一次志愿者服务活动。请你给校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.服务的内容 2. 旅客的反应 3. 同学们的心情 4.做志愿者活动的意义
注意： 1. 词数100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
3. 报道的标题和结尾已给出，但不计入词数
A Voluntary Activity at the Bus Station
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By Li Hua, School Newspaper
太原五中2017-2018学年度第一学期阶段性练习答案
一、单选 （共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）
1-5 DDCAB 6-10 AADDC
二、阅读 （共两节，每小题2分，满分30分）
第一节：11-13 CBD 14-17 BDBD 18-20 BDB
第二节：21-25 BEDGF
三、语言知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：26-30 CBDCA 31-35 CDBCC 36-40 DABDA 41-45 DCCDA
第二节：46.it 47. that/ which 48. an 49. are heading 50. Chinese
51. with 52. closer 53. Unfortunately 54. personal 55. born
四、写作（共两节，满分25分）
第一节 短文改错
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After
decided
dangerous
the
drawn
across
for
gaining
David is a thirteen-year-old boy who was used to like eating food rich in fat and sugar. He kept gain weight in the past. One Day, when he was searching something on the Internet for his homework, he came cross an article on blood pressure. He was drawing to it and read it. According to an article, children’s blood pressure can increase as they gain too much weight. The article also said that high blood pressure could lead to many dangerously diseases that would threaten children’s life. Before reading it, David decides to make a change. Now he often avoids food in fat and sugar.
第二节 书面表达
one possible version
A Voluntary Activity at the Bus Station
Students from Class One Senior Two in our school took an active part in a voluntary activity at the bus station last Sunday.
As soon as they got to the station, they began to do what they could as planned. Some students helped passengers carry their luggage while others cleaned the waiting room. Of course, sometimes they offered the information the passengers needed. Many passengers there praised them for what they did.
Though tired, when asked, they all expressed their happiness and thought what they did was meaningful.
Volunteering is of tremendous benefit to those in need. Therefore, we should get actively involved in the activity to make a harmonious society.
By Li Hua, School Newspaper
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