2012学年第二学期阶段检测试卷

高二年级 英语学科

考试时间120分钟 满分150分

第I卷 （共105分）

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question.

1. A. At 5:30. B. At 5:00. C. At 4:30. D. At 4:00.

2. A. In a classroom. B. In a bookstore.

C. In a library. D. In a department store.

3. A. Boss and clerk. B. Doctor and patient.

C. Teacher and student. D. Father and daughter.

4. A. She doesn’t like to work with Mr. Clinton at all.

B. She thinks Mr. Clinton is the best person.

C. She thinks she’d better work alone.

D. She’d like Mr. Clinton to work with her at last.

5. A. Trying to sketch a map B. Painting the dining room.

C. Discussing a house plan. D. Cleaning the kitchen.

6. A. She is tired of the food in the canteen. 　 B. She often eats in a French restaurant.

　C. She usually takes a snack in the KFC. D. She is very particular about what she eats.

7. A. The man has left a good impression on her family.

　B. The man can dress casually for the occasion.

　C. The man should buy himself a new suit.

D. The man’s jeans and T-shirts are stylish.

8. A. Its price. B. Its comfort.

C. Its location D. Its facilities.

9. A. Travel overseas. B. Look for a new job.

C. Take a photo. D. Adopt a child.

10. A. It is a routine offer. B. It is new on the menu.

C. It is quite healthy. D. It is a good bargain.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Near the entrance of a park. B. In his building’s parking lot

C. At a parking meter. D. At a street corner.

12. A. It had been taken by the police B. it had keen moved to the next block.

C. In had been stolen by someone. D. It had been parked at a wrong place

13. A. At the Greenville center. B. At a public parking lot.

C. In a neighboring town. D. In the city garage.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. They haven’t devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.

B. Three are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.

C. It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.

D. They believe people can recover without treatment.

15. A. They reveal the seriousness of the problem.

B. They indicate how fast the virus spreads.

C. They tell us what kind of medicine to take.

D. They show our body is fighting the virus.

16. A. It actually does more harm than good.

B. It causes damage to some organs of our body.

C. It works better when combined with other remedies.

D. It helps us to recover much sooner.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation·

Reception Notes



Guest Requirement

To 17 the stay by two or three days.



Guest Name

Julia.



Room Number

 18



Present situation

All the rooms for next week have been 19



Solution

Ask the guest to 20 at 9 the next morning.



Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Why does the boy phone Ms. Charlotte?

To ___21___ for the course Organization Behavior.



What does Ms. Charlotte think of her manager?

He is ____22____.



What is the weak point of her manager?

Lacking a ____23____.



How is Ms. Charlotte towards her group members?

She is ____24_____ them.



Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

On the other hand, the influence______ eating habits on people’s emotions was also neglected most of the time.

A. to B. on C. of D. at

26. Personal space means not only an imaginary space around the body, but _____ around all the senses.

A. it B. one C. that D. the one

27. To our great relief, ______ time going on, more and more of the victims of the earthquake were rescued.

A. as B. when C. with D. while

28. What impressed the visitors deeply was ______ the workers made with their hands.

A. what B. that C. how D. which

29. When _____ his view about his job as a teacher, Mike said he found it very interesting and rewarding.

A. asking B. asked C. having asked D. to be asked

30. Modern science and technology has ______ communication between people far apart.

A. made it convenient for B. made it convenient

C. made convenient D. made it convenient to

31. _______ to be much chance of our catching him up in the near future.

A. You don’t seem B. It doesn’t seem

C. That doesn’t seem D. There doesn’t seem

32. Here you are at last! What kept you so long?

Sorry, I’m late. But do you know what great difficulty I have ______ your house.

A. found B. finding C. to find D. for finding

33. Any habit ______ slows down your silent reading to the speed at which you speak, or read aloud, is inefficient.

　　A. which??????? B.????/??? C. that????????? D. who

34. _______ as many local people as possible when you are abroad and you find it easier to overcome the culture difference.

A. To know B. Knowing C. Known D. Know

35. Limited life should be made good use _______ our own dreams rather than be a follower or do what we are told to.

A. of to fulfill B. of fulfilling C. to fulfill D. to fulfilling

36. _______ her fashion taste caught public attention, criticism came just as quickly, with many saying her rebellious look was only get more media exposure.

A. Once B. As C. In spite of that D. While

37. It _______ come as no surprise that Suri Cruise wants to be an actress, since her father, Tom Cruise, is a Hollywood top star.

A. can B. should C. will D. must

38. My friend has returned from the UK. She ______ at Oxford for four years, during which we communicated with each other on the Internet.

A. studied B. has studied C. had studied D. has been studying

39. Tea ceremony, though it is now most popular in Japan, is said_______ in ancient China.

A. to have been originated B. to be originating

C. to have been originating D. to have originated

40. It was announced that only when the fire was under control_______to return to their homes.

　　A. the residents would be permitted???????? ? B. had the residents been permitted

C. would the residents be permitted???????? D. the residents had been permitted

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. stable ? B. solutions ? C. considerable? ? D. role?? ? E. included ?

F. task ?? G. compose?? H. impact ? ?I. challenges?? J. certainly



With the world's population growing from six to nine billion by 2050, researchers, businesses and governments are already dealing with the ___41___ this increase will have on everything from food and water to infrastructure (基础设施) and jobs. The demand for energy will keep growing, and is expected to double over the next 40 years.

Finding the resources to meet this demand in a ___42___, sustainable way is the basis of our nation's energy security, and will be one of the major ___43___of the 21st century. Alternative forms of energy- bio-fuels, wind and solar are ___44____ being funded and developed, and will play a growing___45___ in the world's energy supply. But experts say that even when combined, alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the world's energy needs by 2050.

For example, even with ___46___ investments, such as the $93 million for wind energy development ___47___ in?the?American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, important alternative energy sources such as wind and bio-fuels __48___ only about 1% of the market today.

Energy and sustainability experts say the answer to our future energy needs will likely come from a lot of ___49___ both traditional and alternative.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Because conflict and disagreements are part of all close relationships, couples need to learn strategies for managing conflict in a healthy and constructive way. Some couples just__50__ and deny the presence of any conflict in a relationship. __51__ ,denying the existence of conflict results in couples _52___ to solve their problems at early__53__ ,which can then lead to even greater problems later on