高二年级阶段性随堂练习英语试题

(2014.5.24)

第I卷 （选择题 共80分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分10分)

第一节（共5小题；每小题0.5分，满分2.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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 does the man probably want to do?

A. See a movie. B. Go to a high school. C. See a doctor.

2. When does Peter plan to leave for Beijing?

A. This weekend. B. Next month. C. Next week.

3. Where is the woman going to spend her Mid-Autumn Festival?

A. At her mother’s. B. At her sister’s. C. At her brother’s.

4. Where did the girl put her pen last week?

A. On her desk. B. In the drawer. C. In the box.

5. When did the man attend the lecture?

A. This afternoon. B. Yesterday evening. C. Yesterday afternoon.

第二节（共15小题；每小题0.5分，满分7.5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至7题。

6. What kind of books does the man want to buy?

A. Chinese story books. B. English story books. C. Some old books.

7. For whom does the man want to buy the books?

A. For about 8-year-old children. B. For about 16-year-old children.

C. For about 5-year-old children.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Where does the man work?

A. In a company. B. In a college. C. In a hospital.

9. How does the woman get along with her classmates?

A. Very poorly. B. Just so so. C. Very well.

10. The woman sometimes feels lonely because ________.

A. she gets on well with classmates B. she misses her home

C. she misses her good friends

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Who is the man that is talking with the woman?

A. A storywriter. B. A policeman. C. A reporter.

12. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. A personal robbery. B. A shop theft. C. A murder case.

13. When does this conversation take place?

A. At 2 o’clock. B. At 9 o’clock. C. At 11 o’clock.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. When they surf the Internet.

B. What they do on the Internet.

C. How they look up information on the Internet.

15. How often does the man probably surf the Internet?

A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. A few times a week.

16. What do we know about the man?

A. He gets some help from the Internet. B. He has never sent e-mails.

C. He shows no interest in the Internet.

17. What’s the man’s favorite hobby?

A. Watching Korean movies. B. Listening to English songs.

C. Writing real letters with a pen and paper.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why do many companies use animals when they sell their goods?

A. Because they like animals.

B. Because they want to attract customers.

C. Because animals are big and fast.

19. What do they mean when Americans say wildcat?

A. Wild and natural. B. Big and rich. C. Fast and fierce.

20. What does a wildcat bank note mean among Americans?

A. It means the bank note has little or no value.

B. It means the bank note has much value.

C. It means the bank note has a picture of a wildcat on it.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 单项填空（共40小题, 每小题0.5分，满分20分）

21. The concept of maglev transportation was ______first presented in the mid-20th century and the first commercial maglev train line was put into ______ operation at Birmingham Airport in Britain in 1984.

A. the; the B. the; / C. /; the D. /; /

22. Rescuers raced ______ against time to reach more than 200 miners trapped underground on Wednesday after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey.

A. definitely B. violently C. desperately D. delightfully

23. People suffering from AIDS, looked down upon by many, ______ more attention and care from society. Let’s cast away all ______.

A. deserved; concerns B. deserve; prejudices

C. deserving; discrimination D. should deserve; considerations

24. — I haven’t seen Kate at the party.

— If it were not for the fact that she ______ too busy with her work, I ______ her.

A. is; would invite B. was; will invite

C. had been; will invite D. should be; would invite

25. The French Revolution was successful in______ society of inequality, which had a great effect on many other countries, particularly ______ in Europe．

A. freeing; that B. freeing; ones C. ridding; the one D. ridding; those

26. Serious bloody conflicts _____ in that country. Only a few journalists _______ the conflicts there.

A. broke in; dare to cover B. broke out; dared to cover

C. broke out; dare cover D. broke in; dared to covering

27. Linda ___ her parents to support her dream of becoming a tour guide, but her efforts were all ____.

A. persuaded; in vain B. tried to persuade; in vain

C. advised; in effect D. tried to persuade; in effect

28. ______, I believe, and the riddles raised by the host can be______ without too much difficulty.

A. A bit more effort; solved B. Doubling your efforts; settled

C. If you put more efforts into it; worked out

D. As long as you build up confidence; figured out

29. As her brothers，you mustn’t ________ a trick on your sister.

A. cast B. catch C. range D. hatch

30. The sort of music he listens to varies, but ________ popular music.

A. tends towards B. tends on C. tend D. tending

31. Francis, who was not only friendly, but also generous, ________born in Kentucky, lived and practiced law in Missouri.

A. although B. he was C. who he was D. being

32.— How many friends will attend your birthday party? Shall I invite Ann to it tomorrow evening?

—Yes. It will be fine if you________.

A. are B. can C. invited D. do

33. The controversy（争论）surrounding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has ______ many Chinese tourists, who once saw Malaysia as an attractive holiday destination, ______ elsewhere.

A. wrinkled; looking B. resisted; looked

C. promoted; to look D. led; having looked

34. —Well, Jane, what did you want to say when you came in?

—Nothing, just ______.

A. take it easy B. in case C. forget it D. out of question

35. It is a happy, friendly house, with a(an) ______ atmosphere ______ one is pleasantly greeted with a refreshing cup of tea and home-made biscuits.

A. grand; to which B. relaxed; for which

C. modest; when D. awesome; where

36. Positive thinking puts power in our mind to act instead of staying ______ considering the circumstance or the mistake ______.

A. stuck; made B. puzzled; to be made

C. contradicted; having been made D. boycotted; had made

37. —Guess what! We’ll have a chance to visit our sister school in Denmark this summer!

—How nice! You ________ a different culture then.

A. will have experienced B. have experienced

C. have been experiencing D. will be experiencing

38. However, at times this balance in nature is_____, resulting in a number of possibly unseen effects.

A. troubled B. disturbed C. confused D. puzzled

39. ______ and they happened to be 40% off that I couldn’t resist ______ them.

A. So beautiful were the sneakers; to buy B. So beautiful were the sneakers; buying

C. The sneakers were so beautiful; from buying

D. The sneakers were so beautiful; to have bought

40. Easy as we made it ______ the importance to keep earth in place, some villagers wouldn’t listen.

A. understanding B. understood C. to understand D. to be understood

41. —Has Nancy gone back to her home in the UK?

—Yes. She ______ here only for three days with her friend.

A. had stayed B. stayed C. has stayed D. is staying

42. Since Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in 2012, his fans have been eagerly waiting for his new novels to ______.

A. come out B. turn out C. bring out D. figure out

Never before _______ the famous ancient garden was just a stone’s throw away from the hotel, so out _______.

A. had they known; went all they B. they had known; went all they

C. had they known; they all went D. they had known; they all went

—I would appreciate it if you could forgive Lucy and be friendly to her as you used to.—______, if only she gave me a sincere apology.

A. By all means B. By no means C. My pleasure D. It’s a pleasure

45. Each member of the staff coming to the company for the first time receives a letter in which there are some responsibilities and duties they should not ______.

A. overlook B. outline C. predict D. convey

46. —______ bargaining is always such great fun?

—Usually people consider it a test to see who can stand their ground longer.

A. What is it that B. Why is it that C. What it is that D. Why it is that

47. One third of the Ukrainian population live in the eastern region near Russia and speak Russian, most of them ______ closer to Russia.

A. are feeling B. feel C. feeling D. are felt

48. The record about the massacre (大屠杀) is fairly clear and beyond dispute ______ those activities the Japanese soldiers were involved in.

A. in memory of B. with assistance of C. with regard to D. in place of

49. Overloaded with work, school teachers now get far less sleep than they ______.

A. shall B. should C. may D. might

50. Two professors at Harvard University published a study of 3,300 new graduates, looking at ______ their names had any bearing on their academic performance.

A. that B. how C. why D. whether

51. —Did you attend the opening ceremony of The Voice of China last week?

—Sorry! We ________ it, but we had a terrible traffic accident on our way.

A. must have attended B. must attend

C. could have attended D. could attend

52. Shapes can be ______ of other rubbish, ______ into the paint and ______ on the