阶 段 性 素 质 检 测高二英语

注意事项：

1.本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷的相应位置。

第I卷（选择题，满分105分）

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）

听对话，选择正确选项。

Where are the two speakers?

A. In a shop. B. In the kitchen. C. In a bookstore.

What did the woman see in the zoo?

A. Elephants. B. Pandas. C. Lions.

What does the woman like best?

A. Driving. B. Hiking. C. Swimming.

What may the man ’ s future job be?

A. Selling newspapers. B. Sending magazines. C. Writing articles.

What does the woman want Peter to do?

C. Call Jenny.

A. Wash some dishes. B. Take away some waste things.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听第6段材料, 回答第6至7题

6. How much is a hotel room a night in Harbin?

A. About 420 yuan. B. About 140 yuan. C. About 120 yuan.

7. What season is it now?

A. Winter. B. Summer. C. Autumn.

听第7段材料, 回答第8至9题

8.Why did Tom and Julia quarrel with each other?

A. Because Tom got a bad habit.

B. Because Julia wanted to copy Tom’s homework.

C. Because Julia didn’t want to be Tom’s friend any more.

Who should be to blame?

A. Julia. B. Tom. C. Miss White.

听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题

10.What does the woman think of the Internet?

Difficult. B. Available. C. Convenient.

11.What is the disadvantage of books?

The information is sometimes old.

B. They are very expensive.

C. They are hard to read.

12.Which is the best kind of medium according to the man? .

A. Radio. B. Television. C. The Internet.

听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题

13.Why does the woman call the man?

A. Because she wants to join the picnic.

B. Because she wants to buy a camera.

C. Because she wants to borrow a bicycle.

14.How will the man go to Central Park?

A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By boat.

15.Where will they have lunch?

A. At the entrance. B.At the hillside. C. On the top of the hill.

16.What day is it tomorrow?

A. Saturday. B. Friday. C. Sunday.

听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题

17.Which place will be visited on the first day of the tour to Utah?

A. Temple Square. B.Arches National Park.

C. Little Wild Horse Canyon.

18.What activity will be done on the backpacking trip?

A. Cycling. B. Rafting. C. Studying ancient history.

19.What does the price of the tour package include?

A. All transportation fees.

B. Entrance fees and meals.

C. Equipment for the hiking adventure.

20. When is the best time to make the reservation?

A. To reserve thirteen days ahead of time.

B. To reserve thirty days ahead of time.

C. To reserve three days ahead of time.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分55分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Whether you live in Louisville or just visit, there are always tons of fun things for your kids to do and that won’t break the bank(费用高). Below is a list of my four favorite places that I am sure will become a favorite of yours and your family’s too!

Louisville Slugger Museum

Tour hours vary during the season but you can plan your visit and find out more about admission hours at www.sluggermuseum.org. The cost of admission is $11 for people 13—59 and $6 for kids 6—12. Kids 5 and under are free! The museum and guided factory tours begin at 9 am each lasting 30 minutes. At the end of each tour everyone receives a free souvenir.

Kentucky Derby Museum

You can visit the museum during their summer hours from 8 am—5 pm Monday through Saturday and 11 am— 5 pm on Sundays. Don’t forget to stop by the customer service desk for a “Museum Map”. Complete the questions on the back of the map and you can turn it in for a prize! You can find more information about the museum at wivw. derbymuseum.org.

Louisville Science Center

It is open daily from 9:30 am—5:00 pm except Fnday and Saturday when the hours are 9:30 am—9:00 pm. All exhibits are interactive (交互式的) and there is always an IMAX movie showing. The price for admission is $13 for adults and $11 for children aged 2—12 and all movie tickets are $5. Visit after 5 pm on Friday and Saturday evenings and the admission is only $5 per person or $10 for the exhibits and an IMAX movie! Visit www. kysciencecenter.org for more information.

Louisville Zoo

From Thursday to Saturday during the months of June and July you can visit the zoo after 5 pm for only $5 and stay until 8 pm. There are a number of fun attractions such as 4-D movies, carousel rides(旋转木马), the petting zoo, and playgrounds. You can find information at www. louisvillezoo.org about memberships, animal exhibits and dining.

21. According to the author, ________.

A. all the museums in Louisville are free to visit

B. all the museum tours begin at 9 am in Louisville

C. few fun things are provided for kids in Louisville

D. having fun in Louisville will not cost you much

22. How much will they pay if a couple and their 5-year-old son go to Louisville Slugger Museum?

A. $11. B. $22. C. $28. D. $33.

23. We can leam from the passage that ________.

A. Kentucky Derby Museum is open every day in summer

B. the guided factory tour lasts half an hour and is free

C. you will get a prize from Louisville Slugger Museum

D. Louisville Science Center isn’t open on Friday or Saturday

24. Where can you go, if your child wants to see a movie?

①Louisville Zoo. ②Kentucky Derby Museum.

③Louisville Science Center. ④Louisville Slugger Museum.

A. ①② B. ②③ C. ①③ D. ③④

B

A man tried to smuggle (偷偷携带) his pet turtle through security in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport by hiding it in a KFC hamburger.

The event occurred on the morning of July 29, 2013, when a man, surnamed Li, was about to board China Southern Airlines flight 345 to Beijing, Guangzhou Daily reported. As Mr. Li passed through the airport security, X-ray screening machines found a few “odd protrusions(突出物)” sticking out of a KFC hamburger that the man had packed in his bag.

Airport staff determined that the protrusions looked doubtfully like turtle legs, and they asked to inspect(检查) Mr. Li’s luggage.

“There is no turtle in there, just a hamburger,” Mr. Li reportedly said. “There ’ s nothing special to see inside.”

Mr. Li finally agreed to an inspection after repeated requests from airport staff, who uncovered the pet turtle which was hidden inside the hamburger. When asked why he had thought out this strange idea, Mr. Li said that he had only wanted to travel together with his beloved turtle.

After the airport staff patiently explained that turtles could not be smuggled on board the plane, Mr. Li unwillingly agreed to allow one of his friends to care for his pet while he was away.

A few amused (被逗乐的) Sina Weibo users commented on the story after it was published, and most said that Mr. Li’s love for his turtle was cute. One user called Spiderman, however, questioned Mr. Li ’ s logic for putting his pet into a hamburger and then sending it through an airport screening machine.

“That poor turtle!” the netizen wrote. “It had to absorb all those X-rays!”

25. You can read the passage probably in______.

a textbook B. a newspaper

C. a work of science fiction D. a fashion magazine

26. What did the man want to smuggle to Beijing?

A. A pet turtle. B. Some turtle legs.

C. An expensive bag. D. A KFC hamburger.

Who took the pet away in the end?

A. Li ’ s friend. B. The airport staff.

C. Mr. Li himself. D. A Sina Weibo user.

28. It can be known from the passage that_______.

A. the odd protrusions in Mr. Li ’ s bag were hamburgers

B. Mr. Li took the turtle because nobody else cared for it

C. turtles can be smuggled by plane together with hamburgers

D. Mr. Li refused to admit that he was taking a turtle in his bag at first

C

Only half of all the UK graduates are working in a field that is related to their degree and major after they leave university, according to new research published recently.

In addition, 96 percent of the graduates say that they had changed their careers by the time when they reached the age of 24.

A survey of 2,000 graduates that was carried out by the New College of the Humanities (人文学科) --Professor AC Grayling’s new private university in central London — has found that 50 percent of the graduates purposefully chose a degree course to work in a specific area, but one in seven of them failed to find jobs in their chosen industry.

The survey shows an obvious preference among many graduates for working on their own business. One in three pointed it out that their changing jobs was out of financial reasons, while one in 10 said that they had done so in order to start their own business.

Swatee Jasoria, who is a director of professional development at the New College of the Humanities, said: “With the depression of current economic climate lasting and a number of new industries growing, the path(小路) of the traditional career has changed into a long and tough road.”

“Graduates need to become adaptable and build a personal portfolio(投资组合), which increasingly takes them into different roles and industries.”

A regional breakdown (分类) of the responses showed that just 13 percent of the graduates stayed in the same job for more than four years in London, compared to 24 percent in the North East and 30 percent in the South West.

The South East, Yorkshire and Scotland were the areas where the smallest percentage of the graduates worked in their chosen industry even at the veiy beginning, which is about 43 percent.

After a few years of work, about 10 percent of the graduates gave up chosen work ______.

at the age of twenty-four

to start their own business

because of financial reasons

to take the traditional career

According to Swatee Jasoria, graduates need to adapt

to different industries because________.

the situations of traditional careers are not good

they need to learn more to live in modem society

new industries are much easier than traditional ones

they have to get different achievements to prove their self-worth

In which place did graduates stay longest in the same job?

London. B. The North East

C. The South West D