1、 - 1 - 邻水实验学校邻水实验学校 2012018 8 年秋高二（上）第一阶段检测年秋高二（上）第一阶段检测 英英 语语 试试 题题 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。共 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。 第卷（选择题，共第卷（选择题，共 100100 分）分） 第一部分第一部分 听力理解（共两节，满分听力理解（共两节，满分 3030 分）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
2、答有关小题和阅 读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What time is it now? A. 9:10. B. 9:50. C. 10:00. 2. What does the woman think of the weather? A. Its nice. B. Its warm. C. Its cold. 3. What will the man do? A. Attend a meeting. B. Give a lecture. C. Leave his office. 4. What is the womans opinion about the course? A. Too
3、 hard. B. Worth taking. C. Very easy. 5. What does the woman want the man to do? A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn off the radio. 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
4、两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. How long did Michael stay in China? A. Five days. B. One week. C. Two weeks. 7. Where did Michael go last year? A. Russia. B. Norway. C. India. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What food does Sally like? A. Chicken. B. Fish. C. Eggs. 9. What are the speakers going to do? A. Cook din
5、ner. B. Go shopping. C. Order dishes. - 2 - 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Where are the speakers? A. In a hospital. B. In the office. C. At home. 11. When is the report due? A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Next Monday. 12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report? A. Improve it. B. Hand it in
6、later. C. Leave it with him. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Salesperson and customer. B. Homeowner and cleaner. C. Husband and wife. 14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer? A. One with two bedrooms. B. One without furniture. C. One n
7、ear a market. 15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment? A. $350. B. $400. C. $415. 16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see? A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street. C. On South Street. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What percentage of the worlds tea exports go to
8、 Britain? A. Almost 15%. B. About 30%. C. Over 40%. 18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk? A. Most British people drink tea that way. B. Tea tastes much better with milk. C. Tea with milk is healthy. 19. Who suggests a price for each tea? A. Tea tasters. B. Tea exporters. C. Tea companies. 20.
9、What is the speaker talking about? A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Centre. 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）分） 第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题：每小题小题：每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分） - 3 - 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 Washington, D. C Bicycl
10、e ToursWashington, D. C Bicycle Tours Welcome to the National Maritime(海洋) Museum！ The National Maritime Museum is the largest of its kind in the world, with over two million items in its collections. Twenty galleries display some of the finest sea affairs in historic buildings, which were formerly
11、a school for the sons of seamen. Opening timesOpening times 10：00-17：00 Winter hours 10：00-18：00 Summer hours Last admission (允许进入) is thirty minutes before closing. Smoking is not allowed in the museum. Eating and drinking are only allowed in the designated areas. Photography and video are not perm
12、itted inside the building. BookingsBookings Our Central Booking Group handles all group visit enquiries(需求), from schools, group organizers and tour operators. Education and Interpretation Education and Interpretation (解说) Schools programs operate in term-time. Programs of talks, tours, work-shops，
13、storytelling, living history and interpretation are run throughout the year, especially at weekends and during school holidays. E E- -librarylibrary Facilities（设备）are provided for electronic access to the museums collections. Please ask a member of staff(员工) for directions to the nearest terminals.
14、These facilities are also available from the comfort of your own home. 21. This passage mainly tells us _ the museum. A. the way to get to B. the purpose to build C. a brief introduction to D. a detailed description of 22. Which of the following is certainly forbidden according to the passage？ A. Tr
15、ying to enter the museum after 5：00 p.m. - 4 - B. Taking pictures in front of the museum. C. Talking loudly when you enjoy the collections. D. Eating and drinking wherever you are. 23. From the passage we can learn that _. A. the museum runs a school and has students of its own B. students can recei
16、ve different kinds of education here C. part of school education has to be done in the museum D. school programs are only run at weekends and on holidays B B Language experts say that spoken English was almost the same in the American colonies and Britain two hundred years ago. Americans began to ch
17、ange the sound of their speech after the Revolutionary War in1776. They wanted to make it it different to separate themselves from the British in language, in the same way they separated themselves from the British government. Some American leaders proposed major changes in the language. Benjamin Fr
18、anklin wanted a whole new system of spelling. His reforms were not accepted. But his ideas did influence others. One was Noah Webster. Webster wrote language books for schools. He believed the United States should have a system of its own language as well as government. Webster published a dictionar
19、y of the American language in 1828. It established rules for speaking and spelling the words used in American English. Webster wrote that all words should be said in the order of the letters that spell them. This is why Americans use the letters “e-r” to end many words instead of the British “r-e.”
20、He spelled the word “center,” for example, “c-e-n-t-e-r,” instead of the British “c-e-n-t-r-e.” Websters rule for saying every part of a word made American English easier for foreign settlers to learn. They learned to say “waist-coat,” for example, the way it is spelled instead of the British “wes-k
21、it.” The different languages of many people who came to the United States also helped make American and British English different. Many of their foreign words and expressions became part of English As Americans speak them. Sometimes Americans and British people do not understand each other because o
22、f - 5 - different word meanings. For example, the word “jumper” in Britain means a sweater. In the United States, it is a dress. The British word “brolly” is an “umbrella” in America. And the British call potato chips “crisps”. All of these differences led British writer George Bernard Shaw to joke
23、that Britain and America are two countries separated by the same language! 24. What does the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to? A. Separating themselves from the British in language. B. Written English in America. C. Spoken English in America. D. Spoken English in Britain. 25. Why
24、 did American want their language to differ from British English? A. Because they found British English hard to speak. B. Because they found British English hard to spell. C. Because they wanted to have their own language and government. D. Because foreign settlers wanted them to change their language. 26. Why do Americans use th
