高二上学期英语开学考试试卷第11套真题
高二上学期英语开学考试试卷
一、阅读理解
1. 阅读理解
As one of the world’s oldest holidays, Halloween is still celebrated today in several countries around the globe, but it is in North America and Canada that it maintains its highest level of popularity. Every year, 65% of Americans decorate their homes and offices for Halloween. Halloween is the holiday when the most candy is sold and is second only to Christians in terms of total sales.
Austria
In Austria, some people will leave bread, water and a lighted lamp on the table before retiring on Halloween night. The reason for this is that it was once believed such items would welcome the dead souls back to earth on a night which for the Austrians was considered to be brimmingwith strong cosmic energies.
Belgium
The Belgians beli eve that it is unlucky for a black cat to cross one’s path and also unlucky if it should enter a home or travel on a ship. The custom in Belgium on Halloween night is to light candles in memory of dead relatives.
Canada
Modern Halloween celebrations in Canada began with the arrival of Scottish and Irish immigrants in the 1800s. Jack- O- Lantern is carved and the
festivities include parties, trick-or-treating and the decorating of homes with pumpkins and corn stalks.
France
Unlike most nation of the world, Halloween is not celebrated by the French in order to honor the dead and departed ancestors. It is regarded as an “American” holiday in France and was unknown in the country until around 1996.
（1）In which countries does Halloween have its highest level of popularity?
A . France and North America.
B . Canada and North America.
C . Austria and Canada.
D . Belgium and Canada.
（2）Why will people leave bread, water and a lighted lamp on the table in Austria?
A . These items would welcome the dead souls back to earth
B . These items are used to respect ancestors
C . These items are just for fun
D . The other items can replace them
（3）In which country does Halloween is not celebrated as the others?
A . Canada.
B . Belgium.
C . Austria.
D . France.
2. 阅读理解
For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships traveling
through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive （善于接受的）to such messages.
Scientists are using powerful radio telescope to listen to signals from about 1,000 stars, all within 100 light years of earth. In addition, they will scan the entire sky to “listen” for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal that stands out from the background noise.
Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy （银河星系）, scientists find that five percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet like earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution of life. Based on the inhabitable planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life.
However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent （有智力的）life exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible （可理解的）messages shows that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely.
Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family in only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billions years old. In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilizations are much more advanced than ours. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals;
perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking.
（1）According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might human beings live?
A . 5 billion
B . 10 billion
C . 15 billion
D . 200 billion
（2）The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about ______.
A . where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
B . why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
C . how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
D . when scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
（3）The underlined word “monitor” in the passage means “______”.
A . find
B . follow
C . study
D . form
（4）Which of the statements is TRUE based on the information in the passage?
A . The earth is one of the oldest planets in our galaxy.
B . Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on othe r planet.
C . Scientists don’t believe that there might be life on other planets.
D . Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planet.
3. 阅读理解
Drinking more than two alcoholic drinks daily in middle-age may raise your stroke risk more than traditional factors such as high blood pressure and diabetes（糖尿病）, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
In a study of 11,644 middle-aged Swedish twins who were followed for 43 years, researchers compared the effects of an average of more than two drinks daily to less than half a drink daily .
The study showed that:
·Heavy drinkers had about a 34 percent higher risk of stroke compared to light drinkers.
·Mid-life heavy drinkers were likely to have a stroke five years earlier in life irrespective of genetic and early-life factors.
·Heavy drinkers had increased stroke risk in their mid-life compared to well-known risk factors like high blood pressure and diabetes.
·At around age 75, blood pressure and diabetes appeared to take over as one of the main influences on having a stroke.
Past studies have shown that alcohol affects stroke risk, but this is the first study to pinpoint differences with age. “We now have a clearer picture about these risk factors----how they change with age and how the influence of drinking alcohol shifts as we get older,” said Pavla Kadlecová, M.Sc., a statistician at St. Anne’s University Hospital’s International Clinical Research Center in the Czech Republic.
Researchers analyzed results from the Swedish Twin Registry of same-sex twins who answered questionnaires in 1967-1970. All twins were under age 60 at the start. By 2010, the Registry had provided 43 years of follow-up, including hospital discharge and cause of death data.
Researchers then sorted the data based on strokes, high blood pressure,
diabetes and other cardiovascular incidents. Almost 30 percent of participants had a stroke. They were categorized as light, moderate, heavy or non-drinkers based on the questionnaires. Researchers compared the risk from drinking and health risks like high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking. Among identical twin pairs, siblings who had a stroke drank more than their siblings who hadn’t had a stroke, suggesting that mid-life drinking raises stroke risks regardless of genetics and early lifestyle.
The study is consistent with the American Heart Association’s recommended limit of two drinks a day for men and one for women. That’s about 8 ounces of wine for a man and 4 ounces for a woman.
Regular heavy drinking of any kind of alcohol can raise blood pressure and cause heart failure or irregular heartbeats over time, in addition to stroke and other risks. “For mid-aged adults, avoiding more than two drinks a day could be a way to prevent stroke in later productive age ,” Kadlecová said.
（1）Who might be the target readers of the passage?
A . People who have suffered a stroke
B . People who like drinking
C . People who have high blood pressure
D . People who have twin siblings （2）What do we know about the study in the passage?
A . It revealed five related results
B . It lasted for a period of over 50 years
C . It involved the age factor in the causes of strokes
D . It included 11,644 Australian twins as participants
（3）The underlined part “irrespective of” in the passage can best be replaced by “_________”.
A . in favor of
B . in terms of
C . instead of
D . regardless of
（4）What does the passage mainly tell us?
A . People without a stroke can drink more alcohol than those having a stroke in middle age
B . There is a higher possibility that heavy drinkers will have a stroke in middle age
C . Drinking alcohol has been regarded as the most dangerous factor in strokes
D . The amount of alcohol taken by men should be twice than that taken by women.
4. 阅读理解
We thought we had it all—a beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars ---- and we loved it. We spent money like it was going out of style. Then, the market turned and my husband’s job as a bigwig at a construction company was gone. The company was closing down for ever.
We bo th started looking for jobs right away, but there weren’t any to be found. With each passing day our panic increased and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through. The more we pulled together, the closer we got. I felt feelings of g reat love for my husband that I hadn’t felt in years.①
That’s why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our present situation. I knew that he had no control over the economy, however, he constantly degraded himself and his spirit sunk lower with each unkind comment. I continually asked him to stop, but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job.②
Finally one afternoon I pulled him aside and said, “We have four healthy
children. That’s what’s important. That makes you a rich man.”
“But what if we lose the house? They’ll hate me—you’ll hate me.” he replied.
I smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye.③
“If we live in a cardboard box on the empty place across the street I will be happy—as long as I have you.” I smiled again as I realized that I wasn’t saying it. Somehow, in all the struggling together I had found that deep love for him that I had on the day we said “I do.”
I could see relief wash through him as his shoulders and neck relaxed and the tension left his body. He held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadn’t in quite some time. ④We are still struggling financially, but I consider us well-off because we have something that money can’t buy and no one can take away from us.
（1）In the wife’s opinion, what is important in her family?
A . A beautiful house
B . Healthy children
C . Expensive cars
D . Desirable jobs
（2）Which of the following agrees with the passage?
A . The husband has found his jobs.
B . The family has lost their house.
C . The family has four children.
D . They live in a cardboard box.
（3）Which is NOT the effect of the financial crisis towards the family?
A . They spent money like it was going out of style.
B . the husband wasn’t a bigwig in the company any more.
C . The wife felt feelings of love for my
husband.D . They realized there is something that money can’t buy between them.
（4）Where can we put the missing sentence “It was a turning point for us as a couple and a family.”？
A . ①
B . ②
C . ③
D . ④
二、完形填空
5. 完形填空
One summer evening I was sitting by the open window, reading a good but rather frightening mystery story. After a time it was too dark for me to read easily, so I put my book down and turned on the light.
I was just about to draw the 1as well when I heard a loud cry “Help! Help! “ It2to come from the trees at the end of the gar den. I looked out but it was too3to see anything clearly. So I decided to go out and have a look in the garden, just4someone was in 5. I took the torch and picked up a strong walking stick, 6that this might come to be useful, too. 7with these, I went out into the garden. 8I heard the cry. There was no 9that it came from the trees at the end of the garden.
“Who’s there?” I 10as I walked, rather11, down the path that 12to the trees. But there was no13. With the help of my torch，I 14the whole of that part of the garden and the lower15of the trees. There was no sign of anybody or anything. I came to the 16that someone was playing a rather silly joke on me.
17feeling rather puzzled, I went back to the house and 18away the torch
and the stick. I had just sat do wn when I was startled by the cry of “ Help! Help! ”, this time from19my shoulder. I dropped my book and climbed up. There, sitting 20of the mantelpiece , was a parrot!
（1）A . gunB . pictureC . curtainsD . car（2）A . provedB . lookedC . soundedD . seemed（3）A . farB . distantC . darkD . black（4）A . as ifB . in caseC . on timeD . even though（5）A . troubleB . powerC . difficultyD . ease（6）A . requestingB . wishingC . demandingD . thinking（7）A . SuppliedB . LoadedC . ArmedD . Decorated（8）A . Once againB . Now and thenC . From time to timeD . Again and again（9）A . wonderB . problemC . doubtD . question（10）A . spoke outB . called outC . said outD . got out（11）A . seriouslyB . curiouslyC . nervouslyD . hurriedly（12）A . wentB . ledC . passedD . joined（13）A . personB . bodyC . voiceD . answer（14）A . examinedB . searchedC . testedD . studied（15）A . rootsB . branchesC . leavesD . bushes（16）A . beginningB . conclusionC . endD . introduction（17）A . StillB . YetC . AlreadyD . But（18）A . threwB . tookC . putD . cleared（19）A . far offB . right behindC . left toD . down below（20）A . OutsideB . at the footC . insideD . on top三、七选五
6. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nations．They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago．________ The scientists say that the human life has changed greatly．Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to
new kinds of sicknesses．________So they are called “diseases of civilization”．Many cancers and diseases of the blood system are examples of such diseases.
Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none．________ However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today.
Stone Age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic ones．They ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits．They did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains．________ We eat six times more salt than our ancestors．We eat more sugar．We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin C.
________ But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way the ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food.
A．Modern people used to suffer from “diseases of civilization”.
B．People today probably don’t want to live like our ancestors.
C．These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times.
D．Ancient people also got lots of physical exercise.
E．In that case, they would live much healthier.
F．But today, we enjoy eating a lot of these.
G．Stone Age people lived a simple life.
四、语法填空
7. 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号的相应位置上。
Although most people believe that formal schooling is required for scientific success, a college degree is not always necessary. ________excellent example of a man who won fame as a scientist ________academic training is Vincent J. Schaefer. His formal education ended ________two years of high school when he had to go to work in an untrained job at General Electric. Because ________his inventive mind and his skill as a model maker, he was soon allowed to try his own experiments in the company laboratory. His natural ________ made him wonder about clouds. He developed, after many tries, a method of making clouds rain ________they would not normally do so. This method, ________ seeding, has been very ________ to farmers, and ________made him win much fame.
Schaefer believes that for people________, most of all, are interested in the world and everything in it, a college degree is unnecessary.
五、短文改错
8. 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。错误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：在错的词下画一横线，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仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者不计分。
Dear Editor,
I’m the boy studen t in a key middle school in our city. I fond of play the piano. It is known by us that the college entrance examination is approaching. I must get good prepared for it. So I have only fifteen minutes to play the piano on every day. I don’t want to give up my favorite, and my parents forbade me to continue playing it. They think it a waste of time to do it now. How do you think of it? Could you give me some advices on how to deal with the problem?
I am looking forward to your early reply.
Thank you.
John
六、书面表达
9. 如今，生活在大都市有许多优势，同时也有不少烦恼。请根据以下提示，写一篇短文，介绍城市生活的利与弊，并表明你的态度（是否喜欢城市生活）文章开头已给出。
注意：1. 字数100字左右；2. 开头已经给出；3. 请在答题纸框内作答。
利
弊
方便购物
花销大、住房昂贵
交通便利
空气污浊
休闲、娱乐形式多样
公交车拥挤
Nowadays living in big cities has both advantages and disadvantages.