辽宁省东北育才学校学年高二下学期第二阶段考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx
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辽宁省东北育才学校学年高二下学期第二阶段考试英语试题Word版含答案
2017-2018学年度下学期第二阶段测试
高二年级英语科试卷
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）。
第I卷
第一部分：
听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题）
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.Howmuchwillthemanpayforthefourtickets?
A.15pounds.B.30pounds.C.45pounds.
2.Whyisthemanlateaccordingtohiswords?
A.Heknockeddownanoldman.
B.Hesentanoldmantoahospital.
C.Hisbikewasbrokenontheway.
3.What’sthedatetoday?
A.16th.B.17th.C.18th.
4.Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?
A.Atabookshop.B.Atabank.C.Atarestaurant.
5.Whatisthewoman’sattitudetothedishes?
A.Shethinksitisjustso-so.B.Shedislikesit.C.Shelikesitverymuch.
第二节（共15小题）
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6~7题。
6.WhatisJames’hobby?
A.Collectingmatchboxes.
B.Collectingenvelopes.
C.Collectingcoins.
7.HowoldwasJameswhenhegotthematchboxesasagiftfromhisfather?
A.16.B.15.C.14.
听第7段材料，回答第8~10题。
8.Whatisthejoboftheman?
A.Aguide.B.Anengineer.C.Ateacher.
9.Whatistheman’sadvantageinEnglish?
A.Speaking.B.Listening.C.Reading.
10.HowmanyEnglishwordshasthemangraspedaccordingtohimself?
A.Almost500.B.Almost5,000.C.Almost5,500.
听第8段材料，回答第11~13题。
11.WhatdidJoedolastnight?
A.Hesawafilm.B.Heworkedforadesign.C.Hehadameeting.
12.WhywillJoecatchthefirstbus?
A.Becausehewillmeetanimportantcustomer.
B.Becausehewilltakepartinaninterview.
C.Becausehewillbethefirsttoarriveatthecompany.
13.Whatdoesthewomanpreparefortheman?
A.Boiledeggs.B.Friedeggs.C.Cakes.
听第9段材料，回答第14~16题。
14.Whatdoesthemanwanttodo?
A.Toexchangeforsomecash.
B.Toputasidesomemoney.
C.Tolendsomemoney.
15.Whichisbetterincashingatraveler’scheckaccordingtothewoman?
A.Astockingcenter.B.Ahotel.C.Abank.
16.Whichofthefollowingneedn’tthemanoffertothewoman?
A.Address.B.Passportnumber.C.IDcard.
听第10段材料，回答第17~20题。
17.WhatistheageofMissBao?
A.Inher20s.B.Inher30s.C.Inher40s.
18.HowmuchcanMissBaoearnonemonthinhercompany?
A.$1,450.B.$1,415.C.$1,410.
19.WhichisChina’slargestCtoC（customertocustomer）website?
A.T.B.S.C.D.
20.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?
A.Buyitonline,awholenewwayofshopping!
B.BuyitonTV,awholenewwayofshopping!
C.Buyitonamagazine,awholenewwayofshopping!
第二部分：
阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Etymology,thestudyofwordsandwordroots,maysoundlikethekindofthingdonebyboringlibrariansinsmall,dustyrooms.Yetetymologistsactuallyhaveauniquelyinterestingjob.Theyareinmanywaysjustlikearchaeologists（考古学家）diggingupthephysicalhistoryofpeopleandevents.Thespecialaspectofetymologyisthatitdigsuphistory,sotospeak,throughthewordsandphrasesthatareleftbehind.
TheEnglishlanguage,inparticular,isagreatfieldtoexplorehistorythroughwords.Asalanguage,Englishhasanextraordinarynumberofwords.Thisispartlyduetoitsabilitytoadaptforeignwordssoreadily.Forexample,“English”wordssuchaskindergarten（fromGerman）,croissant（fromFrench）,andcheetah（fromHindi）havebecomepartofthelanguagewithlittleornochangefromtheiroriginalsoundsandspellings.SoEnglish-languageetymologistshaveavastworldofwordstoexplore.
Anotherenjoyablethingaboutetymologyformostwordexpertsissolvingwordmysteries（谜）.No,etymologistsdonotgoaroundsolvingmurders,likethegreatdetectiveSherlockHolmes.Whatthesewordexpertssolvearemysteriousoriginsofsomeofourmostcommonwords.
OneofthebiggestquestionsEnglishlanguageexpertshavepursuedishowEnglishcametohavethephraseOK.Thoughitisoneofthemostcommonlyusedexpressions,itsexactbeginningisapuzzleeventothisday.Evenitsspellingisnotentirelyconsistent--unlessyouspellitOkay,itishardeventocallitaword.
EtymologistshavebeenabletonarrowOK’sorigindowntoalikely,althoughnotcertain,source（来源）.ItbecamewidelyusedaroundthetimeofMartinVanBuren’srunforpresidentin1840.HisnicknamewasOldKinderhook.WhattroubleswordexpertsaboutthisexplanationisthatthephraseappearedinsomenewspapersbeforeVanBurenbecamewellknown.ItislikelythatVanBurencouldbecalleditsprimarysource.Etymologistswilldoubtlesslykeepsearchingfortheoriginalsource.However,itisclearthatOK’spopularityandreputationhavetoppedthoseoftheAmericanpresidenttowhomithasbeenmostclearlylinked.
21. Theauthormentionsthewordslike“croissant”inParagraph2toshow_______.
A.wordshavechangedalotinthetwolanguages
B.whatEnglish-languageetymologistsareexploringnow
C.Englishhasabsorbedmanywordsfromotherforeignlanguages
D.theEnglishvocabularyisdifficulttothenon-English-speakingpeople
22. Theunderlinedword“pursued”inParagraph4means_______.
A.lookedupon B.dugup C.putin D.setdown
23. Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatetymologists_______.
A.discoverthepossibleoriginofwords
B.helpdetectivestosolvemysteriousmurders
C.writeinterestingstoriesforsomenewspapers
D.exploretheEnglishlanguageaswellastherecentevents
24. Whatmostprobablyisthemajorpurposeofthepassage?
A.TopresentthehistoryofEnglishwords.
B.Toexplainwhatanetymologistdoesforhisjob.
C.Tointroducethepleasureofthestudyofwordsandwordroots.
D.ToteachreadershowtotellEnglishwordsfromnon-Englishwords·
B
Today,onecantraceVenice’srichpastfromitsbuildings.Mostcitiescanclaimatleastahandfulofoutstandingchurches,palacesorhousesofhistoricalinterest,butinVeniceverynearlyeverythingisremarkable,fromthemagnificentPiazzaSanMarco（St.Mark’sSquare）andthepalacesthatlinetheGrandCanaltothecenturies-oldhomesofsimplefishermen.Itwouldbeeasytosaythatthecityitselfisanenormousmuseumifitwerenotforthefactitissoobviouslyalive.
Atfirstsight,Venicelooksunbelievablypermanent,anapparentlycompleteRenaissance（文艺复兴）citysountouchedbytimethatthereseemsnoreasonwhyitshouldnotgoonforever.Nowthecityisslowlysinking,astheclayonwhichitisbuiltlosesitselasticity（弹性）andthemassivewoodenpilesrot（腐烂）away.Flooding,sucharareoccurrenceahundredyearsagonowhappensseveraltimeseachwinter.
Thedamagecausedbythefloodingisimmense,andthefabricoftheancientbuildingsisnowbeingfurtherdamagedbypollutionfromthemainlandtownaswellasbythewashproducedbytheconstantlyincreasingnumberofmotorboatsthatspeedupanddownthecanals.
AfurtherthreattoVenicecomesfromtheVenetiansthemselves,someofwhomarenotparticularlyinterestedinpreservingthecityasoneofthewondersoftheworldandwouldprefertoseeitmodernized.
“Whatbetterplaceisthereforthemeetingofdearfriends?
Seehowitglowswiththeadvancingsummer;howtheskyandtheseaandtherosyairandthemarbleofthepalacesallglimmerandmelttogether.”ThuswrotethefamousauthorHenryJames,ofVenice,whichprovidedthesettingforhisstory“TheAspernPapers”,inthenineteenthcentury.TheSplendorofVenicehascapturedtheimaginationofartistsforcenturies---andnotjustofthegreatpaintersandnovelists.Howtragicnowthatsheisfacedwiththedoublethreatofmanandnature.Veniceindeedwillbeluckytosurvive.
25.Veniceproudlyboasts.
A.itsbeautifulchurches,palacesandhouses
B.itsuniqueSt.Mark’sSquareandtheGrandCanal
C.itspicturesquewaterscape
D.itsmarvelousancientbuildings
26.Thewriterthinksthat.
A.Venicecanberegardedasabigmuseum
B.Veniceisnolongerabigmuseum
C.Veniceisdifferentfromabigmuseum
D.Venicecanneverbeabigmuseumbecauseofitsmodernization
27.Fromthefourthparagraph,weknowthat.
A.Venetiansareeagertomodernizetheircity
B.VenetiansvaluetheGrandCanal
C.Venetiansdon’tcareaboutanythreattotheGrandCanal.
D.thethreatofmanisgreaterthanthethreatofnature
28.Inthelastparagraph,thewriter.
A.isveryconfidentthatVenicewillsurvive
B.isdoubtfulwhetherVenicewillsurvive
C.thinksthatVenicewillhaveluck
D.isafraidthatVenicewillnolongerattractartistsandnovelists
C
Itcanberudetotalkpoliticsoverdinner…explicitlyatleast.Butsubtlelinguisticcuesmightrevealmorethanyouthinkaboutyourpoliticalviews,whetheratthedinnertable—oronTwitter."There'salotofinformationinthedetailsofourlanguage."MatthewPurver,acomputationallinguistatQueenMaryUniversityofLondon."Thelittlewordsweuse,thewaywejointogetheroursentences,andthekindofinteractionalpatterns,wherewereacttootherpeople."
Purver’sresearchteamusedTwitterastheircommunicationsforum,randomlyselecting28,000users,halfofwhomclearlyfollowedonepoliticalparty’sTwitterfeeds,forexample,@GOP,butnottheother,foramoreorlessevensplitamongRepublicansandDemocrats.Thentheyanalyzedthewordsinthoseusers'timelinesduringatwo-weekperiodinJune2014.
Asyoumightexpect,thetweetsofuserswhofollowedRepublicanaccountswerealotmorelikelytocontainwordslike"obamacare"and"benghazi,"w
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