学1617学年下学期高二开学摸底考试英语试题附答案.docx

1、学1617学年下学期高二开学摸底考试英语试题附答案虎林市高级中学高二学年开学摸底考试英语试题第一部分 听力 略第二部分 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）(A)Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat ther

2、e. Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu(菜单), The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important differ

3、ence inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous

4、(慷慨) than he really was.31. Why didnt people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first?A. Because the price was high. B. Because the food was too cheap.C. Because the food was not good. D. The passage didnt mention.32. According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this

5、restaurant are mostly _.A. poor old people B. rich young people C. men with their girl friends D. parents with their children33. According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid _.A. always by the ladies only B. always by the men o

6、nly C. sometimes by the ladies D. either by the men or by the ladiesB BERLIN-A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second -storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday.Police discovered t

7、he “burglar” was a man carrying flowers and a bottle of wine who turned out to be the womans boyfriend. But then arrested him on an outstanding reason. “He was trying to surprise her with the flowers and a bottle of wine but it all went wrong,” said Korbach police spokesman Volker Koenig. He said th

8、e man jumped down from the balcony and tried to escape but was quickly caught by police. “He gave the police who were taking him to jail the bottle of wine as a gesture of thanks for the friendly treatment after the arrest. ” Koenig said LONDON-A smoker who died after battling emphysema (肺气肿) has ha

9、d his dying wish granted with the placement of a “SMOKING KILLED ME” sign on his hearse (灵车) and his grave. Albert Whittamore blamed his youthful smoking habit for the lung disease. He said before he died in February that he wanted the sign to serve as a warning to young people about the dangers of

10、tobacco smoking. The sign was designed to look like the health warning on a packet of cigarettes. The printed notice at his grave will be left in place for a week. The hearse carrying his body through the town of Dover 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of London and several of the printed signs s

11、hown in the windows.34. The man climbing up to the girls balcony _A. was actually a wanted thief B. was put into prison in the endC. thanked the police for setting him free D. was treated badly by the police35. The best title for the first news item might be “_.”A. A burglars love B. A burglar boyfr

12、iendC. Flowers and wine D. Price for being romantic36. The public paid more attention to the smoker because _.A. he died after smoking for many yearsB. he had the sign put on his hearse and his graveC. he died of a lung disease without any treatmentD. he wanted the sign left on his grave for one day

13、37. Which of the following is NOT true?A. The sign will be printed on the packet of cigarettes.B. The signs were also shown in the windows of the hearse.C. The smoker wanted to tell people how bad it was to smoke.D. The smoker regretted forming the habit of smoking.CDo you want to live forever? By t

14、he year 2050,you might actually get your wish-if you are willing to leave your biological body and live in silicon circuits (半导体电路). But long before then, perhaps as early as 2020,some measures will begin offering a semblance of immortality (虚的永生). Researchers are confident that the technology will

15、soon be able to track every waking moment of your life? Whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be recorded, analyzed and added to your personal chronicles (履历). By the year 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous systems through electrical activities, which would also keep

16、 your thoughts and emotions. Researchers at the laboratories of British Telecommunications have given the name of this idea as Soul Catcher. Small electronic equipment will make preparation for Soul Catcher. It would use a wearablesupercomputer, perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to micros

17、eosors under your scalp (头皮) and in the nerves that carry all five sensory signals. So wearing a video camera would no longer be required. At first, the Soul Catchers companion system-the Soul Reader-might have trouble copying your thoughts in complete details. Even in 2030, we may still be struggli

18、ng to understand how the brain is working inside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be possible. But these signals could be kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities (永生实体). Researchers can only wonder

19、what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine. For people who choose not to live in silicon, semblance of immortal it would not be as useless as they thought. People would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the humanrace forever.

20、 And future generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. History would not be controlled by just the rich and powerful, Hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society.38.The main idea of this passage is that_.A. human beings long for living foreverB. there are many diffi

21、culties in making the Soul CatcherC. people can live forever as technology developsD. the invention of Soul Catcher has great importance39. According to this passage, a Soul Catcher will be_ .A. a new machine on which research measures have already been madeB. a new invention in order to catch and k

22、eep humans thoughtsC. made by British scientists to offer something that looks like living foreverD. made of silicon circuits which can catch peoples nervous activity40.We can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is_.A. to be a reality sooner or laterB. far from certainC. just an ide

23、a that couldnt be realized at allD. a fading hope41.The meaning of the underlined word revitalize, in the fourth paragraph is close to_.A. make dead B. make famous C. make known D. make activeDResearchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a strangers pers

24、onality simply by looking at the persons shoes.“Shoes convey useful information about their wearers”, the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someones

25、shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas researchers looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the studys participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire. Some of the results were exp

26、ected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier shoes were typically worn by outgoing people. However，some of the more specific results are strange enough. For example, “practical and functionalshoes were generally worn by more“pleasant people, while ankle boots we

27、re more linked with “aggressive” personalities. The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities. And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take extreme care of them, you may suffer from“attachment anxiety, spending lots of time worr

28、ying about what other people think of your appearance. There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal (主张变革的) types wearing“shabbier and less expensive” shoes. The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personalities, but researchers note

29、d that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were showing the deep side of their personalities. 42What does this text mainly tell us?AShoes Call hide peoples real personalitiesBShoes convey false information about the wearerCPeoples personalities call be judged by the

30、ir shoesDPeople know little about their personalities43Which of the results is beyond peoples expectation?AWealthy people often wear expensive shoesBPleasant people like wearing uncomfortable shoesCAggressive people are likely to weal ankle bootsDFlashier shoes are typically worn by outgoing people4

31、4People suffering from“attachment anxiety” tend toAwear strange shoes Bworry about their appearanceChave a calm character Dbecome a political leader45The author wrote the text in order toAinform us of a new study Bintroduce a research methodCteach how to choose shoes Ddescribe different personalitie

32、s第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分。满分10分）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。 Our mood may change suddenly like a storm with lightning and thunderbolts that comes without notice. The good news is that bad moods can leave as suddenly as they have come. Exceptions to this rule of course are cases where there are other problems such as depression or any other mental destruction.