浙江省萧山三中2015届高三英语第二阶段考试试卷及答案
浙江省萧山三中2015届高三第一学期阶段考试二英语试题卷
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分，考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（两部分，共80分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节， 满分30分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）
从A、B、C和D四个选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑.
1. --Jack, how can I turn on this iPod?
--_______
A. Allow me! B. So what? C. Hold on D. Nothing much.
2.We planned to climb the mountain today, but in such ______ bad weather, it seems out of ______ question. A. a; the B. /; / C. a; a D. /; the
3. He decided to adopt a different ___________ to teaching the language in a natural way.
A. method B. means C. way D. approach
4. I’ve just read an excellent book of Moyan’s, ___________ you cannot afford to miss.
A. that B. what C. one D. whom
5. —Could you please tell me ________ that prevents her from being happy?
—She has taken the driving test three times but hasn’t passed yet.
A. it is what B. what it is C. how it is D. it is how
6. The workers are going on strike for the salaries here are low ________ the rates elsewhere.
A. with B. against C. through D. beyond
7. The girl arranged to take violin lessons at the training center with her mother ________ she would stay for an hour. A. where B. who C. which D. what
8. Easy ________ by car, bus, train, bike or on foot, Warwick Castle is surrounded by historic buildings and many attractions.
A. reaching B. reached C. to reach D. to be reached
9. With the night falling, the crowd gathering around the accident scene began to_________.
A. break up B. break down C. break out D. break away
10.Needles apparently stuck into the body of an 11-month-old baby by her abusive aunt were surgically(手术地) ______on Tuesday.
A. moved B. placed C. replaced D. removed
11.U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday paid honor to health care workers who have treated Ebola patients in West Africa, calling them “heroes”_________ to be applauded rather than discouraged.
A. reserving B. deserving C. observing D. preserving
12.An expert says, “I think it is unpredictable for nature. You don’t know what will happen but_________, we are preparing.”
A. somehow B. anyhow C. somewhat D. someway
13. -- ______________, I can make it home by 8:30 when the football game will be on TV.
-- Well, it depends on how efficiently you work.
A. Obviously B. Gradually C. Hopefully D. Fortunately
14. --I heard about your promotion; you ______ be thrilled.
--Not really, the new office is huge, but the workload has doubled.
A. must B. can C. shall D. will
15. English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, ________ uses it differently.
A. all of which B. each of them C. all of them D. each of which
16. Guangzhou Evergrande made history by winning the AFC Champions League title for China, which is the first time a Chinese club ______ the competition.
A. won B. wins C. has won D. had won
17.Faced with a bill of $20,000, ___________________.
A. John has taken an extra job. B. the boss has given John an extra job.
C. An extra job has been taken D. an extra job has been given to John.
18. The acting is so ________ that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals that he has ever tasted. A. enthusiastic B. fundamental C. convincing D. optimistic
19. ----Jack can’t concentrate on his lessons recently.
----Yes, that may ________ why he did so badly in the last test.
A. answer for B. account for C. call for D. stand for
20. —James should give up the idea of winning everyone’s respect and focus on his own work.
—_______. How did you know that?
A. You are not getting it B. Exactly—one step at a time
C. You make it sound so easy D. Thank you for bringing it to my attention
第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项选项的标号涂黑。
My parents ran a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and my first 21 job, when I was six years old, was 22 diner’s shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me 23 to do it right, telling me to offer to re-shine the shoes if the customer wasn’t 24 .
Working in the restaurant was a 25 of great pride because I was also working for the 26 of the whole family. But my father made it clear that I had to 27 certain standards to be part of the team. I had to be punctual, hard-working and 28 to the customers.
I was 29 paid for my work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of 30 Dad I thought he should give me $10 a week. He said, “OK, then how about you 31 me for the three meals a day you eat here? And for the times you bring in your buddies for free sodas?” He 32 I owed him about $40 a week.
I remember 33 home to Seattle after being away in the Army for about two years. I had just been 34 to captain and was full of pride as I walked into my parents’ restaurant. The 35 thing Dad said was, “How about you cleaning up tonight?” I cannot 36 it! I’m an officer in the US Army! But it didn’t matter. As far as Dad was 37 , I was just another member of the team. I 38 the mop. Working for Dad had taught me that being loyal 39 a team comes first. It doesn’t matter whether that ____40____ is involved in a family restaurant or the UN Peacekeeping Force.
21. A. blank B. real C. natural D. small
22. A. cleaning B. shining C. clearing D. sweeping
23. A. how B. what C. when D. where
24. A. disappointed B. puzzled C. content D. willing
25. A .resource B. defense C. robbery D. source
26. A. advantage B. strength C. benefit D. help
27. A. look up to B. look forward to C. come up to D. hold on to
28. A. generous B. polite C. grateful D. hopeful
29. A. never B. ever C. always D. seldom
30. A. asking B. persuading C. discussing D. telling
31. A. paying B. spending C. costing D. taking
32. A. expanded B. wondered C. figured D. scanned
33. A. going B. coming C. leaving D. returning
34. A. raised B. improved C. aroused D. promoted
35. A. right B. first C. just D. only
36. A. believe B. make C. help D. catch
37. A. appointed B. considered C. concerned D. thought
38. A. held up B. reached for C. laid out D. showed off
39. A. to B. in C with D. of
40. A. work B. job C. effort D. team
第二部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分50分）
阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
One Sunday, my family had gathered at my parents’ house to feast upon Mom’s wonderful cooking．During the normal dinner chatter, I noticed that my father was slurring （说话含混） his words．No one mentioned this during dinner, but I felt compelled to discuss it with my mother afterward．
We decided that there was something seriously wrong and that Dad needed to see the doctor．
Mom phoned me two days later．“The doctor found a brain tumor （肿瘤）．It’s too large at this point to operate．Maybe they can do something then, but the odds are long．”
Even with the treatment, my father’s condition worsened, and the doctor finally informed us that this condition was terminal．During one of his stays in the hospital, we brought our baby daughter Chelsey with us when we visited him．By this time he had great difficulty speaking．I finally figured out that he wanted Chelsey to sit on his stomach so he could make faces at her．
Watching the two of them together, I realized I was living an experience that would stay with me forever．Though grateful for the times they could share, I couldn’t shake the feeling of a clock ticking in the background．
On the visit to my parents’ home during what we all know was my father’s last days, my mother took Chelsey from my arms and announced, “Your father would like to see you alone for a minute．”
I entered the bedroom where my father lay on a rented hospital bed．He appeared even weaker than the day before．
“How are you feeling, Dad?” I asked．“Can I do anything for you?”
He tried to speak, but he couldn’t make out a word．
“I’m sorry, but I can’t understand you,” I said．
With great difficulty he said, “I love you．”
We don’t learn courage from heroes on the evening news．We learn true courage from watching ordinary people rise above hopeless situations．In many ways my father was a strict, uncommunicative man．He found it difficult to show emotion．The bravest thing I ever saw him do was overcome that barrier to open his heart to his son and family at the end of his life．
41．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．The writer accompanied his father to a medical examination．
B．The writer’s father got worse after the removal of the brain tumor．
C．The writer’s father had known about his illness before the writer discovered it．
D．The writer was quick to notice the strange condition of his father．
42．What does the underlined sentence “the odds are long” mean?
A．It takes a long time for Father to recover．
B．There’s little possibility for Father to recover．
C．Father needs love and care from his family．
D．They need a proper time to operate on Father．
43．The father had never said “I love you” to the writer before because______．
A．he was not used to openly showing his emotions
B．he was not so attached to the writer
C．he thought there was no need to tell the writer
D．he believed in strictness and punishment
44．What does the writer attempt to tell us?
A．Life is short, so live your life to the fullest．
B．Don’t wait to see a doctor till it is too late．
C．Bravely express your love for your family．
D．We don’t often value health until we lose it．
B
Unlike chemists and physicists, who usually do their experiments using machines, biologists and medical researchers have to use living things like rats. But there are three Nobel prize-winning scientists who actually chose to experiment on themselves – all in the name of science, reported The Telegraph.
1. Werner Forssmann (Nobel prize winner in 1956)
Forssmann was a German scientist. He studied how to put a pipe inside the heart to measure the pressure inside and decide whether a patient needs surgery.
Experiments had been done on horses before, so he wanted to try with human patients. But it was not permitted because the experiment was considered too dangerous.
Not giving up, Forssmann decided to experiment on himself. He anaesthetized (麻醉) his own arm and made a cut, putting the pipe 30 centimeters into his vein. He then climbed two floors to the X-ray room before pushing the pipe all the way into his heart.
2. Barry Marshall (Nobel prize winner in 2005)
Most doctors in the mid-20th century believed that gastritis was down to stress, spicy food or an unusually large amount of stomach acid. But in 1979 an Australian scientist named Robin Warren found that the disease might be related to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.
So he teamed up with his colleague, Barry Marshall, to continue the study. When their request to experiment on patients was denied, Marshall bravely drank some of the bacteria. Five days later, he lost his appetite and soon was vomiting each morning – he indeed had gastritis.
3. Ralph Steinman (Nobel prize winner in 2011)
This Canadian scientist discovered a new type of immune system cell called the dendritic cell. He believed that it had the ability to fight against cancer.
Steinman knew he couldn’t yet use his method to treat patients. So in 2007, when doctors told him that he had cancer and that it was unlikely for him to live longer than a year, he saw an opportunity.
With the help of his colleagues, he gave himself three different vaccines based on his research and a total of eight experimental therapies（疗法）. Even though Steinman eventually died from his cancer, he lived four and a half years, much longer than doctors had said he would.
45. The main purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. present some dangerous experiments that Nobel prize winners did on themselves.
B. list difficulties that scientists went through in order to make important discoveries.
C. explain why some scientists chose to experiment on themselves.
D. introduce a few Nobel prize winners who did experiments on themselves.
46. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Forssmann’s experiment ended in failure.
B. Forssmann had the pipe pushed all the way into his heart.
C. Barry Marshall succeeded by drinking some Helicobacter pylori.
D. Barry Marshall’s experiment on himself confirmed that most doctors’ belief about gastritis was correct.
47. The underlined word “gastritis” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.
A. a kind of bacteria B. a kind of stomach disease
C. a new type of therapy D. a large amount of stomach acid
48. From the text, we can conclude that Ralph Steinman ______.
A. discovered a new type of cancer cell called the dendritic cell
B. tried different therapies containing the dendritic cell on himself
C. had his request to experiment on patients denied
D. believed that he was better than doctors at treating cancer
49. Where can we read such a passage?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a poster. C. In a textbook. D. In a science book.
C
You hear the comment all the time: the U.S. economy looks good by figures, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Wealthy Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at 97.
The Wealthy Society is a modern classic because it helped describe a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote. “Poverty (贫穷) was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War II, the fear of another Great Depression gave way to an economic growth. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.
To Galbraith, materialism (物质主义) had gone mad and would cause discontent. Through advertising, companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unsatisfying. Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people wrongly considered government only as “a necessary bad.”
It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich — overpaid chief managers, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004, people feel “squeezed” because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants — for bigger homes, more health care, more education, and faster Internet connections.
The other great disappointment is that it has not got rid of insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As company unemployment increased, that part has gradually become weaker. More workers fear they’ve become “the disposable American,” as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name.
Because so much previous suffering and social conflict resulted from poverty, the arrival of widespread wealth suggested utopian (乌托邦式的) possibilities. Up to a point, wealth succeeds. There is much less physical suffering than before. People are better off. Unfortunately, wealth also creates new complaints.
Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the search for growth cause new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Wealth sets free the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-accomplishment. But the promise is so unreasonable that it leads to many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown. Figures indicate that happiness has not risen with incomes.
Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply confirmed an old truth: the seeking of wealth does not always end with happiness.
50. The Wealthy Society is a book ________.
A. about poverty in the past B. written by Louis Uchitelle
C. indicating that people are becoming worse off D. about why happiness does not rise with wealth
51. According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because ________.
A. materialism has run wild in modern society
B. they are in fear of another Great Depression
C. public spending hasn’t been cut down as expected
D. the government has proved to be necessary but ugly
52. Why do people feel“squeezed”when their average income rises considerably?
A. They think there are too many overpaid rich.
B. There is more unemployment in modern society.
C. Their material demands go faster than their earnings.
D. Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of control.
53. What does Louis Uchitelle mean by “the disposable American” ?
A. People with a stable job.
B. Workers who no longer have secure jobs.
C. Those who see job stability as part of their living standard.
D. People who have a sense of security because of their rising incomes.
54. What has wealth brought to American society?
A. Stability and security. B. Materialism and content.
C. A sense of self-accomplishment. D. New anxiety, conflicts and complaints.
D
Occasionally, my father came back drunk. Late at night, he beat on the door, pleading to my mother to open it .He was on his way home from drinking, gambling, or some combination thereof, misspending money that we could have used and wasting time that we desperately needed.
It was the late-1970s. My parents were separated. My mother was now raising a group of boys on her own. My father spouted off about what he planned to do for us, buy for us. In fact, he had no intention of doing anything. As a father who was supposed to love us, in fact, he lacked the understanding of what it truly meant to love a child—or to hurt one. To him, this was a harmless game that kept us excited and begging. In fact, it was a cruel, corrosive lie. I lost faith in his words and in him. I wanted to stop caring, but I couldn’t.
Maybe it was his own complicated relationship to his father and his father’s family that caused him cold. Maybe it was the pain and guilt associated with a life of misfortune. Who knows. Whatever it was, it stole him from us, and particularly from me.
While my brothers talked about breaking and fixing things, I spent many of my evenings reading and wondering. My favorite books were a set of encyclopedias(百科全书) given by my uncle. They allowed me to explore the world beyond my world, to travel without leaving, to dream dreams greater than my life would otherwise have supported. But losing myself in my own mind also meant that I was completely lost to my father. Not understanding me, he simply ignored me—not just emotionally, but physically as well. Never once did he hug me, never once a pat on the back or a hand on the shoulder or a tousling of the hair.
My best memories of him were from his episodic attempts at engagement with us. During the longest of these episodes（插曲）, once every month or two, he would come pick us up and drive us down the interstate to Trucker’s Paradise, a seedy, smoke-filled, truck stop with gas pumps, a convenience store, a small dining area and a game room through a door in the back. My dad gave each of us a handful of quarters, and we played until they were gone. He sat up front in the dining area, drinking coffee and being particular about the restaurant’s measly offerings.
I loved these days. To me, Trucker’s Paradise was paradise. The quarters and the games were fun but easily forgotten. It was the presence of my father that was most treasured. But, of course, these trips were short-lived.
It wasn’t until I was much older that I would find something that I would be able to cling to as evidence of my father’s love.
When the Commodore 64 personal computer debuted, I convinced myself that I had to have it even though its price was out of my mother’s range. So I decided to earn the money myself. I mowed every yard I could find that summer for a few dollars each, yet it still wasn’t enough. So my dad agreed to help me raise the rest of the money by driving me to one of the watermelon farms south of town, loading up his truck with wholesale melons and driving me around to sell them. He came for me before daybreak. We made small talk, but it didn’t matter. The fact that he was talking to me was all that mattered. I was a teenager by then, but this was the first time that I had ever spent time alone with him. He laughed and repeatedly introduced me as “my boy,” a phrase he relayed with a sense of pride. It was one of the best days of my life.
Although he had never told me that he loved me, I would cling to that day as the greatest evidence of that fact. He had never intended me any wrong. He just didn’t know how to love me right. He wasn’t a mean man. So I took these random episodes and clung to them like a thing most precious, storing them in my mind for the long stretches of coldness when a warm memory would prove most useful.
It just goes to show that no matter how friendless the father, no matter how deep the damage, no matter how shattered the bond, there is still time, still space, still a need for even the smallest bit of evidence of a father’s love.
“My boy.”
55.From the passage, the father was_____ in the writer’s memory.
A selfish and cruel B proud and cold C imperfect but loving D shy but thoughtful
56.The writer used not to feel Father’s true love because______ .
A．father showed his love but had no good way to express himself to his children
B．he just lost himself in his own mind without getting close to his father
C．father was too busy so unable to communicate with his children enough
D. he had a prejudice（偏见） and was too stubborn to feel it
57. The underlined phrase “cling to” can be replaced by __________.
A. catch hold of B. depend on C. stick to D. keep
58. From the last parts (para7-11), we can infer that ______ .
A．father liked to show off his family before others
B．I couldn"t understand Father’s love unless he expressed to me
C．father intended to show a loving father he was but failed.
D．I would definitely treasure all the small love from father
59. What’s the right order of the episodes?
1. His dad agreed to help him.
2. The Commodore 64 personal computer was just on sale.
3. The writer decided to buy it and earn the money himself.
4 His dad drove the writer to one of the watermelon farms south of town, loaded up his truck with wholesale melons and drove the writer around to sell them.
5. The writer didn’t have enough money.
A. 23541 B. 23514 C.32541 D. 32514
60. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Remembrances of my father B. Father and son C. My boy D. The past days
第二节：下面文章中有5处（第58-62题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Live in denial
B. Sell your iPhone
C. Stop making phone calls
D. Purchase a car rather than an iPhone
E. Move to a location with strong carrier signal
F. Return the phone and get one from a different manufacturer（制造商）
Apple’s so-called iPhone 4 “Death Grip” ----where holding the phone in the left hand weakens the signal ---- may rank among the top marketing failures of the 2010s.
Frustrated iPhone 4 owners don’t need to wait around for Apple to handle the problem. They can solve the calling problems on their own. I’ve got five guaranteed solutions, but you probably won’t like them.
61. ________________. In most US states, purchasers can return phones within 14 days - 30 days in states like California. It’s the “buyer’s regret” period, and for some people who can’t make clear calls there surely is some kind of regret. Apple’s newest handset may be the most fashionable phone on the planet, but it is by no means the only choice. Yes, you can use another smart phone and find happiness.
62. ________________. OK, so this might seem like an extreme choice, but, hey, aren’t all those phone calls annoying? I’ve dramatically reduced the number of phone calls and must say it feels good to be free of them. The iPhone has a touchscreen for a reason. Use it. But, please, don’t text and drive.
63. ________________. If you must make phone calls, change your location. Repeatedly test for the Death Grip, but don’t let the sellers know the real reason for moving. Surely they’ll think that anyone willing to wait all night in a line to buy a cell phone is some one who is easily tricked or taken in. Don’t let your iPhone 4 enthusiasm drive up the seller’s counter offer.
64. ________________. Hey, why should Apple be the only one who makes money? The iPhone 4 eBay auctions（拍卖）are crazy. There are “buy it now” prices of $1,000 and auctions with bids（出价）starting above $800. While writing this post, I watched one auction count down 7 minutes to zero, where in the final seconds the winning bid was $1,300 for the 32GB black model, unopened.
65. ________________. It’s surprising how effectively some people can just ignore problems like they don’t exist. No matter what the situation, they ignore it. “Hey, Johnny, don’t you know Toyota recalled（召回） a bazillion cars for accelerator pedal defects?” You know his answer: “Toyota is the best company on the planet. There is no problem with my car.” I’ve seen this kind of denial behavior among some Mac enthusiasts, too. About Death Grip, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is on record firmly stating: “Just avoid holding it in that way.” Apple claims the problem really isn’t iPhone 4 but you. Hey, you can choose to believe that. Denial will fix your problem, because you’ll never admit to having one.
第二卷（两部分，共40分）
第三部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：短文改错（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请再有错误的地方增加，删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
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假如你是李越，你的美国笔友Mike想了解你校新开设的选修课程《American history and culture》的情况，你向他作如下介绍：内容，目的，考核要求及你的感受。
注意：1、词数100-120；2、信的抬头与落款已给出（不计入总词数）；
3、 选修课程----selective course
Dear Mike,
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely
Li Yue
2015届高三第一学期阶段考试二英语参考答案
1、单项 1--20 ADDCB BACAD BBCAD CACBD
2、完形 21--40 BBACD CCBAD ACDDB ACBAD
3、阅读 41-44DBAC 45-49 DCBBA 50-54: DACBD 55-60CADDBA 61-65FCEBA
4、短文改错
5、书面表达
Dear Mike,
Thank you for your letter asking about American history and culture, a selective course that we are taking at school. Here is something about it.
This course focuses on the key themes and periods in American history and how these have shaped modern American culture today, targeted at opening a window to dip into American history and culture. And our final grades are assessed based on involvement in class activities and performance in tests.
From the course, not only can we improve our skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing, but also it cultivates our ability to team with others. Obviously, we will benefit a lot from such a wonderful course and become a more learned person to fit in with the fast changing world. (125)
Yours sincerely
Li Yue
作文批改要求：作文打分重点关注文体，篇章结构，语言表达的连贯性和地道性。主要是在第三（15-19）和第四档（20-25），第五档26分以上要控制。