树德中学高2020级高一上学期10月阶段性测试英语试题
命题人、审题人：高2020级英语备课组
第一节 听力部分 （每小题1.5分，共30分） 1. What does the man dislike about the dress? A. The size.
B. The color. C. The style.
2. Why does the man want a ride to work? A. His car is being repaired. B. He lent his car to someone else. C. He doesn’t want to take the subway. 3. What happened to the spaghetti? A. The man had it for lunch.
B. It was eaten by the woman. C. It has gone bad in the refrigerator. 4. Why is the woman returning the skirt?
A. It’s too short. B. It’s too long. C. It’s too dark. 5. Where does the man work now?
A. At a furniture store. B. At the post office.
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Why did the woman go to England?
A. On business. B. To visit friends. C. For further studies. 7. What was the weather like in England? A. Rainy.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What does the woman notice first about the owner of the restaurant? A. Her clothes.
B. Her hairstyle. C. Her smile.
B. Windy. C. Sunny.
C. At a party supply store.
9. Why does the owner go to Italy every year? A. To visit her family.
B. To get some information about fashion. C. To study the design of clothes.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Why did the man call the woman?
A. To pay a bill. B. To deposit some money. C. To check his account balance.
11. Where does the man live now? A. On Alston Way.
B. On Berkshire Road. C. On Parkview Drive.
12. What is the last piece of information the man gives? A. His date of birth.
B. His account number.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the woman’s job? A. An editor.
B. A journalist. 14. What does the man want to write about? A. Law.
B. Girls in sports. 15. What is the man’s mother’s career? A. She is a professional writer.
B. She is a criminal lawyer. 16. Why does the woman apologize to the man? A. She asked too many personal questions. B. She was not supportive of his career choice. C. She was asking questions instead of him.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What’s the theme for today? A. Introducing some famous writers.
B. Discussing the issue for environment protection. C. Discussing the growth of world’s economy. 18. What is Jessica Fleming’s new book about? A. The economic effects of natural disasters. B. How people are affecting the oceans. C. Why trees are important to the planet.
19. What does the speaker like most about Prof. Thomas’s book? A. It is easy to understand.
B. It includes many interesting interviews. C. It has even more details than his last book. 20. What suggestions will Prof. Thomas give next? A. How to talk with whales.
B. How to protect the underwater environment.
C. What the government should do about oil spills. C. His Social Security Number.
C. An athletic director.
C. The economy.
C. She is a family lawyer.
第二节 阅读理解 （每小题2分，共30分）
A
We all know what a brain is. A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the body in the head. It controls our body’s functions, movements, emotions and thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more.
A brain can also simply be a smart person. If a person is called brainy, he is smart and intelligent. If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say, “He’s the brains in the family.” And if you are the brains behind something, you are responsible for developing or organizing something. For example, Bill Gates is the brains behind Microsoft.
Brain trust is a group of experts who give advice. Word experts say the phrase “brain trust” became popular when Franklin D. Roosevelt first ran for president in 1932. Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues facing the U.S. These professors were called his “brain trust”.
These ways we use the word “brain” all make sense. But other ways we use the word are not so easy to understand. For example, to understand the next brain expression, you first need to know the word “drain”. As a verb, to drain means to remove something by letting it flow away. So a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears. But, brain drain is when a country’s most educated people leave their countries to live in another. The brains are, sort of, draining out of the country.
However, if people are responsible for a great idea, you could say they brainstormed it. Here, brainstorm is not an act of weather. It is a process of thinking creatively about a complex topic. For example, business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products, and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems.
If people are brainwashed, it does not mean their brains are nice and clean. To brainwash means to make some accept new beliefs by using repeated pressure in a forceful or tricky way. Keep in mind that brainwash is never used in a positive way.
21. According to the text, if you’re the CEO of Baidu you can be called . A. the organ of Bai Du
B. the brain drain of Bai Du D. Bai Du’s brain trust
C. the brains behind Bai Du
22. Roosevelt successfully won the election probably because .
A. he got his brain trust
B. he got the help of word experts D. he was the brains behind America
C. he was smart at giving advice
23. From the passage, we can infer that .
A. to drain a lake means to fill it with a lot of water B. brainy and brainwash are never used in a negative way
C. brainstorming is not a good choice for a political leader for lack of creativity D. a country suffers a “brain drain” when educated people move to other countries
B
When I was seven my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices tell the time — which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007.
But while the wise have realized that they don’t need them, others — apparently including some distinguished men of our time — are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to ￡250,000 for a piece.
This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Expensive watches come with extra functions — but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 meters into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?
If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead, the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world.
Watches are now classified as “investments”. A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly ￡350,000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from ￡15,000 to ￡30,000 plus in a year. But a watch is not an investment. It’s a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for 15 years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of the ￡350,000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Timex.
24. The sales of watches to young people have fallen because they__________.
A. have other devices to tell the time C. prefer to wear an iPod A. people dive 300 meters into the sea B. expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones C. cheap cars don’t run as fast as expensive ones D. expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell 26. What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage?
A. It targets rich people as its potential customers B. It’s hard for the industry to beat its competitors C. It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising D. It’s easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches 27. Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Timex or Rolex? C. Watches? Not for Me!
B. My Childhood Timex
D. Watches — a Valuable Collection
B. think watches too expensive D. have no sense of time
25. It seems ridiculous to the writer that__________.
C
“I moved him,” the old man said. “I moved him then.” He felt faint again now but he held on the great fish all the strength that he could. I moved him, he thought. Maybe this time I can get him over. Pull, hands, he thought. Hold up, legs. Last for me, head. Last for me. You never went. This time I’ll pull him over.
But when he put all of his effort on, starting it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his strength, the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away.
“Fish,” the old man said. “Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?” That way nothing is accomplished, he thought. His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now. I must get him alongside this time, he thought. I am not good for many more turns. Yes, you are, he told himself. You’re good for ever.
On the next turn, he nearly had him. But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. You are killing me, fish, the old man thought. But you have a right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who.
Now you are getting confused in the head, he thought. You must keep your head clear. Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought.
“Clear up, head,” he said in a voice he could hardly hear. “Clear up.” Twice more it was the same on the turns.
I do not know, the old man thought. He had been on the point of feeling himself go each time. I do not know. But I will try it once more. He tried it once more and he felt himself going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail heaving in the air.
I’ll try it again, the old man promised, although his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes. He tried it again and it was the same. So he thought, and he felt himself going before he started; I will try it once again. The old man dropped the line and put his foot on it and lifted the harpoon (鱼叉) as high as he could and drove it down with all his strength, and more strength he had just summoned (召集), into the fish’s side just behind the great chest fin that rose high in the air to the altitude of the man’s chest. He felt the iron go in and he leaned on it and drove it further and then pushed all his weight after it.
Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff. Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray (喷) over the old man and over all of the skiff. 28. Why did the old man keep talking to himself while fighting against the fish?
A. To rescue himself from great pressure. B. To remind himself of the hidden danger. C. To prevent himself from feeling tired. D. To give himself constant encouragement. 29. Which of the following statements is true about the fisherman?
A. The fisherman seemed to be playing a cat-and-mouse game with the fish. B. The fisherman showed respect for the fish in this fierce battle.
C. The fisherman has been fighting with the fish for long, which made him anxious.
D. The fisherman, experienced as he was in fishing, nearly got killed on several occasions. 30. What can be inferred from the sentence “Fish, you are going to have to die anyway”(Para. 3) ?
A. Quite a few fishermen were chasing and hunting the fish. B. The fish had been seriously injured and couldn’t live long. C. The old man had much confidence in catching the fish. D. As a matter of fact, the fish was too old to live any longer. 31. Which of the following words best describes the old man?
A. Ambitious. B. Aggressive. C. Strong-willed. D. Sympathetic.
四川省树德中学2020-2021学年高一上学期10月阶段性测 英语试题 PDF版含答案
