江苏省涟水中学 2019-2020 学年度第二学期高二年级阶段检测（一）英语试卷(本试卷共六部分，满分 150 分。
考试时间 120 分钟。
)第一部分听力（共 20 小题，每题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 5 分）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.W hat is the man waiting to do?A. Enjoy some noodles.B. Eat some eggs.C. Drink somehot water.2.W hat does the man advise the woman to do?A.Give running another try.B.Try some of the other events.C.Talk with the P.E teacher.3.For what purpose did the woman choose to take Spanish?A.She wanted to be classmates with the man.B.She studied it when she was a little girl.C.She had studied a similar language before.4.W hat is Steve worried about?A. His football.B. His lamp.C. His desk5.W here does the conversation probably take place?A. In a bookstore.B. In a game center.C. In alibrary.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）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 5 秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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。
听下面一段对话，回答第 6 至 7 题。
6.H ow does the woman describe her students?A. Various.B. Boring.C. Educational.7.W hen does the conversation take place?A.At the beginning of a term.B.In the middle of a term.C.At the end of a term.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8.W here was the group supposed to meet?A.In the parking lot.B.At the movie theater.C.At the entrance of the mall.9.W hich showing are the speakers late for?A.The 12:00 showing.B.The 12:10 p.m. showing.C.The 1:30 p.m. showing.10.Who is paying for the woman’s ticket?A. Dave.B. Kate.C. Julia.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11.What is the weather like now?A. It is windy.B. It is snowing.C. It is raining.12.How did the woman get to the coffee shop?A.She took a subway.B.She drove her car.C.She walked a few blocks.13.Why did the woman come to the cafe?A.She thought she would study well there.B.She planned to own a coffee shop someday.C.She wanted to be surrounded by other students.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。
14.When do students usually have the most trouble in college according totheman?A.During office hours.B.During the first year.C.During the last year.15.What resource does the woman mention?A. The writing center.B. The library.C. Tutors.16.Where does the man think students should go for help withassignments?A.The Center for Academic Success.B.Their network of friends.C.The math lab.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17.What did John probably want to do when he finished school?A.Be an engineer.B.Become a math teacher.C.Study Modern Asian History.18.What time did John need to be in the classroom for hisEnglish test? A. At 8:30 a.m. B. At 9:00 a.m.C. At 4:00 p.m.19.Why did John have ink on his shirt?A.He did not have enough paper.B.Someone played a trick on him.C.He fell asleep with his pen in his hand.20.What was the terrible truth for John?A.He had missed the test.B.He couldn’t find his car.C.He had fallen asleep in class.第二部分阅读理解（共15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30分）第一节阅读理解（共10 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
AIf you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. So it may becomepart of your “inner speech.”In other words, you start thinking in that language. Your mind stops trying to translate things from your native languageinto the second language. But most of the English learners live in places where English is not the main language. This may be true for you. You may nothave many chances to practice English. You may even be self-taught.Thinking in English really helps! It is not very difficult, but it does need practice. Here we will share some mental exercises. A good first step isto think in words. Look around you. What do you see? In your head, try to nameeach object in your surroundings. Charles Thomas has taught English for over 10 years. He tells his students to name the things that they see around them,wherever they are.Another exercise Thomas suggest is describing in your mind objects you don’t know the words for. An example would be if you couldn’t think of theword “garage”. Thomas says, “If you’re looking at your house and you seeyour garage, but you can’t think of the name in English. You can say, ‘The place inside where I put my car’ or you can say, ‘It’s next to my house. Ikeep things there.’”The next exercise is thinking in simple sentences. For example, if you aresitting in a park, you can tell yourself things like, “It’s such a beautiful day”and “People are playing sports with their friends.”You can also describe your daily activities. Thomas asks his students to describe their dayusing the simple present verb form. So, they would think to themselves thingslike, “I put on my shirt” and “He drives the bus.”How much time should you spend on these exercises? Thomas says you do a little every day. “When you make things a habit, then it just pops up into your mind without thinking and then, before you know it, really, you’re thinking in English.”21.W hen a second language becomes part of your “inner speech”, .A.most people around you speak the languageB.you start thinking in the languageC.you translate things from your native language into itD.you learn the language by yourself22.“The place inside where I put my car” is an example for .A.naming objects in your surroundingsB.thinking in simple sentencesC.describing objects you don’t know the words forD.describing your daily activities23.W hich of the following is the best title for the passage?A.Spend your time on exercisesB.Teach yourself a second languageC.Train your brain to think in EnglishD.Practice English wherever you areBRobots have taken over many of America’s factories. But can they pick a strawberry? “It’s really hard for robots to match what humans can do,” says Bob Pizter, an expert on robots.Any 4-year-old kid can pick a strawberry, but machines can’t seem to figure it out. Pizter says the hardest thing for them is finding the fruit. Pizter’s strawberry-picking robot is rolling into a strawberry field. This well-designed device drives itself. It’s as big as a bus, long enough to straddle ( 跨越) a dozen rows of strawberries at once. Powerful computersare sitting on top. Underneath, there are high-definition cameras to find theberries, and robotic claws ready to pick them.“Nobody’s telling it what to do,”explains Paul Bissett, the chief operating officer of Harvest CROO Robotics. “It’s remembering its path downthe row. It’s remembering where all these plants are.” It knows all this, thanks to the super-accurate GPS. Its computer brain contains a map showing the locations of every strawberry plant in the field. The action of machineryis truly impressive, but the baskets are still practically empty. Pitzer saysthe robots are able to find and pick more than 50 percent of ripe berries. That’s not yet up to human standards. A typical worker, he says, manages topick anywhere from 60 to 90 percent of the berries. Also, he admits, the machine is slower than human hands. On the other hand, it has some advantages.It can work right through the night. Two years later, he says, this machinewill be in the fields working for real. “There are weaknesses to work out,but it’s getting there. We’re close.” he says.Strawberry companies are putting millions of dollars into this project. The reason, Gary Wishnatzki, the owner of Wish Farms says, is that it’s getting more and more difficult to find enough people to pick his berries. “The fact of the matter is, if we don’t solve the problem of this labor shortage with automation, the industry is facing a big challenge ahead. The price of fruit is going to be much higher,” Jose Santos, the leader of the farm, says.Jose is pretty convinced, though, that picking strawberries will always require people. The machines will break down, he points out. In fact, he’s looking on the bright side. “You couldafford to give people a day off if you have machines behind you,” he says.24.According to thepassage, the strawberry-picking robot .A.can work extra hoursB.relies on GPS only to find berriesC.runs on petrol just like a busD.picks both ripe and unripe berries25.W hat do people mentioned in the passage think of the strawberry-picking robot?A.It will lead to the price of strawberries rising.B.It keeps human workers working through night.C.It is not very efficient at the moment but promising.D.It will completely take the place of human workers.26.W hat does the passage mainly talk about?A.The working principle of strawberry-picking robots.B.Farmers’ expectations for strawberry-picking robots.C.The present state of strawberry-picking robots.D.The differences between humans and strawberry-picking robots.CRumors（谣言）：we've all heard some and we've all spread some.In more traditional times they shook entire families. Today, they travel differently because the way we share information has also changed.The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally. Wedon't enjoy being on the receiving end of one, sincethey usually don't have good intentions. They are somewhat veiled（掩饰的）messages.Normally rumors are oral messages: word of mouth. The paradox （自相矛盾）is that thereis no evidence to support rumors, but the more people share it, the more theysee it as true. To finish explaining rumors, we think that they follow certainvery clear laws. Secrecy: The source is unknown. There is also a proven phenomenon that human beings usually forget the source of a message before they forget its content. Certainty: We hardly question rumors simply because ofthe mental effort involved. On the other hand, no one likes to doubt a personwho convinces us that the information they spread is true. Change: It acts like a tree. New rumors branch out to fill in the gaps left by the first rumor.Another property (属性) of rumors is that they tend to become viral. Eachreceiver is at the same time a potential transmitter （传输者）of the information. The receiver often adds their own opinion. Their manner and toneof transmitting it also changes it.How can we end rumors? The answer is as simple as it is impossible: preventing people from communicating. A more realistic response is equally difficult, although less than the first one. It is that we should be criticalof the information we receive. We should ask ourselves if the source is reliable. Ask （if possible ）the person you heard it from whether they also trust theinformation. We should also think about if the rumor benefits someone, and ifthat someone started the rumor.One rumor to be especially cautious of is a rumor about groups relativelyunable to defend themselves. That's why we say, "History is always told by thewinners." The first payment the defeated must make is to accept the victor's version of the story.27.What can we learn about rumors?A.We have all heard some and believed them.B.We're happy to be the receiving end of them.C.They may have negative influence on society.D.They often hide good intentions in the messages.28.H ow are rumors like a tree?A.Rumors keep changing, just as trees change their color.B.Rumors are deeply rooted in reality, like tree roots in the earth.C.New rumors have gaps, like the space between tree branches.D.New rumors grow out of the original, like branches out of a trunk.29.W hat does the underlined word ‘viral’ in Para 4 probably mean?A.Something easily spread.B.Something acceptable.C.Something easily defended.D.Something beneficial.30.W hich of the following may the author agree with?A.It is easy to prevent people from spreading rumors.B.People are often active in judging the rumors critically.C.We should think about the hidden message of the rumors.D.Stories told by the victors are usually better worth trusting.第二节七选五（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。