同济中学2016学年度第二学期高二阶段测试英语试卷（2017.3）（时间90分钟，满分100分）I. Listening: 20%Section ADirections: In section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. The woman likes playing football in winter.B. The man likes swimming in summer.C. The man likes playing basketball in summer.D. The man likes playing basketball in winter.2. A. Two fathers. B. Two movies. C. Two pictures. D. Two Oscarprizes.3. A. Long. B. Moving. C. Interesting. D. Boring.4. A. India. B. Thailand. C. Japan. D. SouthKorea.5. A. See a film. B. Buy a jacket.C. Climb mountains.D. Visit an actor.6. A. At the train station. B. On the train.C. At the airport.D. At the office.7. A. Make plans on the computer. B. Playing games on the computer.C. Practice using a program on the computer.D. Learn how to use the computer.8. A. 120 yuan. B. 160 yuan. C. 200 yuan. D. 220 yuan.9. A. It is going to be cloudy. B. It is going to rain.C. It is raining now.D. The woman lost her umbrella.10.A. Sports. B. Movies. C. Music. D. Actionmovies.Section BDirections: In section B, you will hear several longer conversations and short passages, and you will be asked several questions on each of the conversations and the passages. The conversations and the passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 to 12 are based on the following passage.11.A. Asking for Wi-Fi password.B. Wearing shoes on the carpet.C. Looking into the host’s bedroom without permission.D. Turning down food when offered.12.A. 24%. B. 89%. C. 64%. D. 22%. Questions 13 through 15 are based on the following passage.13.A. She is 27 years old. B. She has been teaching for threeyears.C. She wants to do something else.D. She teaches in a middle school.14.A. They cook their lunch by themselves. B. Most of their families are poor.C. Most of them are homeless.D. They often write letters to the teachers.15.A. The beautiful sunrise in New Mexico.B. A kindergarten teacher’s life in New Mexico.C. Homeless children in New Mexico.D. Poor families in New Mexico.Questions 16 through 18 are based on the following conversation.16.A. He can’t speak English very well.B. He finds it is difficult to speak Spanish.C. He doesn’t know much Spanish grammar and vocabulary.D. He has difficulty in learning English grammar.17.A. About three years. B. About four years.C. About five years.D. About two years.18.A. Move to Spain.B. Have more regular conversation practice.C. Watch more Spanish television programmes.D. Do more reading in the classroom.Questions 19 to 20 are based on the following conversation.19.A. She hurt him with a knife. B. She pushed him to the floor.C. She caught hold of his knife.D. She did nothing because of fear.20.A. The woman. B. Two policemen.C. Two workers in the subway.D. Two passengers.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A 10%Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.It’s every student’s dream for drones to deliver burritos（墨西哥卷饼）to campus.Alphabet’s Project Wing and Chipotle have teamed up for a pilot program 21__________ flies these burritos to the students at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. These drones can fly to the delivery location from a Chipotle food truck, hover over the customer and lower the order down 22___________ (use) a wire cable.This program marks the first time that Project Wing has used its technology to deliver items directly to consumers. “It’s the first time that we 23___________ (deliver) food to people,” Dave Vos, who heads Project Wing, said.For the mew experiment at Virginia Tech, the drones will travel back and forth to a Chipotle food truck instead of an 24___________ (establish) restaurant. This will let researchers observe the accuracy of the technology’s navigation system and see 25____________ people respond. Although the main goal is to test the drone and its technology, researchers are also interested in how well the packaging protects the burritos and keeps them warm. The delivery drones26____________ (fly) to drop off and pick up orders and a human operator will be present to take control 27____________ necessary. Also, regulations state that drones 28___________ (not permit) to fly over people, so the students 29___________ (order) their burritos will be protected.The data 30___________ (gather) from this burrito-bearing aircraft experiment will also be given to the FAA（联邦航空管理局）to help the agency develop new rules for drone delivery. Section B 10%Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Factory workers are about to get super-human strength 31_________ to Nasa's “Robo-Glove”. The glove helped scientists control Robonaut 2, a robot that provided engineering and technical 32_________ on a space mission. But now it has been given power-boosting technologies thanks to a partnership between General Motors and medical technology company, Bioservo. They hope that it will help workers in factories.Using a combination of sensors that 33_________ like human nerves and muscles, the new Power Glove has the same dexterity（敏捷）as the human hand —but with huge strength. The technologies could help employees in health care and 34_________ industries where a strong grip （紧握）is 35_________ to get the job done. The glove helps stops to make 36_________ hands less painful after a long day's work and will make it easier for workers to get a grip.It could cut the amount of force an operator needs to hold a tool during an operation in half. An operator in a factory may use 15 to 20 pounds of force to hold a tool during an operation, for example. But with the robotic glove, the factory operator might need to 37_________ only 5 to 10 pounds of force. Wearing the Robo-Glove will mean tools no longer need to be made to 38_________ a worker's hand, which will cut costs too.The hand is 39_________ by some batteries that are tied around the worker's waist. Potential uses in the 40_________ industry are promising with the increase in robotic surgery, too. Providing a comfortable glove for surgeons to control robots over a patient's body during long operations could help save lives.Ⅲ. Reading ComprehensionSection A 15%Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.There are two runners standing side by side at the starting line of a race. Both look very strong and fast. But only one of the runners speeds ahead and wins the race. The other falls behind.Some athletes can reach __41__ such as the achievement of an Olympic gold medal. Others may never live up to their promises. Exactly what kind of __42__ before a race or another event makes the __43__?Everybody knows that athletes work out to strengthen their __44__. But research shows that strengthening the mind may be just as __45__. Careful study indicates that the best athletes win __46__ because they think they can win.Thinking positive thoughts seems to give possibility for __47__ in sports. Those who say to themselves over and over, “I know I can do this,” often find they have the __48__ to win. On the other hand, people often fail, who think, “I can’t win.”One procedure that helps many athletes is creating __49__ in the mind. They are told to think of each __50__ they must make to win. Some use pictures that are more fanciful. One skater liked to imagine a star bursting inside her, __51__ her with energy. Another athlete who wanted to feel __52__ pictured himself as a __53__ floating in the air.So next time you want to do something well, try training your __54__ to help you. Perhaps a teacher or another instructor can help you plan your training. If you imagine yourself doing better, you may soon see __55__ in what you really can do. Positive thinking and picture created in your mind can help you win!41.A. places B. prizes C. medals D. goals42.A. preparation B. picture C. plan D. working43.A. same B. difference C. most D. best44.A. mind B. thought C. bodies D. legs45.A. important B. interesting C. possible D. correct46.A. hardly B. almost C. partly D. nearly47.A. success B. goals C. win D. failure48.A. disadvantage B. advantage C. lucky D. misfortune49.A. gold B. pictures C. money D. movement50.A. move B. stair C. jump D. place51.A. giving B. borrowing C. filling D. supporting52.A. calm B. distracted C. discouraged D. happy53.A. fish B. bird C. cat D. horse54.A. body B. mind C. speed D. endurance55.A. improvement B. advantage C. chance D. winningSection B 22%Directions:Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)In 1848, gold was discovered in California. From all over the nation, thousands of young men set out for California. People called this the time of the Gold Rush.A gold miner came into a city looking for a pair of pants. He wanted the pants strong enough to stand up to the hard work of mining. He met a young man named Levi, who sold heavy cloth for tents. They asked a tailor to use heavy cloth for their pants. Then Levi went into the business of making work pants. He asked his brothers to send him some strong blue cotton cloth called denim（厚粗的斜纹棉布）. With the blue denim cloth, Levi started to make the kind of pants we call blue jeans today. They were sewed up in the same way as other pants.In 1860, a miner said that the pockets weren’t strong enough to hold the pieces of gold he found. The pockets kept pulling loose from the pants. The cloth was all right. It was the thread that wasn’t strong enough. So Levi used rivets to fasten the pockets onto the pants.56.This article as a whole is about ________.A. the origin of blue jeansB. how people got the blue jeansC. denim, rivets and blue jeansD. cowboy and blue jeans57.Which of the following is TRUE?A. everybody who went to California got a lot of goldB. Levi found riches in the gold fieldsC. Levi made more money than many gold minersD. Levi used to be a good tailor58.The word “this” in the first paragraph refers to________.A. CaliforniaB. goldC. minerD. many people looking for gold(B)Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus “Buy super Clean Toothpaste.” “Drink Good Wet Root Beer.” “Fill up with Pacific Gas.” Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of “You Need It Now!”The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed－new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless or daring, the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation a nd excitement in that. The seat, of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests－even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at the right time. There are just no more ways to sit.59.According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bustrip?A. Buses on the roadB. Films on televisionC. Advertisements on billboardsD. Gas stations60.What is the purpose of this passage?A. To show the similarities between long bus trips and TV shows.B. To persuade you to take a long bus trip.C. To display the differences between long bus trips and TV shows.D. To describe the billboards along the road.61.The writer of this passage would probably favor _______.A. bus drivers who weren’t recklessB. driving aloneC. a television set on the busD. no billboards along the road62.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because ________.A. the commercials both on TV shows and on the billboards along the road are funB. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in betweenC. the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on busesD. both traveling and watching TV are not exciting(C)Proverbs are quite common in spoken English. We do not normally put them in a composition or letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples:Once bitten, twice shy. If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been cheated at a shop, you will not go to the same shop again.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one bird than to see two birds in a bush but not be able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in future.Too many cooks spoil the soup. When too many people do something, they get in each other's way.To pour oil on troubled waters is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough.Don't be a dog in the manger（马槽）means "Don't be selfish." In a stable（马厩）, the manger is the place where the horse's food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bark when a horse comes to get its food. The dog does not want to eat the hay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.He’s sitting on the fence means that somebody will not say whether he is in favour of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides, perhaps waiting to see which side will win.He who pays the piper calls the tune. A piper is a musician. The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out.You can't get blood out of a stone means that you cannot get, something from a person who has not got any of the things you want. For example, you cannot get a million dollars from a poor man.63.Peter had a bicycle which was much too small for him but he did not want to let his youngerbrother ride on it. His mother was angry and said to him, "________."A. You can't get blood out of a stoneB. Don't be a dog in the mangerC. The early bird gets the wormD. Once bitten, twice shy64.Mr. Wang paid for a new school. Some people did not like the design of the school but theydid not argue with Mr. Wang because _________.A. he is pouring oil on troubled watersB. he can’t get blood out of a stoneC. he who pays the piper calls the tuneD. he is sitting on the fence65.Mrs. Chen wanted to buy a new dress. Her husband suggested that she buy it from a shopnear their home. Mrs. Chen disagreed because she had been cheated by that shop. Then she said, "I won’t go there again because ________."A. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushB. I don't want to be a dog in the mangerC. Once bitten, twice shyD. Too many cooks spoil the soup66.Mr. Brown had quite a good job in Hong Kong but he thought that if he went to Singapore hemight get a much better job with more money and a large house. His wife did not want him to leave his job in Hong Kong and she warned him that ________.A. a bird in the hand was worth two in the bushB. too many cooks spoiled the soupC. he couldn't get blood out of a stoneD. he shouldn't pour oil on troubled watersSection C 8%Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only one. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A popular saying goes, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." However, that's not really true. 67_______________________________ It doesn't matter if the words come from someone else or ourselves —the positive and negative effects are just as lasting.We all talk to ourselves sometimes. We're usually too embarrassed to admit it, though. In fact, we really shouldn't be because more and more experts believe talking to ourselves out loud is a healthy habit.This "self-talk" helps us motivate ourselves, remember things, solve problems, and calm ourselves down. Be aware, though, that as much as 77% of self-talk tends to be negative. 68_______________________________ We should also be quick to give ourselves a pat on the back. The next time you finish a project, do well in a test, or finally clean your room, join me in saying "Good job!"Often, words come out of our mouths without us thinking about the effect they will have. But we should be aware that our words cause certain responses in others. For example, when returning an item to a store, we might use warm, friendly language during the exchange. 69_______________________________ Or harsh and critical language will most likely cause the clerk to be defensive.Words possess power because of their lasting effect. Many of us regret something we once said. And we remember unkind words said to us! Before speaking, we should always ask ourselves: Is it loving? Is it needed? 70_______________________________Words possess power: both positive and negative. Those around us receive encouragement when we speak positively. We can offer hope, build self-esteem（自尊）and motivate others to do their best. Negative words destroy all those things. Will we use our words to hurt or to heal? The choice is ours.IV. Translation 15%Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.71.你们应该在周三之前完成这个捐书的任务。