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1、1 / 11【2019【2019最新最新】精选高二英语下学期第一次统测精选高二英语下学期第一次统测4 4月段考试题月段考试题 一、阅读理解一、阅读理解- -阅读选择（阅读选择（ 共共4040分）分）【题号题号1-20】1-20】第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AMy dad loved pennies, especially those with the elegant stalk of wheat curving around each side of the ONE CENT on the back. Tho
2、se were the pennies he grew up with during the Depression (大萧条).As a kid, I would go for walks with Dad, spying coins along the waya penny here, a dime (一角硬币) there. Whenever I picked up a penny, hed ask, “Is it a wheat?“ It always thrilled him when we found one of those special coins produced betwe
3、en 1909 and 1958, the year of my birth.One gray Sunday morning in winter, not long after my fathers death in 2002, I was walking down Fifth Avenue, feeling bereft. I found myself in front of the church where Dad once worked. I was warmly shown in and led to a seat. Hearing Dads favorite “A Mighty Fo
4、rtress Is Our God“, I burst into tears. Wed sung that at his funeral. After the service, I shook the pastors hand and stepped onto the sidewalkand there was a penny. I bent to pick it up, turned it over, and sure enough, it was a wheat. A 1944, a year my father was serving on a ship in the South Pac
5、ific.That started it. Suddenly wheat pennies began turning up on the sidewalks of New York everywhere. I got most of the important years: his birth year, my moms birth year, the year he graduated from college, the year he met my mom, the year they got married, the year 2 / 11my sister was born. But
6、alas, no 1958 wheat pennymy year, the last year they were made.The next Sunday, after the service, I was walking up Fifth Avenue and spotted a penny in the middle of a crossing. Oh, no, it was a busy street; cabs were speeding byshould I risk it? I just had to get it.A wheat! But the penny was worn,
7、 and I couldnt read the date. On arriving home, I took out my glasses and took it to the light. There was my birthday!I found 21 wheat pennies on the streets of Manhattan in the year after my father died, and I dont think thats a coincidence.1. The writers father loved pennies with wheat because _.A
8、.when he first saw it, he began to love itB.when he saw the wheat, he thought of his time during the DepressionC.when he was young, he had a lot of pennies with wheatD.when he was a child, he never got a coin with wheat2. The underlined word “bereft“ (in Para.3) means _.A.aloneB.disappointedC.upsetD
9、.discouraged3. Which of the following statements about the author is NOT true?A.He was born in 1958.B.He went to church because of his father.C.He once worked in a church.D.He knew the church well.4. The best title for the passage would be _.A.My fathers life storyB.Pennies from HeavenC.My fathers h
10、obbyD.Living in New YorkB BA good teacher is many things to many people. In my own experience, the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded the most discipline (纪律) from their students.3 / 11I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school. I think s
11、he was a good teacher because she was a very strict person. I remember very clearly a sign on her classroom door. It was a simple sign that said, “Laboratory: in this room the first five letters of the word was stressed not the last seven.“ In other words, labor for her was more important than orato
12、ry, which means making speeches.She prepared her work very carefully and told us to do the same. We got lots of homework from her. Once she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework load would be reduced, but it continued just the same. She checked our work by st
13、amping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read them.I think sometimes teachers who demand the most are liked the least. But as time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit the students.5. Which of the following is considered a good teacher by the writer?A.A patient te
14、acher.B.An honest teacher.C.A strict teacher.D.An easy-going teacher.6. When the teachers arm was broken, she _.A.gave her students the usual amount of homeworkB.gave her students less homeworkC.asked her students to check the homework themselvesD.gave her students more homework7. Whats the writers
15、opinion of discipline?A.It makes the students dislike their teachers.B.It does good to the students in the long run.C.Its too much for young children.D.It does more harm than good to the students.8. Whats the Chinese for the underlined word “oratory“?4 / 11A.演讲B.讲稿C.访谈D.采访C CStarting the day on an e
16、gg could keep your blood pressure under control, research suggests. Scientists have shown that eggs produce proteins with a function similar to that of powerful blood pressure-lowering drugs.The research, from the University of Alberta in Canada, showed that when eggs come in contact with stomach en
17、zymes (酶) they produce a protein that acts in the same way as Ace inhibitors, but more work is needed to show the effects outside a lab and in the human body.Earlier this month, British researchers declared that, contrary to popular beliefs, it is healthy to go to work on an egg. They concluded that
18、 the type of cholesterol (胆固醇) found in eggs has little effect on increasing heart disease risks.Researcher Professor Bruce Griffin, from the University of Surrey, said, “The wrong beliefs linking egg eating to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected. The amount of fat in our diet
19、 has an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of cholesterol found in eggs. The UK public do not need to be limiting the number of eggs they eat. They can be encouraged to include them in a healthy diet as they are one of natures most nutritious
20、foods.“The British Heart Foundation dropped its three-egg-a-week limit in 2005. However, almost half of Britons believe the limit still applies.9. From the text we know that Ace inhibitors are _.A.a kind of proteinB.a kind of foodC.a kind of medicineD.a kind of illness5 / 1110. According to what Pro
21、fessor Bruce said, eggs _.A.are the most nutritious foodB.can be included in a healthy dietC.have no effect on blood cholesterolD.are forbidden to be eaten in the UK11. We can infer from the text that _.A.stomach enzymes mixed with eggs can cure heart diseasesB.drugs to lower blood pressure will be
22、replaced by eating eggsC.most Britons agree the three-egg-a-week limit should be droppedD.about 50% of Britons think eating an egg a day is bad for their health12. The text is meant _.A.to introduce a medicine made from eggsB.to introduce scientific findings about eggsC.to tell people how to lower t
23、heir blood pressureD.to advise people to eat as many eggs as possibleD DA long-term American study shows the importance of early education for poor children. The study is known as the Abecedarian Project. It involved more than one-hundred young children from poor families in North Carolina.Half of t
24、he children attended an all-day program at a high-quality child-care center. The center offered educational, health and social programs. Children took part in games and activities to increase their thinking and language skills and social and emotional development. The program also included health fo
25、ods for the children.The children attended the program from when they were a few weeks old until the age of five years. The other group of children did not attend the child-care center. After the age of five, both groups attended public school.6 / 11Researchers compared the two groups of children. W
26、hen they were babies, both groups had similar results in tests for mental and physical skills. However, from the age of eighteen months, the children in the educational child-care program did much better in tests.The researchers tested the children again when they were twelve and fifteen years old.
27、The tests found that the children who had been in the child-care center continued to have higher average test results. These children did much better on tests of reading and mathematics.A few years ago, organizers of the Abecedarian Project tested the students again. At the time, each student was tw
28、enty-one years old. They were tested for thinking and educational ability, employment, parenting and social skills. The researchers found that the young adults who had the early education still did better in reading and mathematics tests. They were more than two times as likely to be attending colle
29、ge or to have completed college. In addition, the children who received early education were older on average, when their first child was born.The study offers more evidence that learning during the first months and years of life is important for all later development.The researchers of the Abecedar
30、ian Project believe their study shows a need for lawmakers to spend money on public early education. They believe these kinds of programs could reduce the number of children who do not complete school and are unemployed.13. The Abecedarian Project has lasted _.A.almost one yearB.about five yearsC.mo
31、re than 20 yearsD.no more than 15 years7 / 1114. Those who had been in the child-care center _ compared with those who hadnt.A.have their children at later agesB.get more help from other peopleC.have no parenting or social skills D.are poorer at reading and mathematics15. What dont we know about the
32、 Abecedarian Project after reading the text?A.What the children learned at the child-care center.B.How important early education is for poor children.C.How many children are involved in the Abecedarian Project.D.Whether lawmakers will spend money on public early education.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容
33、，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。When people have a choice of whom to work with, likability can sometimes matter a little bit; more than ability, said Tiziana Casciaro, an associate professor at the University of Torontos Rotman School of Management，who researches likability in the workplace. 16 .
34、 These strategies can help：17 You can induce a sense of similarity with almost anybody by finding things you have in common. They may not be apparent right away, so be observant. Great salespeople do this all the time by studying potential customers for bits and pieces of their lives they can relate
35、 to.Like someone and theyll like you right back1818 FlatteryFlattery ( (奉承）奉承）cancan conveyconvey fondness,fondness, butbut sheshe doesntdoesnt recommendrecommend usingusing thethe fakefake kind,kind, eveneven thoughthough itit maymay work.work. CasciaroCasciaro said,said, u u 8 / 11FlatteryFlattery
36、 thatthat isis completelycompletely mademade upup isis exhaustingexhausting andand morallymorally blameworthy.blameworthy. w w Instead,Instead, letlet a a praisepraise comecome fromfrom a a realreal place.place. 1919 ForFor instance,instance, “I“I reallyreally appreciateappreciate whatwhat youyou di
37、ddid yesterday.”yesterday.”When you give people praises, it goes a very long way towards their liking you back.Be a familiar presenceHumans like things that are familiar, so just seeing you around in person makes you more likable to others. “This concept gives a whole new meaning to the idea of face
38、 time,” Casciaro said. 20 If not, just try to talk to people as much as possible in person during work hours, she advised You want to maximize rich interactions and cut down on the drier ones, like texts and phone calls. Be sure to be seen.A.Ask a lot of questions.B. See the positive in a person and
39、 express it to him.C. People like to guess what others think about them.D. What can you do to increase your chances of being liked?E. Find the common points that link you with another person.F. Its almost irresistible that we like people who seem to like us.G. Go to after-work drinks if you have tim
40、e and you would find the outing enjoyable.二、完形填空（共二、完形填空（共1 1小题；共小题；共3030分）分）【题号题号21-40】21-40】阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。I do not know why I came to the decision to become a loser, but I know I made the choice at a young age. Sometime in the middle of fourth grade, I stopped _21_. By t
41、he time I was in seventh 9 / 11grade, I was your _22_ degenerate (颓废): lazy, rebellious, and disrespectful. I had lost all social _23_. I terminally (不可救药的) followed, what was fashionable.Not long after that, I dropped out of school and _24_ my downward spiral. Hard physical labor was the _25_ for t
42、he choices I made as an adolescent. At the age of twenty-one, I was _26_ lost and using drugs as a way to deal with the fact that I was uneducated and _27_ in a dead-end job carrying roof materials up a ladder all day.But now I believe in do-overs, in the _28_ to do it all again. And I believe that
43、do-overs can be made at any point in your life, if you have the right _29_. Mine came from a _30_ source. It was September 21, 2002, when my son Blake was born. Its funny that after a life of _31_ responsibility, now I was in charge of something so _32_. Over the years, as I grew into the title of D
44、ad, I began to learn something about myself. _33_, Blake and I were both learning to walk, talk, work, and play for the first time. I began my do-over.It took me almost three years to learn _34_ to read. I started with my sons books. Over and over, I practiced reading books to him _35_ I remembered
45、all the words in every one of them. I began to wonder if it was possible for me to go back to school. I knew I wanted to be a good role model, _36_ after a year-and-a-half and a lot of hard work, I passed my GED test on my sons fourth birthday. This may not sound like _37_, and I am not trying to ge
46、t praise for doing something that should have been done in the first 10 / 11place, but all things considered it was one of the _38_ days in my life. Today, I am a full-time college student, studying to become a sociologist.Growing up, I _39_ heard these great turn-around stories of triumph over shor
47、tcomings. But I never thought they applied to me. Now I believe it is a (an) _40_ anyone can make: To do it all over again.21. A.playingB.dreamingC.schoolingD.trying22. A.normalB.typicalC.apparentD.ordinary23. A.gracesB.directionsC.positionsD.occupations24. A.startedB.expandedC.continuedD.prevented2
48、5. A.consequenceB.destructionC.entertainmentD.reward26. A.willinglyB.hopelesslyC.desperatelyD.reluctantly27. A.stuckB.buriedC.trainedD.spoiled28. A.ambitionB.purposeC.interestD.chance29. A.adviceB.goalC.scheduleD.motivation30. A.confusingB.surprisingC.frighteningD.upsetting31. A.sharingB.shoulderingC.avoidingD.recognizing32. A.fragileB.brilliantC.plainD.sensitive33. A.On the contraryB.On the wholeC.In a wayD.In a word34. A.whatB.whyC.whenD.how35. A.untilB.unlessC.ifD.after36. A.yetB.soC.forD.or37. A.muchB.enoughC.nothingD.something38. A.funnyB.boringC.bestD.worst39. A.seldomB.directlyC.