1、14-15学年牛津高二上学期B5U2阶段测试 Class: Name: Marks: 满分（85）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AIt all started off with five. It was raining, and my dad told me that I had to make five free throws (投球) one after another without a break before I could go home. I was ten years old at that time. So I shot
2、(投球) until I indeed made five free throws. Pretty soon the number of free throws increased until I got to high school and I had to make seventy-five before I could leave the gym.I used to get mad when I reached the required amount and I would miss the next one, but my dad made me start over, saying
3、that I missed it on purpose. So in high school I would usually get to 120 before I stopped. My highest ever was 175. I never expected this would ever bring me some benefit, but one game really changed my idea.Our school team was playing basketball match with Royal High School, and we lost the game b
4、y twenty points a week earlier, so this game was all about revenge (报仇). With two minutes left in the game, my team was up by six and their coach told them to foul (犯规). Our coach immediately put forward a perfect plan giving the ball to me every time. And every time my teammates gave me the ball, t
5、he other team would foul me. Then I went to the free throw line and made two free throws successfully. I ended up going ten-for-ten that game all in the last two minutes. The final score was 57-50 and we won. 1. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that .A. the authors father was very strict w
6、ith himB. the authors father wanted him to create a record C. the author had to make five free throws every dayD. the author could make 75 free throws at the age of 102. How many times was the author fouled? A. Ten. B. Seven. C. Six. D. Five.3. What can we learn from the text?A. The author could mak
7、e fifty free throws within two minutes.B. The authors hard work brought a good result in the game.C. The authors coach didnt know the author had the talent.D. Royal High School team was stronger than the authors team.BHaving attended a first-aid-at-work course, Brian Cracknell soon found himself res
8、ponding to two emergencies in a week. Brian was at work in his bus company office in Weston-super-Mare on May 18 when a colleague called to say there had been an accident at a bus stop nearby. He ran to the scene with his first aid kit and found an old lady sitting at the bus stop. When boarding (上车
9、) the bus, the old lady painfully hurt her left leg, which was bleeding.He introduced himself, and asked some basic first aid questions to get a general picture of her health. Then he put his jacket on the floor, using the ladys coat as a pillow, and gently laid her down so he could raise her legs a
10、nd apply some bandages. Bryan said, “At first I was a bit worried about remembering to do all the right things. I made sure she was as comfortable as possible.” When he had nearly finished, he told the lady that she was his first one. The lady said he was doing a great job.Just a week later, Brian g
11、ot a second call-out to help another lady at a bus stop. Having used his new skills twice within a short time, Brian has decided to sign up as a Red Cross first aid volunteer. As he said, “I just thought: whats the point in having this knowledge if Im not going to use it? It felt really good to help
12、 those people. I was so proud of myself afterwards, so Im going to join the Red Cross.”4. Before helping the old lady, Brian . A. had given first aid on many people B. was thought to be a skilled first aid volunteer C. knew nothing about how to handle an emergency D. had learnt first aid skills but
13、hadnt put them into practice5. What was wrong with the old lady when Brian arrived? A. Her legs were bleeding after being injured. B. Her left leg was injured and was bleeding. C. She fell onto the ground and hurt her head. D. She was knocked down by a bus and lost her legs.6. What does Paragraph 3
14、mainly tell us? A. The reason why Brian was asked to help. B. Brian handled two emergencies in a week. C. How Brian gave first aid on the old lady. D. How the old lady reacted to Brians performance.7. After using his first aid skills twice, Brian . A. was discouraged and decided to give up B. realiz
15、ed he still had a lot of things to learn C. decided to give up his job for the Red Cross D. decided to help more people with his first aid skillsCA Japanese company has ordered all of its 2,700 employees to get identical (一模一样的) hairstyles. For men, the preferred cut is short on the sides and back b
16、ut longer on top. For women, the company prefers a bob with a longer fringe (刘海) that can be swept to one side. This unusual request is its effort to help the country save energy. The spokeswoman for the Tokyo-based construction firm Maeda Corporation Chizuru Inoue explained, “Our company is eager t
17、o protect the environment and we encourage our staff to carry out many environment-friendly actions.” She added, “We are not sure of the data yet, but we believe if people have short hair, they do not need to use their hair driers for so long and they will use less water. If all our employees do thi
18、s, then we may save a lot of power.” Some staff are confused about which style they must have and have been asking which salons (美容院) give the best cut.The energy-saving move is part of a national campaign to reduce energy consumption (消耗) following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Japan has been str
19、uggling to produce enough electricity since the tsunami ended production at the Fukushima plants. The disaster resulted in a review of the countrys energy policy that now means less than a quarter of its remaining nuclear plants are in use. The government has talked about a move away from nuclear en
20、ergy towards more sustainable (能持续的) technologies. Many government departments have taken measures to save power, including a reduced use of air conditioning in offices and schools. Many employees cannot turn down the air conditioner below 27 degrees in the hottest summer months. 8. The company gave
21、 the order of hairstyles to . A. keep the company offices clean B. show a good image of the business C. make the staff look tidy and pretty D. help reduce energy consumption9. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan . A. is building more nuclear plants B. has to rethink its energy policy C. limi
22、ts peoples daily energy use D. decides to close old nuclear plants10. It can be inferred from the text that . A. nuclear power forms 1/4 of Japans energy B. nuclear plants will soon disappear in Japan C. the company is not alone in saving energy D. other companies have copied the “hairstyle order”11
23、. What would be the best title for the text? A. Sustainable power is welcome in Japan B. Nuclear disaster brings bad results C. Short hairstyles may help save energy D. Japan is lacking in energyDIt turns out that nodding off (睡觉) in class may not be a bad idea, as a new study has shown that going t
24、o sleep shortly after learning new materials is the best way to remember them. According to US lead author Jessica Payne, a psychologist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, nodding off after learning something new is like “telling” the sleeping brain what to remember. Along with colleagues,
25、she studied 207 students who slept for at least six hours per night. Students were randomly (随机地) assigned to study something declarative (陈述的) at 9 am or 9 pm, and returned for testing 30 minutes, 12 hours or 24 hours later.Declarative memory refers to the ability to consciously (有意识地) remember fac
26、ts and events, and can be divided into memory for events and memory for facts about the world. People use both types of memory every day remembering where they parked today or learning how a colleague prefers to be called.At the 12-hour retest, memory was better following a night of sleep compared t
27、o a day of wakefulness (不眠). At the 24-hour retest, with all students having received both a full night of sleep and a full day of wakefulness, students memories were greater when sleep happened shortly after learning rather than following a full day of wakefulness.“Our study confirms that sleeping
28、directly after learning something new is beneficial for memory. Whats special for this study is that we have shown sleeps influence on declarative memory,” Payne said. “Since we found that sleeping soon after learning benefited both types of memory, this means that it would be a good thing to go ove
29、r any information you need to remember before going to bed. In some sense, you may be telling the sleeping brain what to consolidate (巩固).”12. Whats the main idea of the text? A. How to improve ones memory is a difficult problem. B. Nodding off after learning something new helps remember it. C. Stud
30、ents should nod off in class after they learn new materials. D. The best way to remember new materials is to nod off in class.13. We can learn about the study that . A. Jessica Payne and her colleagues were tested B. 207 students were eager to take the test C. it tested students studying something d
31、eclarative D. peoples memory can be divided into two types 14. Paragraph 4 mainly tells us . A. students memories are the best if they sleep for 12 hours each dayB. sleeping for 24 hours contributes to improving students memories C. a full day of wakefulness can make students memories improved great
32、lyD. students memories are better when sleep happens shortly after learning15. What suggestion does Payne give in the last paragraph? A. The more you sleep, the more you remember. B. Go over what you want to remember before going to bed.C. Teachers should allow their students to sleep in class. D. I
33、f you want to improve your memory, you should sleep.第二节（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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Most of life is regular. You do the same things you did yesterday, the day before and every day for the last month. Habits, good or bad, make you who you are. 16 If you know how to chan
34、ge your habits, then even a small effort can create big changes. Here are some tips to get you started:One habit for 30 days. You focus on one change for thirty days. 17 Ive used this as the basis for most of my habit changes. It certainly works to form the automatic (自动的) programs that run in the b
35、ackground of your mind.Replace lost needs. If you switch on your computer and start removing hardware (硬件), what will happen? 18 Similarly, you cant just pull out habits without replacing the needs they meet. Giving up television might mean you need to find a new way to relax or get information.One
36、habit at a time. A month may seem like a long time to focus on only one change, but Ive found trying to change more than a few habits at a time to be unwise. 19 Multitasking (多任务处理) between three or four often means none become habits. 20 Your change should involve one or two rules, not a dozen. Exe
37、rcising once each day for at least thirty minutes is easier to follow than exercising on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays by doing yoga the first day and mountain biking the third day. Simple rules create habits while complex rules create headaches.A. Keep it simple.B. The key is how to control them
38、.C. Chances are that your computer will not work.D. After that time it will surely become a habit.E. You cant know whether a different habit will work until you try it.F. With just one habit change, you can focus on making it really stick.G. If your change brings you more pain than joy, youd better
39、give it up. 第二部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)My son Advait is 4 years old. He taught me a beautiful 21 today. He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit down.” That usually means 22 everything and sitting down to play with him. So I did that because he would not stop calling ou
40、t till I 23 . He was playing with beads, threading (穿过) them one by one. As you know, it is a great exercise that helps 24 manual (手工的) skills. Finally, after he 25 playing with the beads, it was time to put them in the box. He slowly 26 each bead, looked at it as if it were made of chocolate and th
41、en put it into the box.With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting 27 . “Why couldnt he pick up ten in one go and put them in?” I wondered. Then I 28 that he did this with as much involvement as while we were 29 earlier. There was no 30 in his playing and his putting the beads away. My morning wo
42、uld be 31 . And then it occurred to me that this boy was enjoying the whole 32 . Looking at how 33 my son was putting the beads into the box after he had finished his game 34 me that the process is the goal. The joy is not in getting there but in every 35 of the journey. Isnt this what living in the
43、 NOW is all about? Advait, my son, was showing me that it was about 36 every moment with complete love and peace. The truest and happiest moments of my 37 have been the ones when I fully took part in without 38 the past or the future. Thank you, my dear boy, for all lessons that you 39 . I am so 40
44、. 21. A. articleB. secretC. song D. lesson 22. A. leaving B. accepting C. packing D. carrying 23. A. set offB. woke upC. gave in D. broke out 24. A. requireB. build C. take D. share 25. A. startedB. consideredC. finished D. imagined 26. A. threw away B. picked up C. handed out D. brought up27. A. ti
45、red B. impatient C. calm D. excited28. A. orderedB. informedC. asked D. noticed 29. A. playing B. sleeping C. writing D. talking30. A. difference B. need C. pleasure D. doubt 31. A. enjoyed B. arranged C. admired D. wasted32. A. journey B. dayC. game D. process 33. A. nervouslyB. popularlyC. peacefu
46、lly D. worriedly 34. A. helpedB. taught C. demanded D. pleased 35. A. personB. troubleC. case D. step36. A. sparing B. choosingC. enjoying D. counting 37. A. life B. collegeC. office D. holiday 38. A. depending on B. learning about C. thinking about D. getting on39. A. learnedB. attendedC. provided
47、D. drew 40. A. confusedB. shockedC. grateful D. satisfied第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Paul: Maria, lets go to watch the tennis match this Friday night. Maria: I called the ticket office yesterday, only to be told that all the tickets 41 (sell) out. Paul: I know, b
48、ut there will surely be some people hanging around the stadium 42 (try) to sell tickets. Maria: Im afraid the prices will be really 43 . Paul: Dont worry. We can buy the cheapest ones and still enjoy the match. Maria: Who knows 44 or not the tickets will be real. Paul: Thats easy. We can go to the e
49、ntrance to have them 45 (check) before paying. Maria: Good idea! Lets meet at the school gate at 7 pm this Friday evening. 46 the way, what should I take with me? Paul: Youd better 47 some warm clothes. You know, its autumn now. 48 its warm in the day time, it gets pretty cold at night. 49 , I think
50、 we should also take an umbrella with us in case it rains. Maria: How will we come back after the game? Paul: We can take a bus. There is a bus station near the stadium. There is regular bus service and it runs 50 10 minutes.41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 参考答案：1-15 ADBDB CDDBC CBCDB 16-20 BDCFA21-40 DACBC BBDAA DDCBD CACCC41. had been sold 42. trying 43. high 44. whether 45. checked46. By 47. take 48. Though/Although/While 49. Besides 50. every
