高二英语上学期阶段考试试题整理Word格式文档下载.docx

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第Ⅰ卷（选择题共85分）

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；

每小题2分,满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

A

IKEAistheworld'

slargestfurnitureretailer，andthemanbehinditisIngvarKamprad,oneoftheworld’smostsuccessfulbusinessman.BorninSwedenin1926,Kampradwasanaturalbusinessman.Asachild,heenjoyedsellingthingsandmadesmallprofitsfromsellingmatches，seeds，andpencilsinhiscommunity.WhenKampradwas17，hisfathergavehimsomemoneyasarewardforhisgoodgrades.Naturallyheusedittostartupabusiness—IKEA。

IKEA’snamecomesfromKamprad’sinitials（I.K。

）andtheplacewherehegrewup（‘E’and’A'

）.TodayIKEAisknownforitsmodern，minimalistfurniture，butitwasnotafurniturecompanyinthebeginning.Rather,IKEAsoldallkindsofmiscellaneousgoods。

Kamprad’swaresincludedanythingthathecouldsellforprofitsatdiscountedprices，includingwatches,pensandstockings.

IKEAfirstbegantosellfurniturethroughamail—ordercataloguein1947.ThefurniturewasalldesignedandmadebymanufacturersnearKamprad’shome.Initialsaleswereveryencouraging，soKampradexpandedtheproductline.FurniturewassuchasuccessfulaspectofthebusinessthatIKEAbecamesolelyafurniturecompanyin1951。

In1953IKEAopeneditsfirstshowroominAlmhult，Sweden。

IKEAisknowntodayforitsspaciousstoreswithfurnitureinattractivesettings，butintheearly1950s,peopleorderedfromcatalogues。

Thusresponsetothefirstshowroomwasoverwhelmingpeoplelovedbeingabletoseeandtrythefurniturebeforebuyingit。

Thisledtoincreasedsalesandthecompanycontinuedtothrive。

By1955，IKEAwasdesigningallitsownfurniture。

In1956Kampradsawamandisassembling（拆卸）atabletomakeiteasiertotransport.Kampradwasinspired.Themanhadgivenhimagreatideaflatpackaging。

FlatpackagingwouldmeanlowershippingcostsforIKEAandlowerpricesforcustomers.IKEAtrieditandsalessoared.Theproblemwasthatpeoplehadtoassemblefurniturethemselves,butovertime，eventhisgrewintoanadvantageforIKEA.Nowadays,IKEAisoftenseenashavingconnotations（内涵）ofself—sufficiency.Thisimagehasdonewondersforthecompany,leadingtobettersalesandcontinuedexpansion。

Todaythereareover200storesin32countries。

Amazingly，IngvarKampradhasmanagedtokeepIKEAaprivately-heldcompany。

In2004hewasnamedtheworld’srichestman.HecurrentlylivesinSwitzerlandandisretiredfromtheday-to—dayoperationsofIKEA.IKEAitself,though,justkeepsongrowing。

1.TheauthorstatesinParagraph6thatflatpackaging_______.

A。

needslargespacetoassemblyfurnitureB.isabusinessconceptinspiredbyKamprad

C.makesthecompanyself-sufficientD.helpsreducetransportationcosts

2.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?

IngvarKampradistherichestmanintheworld。

B。

IKEAistheworld’slargestfurnitureretailer.

C.IngvarKampradestablishedIKEAandledittogreatsuccess.

D。

TheadvantageofIKEA’sfurnitureisdissembling。

3.Whatistheauthor'

sattitudetowardsIKEA’sfutureaccordingtothelastparagraph?

A.Optimistic.B。

Indifferent。

C。

Doubtful。

D.Pessimistic。

4.Thepassageisdevelopedmainlyintermsof_______。

A.analysisofaprocessB.orderofevents

C。

examplesthatillustrate（阐释）aproblemD。

comparisonandcontrast

B

Whatwillmanbelikeinthefuture-in5000oreven50，000yearsfromnow?

Wecanonlymakeguesses，ofcourse,butwecanbesurethathewillbedifferentfromwhatheistoday，formanisslowlychangingallthetime.

Letustakeanobviousexample.Man，evenfivehundredyearsago,wasshorterthanheistoday。

Now，onaverage,menareaboutthreeinchestaller.Fivehundredyearsisrelativelyshortperiodoftime，sowemayassumethatmanwillcontinuetogrowtaller.Again,inthemodernworldweuseourbrainsagreatdeal。

Evenso,westillmakeuseofonlyabout20％ofthebrain’scapacity。

Astimegoeson,however，weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore,andeventuallyweshallneedlargerones！

Thisislikelytobringaboutaphysicalchangetothehead,inparticulartheforehead,willgrowlarger.

Nowadaysoureyesareinconstantuse。

Infact，weusethemsomuchthatveryoftentheybecomeweakerandwehavetowearglasses。

Butoververylongperiodoftimeitislikelythatman’seyeswillgrowstronger.

Ontheotherhand,wetendtomakelessuseofourarmsandlegs.These，asaresult，arelikelytogrowweaker。

Atthesametime，however，ourfingerswillgrowmoresensitivebecausetheyareusedagreatdealinmodernlife。

Butwhatabouthair?

Thiswillprobablydisappearfromthebodyaltogetherincourseoftimebecauseitdoesnotserveausefulpurposeanylonger.Inthefuture，then，bothsexesarelikelytobebald.

Perhapsallthisgivestheimpressionthatfuturemanwillnotbeaveryattractivecreaturetolookat!

Thismaywellbetrue。

Allthesame,inspiteofallthesechanges，futuremanwillstillhavealotincommonwithus.Hewillstillbeahumanbeing,withthoughtsandemotionssimilartoourown。

5。

Whichofthefollowingservesastheevidencethatmanischanging？

Man’shairisgettingthinnerandthinner。

B.Manhasgotstrongereyesnowthanheeverhad。

C.Manhasbeengrowingtalleroverthepast500years。

Man'

sarmsandlegshavebecomelighterandweaker。

6.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutahumanbeinginthefuture?

A.Heishairlessbecausehairisnolongeruseful。

Hehassmallereyesandwearsbetterglasses。

Hethinksandfeelsinadifferentway。

D.Hisfingersgrowweakerbecausehedoesn’tusethem.

7。

Thechangeinman’ssizeofforeheadisprobablybecause__________.

hemakesuseofonly20％ofthebrain’scapacity

theother80%ofhisbrainwillgrowinduetime

C.hisbrainhasgrownlargeroverthepastcenturies

D.hewillusehisbrainmoreandmoreastimegoeson

C

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A.donatealittlemoneytoWTAB.applybeforeMarch1，2015

supportWTAbyadvertisingD.volunteerinyourhighschool

D

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ClareShortknowit.Everydevelopingeconomistknowsit。

TheWorldBankknowsit。

Theeducationofgirlsisthesurestwaytoreducepoverty。

Thereasonissimple。

Alltheevidenceshowsthattakinggirlsoutofthefieldsandhomes,andputtingthembehinddesks，raiseseconomicproductivity,lowersinfant（婴儿的andmaternal（产科）deathrate，reducesbirthrates，andimprovesenvironmentalmanagement.

Why,then，are90millionprimaryschool—agegirlsaroundtheworldnotinschool?

ForthesamereasonthatwhenCharlesDickenswaswritingDavidCopperfield150yearsagogirlswereabsentfromtheBritisheducationsystem：

Meninpowermostlypreferitthatway,orarenotinterestedenoughinchangingthesituationtocommitenergyandmoneytodoingso。

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