1、高二英语上学期阶段考试试题2019-2020年高二英语上学期阶段考试10月试题时间：100分钟 分数：150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AIKEA is the worlds largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad, one of the worlds most successful businessman. Born in Sweden in 19
2、26, Kamprad was a natural businessman. As a child, he enjoyed selling things and made small profits from selling matches, seeds, and pencils in his munity. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward for his good grades. Naturally he used it to start up a businessIKEA.IKEAs name
3、es from Kamprads initials (I.K.) and the place where he grew up (E and A). Today IKEA is known for its modern, minimalist furniture, but it was not a furniture pany in the beginning. Rather, IKEA sold all kinds of miscellaneous goods.Kamprads wares included anything that he could sell for profits at
4、 discounted prices, including watches, pens and stockings.IKEA first began to sell furniture through a mail-order catalogue in 1947. The furniture was all designed and made by manufacturers near Kamprads home. Initial sales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line. Furniture was s
5、uch a successful aspect of the business that IKEA became solely a furniture pany in 1951.In 1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden. IKEA is known today for its spacious stores with furniture in attractive settings, but in the early 1950s, people ordered from catalogues. Thus response
6、 to the first showroom was overwhelming people loved being able to see and try the furniture before buying it. This led to increased sales and the pany continued to thrive. By 1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture.In 1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling(拆卸) a table to make it easier to tran
7、sport. Kamprad was inspired. The man had given him a great idea flat packaging. Flat packaging would mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices for customers. IKEA tried it and sales soared. The problem was that people had to assemble furniture themselves, but over time, even this grew into
8、 an advantage for IKEA. Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as having connotations (内涵) of self-sufficiency. This image has done wonders for the pany, leading to better sales and continued expansion.Today there are over 200 stores in 32 countries. Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to keep IKEA a privat
9、ely-held pany. In xx he was named the worlds richest man. He currently lives in Switzerland and is retired from the day-to-day operations of IKEA. IKEA itself, though, just keeps on growing.1. The author states in Paragraph 6 that flat packaging_.A. needs large space to assembly furniture B. is a bu
10、siness concept inspired by KampradC. makes the pany self-sufficient D. helps reduce transportation costs2. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Ingvar Kamprad is the richest man in the world. B. IKEA is the worlds largest furniture retailer.C. Ingvar Kamprad established IKEA and led it to great s
11、uccess. D. The advantage of IKEAs furniture is dissembling.3. What is the authors attitude towards IKEAs future according to the last paragraph?A. Optimistic. B. Indifferent. C. Doubtful. D. Pessimistic. 4. The passage is developed mainly in terms of _.A. analysis of a process B. order of eventsC. e
12、xamples that illustrate(阐释) a problem D. parison and contrastBWhat will man be like in the futurein 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.Let us take an obvi
13、ous example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. E
14、ven so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brains capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.Nowadays ou
15、r eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they bee weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over very long period of time it is likely that mans eyes will grow stronger.On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to g
16、row weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both
17、sexes are likely to be bald.Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in mon with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and
18、emotions similar to our own.5. Which of the following serves as the evidence that man is changing?A. Mans hair is getting thinner and thinner. B. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.C. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years. D. Mans arms and legs have bee lighter and weaker.6
19、. Which of the following is TRUE about a human being in the future?A. He is hairless because hair is no longer useful. B. He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.C. He thinks and feels in a different way. D. His fingers grow weaker because he doesnt use them.7. The change in mans size of forehe
20、ad is probably because_.A. he makes use of only 20 % of the brains capacityB. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due timeC. his brain has grown larger over the past centuriesD. he will use his brain more and more as time goes onCService Trips for High School StudentsAre you a high school studen
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29、money to WTA B. apply before March 1,xxC. support WTA by advertising D. volunteer in your high school DEducating Girls Is a Real LifesaverClare Short know it. Every developing economist knows it. The World Bank knows it. The education of girls is the surest way to reduce poverty.The reason is simple
30、. All the evidence shows that taking girls out of the fields and homes, and putting them behind desks, raises economic productivity, lowers infant（婴儿的and maternal(产科) death rate, reduces birth rates, and improves environmental management.Why, then, are 90 million primary school-age girls around the
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32、countries with the poorest record for having women in positions of power or influence have the worst figures for girls education. High-profile intervention(介入) by organization s such as the World Bank has begun successfully with several countries, and more of the same will probably be needed to bring change in conservative, male-run states.Even if there were no development pay-off from gender（性别）equality in schools, the education of girls would
