浙江省临海市杜桥中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题Word下载.docx

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B.Onthestreet.

C.Atthewoman’shouse.

3.Whatwillthemandonext？

A.Tryontwopairsofjeans.

B.Buyasize34andasize36.

C.Looksomewhereelseforasize35.

4.Whatdidthewomanplantomakefordinner?

A.ChickenB.Pizza.C.Nothing.

5.Wherewasthemansleeping?

A.Onthestreet.B.Inthepark.C.Inahotel.

第二节

听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；

听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.Whatisthewomangoodat?

A.Typing.B.Cooking.C.Talkingwithpeople.

7.Whatkindofadviceisthemangivingthewoman?

A.Howtobeagoodlistener.

B.Howtomakefriends.

C.Whatjobsuitsher.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.Howmuchisthegarbagebillthismouth?

A.Exactly＄33.

B.Almost＄70.

C.Morethan＄90.

9.Whathasgoneupinpricelately?

A.Gas.B.Water.C.Electricity

10.Whatdothespeakerscareaboutthemost?

A.Savingmoney.

B.Usinglessenergy.

C.havingthenicestgarden.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.Howmucharethetickets?

A.＄20each.B.＄48each.C.＄50each.

12.Howlatedothebusesrunintheevening?

A.Untilteno’clock.

B.Untileighto’clock.

C.Untilseveno’clock.

13.Whatdoyouneedtogethiredbythebuscompany?

A.AdeepknowledgeofSeattle’shistory.

B.Alotofexperiencedrivingabus.

C.BeingbornandraisedinSeattle.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.Whatwasbuiltrecentlyinthecity?

A.Abridge.B.Aschool.C.Apool.

15.Whenwillthecityfixtheproblem?

A.Rightaway.

B.Inafewyears.

C.Thenexttimeitrains.

16.Whyisthewomanangry?

A.Shecan’trunforoffice.

B.Thebridgeworkersaretoolazy.

C.Cityleadersaretakingmoneyawayfromschool.

听第9段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Wherewillfreesamplesofpizzabegiven?

A.Inthefrozenfoodarea.

B.InfrontofSectionD.

C.NexttiSectionF.

18.WhatcanshoppersfindnearSectionL?

A.Chinesefriedrice.B.Pasta.C.Icecream.

19.Whenwillthestoreclose?

A.Atsixo’clock.B.Atseveno’clock.C.Atteno’clock.

20.Whatdoshopperhavetooffertogetadiscount?

A.Nothing.

B.Aspecialcreditcard.

C.Amembershipcard.

二、阅读理解（每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A

Forthelastcoupleofweeks,Ihadbeenstuckinfrontofmycomputerworkingonaprojectthatwasveryimportanttome.MyeverywakinghourwasconsumedbytheprojectandalthoughIimaginedthatIwouldfeelhappyaftercompletingpartsoftheproject,Iwasconfusedtofindthatinstead,Iwasfeelingratherdepressed.Itriedarangeofmethodstohelpcheermyselfup.Ihadarelaxingbath,cookedadeliciousmealtoenjoywithmyfamilyandevenwatchedalightheartedmovie,buttonoavail.ItwasonlywhenIturnedtomeditation（沉思）forasolutionthattheanswercametome:

turntonature!

Theverynextday,Igrabbedmycameraandabottleofwaterandsetofftospendafewhourswalkinginanaturereserve,eventhoughitwaspouringwithrain.WithinacoupleofminutesIfeltaliveagain.Tobehonest,Ifeltlikeayoungschoolgirlagainandhadtostopmyselffromhoppingalongthepathsinging,"

I'

msingingintherain"

asongIusedtosingwhenIwasachild.Ithinkasadultsweoftentrytoohardtocontrolourinnerchildrenandasaresultwerestrain（限制）ourownspirits,whichonlyleadstodepressionandstress.

Interestingly,ithasbeenshownthatpeoplewhospend40minuteswalkinginanaturereservehaveadropintheirbloodpressurelevels,butthisdoesnothappenwhentheyspendasimilaramountoftimewalkinginabusycitycentre.

Ifyoufeelalittlelowinspiritandknowthatyouhavespenttoomuchtimeindoors,relaxcompletely,removeyourshoesandletyourinnerchildcomeoutandplay.

21．Theauthorwalkedinanaturereserveintheraininorderto__________.

A.takephotos

B.cheerherselfup

C.hopalongthepath

D.findasolutiontotheproject

22．Theunderlinedpart"

tonoavail"

inParagraph1probablymeans"

__________"

.

A.uninterestingB.unrelated

C.unsuccessfulD.unexpected

23．Intheauthor'

sopinion,__________.

A.abathcanmakepeoplerelaxed

B.adultsshouldexpresstheirinnerfeelingsfreely

C.walkinginabusycitycentreharmspeople'

shealth

D.depressionisusuallycausedbyhardwork

24．Thelastparagraphmainlyservesasa（n）__________.

A.suggestionB.explanation

C.introductionD.reminder

B

Meetingpeoplefromanotherculturecanbedifficult．Fromthebeginning,peoplemaysendthewrongsignal（信号）．Ortheymaypaynoattentiontosignalsfromanotherpersonwhoistryingtodeveloparelationship．

Differentculturesemphasize（强调）theimportanceofrelationshipbuildingtoagreaterorlesserdegree．Forexample,businessinsomecountriesisnotpossibleuntilthereisarelationshipoftrust．Evenwithpeopleatwork,itisnecessarytospendalotoftimein“smalltalk”,usuallyoveraglassoftea,beforetheydoanyjob．InmanyEuropeancountries—liketheUKorFrance—peoplefinditeasiertobuildupalastingworkingrelationshipatrestaurantsorcafé

sratherthanattheoffice．

Talkandsilencemayalsobedifferentinsomecultures．IoncemadeaspeechinThailand．Ihadexpectedmyspeechtobeasuccessandstartalivelydiscussion;

instead,therewasanuncomfortablesilence．Thepeoplepresentjuststaredatmeandsmiled．Aftergettingtoknowtheirwaysbetter,IrealizedthattheythoughtIwastalkingtoomuch．Inmyownculture,weexpressmeaningmainlythroughwords,butpeopletheresometimesfeeltoomanywordsareunnecessary．

EvenwithinNorthernEurope,culturaldifferencescancauseseriousproblems．Certainly,EnglishandGermanculturessharesimilarvalues;

however,Germansprefertogetdowntobusinessmorequickly．Wethinkthattheyarerude．Infact,thisisjustbecausetheculturestartsdiscussionsandmakesdecisionsmorequickly．

Peoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldhavedifferentvalues,andsometimesthesevaluesarequiteagainsteachother．However,ifwecanunderstandthembetter,amulticulturalenvironment（多元文化环境）willofferawonderfulchanceforustolearnfromeachother．

25．Insomecountries,eatingtogetheratrestaurantsmaymakeiteasierforpeopleto______．

A．developcloserrelationsB．sharethesameculture

C．gettoknoweachotherD．keepeachothercompany

26．TheauthormentionshisexperienceinThailandtoshowthat_____．

A．theEnglishprefertomakelongspeeches

B．toomanywordsareofnouse

C．peoplefromThailandarequietandshybynature

D．eventalkandsilencecanbeculturallydifferent

27．Accordingtothetext,howcanpeoplefromdifferentculturesunderstandeachotherbetter?

A．Bysharingdifferentwaysoflife．

B．Byacceptingdifferenthabits．

C．Byrecognizingdifferentvalues．

D．Byspeakingeachother’slanguages．

28．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．MulticulturalEnvironment

B．Cross-CulturalDifferences

C．HowtoUnderstandEachOther

D．HowtoBuildUpaRelationship

C

AnewwordhassuddenlybecomewildlypopularinChina—"

tuhao"

—whichlooselytranslatedmeans"

nouveauriche"

.Therehavebeenmorethan100millionreferencestotheword"

onsocialmediasinceearlySeptember.

It'

sbeingusedtodescribeeverythingfromthenewPeople'

sDailybuilding,toexpensivecelebrityweddingsfullofbling,andthenewgold-colourediPhone.

InChinese"

tu"

meansearthand"

hao"

meansrich.Tosaysomeoneistuhaoistoimplytheycomefromapoorpeasantbackground,andhavemadeitrichquick—butdon'

tquitehavethemanners,orsophisticationtogoalongwithit.It'

sliketheterm"

saysProfessorSteveTsangattheSchoolofContemporaryChineseStudiesinNottingham-buthasevenmorenegativemeanings,suggestingacertainvulgarity（粗俗）.

"

Tuhao"

isactuallyanoldword,datingbackperhapsasfarastheSouthernDynasty1,500yearsago,butithasalwaysmeantsomethingratherdifferent.Duringthecommunistrevolution,fromthe1920stoearly1950s,itwaswidelyusedtorefertolandholdersandgentrywhowouldbullythosebeneaththem.

ThisnewusageofthetermtookoffinSeptemberafterawidely-sharedjokeaboutarich,butunhappyman,whogoestoaBuddhistmonkforadvice,expectingtobetoldtoliveamoresimplelife.Themonkrepliesinsteadwiththephrase:

Tuhao,let'

sbefriends!

"

ChineseInternetusersarehighlycreativeintheiruseoflanguage,andareconstantlyinventing,andre-inventingwordsasawayofgettingpastcensorship（审查）rules.Butinthiscase,itspopularityseemstobedowntothefactthatitexpressesChina'

schangingsocietysowell—manypeoplesneeratthosewithwealth,butaresecretlyjealous.

29．Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.Tuhao,anewpopularwordinChina

B.ThelonghistoryofTuhao

C.ThenewusageofTuhao

D.Tuhao,anewly-inventedChineseword

30．WhichofthefollowingmayNOTbeconsidered“tuhao”?

A.Avulgarnouveauriche

B.Abullylandholder

C.Aquick-richpeasantwithoutpropermanners

D.ABuddhistmonk.

31．Thelastbutoneparagraph（倒数第二段）mainlytellsus______.

A.whatthenewusageofthewordis

B.howthewordbecomespopularagain

C.whytheunhappymanwenttotheBuddhistmonk

D.whatadvicethemonkgavetheunhappyman

32．Whatdoestheunderlinedwordinthelastparagraphmean?

A.respectB.envy

C.laughD.disbelieve

D

Thetroublewithschoolisthatyoucan’tchoosethepeopleyougettoseeeveryday.Ifyou’reunluckyenought