湖北省武汉市学年高二英语上学期期中试题文档格式.docx

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4.Whatwasthemanprobablydoingjustnow?

A.Gettingoffataxi.B.Buyingatrainticket.

C.Checkingoutfromahotel.

5.Whatarethespeakersmainlytalkingabout?

C.Abank.B.Theman'

sboss.A.Apublicholiday.

22.5分）15小题；

每小题1.5分，满分第二节（共三个选项C、B、每段对话或独白后有几个小题，听下面5段对话或独白。

从题中所给的A听完后，秒钟；

每小题5中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，5各小题将给出秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

题。

7段材料，回答第6、6听第6.Whatwasthemanplanningtodoearlier?

B.Watchasportsgame.

A.Readathome.

C.Gooutforanicedinner.

7.Wherewillthespeakersgo?

A.Toapark.B.Toanartgallery.

C.Toamovietheater.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

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8.Whatdoesthemansuggestthewomando?

A.Giveupherdreamofseeingapolarbear.

B.Findsomepolarbearsinthewild.

C.Seesomepolarbearsatthezoo.

9.Wherewouldthemanliketostay?

A.Inverycoldplaces.B.Inwarmplaces.

C.Inveryhotplaces.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Whywon'

tthemanreadWarandPeace?

A.Heneverheardofit.

B.Hedoesn'

thavetoomuchtime.

C.Hethinksthestoryisn'

tsointeresting.

11.Whichlanguageisthemangoodat?

A.Italian.B.Russian.

C.French.

12.Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthespeakers?

A.Classmates.B.Teacherandstudent.C.Writerandreader.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.Whichcountrywouldthewomanliketovisitthemost?

A.Germany.B.France.C.England.

14.Howlongisthewoman'

sholiday?

A.Twomonths.B.Onemonth.C.Halfamonth.

15.Whatwillthemanprobablydofortheholiday?

A.Gotothemountains.B.Gotothebeach.

C.GotoDisneyland.

16.What'

stherelationshipbetweenthespeakers?

A.Husbandandwife.B.Goodfriends.

C.Assistantandcustomer.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.Whoisthisspeechmainlyfor?

A.Highschooljuniors.B.Highschoolseniors.

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C.Collegestudents.

18.Whenweretherefewerdiseasesaccordingtothespeaker?

A.Twentyyearsago.B.Tenyearsago.C.Fiveyearsago.

19.Whyshouldpeoplestartlanguagelearningcompaniesaccordingtothespeaker?

A.Tobringhappinesstopeople.

B.Tohelppeopleearnmoremoney.

C.Tointroducepeopletoothercultures.

20.Whatisthespeaker'

sdreamforthelisteners?

A.Theywillbecomefamous.

B.Theywillbecomemoreintelligent.

C.Theywillhelppeoplehavebetterlives.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）

第一节（共10小题：

每小题2.5分，满分25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

AlmosteverybodyinAmericawillspendapartofhisorherlifebehindashopping

cart.Theywillinalifetime,pushthechrome-platedcontraptionsmanymiles.But

fewwillknow—oreventhinktoask—whoitwasthatinventedthem.

SylvanN.Goldmaninventedtheshoppingcartin1937.Atthattimehewasin

thesupermarketbusiness.Everydayhewouldseeshopperslugginggroceriesaround

inbasketstheyhadtocarry.

OnedayGoldmansuddenlyhadtheideaofputtingbasketsonwheels.Thewheeled

basketswouldmakeshoppingmucheasierforhiscustomers,andwouldhelptoattract

morebusiness.

OnJune4,1937,Goldman'

sfirstcartswerereadyforuseinhismarket.Hewas

terriblyexcitedonthemorningofthatdayascustomersbeganarriving.Hecouldn'

t

waittoseethemusinghisinvention.

ButGoldmanwasdisappointed.Mostshoppersgavethecartsalonglook,but

hardlyanybodywouldgivethematry.

Afterawhile,Goldmandecidedtoaskcustomerswhytheyweren'

tusinghiscarts.

“Don'

tyouthinkthisarmisstrongenoughtocarryashoppingbasket？

”oneshopper

replied.

ButGoldmanwasn'

tbeatenyet.Heknewhiscartswouldbeagreatsuccessif

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onlyhecouldpersuadepeopletogivethematry.SoGoldmanhiredagroupofpeople

topushcartsaroundhismarketandpretendtheywereshopping!

Seeingthis,the

realcustomersgraduallybegancopyingthephony（假的）customers.

AsGoldmanhadhoped,thecartsweresoonattractinglargerandlargernumbers

ofcustomerstohismarket.Butnotonlydidmorepeoplecome—thosewhocamebought

more.Withlargereasier-to-handlebaskets,customersunconsciouslyboughta

greaternumberofitemsthanbefore.

Today'

sshoppingcartsarefivetimeslargerthanGoldman'

soriginalmodel.

Perhapsthat'

sonereasonwhyAmericanstodayspendmorethanfivetimesasmuch

moneyonfoodeachyearastheydidbefore1937—thecomingoftheshoppingcart.

21．WhatwasthepurposeofGoldman'

sinvention?

A.Itwastoprovehimtobeagoodinventor.

B．Itwastoreducetheburdenofhisemployees'

work.

C．Itwastomakeshoppingeasierandattractmorebusiness.

D．Itwastohelpthedisabledmakeshoppingeasilyinhismarket.

22．Goldmanhiredagroupofpeopletopushcartsaroundhismarketinorderto

________.

A．attractpeopletobuythingsinhismarket

B．encouragepeopletousehisshoppingcarts

C．makehismarketdifferentfromtheothers

D．keepthegroceriesfrombeingstolen

23．Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?

A．Goldmanwillbecomeveryfamousbecauseofhisinvention.

B．Goldman'

sinventionwillberegardedasthegreatestoneintheworld.

C．SupermarketbusinesshasbenefitedalotfromGoldman'

sinvention.

D．TherewillbenothingthatcanreplaceGoldman'

B

Asachild,visitingthezoowasmoreapunishmentthanatreat.Ididn'

tfind

thechimps'

teapartiesfunny,northebirdshowsentertaining.Feedingtimefor

sealswaslesspainful,buttheirperformancesstillseemedliketheybelongedmore

inacircus.

AndIhatedcircuses,especiallytheanimalacts—menteasinglions,girls

balancingonelephantsandmonkeysplayingfootball.Iknewthateverytrickacircus

animaldidwasunnatural,achievedthroughstricttrainingandquitepossibly

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cruelty.

Happily,duringmylifetimepublicattitudesandthelawhavechanged.Circuses

usingwildanimalsarenowalmostextinct,andzooshavedefinitelyevolved.

Whenmychildrenwereyoung,Ioccasionallytookthemtoourlocalzoo.The

elephantswereintinycagesandthegorillaslookedboredastheysatpeelingbananas

andstaringatteasingvisitors.Eachcagehadasignwhichlistedtheanimal'

sname

andwhereitcamefrom.But,backthen,therewaslittleinformationincludedabout

theenvironmentalchallengestheyfaced.

Asaresult,environmentalistsandanimalloversoftenopposezoos.“Animals

belonginthewild!

”isacommonandunderstandablecomplaint.Butwhatdothe

animalsthemselvesprefer?

Generallyspeaking,zooanimalshavealongerlife.But—youmayprotest—

theyarenotfree.What?

Freetobehuntedandkilled,freetodieofhungerorthirst?

Maybesittinginacageeatingbananasisn'

tsobad.

Notthatsuchconditionsareacceptableinmodernzoos,duetotheworkofBIAZA,

theBritishandIrishAssociationofZoosandAquariums.Thesedayseveryzoo

requiresBIAZA'

sapprovaltooperate,andtheassociationsetsthestandards,

observesconditionsinzoosanddevelopsanimal-researchprogrammes,bothinthe

UKandabroad.BIAZAalsoorganizestheanimalexchangesbetweenzoosalloverthe

world.

Consequently,today,mostzooanimalsarebornandraisedinzoos,liveinlarge,

comfortableenclosuresandarecaredforbywell-trained,knowledgeableandcaring

zooemployees.Ofcourseit'

snosubstituteforlivinginthewildbutunfortunately

thisisn'

talwayspossible.Meanwhile,whynotvisityourlocalzooanddecidefor

yourself?

24.Thepassageismainlyabout________.

A．howzooshaveimproved

B．whetherazooshouldbecloseddown

C．anewenvironmentalorganization

D．thedifferencebetweenzoosandcircuses

25．FromParagraph2,wecanguessthatthewriterbelievescircusanimals________.

A．hadmuchshorterlivesthanthoseinthewild

B．werenottreatedwellbytheirtrainers

C．shouldhavebeenplacedinzoos

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D．werenotasintelligentasthoseinzoos

26．WhichofthefollowingrolesareperformedbyBIAZA?

A．Organizinganimalstudyprojectsandtrainingzooworkers.

B．Checkingzooconditionsandarranginganimalexchanges.

C．Designingzoosandapprovingzoooperations.

D．Caringforillanimalsandsettingzoostandards.

27．Whichofthefollowingstatementsaboutzooswouldthewriteragreewith?

A．Zooanimalsshouldbefreedintothewild.

B．Zoosaremorepopularnowthaninthepast.

C．Zooanimalsaremorerestrictedthaninthepast.

D．Zoosnowprovidecaringlivingconditionsforanimals.

C

Socialnetworkingsiteshavechangedthewaythatpeopleinteractandconnect

onadailybasis.Oneofthemajorconcernsthathavecaughttheattentionofmany,

istheinfluencethatsocialmediamaybehavingonsocialanxietydisorders.

Ifremovedfromtheirphoneforafewhoursorafewdays,theaverageperson

wouldlikelyfeelanxiousaboutnotbeing“connected.”Mostpeoplehaveprobably

experiencedanoccasioninwhichtheypostedacreativephoto,andwaitedtosee

howmany“likes”or“retweets”theyreceived.Ifthisnumberislowerthan

expected,theego（自我）isgoingtotakeahit.There'

salsoconstantchecking

ofthenumberof“followers”and“friends”thatyouhave,andthesenumberscan

haveadirectinfluenceonfeelingsofacceptanceandpopularity.

Anxietycanarisefromfeelingatal