学年高二英语上学期期中试题1.docx

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学年高二英语上学期期中试题1

湖南省衡阳县第三中学2017-2018学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

时间：

120分钟分值：

150分

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题,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。

听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.Whatdoesthewomansuggest?

A.Theydon’thavetogototheconcert.

B.Hisbrotherwillletthemusethecar

C.Thebusisfineforthem

2.whatdoweknowaboutthematch?

A.Itcan’tbemuchfunB.ItmustbeexcitingC.Itmaybeputoff

3.Whatiswrongwiththeprinter?

A.Itdoesn’tflashB.Thereisn’tink.C.It’sbroken.

4.Whatisthewomaninterestedin?

A.SportsB.FashionC.Politics

5.Whatarethetwospeakersmainlytalkingabout?

A.NewdictionariesB.LanguageformsC.Thedevelopmentoflanguage

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题.

6.What’swrongwiththeman?

A.Tiredandsleepy.B.Worriedabouthistest.C.Heisillbecauseofhardwork.

7.Whydidthemandolastnight?

A.HestudiedinthelibraryB.Hewenttoaparty.C.Hepreparedforabigtest.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题.

8.Howdidthetwospeakersgettotheirdestination?

A.Bybike.B.BycarC.Bytaxi

9.Whatarethetwospeakersgoingtowatch?

A.AfilmB.AgameC.Acarerace

10.Whydidthethetwospeakersarriveearly?

A.TofindPaterB.TomeettheplayersC.Togetagoodplace

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题.

11.WhoisJimmy?

A.ApolicemanB.Apasser-byC.Anothertruckdriver

12.Whattimewasitwhentheaccidenthappened?

A.2：

45B.2:

54C.4:

25.

13.Whoorwhatwastoblamefortheaccident?

A.Thetruckdrive..B.ThediveroftheblueFord.C.Thetrafficlights

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题.

14.Wheredothetwospeakerswork?

A.InaplantinChicago.

B.Inalargecompany.

C.InanofficeinAtlanta

15.Whohasrisentoahigherposition?

A.JimB.MarthaC.BothJimandMartha

16.Whydoesthewomanwanttoremaininthecompanyoffice？

A.Sheisfondofwritingnotices

B.Sheisstillnewinherposition

C.Shehopestokeepinclosetouchwithhersuperiors

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题.

17.Whomisthespeakerspeakingto?

A.StudentsB.TeachersC.Reporters

18.HowoftendoesTheVoicecomeouteachweek

A.EveryotherweekB.EverydayCOnweekdays

19.Whatisthebestreasonfortakingthejobaccordingtothespeaker?

A.TolearntotypeB.ToenjoyoneselfC.Tomakesomemoney

20.Whenarevolunteersexpectedtostarttoworking?

A.TomorrowB.ImmediatelyC.Nextweek

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

You’re going to high school, aren’t you?

 Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you’re in high school．These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like．Here you go!

①Findyour passion（激情）and what kind of person you are:

 Whether it’s dance, basketball, 

or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in． 

②Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to:

 Meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like．It will show what a great person you are．You never know what will happen after high school． 

③Take part in at least one contest:

 This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories． 

④Get a job:

 This will help you see what it’s like to have responsibility.It can also helpyou make a little money to spend on yourself． 

⑤Take a trip with your friends:

 It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do, the 

memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place． 

⑥Do your best at school:

 Don’t ever get lazy．Working hard now will help you in the future． 

（）21.The writer gives you advice that you should talk to the people you don’t like

 because______________.

A．you will feel sorry if not              B．it will show how great you are 

C．you can show how clever you are      D．you can make your study better 

（） 22.From Point③, we know that you can in a contest.

A．get lots of tears                    B．have a strong body

C．get good grades in high school       D．have different feelings and memories 

（）23．Which of the following you’d better NOT do according to the passage?

 A．Find your interest．                    B．Get a job． 

C．Take a trip with your friends．          D．Get lazy．

（）  24． What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Have a happy school life．           B．How to get along with your schoolmateC．Ideas of successful high school life． D．Make your school life easy

B

Ayearago,IpaidnoattentiontoEnglishidioms（习语）,thoughmyteachertoldustheimportanceagainandagain.Butsoon,theimportanceofEnglishidiomswasshowninanamusingexperience.

Oneday,IhappenedtomeetanEnglishmanontheroad,andsoonwebegantotalk.AsIwastalkingabouthowIwasstudyingEnglish,theforeignerseemedtobesurprised.Gentlyshakinghishead，shrugginghisshoulders,hesaid，“Youdon’tsay!

”“Youdon’tsay!

”Iwaspuzzled.Ithought,perhapsthisisnotarighttopic.“Well,I’dbetterchangethetopic.”SoIsaidtohim.“Well,shallwetalkabouttheGreatWall?

Bytheway,haveyoueverbeenthere?

”“Certainly,everyonebackhomewilllaughatmeifIleaveChinawithoutseeingit.Itwaswonderful.”HewasdeepinthoughtwhenIbegantotalklikeatouristguide.“TheGreatWallisoneofthewondersintheworld.Weareveryproudofit.”SoonIwasinterrupted（打断）againbyhiswords:

“Youdon’tsay!

”Icouldn’thelpasking,“Whydoyouaskmenottotalkaboutit?

”“Well,Ididn’taskyoutodoso,”heanswered,greatlysurprised.Isaid,“Didn’tyousay‘youdon’tsay’?

”Hearingthis,theEnglishmanlaughedtotears.Hebegantoexplain,“‘Youdon’tsay’actuallymeans‘really!

’Itisanexpressionofsurprise.Perhapsyoudon’tpayattentiontoEnglishidioms.”IrealizedIhadmadeafoolofmyself.SincethenIhavebeenmorecarefulwithidiomaticexpressions.Remember:

whattheEnglishteacherssaidisalwaysrighttousstudents.

25.Ayearago,IpaidnoattentiontoEnglishidiomsbecause.

A.Ihadnointerestinthem

B.Englishidiomswereverydifficult

C.Ididnotrealizetheimportanceofthem

D.myteacherdidn’ttellustheimportanceofthem

26.Atfirst,onhearing“Youdon’tsay,”Ithoughttheforeignermeant.

A.IhadtalkedtoomuchB.Ihadtostoptalking

C.hewasnotinterestedinthetopicD.hewasonlyinterestedintheGreatWall

27.“…wasshowninanamusingexperience.”Theword“amusing”probablymeans.

A.interestingB.importantC.terribleD.unlucky

28.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.TheEnglishmanwantedmetoactashisguide.

B.TheEnglishmanleftChinawithoutseeingtheGreatWall.

C.TheEnglishmanwantedtoseetheGreatWallafterItalkedaboutit.

D.TheEnglishmanvisitedtheGreatWallandthoughtitworthvisiting.

C

Thousandsofyearsago,peopledidn’tknowthattheEarthmoved.Theythoughtthesunreallydidmoveacrossthesky.TheGreekgodHelioswassaidtodrivethesunaroundtheskywithhischariot（战车）.Butnow,theseideashaveallchanged.Nowadays,itisthesunthatdrivesour“chariot”aroundthesky.

Sowhatdoesallthismean?

Well,quitesimply,thereisnowaplane（or“chariot”）thatispoweredbythesun.Ithasspecialpartsinitswings.Thesepartsabsorbpowerfromthesun.Theyabsorbsomuchpowerthattheycancarryonflyingatnight.IntheGreekmyths（希腊神话）,Helioshadtotakeabreakatnight.Itseemswe’refinallyevenmoreefficientthanthegodsthemselves.

ThisplaneiscalledSolarImpulse（“太阳驱动”号）.ItwillflyacrosstheUSinMay.Thisisveryimportantforthefutureoftheworld.

Sowhyissolarenergysogoodforus?

Well,otherkindsofenergycauseafewproblems.IfyouliveinChina,you’veprobablynoticedthepollution.Thisiscausedbyburningcoalorgastomakeenergy.Theheatandchemicals（化学制品）fromthismakethingswork.Butifweusetheheatfromthesun,wedon’thavetoburnanything,andthere’snopollution.

Solarenergyisnotallthereyet.Itneedstobeimproved.Butthebestthingaboutitisthat,unlikecoalandgas,itdoesn’trunout.SolarImpulsecouldkeepflyingforever.Well,actually,thesunwillrunouttoo,oneday,butnotforanother5billionyears.That’saprettylongflight.

29.Whatdoes“chariot”reallyrefertointhelastsentenceofParagraph1?

A.TheEarth.B.TheGreekgod.

C.SolarImpulse.D.Birds.

30.Inthepassage,whatismentionedasthecauseofpollutioninChina?

A.Overpopulation.B.Burningcoalorgas.

C.Usingsolarenergy.D.Heavytraffic.

31.Whatdoesthewritermeanby“That’saprettylongflight”?

A.IttakesalotoftimetogetSolarImpulsegoing.

B.SolarImpulsemovesveryslowly.

C.SolarImpulsewillbeinuseforalongtime.

D.SolarImpulsehasalongwaytogototaketheplaceofthesun.

32.Thepassageismostprobablytakenfrom___________.

A.aGreekmythB.asciencefiction

C.astory-bookD.asciencemagazine

D

Growingmushrooms（蘑菇）isprobablytheeasiestthingyoucandoevenifyouarenewtomushroomgrowing.Itisbecomingmorecommonbecauserestaurantsarestartingtocreatemoredishesthatincludemushrooms.

Mushroomgrowingiseasy.Tostart,youneedtohaveaspacewhereyouaregoingtogrowthesemushrooms.Itdoesnothavetobeahugespacebutjustenoughforyoutogrowasmanymushroomsasyouneed.Whenyouhavefoundthespaceperfectforyou,youcanstartresearchingwhatkindofmushroomsyouwanttogrow.Therearealotofmushroomstochoosefromandnotallofthemaresuitabletoeat.

Whenyoudecidewhatkindofmushroomsyouwanttogrow,youcanstartgettingreadytoplantthemushrooms.Sometimesyoumaywanttohiresomeworkerst