安徽省阜阳市大田中学学年高二英语下学期期中试题Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、A. In a bookshop B. On a street C. In a bank3. What does the woman say about Professor Johnson?A. He is quiet. B. His lectures are humorous. C. He is not strict.4. When does the regular train usually leave for London?A. At 2:30 pm B. At 4:50 pm C. At 5:15 pm5. What happened to the woman?A. She faile

2、d a test. B. She was ill. C. She lost her job.第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟:听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7小题。6. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Find a place of interest to travel. B. Introduce a book by Eric Hansen

3、. C. Think of a subject for her writing7. Why is the man unwilling to helping the woman at first? A. He has his own work to do. B. Hes not interested in the book. C. He knows little about her interest.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9小题。8. What has the boy been engaged in? A. Preparing for exams. B. Preparing a repor

4、t C. Writing an article9. What will the boy do this evening? A. Go on working. B. Go to a party. C. Watch a film听下面一段对话，回答第I0至12小题。10. When did the man live in the city? A. Two years ago. B. Three years ago. C. Five years ago11. Why did the man go to the countryside?A. He was always looking forward

5、to the life there.B. His company moved there.C. He failed in looking for a job in the city.12. How does the man feel about his present life? A. Satisfying B. Disappointing C. Boring听下面一段对话，回答第13至16小题。13. What does the man want to do? A. Book a room for two nights. B. Have a rest for while. C. Have a

6、 seat in the hall14. What is happening while the two speakers are talking? A. The woman is helping at the check-out desk. B. The porter is bringing in the mans luggage. C. A man is checking out of the hotel15. Which telephone can the man use? A. The phone in the hall. B. The phone on the womans desk

7、. C. The phone at the business center.16. What service does the man ask about at the end? A. Free breakfast B. Do not disturb C. Wake-up service听下面一段独白，回答第17至20小题。17. What was the speaker like five years ago? A. He rarely watched TV. B. He spent much time outside. C. He didnt like talking too much.1

8、8. What made the speaker start exercising? A. His terrible shape B. His poor health C. His friends encouragement19. What did the speaker start doing a year and a half ago? A. Swimming B. Climbing mountains C. Playing tennis20. What do we know about the speaker? A. He has changed a lot. B. He has bad

9、 habits. C. He is still out of shape第二部分 阅读理解（共2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。ADuolingo Cost: Free This language learning app offers courses in Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. And its not all about reading and writingit uses the phones

10、microphone to test users pronunciation skills as well.LumosityCost: Free trial; $14 per month. Lumosity aims to improve users thinking abilities by using simple games and tests that adapt to users cognitive. （认知的） levels to improve their memory and attention. The company says no two users will have

11、the same experience. More than 18 million people have downloaded it.Daily art Free. Each day the app presents a different -classic painting from storied artists such as Vincent Van Vogh and Monet. Even if you have known the work, you may not know all the fascinating details the app serves up on the

12、back story of the art.Vocabulary. com $ 2.99 per month.Never again get embarrassed using the wrong word at a dinner party with this app. It has more than 120,000 questions that can help you learn over 12, 000 words. Users can even battle their friends to see who the biggest word master is.Todays doc

13、uments Cost : The U. S. National, Archives manages this educational app, which serves up a historical document or photo each day of the year. Pastdocuments include everything from a letter by Woodrow Wilson creating Mothers Day to a photo of Gerald Ford as a baby.21. Where must these apps mentioned

14、in the passage be used?A. On the computer. B. In the movie.C. In the car. D. On the phone.22. What can we know about the app Lumosity?A. It provides the same text. B. It can solve mental problems.C. It is very popular. D. Its totally free.23. How much should you pay per year for using the app to lea

15、rn words?A. $ 2.99. B. $14. C. $ 35. 88. D. $168.24. Which would you download if youd like to know more about the past?A. Todays documents. B. V. C. Duolingo. D. Daily art.B Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was u

16、sed for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia. The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though. This could be because animals d

17、id a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around. But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. Eventually, road surfaces did

18、 become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design. In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer of large stones covered with a th

19、in layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. At around the same time, metal hubs（the central part of a wheel） came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre （充气轮胎） in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty

20、years after the appearance of tarmacked roads （柏油路）. As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster. 25. What might explain why transport wheels didnt become popular for some time? A. Few knew how to use transport wheels. B. Humans carried farming tools just as well. C. Animals were a good

21、 means of transport. D. The existence of transport wheels was not known. 26. What do we know about road design from the passage?A. It was easier than wheel design. B. It improved after big changes in vehicle design. C. It was promoted by fast-moving vehicles. D. It provided conditions for wheel desi

22、gn to develop. 27. How is the last paragraph mainly developed?A. By giving examples. B. By making comparisons. C. By following time order. D. By making classifications. 28. What is the passage mainly about?A. The beginning of road design. B. The development of transport wheels. C. The history of pub

23、lic transport. D. The invention of fast-moving vehicles.C The Chinese television reality show called “Wonderful Friends”, where entertainers hug whale sharks, kiss lions, feed pandas and dress up baby chimpanzees, has come under fire from wildlife protectors who want it to be stopped, saying such ac

24、tivities are cruel and are dangerous for both the humans and animals.The show is the latest hit from Hunan TV, which has attracted more than 196,000 followers. In each show, popular stars are given zoo-keeping tasks that allow them to interact with wild animals in order to bring humans and animals c

25、loser together.Animal welfare advocates（倡导者） say that is exactly what should be avoided. Dave Neale of Animals Asia （an advocacy group） said, “It is hugely misleading to the public about the needs and welfare of captive animals （圈养动物） and putting the animals welfare and health at risk.”“What they do

26、nt realize is that wild animals need space,” said Xie Yan, a zoologist and China director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. “Putting clothes on chimpanzees is not as adorable as you may think from the animals point of view. I guess their idea was to get their viewers to love and protect the anim

27、als,” Ms. Xie added, “but we do not agree with this approach for entertainment.”Using famous people to focus public attention on wildlife is a common practice in conservation campaigns. The Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming went to Africa and highlighted the problem of elephant and rhinoceros poach

28、ing （偷猎） in the documentary “The End of the Wild”. “But differently, he, as a human observer, kept his distance and was there to see the hard truth of poaching, and that is different from a show created to attract viewers.” Ms Xie said.Critics （评论家）also argue that the show violates （违反） Chinese wild

29、life protection laws.29. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?A. Many people like the show because of its dangerous activities.B. Xie Yan is against persuading the public to love and protect animals.C. The reality show makes no difference to wildlife at all.D. Some think the show is against

30、 wildlife protection laws of China.30. According to Ms Xie, “Wonderful Friends” is basically different from “The End of the Wild”, because _.A. they both invite different popular stars to show up B. they shoot（拍摄） different numbers and kinds of speciesC. their filming locations are differentD. their purposes and ways to approach animals are different31. Whats the authors attitude towards “Wonderful Friends”?A. Worried. B. Disappointed.