云中学1516学年下学期高二期中考试英语试题附答案Word文件下载.docx

1、40.2. Why does the man want to keep the window shut?A. He is ill. B. He wants to open it himself. C. The air inside is fresh enough.3. What is Mike?A. A teacher. B. A student. C. A writer.4. What has made working at home possible?A. Personal computers. B. Communication industry. C. Living far from c

2、ompanies.5. Where is the woman?A. In a soap factory. B. In her house. C. At an information desk.第二节 （共15 小题； 每小题1分，满分15分）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至7题6. Where does the conversation most probably ta

3、ke place? A. At home. B. On a bus. C. In the bank.7. Why do the two speakers want to buy a car?A. They have a lot of money. B. The man lives too far away from his office.C. The womans office is too far away from her home.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题8. Why wont Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?A. He cant spa

4、re the time. B. The clinic will be closed. C. Dr. Milton wont come to work.9. When is the clinic open in a week?A. From Monday to Friday. B. On weekdays except Thursday. C. During the whole week.10. What time has finally been fixed for Mr. Stone to come?A. 5:30 p. m., Wednesday. B. 6:15 p. m., Wedne

5、sday. C. 6:15 p. m., Thursday.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题11. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Neighbors. B. Doctor and patient. C. Friends.12. When did the woman cough most seriously?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. At night.13. What did the man do for the woman?A. He examined the w

6、oman carefully. B. He gave her some medicine and some advice as well. C. He just told her not to worry too much. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题14. Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Strangers.15. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a

7、 restaurant. B. At the woman s home. C. At the mans home.16. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Have some soup. B. Have more rice. C. Bring his wife next time.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. What did Nicholas do at eighteen months？A. He began to learn French. B. He read the newspaper. C. He took telephon

8、e messages.18. Why was Nicholas bored and unhappy at the two schools?A. He had too much homework. B. He almost couldnt learn anything special. C. His teachers often corrected his spelling.19. Who offered to help Nicholas finally?A. His classmates. B. His parents. C. A college.20. What is Nicholas li

9、fe like now?A. Busy without any social life. B. Full but boring. C. Busy at college and free at home.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。AAll Change! The charityrole-reversal （ 角色互换） gameSo, whats it all about? All Change! is a fantastic, fun-fi

10、lled, fancy dress festival that will help us to raise money for children in need.When did it get going? The first All Change! role-reversal entertainment took place m 2005 in aid of a local childrens charity, Every year since then nearly 100,000 men, women and children have worn the strangest and th

11、e most wonderful headgear （头饰） possible to raise money for a growing number of childrens charities. This year we are helping a record number of good causes, all aimed to help children in need.Want to take part? Great! We want 100,000 or more people like you to bring a smile to the face of local chil

12、dren. To find out more contact us on our website or phone 502 389 711. And remember, for the sake of children.Still want to take part? OK! Heres what you have to do. On Friday 15 June, go to work, or to school, or shopping or whatever you normally do, dressed as normal, BUT on your head you must wea

13、r the strangest, most unbelievable headgear you can possibly find! Are you a policeman but would really love to be a chef? Are you a secretary with secret desires to be a Hollywood princess? Or a baker who wants to wear the worlds largest wig （假发）? Now is your chance! Be creative!ITS TIME FOR A CHAN

14、GEOn Friday15 JuneIts ALL CHANGE DAY!21. Whats the aim of the role-reversal game? A. To amuse kids. B. To raise money. C. To help sick kids. D. To change the world.22, According to the text, All Change! is a festival that . A. is held around the world B. involves mainly the young C. has a history of

15、 about ten years D. falls on different dates each year23. What are you expected to do on 15 June? A. Try your dream job. B. Dress Up as children.C. Skip work or school. D. Wear creative hats.BBecoming a lexicographer （词典编纂者） was completely an accident. I came across a want ad for an editorial assist

16、ant. I got called for the interview and found out it was for Merriam-Webster. I thought, “Oh, I could do that.” Within a couple of months, I realized this was exactly what I needed to do.My job is to define new words and update old ones. When I first started, I thought Id keep a list of words I wrot

17、e new entries for. 1 gave up after a year and a 50-page-long list. The list would grow long and never end. At this point when people ask how many words Ive entered, I cant tell them. I have probably looked at every single entry in all of our dictionaries.To be a new entry, a word must meet three cri

18、teria. First, widespread use. Second, it has to have sustained （持续的） usage over a certain period of time （usually years）. People think of the dictionary as being the bleeding edge, but its not. By the time a word is in a dictionary, most people have at least seen it. Third, it has to have a meaning.

19、Most words dont enter the language in a smooth way. Words will drop out, then increase in use again. Theres an uneven upward trend. AIDS, I think, we entered within a year of its first use. It was clear it was not going away anytime soon.Ive been at this job for almost 17 years. Thats kind of crazy

20、in this day and age, but it doesnt get boring. At some time you will have had enough of doing the same work over and over again, but you can find things that are new and fresh and interesting.24. The authors job as a lexicographer . A. was her dream job B. disappointed her at first C. went beyond he

21、r expectations D. was due to several months of effort25. Why did the author give up on her new entry list? A. She felt it was useless. B. There were too many entries. C. There was no need to keep it. D. She was too busy to stick to it.26. What does the underlined part “the bleeding edge” in Paragrap

22、h 3 mean? A. Something that is new. B. Something that is right. C. Something that is formal. D. Something that is powerful.27. What does the author think about her job? A. She likes it. B. She finds it boring. C. She is crazy about it. D. She feels it is challenging.CAt first glance, why anyone woul

23、d want to save California condors （秃鹫） is not entirely clear. Unlike the closely related Andean condors with their white neck feathers, California condors are not much to see. Their dull black color, featherless head and neck and oversized feet are hardly signs of beauty or strength. Their appeal be

24、gins to become evident when they take flight. California condors can fly almost effortlessly for hours, often covering hundreds of miles a day-far more than other creatures of the air.When it was discovered that the condor population was becoming dangerously small, scientists and zookeepers sought t

25、o increase Condor numbers quickly to preserve as much of the species genetic （基因的） diversity as possible. From studying wild condors, they already knew that if a pair lost an egg, the birds would often produce another. So the first and sometimes second eggs laid by each female were removed, and arti

26、ficially hatched. Such techniques quickly proved effective.Despite these successes, the effort to save California condors continues to have problems. Artificially hatched condors released （释放） to the wild have died at what to some people are alarmingly high rates. Others have had to be brought back

27、again after they acted foolishly.Some of the odd behavior on the part of these re-released birds is hard to explain. At times they landed on peoples houses, walked across roads and airport runways, walked into park visitor centers and fast food restaurants, and took food offered by picnickers and fi

28、shermen. None are known to have died by doing so, though. Most recently, some of the first chicks hatched in the wild died after their parents fed them bottle caps, pieces of plastic and other man-made objects.Mike Wallace, a wildlife specialist at the San Diego Zoo, has suggested that some of the c

29、ondors problems represent natural behavior that helps them survive. The real key to successful condor reintroduction lies in properly socializing young condors as members of a group that follow and learn from older, preferably adult birds. That, he argues, was missing from earlier condor releases to

30、 the wild.28. What is the California condors most impressive feature? A. Its beautiful colors. B. Its remarkable flying ability. C. The large size of its neck and feet. D. The similarity it has to the Andean condor.29. In the initial stage of the conservation programme, , A. eggs were taken from the nests of wild condors B. female condors were caught and studied carefully C. scientists and zookeepers tried to create genetic diversity D. condors were encouraged to produce a lot more eggs30. What did some of the condors released into the wild do? A. They adapted su