浙江省宁波市余姚中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、浙江省宁波市余姚中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）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。第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1. What is the man going to do first?A. Buy a map.B. Go swimming.C. Go water-skiing.2. Why was the woman so late?A. Something went wrong

2、with the bus.B. She took somebody to the hospital.C. She didnt catch the bus.3. What can we learn about the man?A. He is a top student.B. He failed the math exam.C. He did better than expected.4. Where are the speakers?A. In a restaurant.B. In a bank.C. In a shop.5. How does the man feel about the e

3、nvironment?A. Surprised.B. Sad.C. Optimistic.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2至4个小题，从题中做给的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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. When does the next train to Manchester leave?A. At 12:30pm.B. At 12:00.C. At 2pm.7. How much is the

4、single ticket for the train to Manchester?A. 30.50.B. 27.00.C. 13.50.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates.B. Colleagues.C. Brother and sister.9. How does the woman plan to distribute(分配)the books at the end of the term?A. She takes three and the man

5、takes two.B. She takes all.C. They each take the ones they like.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why has the man never done any volunteer work?A. He doesnt know what to do.B. He thinks it is a boring thing.C. He thinks it takes too much time.11. What volunteer work does the woman often do?A. Teaching.B. Cleanin

6、g.C. Nursing.12. How much time does the woman spend on volunteer work every week now?A. About one day.B. About ten hours.C. About five hours.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What did Mary do before Bob called her?A. She met her friends.B. She went shopping.C. She did some work.14. Where are the speakers now?A.

7、In Philadelphia.B. In New York.C. In Washington.15. Why is Bob here?A. To meet Mary.B. To have a tour.C. To attend a conference.16. What is Mary going to do tonight?A. Have dinner with Bob.B. Stay at home.C. Meet a client.听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。17. What did Tom write stories about?A. Thieves.B. Detectiv

8、es.C. Smokers.18. Why did Tom go to the cinema?A. Because he felt much too tired recently.B. Because he wanted to avoid a visitor.C. Because he couldnt the story.19. What did the man do at Toms house?A. He had a good meal.B. He left Tom some advice.C. He left Tom some money.20. What did Tom think of

9、 the thiefs action?A. Helpful.B. Silly.C. Boring.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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA Guide to the UniversityFoodThe TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks(), drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards

10、. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.If you are on campus in the evening or lat at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Caf loca

11、ted in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.RelaxationThe Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying , cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all inter

12、national students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.HealthLocated on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. Th

13、e cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1;00 to 4;30pm.Academic SupportAll students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and

14、other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30 minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free.TransportationThe TWU Express is a shuttle service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping centre, leaving from t

15、he Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1.21. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?A. Do homework and watch TVB. Buy drinks and enjoy concertsC. Have meals and meet with friendsD. Add money to your ID and play chess22. Where and when can you co

16、ok your own food?A. The McMillan Hall, Sunday.B. The Lower Cafe, SundayC. The TWU Cafeteria, FridayD. The Globe, Friday23. How can you seek help from the Writing Centre?A. By applying onlineB. By calling the centreC. By filling in a sign-up formD. By going to the centre directlyBWhy read, and someti

17、mes even write poetry? That question is not difficult to answer if we change the word poetry to songs.I sing when I feel good. When I sing my favorite songs, I feel even better. Sometimes when I am listening to music and to the song words, I feel that it was written for me. A good song always makes

18、me feel something. There are songs that I sing in my head between classes and songs that I want to sing when the school bell rings by the end of the day. They help me get through the day.They are like bright and warm colors in the middle of grays and shades. I like songs about love and friendship. T

19、he extraordinary thing is that my feelings are more special when I sing my favorite songs in English.I also like reading. I used to avoid poetry until an e-friend told me I should recite poems and not look up the meaning of the words. Poetry uses many difficult words and idioms, but the best thing i

20、s to just forget about them. In the beginning I felt quite strange. Now I always lock the door. Reading aloud gives you a strange feeling, but when you have some practice and fall into the rhythm, and the sounds of the words, it is really a special experience.I started with small poems, but now I th

21、ink I most like long poems. I have different feelings with different poems. When I have had a bad day at school, I read Keats and forget everything. When I am sad I read Wordsworth by the light of a candle. When the poem is finished, I close the book and my sadness is gone.24. Which of the following

22、 statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?A. Songs are like different colors in different times.B. Songs can help people better understand colors.C. Songs can describe a mixture of different colors.D. Songs can bring people warmth and comfort.25. What we can infer from the passage

23、 is that_.A. the writer likes singing songs aloud at any timeB. songs and poems can help get over bad emotionsC. the writers native language is EnglishD. the writer like songs better than poems26. What can we know about the poems of Keats and Wordsworth through the passage?A. Keats poems are full of

24、 bad feelings.B. Wordsworths poems contain much sad description.C. Both of their poetry can create positive feelings.D. The themes of their poems are not different at all.C The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The people who planned the fair were look

25、ing for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago. The Eiffel Tower had been a great success for the fair in Pairs in 1889, and they wanted something like that.George Ferris handed in drawings of a giant wheel that people could ride on. At first everyone laughed at his strange idea. But Mr. F

26、erris didnt give up, and finally the idea was accepted. The ride opened in June of 1893.That first wheel had thirty six enclosed cars, each holding sixty passengers. When filled it carried 2,160 people. During that summer in Chicago one and a half million people rode the Ferris wheel, which was name

27、d after Ferris. Six platforms were used to pick up and drop off passengers. Each ride was two full turns of the wheel. On the first turn, it made six stops for loading. Then the second turn was a nonstop nine-minute ride. Each car had five large glass windows in front and in back, giving everyone a

28、great view of Chicago and Lake Michigan. After the fair the ride was moved to a nearby amusement park built especially to show off the wheel. In 1904 it was moved againthis time to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. After the fair in St. Louis closed, the wheel stood unused. In 1906 it

29、 was finally sold to a company for scrap(废弃材料）metal. It took 200 pounds of dynamite to bring it down.Fortunately a Chicago bridge builder, W. E. Sullivan, figured out how to make a smaller Ferris wheel that could easily be taken apart and put together. In 1906 he started the company that still makes

30、 many of the Ferris wheels used today.But whenever you ride one remember that it all began with George Ferris very strange idea.27. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Large designs are more successful than small ones.B. Riding a Ferris wheel is the best way to travel around the world.C. World f

31、airs attracted millions of visitors to Chicago from all around the world.D. Ferris design was so successful that Ferris wheels are still around today.28. The first Ferris wheel was mainly built to .A. make George Ferris well-known worldwide.B. attract visitors to an event in Chicago.C. match the Eif

32、fel Tower in ParisD. bring fun to people in Chicago29. What does the author think of George Ferris?A. He showed great creativity in the Ferris wheel design.B. His Ferris wheel design was impractical.C. He was a leader in the amusement industry.D. He did a lot better than W. E. Sullivan. 30. What is the authors purpose in wri