山西省运城市学年高二英语上学期期中试题112301136.docx

1、山西省运城市学年高二英语上学期期中试题11230113620172018学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试题 2017.11本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5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。1. What will the weather be like tomorrow?A. Rainy. B. Snowy

2、 . C. Sunny.2. When is the best time for the woman to pay a visit to the professor? A. 3 oclock. B. 4 oclock. C. 2 oclock.3. How much does the man have to pay?A. 20 dollars. B. 30 dollars. C. 40 dollars.4. Where does the man plan to go? A. Canada. B. Korea. C. China.5. What is the womans seat number

3、? A. 6A. B. 7A. C. 8A.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。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6-7 题。6. What kind of person is Mr. Zhao?A. Humorous. B. Serious. C. Strict.7. What does the man learn fro

4、m Mr. Zhao? A. Jokes. B. Historic stories. C. Math. 听第 7 段材料，回答第8-9题。8. When will the woman go to see the film?A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.9. How much is a ticket? A. 13 dollars. B. 26 dollars. C. 52 dollars.听第 8 段材料，回答第10-12题。10. Where is the man living?A. 17 Mallett Street. B. 70 Ma

5、llett street. C. 17 Marett Street.11. Which house is on fire?A. Number 17. B. Number 19. C. Number 20.12. Why is there nobody in the house on fire?A. They were hiking. B. They went to work. C. They went on holiday.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13-16 题。13. What does the woman do?A. A shop assistant. B. A repairer. C.

6、 A manager.14. What does the man want to do? A. To repair his cell phone.B. To buy a new cell phone.C. To return his cell phone.15. What does the woman think his happened to the cell phone?A. It has been damaged by the man on purpose.B. It dropped onto the ground.C. It dropped into water.16. When ma

7、y the man solve the problem?A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. The day after tomorrow.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17-20 题。17. How many years has the speaker been studying in Central School?A. About 2 years. B. About 4 years. C. About 6 years.18. When is the lunch break? A. From noon to 1:00 pm.B. From 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm.

8、C. From 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm.19. Which of the following subject is NOT a must for students?A. Science. B. English. C. History.20. How many clubs are students supposed to join?A. At least one . B. At least two . C. At least three. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和

9、D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Marmee, as the March girls called their mother.The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults. P

10、retty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always.The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. “Your husba

11、nd is very ill,” it said, “come at once.” The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever(猩红热)when she was taking care of a sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back. When Father came ho

12、me from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together. Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had

13、grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, and her family watched her with love and anxiety. Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches. Jo went to New York and became successful in he

14、r writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldnt live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died. News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a we

15、althy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys. And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness t

16、hat they had devoted all their lives to. 21. The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs. March and their _A. five daughters B. four daughtersC. son and four daughters D. son and five daughters22. Who was the most successful in career(事业)among the March girls?A. Amy. B. Beth. C. Jo. D. Me

17、g.23. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. The March Family. B. The March Parents.C. The March Girls. D. The March Relatives.24.It can be inferred from the passage that the March family had _A. a lot of rich relatives B. wealthy neighborsC. more girls than boys D. both h

18、appiness and sadness BThe Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by the locals. During the opening ceremonies,

19、 after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One follo

20、wing another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dan

21、ce with their hair: their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance. The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the fi

22、nish Line in front of the cheering people. Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles（马鞍）. Some even ride upside downtheir legs and feet straight up i

23、n the airall at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. So fast and so wonderful! 25. The Sahara Festival is a festival which _. A. has a very long history in North Africa B. is held in the same place on the same dayC. is attended m

24、ainly by the people in the Sahara D. is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries 26. Before the races begin, _ take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies. A. musicians, dancers, horses and hares B. camel riders, musicians, dogs and hares C. horsemen, dancers, camels and

25、 dogs D. musicians, officials, camels and horses 27. The underlined word “finale” in the fourth paragraph most probably means the _ of the opening day. A. first part B. last part C. middle D. whole 28. This passage mainly tells readers _. A. how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sah

26、ara Festival B. how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival C. what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival D. what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival CThe way we do things round hereSome years ago, I was hired by an American bank. I received a lette

27、r from the head of the Personnel Department that started, “Dear John, I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us.” That “quite” saddened me. I thought he was saying “were kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else.” Then I discovered that in American En

28、glish “quite” sometimes means “very”, while in British English it means “fairly”.So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I dont just mean the words people speak. It is the body language, dress, manners, ideas and so on. The way people do things highl

29、ights many of the differences we see between cultures.Some of these differences may be only on the surfacedress, food and hours of workwhile others may be deeper and take longer to deal with. Mostly, it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them, like the climate, while

30、 getting on with business.Some of the differences may be an improvement. People are more polite; the service is better; you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again. However, other differences can be troubling, like punctuality(准时). If you invite people to a party at 7

31、 oclock, your guests will consider it polite to turn up exactly on time in Germany, five minutes early in the American Midwest, an hour early in Japan, 15 minutes afterwards in the UK, up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece. I prefer not to use the word “late” becau

32、se there is nothing wrong with the times people arrive. It is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country.29. The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought_.A. the American bank might hire another personB. the American bank didnt think much of him C. its difficult to get used