河北省隆化县存瑞中学学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版无答案doc.docx

1、河北省隆化县存瑞中学学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版无答案doc存瑞中学20152016学年第二学期高二年级期中考试英语试题命题人：饶永刚 刘丽欣第卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。1What are they talking ab

2、out?A. Giving tips. B. Reducing the price. C. Ordering a dinner.2What time should Jenny come here?A. At 1:50 p.m. B. At 2:20 p.m. C. At 2:30 p.m.3Where are the two speakers?A. At home. B. At school. C. In a library.4How much did they pay for the repair of the bike?A. 25 yuan. B. 50 yuan. C. 100 yuan

3、.5Why will Tom be invited to the party?A. Because the woman likes him.B. Because he is the mans good friend.C. Because the mans mother wants him to come.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

4、段材料，回答第67题。6Why is the man still in the office?A. He has to clean the floor.B. He needs to type a letter.C. He is waiting for the woman.7What will the man do this evening?A. See a film with Mary.B. Go shopping with Mary.C. Watch a play with the woman.听第7段材料，回答第89题。8Where was the match held?A. In Eng

5、land. B. In America. C. In South Africa.9When did the host team get its goal?A. In the first half. B. In the second half. C. Near the end of the match.听第8段材料，回答第1012题。10. What are the speakers talking about?A. Popular sports events.B. Things people do after work.C. TV programs people like best.11. H

6、ow did the woman do the research?A. She talked to people.B. She sent letters to people.C. She collected information from newspapers.12. What do most people like to do in their spare time?A. Watch TV. B. Go to movies. C. Read books.听第9段材料，回答第1316题。13. Why is the man reading the book?A. To take a test

7、. B. To write a report. C. To learn English.14. When does the conversation take place?A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.15. Where does the woman come from?A. Britain. B. Italy. C. Canada.16. Whats Johns plan for the future?A. To tour Britain. B. To get a job abroad. C. To open a shoe sho

8、p.听第10段材料，回答第1720题。17. How many people are there in the womans family now?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.18. What did the children think about having meals together at home?A. They disliked the idea at first.B. They thought it was funny.C. They preferred eating with friends.19. How often did the family

9、finally decide to have meals together?A. Every Sunday. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.20. Which of the following was not mentioned?A. Playing sports. B. Planning trips. C. Cooking meals.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，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AJust 10 years

10、 ago, I sat across the desk from a doctor. “Yes,” he said, “there is something wrong with the left, upper lobe(肺叶). You have a moderately advanced case. Youll have to give up work at once and go to bed. Later on, well see.”Feeling like a man who is in midcareer has suddenly been placed under sentenc

11、e of death, I left the doctors office, walked over to the park, and sat down on a bench. I needed to think. In the next 3 days, I cleared up my affairs, then I went home, got into bed, and set my watch to tick off not the minutes, but the months. Two years later, I left my bed and began the long cli

12、mb back. It was another year before I made it.I speak of this experience because these years that passed so slowly taught me what to value and what to believe. I realise now that this world Im living in is not my oyster(牡蛎) to be opened but my opportunity to be grasped. Each day, to me, is a preciou

13、s thing. The sun comes up and presents me with 24 brandnew, wonderful hoursnot to pass, but to fill.Ive learned to appreciate those little, allimportant things I never thought I had the time to notice before：the play of light on running water, the music of the wind in my favourite pine tree. I seem

14、now to see and hear and feel with some of the recovered freshness of childhood. How well, for instance, I recall the touch of the springy earth under my feet the day I first stepped upon it after the years in bed.Frequently, I sit back and say to myself, “Let me make note of this moment Im living ri

15、ght now, because in it Im well, happy and hard at work doing what I like best to do. It wont always be like this, so while it is, Ill make the most of itand afterwards, I rememberand be grateful. All this, I owe to that long time spent on the sidelines of life.”21. Which word can best describe the a

16、uthors feeling after visiting the doctor?A. Hopeless. B. Curious. C. Confused. D. Energetic.22. How long did it take the author to recover from his disease?A. Two years and a half. B. Three years.C. Three years and a half. D. Four years.23. The underlined words “these years” in Paragraph 3 refer to

17、the years when the author_.A. was ill B. started his careerC. cleared up his affairs D. struggled to go back to his work24. By fighting with his disease, the author realised _.A. patients should know how to get on with doctorsB. doctors should treat patients more carefullyC. we should pay enough att

18、ention to dietsD. we should value and appreciate lifeBTayka Hotel de SalWhere：Tahua, BoliviaHow much：about $95 a nightWhy its cool：Youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? Thats something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of saltincluding the beds (though youll sleep o

19、n regular mattresses and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric driedup lake thats the worlds biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633squaremile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain start

20、s to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vythiri, IndiaHow much: about $240 a nightWhy its cool: Riding a pulleyoperated(滑轮操控的) lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of yo

21、ur open windowthere is no glassyou watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel. You dont even have to come down for breakfastthe hotel will send it up on the pulleydrawn “elevator”Dog

22、Bark Park Inn B&BWhere: Cottonwood, IdahoHow much: $92 a nightWhy its cool: This doghouse isnt just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30foottall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a

23、 few steps to the loft in Willys head, or hang out inside his nose.Gamirasu Cave HotelWhere: Ayvali, TurkeyHow much: between $130 and $475 a nightWhy its cool: Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much mo

24、re modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65in summer.25. Which of the following about Tayka Hotel de Sal is TRUE?A. The hotel is the cheapest among the four hotels.B. Everything in the hotel

25、 is made of salt.C. Rain has no effect on the hotel.D. It is located on an old lake.26. What is the similarity of the four hotels?A. Being old. B. Being unique. C. Being natural. D. Being beautiful.27. It can be inferred that _.A. it is the same man who designed the four hotelsB. Green Magic Nature

26、Resort is the dearest in IndiaC. the building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B is like a dogD. Gamirasu Cave Hotel is the oldest among the four ones28. Whats the writers purpose in writing the passage?A. To show his wide knowledge. B. To develop business in tourism.C. To attract attention from readers. D. T

27、o introduce some interesting hotels.CThe behaviour of a buildings users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use, according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions (排放)by 80 percent by 2050, part of whic

28、h will be achieved by all new homes being zero carbon by 2016. But this report shows that sustainable building design on its ownthough extremely importantis not enough to achieve such reductions: the behaviour of the people using the building has to change too.The study suggests that the ways that p

29、eople use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency (效率)，which instead focus on architectural and technological developments.“Technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything，”explains Katy Janda, a UKERC senior researcher，“c

30、onsumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design.” In other words，old habits die hard, even in the best designed eco home.Another part of the problem is information. Households and bill payers dont have the knowledge they need to change their energy use habits. Without specif

31、ic information，its hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices. Feedback (反馈) facilities, like smart meters and energy monitors，could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behaviour directly affects their energy use; some studies have shown

32、 that households can achieve up to 15 percent energy savings using smart meters.Social science research has added a further dimension (方面)，suggesting that individuals behaviour in the home can be personal and cannot be predictedwhether people throw open their windows rather than turn down the thermostat (恒温器) , for example