1、贵州省威宁县黑石头中学学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案黑石头中学2014-2015学年度第二学期期中测试题(考试时间:120分钟 满分:150分)第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)第1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秒钟时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Why does the woman look pale? A. She is ill. B. She hasnt slept well. C. She is
2、repairing a road.2. What is the weather like? A. Warm. B. Cold C. Hot.3. What does the mans sister want to be? A. A dancer B. An English teacher. C. A dance teacher.4. Why did the woman oversleep? A. Her alarm didnt work. B. She didnt set her alarm C. She didnt have an alarm clock5. What does the ma
3、n want to do? A. Borrow some books. B. Get a library card. C. Get a student card.第2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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料,回答6,7小题。6. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. The concert. B.
4、 The traffic. C. The car.7. Why is the traffic so heavy?A. There is a car accident. B. There is a concert in the park.C. There is a sports meeting in the park.听第7段材料,回答8,9题。8. Where is the woman going? A. To visit Eric B. To France to travel C. To the post office.9. Where is Eric from? A. China B. F
5、rance C. Australia.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. Where does the man want to go?A State Street Station. B. The science museum. C. The Friendship shopping mall.11. What happened to the man? A. He broke one of the ticket machines by accident.B. He didnt know how to use the ticket machines.C. He didnt have money
6、 to buy the ticket.12. From which platform should the man get on the train?A. No.40 B. No.50 C. No.14听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. Why did the woman want to change her job?A. Because she wants a job as a typist. B. Because her former company closed down.C. Because she needs more time to study.14. When did th
7、e interviewer need help? A. At the weekend. B. On Friday. C. Late in the week.15. How much money will the woman get?A.$ 16 a day B. $1.6 an hour. C. $ 16 a week.16. When is the company closed? A. On Sunday. B. On Monday. C. On Wednesday.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. Where is Paris located?A. In the south of
8、 France. B. In the north of France. C. In the northeast of France.18. Which is Paris largest income source?A. Tourism. B. Luxury items C. Book printing and publishing.19. When was the Paris subway system opened?A.In 1990 B. In 1909 C. In 190020. What will we learn about Paris next week?A.Its history
9、. B. Its economy. C. Its transportation.第二部分 阅读部分(共两节,满分40分)第一节:阅读理解(共15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。A A holiday is any day when people lay aside their ordinary duties and cares. The word comes from Old English. At first, holidays honored some holy(神的) events or perso
10、ns. People in Great Britain and other countries speak of holidays as Americans speak of vacations. Every nation has its special holidays. China observes New Years Day(January 1), May Day and National Day as legal(法定的) holidays, as it was on Oct. 1, 1949 that Peoples Republic of China was founded. Th
11、e Chinese have long celebrated the Chinese lunar year. In the United States, congress(国会) has declared several as legal days such as New Years Day (January1), Martin Luther King, Jr.s Birthday, Washingtons Birthday, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day and so on. Some holidays celebrate special events
12、 in the development of a country, such as Greeces Independence Day, Italys Liberation Day and Indias Independence Day. In the United States, banks and schools usually close on a legal holiday. When such a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is often observed. Schools and organizations ofte
13、n observe days known as traditional holidays, although schools and businesses do not close then. Those holidays include Valentines Day and Halloween.21. Which of the following holidays has nothing to do with a countrys development? A. Chinas National Day B. Americas Independence Day C. Italys Libera
14、tion Day D. Valentines Day22.What does the word“observe”mean underlined in Paragraph Two according? A. celebrates B. looks carefully C. researches D. obeys23.Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. Chinese will no longer observe the Spring Festival B. Chinese and Americans share at least one holi
15、day C. students dont have to go to school on any holiday D. Americans can easily draw money from banks on legal days24. If a legal holiday falls on Sunday, people usually celebrate on_. A. Sunday B. the following Sunday C. the following Monday D. the following Tuesday25.Which following festival is n
16、ot mentioned(提到) in the passage? A. New Years Day B. Thanksgiving Day C. Christmas Day D. Ester DayBGlobal warming is the process of earths atmosphere heating up. Over the last 100 years, the average temperature of earths atmosphere has gone up 1 Fahrenheit. The weather has not changed exactly the s
17、ame way in every area of the planet. But scientists think that the rise in average temperature is already affecting the earths climate. Many scientists now believe that global warming is caused by cutting down trees, producing more trash, and polluting the environment are some of the reasons that th
18、e temperature has gone up. Many scientists believe that the biggest causes of global warming are new human technologies that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is not new. Certain gases in the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane, prevent heat e
19、nergy from escaping back into space. In the past, the climate didnt change much because nature produced just the right amount of greenhouse gases to deal with it. Today, most scientists are pretty sure that the rising temperature cant be blamed on nature. Ever since the industrial revolution in the
20、1700s, humans have relied on machines for daily life. And many of those machines give off a lot of greenhouse gases. An increase in the release of greenhouse gases from human activities is throwing nature off balance. The climate is a very complicated thing, but many scientists agree that the rising
21、 atmospheric temperature has already damaged the environment. Sheets of ice, called glaciers, are melting in Antarctica and other parts of the globe. As glaciers break off and melt into the oceans, they are adding warm water to the oceans and causing the sea level to rise. Over the past last 100year
22、s, the sea level has risen 6-8 inches around the world. That means land along the coasts is beginning to disappear under water. Bigger and warmer oceans are also adding to other weather problems caused by pollution in the atmosphere. Some places have received more rain, others have had bigger storms
23、 and a few areas in the world have experienced unusual droughts.26. What is mainly talked about in this passage?A. The melting of glaciers. B. Global warming. C. The worlds weather. D. The earths temperature. 27. What mainly causes global warming according to scientists?.A. The earths atmosphere B.
24、The nature itself.C. Human activities D. New discoveries28. How can greenhouse gases make the globe warm? A. They keep heat in the atmosphere B. They let the heat go out into space. C. They release heat into the air. D. They can make the other gases warm.29. From the passage we can see that global w
25、arming will bring about _. A. the pollution in the atmosphere B. natural disasters C. population pollution D. the rise of glaciers30.Which following measure cant be used to reduce the global warming ?A. plant trees B. reduce the greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.C. Burn a lot of coal and fossil o
26、il(石油) D. use the wind energy instead of the fossil fuels CIn todays Internet age, online games can be a change from the pressure of school and work. However, they can also cause problems and unhealthy addictions. This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. This country has the worlds h
27、ighest percentage of high-speed Internet services. It has also a high number of game players who are addicted to online games. 2004, a young man died after playing online games almost nonstop for 86 hours. A 12-year-old boy stole $16,000 from his father to continue online games which he could not ge
28、t away from. Such problems are spreading to other parts of Asia as well. In 2005, it was reported that about 80 percent of Chinas 13.8 million online game players were under 25.many of these were said to be addicted. Such numbers point toward a growing problem among Chinese youth. Sue-Huei Chen, a p
29、sychologist (心理学家), discovered some signs of at-risk people. Such people often go online to escape from their problems. And they usually have no friendship or good social skills. They feel the need to spend more and more time online, so they may be absent from school or family. And they become upset
30、 if anyone tries to limit their online game playing.31. The passage is mainly about _ A. online game addiction B. problems caused by online games C. computer problems in Asia D. problems caused by young people32. In the passage, the writer tells us a fact that_ A. South Korea has a large number of I
31、nternet schools B. More and more young men are stealing money for online games C. Chinas online game players are all under the age of 25 D. Online game addiction is a very common problem in South Korea33. After reading the passage, we know that in China_ A. many young people are playing online games for fun B. many young people are getting addicted to online games C. only those under 25 like to play online games for long periods D. 80 percent of the Chinese depend on online games to get relaxed34. According to the passage, _ar
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