河北省武邑中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、河北省武邑中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题2015-2016学年河北武邑中学高二期中考试英语试题命题人：鲍海建本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，共10页。考试结束后，只交答题卡。保存好试卷。第卷注意事项：1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的班级、姓名、学号、考试顺序号填写清楚2. 各小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。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 (

2、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。1. What is the man going to do tonight？A. To a birthday party.B. To visit Jane.C. To the theatre.2. Why does the woman want to buy a clock? A. She has trouble waking up.B. She wants to

3、buy someone a gift.C. Her watch is broken.3. Where did the woman stay while she was in Brighton?A. She stayed in her friends house.B. She stayed in a hotel with her friends.C. She camped near the mountains.4. What does Alice ask the man to do? A. Borrow some magazines for her.B. Return some magazine

4、s to the library.C. Give some magazines back to her.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about？A. A novel. B. A film. C. A writer.第二节听下面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、7题。6. When did the womans license

5、stop being valid? A. 2 days ago. B. 4 days ago. C. 7 days ago. 7. Where does the conversation take place? A. In the police station. B. In the garage. C. In a bank.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How often will the girl attend African Music?A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.9. What else is the

6、 girl going to take this term?A. Basic Spanish. B. Business classes. C. Spanish Composition.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where was George yesterday? A. At his usual place. B. In the newspaper office. C. At home.11. Why did the woman call George?A. To ask him to a concert. B. To go on a holiday with him.C. T

7、o invite him to dinner at home.12. Where did George see Mary?A. At the office. B. At the concert. C. In his sisters home.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How does the man kill time?A. By eating potato chips.B. By watching TV.C. By taking a walk.14. What does the woman dislike?A. The square. B. The parks. C. The

8、 city.15. What does the man think is the most important?A. Entertainment. B. Income. C. Quietness.16. What do the man and woman disagree on?A. Whether the city needs a symbol. B. Whether the amusement park should be built.C. Whether the square is a good place for a walk.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What di

9、d Nicholas do at eighteen months？A. He began to learn French. B. He read the newspaper. C. He took telephone 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. Wh

10、o offered to help Nicholas finally?A. His classmates. B. His parents. C. A college.20. What is Nicholaslife 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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AAs

11、 you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost

12、 certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week. Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people arou

13、nd the world. They feel that the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them. Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downs

14、hift last year. One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Most

15、 evenings Daniel wouldnt get home until eight or nine oclock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have

16、a farm then,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. Its taken some getting used to, but its been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think its made us stronger as a family, and th

17、e children are a lot happier.Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. Im not really a country girl, but I suppose Im gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my childre

18、n. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”21The passage tells us that . Apeople seldom work long hours to make money Bpeople hardly buy more things than necessary Cpeople are sure everything they own is in the right place Dp

19、eople realize there is more to life than just making money22When Daniel was a reporter he _.Alived in central London Bdisliked his job Cmissed his children Dwas well paid23What does the author mean by saying “the long hours work culture to make more money is eating up their lives” in the second para

20、graph ? APeople work long hours to earn their living. BTo make more money through hard work is the aim of peoples life. CLong hours of hard work occupy too much of peoples life. DPeople spent too much time and money eating meals.24The underlined word “downshifting” in the second paragraph refers to

21、_.Arepairing your car by yourself Bspending money carefullyCmoving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better lifeDliving in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week B.The website FarmersOnly. com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind

22、 of a man, Jerry Miller in Ohio. He wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. Jerry Miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers. As he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and wou

23、ld like to date. But someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine oclock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning. So, in 2005, Jerry Miller launched his website. You dont have to be a farmer to be on FarmersOnly. com. But you do have to have the good old-fashioned tra

24、ditional values of Americas heartland. You also have to live in the United States or Canada to be a member of the site. Some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. As of last week the site listed more than 58,000 members. Many of them are farmers in the United State

25、s. Others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. Jerry Miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website. Some farmers have also found love through a group, Singles in Agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986.It or

26、ganizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. The purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. Its website, singlesinag.org, says there are more than l,000 members across the nation and as far away as France.25. J

27、erry Miller started FarmersO in order to_.A. help farmers B. support traditions C. understand farmers D. represent farmers26. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 indicate?A. She dislikes city lifestyle. B. She prefers late night coffee.C. Country life isnt well understood. D. Its tiring

28、 to get up early.27. Which of the following is true ofsinglesinag.org?A. Its services are free. B. It provides dating services.C. Only farmers can become its members. D. Farmers in France cant benefit from it.28. It can be inferred from the text that_.A. all farmers desire marriage B. farmers are ea

29、sy to meet new peopleC. more farmers get divorced in the USA D. the Internet helps improve farmers social lifeD A green roof is a roof of a building that is covered with vegetation over a waterproof membrane (防水膜). It is a proper method of growing plants on the roof and does not refer to the mere gr

30、een color of the roof. People benefit a lot from these green roofing systems, and they are gaining popularity day by day.Human beings have occupied major areas of land and transformed them into huge buildings, which has severely affected the environment and the natural habitat of bird and insects. G

31、reen roofing compensates for that. It creates a natural habitat for creatures like bees, grasshoppers and other insects.Modern roofs need a lot of energy to control the temperatures in winter and summer. However, green roofs reduce the amount of energy required for controlling temperatures, thus making them energy-efficient. As green roofing is highly energy-efficient, it can act as a encouragement for people who are interested in green roofing systems and their benefits. It will increase the market value of the building and fetch the owner a great share of profit