英语安徽省安庆市五校联盟学年高二上学期期中联考试题.docx

1、英语安徽省安庆市五校联盟学年高二上学期期中联考试题安徽省安庆市五校联盟2017-2018学年高二上学期期中联考英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节， 满分30分）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，你将有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 man do tonight?A. Watch a play. B. Visit his aunt. C. Go to a lecture.2. How long did

2、the womans uncle stay in the Antarctic?A. For half a year. B. For a year. C. For one and a half years.3. Why is the man searching for information about Mars?A. To write his report. B. To make a movie. C. To write news about it.4. What does the man think of the novelA. Expensive. B. Difficult. C. Dis

3、appointing.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A beach. B. A house. C. A kitchen.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。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7 题。6. Why do the speakers go there?A. To watch b

4、irds. B. To go for a ride. C. To spend some time together.7. Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Brother and sister.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How many people went to watch the game?A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.9. How did George feel when the game was over?A. Ex

5、cited. B. Disappointed. C. Touched.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Whats wrong with the mans watch? A. Its ten minutes fast. B. Its twenty minutes fast. C. Its ten minutes slow.11. Why is the man going to the shop? A. To buy a new watch. B. To have his watch fixed. C. To return the watch.12. What should the m

6、an do after getting off the bus near the museum? A. Walk straight for two blocks. B. Walk straight and then turn right. C. Turn left and then walk straight.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How many years did the woman probably live in India? A. Six years. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.14. How did the woman l

7、earn the local language? A. By talking with her family. B. By talking classes at school. C. By talking with the locals.15. What language is the man learning now? A. French. B. German. C. Spanish.16. Where are the speakers most probably? A. On campus. B. In the city library. C. At a restaurant.请听第10段

8、材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the woman doing?A. Giving a lesson. B. Reading a text. C. Introducing her country.18. What was the population of Russia in 2013? A. About 17,098,200. B. About 1,435,100,000. C. About 143, 510,000.19. How many languages and dialects are spoken in Russia?A. About fifty. B. Les

9、s than 100. C. Over 100.20. How do people in Russia usually feel in summer? A. Hot. B. Comfortable. C. Dry.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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADangerous as they are, extreme sports remain appealing(吸引人的) among many Australian young people! Camp X

10、treme is the perfect test of your heart.Kite Surfing Its the exciting mixture of kite, board and waves. The idea of using a kite to accelerate(加快) speed seems like a new challenge, yet the art of kite flying dates back to the 13th-century Chinese when it was used as a simple means of transport.Catch

11、 a wind and youre movingup, down and across the surf. “Its always exciting. Youd jump 5 feet or 35 feet. You never know if youre going to go up in the air, and your heart is just going boom, boom, boom.”CoasteeringIt is by far the best activity and the event that everyone is still talking about. Thi

12、s is exploring the coastline without worrying about a coastal path or finding a rocky bay blocking your route. You climb, dive and swim from one place to another. With Coasteering, you dont have to be able to swim as the wet suit and buoyancy(浮力) aid will keep you floating when you are in the water.

13、Sky DivingTraditional parachuting(跳伞) doesnt sound risky enough. So now sky diving is the name for jumping from a plane and listening to your heart beating heavily as you move fast towards earth before you open your parachute at the last moment.Mountain BikingIts been around so long that bikers are

14、no longer satisfied with just going up and down a mountain. Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough land, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but include features designed to improve strength and

15、performance in rough areas.For details, please call us on 1300-792-668 or click here: .au.21. All the four extreme sports are intended to test ones _.A. speed B. physical health C. courage D. sports skills22. The underlined word in the second paragraph “it” refers to _.A.the art of kites B. kite sur

16、fing C. kite flying D. a kite 23. We can infer from the passage that _.A. kites were the main means of transport in ChinaB. swimming skills play a key role in CoasteeringC. mountain biking requires more than riding common bikesD. parachuting is the least popular sports at presentBThe word “OK”, the

17、most frequently spoken expression on the planet, celebrated its 178th anniversary(周年纪念日) on March 23.Henry Nass, a 66-year-old retired English teacher, had spent the last few weeks handing out cards supporting ”Global OK Day” in advance of the coming anniversary.The term “OK” was born in the 19th ce

18、ntury. Late etymologist Allen Walker Read found the two-letter word in 1839, when editors at The Boston Morning Post signed off on articles as “all correct” with an “OK” or “oll korrect”.The word made it into print on March 23 of that year in an article against an editor in Providence who had said,

19、wrongly, that a group of Bostonians heading for New York would pass through the Rhode Island capital.” We said not a word about our group passing through the city of Providence,” The Boston Morning Post reported. “O.K.-all correct.”The humour of the Providence-Boston joke has been lost to history-bu

20、t the word OK took off from there, soon meaning agreement, acceptance, satisfaction, quality or likability. In 1840, it served as a slogan (口号) for President Martin Van Burens unsuccessful re-election campaign. OK was picked up by telegraph operators as an easy abbreviation(缩写) to say they received

21、transmission, and in 1969, “Buzz Aldrins first words spoken on the moon were OK. Engine stop,” says Allan Metcalf, author of “OK: The Improbable Story of Americas Greatest Word”.Modern texting has produced a new generation of abbreviationBTW (by the way) and LOL (laugh out loud) among them, but none

22、 has replaced OK. Thats why many people support the English teachers call for an OK birthday celebration.24. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. The origin of abbreviation. B. The story behind the word “OK”.C. The celebration of “Global OK Day”. D. The difference meanings of “OK”.25. From the

23、 passage what can we know about “OK”? A. It began as an easy way to spell “all correct”. B. Its use as a slogan got Martin Van Buren elected.C. Its no longer as popular as other abbreviations now. D. It came into being a century ago.26. Why does the author mention the Providence-Boston joke? A. To s

24、how readers why OK was invented. B. To show the fierce competition between editors. C. To draw our attention to the humour in Bostonians. D. To present the first recorded use of “OK” in printed form.27. BTW and LOL are mentioned in the passage to tell us that . A. there are other abbreviations widel

25、y used in English B. we should hold more anniversaries for the abbreviations C. Ok is the most popular one compared with other abbreviations D. each abbreviation has its own storyCThe Key to Your HealthA car needs gas to run and your body also needs food to work for you. Eating the right kind of foo

26、d is very important. It can help your body grow strong to take care of what you eat.There are four main food groups altogether. The dairy group has food like milk, cheese and sour milk. The other three groups are the meat and fish group, the fruit and vegetable group, and the bread and rice group. E

27、ach meal should have at least one food from all four main groups. With all these food together, you will be given enough energy during the day.It is easy to get into bad eating habits. You may eat your breakfast in a hurry to get to school on time. Or you may not have time for a good lunch. It may s

28、eem easy tofinish your supper with fish and chips all the time. But you will find yourself tired in these days and you can not think quickly.Watching what you eat will help your body remain healthy and strong. It is also good to take some exercise. It will help you eat more if you take a walk or pla

29、y games in the open air. Having a good eating habit with some exercise is the key to your health.28. Which of the following diets do you think is the best one?A. Milk, bread, cabbages and beef. B. Eggs, tomatoes and chicken.C. Corn, fish, cream and pork. D. Rice, bean curd(豆腐), apples, fish and chic

30、ken.29. Which of the following is a good eating habit?A. Eating fish and chips for supper all the time.B. Finishing your lunch in a very short time.C. Going to school without any breakfast.D. Having at least one food from all four groups in each meal.30. In this passage the writer mainly tells us th

31、at _.A. every person needs food to grow wellB. taking exercise can keep your body strongC. the right kind of food with exercise will keep you healthyD. enough energy helps people think more quickly31. The underlined word “dairy” in the second paragraph means _.A. a farm where cows are keptB. the food made out of cows such as milk and butterC. the shop that sells milk and butterD. a place where milk products are made DIn a survey, 1,500 people were asked the same question and were then divided into two diff