学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题12130293.docx

1、学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题121302932019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中联考试题选择题部分第一部分：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. Why does the man need a map?A. To tour Manchester. B. To find a restaurant. C. To learn about China.2. What

2、does the woman want to do for vacation?A. Go to the beach. B. Travel to Colorado. C. Learn to snowboard.3. What will the man probably do?A. Take the job. B. Refuse the offer. C. Change the working hours.4. What does the woman say about John?A. He wont wait for her. B. He wont come home today. C. He

3、wont be on time for dinner.5. What will the speakers probably do next?A. Order some boxes. B. Go home and rest. C. Continue working.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段材料，回答第6和第7题。6. How d

4、oes the woman usually go to work? A. By car. B. By bus. C. By train.7. What do the speakers agree about taking the train?A. It is safer. B. It is faster. C. It is cheaper. 听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。8. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Save up for the car. B. Go to another car dealer. C. Ask someone t

5、o check the car.9. What is the salesman going to do?A. Give a discount. B. Stick to a high price. C. Ask for cash payment.10. How will the man help the woman?A. Lend money to her. B. Drive her car home. C. Take care of her car.听第8段材料，回答第11至第13题。11. What does the woman think of the living expenses in

6、 the city?A. Fairly low. B. Just Okay. C. Very high.12. What does the woman spend most on? A. Meals. B. Trains. C. Clothes.13. What does the woman do in her free time? A. See films. B. Travel around. C. Go for a drink.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What will Rebecca do on June 12?A. Go on a business trip. B.

7、Organize a trade exhibition.C. Meet the people from Head Office.15. What is John preparing for the meeting?A. A report. B. A timetable. C. A speech.16. When do the speakers decide to have the meeting?A. On June 3. B. On June 10. C. On June 17. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the speaker decide to do

8、after lunch that day?A. Stay to help her friend. B. Walk alone to her car. C. Wait for the train to stop.18. What can we learn about the speaker then?A. She worked at a hotel. B. She had bought a new car. C. She was having a baby soon.19. Where did the speaker meet the taxi passenger?A. At a crossro

9、ads. B. In front of a hotel. C. Besides a car park.20. What does the speaker talk about?A. An exciting lunch party. B. A well-known short story. C. An unforgettable experience.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A2019 Summer Camp and Activities

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16、ooking alone. B. Play with water for two months.C. Enjoy the story time. D. Use the facility in Ardsley.22. What do the last three activities have in common?A. They are intended for adults. B. They mainly focus on learning.C. They offer various free snakes. D. They have professional employees.23. Fr

17、om which is the text most probably taken? A. A website B. A research paper C. A newspaper D. A travel magazineBWeve done it: we buy something we think we like and then change our minds about it. Fortunately, many sellers allow us to easily exchange or return products. Actually, its so easy these day

18、s that sellers are seeing an increase in the serial returner.A serial returner is someone who buys products, often in large numbers, only to return most of them. 41-year-old Hester Grainger, founder of Mumala Club, spends about 300 to 400 each month on clothes, but returns around 80%. Barclaycard, w

19、hich holds nearly half of the UKs bank card businesses, reported that in the last two years 26% of sellers have seen an increase in in-store and on-line returns with the number of products being sent back up by 22%.Its a hard problem for sales companies. Returns eat into profits. Free transportation

20、 of products for the customer means the company foots the bill. Products may need to be packed again and some of them may be damaged, making them unfit for sale again. Besides, sometimes the fast-developing fashion has moved on. By the time the product comes back, it becomes a cut-price product, bri

21、nging extra loss to the sales company.Some sales companies are taking action to stop this behavior. According to a BBC report, four in ten companies now say they charge for returns to stop the returns of products without quality problems. Online marketer Amazon was reported to have started refusing

22、to serve customers with too many returned products. And Barclaycard says a third of sellers have hiked their prices to cover these returns. But Vicky Brock who is a director of ReBound Returns, a returns management software system, believes this isnt the best strategy. Speaking in a BBC article, she

23、 says stopping returns shows the sellers have little understanding of customers. Companies can reduce returns by helping customers choose better. Finally, she says, returns are now as much a part of the shopping experience as buying things, and shops should take this into consideration.24. What can

24、we learn from the passage?A. Customers have a changeable mind. B. Products online are of low quality.C. Serial returners are on the rise. D. The sellers attitude to returners is acceptable25. The author mentions Barclaycard to show _.A. people have a great interest in bank cardsB. in-store products

25、would not be returnedC. Hester Grainger isnt a particular caseD. how much money people have spent in the last two years26. In Vicky Brocks opinion, _.A. returns are normal and understandableB. customers and sellers should understand each otherC. forbidding returns is a right decision made by markete

26、rsD. online shopping experience needs to be further improved.C Many science fiction stories tell about explorers arriving in a new world. The explorers then use some kind of high-tech device to test for breathable air or signs of life. But here on Earth, science fiction is becoming reality through a

27、 new sampling technology called environmental DNA, or eDNA for short. Scientists can use it to identify rare species or estimate fish populations with just a little air or water. Environmental DNA can be used in two ways. One is to identify the creatures that live in a certain place. The other is to

28、 confirm the presence or lack of a specific creature. Caren Goldberg is one of the first biologists to take the technology from the testing stage to actually using it. She sees eDNA as a way to get answers more efficiently and with less destruction compared to traditional survey techniques. Until re

29、cently, scientists depended on snorkeling (潜水), netting or using an electric current to temporarily catch fish. This newer way to identify what lives in the environment is becoming popular around the world. Animal experts in Vietnam are using the eDNA to find the last, wild Yangtze giant softshell t

30、urtles. One researcher on the Caribbean island of Trinidad is using the sampling technology to find endangered golden treefrogs. In Madagascar, it is being used to identify amphibian(两栖动物)diseases. Ms Goldberg has used eDNA testing to confirm the local extinction (灭绝) of a leopard frog in the Americ

31、an state of Idaho. She has also been asked to document the spread of the New Zealand mudsnail in the state of Washington. The creature has been found in lakes and other waterways across the state. Scientists working with the technology say they do not expect robots to replace field biologists anytim

32、e soon. But the old-fashioned field work could soon be more targeted.27. Compared to traditional survey techniques, eDNA is more_. A. complex B. eco-friendly C. dangerous D. convincing28. By using eDNA, Caren Goldberg has_. A. succeeded in catching many fishes B. found the existence of golden tree frogsC. documented the spread of softs