云南省大理州南涧县高二英语下学期期中试题.docx

1、云南省大理州南涧县高二英语下学期期中试题云南省大理州南涧县2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试用时120分钟。注:所有题目在答题卡上做答第I卷（选择题 共100分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节(共5小题；第小题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. Where does the conversation probably ta

2、ke place? A. In an office. B. In a theatre. C. In a restaurant.( )2. How old is the man now? A. About 20. B. Nearly 40. C. Over 60.( )3. What is the man going to do? A. Go to the information counter. B. Take a train to leave New York. C. Check the price of the ticket.( )4. What do we learn about the

3、 man? A. He quitted his job. B. He has got two job offers. C. He is doing a part-time job.( )5. What does Mr. Anderson do? A. He is a teacher. B. He is a librarian. C. He is a repairman.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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7两个小题。( )6. What

4、is The Western Teacher? A. A story. B. A book. C. A magazine.( )7. When did the man start writing books? A. When he was at school. B. After he came to Paris. C. Since the year of 2004.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。( )8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and p

5、atient. C. Customer and waiter.( )9. What must have caused the speakers stomach aches? A. The fish. B. The soup. C. The apples.( )10. Where will the speakers go? A. To the market. B. To the hospital. C. To the restaurant.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。( )11. What are the speakers talking about? A. New films. B.

6、 Popular cinemas. C. Film-seeing habits.( )12. What seems to bother the woman at the cinema? A. The uncomfortable seat. B. The noisy people. C. The long waiting time.( )13. What do we know about the man? A. He prefers seeing new films at the cinema. B. He enjoys seeing films with friends. C. He like

7、s talking about new films.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。( )14. Why does David go to Professor Smith for help? A. He had trouble with todays lecture. B. He missed all the classes last week. C. He wanted to learn how to take notes.( )15. What should David do at the start of each class? A. Have a short talk with

8、the professor. B. Look through the notes from last class. C. Take down the main points of the lecture.( )16. How can David find the most important information to write down? A. By remember all the details of the lecture. B. By reading the notes taken by his classmates. C. By focusing on the organiza

9、tion of the lecture. ( )17. How many suggestions has Professor Smith given to David? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。( )18. Who brought silk to Europe in the thirteenth century? A. Napoleon. B. Marco Polo. C. Leonardo da Vinci. ( )19. What do we know about silk today? A. It is used by f

10、amous dress designers. B. It is much cheaper than in the past. C. It is very popular among painters. ( )20. Why does the speaker give the talk? A. To encourage people to learn designing. B. To persuade people to buy silk clothes. C. To introduce the history of silk trade.第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；共40分）第

11、1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 中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AThere are many useful things we can do each day to feel better. It may take some efforts and time to make a habit of drinking 8 glasses of water daily or thinking more positively, but it is well worth it. What things do you do every day

12、to feel better?Probably the healthiest thing you can do to feel better each day is to exercise early in the morning. You dont have to run the whole morning or spend a few hours in the gym. Even doing some easy exercise like walking, sit-ups or jumping the rope will help you feel better in no time!Ag

13、ain, due to our busy schedules, we dont get enough sleep each night. If you have trouble falling asleep, avoid watching TV or surfing the Internet right before bed. Also, try to make healthy bedtime snack choices and dont drink tea or coffee too late in the day.If you drink 3 glasses of water, 4 gla

14、sses of coffee or tea and a glass of soda each day and think that you drink enough water, think again. Your body needs water (not coffee or soda!) to function properly. Aiming to drink 7-8 glasses of water each day can make you feel better.Being positive is the key to a longer life. Positive thought

15、s can help improve your overall health. Life is full of stressful situations and its hard to stay cheerful when everything goes wrong, but your positive attitude can help you solve any problem and fight any stress faster and easier. Your positive attitude is especially good for your heart health. Sm

16、ile, stay positive and live a longer life!( )21. In the authors opinion, which can benefit us most in order that we feel better? A. Sleeping enough. B. Drinking enough water. C. Thinking more positively. D. Taking morning exercise.( )22. Which of the following agrees with what is said in Paragraph 3

17、? A. Drinking tea or coffee makes us sleep less. B. Drinking tea before bed makes it harder to fall asleep. C. Watching TV or surfing the Internet leads to less sleep. D. Our busy schedules cause more difficulty in falling asleep.( )23. Why is water necessary to our body? A. Because it can make us f

18、eel better. B. Because it can have our body work smoothly. C. Because it can do more good to our body than coffee. D. Because it can help avoid feeling thirsty.( )24. What do we need most when everything goes wrong? A. Thinking positively. B. Thinking out wise ways. C. Having a right attitude. D. St

19、aying cheerful. BPeople are being attracted to Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing theyre paying for it by giving up large amounts of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.Mos

20、t Facebook users dont realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what theyre paying for Facebook because people dont really know what their personal information is worth.The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. E

21、arly on, you keep everything private. That was the great thing about Facebook you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things your city, your photo, your friends nameswere set, by default (默认) to be shared with everyone on the In

22、ternet.According to Facebooks vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people dont share information, they have a less satisfying experience.Some people think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model

23、, which was about selling ads and putting them at the side of the page, totally failed.Who wants to look at ads when theyre online connecting with their friends?The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change it

24、s privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them, Schrage admits.I think that wha

25、tever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy is only the beginning, which is why Im considering stopping using it. Facebook is a convenient site, but Im upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I dont know. Thats too high a price to pay. ( )25. What is the main idea of

26、 the passage?A. Facebook is becoming a more useful site. B. Facebook is improving its service gradually. C. Facebook is stealing and selling users information. D. Facebook is losing more customers.( )26. What did Facebooks business model include at the beginning? A. Selling its service. B. Selling a

27、ds. C. Selling its products. D. Selling personal information.( )27. According to the writer, why Facebook make changes to its rule?A. To provide better service to its users. B. To follow the Federal guidelines. C. To encourage its users communication. D. To gain its users more personal information.

28、( )28. What does the writer plan to do?A. He is planning not to use Facebook any longer. B. He is considering to fight against Facebook. C. He is planning to change his personal information. D. He urges Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for Facebook. CIn the house where I grew up, it was ou

29、r custom to leave the front door closed but not locked. None of us carried keys. The last one in for the evening would close up. I dont know whether that was a local one or it is universal. Those days are over. In rural areas and in cities, doors do not stay unlocked, even for part of an evening.It

30、is not uncommon, in most pleasant homes, to see on the windows small notices announcing that the building is closely guarded by this security force or that guard company.Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by a large insurance company provided us with no charts showing how much at risk we

31、are, but a picture of a childs bicycle with the now-usual lock attached to it.The ad pointed out that, yes, it is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods, but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fear is doing to our life? Who is going to make the payment for the

32、 transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock?For some reason we are satisfied when we think we are well-protected. It does not occur to us that we should ask ourselves: Why has this happened? Why do we have to defend ourselves against our neighbors and fellow citizens?We trust no one. Suburban (郊区的) housewives wear rape whistles (防强暴口哨) on their key chains. We have