英语江西省鄱阳县第二中学学年高二下学期期中考试试题.docx

1、英语江西省鄱阳县第二中学学年高二下学期期中考试试题江西省鄱阳县第二中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题第一部分 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 does the man say about Zhang Haidi?A. She started writing in 1983.B. She has to stay in wheel

2、chair.C. She taught herself English.2. What does the man decide to do?A. Study Steven Hawkings book. B. Work hard at physics.C. Do many exercises.3. Why does the man like Yang Guang ?A. Yang Guang sings very well. B. Yang Guang treats his audience well.C. Yang Guang attended a famoud propram.4. How

3、do we know about Evans?A. He has many pairs of glasses. B. He is good at playing the piano.C. He often plays the piano for the prince.5. What did Zhang Yuxia do in 2012?A. She moved to Taiwan. B. She started imitating Deng Lijun.C. She attended a TV program.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, 选出最佳选项

4、。请听第六段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who was on that house that was on fire?A. A little boy. B. A little girl. C. A young lady.7. Whrer is the man proably now?A. At home. B. In the hospital. C. In his office.请听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the woman want to have at the weekend?A. A dancing party. B. A drinking party. C

5、. A dinner party.9.what does the woman tell the man to do?A. Call the Browns after work. B. Talk less with the Browns.C. Invite the Browns next time.请听第八段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who does the man think is the most important thing in his job?A. To make people laugh and think about life.B. To make people thin

6、k about his situation.C. To gives shows to a wide audience.11. Which language did the man learn at college?A. German. B. English. C. French.12. When will be the greatest moment in the show according to the man?A. When he speaks a foreign language. B. When he sings a sweet song. C. When he talks like

7、 a scientist.请听第九段材料，回答第13至16题。13. When is the Fathers Day?A. Five days later. B. Ten days later. C. Fifteen days later.14. What is the woman father?A. A teacher. B. A taxi driver. C. A coach. 15. Which massage chair costs most?A. The white one. B. The red one. C. The black one.16. How much does the

8、 woman spent at last?A. ￥6,200. B. ￥5,800. C. ￥5,700.请听第十段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How old is the speaker?A. Five. B. Seventeen. C. Twenty-two.18. Why has the speaker long been looked down upon?A. She has hearing-disabled. B. She canot get on well with her classmates.C. She has something wrong with his brai

9、n.19. What does the speaker want to prove?A. She studies better then other students. B. She is the best at sports among students. C. She is not different from the average students.20. What makes the speaker a strong person?A. Her physical limitation and courage.B. Her gifts in studies and sports. C.

10、 Her family and school background.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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑AOLIVIA Engel, 6, was going to play an angel in the Christmas play this year. Yet on Dec 14, 2012, she, along with 19 other children and six adults, was killed.A man named by

11、the police as Adam Lanza, aged 20, shot and killed his own mother on the morning of that day. Afterwards, he drove her car to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, US, and shot and killed 20 children and six women. Finally, he killed himself. The police still do not know why he did t

12、hat.US President Barack Obama openly cried as he spoke about the killing. He told the parents of the children that “You are not alone in your grief (悲痛). All across this land of yours we have cried with you.”When this kind of shooting has happened recently, people have had special ways of showing th

13、eir grief. They have lit candles, and left flowers by the scene of the tragedy (悲剧). This is very much the case again. Those who died in Newtown were very young children aged from 5 to10. The tragedy has raised more questions about gun control in the US. 21. How many people did Adam Lanza kill befor

14、e he killed himself?A. 19. B. 27. C. 25. D. 28.22. We can tell from Paragraph 3 that President Obama _.A. spoke loudly to show his angerB. felt angry and wanted the killer to dieC. felt sad and tried to comfort (安慰) the parents D. asked the whole country to donate money23. What did the sentence “Thi

15、s is very much the case again” in Paragraph 4 mean?A. This is not a big problem. B. This makes people happy again.C. This is an unimportant event. D. This happened again.24. What does the writer of this passage really want to express (表达)?A. Barack Obama felt very sorry about this tragedy. B. The qu

16、estions about gun control should be paid attention to.C. All the people should not use guns in the USA. D. Young children should be protected.BHave you ever noticed the black and white bars (条状物) on books? Do you know what they are used for?They are barcodes (条形码) used in most products. If you go to

17、 a supermarket, you can see almost every product with a barcode on it. Barcodes contain (包括) information about the products, such as names and production date. Its an easy and convenient way to keep track of the products. Just scan (扫描) the bars with a barcode reader and everything is clear.The firs

18、t use of a barcode in a supermarket checkout system was on a pack of American Wrigley Company chewing gum in 1974. Beyond supermarkets, barcodes are needed everywhere: for renting cars, for luggage checks on a plane, for parcels(包裹) you send. Life will be rather hard without barcodes. Most things wo

19、uld get lost in the post.Barcodes change as well. Barcodes in the past were 1-D (one-dimensional), but now there are 2-D (二维码), such as QR (正方形点状码) has been used on Chinese train tickets. People can enter stadiums, cinemas and theaters by holding certain types of barcodes.If you find these barcode t

20、hings boring, a barcode building might be more up your street. In St Petersburg, Russia, there are games too. Barcode Monsters is a mobile phone game. You have to scan barcodes and find the monsters (怪物)! 25. The black and white bars on books are called _. A. QRs B. products C. barcodes D. monsters2

21、6. Where do we use a barcode? A. At supermarkets. B. At the train station. C. In the post. D. A, B and C.27. According to the passage, which one is true?A. Just scan the barcodes with our eyes and everything is clear.B. Most of our things would get lost in the post if we use barcodes. C. Life will b

22、e very easy with barcodes.D. All of the products have barcodes.28. Whats the best title of this passage? A. We Can Live Without BarcodesB. Small Barcodes Make a Big DifferenceC. Science Develops Too Fast D. You Must Have Your Own BarcodeCIn all fine weather, my father and I used to climb the mountai

23、n near our house. Walking together, we used to talk a lot. From our conversations, I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldnt have enough time to spend together because

24、my father was very busy. I really got so much from mountain climbing. It gave me time to have talks with my father in souls (灵魂) and it helped develop my patience as well.Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so hard for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climb

25、ing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds singing. Time passed, and then both of my legs hurt. I really wanted to give up. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you cant see its beauty before you re

26、ach the top. Only there at the top, you can see all the nice things, just like in life.” At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain. And there, I could see the whole of the sky, as cle

27、ar as crystal (水晶). 29. The father helped most with the writers _.A. health B. personality C. subjects D. dream30. The writer started climbing mountains with his father _.A. when he was quite young B. after he went to schoolC. while he was a student D. after he understood his fathers words31. How di

28、d the writer feel when both his legs hurt?A. Pleased. B. Amused. C. Afraid. D. Annoyed.32. A great success needs _.A. goals, hard work, patience and confidenceB. conversations between father and sonC. mountain-climbingD. clear crystalsDHow are you? I hope you are feeling well and your leg is improvi

29、ng. Can you walk a bit now? Is your neighbour, Mrs Lu, bringing you enough books to read? I hope so.Youd love our school library, Grandma. There are so many books on all kinds of subjects. The other day I found a book about engineering. I couldnt really understand it but I hope to learn more about t

30、his topic sometime. This term I have three new subject classes, so I think Ill tell you about them.I study biology. It is a very interesting subject. Im learning; all about the human-body, where everything is and what it does. Did you know that we have a kissing muscle? Its called orbicularis and it

31、s a circle muscle that closes your mouth and moves your lips forward. I love biology. Its so interesting! Another new subject is religion (宗教). I didnt think I would like this one, but actually it is very interesting to hear how different people worship (崇拜). We are learning about lots of religions from all over the world, not only Asia. My other new subject is Spanish. Its really difficult to learn a new language but I know it will be useful for me in the future, if I want to travel around the wor