学年宁夏青铜峡一中高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版+听力.docx

1、学年宁夏青铜峡一中高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版+听力青铜峡一中2017-2018学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷时间：120分钟 分值：150分 命题人：王丽第卷（三部分，共115分）I.听力理解（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。1. Which sport does the woman like best?A. Baseball. B. Badminton. C. Volleyball.2. What are the two speakers

2、 going to do?A. Go shopping. B. See a film. C. Have hair cut.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a hospital. B. At a shop. C. At a post office.4. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Friends. C. Couple.5. What does the woman probably do?A. A

3、 reporter. B. A student. C. A tour guide.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67题。6. What happened to the man?A. He lost his job. B. He failed his final test. C. He was late

4、 for school.7. How is the mans feeling to the woman?A. Frightened. B. Grateful. C. Disappointed.请听第7段材料，回答第89题。8. Where will the woman take the boys to?A. School. B. Park. C. Hospital.9. What is the man planning to do?A. Open a savings account. B. Bake a birthday cake. C. Buy a birthday present.请听第8

5、段材料, 回答第1012题。10. What kind of music does the woman prefer?A. Classical music. B. Pop music. C. Country music.11. What does the man say about classical music？A. He listens to it when cooking. B. It is good for his brain.C. It can help reduce stress.12. What does the woman tell the man in the end?A.

6、He can find some recordings on the Internet. B. He can buy some new CDs online.C. He can listen to Mozarts music.请听第9段材料, 回答第1316题。13. Where are the two speakers probably?A. At the womans house. B. At the hospital. C. In an office.14. Why does the man meet the woman?A. To find out why the womans rec

7、ent work was poor.B. To ask about the womans mother. C. To discuss future plans.15. What can we know about the womans mother?A. She is seriously sick. B. She had an accident. C. She died of stomach cancer.16. What is the mans attitude to the woman in the end?A. He is angry. B. He is sad. C. He is ki

8、nd.请听第10段材料, 回答第1720题。17. What will people do tomorrow morning?A. Watch a performance. B. Have a meeting. C. Go sightseeing.18. Why does the speaker have to change todays plan?A. Diana Decker wants to speak first. B. The first speaker got food poisoning.C. He will attend an important meeting.19. Whe

9、n will the coffee break start?A. At 9:30. B. At 10:00. C. At 10:30.20. Where will the discussion be held?A. In Room 201. B. In the meeting hall. C. In the Youth Action Theater.:阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：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。A Apple announced its new iPhones last week, but competit

10、ors mobile phones can do many of the same things for less money. The new iPhone 8 and X have wireless charging, edge-to-edge glass screen and double cameras. But all of these features are already available in smart phones from Chinas Huawei and Oppo, and Koreas Samsung. While Apple asks buyers to pa

11、y $1,000 for its high-end model, some Asian phone makers can offer similar features for less.At one time, Chinese manufacturers（制造商） copied features and designs from others to produce low-cost phones. But they have now added high-end features to their phones and they control nearly half the global m

12、obile phone market.Media MarktSaturn is Europes biggest electronics seller. A spokesperson for the store told Reuters that, “Huawei is seen as a relevant competitor to Apple and Samsung by covering all major price points and placing big investments in marketing and sales. She also said that the Chin

13、ese companies Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo and TCL were among the top-10 best-selling smart phones in its stores. Chinese manufacturers fast growth has been fueled by strong sales in China. But they now export 40 percent of their smart phones. That is almost double the number from just three years ago, accor

14、ding to the Hong Kong investment company CLSA. Huawei is currently the worlds third largest phone maker behind Samsung and Apple. According to research companyCanalys, the Chinese company is getting closer to second-place Apple and might overtake it later this year. Huawei plans to show its top-of-t

15、he-line Mate 10 phone on Oct. 16. The phone will have artificial intelligence features such as instant translation and image recognition and will cost less than $1,000.21.What is the text mainly about?A.Smart phones manufacturers. B.Apple smart phones features.C.Asian phone makers fast growth. D.Com

16、petition among phone makers.22.Which is NOT among the top 3 phone makers in the world?A.TCL. B.Samsung. C.Apple. D.Huawei.23.What do we know from the text?A.Huewei will have overtaken Apple by later 2017.B.Chinese makers phones with high-end features cost less.C.The top-10 smart phones are to enter

17、the high-end competition.D.40 percent of Asian smart phones are exported now.24.What is the writers attitude towards Asian phone makers?A.Doubtful. B.Concerned. C.Optimistic. D.Uncertain.BA businessman had two sons. While he gave the younger son a lot of love and gifts, he neglected (忽视) the elder s

18、on. It was completely puzzling (令人费解) and no one knew why.When the boys grew up, they were asked to manage the fathers business. The elder son was absorbed in the business. From morning till late in the evening, he was busy working. Within a few years, he ran the business very well and even expanded

19、 (扩大) it.What about the younger son? He didnt have much to do except have a good time. But the father believed that his favorite son would be a success. If the elder son could be a successful businessman, surely the younger one, with a higher education, would do much better.A few years later, the re

20、sults of his decision became clear. Uninterested in business, the younger son continued spending his time enjoying himself. And he went out of business. But the elder sons far smaller share (份) of business had expanded and he had proved himself to be a good decision maker.Ashamed at the turn of even

21、ts, the father met the elder son and was angry with the younger one. The elder son, who was listening to all this quietly, suddenly said he wanted to set up an independent business and live on his own.“Why?” asked the father.“I blame (责备) one person for the way my brother has turned out, and its not

22、 him. You cant blame children for the faults (过失) of their parents, can you?” asked the elder son.25.Before the younger son went into the fathers business, he_.A.was well-educated at school B.had achieved great successC.often looked down upon his brother D.was interested in business26.Why did the fa

23、ther treat the two sons differently?A.the elder son didnt work hard B.the younger son was hardworkingC.no one knew why he did it D.he wanted to do an experiment27.Which is NOT the reason for the younger sons going out of business?A.he himself didnt work hard B.his father didnt educate him properlyC.

24、he was not interested in business at all D.he was busy working every day28.What does the text really want to teach us?A.Once something is done, you should do it well.B.Parents are responsible for childrens development.C.Interest is the most important for success.D.One has responsibility for what he

25、himself has done.CLife is difficult.What do you think about life? Maybe most people say that life is difficult. But life is no longer difficult once we truly understand and accept it. Most people do not fully see this truth. Instead, they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life sho

26、uld be easy. It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon (强加于) them or their families, their class, or even their nation. What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on th

27、eir nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy. Yet, it is in this whole process o

28、f solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pa

29、in of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.29.The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to _.A.show his

30、opinion B.argue with readers C.give an example D.get readers attention30.According to the passage we give school children difficult problems in order to _.A.encourage them to solve problems B. teach them to fear the pain of solving problemsC.help them learn to deal with pain D. teach them how to res

31、pect problems31.The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt instruct.” suggests that _.A.we do not learn from experience B.we do not learn when we are in painC.pain teaches us important lessons D.the pain of problems is not welcome32.The passage mainly tells us that _.A.we become stronger by facing and solving the problems of lifeB.life is difficult because our problems bring us painC.people like to complain about their problemsD.everybody has problemsD One form of social prejudice against older people is the be