高二英语下学期期中试题_24

一岗双责落实还不到位。受事务性工作影响，对分管单位一岗双责常常落实在安排部署上、口头要求上，实际督导、检查的少，指导、推进、检查还不到位。湖北省武汉市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题Part I Listening (1*30)I. (1*5)Listen to the five dialogues and answer the five questions, each dialogue will be played only once.1. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Waiter and customer. C. Husband and wife. 2. What did the woman try to fix for her son?A. A folding table. B. A package. C. A toy train.3. What does the woman think of the article?A. Bad. B. Wonderful. C. Boring.4. What is her daughter?A. A writer. B. A poet. C. A teacher.5. What are they mainly talking about? A. Time. B.Interests. C. Weather.II. (1*15)Listen to the two long dialogues and answer some questions. Each dialogue will be played twice.Listen to the sixth dialogue and answer questions from 6 to 7.6. What is the mans feeling after his job interview?A. Anxious. B. Hopeful. C. Desperate.7. How many candidates were able to go to the second interview?A. Four. B. Twelve. C. SixteenListen the seventh dialogue and answer questions from 8 to 10. 8. Why did the woman look pale?A. She had a stomachache. B. She had a headache. C. She didnt sleep well.9.What was the girl in Apartment 3 busy doing at night?A. Holding a big party. B. Practicing the piano. C. Crying loudly.10. What did the woman think of the whole night?A. Terrible. B. Unforgettable. C. Good.You will hear a student interviewing a woman who started her own bread-making business. Listen to their conversation and look at the questions. For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C.11. Who inspired the woman to start her own business?A. a teacherB. a relativeC. a neighbor12. What does she say about the bank which lent her money?A. They gave her good advice.B. They said she was too young.C. They told her to change her plans.13. What did she find most difficult at the start?A. a lack of payB. the advertisingC. the long working hours.14. What does she enjoy most about having her own business now?A. Meeting different people.B. Making her own decisions.C. Working with her team.15. What does she say was best about winning an award last year?A. Receiving the prize moneyB. Being interviewed on the radioC. Meeting the other contestants16. What is the main advice she would give to someone interested in starting a business?A. Have a clear planB. Find an original ideaC. Save up enough money.You will hear four conversations about the relationship with their families. Match the speakers opinions from A to E. There is one extra answer.17. Speaker118. Speaker219. Speaker320. Speaker4A. My parents used to be a great help with my study.B. I can always get help from my family.C. My parents and I have conflict of interest. D. A family member shares a same interest with me.E. My parents are struggling with up-to-date products.Part Two Reading comprehension (2*17)I. Read the three passages and answer the questions. (2*12) APasswords reveal your personalityThe word or phrase that you use to open your email account may provide a key to your personality as well as to your correspondence, according to a British psychologist. Helen Petrie, professor of human/computer interaction at City University in London, analysed the responses of 1,200 Britons who participated in a survey funded by CentralNic, an Internet domain-name company. The results were recently published on CentralNics website.Petrie identifies three main password genres. Family oriented respondents numbered nearly half of those surveyed. These people use their own name or nicknames, the name of a child, partner, or pet, or a birth date as their password. They tend to be occasional computer users and have strong family ties. They choose passwords that symbolize people or events with emotional value.says Petrie. One third of respondents were fans, using the names of athletes, singers, movie stars, fictional characters, or sports teams. Petrie says fans are young and want to ally themselves with the lifestyle represented by a celebrity. Two of the most popular names were Madonna and Homer Simpson. The third main group of participants are cryptics because they pick unintelligible passwords or a random string of letters, numerals, and symbols such as Jxa+157. Petrie says cryptics are the most security-conscious group. They tend to make the safest but least interesting choices.Passwords are revealing for two reasons. First, because they are invented on the spot. Since you are focused on getting into a system, for example your email account, youre likely to write down something that comes quickly to mind, says Petrie. In this sense passwords tap into things that are just below the surface of consciousness. Also, to remember your password, you pick something that will stick in your mind. You may unconsciously choose something of particular emotional significance.21. The survey was paid for by _.A. Dr Petrie B. City UniversityC. CentralNicD. Homer Simpson22. According to the passage, if your password is family oriented, you _.A. probably have a large familyB. probably dont use a computer very oftenC. are likely to be an animal loverD. are a person who is very emotional.23. People who belong to the cryptic group _.A. worry about other people reading their emails.B. dont spend much time trying to invent a password.C. cant think of an interesting password.D. are hackers in the computer scene.24. Passwords say something about our personalities because _.A. we are bound to invent something new.B. we think for a long time before choosing one.C. we choose something without thinking about it consciously.D. we choose words which we will remember easily. BAmong all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, or biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic discussed by people. The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. And to date, doctors have not found an effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology is applied, not only these two diseases can be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend on curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span can be prolonged. Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial family being a good example, have hereditary(遗传的) diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientists just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born. Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to manufacture human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would soon be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large quantities, for most couples in the world can have babies in very normal ways. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology.25. What do the underlined words “these two killers” refer to? A. Gene technology. B. Cancer and heart disease. C. Hereditary diseases and cancer. D. The couple who have cloned babies.26. What is the main idea of the third paragraph? A. Gene technology can do with hereditary diseases. B. Gene technology can be used to clone human babies. C. Gene technology can help people to give birth to a baby. D. Gene technology can help the English imperial family out.27. In what way can gene technology help to treat hereditary diseases? A. People with hereditary diseases can live longer. B. Scientists find the wrong gene and correct it. C. Cancer and heart disease can be cured. D. Human babies can be cloned.28. What is the main purpose of the authors writing this passage? A. To talk about the advantages of gene technology. B. To explain that gene technology will also do harm to the humanity. C. To tell the readers that gene technology will not benefit people. D. To describe how gene technology will benefit people.CCrime today: Jet Street gangStreet gangs, already prominent in large cities and urban areas, are rapidly becoming more popular among young people. With their membership expanding, the rate of street crime in some communities has risen dramatically in the last few years. One of the largest and most prolific criminal gangs in the world today, with an estimated membership of thousands in San Francisco, and tens of thousands in other areas of North and Central America, is the Jet Street gang. This transnational criminal organisation started as a small street gang in one of the poorest areas of San Francisco and has been active since the 1980s in many regions of the United States, Mexico and Central America.In the last decade, state police forces, the FBI and customs and immigration officers have been involved in a number of cases where they undertook raids and carried out arrests of suspects right across the regions where the gang operates. The gangs criminal activities range from minor criminal offences, such as petty theft, joyriding, shoplifting and vandalism, to serious criminal activities such as drug trafficking, arson, robbery, weapons trafficking, human trafficking, identity document forgery, fraud, and murder.Every police officer and most judges recognise the name Jet Street gang, says special FBI agent Bob Hemsley. They are one of the most prolific street gangs in the USA. They steal cars, burgle homes, and Id say that someone is robbed by one of the gang members every day.Its a well-established gang and its members commit all kinds of street crimes, claims Raphael Dominguez, who oversees investigations by the Bureau of Firearms and Drug Trafficking in Central America. They are devoted to the gang and to the letter J. We see street graffiti and tattoos with variations of the letter J all the time. Gang members also identify themselves with the letter J on their clothing. Unfortunately, most gang members caught and arrested by police officers do not make it to court. Witnesses often pull out of trials, as they fear for their lives. This is quite understandable due to the number of threats they receive from gang members prior to the trial. As fast as arrests are made, accused gang members are released, often due to alibis provided by other gang members. And if a gang member does eventually appear in court, he is likely to be acquitted and released due to a lack of evidence.29. The writer claims that A. crime committed on the streets is generally on the rise.B. due to the street gang Jet Street operating on the streets, crime has risen dramatically.C. the violence of street gangs is going up, hence crime is on the increase.D. the crime rate in some areas is directly influenced by the rising number of street gang members.30. According to the article, A. a vandal or a thief who steals small items is less of an offender than a fraudster or arsonist.B. the Jet Street gang commits a large number of trafficking offences.C. police officers have arrested a large number of 13th Street gang members recently.D. a large number of Jet Street gang members have been arrested and imprisoned for their crimes.31. One of the police officers quoted in the article says that the gang A. is the most important street gang in the world today.B. is well known in the law enforcement community.C. has committed almost all existing crimes.D. has many members who escape from police after being arrested.32. The article says that A. most policemen have met one of the gang members.B. the Jet Street gang is among the most active gangs in America.C. the letter J is important to members of gangs.D. the Jet Street gang members commit car theft and burglary on a daily basis.II. Match the gaps (1-5) in the passage with the sentences below (A-G). There are two extra sentences. (2*5)EcoSwitch: A Computer Gadget That Saves MoneyEvery time you leave your computer running whilst you get on with other tasks, it uses up valuable energy. It might only seem like a few minutes each time, which may lead you to believe that the cost of this amount of energy is not important. _33_ We all know that we should not be careless about our environment and that we should take responsibility for saving as much energy as possible, but this, of course, is easier said than done. Many of us simply forget. _34_ But there is an easy and effective solution: the EcoSwitch.You dont need a circuit board connector or an external device lead to connect your computer to the EcoSwitch. You simply plug it into a USB port, and, whenever you leave your computer, just push the bright green button and your computer will go into energy-saving mode. _35_ When you return to your computer, you just push the button again, and your computer will instantly revert to normal operation.The EcoSwitch has an inbuilt device which calculates the amount of energy saved each time the green button is pressed, which is then converted into a sum of money saved in the currency you choose. To select the currency of your choice, you simply scroll down the touchscreen next to the green button, highlight the currency you want and double-click on it. _36_Different models and makes of computers use different rates of energy, but EcoSwitch estimates that the savings of an average computer user on their electricity costs will be about $50 a year. No one can say that the EcoSwitch is extortionately priced, either. _37_ As it is compatible with all computers, no computer user will tell you off if you decide to give them the EcoSwitch as a present. Who wouldnt appreciate a present that they will benefit from long into the future?A The device is so clever that it allows your computer to continue with most tasks whilst in the energy-saving mode, whether it is streaming a video or downloading an app. B But if you added it all together over the years, you would be surprised how much money you are wasting.C Once in this mode, the computer is switched off and will need to be rebooted to make it function fully.D For others, switching off the computer or even setting it to sleep is too much annoying.E Not only do you get gratification from knowing how much money you have saved, you will also know that you have helped the planet by being more ecological.F On the contrary, the manufacturers believe that at $10 it is very reasonable, considering how much valuable energy it saves.G Eliminating wasted standby power with just a few EcoSwitches around your home will save up to 800 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions per year.Part Three: Cloze. (1.5*20)Choose the correct words(A, B, C or D) to complete the passage. I really loved those morning walks to school with my father. We talked _38_ the whole time. Mostly it was he who _39_ and I who listened, and just about everything he said was _40_ . He was a true countryman. The fields, the streams, the _41_ and all the creatures who lived in these places were a part of his life. _42_ he was a mechanic by trade and a very fine one, I believe he could have become a great naturalist _43_ he had had a good schooling.Long ago he had taught me the _44_ of all the trees and the wild flowers and the different grasses that _45_ in the fields. All the birds, too, I could name, not only by _46_ them but by listening to their calls and their songs. In springtime we would _47_ for birds nests along the way, and when we found one he would _48_ me up on to his shoulders so I could _49_ into it and see the eggs. But I was never allowed to _50_ them.My father told me a nest with _51_ in it was one of the most beautiful things in the world. I thought so too. The _52_ of a song-thrush（画眉鸟）, for instance, lined inside with dry mud as _53_ as polished wood, and with five eggs of the purest blue speckled(有斑点的) with black dots. And the skylark(云雀), _54_ nest we once found right in the middle of a field, was in a grassy clump(土块) on the _55_ . It was hardly a nest _56_ , just a little hollow place in the grass, _57_ in it were six small eggs, deep brown and white.38. A. especiallyB. practicallyC. simplyD. regularly39. A. laughedB. watchedC. exclaimedD. talked40. A. fascinatingB. freshC. familiarD. academic41. A. animalsB. factoriesC. textbooksD. woods42. A. BecauseB. WhereasC. AlthoughD. Therefore43. A. whetherB. if onlyC. so thatD. in case44. A. structuresB. locationsC. shapesD. names45. A. live B. hideC. growD. survive46. A. touchingB. stamp