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泰 和 二中吉安县三中2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷第一部分 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 are the speakers talking about? A. A wrestling match. B. A volleyball match. C. A character petition.2. What does the boy mean?A. He will put away the clothes before it rains. B. Hes unwilling to fetch the clothes. C. He has already put away the clothes.3. How long did the woman wait for?A. Four hours. B. Six hours. C. Two hours.4. Whats the woman plaining about?A. The parcels. B. Having to wait. C. The puter.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A driving test. B. A heavy fog. C. A traffic accident.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、7题。6. Where are the two speakers possibly? A. In the airport. B. In a supermarket. C. In a hotel.7. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man will get 12% discount. B. The man will live for about a week.C. The man will live with a friend.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did Sally cut out some advertisements for? A. To go on a travel. B. To find a job. C. To get information for his friend.9. What was Sally interested in? A. Introducing jobs for others. B. Collecting advertisements. C. Doing hotel business.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What does the man think of mountaineering? A. Interesting. B. Boring. C. Tiring.11. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man will act as a guide to Huang Mountain for the woman.B. The woman is a professional mountain climber.C. The woman climbed the Rocky Mountains alone last summer.12. What are the two speakers talking about? A. The Rocky Mountains travel. B. The beautiful sunrise. C. The mountaineering sport. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. The boss and the employee. B. Colleagues. C. Friends.14. Where will Mr Smith have dinner today? A. At Mr. Browns home. B. At a Chinese restaurant. C. At his sisters home.15. When will the second meeting be held? A. At 9 am. B. At 10 am. C. At 2 pm. 16. Who will wait for Mr. Brown at the receptionist counter before the meeting? A. The receptionist. B. Mr. Smith. C. Miss Jane.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whats the topic of the conversation?A. How to get to know each other.B. The clothes we wear when in different occasions.C. How to make a good impression.18. What is the first thing when you meet others according to the dialogue?A. Wearing nice clothes. B. Looking at them. C. Smiling at them.19. According to the woman, when can you wear your daily clothes?A. When going for a picnic.B. When attending a wedding party. C. When first paying a visit to a persons home.20. Which of the following cant make you a good listener? A. Interrupting others. B. Responding when necessary. C. Listening to others carefully.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑AApple SeedsCirculation（发行量）: 1 Year, 9 IssuesCover Price: $4455Price For You: $3395Product Description:Apple Seedsis an award-winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9The cover is very soft, providing durability（耐用性）that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to eBesides, there is a big surprise for you - its being sold at a more favorable discount than usualBetter LifeCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $4455Price For You: $1500Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle,Better Lifeis Americas plete home and family service magazineIt offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and educationHumor TimesCirculation: 1 Year, 12 IssuesCover Price: $3600Price For You: $1195Product Description:HumorTimesMagazine is for those who love to laugh! 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People who are interested in Chinas politics, business and culture D. People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids23.Better Life can help you in _.A. learning about sports and travels. B. finding interesting stories for your kidsC. ordering food from restaurants. D. beautifying your house. BChina is a land of bicycles. At least it was back in 1992 when I traveled the country. Back then everyone seemed to be riding a bicycle. Millions of them, all black. Cars were rare. Yet since my arrival in Beijing last year, Ive found the opposite is true . There are millions of cars. However, people still use their bicycles to get around . For many, its the easiest and cheapest way to travel today. Bicycles also e in different colorssilver, green, red, blue, yellow, whatever you want.Its fun watching people biking. They rush quickly through crossroads, move skillfully through traffic, and ride even on sidewalks. Bicycles allow people the freedom to move about that cars just cant provide.Eager to be part of this aspect of Chinese culture , I decided to buy a bicycle. Great weather acpanied my great buy. I immediately jumped up on my bicycle seat and started home. My first ride home was orderly(守秩序的) . To be safe , I stayed with a ”pack” of bikers while cars on the streets came running swiftly out of nowhere at times. I didnt want to get hit . So I took the ride carefully.Crossing the streets was the biggest problem. It was a lot like crossing a major highway back in the United States. The streets here were wide, so crossing took time, skill and a little bit of luck.I finally made it home . The feeling on the bicycle was amazing . The air hitting my face and going through my hair was wonderful. I was sitting on top of the world as I passed by places and people. Biking made me feel alive.24According to the author, why are bicycles still popular in China today?ABecause they are convenient and inexpensiveBBecause they are traditional and safe CBecause they are colorful and availableDBecause they are fast and environment friendly25The author decided to buy a bicycle because he intended _Ato experience local skills Bto use it for transportCto ride it for fun Dto improve his riding skills26How did the author feel about his street crossing?AIt was boring B.It was wonderfulCIt was lively D. It was difficult27Which of the following best describes the authors biking experience?AThe author enjoyed showing off his biking skillsBThe author was annoyed by the air while ridingCThe author took great pleasure in bikingDThe author was praised by the other bikers。 CImagine, one day, getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours, and then, after a full day of work, going back home to Beijing and having dinner there.Sounds unusual, doesnt it? But its not that unrealistic, with the development of Chinas high-speed railway system. China has an even greater high-speed railway plan to connect the country with Southeast Asia, and finally Eastern Europe. China is planning to extend(延长) its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15 years, eventually reaching London and Singapore. If Chinas plan for the high-speed railway goes forward, people could rush from London to Beijing within two days. The new system would still follow Chinas high-speed railway standard. And the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour, almost as fast as some airplanes. Chinas bullet train(高速列车), the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou, already has the Worlds fastest average speed. It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hours. Of course, there are some technical challenges to overe. There are so many issues that need to be settled, such as safety and maintenance(保养) of railway tracks. So, its important to pay attention to every detail. But the key issue is really money. China is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on longer railway construction. China prefers that the other countries provide natural resources rather than financial investment. Resources from those countries could flood into China to support development.Itll be a win-win project. For other countries, the railway network will certainly create more opportunities for business, tourism and so on, not to mention the better munication among those countries. For China, such a project would not only connect it with the rest of Asia and bring some much-needed resources, but would also help develop Chinas far west. We predict that in the ing decades, millions of people will move to the western parts, where the land is empty and resources unused. With high-speed trains, people will set up factories and business centers in the west. And theyll trade with Central Asian and Eastern European countries.28. According to the passage, the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is . A. safety of the system B. financial problems C. technical issues D. maintenance of railway tracks29. Whats the authors attitude towards Chinas high-speed railway plan?A. Doubtful B. Negative C. Positive D. Critical 30. Chinas new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because .A. China and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various ways B. China and the countries involved will get much-needed resources C. China will develop its railway system and munication with other countriesD. the foreign countries involved will develop their railway transportation, business and tourism31. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. International Railway Network B. High-speed Bullet TrainsC. New Railway Standards D. Big Railway Dreams DBefore my first summer vacation at college, my roommate Ted asked me to work with him on his fathers farm in Argentina. The idea of spending two months in Argentine was exciting. Then I began having second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What would it be like in a strange country? What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me. In the end I turned down the invitation. As soon as Ted asked somebody else to go, I began kicking myself. I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared, and had ended up feeling depressed. That unhappy summer taught me a valuable lesson out of which I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious; dont do what makes you depressed. At the end of my senior year, I began to think about being a writer. But my professor was urging me to aim at teaching. I hesitated. The idea of trying to live by writing was a lot scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth（来来回回） I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted（无精打采的） feeling went through me.Giving up on what I really wanted to do depressed me. Right then I learned another lesson. To avoid that kind of depression meant having to bear a certain amount of worry and concern.When I first began writing articles, I was frequently required to interview big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach and my hands would shake. One person I particularly admired was the great poser Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed the very model of confidence. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright（害怕）.If the highly honored Ellington, who had appeared on the bandstand（演奏台） some 10,000 times over 30years, had anxiety attacks, who was I to think I could avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Then I realized to my astonishment that I was even looking forward to the interviews. What had happened to those butterflies?Well, in truth, they were still there, but there were fewer of them. I had benefited, I discovered, from a process psychologists call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often enough, he will eventually learn that there isnt anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: youll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it. The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you. 32. We can infer from the passage that the author_.A. was inspired by Duke Ellingtons stage frightB. has found out what causes anxiety C. finds it difficult to make decision D. no longer feels anxious about new experiences 33. The underlined word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means _.A. a persons gradual loss of confidence B. the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxietyC. the inborn tendency to avoid anxious situations D. the natural development of a childs abilities 34. Which of the following opinions does the author probably accept?A. Hesitation leads to depression. B. Avoiding anxiety reduces depression.C. Anxiety can be a positive drive D. Depression is a signal that one is growing up.35. Whats the best title of the passage?A. Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name B. Confidence: Key to Success C. Depression: A Psychological Phenomenon D. Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression 第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Cheating is when a person misleads, deceives or acts dishonestly on purpose.36. If a basketball team is for kids under 8, its cheating for a 9-year-old play on the team. At school, in addition to cheating on a test, a kid might cheat by stealing someone elses idea for a science project.37.This kind of cheating is called plagiarizing (抄袭). 38. Jeff is doing it by sneaking（暗中的） answers to a test. And its also cheating to break the rules of a game or contest or to pretend something is yours when it isnt. When people cheat, its not fair to other people. Its tempting(诱惑人的) to cheat because it makes difficult things seem easy, like getting all the right answers on the test.39, and it wont help on the next test unless the person cheats again. 40 . They want to get good grades but hate hard work. Other kids might feel like they cant pass the test without cheating. Even though there seems to be a good reason for cheating, cheating isnt a good idea. A. Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. B. For kids, cheating may happen at school, at home, or while playing a sport. C. Kids may also cheat by copying a book report off the Internet and handing it in as its his or her original work. D. Some kids cheat because theyre lazy. E. Some kids cheat once and feel so bad that they never do it again. F. There are plenty of reasons why a kid shouldnt cheat, but some kids have already cheated. G. But it doesnt solve the problem of not knowing the material（材料）. 第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出 可以填入空白处的最佳选项。One day，a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test.They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin.The professor_41_ the question papers，with the text facing down as usual.42 he handed them all out，he asked his students to _43_ the page and begin.To everyones surprise，there were no _44_，just a black dot in the center of the page.The professor，seeing the expression on everyones face，told them the following：“I want you to write what you _45_ there.”The students，_46_，got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.At the end of the class，the professor _47_ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students.All of them，with no _48_，described the black dot，trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet，etc.After all had been _49_，the classroom was silent，and the professor began to explain：“Im not going to grade (打分) this.I _50_ wanted to give you something to think about.No one wrote about the _51_ part of the paper.Everyone focused on the black dot，and the same happens in our _52_We have a white paper to observe and _53_，but we always focus on the dark spots.Our life is a _54_ given to us with love and care，and we always have _