湖北省宜昌市高二英语下学期期中试题(1).doc

湖北省宜昌市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题本试题卷共8页，四部分72小题。全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。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. when will the woman pick her car? a. at 5:00.b. at 5:30.c. at 6:00.2. where does the conversation take place? a. at a travel agency.b. at an airport.c. at a post office.3. where is the woman going in 15 minutes? a. to a zoo.b. to a bus station.c. to a cinema.4. why hasnt the man had his watch repaired? a. he wants to buy a new one. b. he is too busy to get it fixed. c. he cant find any repair shop.5. what does the woman think of going on holiday in australia? a. it would be exciting.b. it would be special.c. it would be tiring.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. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. a sport.b. a coach.c. a court.7. what does the woman offer to do for the man? a. take him to the court. b. introduce her coach to him. c. help him become a professional player.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what cost the woman a large sum of money? a. a computer.b. a bookcase.c. a set of story books.9. what does the man mean? a. the woman shouldnt have spent so much money. b. the woman bought a good bookcase. c. the woman should have told her husband the truth.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. when will the festival take place this year? a. on a sunday.b. on a saturday.c. on a friday.11. what can we learn from the conversation? a. the festival lasts a whole day. b. the festival offers special t-shirts. c. the woman likes the band very much.12. how does the man think the woman should go to the festival? a. by car.b. by bus.c. by subway.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. how much pocket money does lily get a month? a. about 20 pounds.b. about 15 pounds.c. about 5 pounds.14. why does lily want more pocket money? a. to get as much as her friends. b. to pay for music lessons. c. to buy some clothes.15. when can lily have more pocket money? a. when she proves good at her school work. b. when she no longer argues with her mum. c. when she is old enough in her mums eyes.16. what does david suggest lily do? a. have a discussion with her mum. b. help her mum with housework. c. sit down and wait calmly.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the purpose of the speakers talk? a. to inform listeners of holiday arrangements. b. to tell listeners to enjoy themselves. c. to introduce the centre to listeners.18. what can people do in the fitness centre? a. have a swim.b. learn jazz dance.c. play basketball.19. what age group is the talk mainly targeted at? a. elders.b. teenagers.c. kids.20. what benefit can listeners get if they join now? a. a special price.b. a free fitness programc. a free swimming lesson.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。 akings college summer schoolkings college summer school is an annual（每年的） training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their english. courses are given by the teachers of kings college and other colleges in new york. trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. this years summer school will be from july 25 to august 15.more information is as follows:application （申请） datestudents in new york should send their applications before july 18, 2009.students of other cities should send their applications before july 16, 2009.foreign students should send their applications before july 10, 2009. coursesenglish languagespoken english: 22 hoursreading and writing: 10 hoursamerican history: 16 hoursamerican culture: 16 hoursstepsa letter of self-introductiona letter of recommendation（推荐） the letters should be written in english with all the necessary information. costdaily lessons: $200sports and activities: $100travels: $200hotel service: $400you may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city. please write to:thompson, sanders1026 king s streetnew york, ny 10016, usae-mail: kc-summer-school yahoo, com21you can most probably read the text in _.aa newspaperba travel guideca textbookda telephone book22which of the following is true about king s college summer school?aonly top students can take part in the program.bking s college summer school is run every other year.cvisits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.donly the teachers of king s college give courses.23if you are to live with your relatives in new york, you will have to pay the school _.a$200b$400 c$900 d$50024what information can you get from the text?athe program will last two monthsbas a chinese student, you can send your application on july 14, 2009.cyou can write to thompson only in english.dyou can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone. bsupermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more intelligent（具备智能的）. they will help shoppers find paper cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill.the touch-screen devices（触摸屏装置）are on show at the food marketing institutes exhibition here this week. “these devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker,” said michael alexander, manager of springboard retail networks inc., which makes a smart cart computer called the concierge.canadian stores will test the concierge in july. a similar device, ibms “shopping buddy”, has recently been test-marketed at stop & shop stores in massachusetts. neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart, but they will flash you with items on sale. the idea is to make it easier for people to buy, not to have second thoughts that maybe you should put something back on the shelf. “the whole model is driven by advertisers need to get in front of shoppers,” said alexander. “theyre not watching 30-second tv ads anymore.” people can use a home computer to make their shopping lists. once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system（系统）that will organize the trip around the store. if youre looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them. the device also keeps a record of what you buy. when youre finished, the device figures out your bill. then you go to the checker or place your card into a self-checkout stand and pay. the new computerized shopping assistants dont come cheap. the buddy devices will cost the average store about $ 160,000, and the concierge will cost stores about $ 500 for each device.25the underlined word “they” （paragraph 1） refers to _. asupermarketsbshop assistantscshopping cartsdshop managers26which of the following is the correct order of shopping with computerized shopping carts? astart the system.bmake a shopping list.cfind the things you want.dgo to a self-checkout stand. aabdcbbacdcacbddbcad27we can learn from the last paragraph that _. aintelligent shopping carts cost a large sum of money bthe concierge is cheaper than the buddy devices cshop assistants with computer knowledge are well paiddaverage stores prefer the concierge to the buddy devices28what might be the most suitable title for the text?anew age for supermarkets. bconcierge and shopping buddy.cnew computers make shopping carts smarter.dtouch-screen devices make shopping enjoyable.ccompassion （同情） is a desire within us to help others. with effort, we can translate compassion into actions. an experience last weekend showed me this is true. i work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. these old people are our main customers, and its not hard to lose patience over their slowness. but last sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. this untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. he said he was out of cash（现金）, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. he asked if we could let him have the food on trust. he promised to repay me the next day. i couldnt help staring at him. i wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. i had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. i told him that i was sorry, but store rules didnt allow me to do so. i felt stupid and unkind saying this, but i valued my job. just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. if anything, he looked more pitiable. “charge it to me,” was all he said. what i had been feeling was pity. pity is soft and safe and easy. compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. i thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. then i reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. i reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.29the aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits _.ahoped to have the food first and pay later bforgot to take any money with him cpromised to obey the store rulesdcould not afford anything more expensive30which of the following best describes the old gentleman?akind and lucky bpoor and lonelycfriendly and helpful dhurt and disappointed31the writer acted upon the store rules because _.ahe wanted to keep his present jobbhe felt no pity for the old gentlemanche considered the old man dishonestdhe expected someone else to pay for the old man32what does the writer learn from his experience?awealth is more important than anything else.bexperience is better gained through practice. chelping others is easier said than done.dobeying the rules means more than compassion. d these days, it seems that almost all of us are too seriousmy older daughter often says to me, “daddy, youve got that serious look again” even those of us who are committed to（致力于） non-seriousness are probably too seriouspeople are frustrated and anxious about almost everything - being five minutes late, witnessing someone look at us wrong or say the wrong thing, paying bills, waiting in line, overcooking a meal, making an honest mistake - you name it, and we all lose perspective（理性看法） over it the root of being anxious is our unwillingness to accept life as being different, in any way, from our expectationvery simply, we want things to be a certain way but theyre not a certain waylife is simply as it isperhaps benjamin franklin said it best: “our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances dont fit our ideas, they become our difficulties” we spend our lives wanting things, people, and events to be just as we want them to be - and when theyre not, we fight and we suffer the first step in recovering from over-seriousness is to admit that you have a problemyou have to want to change, to become more easygoingyou have to see that your own anxiety is largely of your own creation - its made up of the way you have set up your life and the way you react to it the next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration levelwhenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isnt, youre upset and you sufferon the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, youre free a good exercise is to try to approach a single day without expectationdont expect people to be friendlywhen theyre not, you wont be surprised or bothered; if they are, youll be delighteddont expect your day to be problem-freeinstead, as problems come up, say to yourself, “ah, another barrier to overcome” as you approach your day in this manner youll notice how elegant life can berather than fighting against life, youll be dancing with itpretty soon, with practice, youll lighten up your entire lifeand when you lighten up, life is a lot more fun33why are people easily frustrated and anxious these days?abecause their children are disappointingbbecause they have to look serious in publiccbecause life is becoming a greater burdendbecause people have lost sensible judgment34according to benjamin franklin, what was the cause of over-seriousness?athe fact that peoples perspective, hopes and fears are limitedbthe fact that people cant change life itselfcthe fact that things fail to meet peoples expectationsdthe fact that circumstances turn out to be difficult35in what pattern is this article developed?aphenomenon, causes and solutionsbproblems, explanation and conclusioncexamples, causes and argumentsdphenomenon, analysis and conclusion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。 forgivenessto forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. when someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. however, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. people who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research. 36 try the following steps: calm yourself. 37 you can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. dont wait for an apology. many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. they may have wanted to hurt you or they just dont see things the same way. 38 keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you. take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). rethinking about your hurt, gives power to the person who caused you pain. instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. 39 if you understand your offender, you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. you may want to write a letter to yourself from your offenders point of view. dont forget to forgive yourself. 40 but it can rob you of your self-confidence if you dont do it. a. why should you forgive? b. how should you start to forgive?c. recognize the benefits of forgiveness. d. try to see things from you offenders angle. e. for some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge. f. to make your anger die away, try a simple stress-management technique.g. if you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time.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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。one afternoon i was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food i had ordered to arrive. suddenly i _41_ that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, _42_ he knew me. the man had a newspaper _43_ in front of him, which he was _44_ to read, but i could _45_ that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my _46_the man was clearly puzzled by the _47_ way in which the waiter and i _48_each other. he seemed even more puzzled as _49_went on and it became _50_that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. finally he got up and went into the _51_. when he came out, he paid his bill and _52_ without another glance in my direction. i called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had _53_. “well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). he _54_ you here because he thought you were the man he _55_. ” “what? ” i said, showing my _56_. the owner continued, “he came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. i _57_ say he looked very much like you! of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a _58_. ” “well, its really _59_i came to a restaurant where im known, ” i said. “_60_, i might have been in trouble. ”41. a. knewb. understoodc. noticedd. recognized42. a. sinceb. even ifc. thoughd. as if43. a. flatb. openc. cutd. fixed44. a. hopingb. thinkingc. pretendingd. continuing45. a. seeb. findc. guessd. learn46. a. menub. billc. paperd. food47. a. directb. familiarc. stranged. funny48. a. chatted withb. looked atc. laughed atd. talked about49. a. the waiterb. timec. id. the dinner50. a. trueb. hopefulc. apparentd. possible51. a. restaurantb. washroomc. officed. kitchen52. a. leftb. actedc. sat downd. calmed down53. a. wantedb. triedc. orderedd. wished54. a. metb. caughtc. followedd. discovered55. a. was to beatb. was dealing with c. was to meet d. was looking for56. a. careb. surprisec. worryd. regret57. a. mustb. canc. needd. may58. a. discoveryb. mistakec. decisiond. fortune59. a. a pityb. naturalc. a chanced. lucky60. a. thusb. howeverc. otherwised. therefore 第ii卷注意事项：用0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分） 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式, 并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。on keeping a diary in englishkeeping a diary in en