湖北省宜昌市高二英语下学期期中试题.doc

湖北省宜昌市2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中试题第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分30分)回答听力部分时,请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。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. how is the weather today? a. sunny. b. cloudy. c. rainy. 2. when does the train leave for boston? a. 9: 25. b. 12:00. c. 11: 45. 3. what does the man want? a. a cup of coffee. b. orange juice. c. pancakes. 4. what will they do tonight? a. go to the cinema. b. go to a concert. c. go to a restaurant. 5. where are the speakers probably? a. at a bank. b. at a supermarket. c. at a post office. 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至8题。6. on which day is there no train to new york city? a. saturday. b. sunday. c. monday. 7. which train will the man take? a. 10:30. b. 12:20. c. 15:10. 8. how much is a hard seat? a. $15. b. $6. c. $8.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. where is the woman? a. at the doctors. b. at the drugstore. c. at the shop. 10. what can we learn about the woman? a. first she went to an african seafood restaurant. b. then she went to eat chinese seafood. c. at last she had a lot of italian things. 11. what is the mans suggestion? a. dont have anything. b. take some medicine. c. stay in bed for some days. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. where are the speakers speaking? a. in the hotel. b. in the restaurant. c. on the phone. 13. what kind of room would the woman like? a. single room. b. double room. c. standard room. 14. when would the woman check out? a. december 23rd. b. december 25th. c. december 27th. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. what are the speakers talking about? a. an actor. b. an artist. c. a cook. 16. what has sam mo hung become? a. a producer. b. a director. c. a producer and director. 17. where can we see sam mo hung cook? a. on the magazine. b. on the internet. c. on tv. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. how often does the speaker go to soho? a. every two days. b. once a week. c. twice a week. 19. how many languages does the englishman speak? a. 5. b. 6. c. 7. 20. whats the englishman interested in? a. cooking. b. mountain climbing. c. languages. 第二部分:阅读理解 （共两节，满分60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 ，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。athe world monuments fund (wmf) is a group that helps to save important structures and land areas around the world. recently, the wmf listed 93 endangered places in 47 countries. here are a few of the places on the list. the rice paddies (稻田) in the philippines these paddies were started in the 1600s and have been used for more than 400 years. they were dug from a steep, rocky mountainside by people who lived in the area before modern machines were invented. the wmf wants to preserve the paddies because they are examples of advanced buildings by smart farmers who had the simplest tools. the desert castles of uzbekistan the desert castles rise from the sandy plains of uzbekistan, a nation in central asia. some of the mud structures are 2,600 years old. over the years, hundreds of forts (要塞) were built to help protect farmers from invaders. now the structures are breaking down due to centuries exposure (暴露) to the wind.italys ghost town in the 1950s, parts of the town of craco were damaged by earthquakes. then, in 1963, a huge landslide (滑坡) forced 1,800 residents to leave the town for a nearby valley. it was the first time in 1,200 years that no one had lived there. the earthquakes stopped in the 1970s, but its residents never returned. the empty but beautiful town has become a favorite of hollywood moviemakers, with whom it is becoming more and more popular. a marketin bahrain this 200-year-old covered building is an important part of life for people in bahrain, a city in the middle east. several smaller markets are placed under one roof. some of the original building still stands, though much of it has been changed. today, some people are thinking about tearing down the old building and putting up a new shopping center in its place. 21. rice paddies have been placed on the list by the wmf because they _.a. are the oldest paddies in the worldb. are the only remaining hand-dug paddiesc. show the achievements of clever farmers before modern machines were inventedd. are the original source of farmers simple tools 22. which of the places mentioned in the text has the longest history?a. the rice paddies in the philippines.b. the desert castles of uzbekistan.c. italys ghost town. d. the market in bahrain.23. more and more people are getting to know craco because of _.a. its ghost mystery b. its unique sceneryc. its terrible climate d. its function as a movie-making location24. what can we learn about the market in bahrain?a. this kind of market is very typical in the middle east.b. a new shopping mall is being built to replace the market. c. the roofs of the smaller markets are connected with each other.d. the market building is not quite the same as the original one.b there are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. washington d.c. has the national gallery of art; paris has the louvre; london, the british museum. florida international university (fiu) in miami also shows art for people to see. and it does so without a building, or even a wall for its drawings and paintings. fiu has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the united states. you dont have to visit the university to see the art. you just need a computer linked to a telephone. you can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. all of the art is stored in the school computer. it is computer art, produced electronically by artists in their own computers. in only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings. robert shostak is director of the new computer museum. he says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their work. a computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs (软盘), to others to see on their computers. he could also put his pictures on paper. but to print good pictures in paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser (激光) printer. robert shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. mr. shostak says the fiu museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. he says artists will enjoy their work much more if they have an audience. and the great number of home computers in america could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.25the main purpose of this text is to give information about_.afamous museums through the worldba computer art museum in miami, u.s.a.cart exhibitions in florida international universitydlatest development in computer art26to see the art in fiu museum, your special needs include_.afloppy discsba computer and a printercpictures and drawings on paperda computer connected to the museum by telephone line27the museum was started when_.arobert shostak wanted to do something for computer scientistsbrobert shostak wanted to help computer artistscart students needed a place to show their worksdcomputer scientists wanted to do something about art28the words “an audience” in the last paragraph here refer to _.aart students bowners of computerscexhibits in the museum dthose who can appreciate art c in 1986, when monty reed was a member of the army rangers (黑鹰突击队), he had an accident. it was a night jump, and we were jumping low, he recalls. we were training. somebody got too close to my parachute.the parachute below blocked reeds air and his parachute failed to open. reed crashed a hundred feet to the ground, breaking his back in five places. the next morning, reed could not move. doctors said it was likely that i would never walk again. reed stared out of his hospital window, wondering what the future would be like. it was the saddest moment of his life. the experts are telling me my body doesnt work! what am i supposed to do? he thought. to distract (转移注意力) himself, he picked up a book: robert heinleins starship troopers. the science-fiction describes a set of man-made muscles that would allow people to carry 2,000 pounds. he thought that if he could build something like that, it might be able to lift him out of his wheelchair. so he began his project and finally succeeded in building a set of robot legs. several years later, he made an amazing recovery and was able to get up and walk away from his wheelchair. he even jumped out of an airplane again to celebrate. reed wanted to do something for others with the second chance that life had given him. he has now perfected the robot legs that can get the injured, the elderly and the paralyzed out of their wheelchairs. now he has started his own company to make the legs. ive seen them compete in marathons and go swimming and mountain climbing, he said. so never give up!29. monty had an accident in 1986 because_. a. his feet hit the ground too hard b. his parachute was under another personsc. another persons parachute stopped his from openingd. he was training to jump at night30. monty started to read starship troopers to _.a. create a new kind of wheelchair for himselfb. discover how to make man-made musclesc. learn how to jump out of an airplaned. stop himself from thinking about his pain31. we can learn from the passage that montys goal is to _. a. become a famous writer like robert heinleinb. return to the army rangers and continue with his jumpsc. compete in games and marathons and go swimmingd. help more patients in wheelchairs to recover dan abandoned car in chicago worth about $600 has been issued more than $100,000 in parking tickets over the past three years. now jennifer fitzgerald, 31, is stuck with the bill but says the 1999 chevy monte carlo actually belongs to an ex-boyfriend who registered the car in her name without informing her. the expired meter reports that from may 23, 2009 to april 30, 2012, the chicago department of finance (dof) issued 678 tickets against the car, totaling $105,761.80. it set a chicago record both for the total number and amount of parking fines issued. in fact, it blew past the previous record holder, which was $65,000 from about 400 tickets. but fitzgerald says she doesnt owe the city a cent and has filed a lawsuit (诉讼) in cook county circuit court against the city of chicago, united airlines and the ex-boyfriend. fitzgerald has two main arguments in her case. first, she says her ex-boyfriend, brandon preveau, is the actual owner of the car, having purchased it from her uncle for $600 in 2008. in fact, preveau paid for the cars title, registration and insurance, but it was registered in fitzgeralds name. “ brandon used his 2007 income tax refund to pay patrick $600 for the automobile,” reads fitzgeralds complaint. “ for reasons not recalled by patrick, however, patrick signed the title to the car over to jennifer.” second, fitzgeralds lawyer is arguing that the city should have simply towed the vehicle after 30 days from ohare airport, where it was parked and where preveau worked at the time. according to fitzgeralds complaint, on or before november 17, 2009, brandon drove the car into the parking lot and never drove it out again. and as the expired meter reports, chicago law does specify that an abandoned vehicle is to be towed 30 days after being illegally parked.32. after the chicago department of finance noticed the car, it _.a. wanted to break a recordb. tried its best to find its ownerc. kept issuing tickets against the card. decided to play a joke on its owner33. from paragraph 3, we know that jennifer fitzgerald _.a. sold the car to her ex-boyfriend long agob. received the car from her ex-boyfriendc. didnt know anything about the card. wasnt the real owner of the car34. jennifer fitzgerald filed a lawsuit against the city of chicago because the city _.a. didnt inform her immediately it found the missing carb. didnt tow the vehicle after 30 days from ohare airportc. didnt specify that an abandoned vehicle was to be towedd. didnt help her find the car when it was missing in the beginning35. after reading the passage we learn that jennifer fitzgerald _.a. doesnt want to pay any money b. thinks patrick should pay the finesc. isnt trying to find her ex-boyfriend d. has never been to ohare airport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。 things you should insist on no matter what people saylife can get pretty crazy at times. 36 happiness is dependent upon ourselves, and there are some things in life you should always insist on doing, no matter what others have to say about it. here is a list of some things you should always do.1. learn from your mistakesno matter what people say, you will make mistakes in your life. life is a learning process in itself. some people will make you feel bad about your mistakes, or insult（侮辱） you for making them. 37 accept your mistakes fully and really figure out what went wrong.2. hug change and creativitya popular proverb is, “you cannot solve a problem in the same state of consciences that created it.” 38 change and creativity are vital in todays world. things are always changing, so why should we be any different?3. appreciate what you have_39_this can take away from our happiness. sometimes you just need to sit back and be happy about where your life is right now, and what you have to show for it. sure people might tell you its not good enough, but dont listen to them. it is good enough, and it gives you a sense of pride when you can enjoy the things you already have in life.4. listen to your heartsometimes you just need to follow your instincts（直觉） and do what your heart tells you. there are some situations, like relationships, that rely more on your heart than on your head. people will surely tell you differently, but you should always insist on listening to what you want and feel. again, you are the one who lives with your choices, and you are the one that has to live with the “what ifs.” 40 a. sometimes you just have to follow your heart.b. not everything can be solved in a traditional way.c. however, being dedicated to something will pay off.d. we can forget to take a step back and enjoy what we have in life.e. however, dont let that stand in your way from learning from them.f. to some people your dreams might sound far-fetched, unobtainable, or downright silly.g. sometimes we forget how important it is to actually listen to ourselves instead of others.第三部分:英语知识运用（共两节，满分55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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。lightning flashed through the darkness over sibsons bedroom skylight (天窗). sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder 41 he knew what was happening. the storm had moved directly 42 his two-story wooden house. then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to 43 ; he opened the door to the basement (地下室), and flames 44 out. sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “i felt 45 because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.but the phone didnt work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was 46 by a wall of flames. sibson realized he was trapped.sibsons house was three kilometers 47 the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew calling for help would be 48 .up a hill nearby lived sibsons neighbor, huggons. he was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm 49 his ears. he jumped out of bed, took his 50 and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the 51 . that was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to 52 the house. but huggons said, “there is no way i am going to listen to sibson 53 and die in that fire.”“anyone there?” huggons called out. then he heard “help! im trapped!” coming from the second-floor balcony (阳台). he entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his 54 .after one more 55 inside the house, huggons gave up and 56 around back.the wind parted the smoke just 57 for him to catch sight of sibson. but there was no way to get to him. he 58 the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. he took it over to the balcony and 59 sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.sibson is still 60 when he tells the story. “i was alone that night,” he says. “then i heard the most beautifu