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2017年秋“九校联盟”高二年级期中测试英语试题第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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 will the man go to the park? A. By bus. B. By bike. C. On foot. 2. What will the man do first this evening? A. Go to the cinema. B. Call on his friends. C. Go for a walk. 3. What does Betty like collecting? A. Stamps. B. Coins. C. Cards. 4. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a store. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant. 5. What is the conversation mainly about? A. A film star. B. A book. C. A picture.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。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。每段对话仅读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Whats wrong with the woman? A. She has a headache. B. She has a toothache. C. She has a stomachache. 7. What day is it today? A. Tuesday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.听下面一段材料，回答8至9小题。8. Why wont the man go to Michigan? A. He has to deal with his family emergency. B. He wants to visit Jack and Jane. C. He will go on a business trip. 9. When will the two speakers probably go on their trip? A. Any time the second half of this month. B. Any time the first half of next month. C. Any time the second half of next month.听下面一段材料，回答10至12小题。10. How much younger is the man than his sister? A. Three years. B. Two years. C. One year. 11. How do the man and his sister keep in touch with each other usually? A. By phone. B. By e-mail. C. By QQ. 12. What organization does the woman probably work for? A. A radio station. B. A TV station. C. A website.听下面一段材料，回答13至16小题。13. When will Bus 403 leave in the morning? A. At 8:00 B. At 9:40. C. At 8:40. 14. How long does it take to get to Guilin from Guangzhou by bus? A. About seven hours. B. About eight hours. C. About nine hours. 15. How much will the man pay for the tickets? A. 150. B. 300. C. 450. 16. What do we know about the man? A. He has once traveled to Guilin by bus. B. He will buy the ticket on the bus. C. He prefers the air-conditioned bus.听下面一段材料，回答17至20小题。17. When did Betty Jameson win the Southern Championship? A. In 1932. B. In 1934. C. In 1939. 18. Which title did Betty Jameson win in 1947? A. The United States Amateur Competition. B. The United States Womens Open. C. The Western Open. 19. Which sport was Betty Jameson good at? A. Golf. B. Basketball. C. Tennis. 20. How old was Betty Jameson when she died? A. About 70 years old. B. About 80 years old. C. About 90 years old.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。AWinners ClubYou choose to be a winner!The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!Its a club with impressive features for teenagers.No account keeping fees!Youre no millionaire so we dont expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!Excellent interest rates!You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄）without taking them out in a month.ConvenientTeenagers are busywe get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club, you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home. Using the phone and the Internet, you can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!Mega magazine includedAlong with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian(so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We cant wait to hear from you. Its the best way to choose to be a winner!21.The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _.A. parents B. winners C. teenagers D. adults22.Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?A. Special gifts are ready for parents. B. The bank opens only on work days.C. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.D. Services are convenient for its members.23.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must _.A. be permitted by your parent B. have a big sum of money C. be an Internet user D. be in your twenties BWe often hear stories of animals rescuing people .But now someone has managed to return the favor.The event took place one snowy January morning. Thomas Smith was walking his dog, Jack, in the park. “ As I was walking, I just saw Jack running onto the ice towards the ducks in the middle, and then he fell into the water and couldnt climb out, ” said Smith. He realized he had no choice but to try and save his dog. “Someone else told me the lake was only one - meter deep, but it was at least twice that. I had to break my way through the 6- cm ice. Finally, I got Jack by the neck, and pulled him out. I dont think I have ever felt so cold by the time we got back to dry land. And when we got there, everyone was asking if Jack was okay- no one was particularly worried, about me!” A neighbor, Julie Brown, saw it all happen. “The dog went onto an icy lake. All of a sudden, it started to go under. There were crowds of people around, and they were all shouting and screaming. Before I knew it, the owner (Smith) was in the water forcing his way through the ice. I cant begin to imagine how cold it was. Everyone was very nervous, but he was as cool as a cucumber - he just crawled back out, put the dog on its lead, and went home.”Many regard him as a hero, but Mr. Smith is quite laid- back about it. “Most dog owners are the same as me. They would do what I did without a second thought. But in the future, Im going to make sure hes on a lead near any ice ponds.” Pets are members of our family. Would you do the same for them?24. What happened on a cold January morning?A. Mr. Smith met Jack in the park . B. Mr. Smith ran after Jack on the ice.C. Jack played with the ducks in the water. D. Jack fell from the ice into the water. 25. How did Mr. Smith save Jack?A. He got Jack by the leg and pulled him out. B. He broke the ice and shouted to Jack.C. He pulled Jack out of the icy water by the neck.D. He asked a neighbor for help. 26.The underlined phrases“ as cool as a cucumber” in Paragraph 3 means “_”A. proud B. relaxed C. shy D. brave 27. What is the best title of the passage?A. A Mans Pet Dog B. A Dogs Best FriendC.The Danger on the Icy Lake D. Suggestions for Pets Owners C Whether in the home or the workplace, social robots are going to become a lot more common in the next few years. “Social robots are about to bring technology to the everyday world in a more humanized way.” said Cynthia Breazeal, chief scientist at the robot company Jibo.While household robots today do the normal housework, social robots will be much more like companions than mere tools. For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad. This allows them to respond more appropriately to the user.The Jibo robot, arranged to ship later this year, is designed to be a personalized assistant. You can talk to the robot, ask it questions, and make requests for it to perform different tasks. The robot doesnt just deliver general answers to questions; it responds based on what it learns about each individual in the household. It can do things such as reminding an elderly family member to take medicine or taking family photos.Social robots are not just finding their way into the home. They have potential applications in everything from education to health care and are already finding their way into some of these spaces.Fellow Robots is one company bringing social robots to the market. The companys “Oshbot” robot is built to assist customers in a store, which can help the customers find items and help guide them to the products location in the store. It can also speak different languages and make recommendations for different items based on what the customer is shopping for.The more interaction the robot has with humans, the more it learns. But Oshbot, like other social robots, is not intended to replace workers, but to work alongside other employees. “We have technologies to train social robots to do things not for us, but with us,” said Breazeal.28.How are social robots different from household robots?A. They can control their emotions. B. They do the normal housework.C. They are more like humans. D. They respond to users more slowly.29.What can a Jibo robot do according to Paragraph 3?A. Obey your orders and remind you to take pills.B. Answer your questions and make requests.C. Take your family pictures and help you do shopping.D. Communicate with you and perform operations.30.What can Oshbot work as?A.A language teacher.B.A tour guide.C.A private nurse. D.A shop assistant.31.What does the passage mainly present?A. An introduction to social robots. B. Marketing strategies for social robots.C. Information on household robots. D. A new design idea of household robots.D In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our control. For instance, we can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us back. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be promoted to management. We can eat healthy food, exercise and stay away from alcohol and cigarettes, and still get sick. The bottom line is that life is not fair. That is a tough pill to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people shut down after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. They cant handle the fact that our efforts dont always get the results that we expect. But if we let lifes unfairness defeat us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings (幸事) that life has in store for us. For example, my first marriage ended in divorce. To me, it felt very unfair. I had worked hard to be a good wife and mother. However, no matter what I did, I could not make the relationship work. I could have been shut down by that experience. I could have decided that if one person didnt appreciate me as a wife, then no one would. I could have given up. But I knew that I wanted to be married. I knew that I wanted to experience traditional family life. So I didnt let one seemingly unfair experience stop me from believing that I could one day be happily married. And then one day, I met this kind, thoughtful, generous man with whom I now have a wonderful friendship and marriage. But that wouldnt have happened if I had decided to give up after one failed marriage. What Ive learned over the years is that we can do all the things that deserve a good outcome, but get bad things in return instead. When we are faced with lifes seeming unfairness, our faith needs to jump in. When life doesnt go according to plan, we have to let go of the outcome that we are looking forward to and keep trying, working hard and doing the right thing. Please dont be discouraged. Accept that life is neither fair nor straightforward. And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit.32. We can learn from the first three paragraphs that _.A. the author thinks life should reward us for our effortsB. life doesnt often turn out the way we expect C. unsatisfactory results simply mean your effort is not enough D. people should focus on the process rather than the outcomes33. The author wrote about her unsuccessful marriage to _.A. show that we need to have faith and continue working for our goalsB. tell readers how she met her second husband and became happily marriedC. express how proud she is for not being shut down by a blow from lifeD. complain about the unfairness of her life and marriage34. When we encounter unfairness in life, the author suggests we _.a. do nothing but accept themb. be confident with ourselvesc. keep doing what we should do d. find out what has gone wrongA. ab B. ad C. cd D. bc 35. The author wrote the article mainly to _.A. share her experiences of unfairness in lifeB. tell us that life has beautiful blessings in store for us C. tell us how to deal with lifes seeming unfairnessD. explain why life seems neither fair nor straightforward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。Almost everyone wants to be happy, but not all know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” 36 Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.37 Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future that we fail to enjoy the present, for example, getting into college or getting a good job. You should enjoy lifes simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. 38 Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies where you forget your problems and time. 39 You can forget about your problems and only think about the activity.Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. 40 You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.A. Many people experience dancing, or playing a sport, such as swimming.B. Happiness doesnt mean that you have to earn a lot of money.C. In other words, we make our own happiness.D. In a word, happiness is very important.E. The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life.F. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone.G. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。Whenever we hear about “the homeless”, most of us think of the Developing World. But the 41 is that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the streets of a 42 country like Germany?Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 43 for the homeless of Berlin, Germanys capital. They first 44 one long hot summer when most Germans were 45 on holiday. Kurt and his wife stayed at home, made sandwiches, 46 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing werent 47 . “What these people also need is warmth and 48 ,” says Rita. The Mullers didnt 49 to give their phone number to the street people and told them to phone anytime. Rita 50there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 51 to anyone who couldnt face another night on the street.The couple were soon 52 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies to 53 donations. Today, over thirty companies 54 donate food and other goods to the cause and volunteers help to 55 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 56 new shoes.Kurt and Rita receive no 57 for their hard work. “ We feel like parents,” says Rita, “and parents shouldnt 58 money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary.” Though Rita admits she often gets 59 , she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 60 in the world.41. A. result B. reason C. idea D. truth42. A. wealthy B. developing C. typical D. traditional43. A. preparations B. meals C. housesD. suggestions44. A. called B. met C. began D. left45. A. asleepB. al