1、学年江西省赣州市寻乌中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题2016-2017学年江西省赣州市寻乌中学高二上学期期中考试英语试卷本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。考试用时 120 分钟，满分 150 分。第 I 卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节听下面 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 woman get back from the railway st
2、ation? A. By train. B. By car.2. What does Jenny decide to do first?C. By bus. A. Look for a job. B. Go on a trip.C. Get an assistant.3. What does the man think of the coffee? A. It tastes strange.B. It gives him a lot of energy.C. Its just like regular coffee.4. What are the speakers doing? A. Prac
3、ticing a play.B. Taking a walk downtown.C. Filming a movie scene.5. What can we learn about the woman? A. She isnt a local.B. She is trying to park her car.C. She didnt see the sign.第二节听下面 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。听完每段对话或独白前，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 秒钟的做答时间
4、。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What does the man think he smells at first? A. A tree. B. Some perfume. C. Some sweet candy.7. What does the woman imply about the 90s culture?A. It is popular once again.B. It is super silly.C. It was terrible back then.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Who is the woman?A. Briannas t
5、eacher. B. A babysitter.9. How often do the speakers see one another?C. The mans wife.A. Every week. B. Every night.10. How old is Brianna likely to be?C. Every morning.A. Shes a teenager. B. Shes a little child. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What might the man film with a GoPro camera?C. Shes an adult.A. A
6、fishing trip. B. A swim in the ocean.12. Which camera has a touch screen?C. A boating trip.A. The Hero4 Session. B. The Hero4 in black.13. Which feature does the Hero4 Session have? A. It can work underwater. B. It has a long battery life.C. It can connect to the Internet. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. How d
7、o the speakers know each other? A. Their kids are good friends.B. Theyre old friends.C. They just met.15. When will the speakers have dinner together? A. On Monday night.B. On Tuesday night.C. On Wednesday night.16. Who is Alex?C. The Hero4 in green.A. The womans husband. B. The womans kid.C. The ma
8、ns son.17. What will the woman bring for dinner? A. A salad and a dessert.B. Some ice cream and a salad.C. A dessert and a pasta dish. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where is Spike Aerospace based?A. In New York City. B. In London. C. In Boston.19. Why is the S-512 able to fly so fast? A. Because of the desi
9、gn of the cabin.A. Because of its special wings.B. Because of its lack of windows.20.How much will a round-trip flight on the S-512 cost? A. Around 80 million dollars.B. Around 18 million dollars.C. Around 8 million dollars.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）AWe may not be aware of it,
10、 but ordinary family homes in the U.S. and the rest of the world are not energy-efficient.Most of their energy goes to heating and cooling, and a lot of it is wasted, as warm air and cool air escape through fireplace chimneys and thin or poorly fitting windows and doors. A passive house loses almost
11、 none.Imagine a thermos(保温瓶 ),said housing developer Brendan ONeill.You have insulation(隔绝) everywhere, and its basically completely sealed. And so the idea is to build a house like a thermos. So the windows are sealed. Theres insulation completely surrounding the building. We make it as sealed as p
12、ossible.A 147-square-meter passive house, presented by ONeill Development Corp. as a demonstration unit just outside Washington, was brought to the site in two boxes.Once its set and put together, it takes about four weeks to complete the outside construction, to put down carpets,ONeill said.If ever
13、ything is set in place, you put a house like this together in about four months.”The total cost of building it was $325,000, or about 17 percent more than constructing an ordinary house. But its utility(公用事业) bill is only around $20 monthly, or one-tenth the amount for the average house of the same
14、size.While passive houses have been around for a long time, the idea has never taken root in the U.S. There was no driving force to push it.However, David Peabody, an architect who designs passive houses said,I think climate change is now becoming a larger issue. And I think building standards are c
15、atching on to that. So people are becoming more aware of energy.Peabody said the cost of building passive houses could come down.What really makes sense for truly affordable housing,he said,is to build multi-storey buildings.21. Why arent ordinary family homes energy-efficient? A.Building them waste
16、s much energy.B.Their energy mainly goes to heating and cooling.C.Their sealing performance is poor.D.They have no insulation around at all.22. What is the feature of a passive house?A.Therere no windows or chimneys.B.Theres little space to place furniture.C.Its building cost is relatively high.D.It
17、 takes about four weeks to build one.23. Whats David Peabodys attitude to the future of the passive house? A.Cautious. B.Optimistic. C.Skeptical. D.Concerned.BEver feel like youve been hit on the head after a bad nights sleep? According to scientists, the thought isnt as unbelievable as it seems.A s
18、tudy found going without sleep for just one night causes changes in the brain similar to those that occur after a blow to the head. The researchers said the healthy young men examined in the study showed a sudden increase in the same chemicals which indicate brain damage. Professor Christian Benedic
19、t, of Uppsala University, Sweden, explained that the chemicals NSE and S-100B are biomarkers for brain damage, such as concussion(脑震荡). He said,What we found was their levels in the blood rose in the group that went without sleep for a night. This was not to the extent that would happen after a head
20、 injury, for instance, but it was still significant. During sleep, the brain cleans poisonous substances off itself.Benedict also said previous studies which linked a lack of sleep with increased risk of Alzheimers, Parkinsons and multiple sclerosis could applaud his study. The rise of the chemicals
21、 in the blood after sleep loss may suggest not getting enough sleep contributes to a loss of brain tissue, he explained. Benedict, whose study is published in the journalSleep, added,In conclusion, the findings of our experiment indicate a good nights sleep may be critical to maintaining brain healt
22、h.A third of the UK population suffer from sleep-related problems, while the average person now sleeps for only seven hours a night, compared with almost nine a few decades ago. Many scientists believe irregular sleeping patterns lead to illnesses ranging from aches and pains to heart disease, while
23、 less than eight hours sleep a night can lower the IQ the next day.24. If you dont sleep for a night, what will happen? A.NSE and S-100B will increase.B.The brain damage will be likea head injury.C.You will suffer from concussion.D.The brain will get rid of poisonous substances.25. What do we know a
24、bout previous studies? A.They found reasons for brain disorders.B.Their findings were published inSleep.C.They were supported by Benedicts study.D.They focused on brain health.26. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.UK people have the worst sleep.B.Mans intelligence is affected by sleep in
25、a way.C.People were smarter in the past.D.A lack of sleep causes all brain-related problems.27. Whats the main idea of the passage? A.Eight hours sleep is important.B.Regular sleeping patterns improve health.C.Sleep loss is close to a blow to the head.D.Human brains work during sleep.CIt seems that
26、the great desire among the young is to be popular. The desire to be popular can force you into looking and acting like everyone else. You can lose yourself in a sea of identical hairstyles and thinking styles.I was forced to think about popularity not too long ago in a talk I had with my daughter. M
27、argy had to change schools when my busy work schedule made it necessary for me to move houses. I suppose that, for a girl in her teens, entering a new school is like spending a season alone in the tropical jungles. At least thats how Margy found it at first. However, as the school year drew to a clo
28、se, one student after another came to her. I told Margy that I would have been more concerned if she had been an instant social success in her new school. Nobody can please everyone. If you try to do so, you will find values as lasting as soap bubbles blown into the air.Some teenagers claim they wan
29、t to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in a certain way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon into a larger cocoo
30、n.I know that it has become harder for a young person to stand up against the popularity wave. Our way of life makes a youngnon-conformiststand out like a Martian. These days theres a great barrier for the young person who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. Yo
31、u may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. Well, go to it. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. Thats the only kind of popularity that really counts.28. Why was the author worried about his daughters popularity in her new school
32、? A.She might find no true friends.B.She would ignore her academic performance.C.She had no idea of her own.D.She might betray her true self.29. What does the author think of most teenagers? A.Theyre afraid of getting lost in life.B.They have difficulty understanding each other.C.They lack the courage to be truly different.D.They find it hard to gain popularity as expected.30. What is the
