1、湖北省荆州市沙市区高一英语下学期第二次双周考试题湖北省荆州市沙市区2016-2017学年高一英语下学期第二次双周考试题 考试时间：2017年3月10日第I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. Whats the mans job? A. A customer. B. A policeman. C. A headmaster.2. What does t
2、he man mean? A. That Mary wont come. B. That Mary will be late. C. That Mary will come at 7 : 00.3. What does the woman think of learning English? A. It s troublesome and wasting time. B. It is valuable. C. It is easy to learn.4. How does the woman want to go to Hawaii? A. By plane. B. By ship. C. B
3、y train.5. What are these people doing? A. Watching TV. B. Listening to the radio. C. Changing their news programs.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。听下面一段对话, 回答第6和第7两个小题。6. What is Sally doing? A. Reading a l
4、etter. B. Washing clothes. C. Making a phone call.7. Why does Tom ask Sally and John to call him? A. He wants to meet them at the station. B. He wants to invite them to dinner. C. He wants them to visit his family.听下面一段对话, 回答第8和第9两个小题。8. Whats Toms telephone number? A. 680-6940. B. 780-6842. C. 780-
5、7842.9. Why did Bob call Nancy? A. To ask if shes got the tickets. B. To invite her out for an evening. C. To offer his help with her new flat.听下面一段对话, 回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What will Nancy be doing next Saturday afternoon? A. Watching a tennis match. B. Cleaning up the new flat. C. Visiting a friend wi
6、th Margaret.11. What had Nancy agreed to do with Bob next Saturday? A. To see a play. B. To attend a concert. C. To buy concert tickets.12. What are the speakers? A. A passer-by and a policeman. B. A passer-by and a driver. C. A passenger and a taxi-driver.听下面一段对话, 回答第13至第16四个小题。13. What is the woma
7、ns house number? A. 1323. B. 3023. C. 4023.14. Why cant the man turn left? A. It is rush hour. B. It is a one-way street. C. The street is too narrow.15. What is the girl likely to be? A. A singer. B. An actress. C. A teacher.16. Why does the girl want to take up singing? A. Her parents agree to her
8、 idea. B. She is good at singing. C. She wants to please the audience.听下面一段独白, 回答第17至第20四个小题。17. What do the young mans parents want him to do? A. To go to an art college. B. To meet the audience. C. To sing songs18. What happens when rainforests are destroyed? A. Many plants and animals die out. B
9、There is a lot more rain. C. Many people become sick.19. What has happened to the Amazon rainforest? A. The weather conditions in the rainforest have changed. B. The number of people living there has increased. C. Much of the rainforest has been used to plant crops.20. How many people live in rainfo
10、rests? A. Fifteen million. B. About fifty million. C. One hundred million.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，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhen life takes you away from home, take technology to help guide and entertain you. Apps can help make your trip easier and more fun.TripitTripit is a he
11、lpful app to organize travel plans. Sign up for a free account(账户) at the Tripit website and download the app to have all of your travel plans handy in one place.After signing up for an account, forward any email confirmations(证实) for your travels to plans. Send Tripit all confirmations for hotel, f
12、light, train, theater and other reservations.Tripit is free but a paid version is available(可得到的) that keeps track of loyalty programs, gives flight alerts, fare refund notifications and more.Google TranslateWhen traveling outside your home country, you may need some language assistance. Google Tran
13、slate is an app that can help you understand a language other than your native tongue.The Google Translate app translates between 103 different languages. Copy and paste text into the app to see a translation. You can also handwrite text onto the screen. The app works even without an Internet connec
14、tion. It is available for free.Open TableOpen Table is a restaurant reservation app to help users discover and make reservations at restaurants. Open Table includes 31,000 restaurants around the world. Check the app to see availability and make reservations within the app. Earn dining rewards by mak
15、ing your reservations through Open Table and get a free meal.Open Table is available free for Android and iPhone and iPad.WaterlogueWaterlogue is an app that edits(编辑) photos to look like watercolor paintings.The app is best used on photos of places instead of people. It can make your photos look li
16、ke works of art. Choose from 14 different filters to get different colors and effects.Waterlogue is available for iPhone/iPad for under $4.21. If people want to beautify their photos, they need .A. Tripit B. Google TranslateC. Open Table D. Waterlogue22. According to the passage which statement is t
17、rue?A. The Google Translate app can translate between over 103 different languages.B. Waterlogue is an app to take photos like watercolor paintings.C. OpenTable is available free for any kinds of technical products.D. You can sign up for a free account at the Tripit website and download the app name
18、d Tripit.23. Where does this passage probably come from?A.A museum guide. B. A technology report.C.A science textbook. D. A scientific discovery TV program. BA college student who was harassed(骚扰）by two men while spending her holiday in Crete, Greece, has spent thousands of dollars to adopt the dog
19、that saved her from the attack.25-year-old Georgia Bradley says she was approached by two men on the beach. After she refused to go “have a drink” with them, one of the men grabbed(抓住) her by the arm.To her surprise, a stray dog(流浪狗）suddenly appeared and didnt stop barking at the pair. The small, bl
20、ack dog stood by Bradleys side until the men walked away.Bradley, who has decided to name the dog Pepper, told The Herald: “she saved me. Pepper shot out of nowhere, jumped up at me and began barking and licking(轻拍) my hand, and that made the men think twice. She must have noticed something was wron
21、g. When I went back to the apartment she followed me and finally let me move our hands gently over her. We had an instant bond. When I got home, I couldnt stop thinking about her, so I took the soonest flight back that I could, which was two weeks later.”Bradley would fly over 6,000 miles back and f
22、orth to the Greek island over a period of five weeks searching for the dog. “It was a real risk because we may never have found her again. But when we saw Pepper on the beach, it was the best feeling ever.” Pepper was given a pet passport. After adopting Pepper, she flew her home to the UK. Pepper t
23、hen had a further surprise for her owner, as she gave birth to six puppies.“It has been such a crazy journey，” Bradley added. “But I am over the moon.”24. What happened when Bradley was walking along the beach?A. Two men invited her to have a drink together.B. She came across people who had bad inte
24、ntion(purpose).C. She spent lots of money buying a dog.D. A stray dog suddenly appeared in front of her.25. Why did Bradley return to Greece two weeks later?A. To be reunited with her friend.B. To find shelter for the dog.C. To search for the rescuer.D. To pay another visit to the beach.26. What do
25、we know about the dog?A. She was aware that Bradley was in danger.B. She was gentle and friendly to everyone.C. She was once trained to help strangers.D. She took the responsibility to take care of the tourists on the beach.27. Which of the following could be the best title of the text?A. A Stray Do
26、g in GreeceB. A Holiday Girl Saves a Stray Dog That Saves HerC. A British Tourist Spending a Holiday in GreeceD. A Girl Spending Thousands to Adopt a DogCThe pursuit(追求) of happiness can be a lifelong search for somebut researchers believe they may have found a key factor(因素) in feeling a greater ov
27、erall sense of well-being(happiness).Nottingham Trent University researchers found that the more an individual identified with(与产生共鸣）a particular group, such as family, in their local community or through hobby, the happier they were with their life.“Our findings suggest that thinking more about one
28、s group life could have significant(显著的) benefits for an overall sense of well-being.” said Dr Juliet Wakefield, a psychologist at Nottingham Trent University.“We tend to identify with groups that share our values, interests and life priorities, as well as those that support us in times of crisis(危机
29、), and we can see how this would be linked to happiness. Our work taps into(挖掘）knowledge that is deep within all of us, but which we often forget due to the fast-paced and achievement-focused nature of modem lifeto be your best self, you are likely to require the support of others. ”They studied how
30、 4,000 participants felt connected to certain groups, and then measured the influence this had upon their levels of happiness. Its important to note that identifying with a group isnt the same as membership, though. You can be a member of a group with which you feel no connection at all. Its that su
31、bjective(主观的) sense of belonging thats important for happiness.Health care professionals should encourage people to join groups that they are interested in, or which promote their values and ideals, as well as advising people to maintain association with groups they already belong to. Simple social
32、interventions(干预）such as this could in turn help to reduce health care expenses and prevent future ill health.28. According to the passage, who are much happier?A. People who feel a strong sense of belonging to a group.B. People who gain membership of many social groups.C. Individuals who have happy families.D. Individuals who have many
