1、学年安徽省亳州市蒙城县第八中学高一上学期第二次段考英语试题高一年级第二段考英语试卷第一部分：听力第一节 （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. Which language does the man want to learn?A. French, German, or Russian. B. French, German, or Spain. C. Russian, English, or Spa
2、in.2. What did the man do just now?A. He cooked eggs and chicken. B. He did some shopping.C. He withdrew some money.3. Who is the woman probably?A. Mr. Robertsons secretary. B. Mrs. Robertson. C. A hotel clerk.4. How did the woman come to school?A. By bike. B. On foot. C. By bus.5. What does the man
3、 advise the woman to do?A. Have a talk with Mike later. B. Prepare for her job interview.C. Help Mike with his job interview.第二节 （共15小题；每题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7题。6. What does the
4、 woman want to do? A. To go to the library. B. To buy some books.C. To buy a new dress for Jennys birthday party.7. Why does the man go downtown? A. To buy some books for Ann. B. To go to the City Library.C. To buy a dress for Ann.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. When did the woman go to sleep last night?A. At 6 a
5、m. B. At 4 am. C. At 2 am.9. What day is it today? A. Wednesday B. Thursday C. Friday听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who is Mary?A. The womans mother. B. The womans aunt. C. The womans sister.11. What did Mary do in 1984?A. She competed in the Olympics and won.B. She retired from swimming.C. She worked at a ba
6、nk.12. When did Susan ONeil break Marys world record?A. In 1984. B. In 1988. C. In 2000.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the woman doing? A. Watching TV B. Reading a newspaper C. Surfing the Internet14. Why did the mother name her newborn baby “Enough”?A. She didnt want any more childrenB. She thought i
7、t was really an interesting nameC. She thought there were too many people on Earth15. When did the worlds population reach three billion? A. In 1959. B. In 1969. C. In 1974.16. What was the worlds population in 1987?A. 4 billion B. 5 billion C. 6 billion听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the speaker wa
8、nt to tell people？A. How to live a healthy life B. How to make big changesC. How to make a healthy weight18. How does the speaker advise people to get active?A. By walking, running and so onB. By holding some social activitiesC. By making as many friends as possible19. What does the speaker suggest
9、people doing in the third tip?A. Watch TV with family once a weekB. Do some physical activities with familyC. Have dinner with family once a week20. What are people advised to do in the end? A. To avoid staying at home aloneB. To do some regular workC. To have a clean environment第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
10、第1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。ASaturday, March 24thWe have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand. All the different smells make us want to try the food. We look forward to eating there and we are going to eat something spec
11、ial for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean , which makes us feel comfortable. We plan to stay there for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the north. Tuesday, March 27th Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are int
12、eresting which attract many people to visit there. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruit and vegetables. Everything is so colourful that we feel like staying there forever, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We wi
13、ll take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.Friday, March 30th Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life-no computers or photos, which is different from where w
14、e live. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say “hello”. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year and we want to stay there for a week.21. How many days
15、did the writer spend in Thailand?A.3. B. 7. C. 15. D. 30.22. Which of the following is mentioned in the diaries?A. The writer is travelling alone in Thailand. B. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains. C. The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus. D. Chiang Mai is beautiful city in the
16、south of Thailand.23.What is the best title for the whole diary?A. My first travel B. The outside world C. Travelling to Thailand D. A country on the trainBAli is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says,
17、I tried to quit smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. It will be easier to change my habit here. Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop s
18、moking. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health. They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine. When a person first begins to smoke, he
19、usually feels terrible. The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smokers body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad. It is very hard to quit smoking, and many people who quit will soon smoke again. At
20、a party or at work they will decide to smoke just one cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.24. How long has Ali smoked?A. Three years. B. Five years. C. Seven years. D. Nine years
21、.25. How do the smokers feel without nicotine?A. Bad. B. Happy. C. Worried. D. Fine.26. According to Paragraph 2, many smokers want to stop smoking because they _.A. want to go to parties B. may suffer from cancer C. cant smoke at work D. need nicotine and drugs27. By writing this text, the writer h
22、opes that people will _.A. stay in their hometown B. eat less and smoke moreC. never start smoking D. not live in the United StatesCEverybody hates rats(老鼠). But in the earthquake capitals of the worldJapan, Los Angeles and Turkeyrats will soon be mans new best friends.What happens after an earthqua
23、ke? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they cant get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.How does it work? First, the rat is trained
24、to smell people. When this happens, the rats brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rats brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.Although there are already robots
25、 which can do this job, rats are better. Christian Linster at Cornell University, New York, says, “Robots noses dont work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that.” Rats can also see in the dark. They are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they dont need
26、 electricity!The “rat project” is not finished, but Julie Ryran of International Rescue Corps in Scotland says, “It would be fantastic. A rat could get into spaces we couldnt get to and a rat would get out if it wasnt safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in
27、 a building (but only after an earthquake, of course).28. In the earthquake capitals of the world, rats will become mans best friends because they can _.A. take the place of mans rescue jobsB. find the position of people alive who are trapped in buildingsC. serve as food for people alive who are tra
28、pped in buildingsD. get into small places29. From the third paragraph we know the rescuers can judge a person alive by_.A. the noise made by the ratB. the rats unusual behaviorC. the signal sent by the radio on the rats backD. the smell given off by the person30. In doing rescue jobs_.A. rats smell
29、better than dogsB. dogs dont need to be trained to smell peopleC. robots sense of smell can be affected by other smells aroundD. rats can see in the dark and are smaller than robots31. Rats have all the following advantages EXCEPT_.A. they are more fantastic than other animalsB. they are less expens
30、ive to train than dogsC. they dont need electricityD. they are small and can get into small placesDHow to sing like a superstar is a question people have been asking for ages. We naturally look up to the stars we want to sound like when were young and just experimenting with singing. But as we get o
31、lder, we find that we have our own voice.In my opinion, you can only be a superstar if you find your own voice. If you want to sound great and attract people, just get comfortable with your own voice. Do you think Bob Dylan has a great voice? Of course not, but people love his voice and his songs. O
32、ne of the main reasons is that hes very comfortable with himself and his own voice. So, remember this when youre asking yourself how to sing like a superstar.I hate hearing many singers try to imitate(模仿) other singers! But it still happens all the time and yes, some of them do become famous by trying t
