1、学年吉林省延边二中高一下学期期中考试英语试题延边第二中学2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考试高一英语试卷注意事项：答案必须写在答题卡上，答在试卷上无效。本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，本试卷满分120分。考试时间120分钟。第卷（选择题 共75分）第一部分：听力（共两节,满分20分）第一节（共5小题, 每小题1分,满分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. What time is it now? A. 5:
2、00. B. 3:00. C. 2:00.2. What do we know about Ben? A. He went to the hospital yesterday. B. He played volleyball yesterday. C. He hurt his leg yesterday.3. What did the woman like doing as a teenager? A. Listening to music. B. Going hiking. C. Playing basketball.4. Where is the mans sister going nex
3、t summer? A. To Africa. B. To South America. C. To Australia.5. What are the speakers doing? A. Surfing the Internet. B. Looking for an apartment. C. Chatting with two Brazilian singers.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，
4、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6至7题。6. Which language can the woman write? A. Spanish. B. French. C. Japanese.7. What is the man probably? A. A student. B. A teacher. C. A manager.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What did the woman realize when she finished high school? A. She still had a lot to learn. B. She
5、 was more confident. C. Her life was wonderful.9. What does the man think of himself when he was a child? A. Impolite. B. Dependent. C. Troublesome.10. When did the man change? A. When he entered high school. B. When he graduated from high school. C. When he found his first job.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.
6、Who is James? A. The mans son. B. The mans brother. C. The womans brother.12. When will the man probably get to the restaurant next Friday? A. At 6:00. B. At 6:30. C. At 7:00.13. What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Make a birthday cake for his mother. B. Book a birthday cake for his mother. C.
7、 Put some words on the cake.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. How is the man getting to the museum? A. On foot. B. By car. C. By taxi.15. What can the man see after turning right at the third cross? A. A road sign. B. A museum. C. A policeman.16. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Call the policeman. B.
8、Move his car right now. C. Park his car in a free zone.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. A fire. B. A house. C. Pictures.18. What does the speaker say about the childs room? A. It was very big. B. It was full of pictures. C. It was too hot to stand up.19. Why did the
9、 speaker take out the pictures? A. They were valuable. B. He was very interested in them.C. He wanted to save something for these people.20. Where did the speaker put the pictures? A. In a yard. B. In a tower. C. In his car.第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；共35分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2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
10、出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AMy house is made out of wood, glass and stone. It is also made out of software. If you come to visit, youll probably be surprised when you come in. Someone will give you an electronic PIN (个人身份号码) to wear. This PIN tells the house who and where you are. The house uses this information
11、 to give you what you need. When its dark outside, the PIN turns on the lights nearest to you, and then turns them off as you walk away from them. Music moves with you too. If the house knows your favorite music, it plays it. The music seems to be everywhere, but in fact other people in the house he
12、ar different music or no music. If you get a telephone call, only the nearest telephone rings. Of course, you are also able to tell the house if you want something. There is a home control console(控制台), a small machine that turns things on and off around you. The PIN and the console are new ideas, b
13、ut they are in fact like many things we have today. If you want to go to a movie, you need a ticket. If I give you my car keys, you can use my car. The car works for you because you have the keys. My house works for you because you wear the PIN or hold the console. I believe that ten years from now,
14、 most new homes will have the systems that Ive put in my house. The systems will probably be even bigger and better than the ones Ive put in today. I like to try new ideas. I know that some of my ideas will work better than others. But I hope that one day I will stop thinking of these systems as new
15、, and ask myself instead, How will I live without them? 21. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. How to develop a new system. B. The function of the PIN. C. A home for the future. D. Easy life in the future. 22. What cant be done in the writers new house according to the passage? A. Turning on t
16、he lights. B. Going swimming.C. Getting a telephone call. D. Playing music. 23. The writers new house is different from ordinary ones mainly because _. A. it has your favorite music following you B. you can make a telephone call anywhere C. the writer is able to change his new idea into practice D.
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