1、广西钦州市钦州港经济技术开发区学年高二英语下学期期中试题广西钦州市钦州港经济技术开发区2016-2017学年高二英语下学期期中考试卷第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. Where is the man going to put his plants?A. In his backyard. B. By his window. C. On his b
2、alcony.2. What does the woman like about the magazine?A. The film reviews. B. The political cartoons. C. The travel section.3. How does the woman feel about the election?A. Annoyed. B. Uninterested. C. Enthusiastic.4. What does the man want to do this summer?A. Travel to Italy. B. Get a part-time jo
3、b. C. Take a Chinese course.5. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. At the airport. B. At a bus station. C. At a train station.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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料.回答第6-
4、7题。6. What does the man want the girl to do?A. Go to bed. B. Take a shower. C. Wear perfume.7. Why does the man say the girl can smell him?A. He needs a bath. B. He wears deodorant. C. His clothes are dirty.听第7段材料.回答第8-9题。8. What does the woman usually do in the morning?A. Watch TV B. Read online ne
5、ws. C. Read the newspaper.9. Which of the following does the woman do most often?A. She rents movies.B. She goes to the theater to watch movies.C. She downloads movies.听第8段材料.回答第10-12题。10. Who does the woman want to speak to?A. Mr Grist. B. Ms Grist. C. Ms Jones.11. What is the woman going to do in
6、the afternoon?A. Go swimming. B. Go to a meeting. C. Shop for some clothes.12. When will the speakers meet?A. At 1 oclock this afternoon. B. At 3 oclock this afternoon. C. At 3 oclock on Thursday.听第9段材料.回答第13-16题。13. Where are the speakers going?A. To a park. B. To a party. C. To a restaurant.14. Ac
7、cording to the woman, whats wrong with the maps program?A. It is hard to use. B. It turns off all the time. C. It gives the wrong directions.15. What company does the woman work for?A. Yahoo. B. Apple. C. Google.16. Where are the speakers going to go next?A. To a gas station. B. To an internet caf.
8、C. To the house across the street.听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. Where did the accident happen?A. At the station. B. At the top of the hill. C. Around the corner.18. What caused the accident?A. Too much traffic on the road. B. A high speed and a wet road. C. The engine being out of order.19. Who called the f
9、irst Aid Center for help?A. The speaker. B. A young woman. C. A policeman.20. What did the policeman do?A. He took the driver out of the car.B. He questioned the speaker carefully.C. He immediately sent the driver to the hospital.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）ADuolingo Cost: Free This
10、 language learning app offers courses in Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. And its not all about reading and writingit uses the phones microphone to test users pronunciation skills as well.LumosityCost: Free trial; $14 per month. Lumosity aims to improve users thinking abilities by us
11、ing simple games and tests that adapt to users cognitive. (认知的) levels to improve their memory and attention. The company says no two users will have the same experience. More than 18 million people have downloaded it.Daily art Cost: Free. Each day the app presents a different -classic painting from
12、 storied artists such as Vincent Van Vogh and Monet. Even if you have known the work, you may not know all the fascinating details the app serves up on the back story of the art.Vocabulary. com Cost: $ 2.99 per month.Never again get embarrassed using the wrong word at a dinner party with this app. I
13、t has more than 120,000 questions that can help you learn over 12, 000 words. Users can even battle their friends to see who the biggest word master is.Todays documents Cost : Free. The U. S. National, Archives manages this educational app, which serves up a historical document or photo each day of
14、the year. Pastdocuments include everything from a letter by Woodrow Wilson creating Mothers Day to a photo of Gerald Ford as a baby.21. Where must these apps mentioned in the passage be used?A. On the computer. B. In the movie.C. In the car. D. On the phone.22. What can we know about the app Lumosit
15、y?A. It provides the same text. B. It can solve mental problems.C. It is very popular. D. Its totally free.23. How much should you pay per year for using the app to learn words?A. $ 2.99. B. $14. C. $ 35. 88. D. $168.24. Which would you download if youd like to know more about the past?A. Todays doc
16、uments. B. V.C. Duolingo. D. Daily art.BOwninga smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are. but they also turn you into a workaholic (工作狂). A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the
17、all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day.Researchersfound that Britons work an additional 460hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles. The study by technology retailer Pixmania, shows the average UK working day is betwe
18、en nine and ten hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. Almostone in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess (坦白) they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine ou
19、t of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. Nearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up, while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night.GhadiHobeika, marketing director of Pixmani
20、a, said, “Theability to access millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones valuable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
21、 and smart phones mean that people cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity (容量).” 25. The text is probably taken from _.A. ascientific reportB. a financial report C. anewspaperD. a travel journal26. The underlined word “drawb
22、acks” in the last paragraph probably means _.A. disagreements B. disadvantages C. mistakes D. features27. Ghadimay agree that _.A. employeesare supposed to be on call 24 hours a dayB. theability to access many apps made smart phones worthlessC. smart phonesmight turn a person into a workaholicD. peo
23、plecannot get away from work without smart phones28. Whatis the main idea of this passage?A. Smart phonesare lengthening working hours.B. Smart phonesare becoming valuable for many people.C. Britonswork an additional 460 hours a year on average.D. Smart phonesare more beneficial to our life than we
24、think.C The sharing economy has grown in recent years to include everything from apartment sharing to car sharing to community tool sharing. Since 2009, a new form of sharing economy has been emerging in neighborhoods throughout the US and around the world Little Free Library. The libraries are boxe
25、s placed in neighborhoods from which residents can withdraw (取出) and deposit (存入) books. Little Free Libraries come in all shapes and sizes. Some libraries also have themes, focusing on books for children, adults, or tour guides. In 2009, Tod Bol built the first Little Free Library as a gift to his
26、mother, who was a devoted reader. When he saw the people of his community gathering around it, exchanging conversation as well as books, he knew he wanted to take his simple idea further. “I think Little Free Libraries open the door to conversations we want to have with each other,” Bol said. Since
27、then, his idea has become a movement, spreading from state to state and country to country. According to Little FreeLibrary.org, there are now 18,000 of the little structures around the world, located in each of the 50 US states and 70 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Internet has helped to
28、 spread Little Free Libraries. But an Atlantic article says the little structures serve as a cure for a world of e-reader downloads. The little wooden boxes are refreshingly physical and human. For many people, the sense of discovery is Little Free Libraries main appeal. “A girl walking home from sc
29、hool might pick up a graphic novel that gets her excited about reading; a man on his way to the bus stop might find a volume of poetry that changes his outlook on life,” says the Atlantic article. “Every book is a potential source of inspiration”. 29. How do Little Free Libraries get their books?A.
30、The communities bought them. B. Tod Bol donated them. C. US government provided them. D. Citizens shared them.30. Why did Tod Bol want to build more Little Free Libraries? A. They can offer neighbors more chances to talk. B. He was inspired by the sharing economy. C. He wanted to promote his idea wo
31、rldwide. D. They are a gift to please his mother.31. What does the author of the Atlantic article believe? A. Little Free Libraries are more popular than e-reader downloads. B. E-reader downloads are undoubtedly beneficial. C. Little Free Libraries are physical and human. D. The Internet has helped to spread Little Free Libraries.32. Little Free Libraries attract readers most in that _. A. they are in various shapes and sizes B. they are located all
