1、陕西省城固县第一中学学年高二英语下学期期中试题陕西省城固县第一中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题本试题分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考号用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔填写在答题卡上，并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。2选择题（1-60）使用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔书写在答题卡的对应题框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。 3考试结束以后，将答题卡收回。第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分
2、，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. How much should the mans rent be?A. $500. B. $150. C. $125.2. What will the woman probably think of the man?A. He used to be an excellent athlete. B. He is a real sportsman. C. He is a sports fa
3、n.3. What has the man been doing?A. Filling out a form. B. Having an interview C. Asking for information.4. What do we know about the woman?A. She is too busy to go. B. Shes willing to go swimming. C. She doesnt want to wait long.5. What does the woman mean?A. Its terrible to go abroad alone.B. It d
4、oesnt matter if the man is not good at English.C. The man should improve his English.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、7题。6. What is the woman going to be?A. A cook. B. A teacher
5、. C. A doctor.7. How long will the woman work every day?A. 8 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 4 hours.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What are the speakers talking about?A. An exam. B. An interview. C. A writing contest.9. How are they feeling at the moment?A. Pretty happy. B. Very sad. C. A little confused.10. Which part
6、did they both find difficult?A. The oral self-introduction. B. The essay. C. The imitation writing.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What will Diana do this afternoon?A. Go to class. . B. Attend a lecture C. Write an essay.12. What do we know about Dr. Rich?A. He teaches English culture. B. Hes been absent three
7、 times. C. Hes very strict.13. What does Mike say about the business communication course?A. There is not much course work to do.B. He has already handed in three essays.C. He has a 3000-word term paper to write.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What are the speakers talking about?A. How much money they spend on
8、 meals. B. The changes of the food service in the school.C. The changes of food in the dining hall.15. What does the man think of the changes?A. He doesnt like them. B. Students will benefit from the changes. C. He cant understand them as they are too complicated.16. What plan did Tom choose to buy?
9、A. A seven-meal plan. B. A ten-meal plan. C. A fourteen-meal plan.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where do people believe the left hand is unclean?A. In Malaysia. B. In Pakistan. C. In Indonesia.18. When might elderly Westerners be offended?A. When others try to help them without their agreement. B. When othe
10、rs teach them new things. C. When others ask them too many questions.19. Why dont Italians give handkerchiefs as gifts?A. Handkerchiefs mean saying goodbye.B. Handkerchiefs are used in funerals.C. Handkerchiefs are connected with unhappy feelings.20. Whom might the talk be addressed to?A. People who
11、 are going abroad.B. Guests from all over the world.C. Those who will work for an international conference.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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 AEvery Hero Has a Story! Join us for our summer reading kick-off (开始) event on Saturday, June 25 fro
12、m 3 pm to 4 pm in the Woodbury Room of the Jones Library. Register for summer reading club and pick up your reading club bag. Then youll have the chance to meet a superhero! Join us for thesefun andspecial events in the summerreadingclub!Saturday,July 9, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm-Make a MaskPre-registrat
13、ion encouraged! Stop bytheKids Room to register.For ages 4 & up.Sunday, July 17, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am-Drawing SuperheroesPre-registration required-space is limited! Stop bytheKids Room to register.For ages 6 - 10.Wednesday,July 20, from 3 pm to 4 pm-Local Heroes: FirefightersCome to meet a loca
14、l hero fromthefire department!All ages are welcome!Monday,July 25, from 2 pm to 4 pm-Hit the Big ScreenSee afun film -Big Hero 6 intheWoodbury Room.All ages are welcome.Tuesday, August 2, at 3 pm- The Summer Reading Club PartyMeet a superhero and get food, fun, and prizes!All ages are welcome.21. Wh
15、at can we learn about the kick-off event from the passage? A. Itll last two hours. B. Itll take place on a weekday. C. Itll be held at the Jones Library. D. Itll invite superheroes to chat with kids.22. Which event can you join in if youre free only in the morning? A. Make a Mask. B. Drawing Superhe
16、roes. C. Local Heroes: Firefighters. D. The Summer Reading Club Party.23. The passage is written to _. A. advertise a reading club B. tell about the latest films C. introduce a public library D. encourage kids to read moreBEva Houston became a member of Westside High Schools marching band when she e
17、ntered her freshman year in the fall, but after sitting on the sidelines (边线) during the first two games of the season, she came home and told her parents that she wanted to get more involved.The 14-year-old, who has played the trumpet (小号) since 5th grade, has cerebral palsy (大脑性麻痹) and uses a whee
18、lchair, which makes it impossible to march like her band-mates.“We emailed the band instructor to see what we could do for her and he said hed be happy to get her into the practice, if someone can push her,” Evas dad, Kevin Houston, said. “Eva came to me saying she really wanted me to do it, and how
19、 do I say no to that?”Kevin, who works in the IT department of an insurance company, leaves the office four days a week to push his daughters wheelchair as she plays the trumpet during practice. On Friday nights, you can find him on the field during halftime and in the stands next to his wife, Vicky
20、, the rest of the time.Kevin realized how much it meant to Eva after he joined her in doing the practice. She turned to him and said happily, “That was so much fun!”One of his favorite parts about the experience is that he now knows all of her friends and their personalities.“When she says Megan did
21、 this, I can now actually picture Megan doing that,” Kevin said. “You drop your kids off at school and you dont get to experience their day with them, so Im very grateful to be part of her life.”24. At first, Kevin tried to help his daughter mainly because _.A. Eva had just entered the school B. the
22、 band instructor asked him toC. he wanted to get involved in Evas lifeD. he found it hard to refuse such a request25. What can you probably see in the band now? A. Kevin marching in front of Eva. B. Kevin pushing Evas wheelchair. C. Kevin cheering for Evas performance. D. Kevin and his wife followin
23、g the band closely.26. What do we know about Kevin? A. He has given up his job to support Eva. B. He also plays the trumpet in the band now. C. He helps Eva to practice every Friday night. D. He has become quite familiar with Evas friends.27. What does the underlined word “picture” in the last parag
24、raph mean? A. Imagine. B. Notice. C. Paint. D. Suggest.CThink about the different ways that people use wind. You can use it to fly a kite or to sail a boat. Wind is one of our cleanest and richest power sources, as well as one of the oldest. Evidence shows that windmills(风车) began to be used in anci
25、ent Iran back in the seventh century BC. They were first introduced to Europe during the 1100s, when armies returned from the Middle East with knowledge of using wind power.For many centuries, people used windmills to grind(磨碎) wheat into flour or pump water from deep underground. When electricity w
26、as discovered in the late 1800s, people living in remote areas began to use them to produce electricity. This allowed them to have electric lights and radio. However, by the 1940s when electricity was available to people in almost all areas of the United States, windmills were rarely used.During the
27、 1970s, people started becoming concerned about the pollution that is created when coal and gas are burned to produce electricity. People also realized that the supply of coal and gas would not last forever. Then, wind was rediscovered, though it means higher costs. Today, there is a global movement
28、 to supply more and more of our electricity through the use of wind.28.From the text we know that windmills .A. have rarely been used since electricity was discoveredB. have a history of more than 2,800 yearsC. used to supply power to radio in remote areasD. were invented by European armies29.What w
29、as a new use for wind power in the late 19gh century? A. Sailing a boat. B. Grinding wheat into flour. C. Producing electricity. D. Pumping water from underground.30.One of the reasons wind was rediscovered in the 1970s is that . A. it is one of the oldest power sourcesB. wind power is cleaner C. it
30、 was cheaper to create energy from wind D. the supply of coal and gas failed to meet needs31.What would the author probably discuss in the paragraph that follows? A. The advantages of wind power. B. The global trend towards producing power from wind. C. The worldwide movement to save energy.D. The d
31、esign of wind power plants.DProfessor David Agus, one of leading scientists at the medical revolution, says that he believes that with our current technology humans have the potential to regularly live into their ninth or tenth decade.Craig Venter, co-founder and CEO of Human Longevity Inc., says there might be no supposed limit to how long we can live, but that “we need to make sure we can support extra long life on this planet.” Huge advancements at the intersection (交叉领域) of medicine and technology, such as
