四川省成都航天中学校2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

2018年成都航天中学高2016级高二下期期中考试英语试题第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第Ⅰ卷做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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.What does the man want to do?A.Go to Mexico on business.B.Relax and enjoy himself.C.Reserve a cheap hotel.2.What will the woman get?A.Carpet cleaner.B. A paper towel.C. A glass of wine.3.Who is the woman?A.An assistant teacher.B. A student.C. A teacher.4.Where are the speakers headed?A.To a swimming pool.B. To the beach.C. To a restaurant.5.Why is the museum important?A.It’s a museum for old art.B.It will be built on a small island.C.It’s the first of its kind in Indonesia.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.How much does an entrance ticket cost?A. Five dollars.B. Two dollarsC. Seven dollars.7.How does the woman pay?A.By check.B. In cash.C. By credit card.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。

8.Where did the tomato sauce come from?A.The man’s own yard.B.A store only five miles away.C. A local farm.9.What does the woman think of cooking?A.She enjoys it very much.B.It makes her feel creative.C.She doesn’t have the patience for it.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。

10.What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Neighbors.B. Husband and wife.C. Interviewer and interviewee.11.Where did the man go to college?A.In Texas.B. In Washington.C. In Nebraska.12.What is the woman’s job?A.She is a computer programmer.B.She is an artist.C.She is a banker.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。

13.What did Fitbit say about the recent study?A.It hurt their business.B.It was false.C. They had no comment.14.When does the man use his Fitbit?A.All the time.B.During the daytime.C. Only when he’s exercising.15.What does the man think of his Fitbit?A.It’s sometimes uncomfortable to wear.B.It isn’t useful.C.It’s of good value.16.How does the woman sound?A.Bored.B. Interested.C. Upset.听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。

17.What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. A free lesson website for teachers.B. A language program.C. A search engine.18. How many people use Duolingo currently?A. Several thousand.B. A few hundred thousand.C. Over one hundred million.19. Where is Luis von Ahn from?A.Guatemala.B. Switzerland..C. Costa Rica.20.How was Duolingo originally funded?A. By big websites.B. By an actor.C. By schools.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，并在答读卡上将该项涂黑。

ABecome a Volunteer and Make a DifferenceThe First Tee, as an outstanding youth development organization, is always searching for good people that want to volunteer at one of our many Pittsburgh area locations.We’re Looking for You!Nationwide, we currently have more than 3,700 coaches signed up with The First Tee as well as volunteers. But you don’t have to be a golf professional or even a good golfer. With The First Tee Coach Program, we provide the training you need.Developed with input from leading experts in the field of positive youth development, our program focuses on making participants stronger and more confident through decision-making and exploring options, inspiring the golfers of tomorrow to look to the future, set goals, and unlock their potential.We also need more volunteers to make The First Tee possible. Opportunities include:Assistant Coach: assist in our weekly golf clinics. 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Once Alison Boyle (our Director of Volunteer and Participant Services) receives your completed application, she will contact you for an in-person interview.CLICK HERE to fill out a Volunteer Application via Google FormsFor more information, please contact our Director of Volunteer and Participant Services, Alison Boyle, at aboyle@.21. The First Tee Coach Program centers on _____.A looking for golf stars B. training professional coachesC. attracting more visitorsD. empowering participants22. If you are good at using computers, you may choose to be a (an) _____.A. database managerB. assistant coachC. greeterD. equipment manager23. To become a volunteer at The First Tee, one must _____.A. be a good golferB. consult Alison BoyleC. have an interviewD. promise to work 7 weeksBThose who find themselves easily distracted(分散注意力)at work may be intellectually(智力上地)superior to their colleagues, according to research. Intelligent workers may have difficulty concentrating due to the vast number of clever ideas popping into their gifted brains.Bostjan Ljubic, vice president of Steelcase, a workplace solutions company that analyzed the findings of neuroscientists(神经学家) and cognitive((认知的) researchers, said: “Employers are always on the lookout for the brightest people available, however the difficulty to withstand multiple tasks and distractions in the office affects smart people in the same way as everyone else, if not more.” The smartest individuals may find it more difficult to decide which ideas to prioritize(区分优先次序) with distraction leading to feeling of inability to deal with the work as a whole. The smartest brains can finally fall short of their own expected potential, as well as failing to live up to their employer's hopes.”Nearly half of more than 10,000 workers surveyed in 17 countries, said they struggled toconcentrate in the office, according to a health study by Steelcase. Increased access to technology has been considered as a possible reason for this lack of focus. Research from GlobalWebIndex says the average time spent on mobile devices has increased by 200 percent since 2012, while the average smartphone user in the UK checks their phone 221 times every day and the average office worker checks their email around 30 times an hour. The University of California suggests that the average office worker is interrupted or distracted every three minutes.Mr Ljubic said, “The ways in which we work are changing more rapidly than ever before and the brain is being subjected to stress and distractions which can lead to overload and statistics show that distractions in the workplace are on the rise.”24. The purpose of the text is to tell readers ___________.A. many employers are looking for clever workersB. intelligent workers are more easily distractedC. office workers spend more time on cell phonesD. distractions in the workplace are on the rise25. Intelligent workers cannot concentrate easily probably because _________.A. they are coming up with lots of great ideasB. they should be careful about their workC. they must keep an eye on their colleaguesD. they are afraid they can’t do their work well26. According to Bostjan Ljubic, the brightest people ___________.A. can’t gain satisfaction in their jobB. always fail to find a well-paid jobC. can more easily meet their employers’ needsD. can’t necessarily work better than others27. Which of the following is true according to the last paragraph?A. Distractions can damage office worker s’ brainB. Office workers are trying to get rid of distractionsC. Distractions in workplaces will become more seriousD. Distractions lead to worker’s stress and dissatisfactionCThe online takeaway industry is growing in China along with the rapid development of the Internet economy. But environmental activists complain that the huge volume of plastic utensils (用具), wrapping and containers presents a great challenge to the environment, and that the heavy use of throwaway wooden chopsticks is reducing natural resources.On September 1, the Beiji ng No.4 Intermediate People’s Court accepted a lawsuit filed by theChongqing Green Volunteer League, an environmental non-government organization (NGO), against the country’s three largest food delivery platforms—Baidu Waimai, Ele.me and Meituan. The NGO stated that the companies failed to provide customers with the choice to not receive throwaway plastic utensils along with their food deliveries. Meanwhile, these utensils have created large amounts of rubbish and caused serious ecological damage.In response, both Meituan and Ele.me, which acquired Baidu Waimai in August, have promised to take measures to reduce plastic waste. Meituan announced that it would appoint a chief environmental officer to oversee environmental issues from plastic waste and upgrade its smartphone app to provide consumers with the option of ordering food without single-use chopsticks, spoons or napkins. Ele.me followed by offering a similar choice and putting forward a plan to introduce suppliers of degradable (可降解的) plastic utensils to restaurants in the long term.Is there a possible way out? Combined efforts by delivery platforms, consumers, restaurants and government departments are required to address plastic waste pollution.For platforms, promoting environmental protection and introducing this idea to consumers are a meaningful move. Moreover, in the future, they should also make strict rules on the use of plastic utensils. For example, no more than one plastic bag should be used to wrap soup dishes, and all plastic products should be degradable. It is a long and difficult task for them, and the recent reactions from Ele.me and Meituan are just beginnings.Considering most takeout food packaging is thrown into garbage bins and then taken away along with other household garbage, sorting of waste also becomes more important. Government departments could play a major role in this, and by recycling some materials, waste pollution could be reduced and resources saved. Furthermore, there have been growing calls that the government should also invest more in developing degradable plastic products or environmentally friendly alternatives.Though consumers enjoy the convenience yet also suffer exposure to the pollution, many of them have paid little attention to the plastic waste problem. Environmental groups suggest that consumers change their habits a little by using their own utensils and dishes and refusing unnecessary plastic containers.28. The Chongqing Green Volunteer League accused the three food delivery platforms of _____.A. offering no utensil optionB. violating environmental standardsC. using many wooden chopsticksD. causing damage to people’s health29. The author suggests food delivery platforms _____.A. Research possible alternatives.B. Raise people’s awareness.C. Upgrade their application design.D. Hire a chief environmental officer.30. Who probably plays a more important role in promoting the categorization of rubbish?A. food delivery platformsB. government departmentsC. environmental groupsD. fast food restaurants31. The passage is mainly concerned with _____.A. why environmental problems ariseB. who food delivery platforms affect mostC. what efforts environmental groups have madeD. how plastic utensil pollution can be solvedDThe freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C, t hinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets (at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part----particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold-weather root vegetables----was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries; the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on o ne particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand,full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal----and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where----luckily for me----I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.32. What did the author think of her winter life in New York?A. Boring.B. Exciting.C. Relaxing.D. Annoying.33. What made the author’s getting up early worthwhile?A. Having a swim.B. Breathing in fresh air.C. Visiting a local farmers’ market.D. Walking in the morning sun.34. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?A. They look niceB. They are soft.C. They taste great.D. They are juicy.35. What was the author going to do that evening?A. Go to a farm.B. Check into a hotel.C. Buy fresh vegetables.D. Eat in a restaurant.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。