云南省姚安县第一中学高二上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案

姚安一中2016-2017学年上学期高二年级期中考试卷英语注意：本试卷满分为150分,考试时间120分钟.所有答案必须做在答题卡上。

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 does the conversation probably take place?A. In an office.B. In a theatre.C. In a restaurant.2. How old is the man now?A. About 20.B. Nearly 40.C. Over 60.3. What is the man going to do?A. Go to the information counter.B. Take a train to leave New York.C. Check the price of the ticket.4. What do we learn about the man?A. He quitted his job.B. He has got two job offers.C. He is doing a part-time job.5. What does Mr. Anderson do?A. He is a teacher.B. He is a librarian.C. He is a repairman.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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. What is The Western Teacher?A. A story.B. A book.C. A magazine.7. When did the man start writing books?A. When he was at school.B. After he came to Paris.C. Since the year of 2004.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Doctor and patient.C. Customer and waiter.9. What must have caused the speakers’ stomach aches?A. The fish.B. The soup.C. The apples.10. Where will the speakers go?A. To the market.B. To the hospital.C. To the restaurant.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。

11. What are the speakers talking about?A. New films.B. Popular cinemas.C. Film-seeing habits.12. What seems to bother the woman at the cinema?A. The uncomfortable seat.B. The noisy people.C. The long wai ting time.13. What do we know about the man?A. He prefers seeing new films at the cinema.B. He enjoys seeing films with friends.C. He likes talking about new films.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。

14. Why does David go to Professor Smith for help?A. He had trouble with today’s lecture.B. He missed all the classes last week.C. He wanted to learn how to take notes.15. What should David do at the start of each class?A. Have a short talk with the professor.B. Look through the notes from last class.C. Take down the main points of the lecture.16. How can David find the most important information to write down?A. By remembering all the details of the lecture.B. By reading the notes taken by his classmates.C. By focusing on the organization of the lecture.17. How many suggestions has Professor Smith given to David?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。

18. Who brought silk to Europe in the thirteenth century?A. Napoleon.B. Marco Polo.C. Leonardo da Vinci.19. What do we know about silk today?A. It is used by famous dress designers.B. It is much cheaper than in the past.C. It is very popular among painters.20. Why does the speaker give the talk?A. To encourage people to learn designing.B. To persuade people to buy silk clothes.C. To introduce the history of silk trade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40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。

ATom had retired (退休) and lived by himself a long way from the town．He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into the town to buy some things in the market, and after he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat at a table ．When he looked around, he saw several people all put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himselfsome glasses, too．He walked along the road, and soon he found a shop.The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said:“No, I can't read with these．”The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解) until finally he said:“Excuse me, but can you read at all?”“No, of course I can't!”Tom said angrily．“I wish I could read! so I have come here to buy glasses．”21. One day Tom went into the town to ________．A. read newspapersB. visit his friendsC. buy glassesD. buy something he needed22. In fact, he ________．A. could read without glassesB. couldn't read without glassesC. could read if he put glasses onD. couldn't read at all23. The shopkeeper(售货员)_________ at last．A. understood TomB. did not understand TomC. was puzzledD. was glad to help Tom24. In the end Tom ________ ．A. could read with glassesB. was disappointed (沮丧)C. bought a pair of glassesD. argued (争论) with the man in the shopBOne day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton(人体骨架)to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase(箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buya newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.25. Who wrote the story ?A. A. Rupert's teacher.B. The neighbour's teacher.C. A medical school teacher.D. The teacher's neighbour.26. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?A. He needed it for the summer term in London.B. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.C. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.27. What happened at the airport?A. he skeleton went missing.B. The skeleton was stolen.C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase.CTwo friends were eating at a small restaurant. On the table there was a cup of hot mustard(芥末). One of them thought it was sweet and took a spoonful of it into his mouth. Tears ran down from his eyes. Nevertheless, wishing to have his friend caught in the same position, he said nothing. The other man, seeing that his friend was crying asked:“What for, my dear friend?”“I was thinking of my father, who was hanged 20years ago.”He replied.Soon after, the other man took a spoonful of the mustard and as tears started down from his eyes, his friend, in his return, asked:“Why are you crying, then?”“To think that you were not hanged the same time your father was!”28. The reason why the first man didn’t tell the second man what had happened is thatA. tears ran down from his eyesB. he wanted to play a trick on his friendC. there was some mustard in his mouthD. he was tasting the mustard29. From the passage we know that.A. the first man was really thinking of his fatherB. the first man’s father was really hanged twenty years agoC. the first man had deep sorrow (悲伤) for his father’s deathD. the first man was good at playing tricks30. “To think that you were not hanged the same time your father was!”Suggests that the second manA. got to know that the first man had played a trick on himB. thought that the first man should have been hanged together with his fatherC. didn’t get angryD. was sorry for the death of his friend’s father31. What does the writer of the story want to tell us?A. He wants to tell us not to play tricks on others.B. It doesn’t matter to play tricks.C. He wants to tell us a funny story.D. He wants to tell us that playing tricks can make life more interesting.DThese days’ experience(经历) ,like many other things, are becoming increasingly expensive. One has to get to pay a lot to get, even an ordinary one.Not long ago, I wanted to invite my friends to a lunch. What we really need was a good and a quiet place for a talk, not a big meal. So I chose one and told my friends to go there.After I ordered, I was asked whether I would eat a 100 yuan or 200 yuan lunch, I said:“200 yuan.”I didn’t realize until I was asked to pay after lunch, that“200 yuan”means“200 yuan for person each.”There were five people that day, and all of us were surprised by the 200 yuan meal. The bill came at last: it was 1260 [l000 for the five of us, plus the money fordrinks, fruits and air conditioning(空调)]. I paid the bill without a word.What could I say? It was not their fault(过失). It was my own fault that made me pay the largest bill in my life.However, it was not so bad: we had a good lunch and at a quiet place. Besides, the experience will help in later years.To support my idea, I have developed my own way of thinking about the price: 200 yuan for the lunch and 1060 for the experience. This paid experience has made me ten times wiser.32. According to the passage, now one has to pay ________.A. more for a lunch in a restaurantB. more to get an ordinary lunchC. more for some experienceD .increasingly high price33. I ordered a lunch ________.A. so as to have a big lunchB. so that we could have a good mealC. in order to introduce my friends to the restaurantD. to have a talk in a good place34. I thought I ordered a meal that would cost ________.A. me 100 yuanB. me 200 yuanC. us 200 yuan eachD. me 1260 yuan35. The last sentence of the passage expressed ________.A. my thanks to the restaurantB. my happiness to be ten times wiserC. my anger at the experienceD. my pleasure to have a good lunch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人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。