【高中英语试卷】安徽省安庆五校联盟2015-2016学年高二上学期期中考试英语试卷 Word版含答案

安庆五校联盟2015—2016学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试题命题：五校联盟高二英语命题组第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共五小题；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月的下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What does the man want to do?A.To go out with Sally．B.To talk to Sally．C.To see Sally．2.What are the speakers going to do?A.To go shopping．B.To have hair cut．C.To see a film．3.When will the next bus leave for Beijing?A.10:07．B.11:00．C.10:30．4.What can we learn about the boy?A.His grandfather is often ill．B.He often finds excuses to be off.C.His grandfather died．5.What did the woman tell the man to do?A.To get the bread.B.To post a letter.C.To buy newspapers.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段材料。

每段材料后有几个小题，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。

听每段材料前，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。

每段材料读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8小题。

6.What is Mike going to do?A.To attend a party．B.To see a movie．C.To look after a baby．7.Where will the children do picnic?A.On a small island．B.On the top of a mountain．C.Near their house．8.How will the children go there?A.By car．B. By bus．C.By bike．听第7段材料回答第9至11题。

9.What are the speakers talking about?A.Hobbies．B.Train engines making.C.Traveling．10.Which continent does the man probably live in?A. Asia．B. Europe．C. America．11.Whom does the steam engine belong to?A. Five persons.B.An American company．C.The man.听第8段材料，回答l2至l4题。

12.What‟s t he most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Brother and sister.B. Classmates．C. Roommates．13.What‟s the man going to do?A. To take part in a party.B.To have a date．C. To visit a friend．14.Why does the woman refuse to lend the man anything?A. She doesn‟t have any of them·B. She thinks poorly of Liza．C. She doesn‟t trust the man．听第9段材料，回答15至17题。

15.Why did the man decide to go to the library?A. The library had a special display on the Revolution.B. He wanted to get some studying done.C. One of his classes finished early.16.After getting the books, what did the man do?A. Checked them out．B. Returned them to the shelves．C. Put them in his bookbag.17.According to the man，what happens to all the books in the library?A. They are marked with colored labels．B. They are specially coded．C. They are inspected by the guard．听第10段材料回答第18至20题。

18.What is the main purpose for making this announcement?A. To describe an event．B. To warn people of danger．C. To invite people to Harry‟s．19.What is coming?A. An electric disaster.B. A camping ban．C. A storm．20.What does the speaker suggest?A. Listening to the radio.B. Staying with crowd．C. Watching television．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、D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AOne morning more than thirty years ago, I entered the Track Kitchen, a restaurant where everyone from the humblest(卑微的) to the most powerful came for breakfast. I noticed an empty chair next to an elderly, unshaven man, who looked somewhat untidy. He was wearing a worn-out hat and was alone. I asked if I might join him. He agreed quietly and I sat down to have my breakfast. We cautiously began a conversation and spoke about a wide rang of things. We never introduced ourselves. I was worried that he might have no money and not be able to afford something to eat. So as I rose to go back to the counter and buy a second cup of coffee, I asked, "May I get you something?" "A coffee would be nice." Then I bought him a cup of coffee. We talked more, and he accepted another cup of coffee, Finally, I rose to leave, wished him good luck, and headed for the exit. At the door I met one of my friends. He asked, "How did you get to know Mr. Galbreath?" "Who?" "The man you were sitting with. He is chairman of the Board of Churchill Downs." I could hardly believe it. I was buying, offering a free breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the world's richest and most powerful men! My few minutes with Mr. Galbreath changed my life. Now I try to treat everyone withrespect, no matter who I think they are, and to meet another human being with kindness.21. The author bought coffee for the old man becauseA. he thought the old man was poorB. he intended to show his politenessC. he would like to thank the old manD. he wanted to start a conversation22. How did the author probably feel after he talked with his friend?A. PitifulB. Proud.C. RegretfulD. Surprised.23. What is the message mainly expressed in the story?A. We should avoid judging people by their appearances.B. People in high positions are not like what we expect.C. We should learn to be generous.D. It is honorable to help those in need.BYou may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “Elevators are socially very interesting but often very awkward(尴尬的）places.”We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want –it‟s your own little box.If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance.When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle(三角形）. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide（滑动）open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.Why are we so awkward in lifts?“You don‟t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people, we have about an arm‟s length of distance between us. And that‟s not possible in most elevators.”In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be understood as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.24. The main purpose of the article is to ____________.A. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquetteB. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevatorC. share an interesting but awkward elevator rideD. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator25. According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually ____________.A. try to keep a distance from other peopleB. look around or examine their phoneC. make eye contact with those in the elevatorD. turn around and greet one another26. Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator? (The point in the chart refers to one person.)27. The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ________.A. 利用B. 忽视C.忍受D. 判断CThousands of years ago, birthdays were considered special days. On birthdays, the bad spirits were able to harm you and change your life. It was believed that the only way to solve the problem was to have your friends and family around you, so that good wishes and presents would keep the bad spirits away. Also, noisemakers were thought to be used at parties as a way of scaring away the evil spirits.The custom of lighting candles was created by people believing that the gods lived in the sky. By lighting candles and torches, they were sending a signal or prayer to the gods, so they could be answered. Blowing out the candles and making a wish were thought to be another way of sending a signal or a message.This is how the way we celebrate our birthdays came about. But different cultures celebrate in different ways.The birthday story in the Bible（圣经）that we know best is about the birth of the Christ in Bethlehem（地名：伯利恒）. For nearly 2000 years since that day, the Christian world has been honoring this birth. The day many Englishmen celebrate is, of course, Christmas. There are other references to birthday parties. King Pharaoh celebrated his birthday by making a feast for his court followers. That was over 4000 years ago. The story of King Herod tells that on his birthday he made a supper for his lords, high captains and other special friends in Galilee (地名：加利利).28. According to the passage, good wishes and presents given by one‟s friends and family on his birthday can _________.A. push ba d spirits awayB. prove that he‟s a popular personC. bring him a big fortuneD. cheer him up29. The two ancient kings‟ ways of celebrating their birthdays show _________.A. how different cultures celebrate in different waysB. how great the two kings wereC. the two kings‟ excellent cooking skillsD. that their court followers were awarded the special honors30. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The custom of lighting candles originated with the gods.B. People send messages to the gods by lighting or blowing out the candles.C. The gods celebrate their birthdays by lighting candles.D. The gods will help people realize their dreams on their birthdays.31. The passage is mainly about ___________.A. the functions of the noises made on birthdaysB. how to scare away the bad spirits on birthdaysC. how birthdays came aboutD. the origin of a famous day ChristmasDWhen important events are happening around the world, most people turn to traditional media（媒体）sources, such as CNN and BBC for the news. However, during the war in Iraq in 2003, many people followed the war from the point of view of an unknown Iraqi citizen who called himself “Salam Pax”, which means peace.Salam Pax wrote a diary about everyday life in Baghdad during the war, and posted it on his website. Pax‟s online diary was a kind of website known as a “blog”. Blogs are online diaries, usually kept by individuals, but sometimes by companies and other groups of people. They become the fastest growing type of website on the Internet.A blog differs from a traditional website in several ways. Most importantly, it is updated (更新) much more regularly. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a day. Also, most blogs use special software or websites, which can help ordinary people easily set up and start writing their own blogs.There are many different kinds of blogs. The most popular type is an online diary of links where the blog writer surfs the Internet and then posts links to sites or news articles that they find interesting, with a few comments about each one. Other types are personal diaries, where the writer talks about their life and feelings. Sometimes these blogs can be very personal.There is another kind of blogging, called “moblogging”, short for “mobile blogging”. Mobloggers use mobile phones with cameras to take photos, which are posted instantly to the Internet. The use of mobile phones in this way made the headlines (头条) in Singapore when a high school student posted a movie he had taken of a teacher shouting at another student on the Internet. Many people were shocked by what the student did, and wanted phones with cameras to be banned from schools.Many people think that as blogs become common, news reporting will rely less on big media companies, and more on ordinary people posting news to the Internet. They think that then the news will be less like a lecture, and more like a conversation, where any one can join in.32. Which statement about Salam Pax is true?A. Salam Pax was not his real name.B. He worked for CNN.C. He was famous as a host in BBC.D. He used a mobile phone for his blog.33. What is the biggest difference between blogs and traditional websites?A. Blogs are updated much more often.B. Blogs contain links to other websites.C. Blogs use special software.D. Blogs contain personal information.34. According to the passage, which statement about the future is most likely to be true?A. In the future, everyone will have a blog.B. In the future, people will be able to learn news from other sources.C. In the future, large media companies will be unnecessary.D. In the future, blogging technology will be banned.35. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. The History of the InternetB. A New Type of MediaC. The War in IraqD. The Increase of Using Computers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填入空白处的最佳选项。