河北省临漳县第一中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题(无答案)(新)

2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考试英语试题考生须知：本试卷满分为150分，考试时间为120分钟。

答案必须填涂和书写在答题卡上。

第I卷选择题（100分）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，从试题所给的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. When will the woman probably finish her homework?A. By 10:10B. By 10:20C. By 10:302. What will the man do tonight?A. Go skatingB. Make cardsC. Go shopping3.What does the woman think of the math problem?A. StrangeB. DifficultC. Simple4.What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A.A hospitalB. Some job informationC. The man’s work5.What’s the weather like now?A. FineB. CloudyC. Rainy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 did the woman probably feel when watching the movie?A.UpsetB.BoredC.Excited7.Whom did the woman watch the movie with?A.Her cousinB.Her uncleC.Her father听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8.How much should the man pay for a night?A.＄80B. ＄90C.＄1009.How long will the man stay at the hotel?A.3 daysB.4 daysC.5days听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.10.Why did the man move?A.He changed his work.B.He wanted to live near his office.C.His company offered him an apartment.11.How does the man go to work now?A.On footB.By busC.By subway12.How long does it take the woman to go to work?A.Twenty minutesB.Half an hourC.An hour听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What does the man probably think of his time?A.BoringB.TiringC.Fun14.When did the old woman begin to paint?A.In her early 60s.B.In her early 70s.C.In her middle 70s.15.Why doesn’t the man learn to paint?A. He has no interest in it.B.No one wants to teach him.C.He doesn’t think he’s good at it.16.What does the man decide to do in the end?A.Learn to sing.B.Learn to play ping-pong.C.Visit the other retired people.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What does the speaker probably do?A.A doctor.B.A student.C.A teacher.18.How did the speaker often feel in the past?A.BoredB.PainfulC.Weak19.What does the speaker like doing on weekends?A.Playing computer games.B.Playing basketball.C.Watching TV.20.What does the speaker think of staying healthy?A. ImportantB.Difficult C .Easy.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。

AIf you go into the forest with friends, stay with them .If you don’t , you may get lost, this is what you should do .Sit down and stay where you are .Don’t try to find your friends ---let them find you instead .You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you .You can shout or whistle three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help .Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass. When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away .Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily .When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.21．If you get lost in the forest, you should __________.A. try to find your friendsB. walk around the forestC. stay in one place and signalsD. shout as loudly as possible22．What’s the meaning of t he underlined sentence? (划线句子)A. Drop branches to look for waterB. Pick off branches to build another houseC. Use branches to make a bedD. Leave branches to find your way back23．The main idea of the passage is _________A. how to travel in the forestB. how to spend the night in the forestC. what you should do if you are lost in the forestD what you should do if you want to get some waterBMy wife and I have always been friendly with the clerks at the local store.I don’t think many people appreciate what a difficult job these clerks have. They work for a little money and I often wonder how they make ends meet.One of the clerks, Charlie, was always wearing his glasses but he didn’t one day. I asked him about it and he said they’d been out of order and that he couldn’t afford a new pair. His family neede d money. It was clear that he was having a difficult time.We wanted to help him, so we turned to our own eye doctor for help with a plan. We had his secretary contact him, asking him to come in for an eye exam for free. We told the doctor to let him order whatever glasses he wanted and that we would pay for them. Although Charlie questioned what w as going on, the doctor just told him that someone had offered the money for his new glasses. When we went in to pay the bill, the doctor told us he was touched by our idea so that he waived the exam fee and only charged us for half the price of the glasses!It was so wonderful to see Charlie in his new glasses and he enjoyed telling all the regular customers how the gift ca me about. I’m sure that upon hearing his story, ideas of kindness may have come in the minds of many people.24．Why didn’t the clerk Charlie wear glasses one day?A. It was very warm and fine.B. His glasses were missing.C. His old glasses were broken.D. He forgot to wear his glasses. 25．From the passage, we can infer that ______.A. Charlie was a young man with skillsB. Charlie knew who paid the money for the new glassesC. Charlie completely accepted the money for the new glassesD. Charlie couldn’t support his family with enough money26．The underlined word “waived” in the third parag raph can be replaced by ______.A. took upB. gave upC. cut downD. put off27．Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A. Customers’ Gift to an EmployeeB. A Friendly Clerk — CharlieC. The Wonderful Feeling of Helping othersD. An Expensive Pair of GlassesCSo much to do, so little time. So much information, so little time to read it. In this age there is more information than ever before. There is not enough time to read everything we want to read. However, you can consume more information in shorter time through speed-reading.The first thing about speed-reading is looking at the word and recognizing it. Don’t say the word in your mind, just look at it and recognize its importance. Later you will recognize clumps of four words or more to increase your speed. This is the first and most important step in speed-reading.The next step is technique. As with any other skill, speed-reading requires technique. You should first be sitting up straight with your book flat on a horizontal (水平的) surface such as a table or a desk. Next, you should be able to see the entire page. This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps of words. Lastly, you should be focused. It is hard to read with a lot of noise. Find a quiet place to read. This will help your understanding of the text.You need something to guide your eyes while reading. You should use your finger. Move your finger smoothly across the page. Keep your eyes focused on the words as you recognize them while using your finger as a guide. This will increase your speed. The third step is practice. Practice makes perfect. Read using different techniques, but make sure you understand what you are reading.28．From the first paragraph, we know that _______.A. there is more limited information than ever beforeB. conditions ask people to use less time to know more informationC. people can read what they likeD. the less you read, the more time you will spend29．Which of the following shows the RIGHT time order for speed-reading according to the passage?a. Ask for more technique.b. Look at many words and recognize them.c. Practise more.A. c, a, bB. c, b, aC. b, a, cD. a, c, b30. The underlined part “you should be focused” in the third paragraph means that .A. a person should devote all his attention to readingB. your feelings will be hurt while readingC. a person should forget his difficulties while readingD. you should pay attention to your faults while reading31．To speed up your reading, you could .A. use something to guide your eyesB. say every word out loudC. know it is necessary to read quicklyD. underline some important words while readingDI went to Arizona earlier this month to see what the college of the future might look like. What I found is an exciting new era of higher education that will help more students get a great, personalized education at an affordable price.This future may not always include the lecture halls, dormitories, and other features of the traditional college experience. Instead, the colleges I visited are experimenting with ways for students to get their degrees online, allowing them to take courses any place and at any time.These “colleges without walls,” as they are sometimes called, are at the forefront of the effort to broaden access to higher education, especially for low-income students with full-time jobs and families. During my visit, I heard encouraging stories of students who were taking advantage of these flexiblelearning models to pursue degrees that could put them on paths to new careers.One of those students was Shawn Lee. He had a compelling story: After dropping out of college decades ago, he found himself in a series of low-paying, often back-breaking jobs. He recently decided to get his degree when he had his first child and wanted to start building a better life.Tucked away in an industrial park in Tempe, Rio Salado didn’t look much like a traditional institute of higher education. There were no students running to class. Just a couple of glass-faced office buildings. The college had just 22 full-time faculty serving 60,000 students, with more than half of them attending classes online.Several students I met during my visit said the y liked learning online. “I’ve taken college classes in a big auditorium with herds of people. There was no personal connection,” one student said. “Now I can reach my teacher with the click of a mouse.”After several days’ visit, I left Arizona feeling qu ite optimistic about what the future holds for higher education.32．What does “colleges without walls” in the third paragraph refer to?A. Colleges that have no walls around.B. Colleges that students attend online.C. Colleges that can be entered freely.D. Colleges that give students more freedom.33．What made Shawn Lee return to attend college again?A. That he has nothing to do.B. That he couldn’t find a job.C. That the cost of the college is low.D. That he wanted to find a better job.34．How did the writer feel after the visit?A. Hopeful.B. Dissatisfied.C. Disappointed.D. Upset. 35．What is the writer’s purpose by writing this passage?A. To explain what “colleges without walls” are.B. To advertise the colleges.C. To encourage people to attend higher education.D. To introduce a new model of education.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，选项中有两项为多余选项。