英语-江西省上饶市横峰中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试试题

江西省上饶市横峰中学2017-2018学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题第一部分听力（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. Which sport does the woman like best?A. Baseball.B. Badminton.C. V olleyball.2. What are the two speakers going to do?A. Go shopping.B. See a film.C. Have hair cut.3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a hospital.B. At a shop.C. At a post office.4. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Friends.C. Couple.5. What does the woman probably do?A. A reporter.B. A student.C. A tour guide.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5秒钟的时间来阅读各个小题，听完后，每个小题将给出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至7题。

6. What happened to the man?A. He lost his job.B. He failed his final test.C. He was late for school.7. How is the man’s feeling to the woman?A. Frightened.B. Grateful.C. Disappointed.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Where will the woman take the boys to?A. School.B. Park.C. Hospital.9. What is the man planning to do?A. Open a savings account.B. Bake a birthday cake.C. Buy a birthday present.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What kind of music does the woman prefer?A. Classical music.B. Pop music.C. Country music.11. What does the man say about classical music？A. He listens to it when cooking.B. It is good for his brain.C. It can help reduce stress.12. What does the woman tell the man in the end?A. He can find some recordings on the Internet.B. He can buy some new CDs online.C. He can listen to Mozart’s music.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where are the two speakers probably?A. At the woman’s house.B. At the hospital.C. In an office.14. Why does the man meet the woman?A. To find out why the woman’s recent work was poor.B. To ask about the woman’s mother.C. To discuss future plans.15. What can we know about the woman’s mother?A. She is seriously sick.B. She had an accident.C. She died of stomach cancer.16. What is the man’s attitude to the woman in the end?A. He is angry.B. He is sad.C. He is kind.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What will people do tomorrow morning?A. Watch a performance.B. Have a meeting.C. Go sightseeing.18. Why does the speaker have to change today’s plan?A. Diana Decker wants to speak first.B. The first speaker got food poisoning.C. He will attend an important meeting.19. When will the coffee break start?A. At 9:30.B. At 10:00.C. At 10:30.20. Where will the discussion be held?A. In Room 201.B. In the meeting hall.C. In the Youth Action Theater.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ADo you want to really experience a local life, to explore its hidden corners and appreciate differences while enjoying the benefits and satisfaction of traveling under your own power? Then join us for a bike tour.HighlightsStart your journey from the gateway city of Lisbon, Portugal's capital, where tradition and modern culture meet. Taste the freshest Mediterranean food prepared by experienced chefs, as well as the greatest wine in the world. Enjoy extraordinary views from hilltop Monsaraz, the country’s most beautiful village.ArrangementsDay 1 Know about Lisbon, where old-world charm meets modern culture. Bike through the wonderful Mediterranean countryside at the heart of southern Portugal. Enjoy a quiet landscape full of olive and cork trees. Admire endless vineyards and taste great wines. Enjoy a five-stardinner and a comfortable stay in another beautiful city of Montemor-o-Novo.Days 2-3Visit a traditional family-run farmhouse for a lunch from the garden. Tour the vineyards in Portugal’s wine country. Explore medieval Evora, a World Heritage site(世界遗产地) and a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.Day 4 Amazing castle ruins and white-washed villages with terra-cotta roofs are just part of today 's scenery. Relax at Casa Agricola winery and enjoy a picnic lunch in a sea of olive groves. Take in the views from the village of Monsaraz.Days 5-6 Learn about the production of terra-cotta in S. Pedro do Corval, Portugal’s pottery capital. Up for a challenge? Climb up to Monsaraz with sweeping views of Alqueva Dam, which creates one of the Western Europe’s largest man-made lakes. Enjoy the flavors of the place at our farewell dinner.Price / Cost $4,098-$4, 498 per personYou can call or fax us at:Phone:800-462-2848 Fax:510-527-144421. Where will the participants most probably meet at the beginning?A. In Evora. B In Monsaraz. C. In Lisbon. D. In S. Pedro do. Corval.22. If you're interested in the remains of castles, you’ ll probably look forward to _________.A. Day 1B. Days 2-3C. Day 4D. Days 5-623. What's the author’s purpose to write the passage?A. To advertise a bike tour.B. To encourage people to ride bikes.C. To advise people to pay a visit to Portugal.D. To recommend famous attractions in Portugal.BOne evening last summer, when I asked my 14-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his res ponse shocked me. “What’s a colander (漏勺)?” he asked.I could only blame myself. In the family, nobody else helped me in the kitchen. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for.As parents, while we focus on our sons’ confidence and character, we perhaps don’t alwaysconsider that we are also raising someone’s future roommates, boyfriends, husbands, or fathers. I wanted to know that I’d raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, “What’s for dinner?” So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home course. I was delighted to find that he didn’t say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine.I knew that he would rather have been playing in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother—he tried to beg not to have sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive, but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate what you do as a mom,” he told me one day. Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more importantly, he realizes there’s nothing good about being helpless.Now, not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That’s what I call a man. I’m glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter-in-law.24. Why was the author shocked at her son’s response?A. Because he was not well behaved.B. Because he refused to help with dinner.C. Because he was very curious about kitchen tools.D. Because he didn’t know the common kitchen tools.25. In the author’s opinion, some parents pay little attention to _______.A. making children live a hard life.B. preparing children for their future lifeC. telling kids what is right and wrongD. building up children’s confidence26. After learning to do housework, Ray ______.A. fell in love with sewing.B. did other work in the house.C. acknowledged his mother’s efforts.D. began to be more hard-working.27. What would be the best title for the text?A. Useful Education for BoysB. Boys Should Be Involved in HouseworkC. The Importance of HouseworkD. Cooking and Sewing Make Boys ManlyCTeaching PoetryNo poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telli ng “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analysing” it, if there isn’t time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students lov e poetry. Poetry is “a criticism of life”, and “a heightening of life”. It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”, and it “can save your life”.It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poetry. Those who don’t like it should not be forced to communicate this to anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.28. To have a better understanding of a poem, one should______.A. analyze it by oneselfB. discuss it with othersC. practise reading it aloudD. copy it down in a notebook29. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry?A.Extending your life.B. Saving your life.C. Criticizing life.D. Heightening life.30. The last sentence in the third paragraph imply_______.A. The teaching of poetry is more important than any other subjectB. More importance should be given to the teaching of poetryC. Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature coursesD. One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry31. The underlined phrase “make room” in the last paragraph could be best replaced by ______.A. provide equipmentB. build a schoolC. set up a houseD. leave a certain amount of timeDNext time you’re planning to go out for a relaxing walk with your MP3 player, be sure to check the weather forecast first. Summer is the prime time for lightning strikes, a fact that Jason Bunch, a teen from Castle Rock, Colo., learned the hard way. A couple of summers ago, he was mowing（割草）grass while listening to some Metallica on his iPod. Although there wasn’t any rain falling on Bunch, he did hear distant thunder. Bunch was then struck by lightning, which seemed to travel through his music player, blowing out his eardrums and leaving him with burns where the device and its power lines were close to his body.Devices such as MP3 players don’t attract lightning, says Dr. Mary Ann Cooper, an emergency room physician at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago. However, they may c hange the pathway that lightning’s energy follows in the human body. Lightning that might have passed rather harmlessly over the skin may react differently to the metal of these devices and cause damage.Rather than leaving your tunes at home, your best bet is watching out for lightning before it hits. Though people have been injured while using MP3 players in storms, Cooper says the devices’ main task “is keeping you from paying attention to thunder and the sky.” If you’re caught in a storm, seek shelter.32. When does lightning happen most?A. Winter.B. Fall.C. Summer.D. Spring.33. What was the effect of this lightning strike on Jason Bunch?A. The lightning burned Bunch and blew out his eardrums.B. The lightning passed harmlessly over Bunch’s skin.C. Bunch fell to the ground and couldn’t move his upper body.D. Bunch was fine, but his iPod was burned by the lightning.34. What can you conclude about the safety of using MP3 players during a storm?A. MP3 players are desperately unsafe to use during a storm.B. iPods are safe to use during a storm, but other MP3 players are not.C. MP3 players increase your safety during a storm by directing lightning toward the ground.D. MP3 players become unsafe to use if they keep you from paying attention during a storm.35. The primary purpose of this text is ________.A. to describe the joy that Jason Bunch felt after he survived a lightning strikeB. to inform the risks of wearing an MP3 player during lightning strikesC. to tell a lighting emergency Jason Bunch met withD. to show that MP3 players are so popular among teenagers第二节（共5个小题；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够填入空白处的最佳选项。