广西南宁市第二十六中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题

南宁市26中2015-2016年度下学期高二年级段考英语试题命题：王运勤、屈嘉琪审题：屈嘉琪、王运勤考试时间：2016年4月27日下午3：00-5：00 试卷分值：150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.What does Wendy do now?A.A cleaner.B.A teacher.C.A businesswoman.2.How much is the camera now?A.$230.B.$280.C.$300.3.What are the speakers talking about?A. Who will go to the museum.B. When they will go to the museum.C. Whether their father will work this week.4.Where does the conversation take place?A. At the man’s home.B. At an airport.C. At a hotel.5.What’s the woman doing?A. Taking a taxi.B. Giving the man a lift.C. Driving to Times Square.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.What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Brother and sister.B. Son and mother.C. Classmates.7.Which does the man want to do?A. Borrow money from the woman.B. Buy her sister a present.C. Hold a birthday party.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题8.What does the man think of his job?A.A bit boring.B. Quite enjoyable.C. Very difficult.9.What does the man want to do in a few years?A. Earn more money.B. Work in the countryside.C. Find a job in a zoo.听第8段材料，回答第10至12 题10.Who had a birthday last month?A. Sally.B. Sonya.C. Vivienne.11.How old is Roger?A. 13.B. 9.C. 7.12.What does the woman say about Deborah?A. She is ten years old.B. She will study medicine.C. She likes playing with Roger.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题13.What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Show him around the school.B. Treat him to lunch.C. Look after a student.14. When will Rosie Todd at ten?A. Next Monday.B. Next Tuesday.C. Next Wednesday.15.Where can the woman find Rosie Todd at ten?A. In the hall.B. In the lab.C. In the man’s office.16.What will the woman and Rosie Todd do together first?A. Have a Spanish class.B. Practise English.C. Have lunch.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17.What is the weather like in Mexico in January?A. Too hot.B. Comfortable.C. Too cold.18.What is the city life like in Mexico City?A. Expensive.B. Traditional.C. Colorful.19.What does the speaker think is the most attractive in Mexico?A. The coast.B. Night markets.C. Old buildings.20.What does the speaker suggest people do?A. Buy fruit at the markets.B. Put on warm clothes.C. Take a lot of money.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。

AHavin g returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. ―The railway owes me $12,‖she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the offic e. ―You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship to Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me$12.‖Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. ―Come into the office, Madam,‖ he said politely. ―'I’ll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd.‖The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn’t h ave sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what todo, he smiled at the child. ―You look sunburnt,‖ he said to her. ―Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?‖―Yes,‖ she answered, shyly. ―The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!‖―That's fine,‖ said Harry. ―My little girl can swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…‖―I’m four,‖ the child said proudly. ―I’ll be four and a half.‖Harry turned to the mother. ―I remember your ticket, Madam,‖ he said. ―But you didn’t get one for your daughter, did you?‖―Er, well…‖ the woman looked at the child. ―I mean… she hasn’t started school yet. She’s only four.‖―A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs… let me see…$13.50. So if the railway pays for your hotel, you will owe $1.50. The law is the law, but since it’s me who made the mistake…‖The woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office.21. Harry was worried because ________.A. the woman was angry with him.B. he had not done his work right.C. the Jersey timetable was wrong.D. the little girl didn’t have a return ticket.22. Harry started talking to the little girl ________.A. because he was in difficulty and did not know what to do.B. because he had a little girl about the same age.C. because he wanted to be friendly to the little girl who looked so nice.D. when he suddenly realized that he could find a way out from the little girl.23.The underlined sentence means that ________.A. they must follow the law without other choice, even though the mistake was his.B. he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to.C. the woman had to pay him$1.50 and the railway would pay her for the hotel.D. she should pay$1.50, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying.24. The woman left the office without saying anything because ________.A. she wanted to go home and get money for the child's ticket.B. she was so angry that she didn't want to say anything more with the young man.C. she was moved by Harry’s kindness.D. she knew she would have to pay for her child's ticket if she held on to her idea.BIn a little-known part of the counter-terrorism (反恐怖主义) world, one of the most effective detection systems is a 600-pound animal that works for about 20 pounds of fish a day.Since the 1960s, the United States and a handful of other countries have trained dolphins and sea lions to detect sea mines and swimmers, and to recover worn--out torpedoes (鱼雷) and testing objects used in naval (海军的) exercises.The U.S. Navy kept its Marine Mammal Program a secret until the 1990s, andthis spring CNN became one of the first members of the media to witness firsthand how the program works.The program trains about 75 Pacific bottlenose dolphins, with natural biosonar (生物声纳) that tracks better than any manmade device; and 35 California sea lions, with very good underwater eyesight.Not only do these trained marine mammals track and save millions of dollars in U.S. military equipment, they are also helping to save lives. The Navy won’t reveal whether the dolphins and sea lions have effectively stopped terro rists attempting to do harm to the U.S.A key part of the training program is teaching these mammals how to stop potentially unfriendly swimmers. The program is also positioned to defend against swimmer terrorist attacks as well.In the digital age, it seems that there should be more advanced approaches to guard the Navy’s most expensi ve things. But according to Rothe, the program director, nothing in today’s high-technology world can compete with these mammals’ biosonar abilities. ―I hope that one day there is a robot or a UUV (un-manned underwater vehicle) that makes the mammal progra m out of date,‖ he said. ―But right now this is the best thing out there.‖25. The U.S. Marine Mammal Program trained marine mammals to ______.A. stop dangerous swimmersB. catch 20 pounds of fish a dayC. destroy sea minesD. fire torpedoes26. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The trained dolph ins are the best way of protection available to the U.S. Navy.B. There will be dolphin-li ke robots in the future according to Rothe.C. The mammal program will become useless soon.D. Rothe has no fa ith in today’s high technology.27. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. Many countries have trained sea animals for counter-terrorism.B. The Marine Mammal Program was a secret until the 1960s.C. The trained sea animals have already stopped some terrorists.D.The U.S. Navy has trained both dolphins and sea lions.CNowadays the problem of the generation gap is becoming more and more serious. Poor relationship between parents and their children are very common.Whether we like it or not, our parents are responsible for us at least until we’re out of high school. So rather than get upset about that fact, maybe we should focus on some ways to make our relationship better. The best way, in my opinion, is to learn to really communicate with my parents.When I find myself arguing with my mom and dad, I try to stop. If I can manageto stop myself from talking, I usually find that I can calm down quickly. I guess I’m usually acting out of emotion rather than logic(逻辑). But if I can stop arguing for a minute, it seems that my opinion changes and I start to realize that I’m a bit childish. Emotionally I may still be upset, but logically I understand that yelling(大叫大嚷) and fighting surely won’t make things bett er.Once I’ve stopped arguing, I look at my parents in the eye. You’d be amazed at how much easier it is to communicate with your parents when you’ve actually looking at them. Looking away doesn’t do much of anything except for giving them the impressi on that I’m n ot listening or that I don’t care. It’s much easier to see things eye to eye when you’re physically seeing them eye to eye.Finally, I listen to what they’re saying (or at least I try). Communication can’t happen unless both sides hear and listen to each other. There is nothing wrong with my hearing, but that doesn’t mean I always listen to the sounds that people are making. When I argue with my parents, I can physically hear what they’re saying without mentally listening to it.Whethe r I admit it or not, my parents’ experience can actually help them give me some pretty sound advice at times. I don’t always agree with them, but I think it’s safe to say that it has truly helped our relationship in the long run28.What can we learn from the passage?A. Listening is better than yelling and fighting.B. It is impolite to see your parents eye to eye.C .Be careful when you take your parents’ advice.D. Parents are sometimes easy to get upset29.Parents and children can communicate only when_______A. both sides stop yelling and fighting.B. both sides start thinking what to say next.C. both sides agree with each other.D. both sides can listen to each other.30.Which of the following advice is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. LookingB. Smiling warmlyC. ListeningD. Stopping arguing31.The author thinks we should first _______ when arguing with our parentsA. look at their eyesB. fight for the truthC. stop arguingD. talk in a low voiceDIn the rush to get to school, you drop a pie ce of toast on the floor. Do you throw it away or decide it’s still OK to eat? If you’re like most people, you eat it. Maybe you follow the ―5-second rule‖, which claim s foods are safe to eat if you pick them up within 5 seconds after dropping them. But you might want to think again. Scientists now say that 5 seconds is all it takes for foods to become polluted with enough bacteria（细菌）to make you sick.Bacteria can cause many kinds of illnesses. Some kinds of bacteria can grow on food. If you eat foods on which these bacteria are growing, you can become sick.One of these food-borne bacteria is Salmonella. It makes 1.4 million people sick every year. Salmonella is often found in raw eggs and chicken. Cooking kills these bacteria, which is why it is so important to cook eggs, chicken, and other foods thoroughly.But how long does it take these bacteria to pollute food? A team of scientists in South Carolina did an experiment. First, they placed an amount of Salmonella on three surfaces; wood, tile (瓦片), and carpet. They placed a piece of bread and a piece of bologna（一种大红肠）on each surface for 5, 30, or 60 seconds. After just 5 seconds, both the bread and the bologna picked up enough bacteria to make you sick.So, forget the 5-second rule. If your toast drops on the floor, throw it away and get another piece of clean toast. And this time, be careful not to drop it!32. In which part of a newspaper can you most probably find this passage?A. CultureB. HealthC. AdvertisementD. Technology33. After dropping a piece of toast, a person who follows the ―5-second rule‖ will_______.A. throw away dirty toast immediately and go awayB. pick up the toast as quickly as possible and eat itC. eat the toast within 5 seconds and feel pleasedD. get another piece of clean toast quickly and eat it34. The scientists in South Carolina did the experiment to __________ .A. see how quickly bacteria can pollute foodB. show that the 5-second rule is correctC. see how harmful bacteria are to people’s healthD. show that bacteria grow at different speeds on different foods35..What’s the writer’s attitude to the ―5-second rule‖?A. positive.B. negative.C. neutral(中立).D. cautious(谨慎)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。