1、河北省张家口市涿鹿中学高二英语下学期期中试题2015-2016学年度第二学期期中考试高二英语试卷班级类型：重点班；考试时间：120分钟；总分 150分注意事项：1答题前在答题卡、答案纸上填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将第I卷（选择题）答案用2B铅笔正确填写在答题卡上；请将第II卷（非选择题）答案黑色中性笔正确填写在答案纸上。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15分，满分75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
2、下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the woman think makes people happy? A. Money. B. Love. C. Success.2. What are the speakers talking about? A. A television. B. A picture. C. A movie.3. Where did the woman meet Alice? A. At a clothes shop. B. At a school. C. At a restaurant.4. Who is the woman? A. A house
3、agent. B. A house owner. C. A house keeper.5. How long can the man keep the book? A. For one week. B. For two weeks. C. For three weeks.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.
4、 Where does the woman work? A. In a newspaper office. B. In a sports club. C. In a sports shop.7. What kind of water sports does the man often do?A. Sailing. B. Swimming. C. Windsurfing.听第7段材料, 回答第8至10题 。8. Where are the speakers?A. In a clothes shop. B. In a bank. C. In a hotel.9. What does the man
5、 want to do?A. Have a drink. B. Buy a T-shirt. C. Get some money.10. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The speakers are in Avenue de Sude. B. The man should turn right twice.C. The caf is next to the bank.听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题 。11. Why is the man happy?A. He was promoted. B. He found a new job.
6、 C. He was praised by his boss.12. What advice did the man give his boss?A. Add more signing-in stations. B. Call off the signing-in system.C. Introduce a new signing-in system.13. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Ask for an award. B. Talk with his colleagues. C. Behave himself in the compa
7、ny.听第9段材料, 回答第14至17题 。14. What are the speakers mainly talk about?A. An MP3 player. B. A mobile phone. C. A computer.15. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Customer and saleswoman.B. Husband and wife.C. Interviewer and interviewee.16. What is one of the features of the product?A. It ca
8、n give directions.B. It can deliver files anywhere.C. It can be used as an address book.17. What does the man like about the product?A. The style. B. The functions. C. The price.听第10段材料, 回答第18至20题 。18. What part-time job did the speaker do when she was in high school?A. She was a babysitter.B. She w
9、as a waitress.C. She was a store detective.19. What do we know about the speaker? A. She saved no money from the summer job. B. She found her summer job exciting.C. she still likes shopping now.20. Why did the speaker fail to catch the thieves?A. She was afraid to do that.B. She couldnt see clearly.
10、C. She was too young to do that.第二部分.阅读理解（40分，每小题2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。AThere was a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson who lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. W
11、hen he was seventy five, he gave $ 60,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a childrens ground.As a result of his kindness, he became famous. Many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to l
12、ive to be hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.The newspaperman di
13、d not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.21. Johnson became a rich man through _.A.
14、doing business B. making whisky C. cheating D. buying and selling land22. The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson _.A. had many children in the school B. was a strange old manC. was very fond of children D. was very kind23. Many people wrote to Johnson to find out _.A. what kind of whi
15、sky he had B. how to live longerC. how to become wealthy D. in which part of the neck to have an injection24. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that _.A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the eveningB. he neednt an injection in the neckC. a daily in
16、jection in the evening would make him sleep wellD. there was something wrong with his neckBWhen I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm and, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left
17、 school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that city life has its problems too.One big disadvantage is money-it costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and at times the air
18、is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of travelling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, what
19、ever your tastes in culture or entertainment. Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising-and, what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.Is life better then, in
20、the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens(十几岁) or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.25. What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?A.
21、Staying on the farm B. Moving to the countrysideC. Leaving home for the city D. Running away from the school26. Which of the following is true about the writer? A. He is very old now. B. He is in good health.C. He prefers driving a car. D. He lives in the city now.27. In the passage, the writer trie
22、s to _. A. express his opinions about way of life B.describe his life in the countrysideC. show an interest in the outside world D. persuade the reader to live in the city28. How is the passage mainly developed?A. By inferring B. By comparing C. By listing examples D. By giving explanationsCOpening
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