高二英语下学期期中试题12班Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、B. He thinks they made the exam difficult on purpose.C. The exam is more difficult than he thought.4. What is the woman?A. A waitress. B. A doctor. C. A teacher.5. What will the woman take?A. A taxi. B. A bus. C. The underground.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

2、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至第8题。6. What is the main topic of the conversation?A. City life. B. Life abroad. C. The climate in California. 7. What does the man think of the people in the city?A. Friendly. B. Hardworking. C. Humorous.8. Where

3、does the man e from?A. Japan. B. Canada. C. Britain.听第7段材料，回答第9至第11题。9. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Workmates. B. Boss and secretary. C. Manager and job hunter.10. Why did the woman fail to get the job according to the man?A. She is a woman. B. She is improperly dre

4、ssed. C. She is not fit for the position.11. What can we learn from the conversation?A. Carl White is a good manager. B. The man thinks the woman is too proud. C. The woman thinks ability is the only important thing.听第8段材料，回答第12至第14题。 12. When will the man graduate from college?A. Next June. B. Next

5、 July. C. This June.13. What can we know about the man?A. He has some experience in the job. B. He can speak several languages. C. He is good at his lessons at college.14. How much will the pany pay the man for the first year? A. $10,500. B. $12,500. C. $15,000.听第9段材料，回答第15至第17题。15. When did Tom wri

6、te to his mother last time?A. Last month. B. Last week. C. Yesterday.16. Who is Mr. Rogers?A. Toms friend. B. Toms boss. C. Toms teacher.17. What did Tom tell his mother in his last letter?A. He had made some money. B. He had lost his part-time job. C. He had just bought a car.听第10段材料，回答第18至第20题.18.

7、 Which coaches were derailed （脱轨） from the train D3115 in the incident?A. 1 and 4. B. 4 and 15. C. 15 and 16.19. Which statement isnt the cause of this bullet train crash?A. Big problems in emergency and safety management.B. D3115 caught fire after being struck by lightning.C. Due to the signal erro

8、r.20. Which statement is incorrect about effects of the incident?A. Visitors enthusiasm to the bullet train travel routes decreased.B. The number of people who buy travel insurance is gradually reducing.C. The incident has caused a national outrage（愤怒）.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

9、短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AAn elderly couple lived far away from their children. They noticed that they were beginning to forget many little things around the house. They were afraid that this could be perilous, as one of them might forget to turn off the stove（火炉）and thus cause a fire. They we

10、re so worried that they decided to see their doctor to get some help. Their doctor told them that it was unnecessary to take medicine and that many people of their age found it useful to write themselves little notes as reminders. The elderly couple thought this wonderful, and left the doctors offic

11、e very pleased with the advice.When they got home, the wife said, “Dear, will you please go to the kitchen and get me a dish of ice cream? And why dont you write that down so you wont forget?”“Dont be silly,” said the husband. “I can remember a dish of ice cream!“Well,” said the wife, “Id also like

12、some strawberries on it. You should write that down, because I know youll forget.”“e on, my memorys not that bad,” replied the husband. “A dish of ice cream and some strawberries. I can remember that!And with that, the husband shut the kitchen door behind him. The wife could hear him getting out pot

13、s and pans, and making some noise, preparing the dish. He came out of the kitchen about 15 minutes later.Walking over to his wife, he presented her with a plate of fried eggs. The wife took a look at the plate, glanced up at her husband and said, “Hey, wheres the toast？21. The underlined word “peril

14、ous” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “_”.A. infectious B. dangerous C. exciting D. amazing22. The couple was worried about_.A. their bad health B. their lonely lifeC. their dangerous stove D. their poor memory23. What was the doctors advice to the couple?A. Writing things down. B. Taking s

15、ome medicine.C. Reminding each other. D. Asking other elderly people for help.24. What do we know from the wifes words in the last paragraph?A. The husband did a good job in fact.B. The husband forgot to prepare the toast.C. The wife forgot what she wanted to eat.D. The wife had a better memory than

16、 the husband.BSeveral hundred strangers received “love letters” from a young man on the street. The letter was written and given out by Yang Yang，a student majoring in human resources at Chongqing University of Science and Technology, who hoped to show his disappointment with job hunting.Yangs story

17、 has caught media attention perhaps because it is similar to those of millions of recent graduates seeking jobs and struggling for survival in the countrys wealthiest cities. They have diplomas, rather than professional skills, and e to big cities in hopes of better lives, only to find low-paying jo

18、bs and poor living conditions.They are Chinas “ant tribe （蚁族）”，a term coined by sociologist Lian Si from Peking University in his 2009 book, Ant Tribe.“Theyre so similar to ants. They share small and narrow living areas. Theyre intelligent and hardworking, yet nameless and underpaid.”The term also s

19、peaks to their helplessness in a world governed by the law of the jungleonly the strongest survive.A survey in Lians another book published this year, Ant Tribe ， found nearly 30 percent of “ants” are graduates of famous universitiesalmost three times last years percentage. Most had degrees in popul

20、ar majors. In addition, 7.2 percent of “ants” have at least a masters degree pared to 1.6 percent in 2009.An “ants” average monthly salary is 1,904 yuan, with about 64 percent of them earning less than 2,000 yuan a month.Another survey in the 2010 Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Talent f

21、ound more than 1 million “ants” live in big cities.“Most ants are from rural families or small towns, and their experiences in universities didnt arm them well enough to fight with petitors in big cities employment markets.”Professor Zhang Ming at Renmin University of China said.The “ant tribes” emb

22、arrassing living situations have bee a serious social problem, and the government should develop smaller cities to attract more graduates from big cities, Zhang believed.However, “ants” expect more study and training opportunities in big cities, which keeps them positive despite their situations.25.

23、 Yangs story is introduced in order to _.Aanalyze graduates difficulties in finding jobsBlead to the topic of the article“ant tribe”Ctell readers a story about those big citiesDshow a clever way of dealing with pressure26. “Ant tribe” members are similar to ants in the following aspects EXCEPT that

24、_.Athey live in narrow and small places in groupsBthey work hard but earn little for survivalCthey are in a world judged by the jungle lawDthey are pleased with being nameless and underpaid27. By writing this article, the author mainly intends to show_.Adespite better education，“ants” are still stru

25、gglingBdespite difficulties，“ants” have a promising futureCbetter education, better job opportunitiesDAnt Tribe is a good book to help understand todays ChinaCScientists have proved that sleeping and learning go hand in hand. Even a short nap can boost our memory and sharpen our thinking. But the re

26、lationship goes deeper than that.“The brain is not passive while you sleep,” scientist Anat Arzi said. “Its quite active. You can do many things while you are asleep.” Arzi and her coworkers didnt try to teach the sleeping volunteers any plex information, like new words or facts. Instead, the scient

27、ists taught volunteers to make new connections between smells and sounds.When we smell something good, like a flower, we take deep breaths. When we smell something bad, we take short breaths. Arzi and her co-workers based their experiment on these reactions. Once the volunteers fell asleep in the la

28、b, the scientists went to work. They gave them a whiff of something pleasant and meanwhile played a particular musical note. They didnt wake up, but they heardand sniffed（吸气） deeply. Then the scientists gave the volunteers a whiff of something terrible and played a different musical note. Again, the

29、 volunteers heard and smelleda short snort this timebut didnt wake up. The researchers repeated the experiment. After just four repetitions, volunteers made a connection between the musical notes and their paired smells. When the scientists played the musical tone that went with good smells, the sle

30、epers breathed deeply. And when the scientists played the musical tone that went with bad smells, the sleepers breathed brieflydespite there being no bad smell.The next day, the volunteers woke up with the sound-smell connection. They breathed deeply when hearing one tone and cut their breaths short when hearing the other, which must have been unusual for them. Imagine walking down the street and taking a deep breath up