浙江省诸暨市学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、浙江省诸暨市学年高二英语上学期期中试题2017学年第一学期期中考试卷高二英语第一部 听力 （共两节，满分30分，每小题1.5分）第一节 请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What does the man think of time travel in the future?A. Its a strange idea. B. Its impossible. C. Its crazy.2. What does the woman want to buy?A. A bookcase. B. Two suitcases. C. Some books.3. What does the man co

2、mplain about?A. His house. B. His work. C. The environment.4. How does the man stay in touch with his aunt?A. By phone. B. By e-mail. C. By short message.5. What does the man hope the government will do?A. Predict earthquakes in time.B. Provide more job opportunities.C. Change its attitude to the so

3、cial problems. 请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。 请听第6段材料，回答67题6. How often can the man take a bath in his country?A. Once a month. B. Twice a month. C. Once a week.7. What is the biggest environment problem in the womans country?A. Water pollution. B. Air pollution. C. Noise pollution. 请听第7段材料，回答89题8. Where does

4、the mans wife want to go?A. Somewhere in her country. B. Somewhere in Africa. C. Somewhere sunny.9. Which country is the man interested in?A. Greece. B. Italy. C. America. 请听第8段材料，回答1012题10. How is the man now?A. He is still very weak. B. He has a sore throat. C. He has a runny nose.11. What are the

5、 students doing now?A. Reviewing Unit 10. B. Studying Unit 10. C. Studying Unit 11.12. What happened to the womans mother?A. She got the flu several weeks ago.B. She has forgotten to take Vitamin C.C. She has got little sleep recently. 请听第9段材料，回答1316题13. How many people will attend the tea party?A.

6、3. B. 4. C. 5.14. Who took a two-week trip?A. Julia. B. Pierre. C. Pierres sisters.15. What will the woman take to the tea party?A. Biscuits. B. French desserts. C. A strawberry cake.16. Where are the speakers now?A. In Canada. B. In Mexico. C. In France. 请听第10段材料，回答1720题17. What was Peter probably

7、poor at?A. Writing. B. Reading. C. Speaking.18. Why was Peter happy the first day?A. The family was pleasant and friendly.B. There was a girl of his age in the family.C. There was a comfortable bed in the home.19. What was Peters problem?A. He had little chance to talk.B. He was rather busy with his

8、 studies.C. He couldnt get on well with the family.20. When did Peter start learning English?A. At age six. B. At age eight. C. At age ten.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分35分）第一节 （共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分） A Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books - especially paperba

9、cks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound（装订）between hard covers. There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the

10、 best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens time. Some

11、 of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about b

12、allet! Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is not

13、hing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one

14、 that may be worth many pounds.21. “Londoners are great readers” means that _. A. Londoners are great because they read a lot. B. There are a great number of readers in LondonC. Londoners are readers who read only great books D. Londoners read a lot22. According to this passage, Charring Cross Road

15、_.A. is in the suburbs of London B. is famous for its bookshopsC. contains various kinds of shops D. is the busiest street in London23. In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean? _.A. buy books in a most busy streetB. move away from a busy streetC. waste time

16、 looking for books D. take a risk of losing ones life24. On Farringdon Road, _.A. you can find fine bookshops for the latest booksB. there are only small bookshops for the second-hand booksC. you can see book sellers selling books on hand-cartsD. the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charri

17、ng Cross Road are sold B The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco，California is one of the worlds most beautiful bridges. It is also one of the most visited places in the world. Vehicles(车辆)cross the bridge an average of 41 million times each year. More than 1800 hundred million vehicles have used th

18、e bridge since it opened more than 70 years ago. The bridge was painted “International Orange” because that color went well with the natural surroundings. The color also is easier to see in the heavy fog that often covers the area. But the Golden Gate Bridge was not named for its orange color. It wa

19、s named for the body of water that it crosses，the Golden Gate Strait. The Golden Gate Strait is the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge links the city of San Francisco with Marin County，California. Planning for the bridge began in the 1920s when the area

20、around San Francisco was growing. People living in the area needed another way to get to the city besides small ferries(渡船) Joseph Strauss was the chief engineer for the project. Work began in 1934. Mr. Strauss demanded the strongest safety protections in the history of bridge building. These includ

21、ed the first use of “hard hats” to protect the workers heads and special glasses to protect their eyes. A special safety net was suspended(挂)under the bridge. This net saved the lives of 19 men during the construction. However，11 other workers were killed when they fell from the bridge through the n

22、et. Still，this was a new safety record for the time. The Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937.It extends 1280 meters across the water. The total length is 2737 meters. It was the largest suspension bridge(吊桥)in the world until 1964.That is when the Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened in New York City. Toda

23、y，the Golden Gate Bridge is the ninth longest suspension bridge in the world.25The purpose of suspending a special safety net is to _ Aprotect the environment Bmake construction easier Cprevent workers from falling Dsave building materials from falling26What do we know about Joseph Strauss? AHe atta

24、ched importance to the workers safety. BHis safety measures were not of practical value. CHe built the first suspension bridge in the world. DHe demanded strong measures to ensure the safety of the bridge.27The passage is written to _ Ainvite readers to San Francisco Bintroduce the Golden Gate Bridg

25、e Cdescribe how the Golden Gate Bridge was built Dtell the story of an engineer called Joseph Strauss CEdward Hibberd Johnson was an American inventor. He lived in New York City in the 1800s. In 1882, Johnson had an idea. It would change the look of Christmas forever.Johnson worked as a boss at a te

26、chnology company. In 1871, he hired a young man to work for him. The mans name was Thomas Edison. Edison was a great worker. He came up with many new ideas. Later, Edison left to start his own company. Johnson followed him. Johnson started turning Edisons ideas into money. In 1880, Edison invented t

27、he light bulb. No one knew how much it was worth. At the time, most homes did not have the electricity to power it. However, Johnson helped start a company to sell the bulbs. Before long, Mr. Johnson had a bright idea. Christmas trees were very popular. They were so beautiful because of their candle

28、s. Flickering (闪烁的) flames were perfect for Christmas. But they were also dangerous. They could easily start a fire. Mr. Johnson thought of a way to fix this. He set up a Christmas tree by one of his windows. Then he took 80 colored light bulbs and hung them around it. The lights were red, white and

29、 blue. People on the street stopped to look. They admired the shining Christmas tree. It was so popular that Johnson made it a tradition. Each year he added more lights. In 1884, there were 120 light bulbs on his tree. The lights were not cheap. In 1900, a string of 16 bulbs cost $12. That was a lot

30、 of money back then, because people made less. In todays money, that is about $350. But over time, they started to cost less. By the 1930s, colored light bulbs were everywhere. Today millions of light sets are sold in America each year. They light 80 million homes. Some of them are now used for othe

31、r holidays too. They are used on Halloween and Valentines Day. But it all started with Johnsons Christmas tree. 28. What do we know about Edward Hibberd Johnson? A. he came up with the idea for Christmas tree lights B. he employed Thomas Edison to invent the light bulb.C. he adovacated setting up a

32、Christmas tree in America. D. he built up a company to provide electricity for many homes. 29. Johnson used colored light bulbs to replace tree candles mainly to_. A. develop a new tradition B. make a Christmas tree safer C. to make Christmas popular D. to attract people to his company 30. Why didnt peop