湖北剩州中学宜昌一中等荆荆襄宜四地七校考试联盟学年高二英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、湖北剩州中学宜昌一中等荆荆襄宜四地七校考试联盟学年高二英语上学期期中试题2017 年秋“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”高二期中联考英语试题试卷满分：150 分 考试用时：120 分钟第 I 卷 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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.1

2、8.答案是B。1. How will the woman travel in Cairo?A. By car. B. By bike. C. By underground.2. What is Johns new home number?A. 9731 4322. B. 9731 3456. C. 9452 3456.3. What is the weather like?A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The mans health. B. The womans ho

3、metown. C. The womans parents.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At a stop. B. At a caf. C. At a drugstore.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

4、、7 题。6. What relation is the woman to the man?A. His teacher. B. His classmate. C. His mother.7. What will the man do next?A. Meet Randy. B. Review his lessons. C. Find a classroom.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What did the woman forget to do?A. Pass on a message. B. Write a report. C. Prepare a presentatio

5、n.9. When will Mr. Lee return the Harris report?A. This morning. B. This afternoon. C. Tomorrow.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Who is Phyllis?A. Teds wife. B. Tanyas aunt. C. Hermans sister.11. What is Tom doing?A. Standing under a tree. B. Running after a cat. C. Taking care of a baby.12. What do we kn

6、ow about Sam?A. He likes drinking tea. B. Hes serving in the army. C. He has a two-month-old son.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why is the man talking with the woman?A. To book a trip. B. To find a place. C. To ask for information.14. At what time will the man take the railway express?A. 9:30 a.m. B. 10

7、:30 a.m. C. 11:00 a.m.15. What will the man do before taking the 792 bus?A. Take the 706 bus. B. Walk a few kilometers. C. Change to the 638 bus.16. At which stop will the man get on the 792 bus?A. Bayswater Shopping Center. B. North Street. C. Central Park.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What can the l

8、isteners borrow at the Riding Center?A. Sunglasses. B. A hat. C. A jacket.18. Where will the listeners go for a horse ride today?A. Along the river. B. Near the beach. C. On the farm.19. How much should adults pay for the horse ride today?A. $19.70. B. $27.50. C. $29.70.20. What will the listeners d

9、o next?A. Take their cameras. B. Get the horses. C. Go to the office.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，从每题所给的选项 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe blooming of social media and interactive smartphone-based apps has proved that e-marketing is an unchangeable trend. In the case of Chi

10、na, the latest battlefield is beauty camera apps, which have become an overnight hit in the West.1. MeituPicDeveloped by the Xiamen-based Meitu Inc, MeituPic is the companys flagship beauty camera app and was the first to become a big hit among Western users. The app has drawn some 456 million users

11、, who use it to post more than 6 billion photos every month.In addition to MeituPic, Meitu Inc has developed a series of beauty camera apps such as Beauty Plus, Poster Labs and Meipai, each specializing in facial feature improvement, video editing and many other features.2. PituTian Tian Pi Tu, is a

12、 beauty app developed by Chinas Internet giant Tencent. Similar to otherphoto-editing apps, Pitu offers a number of beautifying filters, blemish（瑕疵） removing tools and virtual makeup choices for users to choose from.Launched in 2014, Pitu has accumulated 106 million monthly active users (MAUs). Whil

13、e the number is not as impressive as that of Meitu s apps, some argue that the user base of Tencent s gaming products and chat applications, such as QQ and WeChat, gives Pitu great potential for further growth. According to Chinese app watchers, Pitu s target audience is younger and more individuali

14、zed than that of MeituPic. 80 percent of Pitu s users are younger than 25, giving the app more room to try out more new features.3. FaceUIn contrast with most other beauty apps, FaceU, focuses more on the social feature, encouraging users to video chat with friends and even strangers while playing w

15、ith its fun stickers (贴纸) andthe strategy is undoubtedly working. Launched in 2016, the app, which mainly targets female users between 15 and 35, has twice made it onto the Apple store s Chart for top apps.21Meitu Inc has developed a series of beauty camera apps except .AMeipai BMeituPic CTian Tian

16、Pi Tu DBeauty Plus22What gives Tian Tian Pi Tu more room to grow potentially?AThe amount of Meitu Appss potential users. BUsers of Tencents gaming products and chat apps.CThe various kinds of photo-editing functions. DThe room to try out more new features.23According to the passage, what do the thre

17、e Apps have in common?AThey mainly target young users. BThey all launched in 2016. CThey specialize in photo editing. DThey are popular and hot.BEvery girl dreams and Li Xie is no exception. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballerina. Lake is her favorite. She hopes one day her dream will

18、 come true. She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers confirm she is a good student.One day she saw an advertisement that a famous ballerina troupe(演出团) will be performing inher hometown. Her thoughts ran wild, “I must meet up with the leader of the troupe and show himmy skills.” she murmure

19、d to herself.She dressed herself in her ballerina costume and managed to avoid the guards and hid in the dressing room. To her luck，the leader entered and she timidly knocked at the door. She bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses and in her excitement the thorns(刺) prickedher ha

20、nd but she did not make any complaints about the pain. The leader observed her action as shetold him her dream. “Alright, you dance and I will give you my verdict(评审意见).” But half way through the dance he stopped her and said, “Im sorry youre not good enough!” On hearing this, Li Xie ran as fast as

21、her legs could carry her and was ashamed. She gave up her dream.Many years later, she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter memories of the leaders unpleasant words came flooding back to her. This time she was determined to find out why the leader had told her sh

22、e was not good enough when all her teachers thought otherwise.This was his reply, “I tell this to every student.” She angrily talked back, “Youve ruined my life!” Then she got a further shock, “I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had pricked your fingers but you carried on bravely. If y

23、ou only had treated ballet like that and did not give up so easily; therefore, you still deserve my verdict!”24According to the whole passage, which of the following can best describe the character of the girl?Afull of flame but stubborn Bprofessional but argumentativeCchildish and narrow-minded Dea

24、sy to quit and undetermined25According to the story, what can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?AThe girl wanted to pay the leader back for his unpleasant words. BThe girl recalled the bitter comments of the leader on her performance.CThe memories were so unbearable that the girl wanted to forge

25、t. DThe girl recognized the performance as her another chance to succeed.26The leader said “you still deserve my verdict” again at last because the leader thoughtthat .Aher ballet skills werent still good enough to win his recognitionBshe was supposed to be brave enough just like the thorny rose Csh

26、e should learn to stick to her dreams and not to be defeated easily Dshe was not meant to be an outstanding ballerina of this troupe27What does the text mainly want to tell us?AA good medicine tastes bitter. BMore haste, less speed. CNever do things by halves. DPride hurts, modesty benefits.CTencent

27、 announced yesterday that it will limit the daily time for youngsters to play its popular King of Glory game after parents and schools in Shanghai and other areas complained their children had become addicted to playing it.From tomorrow, children younger than 12 will only be allowed to play the game

28、 for a maximum(最大值) of one hour a day, and after 9 pm, they will be banned from logging into it, saidTencent. Those older than 12 will be able to play a maximum two hours a day.The game system will remind players the time they have been playing and young players will be forced to log out when the ti

29、me is up.Tencent claimed these were the strictest measures in Chinas game industry to prevent addiction and the company expected they would ease parents anxiety.The company also said it had updated its system for parents to keep tabs on their children usingits games.Since February, parents can recei

30、ve messages when children log in and spend money on thegame after they connect childrens game accounts with their mobile phone numbers.Now, parents can connect phones, tablets or computers that their children use to play games, so that they can keep an eye on the children even if they have several g

31、ame accounts, Tencent said.Song Zhe, a father of a Shanghai high school student, welcomed the measures but was not sureif they would be sufficiently effective. “I like the system that could lock up the devices as children can register many accounts,” he said, “but children are so clever that they ca

32、n always think out counter measures.”28What can we infer from Paragraph 2?AKids under 11 could play the game for at most 7 hours in a week. BGirls under 8 are able to log in the game at 10 pm.CThose older than 16 are able to play the game all the time.DChildren over 13 can log in the game after playing 3 hours in a day.29The underlined