贵州省铜仁一中1617学年度高二下学期期中考试——英语(英语)

贵州省铜仁一中2016—2017学年度下学期中考试高二英语试题本试卷分第I、II卷，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷(共115分)第一部分听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分30分）第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1.What did the speakers want to buy?A. A pair of shoes.B. A cheap shirt.C. An expensive coat2.When will the woman most probably meet the man?A.At 6:15.B. At 6:00.C. At 6:30.3.What are the speakers doing?A.Discussing sports.B. Watching TV.C. Talking about news.4.What would the woman probably think of the man?A.He is a sports fan.B.He used to be an excellent athlete.C.He is a real sportsman.5.What does the man mean?A.Professor Smith is going to speak some other night.B.He’s never heard of Professor Smith.C.He didn’t know Professor Smith was speaking tonight.第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题6.Why is Mark worried?A.He failed in his last test.B.He missed his medical checkup.C.His exams will start soon.7.Why does Mark turn to Ann for help?A.Ann is Mark’s elder sister.B.She had a similar experience.C.She works in health services.听下面一段对话，回答第8至9题8.What are the speakers talking about?A.An interview.B. A meal.C. A job.9.How is the man feeling?A.Tired.B. Nervous.C. Hopeless.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题10.What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A.Husband and wife.B. Brother and sister.C. Boss and secretary.11.When will the man meet Diane according to the two speakers?A.On July 24th.B. On August 20th.C. On June 23th.12.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.The telegram is from New York.B.The woman couldn’t forgive the man.C.The man met Diane on a plane ten years ago.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题13.How long has the man been playing the guitar?A.For about 13 years.B. For about 15 years.C. For about 20 years.14.Where does the man play the guitar?A.Only in local clubs.B. On the streets.C. On the tours.15.What is the best thing about being in the band according to the man?A.It can make you very famous.B.It’s good for relaxing and having fun.C.It can make you earn money easily.16.What can we learn from the conversation?A.The woman plays the drums.B.The woman wants to play in the band.C.The man plays in the band just for fun.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题17.Which hand do babies use most for touching when they are at 16 weeks old?A.The left hand.B. Both hands.C. The right hand.18.Until how old will a child’s one ha nd be strongly dominant(占优势的) over the other one?A. 4 years old.B. 8 years old.C. 3 years old.19.What do we learn about babies’ using their hands?A.Most children in the world are born right-handed.B.The younger they are, the less they use both of their hands.C.They become one-handed and start using both hands alternately（交替地）20.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A.19% of people are left-handed.B.Parents often force children to use the right hand.C.Most children of age two use the right hand.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AIn many countries, schools have long summer holidays, with shorter holidays in between. However, a new report suggests shortening school holidays to stop children forgetting what they have learnt during the long summer break. Instead of three school terms, it says, there should be five eight-week terms. And there should be just four weeks off in the summer, with a two-week break between the other terms.Sonia Montero has two children at primary school and works full-time. She supports the idea. “The kids,” she says, “have much longer holidays than me and I can’t afford to take several weeks off work, so I need someone to take care of them. But nobody wants the work in the summer months — they all have holidays of their own.”Not surprisingly, some young people disagree. Student Jason Panos says, “It’s a stupid idea. I would hate staying at school in the summer. It’s unfair, too. The people who suggest this had long school holidays when they were young, but now they want to stop us enjoying the summer. The kids in Spain and America have much longer holidays than here, but they don’t forget everything they’ve learnt in a few months.”Nadia Salib agrees. “Sure,” she says, “the first week at school af ter the summer is never easy, but yousoon get back into it. The real problem round here is that kids get bored after so many weeks out of school, and then some of them start causing trouble. But the answer is to give them something to do, not make everyon e stay in school longer.”21. Why is Sonia in support of shorter school holidays?A. She doesn’t get any summer holidays in her job.B. She is worried that her children will forget what they’ve learnt.C. She can’t afford to pay someone to look after her children.D. She can’t get anyone to look after her children in summer.22.What does Jason say about long summer holidays?A. They have no influence on children’s education.B.They can help children forget about school.C. It doesn’t make any sense.D. Schools in other countries don’t have them.23. What is the main idea of the text?A. It has been decided that summer holidays should be shortened.B. Students are angry that school holidays have been changed.C. Not everyone agrees to change school holidays.D. Teenagers are worried that they will be busy during summer holidays.BThere was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best.Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.Sometimes the new bucket would say, “See how cap able I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!”And all that the old bucket could say was. “I know I’m not very useful, but I can only do my best. I’m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare（光秃秃的）earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there wasa joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.24. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?A. DirtyB. DarkC. Worn-outD. Plain-looking.25. What was the old bucket ashamed of?A. His past.B. His aging.C. His manner.D. His leaking.26. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to _______.A. laugh at the old oneB. take pity on the old oneC. show off its beautiful looksD. praise the gardener’s kindness27. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?A. Because it had its own function.B. Because it stayed in its best condition.C. Because it was taken as a treasure.D. Because it was used to keep a balance.CTwo hundred years ago the English poet William Wordsworth wrote “I Wander’d Lonely as a Cloud”, a poem that expresses a basic spirit of early English Romanticism.What makes this poem an example of Romantic thinking? It isn’t just that Wordsworth chooses to write about a natural scene: it is the way he describes the scene as if it had human emotions. For him, nature is not merely a neutral(无感情色彩的) mixture of scenery, colors, plants, rocks, soil, water and air. It is a living force that feels joy and sadness, shares human pain and even tries to educate us human beings by showing us the beauty of life.Wordsworth’s home, Dove Cottage, is now one of the most popular destinations in the Lake District. You can go on a tour of the garden which William planted with wild flowers and which survived in his backyard even after they disa ppeared from the area. “He always said that if he hadn’t been a poet, he would have been a wonderful landscape gardener,” says Allan King of the Wordsworth Trust.The place near Ullswater, where Wordsworth saw the daffodils(水仙花), is at the southernmost end of the lake. The lake is wide and calm at this turning point. There’s a bay where the trees have had their soil eroded(侵蚀) by lake water so that their roots are shockingly exposed. You walk along from tree to tree, hardly daring to breathe, because you are walking in the footprints of William from two centuries ago. The first group of daffodils appear, but they aren’t tall yellow trumpets(小号状的花) proudly swinging in the gentle wind. They are tiny wild daffodils, most of them still green and unopened, in groups of six or seven. They’re grouped around individual trees rather than collecting together.But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak, you realize this is what delighted Wordsworth: group after group of the things, spread out to left and right but coming together in your sight so that they form a beautiful, pale-yellow carpet. What you’re seeing at last is nature transformed by human sight and imagination.28.What was Wordsworth’s attitude to nature?A. Nature had a character of its own.B. Nature could talk to people.C. Man could influence nature.D. Nature was human-like.29.We can learn from the text that Dove Cottage ____________.A. has gardens designed by a landscape gardenerB. has a wide range of flowers in its gardenC. receives a lot of visitors every yearD. is famous for an actor30.In what way is the scene at the southernmost end of the lake different from Wordsworth’s description?A. All the daffodils are green and small.B. The daffodils are fewer and samller.C. There are no daffodils around trees.D. There are no daffodils by the lake.31.The writer implies that the poem describes ____________.A. exactly what Wordsworth saw in detailB. the effect the daffodils had on WordsworthC. what Wordsworth saw around an ancient oakD. groups of daffodils on the left and on the rightDWanted, Someone for a KissWe’re looking for producers to join us on the sound of London Kiss 100 FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programmes. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.Father ChristmasWe’re looking for a very special person, preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December 17 toDecember 24 except Sundays, 10:30—16:00Excellent pay.Please contact(联系) the Enterprise Shopping Centre, Station Parade, Eastbourne.Accountants AssistantWhen you join the team in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver or for somebody who has office experience.Wealden District CouncilSoftware TrainerIf you are aged 24—45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make your own decisions, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of £15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV(简历) to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.32. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?A. Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.B. Mrs. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.C. The Enterprise Shopping Centre.D. Wealden District Council.33. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who_______.A. is aged between 24 and 40B. may do some training workC. should deal with general dutiesD. can work for about a month34. Which position is open to recent school graduates?A. Producer, London Kiss.B. Father Christmas.C. Accountants Assistant.D. Software Trainer.35. What kind of person would probably apply to Palmlace Limited?A. One with GCSE grade C level.B. One having good computer knowledge.C. One with some office experience.D. One trained in producing music programmes.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。