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a 思南中学2016--2017学年度第一学期半期考试
高二年级英语科试题
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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where are the speakers going?
A. To a shop B. To a restaurant C. To the railway station
2. What will the man do?
A. Make tea for Christine B. Have a cup of tea C. Boil more water
3. When is Jane’s birthday?
A. June 5th B. June 9th C. June 20th
4. Where did the man spend his vacation?
A. In a big city B. On a farm C. In a factory
5. How much does one ticket cost?
A. 4.30 dollars B. 4.50 dollars C. 5 dollars
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， 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. When did the man book the room?
A. On October 8th B. On October 15th C. On October 22nd
7. How does the man want to pay?
A. In cash B. By traveler’s check（支票）C. By credit card
听第7段材料，回答8,9题 a
a 8. Who is on a banana diet?
A. The man’s sister B. The man’s cousin C. The man’s neighbor
9 What’s the woman probably going to do?
A. Play tennis B. See a doctor C. Go shopping
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题
10. What does the woman want to do?
A. Borrow some books B. Buy a pair of jeans C. Buy some medicine
11. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a clothes shop B. In a library C. In a hospital
12. What can we know about the woman?
A. She is a little heavy B. She won’t take anything
C. She ‘ll get $25 change
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题
13. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student B. Husband and wife
C. Manager and secretary
14. What can we learn from the dialogue?
A. They were having the windows open
B. The woman didn’t have a good hearing
C. The woman felt rather tired in recent years
15. What ‘s the call mentioned in the conversation?
A. About the woman’s work B. About the man’s work
C. About the woman’s study
16. What will the woman do next?
A. Sleep B. Relax C. Work
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题
17. Which city has the speaker been to for more than 8 times?
A. Beijing B. Nantong C. Dalian a
a 18. How many places of interest are mentioned during the speaker’s visit to Beijing?
A. Three B. Five C. Eight
19. How long did the speaker spend on the plane from Beijing to Dalian?
A. 15 minutes B. 50 minutes C. An hour and forty minutes
20. Where did the speaker ride horse?
A. In Beijing B. In Dalian C. In Huhhot
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， 从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中， 选出最佳选项。
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Do you want to have a nice place to spend your weekend？Here are some places for
you ,which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most
interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere.This weekend sees the opening of an
exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to ‘learn from the masters’ or get more
creative with paint—free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species；it holds the research and teaching collection
of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multibranched Torch Aloe here is impressive.The African plant produces red flowers
above bluegreen leaves，and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula，a plant more commonly known as the
Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife enthusiasts.Look for grass snakes in the lake.A
snake called ‘Hissing Sid’ is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron's Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge University.Arriving
in 1805，he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and
drunkenness”．However，it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly a
a enough.I'm not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms.He spent a great
deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake，which is
now known as Byron's Pool.A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire
countryside，the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields.The
cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can
drop into the village for afternoon tea.If you don't trust me，then perhaps you'll take
it from Virginia Woolf—over a century after Byron，she reportedly took a trip to swim
in the same pool.
21．“Torch Aloe” and “Venus Flytrap” are ______.
A．common insects B．impressive plants
C．rarelyseen snakes D．Wildlife enthusiasts
22．We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed ______.
A．to fear pet bears B．to like walking
C．to be a heavy drinker D．to finish university in 1805
23．In the passage Byron's Pool is described as a lake ______.
A．surrounded by fields B．owned by Lord Byron
C．located in Grantchester D．discovered by Virginia Woolf
24．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Some places for weekend break.
B．A way to become creative in art.
C．The colorful life in the countryside.
D．Unknown stories of Cambridge University.
B
Nowadays people are putting our water supply in danger, because they use too much water
or throw rubbish into the river. You may wonder how paving(铺砌) a road can lead to less
usable fresh water. A major part of the water we use every day is groundwater.
Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers.It comes from underground. The more roads
and parking lots we pave，the less water can flow into the ground to become groundwater.
Human activity is not responsible for all water shortages(短缺). Drier climates
are of course more likely to have droughts(干旱) than areas with more rainfall，but
in any case, good management can help to make sure there is enough water to meet our
basic needs.
Thinking about the way we use water every day can make a big difference，too. In
