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綦江实验中学2017-2018学年下期高2020级
半期检测 英语试题
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。共150分，考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷
〖温馨提示〗
1.本卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。
2.所有答案均需在答题卷或答题卡上作答，答在其他地方无效。
第I卷
第一部分:听力测试（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。 1. Who is coming for dinner?
A. Mark. B. John. C. Tracy. 2. What will the man do next?
A. Leave right away. B. Stay for coffee. C. Take a piano lesson. 3. What does the woman want to watch？
A. News . B. Sports World. C. Movie. 4. What hobby does the man have?
A. Reading and watching TV. B. Taking photos C. Collecting stamps. 5. Which description of the following is RIGHT？ A. The woman is buying films. B. She wants all her films enlarged(放大). C. She only wants five enlarged.
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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题，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7题。 6. How did they meet？
A. They fixed a date before. B. They happened to meet each other. C. At a business meeting.
7. What is the man doing now in New York？
A. On a business trip. B. On a vacation. C. On a visit. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. When did the man and Ann probably arrive at the beach？ A. At 9:00 am. B. At 10:00. C. At noon.
9. What do we learn about the man？
A. He didn’t have a good time at the beach.
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B. He regretted not having put sunscreen (防晒霜) on. C. He was worried about Ann’s skin. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke？
A. From young smokers. B. From a newspaper article. C. From some smoking parents.
11. Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies？
A. He has just become a father. B. He wears dirty clothes. C. He is a smoker.
12. What does the woman suggest smoking parents should do？ A. Stop smoking altogether.
B. Smoke only outside their houses. C. Reduce dangerous matter in cigarettes. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What do we know about the woman？
A. She lives close to the university.
B. She is a new student in the university. C. She likes the big kitchen.
14. How did the man go to school this morning？
A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car. 15. Why was Stella late for work?
A. She missed the bus. B. Her train was late. C. Her car broke down. 16. What will the man do next day？
A. Go to school by train. B. Visit Marta in her flat. C. Leave home earlier. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. According to the passage, what were dogs trained for in the past? A. Just for fun.
B. For the purpose of guarding the house. C. For protection against other animals. 18. Why were dogs used for hunting？
A. Because they always obeyed their masters. B. Because they did not eat other animals.
C. Because they could run faster than any other animal.
19. What’s the most important reason for people in the city to keep dogs now？ A. For hunting. B. For amusement. C. For companionship. 20. What’s the main idea of the passage？ A. Dog’s functions have changed now.
B. People in the West are fond of animals. C. The city can be a lonely place. 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节，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。（每小题2分，共30分）
A
Reading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you
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can from reading, you need to read different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability. There are four parts in the book:
Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to wad information in writing to somebody else. There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.
Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal ( 正式的) English in biography ( 传记). There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as well as testing your reading.
Part 3 is Places: In this part, too many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is the informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.
Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part. There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.
You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text. I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it,
21. We can find the introduction to a product in ______,
A. Part 1 B. Part 2 C. Part 3 D.Part 4
22. Which of the following is most probably written in informal English?
A. A letter of complaint. B. A computer handbook.
C. A letter to a friend. D. A story of a president. 23. The passage is most probably written for _____.
A. test designers B. students C. test-takers D. teachers 24. What is the best title of the book?
A. Test Your Reading B. Help with Your Writing
C. Learn Different Kinds of English D. Practise English in Different Ways
B
Last night Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stayed home. It was cold and rainy and they didn’t want to go out in the bad weather. Mrs. Rojas made some popcorn and ice tea. At 8:00, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas went into the living room, sat on the sofa and began the movie and ate and drank. At 8:15, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas realized they already watched the movie last year and they didn’t want to watch it again.
“Now what?” asked Mr. Rojas. “Let’s play cards!” answered Mrs. Rojas. At 8:30 Mr. and Mrs. Rojas started to play cards. They were playing for about 10 minutes when Mr. Rojas looked out the window. The rain changed to snow and the trees were covered in beautiful white snow. “I’m happy we stayed home tonight. It looks beautiful outside but this weather is very dangerous to drive in.” said Mr. Rojas. “You’re right,” said Mrs. Rojas, “but I’m bored. Let’s play some music and dance.”
Mr. Rojas was surprised. “Dance? But I really don’t ….”
“Oh come on!” Mrs. Rojas insisted. She put on a romantic CD and they both started to dance. They were dancing for about 1 minute when suddenly the music stopped
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and the lights went out. Mrs. Rojas laughed. “We’re just not very lucky tonight, are we?” she said. Mr. Rojas said, “Of course we’re lucky! We are together!” He kissed her and continued to dance with her, in the dark and without music. 25. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stay at home last night?
A. They wanted to stay together. B. The weather was so terrible. C. They had a dinner at home. D. They planned to watch a movie. 26. When it started to snow, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas were _________.
A. making popcorn B. watching a movie C. playing cards D. dancing to the music 27. We can infer from the passage that ___________.
A. It was a rainy day in summer B. Mrs. Rojas cooked very well C. Mr. Rojas loved to dance at first D. Mr. Rojas was in love with his wife
C
“Life is speeding up (加速). Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown citizen who lived in Rome in 52 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting , amazing and can even change our lives.
But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives? Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes empty and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How calm and happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed(压力) and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they lead simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10, and Thomas,7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “It was hard physically, but not mentally.”She believed life was less materialistic. “The more things you have , the more difficult life becomes.”She said. The boys said they found less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, beer-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.
Here are some simple ways to beat the stress often caused by our inventions! Don’t be available all the time. Turn off your mobile phone at certain times of the day.
Don’t check your e-mail every day.
Don’t reply to somebody as son as they leave a text message just because you can. It may be fun at first, but it soon gets boring.
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28. The passage is mainly about_______. A. problems with technology
B. improvements of our life with technology
C. the important roles technology plays in our everyday life D. major changes which will be likely to happen to technology
29. The writer quoted( 引用) what a citizen in ancient Rome said at the beginning of the story in order to _______. A. share a truth about life
B. tell us what life was like long time ago
C. make us wonder what causes such a thing to happen
D. point out that you experience some big problems and they may be the same 30. The family chose to spend some time in a 1940’s house because ______. A. they liked to live simple lives
B. they were curious about how people lived without modern inventions C. they were troubled by modern inventions
D. living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them
31. What do you think the underlined word “available” in the first suggestion offered by the writer means?
A. Busy on line B. Free C. Able to be used D. Able to be found by others
D
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child
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