河北省石家庄市第一中学2015_2016学年高二英语上学期期中试题.doc

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1、石家庄市第一中学20152016学年第一学期期中考试高二年级英语试题第I卷注意事项：本试卷分为试卷I（选择题）和试卷II（非选择题）两部分，请把试卷I的答案转涂到答题卡上，试卷II的答案写在答题卡上。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。试卷满分为150分，考试时间120分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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

2、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. What will the woman do? A. Return her shoes. B. Have her shoes repaired. C. Buy new shoes.2. Where does the conversation take place? A. At an airport. B. At a hotel. C. At a travel agency.3. Who will probably decide the place to go? A. The man. B. The woman. C. Har

3、ry.4. What makes the man so happy? A. Tom will play football with him.B. Tom will tell him the best news.C. Tom will play football more than hours.5. What does the woman like to watch in her spare time? A. Advertisements. B. TV plays. C. Art shows.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

4、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至8题。6. Why is the woman so excited? A. Her grandpa will come here. B. Her grandpa will cook for them. C. Her grandpa will give her a valuable present.7. How does her grandpa come here? A. By plane.

5、 B. By bus. C. By train.8. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The grandpa is independent.B. The grandpa will arrive at 6:00 a.m.C. The speakers will book a room for the grandpa.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Which two countries will have a football match tonight? A. Brazil and Japan. B. China and Engla

6、nd.C. Brazil and England.10. What is the man busy with recently? A. His driving test.B. His final exam. C. His basketball training.11. When will the match start? A. At 1:00 a.m. B. At 1:00 p.m. C. At 11:00 p.m.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. What is the matter with the womans computer?A. The screen is broken.B

7、. The printer doesnt work. C. The computer has stopped working.13. Where does the conversation take place? A. Over the phone. B. At home. C. In an office.14. What is the cause of the problem?A. The screen is too old. B. The printer has no ink. C. The connector was loose.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. Why is t

8、he house very convenient according to the man?A. Its near the bus stop. B. Its near the city center. C. Its near the subway station.16. What does the woman want the man to do?A. To cut down the rent.B. To do some repair work.C. To discuss with the landlord.17. What can we learn from the conversation

9、? A. The woman hasnt made the decision yet.B. The man doesnt know how much the rent is. C. The woman doesnt think the house is good.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. How often is the lab class given? A. Once a week. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.19. What is the result if one misses three lab classes?A.

10、 He cant graduate. B. He will get a low mark. C. He will be dropped. 20. What is forbidden in the lab? A. Washing hands. B. Wearing caps.C. Wearing large clothes.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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen I was nine years old, I loved to go fishin

11、g with my dad. But the only thing that wasnt very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldnt catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset

12、 then because, “Im not a fish!” I didnt know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started at

13、tending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish dont h

14、ave any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didnt completely make sense. My d

15、ad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like c

16、ustomers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.21. Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?A. He could not influence a fish as his father did.B. His father was not patient with him.C. His father did not teach him fishing.D. He could not catch a fish

17、. 22. According to the author, fish are most likely to be found _.A. in shallow water under waterside treesB. in deep water on cloudy daysC. in shallow water under sunlightD. in deep water on sunny days23. After entering the business world, the author found _.A. it easy to think like a customerB. hi

18、s first bosss sales ideas reasonableC. his fathers fishing advice inspiringD. it difficult to sell services to poor people24. This passage most likely comes from _.A. a fishing guideB. a millionaires biographyC. a novel on childhoodD. a popular sales book BMany of us mistakenly believe that its wron

19、g to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self-criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people. How can

20、 we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed(有缺陷)? If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesnt like you might be fearful, or shallow, or busy, or shy. Perhaps you and that person are

21、simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time. Dont take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. For all the factors that might cause one per

22、son to reject you, there are at least as many factors that will work in your favor with someone else. You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life. There are many people who dont mind your extra pounds. You may drive a shabby ca

23、r, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend. There are those people out there looking for loyalty, fun, and sweetness, and the package it comes in is not important. If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physic

24、al beauty in their friends. You can decide to feel inferior because you dont have much money, an outstanding figure, or some pretty shining outfit(全套服装). But you shouldnt believe that this is the reason you dont have many friends in your life. If, on the other hand, you are very wealthy and you poss

25、ess all those things, you may still be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person. So the point here is that you can focus on just about anything and believe its the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any, but that will never be an effective

26、 thinking pattern for you to feel good about yourself and make others feel good about you.25. According to the author, _plays an important role in making friends.A. honesty B. self-criticismC. modesty D. confidence26. We can learn from the third paragraph that _.A. your good qualities may turn out t

27、o be your flawsB. your weaknesses may also be your strengths in some wayC. your negative qualities cause a person to reject youD. youll have few friends if your flaws are bigger than your good qualities27. What does the underlined word inferior in the last paragraph most probably mean?A. Frustrated

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34、istsTony Giddens and David Heldhave agreed to give lectures to Summer School participants. If any questions, please click here to see our Frequently Asked QuestionsContact Us Page. 28. During the course, _. A. students can learn about everything from culture to science B. students can choose not to

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36、level program C. students can change their courses whenever they want to D. a visa is required to study at the NSE Summer School30. The purpose of the text is to _. A. attract students to NSE Summer School B. introduce famous economists to students C. help students to pass the final exams D. adverti

37、se for new staff for university31. You will most probably find this passage _. A. in a newspaper B. in a guidebook C. on a webpage D. in a magazineDIMAGINE this: you come home from school and find that your dog has messed up your bed and eaten the pizza on the table while you were away. You get so a

38、ngry and start blaming it for what it did.While you are doing this, the little “criminal” just sits there quietly, head down, ears back, eyes droopy (下垂的), looking guilty. This makes you think that it understands you and you are teaching it a lesson.But dont be fooled by this look animal behaviorist

39、s say that dogs actually lack the ability to feel shame, reported the Associated Press. Instead, they just put on that look so their owners will calm down.“My guess is that their thinking is: Oh man, my owner is crazy about something, but I dont know what, but he seems to calm down when I give him t

40、he sad face, so lets try that again,” said Pascale Lemire, Canadian author of the book Dog Shaming.One of the first scientific studies on the “guilty look” of dogs was conducted in 2009 by Alexandra Horowitz, a professor at Barnard College in the US. In the study, she videotaped how 14 dogs reacted

41、when their owners left the room. When the owners returned, they were asked to scold the dog no matter if they had misbehaved or not.Horowitz found that the guilty look would appear as long as the owner was angry, not when the dog had actually done something wrong, which means the look has nothing to

42、 do with guilt.So the best way to deal with a dog that has misbehaved is probably to “just get it over and remind yourself not to put some attractions on the table next time”, suggested Beaver. In other words, dont leave your bedroom door open or the pizza on the table in the first place.32. The exa

43、mple given at the beginning of the article is meant to _.A. show the disadvantages of keeping petsB. introduce the subject of this textC. prove that pets have strong senses of guiltD. show how owners should teach lessons to their dogs33. The most important finding in Alexandra Horowitzs research is

44、that _.A. dogs learn quickly from previous punishments B. dogs with the guilty look dont actually feel shame at allC. dogs try hard to calm down when their owners get madD. dogs are more likely to misbehave when their owners are absent34. According to the last paragraph, the best way to keep dogs fr

45、om misbehaving is to _.A. make strict house rules for themB. offer better rewards and more serious punishmentsC. avoid leaving them possibilities to misbehaveD. turn a blind eye to their misbehavior35. When the owner gets angry and blame the dog for its misbehavior, _. A. it will learn its lesson B.

46、 it will feel very sad C. it understands what the owner is doing D. it didnt actually get the owners message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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Top Four Reasons Why You Should Start GardeningFor me, gardening is the coolest hobby. I mean really, what other hobby can you de

47、vote a little money to that gives you so much in return? 36 All you need is a little dirt, a few packets of seeds and youre good to go. Here are my top four reasons why I think gardening rocks! 37 I used to spend lots of money on fresh fruits and vegetables before I got into gardening. Now I happily pick up a $1 packet of seeds knowing I can get an entire summers worth of a particular type of