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1、（下）半期考试英语试题注意事项:1 .选择题部分必须使用2B铅笔在机读卡上将所选答案对应的标号涂黑。2 .选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再 选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，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选涂到答题卡上。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

2、仅读一遍。1. What is the woman*s advice?A. Visiting more places.B. Looking in the newspaper.C.Putting an ad in the newspaper.2. What does the woman decide to do at last?A.Go on working.B.Take a walk with the man.C.Stop to have a lunch.3. Whose arm was injured?C.The mans friend.C.Asking for help.C. Two da

3、ys later.A.The man.B. The woman.4. What is the man doing?A.Complaining.B. Apologizing.5. When does the woman want to leave?A.Today.B. Tomorrow.第二节（共15小题;每小题15分，满分22. 5分）听下面5段对话或独自。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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， 各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、

4、7题。6. What exam w川 the speakers both have tomorrow?A. Chemistry.B. Math.C. English.7. Where will the speakers go?A. To a bookstore. B. To a classroom.C. To a library.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is wrong with the first hat?A. It is not big enough.B. It is too expensive.C. It is not a popular style.9. How

5、much should the woman pay?A. $25B.$27听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the woman planning to do?A. Move away from home.B. Go on a trip with her parents.C. Take a part-time job in the vacation.11. Where is the man from?A. IndiaB. ChinaWho often does the woman visit her parents?A. Twice a month.B. Once a w

6、eek.C. Twice a week.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。C. $35C. America13. Who gave the man directions?A. A passer-by.B. A policeman.14. Where are the road signs?A. On a bridge.B. Near a gas station.15. How long will it take to get to the river on foot?A. About 5 minutes. B. About 10 minutes.C. The woman.C. Beside a

7、store.C. About 15 minutes.16. What makes the man change his mind at the end of the conversation? A. Their luggage.B. The heavy traffic.C. The bad weather.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is special about today?A. Jordan has never been on the show before.B. Jordan is celebrating his 50th birthday.C. Jordan

8、 has become the owner of a basketball team.18. Which team does Jordan own now?A. The Bulls.B. The Bobcats.19. What happened in 1998?A. Jordan retired.B. Jordan won a championship.C. Jordan appeared in a movie.20. What does Jordan say about his life now?A. He goes golfing regularly.B. He owns two res

9、taurants.C. He plays basketball three times a week.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）C. The Jazz.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选卜H最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASHEFFIELDLINCOLN COLLEGE OF ENGLISHClasses for foreign students at all levels3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year courseOpen all yearSmall clas

10、s （maximum（最大限度）12 students）Library, language laboratory and listening center Accommodation（膳食供应）with selected families 25 minutes from LondonCourse fees（费用）for English for one year, including two terms, are 1,380 with reduction for shorter periods of study.21. Lincoln College of English.A. is at th

11、e centre of LondonB. lies far away from LondonC. accepts students only at the beginning of the yearD. takes in foreign students, from beginners to the advancedWhile you stay there,w川 take care of you.A. the family you have chosenB. the school where you studyC. your classmatesD. your own parentsIf yo

12、u go there for a one-term course, you will pay for it.A. 1,380B.over 1,380C. much less than 1,380 D. nothingBLucy saw a man and a woman who communicated with the sign language at the train station when she was on the way home one evening. She noticed that the woman asked the man for the direction. H

13、e told her that he did not know.Lucy decided to help them. She had learned the sign language when sheserved as a volunteer in the deaf and mute （聋哑）school. Then she showed the woman the direction and left her e-mail address to them in case they needed her help later.She received an e-mail from that

14、man the next day. Kim was his name. Lucy replied his mail sincerely.They both started chatting online soon after and began seeing each other. Although they only communicated with the sign language, it never bothered her.Lucy was fond of him gradually. Obviously, Kim was the same too. He presented Lu

15、cy with a bunch of sunflowers and asked her sincerely, Are you willing to be my girlfriend? Lucy was pleasantly surprised. She requested him to give her some time to persuade her parents.As she had expected, her parents were very angry after they had learned of their love story. Lucy explained, Kim

16、is an excellent and a very optimistic person. He has a very positive attitude towards life and work. He always cares for others. He is 100% better than the normal. Moreover, the mute is still a human. He should possess a perfect and wonderful love.Her parents asked to see him, then. The very worried

17、 Lucy took Kim home a few days later. When they were on the train, Kim told her, Tm going to tell your parents Ill be looking after you well with all my life! Lucy was deeply moved.As soon as they had entered the house, Lucy introduced him to her parents. She said, This is Kim.” Just right after her

18、 speech, an unbelievable thing happened. Kim threw the gift away and held her in his arms tightly.He said, YOU CAN TALK? It was the same question that Lucy wanted to ask, too.The four people were shocked all of a sudden. As a matter of fact, Kim always believed that Lucy was a mute and he still fell

19、 in love with her deeply.22. How did Lucy and Kim get to know each other?A. They were introduced to each other.B. They met each other by chance.C. They once studied at the same university.D. They both served in a special needs school.23. How did Lucy probably communicate with Kim before she took him

20、 home?A. Writing words on paper.B. Speaking her native language.C. Judging from his expression.D. Using the sign language.24. What did Lucy expect her parents to do?A. To have a talk with Kim.B. To prepare for her marriage.C. To treat Kim as a normal man.D. To accept Kim as her boyfriend.25. What ca

21、n we learn about the two young people from the passage?A. They mistook each other for being mutes.B. They cheated each other to win love.C. They fell in love at the first sight.D. They ignored the anger of Lucys parents.cDuring the first decade of the 21st century, a popular and new word has come in

22、to our vocabulary. That word is Facebook. This is the most popular social networking website on the Internet. There are about 350 million active users on this website. The main idea of Facebook is that you can keep in touch with all your friends around the world who has Facebook. In the 350 million

23、users on Facebook, 67% of them are between the ages of 13-25. More than 35 million users update their status every day. 2.5 billion Photos are added each month.The highest age groups who use Facebook are teenagers. Most of them keep the website running whenever they are using the computer and genera

24、l teens nowadays are always on the computer, if they arent in school or when they arent asleep. I feel that teens should focus on their schoolwork or be socializing with their friends in person or exercising. Facebook is just changing the new generation of youngsters completely because the teenage l

25、ife is one of the most important stages of life and wasting it on Facebook is not encouraging this in any way. It is also a complete distraction （分心、）to their mind, for they would turn to Facebook just to check if there was anything updated among their friends.Remember back in the good old days, whe

26、n teens would do their homework handwritten, play sports and hang out with friends. Today, most teens would only speak to their friends on Facebook, while we can see them battling obesity as they stare at their friends message on their wall. In summary, teens dont have a life because they are on Fac

27、ebook 24/7, except for those who dont use Facebook or occasionally do.Facebook is also where people can see the conflicts among their friends, virtual arguments, relationship status and updates, who is in whose top friends, and so on. You can join groups, post pictures and videos, play games, and in

28、vite friends to parties. Mainly, all this would just disturb people into living life to its fullest.26. The figures in Paragraph 1 are mentioned.A. to attract more teens to use FacebookB. to present the influence of the InternetC. to show Facebooks increasing popularityD. to prove our life pace is g

29、etting higherFacebook influences teens mostly in that.A. it shortens teens, sleeping timeB. it wastes teens, time and distracts their mindC. it encourages teens to change their lifeD. it holds teens back from communicating with othersThe author would probably approve the following teens behaviors EX

30、CEPT.A. doing their homework handwrittenB. hanging out with friends moreC. speaking to friends on Facebook frequentlyD. battling obesity by playing sportsWhat would be the best title for the text?A. Facebook Wastes Teens LifeB. How to Live Your Life to the FullestC. Technology Destroys a New Generat

31、ionD. Ways of Communication Brings about ProblemsNowadays, parents worry a lot because their children spend hours and hours in front of the TV screen. Because this doesnt happen to only one specific family, many experts warn us that there can be some serious effects of children watching violence on

32、television.Children who become addicted（上瘾的）to TV sit down and turn on the TV as soon as they get home. Although they have lots of homework, they become absorbed in TV programs.Since they spend tons of time watching TV, they have less time to enjoy real life activities such as playing with friends,

33、playing outdoor sports, or enjoying other kinds of entertainment.There are too many violent scenes on TV. Some experts say there are 25 acts of violence per hour on TV. In addition, there are many experiments by psychologists which show how TV violence influences children. Finally, people worry that

34、 children tend to imitate what they watch on TV and may start to behave more violently.What should be done? First of all, the government should regulate TV violence. It should also encourage people to invent and develop new technology which can block violent scenes from the programs children watch.

35、For example, with a rating system（分级制度）and the V-chip, unfit scenes of violence and sex can be blocked out. Second, parents should monitor what their children watch. At the same time, they should make their children interested in real life activities. Then when the children start to spend more time

36、playing with friends or reading books, parents can stop their monitoring.It is a fact that there is more violence on TV today than there was ten years ago. Moreover, violent incidents occur more frequently in real life. Ifs time to realize how harmful watching TV violence is, and ifs time to keep ou

37、r children from watching violence.27. What experts really worry is that.A. TV violence has a bad influence on childrenB. children spend too much time watching TVC. children become addicted to TV programsD. children have less time to do their homeworkThe author explain how the government should contr

38、ol TV violence by.A. giving a definitionB. giving an exampleC. making a comparisonD. presenting research findingsWhat does the underlined word ,imitate in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?A. Explain.B. Ignore.C. Copy.D. Avoid.28. What is the authors purpose for writing this text?A. To express his own

39、worries about TV violence.B. To ask parents to take good care of their children.C. To inform readers of the latest situation about TV violence.D. To call on the whole society to save children from violence.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。Have you wanted to try an e-book

40、? Has the cost of e-books stopped you? Well, there are e-books that you can download. 36. Others share information about where to find free or discounted e-books.There are several reasons some e-books are free. In some cases, the books copyright（版权）has come to an end. In other cases, writers offer b

41、ooks for free to grow a readership. 37. The writer hopes you will like the first book enough to buy those that follow. Similarly, Amazon is filled with free books, with a list of the top 100 free e-books. This list changes constantly, based on how well the books are selling and whether they become o

42、r remain free.When you find a free e-book you want to read, get it right away. 38. If you wait too long, you may discover the book now has a price attached.39. They offer free e-book files to download directly from the sites. These files could have bad software designed to infect your computer. It i

43、s best not to download e-books, or any file, from an unknown site.Some free e-book sites offer referral links to other websites. 40 These referral sites help you find free e-books of interest to you. They also let you know when an e-book is free or goes on sale.A. Be careful of some websites.B. So v

44、isit Amazons list quickly.C. Several websites offer free e-books.D. Referral links（推荐链接）provide lists of best sellers.E. Often the offer is open only for a short time.F. Often a free book will be the first in a series.G. Therefore, you can download free e-books there.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共

45、20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并 在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。When I was a kid, most of my friends could stay home from school due to a stomachache or a fever but not me. I had to be seriously 川 so that I can41 home. My parents used to say that they wereteaching me how to have a 42wor

46、k ethic （职业道德）.I didnt see the 43 until last week.1 was on the train and sat behind a young man who was 44 to his friend about his life. His dream in life was to make movies but he wouldnt 45 it because he had no idea whether he couldmake enough money. And he didnt want to 46 time because it probabl

47、y would take months oryears to make it 47. He then admitted to thinking about becoming a（n）48 because hethought he could easily make enough money within one year. His 49 next to him agreed becauseas he said it, Ml have no 50 to work long hours and not make much money. Besides, defendingcases in cour

48、t（法庭）is good because you can make a lot of money and only work short hours.Many people these days dont _51 that when things seem to happen immediately, it is only because a lot of 52 determination and time have been 53 into it. It wasnt due to someunbelievable 54. Someone once told me that you may know 55 someone is an expert inhis given field or not by how easy he makes it look. The 56 it looks, the more hours go in