1、第 1页 ， 共 11 页【 绝 密 启 用 前 2017 年 11 月 】绵 阳 南 山 中 学 实 验 学 校 2017 年 秋 季高 2016 级 半 期 考 试英 语 试 题命 题 人 ： 杨 艳 审 题 人 ： 张 兴 华本 试 卷 分 第 卷 （ 选 择 题 ） 和 第 卷 （ 非 选 择 题 ） 两 部 分 ， 第 卷 即 答 题 卷 。 两 卷 共 10页 ， 全 卷 满 分 为 100分 ， 考 试 时 间 为 100分 钟 。 考 试 结 束 后 ， 将 答 题 卡 交 回 。注 意 事 项 ：1 本 试 卷 分 第 I卷 （ 选 择 题 ） 和 第 II 卷 （ 非 选
2、择 题 ） 两 部 分 。2 考 生 务 必 将 自 己 的 姓 名 、 考 生 号 填 写 在 答 题 卡 上 。3 作 答 时 ， 将 答 案 写 在 答 题 卡 上 。 写 在 本 试 卷 上 无 效 。4 考 试 结 束 后 . 将 本 试 卷 和 答 题 卡 一 并 交 回 。第 I卷第 一 部 分 听 力 （ 共 两 节 ， 满 分 20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 个 小 题 ； 每 小 题 1 分 ，
3、 满 分 5 分 ）听 下 面 5段 对 话 。 每 段 对 话 后 有 一 小 题 ， 从 每 题 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. What will the woman do next?A. Turn down the radio B. Close the window C. Go to bed2. Who will probably get
4、 the stamps?A. The woman B. The mans classmate C. The womans sister3. Why cant the woman go with the man?A. Shes a little tiredB. Shes going to listen to musicC. Shes going to the library第 2页 ， 共 11 页4. When will the man arrive home?A. At 10:00 B. At 11:00 C. At 12:005. Where does the conversation t
5、ake place?A. At home B. In a travel agency C. In a hotel第 二 节 （ 共 15 小 题 ： 每 小 题 1 分 ， 满 分 15 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 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
6、 时 间 。 每 段 对 话 或 独 白 读两 遍 。听 下 面 一 段 对 话 ， 回 答 第 6 和 第 7 两 个 小 题 。6. What does the woman ask the man to send?A.Areport. B.An e-mail. C.Aletter.7. For whom will the man reserve the room in the Garden Hotel?A. For the woman. B. For Mr. Benson. C. For Mr. Black.听 下 面 一 段 对 话 ， 回 答 第 8 和 第 9 两 个 小 题 。8.
7、 Where is the hotel located?A. Out of the city. B. Near the harbor. C. In the center of the city.9. When will the speakers meet?A. On Friday. B. On Sunday. C. On Saturday.听 下 面 一 段 对 话 ， 回 答 第 10 至 第 12 三 个 小 题 。10. Whats the conversation about?A. Buying a flat. B. Renting a flat. C. Visiting a flat
8、.11. How many bedrooms are there in this flat?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.12. When can the woman move in?A. Right now. B. In two weeks. C. In October.听 下 面 一 段 对 话 ， 回 答 第 13 至 第 16 四 个 小 题 。13. Whats the man looking for？A.Amonument. B.Apub. C.Ahall.14. Whats the Mond?A.Aroad. B.Ahill. C.Amonument.第 3
9、页 ， 共 11 页15. How will the man get there probably?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. On foot.16. What do you think of the woman?A. She is helpful. B. She is impatient. C. She is rude.听 下 面 一 段 独 白 ， 回 答 第 17 至 第 20 四 个 小 题 。17.Why is Lily sitting in the trolley(手 推 车 )?A. She is too heavy for her mother to c
10、arry.B. Her mother wants to talk to Mrs. Bell.C. Her mother has bought too many things.18. Whats Lily doing when Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Young are talking?A. She hides a bottle of wine in Mrs. Youngs handbag.B. She is playing with a bottle of whisky.C. She is playing with the things her mother has bought
11、.19. What can we learn from the speech?A. Mrs. Bell steals a bottle of whisky.B. The detective finds the whisky in Mrs. Bells handbag.C. Mrs. Young asks her daughter to steal a bottle of whisky.20. What does the speech tell us?A. Lily is a shy girl.B. Mrs. Bell is a forgetful person.C. People someti
12、mes can hardly explain themselves.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 。 AExtreme sports are any sport that involves great speed, height and danger. You need to bevery fit
13、to take part in these sports. It can be quite expensive because a lot of special equipmentis needed. This type of sport is not usually a team sport like football or rugby. It is what isknown as an individual sport because you are alone most of the time.BASE JUMPING: This is the sport of using a para
14、chute(降 落 伞 ) to jump from fixed objects第 4页 ， 共 11 页like skyscrapers, high towers, bridges, domes, statues and steep, high mountains. Base jumpingcan be very dangerous as you compete to be the quickest to reach solid ground.SKY DIVING: This sport also uses a parachute. Divers are taken up to a cert
15、ain height in anaeroplane. They have parachutes strapped to their backs. They then jump out of the plane andfree fall before opening their parachute at the correct moment. The parachute is to stop themfrom hitting the ground at a great speed, which would be very dangerous. The most importantthing ab
16、out this sport is knowing when exactly to open the parachute.ROCK CLIMBING: This is the activity of climbing up and down very steep rock formations.This sport needs special equipment to keep the climbers safe. A climber has to have greatstrength of body and mind. It is better to climb in small group
17、s, so that there is someone to helpin the case of an emergency.ICE CLIMBING: This is almost the same as rock climbing. The difference is that theclimbers are climbing up and down steep walls of ice, such as frozen waterfalls. Specialequipment is needed to keep climbers safe. Ice climbing is quite da
18、ngerous because ice changesas it melts or freezes. It is really difficult to know exactly how hard or how soft ice will be. Icebreaks easily so climbers need to concentrate very hard when they are climbing.These are the sports on offer at Shanghai School of Extreme Sports. Now you have to decidewhic
19、h one you would like to do.21. The text is meant to _ .A. offer a job description B. introduce extreme sportsC. advertise a school D. compare extreme sports22. Extreme sports can cost a lot because _ .A. it is mostly individual sportsB. it needs a lot of special equipmentC. some of them can be very
20、dangerousD. they need lots of professional training23. Why is base jumping dangerous sometimes?A. You may hit the ground head-first.B. You have to jump from a high place.C. You must bear the weight of a parachuteD. You may reach the ground at a great speed.第 5页 ， 共 11 页24. In sky diving, the most im
21、portant thing is to _ .A. open the parachute at the right time B. be brave enough to jump outC. wear the parachute in the right way D. jump out at a certain height25. The difference between rock climbing and ice climbing is that _ .A. rock climbing needs special equipmentB. ice changes easily when t
22、emperature changesC. rock climbing should be done in small groupsD. a rock climber has to have great strength of body and mindBHave you ever been to hospital? Did you notice that it was very clean? Were you lookedafter by a nurse?Hospitals have not always been clean, quiet places. Long ago they were
23、 dirty andovercrowded. Nurses were never taught how to look after their patients and many people died.Thanks to Florence Nightingale, who changed all this.Florence was born in 1820. She spent a lot of time playing with her dolls. She wouldpretend that the dolls were sick and she was their nurse. Peo
24、ple would bring sick or hurt animalsto her to look after. She even mended a dogs broken leg when she was a young girl. She oftenwent with her mother to visit the poor people. They took food and medicine to the sick. It wasthese visits that first gave her the idea of becoming a nurse.Florence really
25、wanted to be a doctor but she couldnt because in those days only men wereallowed to become doctors. She decided that she wanted to become a nurse. Her parents werevery angry; the daughters of rich people did not work at all and they certainly did not becomenurses. But Florence had made up her mind.H
26、er chance came in 1854 when Britain went to war with Russia in a place called the Crimea.Florence was asked to take a group of nurses to look after the sick and wounded soldiers. Thehospitals were dirty, and there was not enough medicine. There were not enough beds, so somepeople were just lying on
27、rags in the mud. There was so much sickness that the doctors couldnot treat all the soldiers.Florence and her team cleaned the hospital rooms and beds. They made sure that thebandages were clean and that the soldiers get enough medicine. The army was unhappy because第 6页 ， 共 11 页there were women so c
28、lose to the fighting. They gave the nurses a lot of trouble. Florence andher team worked hard. Consequently, Florence became famous as “ The Lady of the Lamp” .After the war, Florence returned to London a national hero. A great welcome was prepared forher, but she slipped into the country unnoticed.
29、 She opened a school to teach nurses how to lookafter their patients properly. She never really got better from the illness that she had in theCrimea and she died in 1910.26. Whats the purpose of Para.1?A. To arouse readersinterest. B. To tell the history of hospitals.C. To ask some questions to rea
30、ders. D. To recall our memories as patients.27. Florence had the idea of becoming a nurse when _ .A. she played with her dollsB. she visited the poor peopleC. she mended a dogs broken legD. she looked after sick or hurt animals28. What can you infer from the passage?A. Women were not willing to beco
31、me doctors at that time.B. Florence received professional training before the war.C. Hospitals were dirty and had no patients before.D. Florence was brought up in a wealthy family.29. How did the army react to the presence of women nurses?A. Satisfied. B.Angry. C. Disappointed. D. Worried.30. What k
32、ind of woman do you think Florence Nightingale is?A. Wealthy and outgoing. B. Clever and creative.C. Determined and modest. D. Beautiful and considerate.CMolly Boylan is one of the most successful business women in Canada after setting up hercosmetic （ 化 妆 品 ） company Blazes in 1992. Though she is v
33、ery successful, she says that shefinds it harder every year in balance her business with her family life. She sometimes feels thather two children know more about their baby-sitter than they do about her.Molly employs around eighty people in her factory and warehouse, and ten others in her第 7页 ， 共 1
34、1 页two new fashion stores, but her newest employee is the most important one for her. After yearsof worrying about her business more than her family, she has decided to make Sally Pamontenew general manager in her company. Molly will still “be involved in” decision- making, andshes going to stay in
35、touch with the people who work for her, but Sally is going to look afterday-to-day running of the business so that Molly can spend more time with the kids.The new arrangement is going to start on Monday, and both of them are already excitedabout it. Sally says, “ Im very nervous, actually, but Im su
36、re Molly will help me a lot in theearly days, even though I hope she feels she can trust me not to make too many mistakes.”Molly, on the other hand, seems quite relaxed about the whole thing. “I know that Sallysgoing to be a very nice manager.” she says, “Shes only been here a couple of days and she
37、salready shown me how to work out a few problems we were having. The best thing though isthat I feel a hundred times happier than Ive been in years. I mean, I honestly cant rememberthe last time I felt as relaxed as this, and my kids are really excited about my being at homemore. To be honest, I wis
38、h I had made this decision years ago.”31. The passage is mainly about .A. Molly and her children B. Molly finding a new managerC. the baby-sitter and the kids D. Molly making a change about her business32. The underlined phrase “be involved in” in paragraph probably means .A. be interested in B. tak
39、e part in C. be nervous about D. learn about33. Sally seems to be a good manager because .A. she has set up a new BlazesB. she keeps in close touch with the workersC. she has been able to solve a few problemsD. she has been working for the company since 199234.According to the passage, Molly .A. wil
40、l not run her business any moreB. seems satisfied with the new arrangementC. was not pleased with the baby-sitterD. was successful both in her business and her family第 8页 ， 共 11 页35. The best thing for Molly now is that .A. she has more than eighty people working for herB. her kids know more about t
41、he baby-sitterC. she can have more time to be with her kidsD. she has got a new general manager in her company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 。Whether you are at Disneyland or another Disney park, you will usually
42、find a nighttimeshow that will be showing, 36 Read this article to find out how you can get a good seat foran evening event at any Disney park. Plan on seeing the show in advance.Usually,if you decide an hour beforehand that youre going to see a show,you will likelyend up not getting a good seat,unl
43、ess the park is not very busy. 37 . Do your research.Research online: “The best places to view ” 38 Some of them may even be lessknown,so you may not deal with such a big crowd.Arrive to the event early.39 Possibly even earlier if the park is more crowded on that day.If you arrive tenminutes before
44、the event starts,youre a lot less likely to get a good spot. 40 .If you must leave to do something,make sure that its extremely quick,and try to haveanother member of your party stay in your spot while you are away.A.Stay in the same area.B.Enjoy the show with a friend.C.Its usually much more enjoya
45、ble if you can get a good seat.D.This is especially important if you arrive closer to the event time.E.In order to get a good spot,plan on arriving an hour before the event.F.Therefor,look at the schedule before your trip,or at least the day before.G.Youll see a list of places in the park that are t
46、he best for viewing that event.第 9页 ， 共 11 页第 三 部 分 ： 英 语 知 识 运 用 （ 共 两 节 ， 满 分 20 分 ）第 一 节 完 形 填 空 （ 共 15 小 题 ； 每 小 题 1 分 ， 满 分 15 分 ）阅 读 下 面 的 短 文 ， 从 短 文 后 各 题 所 给 的 四 个 选 项 （ A、 B、 C 和 D） 中 ， 选 出 可 以 填入 空 白 处 的 最 佳 选 项 ， 并 在 答 题 卡 上 将 该 项 涂 黑 。One day in autumn my father gathered us three into t
47、he living-room with a look on his facethat told us that one of us had done something wrong.“Which one of you did this?” he asked with a sharp 41 .We all 42 down at the floor showing the art of a childs handwriting in chalk. I stoodthere, trembling 43 and hoping that no one else could see it. “Will h
48、e know it was me?” Isecretly 44 . Scared, the only words that came from my mouth were, “Not me, father.”The others denied it as well. Of course, we knew that one of us must have done it. But I,being the 45 of the three, just couldnt find the 46 to tell the truth. I was not a badkid. Lying was not no
49、rmal for me, 47 the expression on my fathers face made me48 .“Since 49 of you seemed to have done it, then you will all get a spanking(打 屁 股 ).”What? The last thing I wanted was a spanking!“I did it,” someone said and I looked around to see one of my elder sisters step forward.Why did she 50 it? Feeling guilty, yet still too 51 to say a word, I stood thereknowing my sister was going to get 52 for something I did.We didnt talk about that day for years. When we were all older, I knew it was safe to finallytell my father
