1、- 1 -宜昌市葛洲坝中学 20162017学年第一学期高二年级期中考试试卷英语试题第卷第一部分 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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.Where are the speakers probably?A. In a bank. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.2.How does Justin feel now?A.
2、 Angry. B. Scared. C. Guilty.3.What does the woman want to do in her summer vacation?A. Take summer classes. B. Have a long break.C. Take a summer job.4.Whats the possible relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Mother and son. C. Chef and assistant.5.Why doesnt the man apply to a
3、college?A. He cant afford it. B. He dislikes school life.C. He doesnt like financial aid.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.What do the speakers do?- 2 -A. Restaur
4、ant owners. B. Fish sellers. C. Food suppliers.7.Why did the speakers move here?A.To set up a branch company. B. To change a place.C. To avoid bad customers.听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.What has the woman been complaining about her job?A. Not having salary on time. B. Overtime work.C. Unfriendly colleagues.9
5、.Whats the mans advice?A. Changing a department. B. Taking the new job. C. Looking for a new job.听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10.How was the woman last night?A. She was kept awake. B. She watched TV all night.C. She had a good sleep.11.Whats John fond of?A. Action movies. B. Japanese cartoons. C. Cartoon boo
6、ks.12.What will the woman do?A. Buy earplugs. B. Talk to John. C. Go traveling.听第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16题。13.What did Pharrell Williams do on October 6?A.Held a reading. B. Gave a concert. C. Had an interview.14.Whats his new book?A. Its a picture book. B. Its a music book. C. Its a fairy book.15.Who gave
7、the mans musical influences?A. His friends. B. His family. C. His professor.- 3 -16.Why did he write the song “happy”?A. For a play. B. For a ceremony. C. For a film.听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17.Whats the advantage to have a body scan?A. Finding illnesses very early. B. Treating illnesses very accurately
8、.C. Showing the inner and outer body clearly.18.What is the advice of doctors for body scans?A. Not everyone needs it. B. People with a family history of illness need it.C. The young and healthy would not need it.19.What can we know more about body scans?A. Theyre not expensive. B. They can be wrong
9、 sometimes.C. They might cause new illness.20.What does the speaker advise people to do at last?A. To have a body scan early. B. To talk to a doctor before a body scan.C. Not to do more body scans.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。AWinter Vinecki began
10、 running at age five, but got serious in 2009 after her father died of cancer thats when she decided to honor his memory by running a marathon on every continent (大洲) before her 15th birthday.Scope: Team Winter is an organization you founded to raise money for cancer research. How did it get started
11、?Winter: At first, Team Winter was formed to fight childhood obesity (肥胖). When I was 8, I ran a race and raised $1,100 for that cause. But less than a - 4 -year later, my dad got cancer. I knew I had to do something to help. When I started, my goal was to raise $10,000. Ive raised well past that al
12、most $500,000.Scope: What goes through your mind when you run?Winter: When Im having a hard time during a race, I think about my dad. If he could deal with the pain of cancer, I can deal with any type of pain. He was a very friendly person. He was always smiling and very happy even when he had cance
13、r.Scope: Is your age ever an obstacle (障碍) in your races?Winter: Ive been turned down by race directors who wont let anyone younger than 16 or 18 compete. But Diana Nyad, the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, told me, “Never let them tell you it cant be done.” From then
14、 on I knew my age wasnt the problem.Scope: Youve probably inspired lots of people too.Winter: Ive heard about kids doing projects like me. Once in a restaurant, a boy came up to my mom and me and told us his dad had cancer too. Now hes competing in running for his dad. Hearing stories like that help
15、s keep me going.1. What do we know about Team Winter?A. It always holds different races. B. Its final goal is to raise $500,000.C. It was named after Winters father. D. It was to help obese children at first.2. When Winter has a hard time during a race, what keeps her going?A. Her fathers illness. B
16、. Her fathers success.C. Her fathers bravery. D. Her fathers kindness.3. Winters words in the last paragraph tell us that _.A. she sets a good example to others B. she hopes others will do what she doesC. the boy wants to join Team Winter D. the boy invites her to compete with him【答案】1. D 2. C 3. A-
17、 5 -【解析】本文是应用文。文章是对 15岁马拉松选手 Winter Vinecki的访谈。1. D。细节理解题。根据第一部分问答的 At first, Team Winter was formed to fight childhood obesity可知，Winter 创建 Team Winter的最初目的是为肥胖儿童筹集善款。故选 D。2. C。推理判断题。根据第二部分问答可知，如果 Winter在比赛中遇到困难，她会想到父亲总是微笑地面对病痛。故正是父亲在病痛面前表现出的勇敢让 Winter在困境中继续前进。故选 C。3. A。推理判断题。从最后一部分问答的 kids doing pr
18、ojects like me以及男孩为帮助父亲参加比赛的举动可知，Winter 为他人树立了良好的榜样。故选 A。BI love my blackberryits my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer，as it holds all of my writing and thoughts .Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need
19、 to move away from these devices（设备） and truly communicate with others.On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the mater
20、ial and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule no laptop, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.Most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students
21、 misusing technology. Theres a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am anti-technology. Theres no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there ar
22、e very few places in which we can have deep conversations and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for - 6 -ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want the
23、m to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course the material and the class discussion.Ive been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep c
24、onversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.Im not saying that I wont ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, Im sticking to my plan. A few hours of technolo
25、gy-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.4. Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with_.A. the course material B. others misuse of technologyC. discussion topics D. the authors class regulations5. The underlined word “engage” in para.4 probably means _.A. explore B. acceptC. ch
26、ange D. reject6. According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may _.A. keep students from doing independent thinkingB. encourage students to have in-depth conversationsC. help students to better understand complex themesD. affect students concentration on course evaluation7. It ca
27、n be inferred from the last paragraph that the author _.A. is quite stubborn B. will give up teaching historyC. will change his teaching plan soon D. values technology-free dialogues in his class【答案】4. D 5. A 6. A 7. D【解析】本文以教师的身份谈到为何不允许学生在课堂上玩 ipad、手机等通讯工具，因为technology会影响我们的深入交流。- 7 -4. 细节理解题。由文章第二
28、段内容可以得出。5. 细节理解题，由 I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas. 可知 technology会影响我们深入的交流。Engage与 explore探索意义表述与之对应。6. 推理判断题。结合 Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course m
29、aterial beyond the classroom可推断出作者认为 technology会阻止学生的独立思考能力。7. 推理判断题。结合最后一段可得出答案。作者最终坚持她的 values technology-free dialogues in his class的观点。CThe Crown Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to man guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bile linked to a genera
30、tor(发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guest will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meal tickets worth $36 once they have produced 10 watt
31、 hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.The plan, a world-first, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guest staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard, hote
32、l spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I dont think people will take advantage of our program.”Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to w
33、ork each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.dk. US environmental website recently voted Copenhagen the worlds best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as symbol of the
34、hotels green profile(形象).”- 8 -If successful, the electric bicycle meal program will be spread to all Crown Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.8. What is the main purpose of the free meal program?A. To promote the hotels green concept.B. To make the city known to the world.C. To a
35、ttract people to the hotel restaurant.D. To get guests to stay longer at the hotel.9. How can a participant get a free meal?A. By becoming a professional cyclist.B. By cycling to produce some electricity.C. By linking a smart phone to a bicycle.D. By monitoring his/her carbon footprint.10. Who are m
36、ost likely to enter for the program?A. The poor local people.B. The environment activists.C. Health-conscious hotel guest.D. Visitors fond of Copenhagen food.11. According to paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the worlds _.A. best chain hotelsB. greenest natural environmentsC. longest bike pathsD. h
37、ighest rates of people cycling to work【答案】8. A 9. B 10. C 11. D【解析】试题分析：本文讲述了哥本哈根一家宾馆推出了一项电动自行车免餐计划，内容是宾馆客人通过骑自行车为宾馆生产一些电就能得到免费的一餐。这项计划是为了增进人们的健康，推销宾馆的环保理念，如果成功，将会推广到英国所有 Crowne Plaza宾馆。【小题 1】A 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句中 The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint.（这个想法是让人们健康，并减少他们的碳排放量。 ）
38、，即促进酒店的绿色理念。故选 A。【小题 2】B 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句 The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is - 9 -offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机)可知，通过骑自行车为宾馆生产一些电的人们才能得到免费的一餐。故选 B。【小题 3】C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句 Only guests staying at the
39、hotel will be able to take part.可知，只有住在酒店的客人才能参加。故选 C。【小题 4】D 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句 Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world可知，哥本哈根是世界上骑自行车上班的人的比例最高的城市之一，故选 D。【名师点睛】细节题的破解一般采用寻读法，即先看试题，再读文章。对有关信息进行快速定位，再将相关信息进行整合、
40、甄别、分析、对比，有根有据地排除干扰项，选出正确答案。做此类型的题目还要特别注意句子的逻辑关系。英语中有许多功能词，如：表因果关系的 because, since, as等；表转折关系的 but, however ,on the contrary, on the other hand等等。26.【小题 3】C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句 Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part.可知，只有住在酒店的客人才能参加。故选 C。考点：考查环保类阅读DYour house may have an effect on your
41、 figure. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off. You can make your environment work for you instead of against you. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of your diet plan.Open the curtains and turn up the lights. Dark e
42、nvironments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious(难为情) when they are in poorly lit places and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesnt have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.Mind the colors. Research sug
43、gests warm colors fuel our appetites. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room. Warm colors like yellow make food appear more - 10 -appetizing, while cold colors make us less hungry. So when its time to repaint, go blue.Dont forget
44、 the clock or the radio. People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while youre at it, actually sit down to eat. If you need some help slowing do
45、wn, turn on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plants can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake(摄入)
46、jumps by 14 percent. And well pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.12. The text is especially helpful for those who care about _.A. their home comforts B. their body shapeC. house buying D. healthy diets13. A home environment in blue can help people _.
47、A. digest food better B. reduce food intakeC. burn more calories D. regain their appetites14. What are people advised to do at mealtimes?A. Eat quickly. B. Play fast musicC. Use smaller spoons. D. Turn down the lights15. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Is Your House Making You Fat? B. W
48、ays of Serving DinnerC. Effects of Self-Consciousness D. Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?【答案】12. B 13. B 14. C 15. A视频12. B 推理判断题。根据全文第一段 Here are some ways to turn your home into part - 11 -of your diet plan.可知，这篇文章更可能是对那些在乎自己的体型的人有帮助。故选 B。13. B 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句话 in one study,可知在蓝色的房间内人吃的相对较少。故选 B。14. C 推理判断题。最后一段介绍，要想少吃，要用小碗小勺，前面介绍说到，吃得快，房间暗会增加饮食，放舒缓的音乐有助于减少饮食的速度和进食量。故选 C。15. A主旨大意题。根据开头的后文可知，本文就房间的布置给那些想减肥的人士提了一些建议。所以选 A可以更好地概括全文。考点：科普类短文阅
