重庆市望江中学2016-2017学年度下学期半期考试
高二 年级 英语 试卷
Ⅰ 听力部分(共20小题 每小题1.5分 总分30分）
第一节：听下面五段对话。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.On which floor is the library?
A. The first floor B. The second floor C. The third floor 2.When will the woman have the evening classes? A. On Tuesdays B. On Thursdays C. On Fridays 3.How many members are there in the woman’s family? A. Four B. Five C. Six 4.What does the woman do?
A. A student B. A tour guide C. A waitress 5.How did the man feel before his speech? A. Relaxed B. Nervous C. confident
第二节：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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。
6.What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Classmates B. Workmates C. Teacher and student 7.What does the woman suggest doing? A.Taking a break
B.Having some Indian food C.Going to a Japanese restaurantr 听下面一段对话，回答第8至9题。
8.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The man’s hometown
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B.A visit to an art museum C. Food in the restaurant
9.What is right in the center of the city? A. Parks B. Museums C. Theaters
听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。 10.Who did the man go to Hawaii with?
A. His sister B. His friend C. His cousin
11. What was the weather like when the man was in Hawaii most of the time? A. Sunny B. Cloudy C. Windy 12. What did the woman do during the vacation? A.She went sailing B.She had a barbecue
C.She went to her sister’s house 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。
13.What percentage of the time does the woman spend on shopping? A. 8% B. 10% C. 15% 14.What does the woman like doing? A.Doing housework B.Visiting friends C.Reading books
15.What does the woman think of watching TV?
A.Interesting B. Worthless C. Useful 16. What would the woman like to do in the future? A. Learn to cook B. Become a film-maker C. Do more exercise
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。 17.What is the speaker?
A. A teacher B. A host C.A student
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18.What differences does the speaker mainly talk about? A. Pronunciation B. Vocabulary C. Grammar
19.What does the speaker say about the differences between American and British English? A.There are fewer differences in daily life B.People needn’t pay attention to the differences C.The differences may cause misunderstandings 20.What does the speaker ask the listeners to do? A.Study more English words
B.Find more about language differences C.Learn about American and British cultures
Ⅱ 笔试部分
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。
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Mr. Black and Mr. White were two very famous artists in the city. Their drawings were also very popular in the city. But they tried to see who could draw the best picture. One day they asked an old man to be the judge. Mr. Black drew an apple tree. He put his picture in the field. Soon the birds came and tried to eat the apples. The old man saw it and said, “You have certainly won. Mr. White cannot draw so good a picture as yours. But we will go to see his picture.”
They went to Mr. White’s house. There were nothing but red beautiful curtains on the wall. The old man asked, “Where is your picture, Mr. White?” He said, “Lift the curtains, and you will find my picture.” The old man tried to lift the curtains but found that they
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were drawn there. They were Mr. White’s picture. The old man said, “Birds thought the apples were real. Men thought the curtains were real. So Mr. White won. His picture is the best one.”
21. The old man thought Mr. Black’s picture was good because . A. it was in the field B. it was an apple tree C. the birds liked it D. the birds thought it was real 22. Mr. White’s picture was .
A. an apple tree B. curtains C. nothing D. an old man 23. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The birds came and ate the apples up.
B. The old man said Mr. White’s picture was the best one at last. C. The two pictures were not so good. D. The curtains on the wall were real.
B
“A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step,” as the saying goes. However, what it doesn’t tell us is that once the journey is started, it might meet with uncertainties, which is the case for Tang Renli, a college student at Nanjing University of Technology, who has been to more than 200 cities in China during four years of college.
To share his experiences, Tang has hosted a photo exhibition Play Hooky, Go Travel at the Beijing 798 Art Zone. On display are over 300 photos of his travels.
“It’s a commemoration of my trips as well as a graduation gift to myself,” Tang said. The 22-year-old never thought of going to so many places when he finished his first trip to Yangzhou during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday in his first year. From then on he was crazy about travel. “There was a strange yet fresh feeling that I’ve never felt before,” Tang said. “It’s curiosity that keeps me exploring new places.”
Tang, who is a city planning major, has never failed a compulsory course at college. “I spent more time and effort on my study, especially during the finals’ weeks,” Tang said. “But thinking of traveling afterwards was my biggest motivation.”
Schoolwork was not the only obstacle Tang had to face. His travel budget was limited, so Tang had to make the most of what he had.
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“Sometimes I felt lonely, helpless and even found myself in danger,” Tang said. “But now that I look back, these setbacks enriched my journey, and my life.”
Thanks to the hard times, Tang now has more stories to tell. Tang said. “Don’t think too much about the uncertainties because you’ll cross that bridge when you get to it.” 24..We can infer from the first paragraph that___________. A. Tang Renli is a university student at Nanjing University B. Tang Renli's travel has been a difficult one C. Tang Renli traveled to many cities on vocations. D. Tang Renli must be in a comfortable family.
25.Tang has hosted a photo exhibition Play Hooky to__________. A. share what he has gone through in the travel B. arouse more people's motivation to travel C. earn some extra money by charing the visitors D. appeal to his university to support students' travel
26.The main problems for Tang's travel doesn’t contain __________. A. schoolwork B.travel expenses C. people's objection D. loneliness 27. We can see that Tang Renli is a _________ person from the last paragraph. A. courageous B. hopeful C. curious D. sensitive
C
Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, homeless dogs lead a different kind of life. The expression“ to lead a dog's life” describes a person who has an unhappy life.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person becomes successful at a particular time of his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new
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重庆市望江中学高二英语上学期期中试题（无答案）
