宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体2015年秋期中联考
高二英语试题
（卷面满分：150分 考试时间：120分钟）
第Ⅰ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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A.￡19.15. B. ￡9.15 C. ￡9.18 答案是B。
1. What are the speakers doing now?
A. Listening to the radio. B. Having a class. C. Attending a concert.
2. What is the woman planning to do?
A. Buy some clothes. B. Get a haircut. C. Go to the man’s home.
3. What’s the man doing?
A. Apologizing to the woman. B. Criticizing the woman. C. Arguing with the woman.
4. How late is the woman?
A. More than an hour. B. An hour. C. 45 minutes. 5. Why doesn’t the man go out with his friends?
A. He doesn’t like going out. B. Things are expensive. C. He has no time.
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’s Jenny’s problem? A. She dislikes history class. B. She does poorly in her tests. C. She does badly in assignments.
7. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How did the man first hear about the football match?
A. On the radio. B. On TV. C. From the woman.
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9. When will the football match be held?
A. On the 4th. B. On the 21st. C. On the 28th. 10. What does the woman offer to do for the man?
A. Buy him dinner. B. Buy him a ticket. C. Help him study. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is Amazon Tree Houses?
A. It is a hotel. B. It is a program. C. It is a company. 12. Why is the woman interested in the article? A. She wants to travel in Amazon. B. She wants to run a tree house hotel. C. She wants to live in a tree house.
13. What does the man think of the woman’s plan?
A. Not practical. B. Quite good. C. Just so-so. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. In a cinema. B. In a grocery. C. In a bookstore. 15. When did popcorn grow more popular?
A. In 1621. B. In the 1930s. C. In 1947. 16. What are the speakers talking about? A. The function of popcorn on films. B. The various uses of popcorn. C. The brief history of popcorn. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What material was the valuable penny from the talk made of? A. Copper. B. Silver. C. Steel. 18. What caused pennies to be made differently in 1943?
A. The cost of metal. B. World War II. C. Collectors’ taste. 19. Why was the coin so interesting and valuable to the collector?
A. It was unique. B. It was from Philadelphia. C. It once belonged to Lincoln.
20. What kinds of collectible items are worth the most?
A. Old ones. B. Rare ones. C. Ones from the war.
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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．
A
I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签 ) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, \
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jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, weeping. Obviously, that was something she should not go through phone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart. Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn't noticed Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. \ Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn't always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on. 21. How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed? A. By analyzing causes. B. By describing a process.
C. By showing differences. D. By following time order.
22. The author tidied up the room most probably because___. A. she was scared by Kate's anger B. she was asked by Kate to do so
C. she hated herself for being so messy D. she wanted to show her care 23. What made Kate angry one evening? A. She heard the author shouting loud B. She couldn't find her books.
C. She saw the author's shoes beneath her bed. D. She got the news that her grandma was ill. 24.What might be the best title for the story? A. How to Be Organized B. Hard Work Pays Off C. My Friend Kate
D. Learning to Be Roommates
B
In the US and Britain, the slogan around colleges was “Save water. Shower with a friend.” Now, Wuhan University has come up with another system for the campus bathhouse. It charges students for the amount of time in a shower. Before entering the bathhouse, students pay for the amount of time they want in the shower with cash or their student ID card. The clock starts ticking the minute the tape is turned on. It pauses when a button is pressed for soap. An integrated circuit(IC) card reader at each tap shows the time. No money, no water. The benefits of the new system can be seen with the old system, which charged 1 Yuan for each person regardless of time in the shower. The university used about 320 tones of water daily under the old system, but only 160 tons now.
Many students use the new system but opinions on it are divided. Some students
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say it is bad because bathing had become a sort of race. Many people using it for the first time are not sure how long they need to shower. Some might be embarrassed if their time is up and they’re still covered in soap. They have to ask the bathhouse worker to help them buy extra time.
“It’s a flaw in the system that you can not buy extra time on the ID card,” said Ren, a freshman in Wuhan University. The university is also considering some students’ suggestions that they be allowed to pay after they’ve finished the shower. Not surprisingly, some are complaining about losing the hour shower. But many students say the move helps them develop a water-saving sense.
Without the time limits, most students tended to shower for 30 to an hour in the bathhouse.Some even used the hot water to wash their clothes. “In my experience, 10-20 minutes is enough,” said Dai Zhihua, a third-year student who usually takes 8 minutes.
A similar system has been installed in other universities. Shanghai Normal University introduced it at its Fengxiang Campus in September. The bathing fee there is 0.2 Yuan per minute. One male student responded by setting a record with a two-minute shower.
25．The underline word “flaw” (Paragraph3) most probably means______. A. perfection B. fault C. pity D. advantage
26．Since the new system has performed, ______ of water can be saved. A. one half B. one third C. a quarter D. two thirds 27．It can be inferred from the passage that______. A. the new operation can solve the water crisis.
B. The university has saved a lot of water by using the new system. C. a similar operation has been set in other universities.
D. The new operation can raise students’ environmental awareness system. 28．In which column can you find this passage?
A. People. B. Society C. Campus Life. D. Lifestyle
C
Most people agree that honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can't talk, but can they lie in other ways? Can they lie with their bodies and behavior? Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees, behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.
Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator（猎食动物）gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the \adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.
Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, buries its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others bury their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, unbury the food, and bury it again somewhere else.
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Birds called cuckoos have found a way to have babies without doing much work. How? They don't make nests. Instead, they get into other birds' nests secretly. Then they lay their eggs and fly away. When the baby birds come out, their adoptive parents feed them.
Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner's hand and start fighting again.
Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don't hear them, and they don't need to share their food.
As is mentioned above, animals behave dishonestly for survival. Is it OK to lie for us human?
29．The writer uses the three questions at the beginning of the passage to _________. A. draw the readers’ attention to the topic B. ask the readers to answer the questions C. seek answers to the questions
D. show he is at a loss about the question.
30．Which of the following is not an example of animal’s dishonest behaviors? A. A plover pretended to have a broken wing to protect its baby birds. B. A scrub jay dug out its buried food and reburied it somewhere else. C. A losing chimp starts fighting again after taking the winner’s hand. D. The adoptive parents feed their baby birds of cuckoos.
31．What is the common reaction of most chimps when they find their favorite food? A. They cry in a very low voice B. They let out a loud cry C. They hide their food immediately D. They share their food with other chimps.
D
An Israeli law banning too skinny models went into effect with the start of 2013. The law, approved last March in Israel, requires models to prove they have maintained a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 18.5 for three months before a fashion show. That means a woman who is 68 inches tall can weigh no less than 119 pounds.
“This law is another step in the war against eating disorders,” said physician Adatto. “Underweight models,” he explained, “can no longer serve as role models for innocent young people who copy their false image of being skinny.”
But some critics in this country say it is misguided, focusing on weight instead of health. They also say the Israeli ban is bound to fail because of the strong power of the fashion industry. “I think it’s an approach that isn’t going to work.” said eating disorder expert Susan Ice, who worked with an organization which creates a healthy working environment for models.
But Adatto told the reporter that he began to concern the issue after meeting an ambitious model who looked like she needed to be hospitalized. He said. “I realized that only legislation(立法) can change the situation. There was no time to waste;
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湖北省宜昌市部分示范高中教学协作体高二英语上学期期中试题
