金山中学2020学年度第二学期高二年级英语学科期中考试卷
（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分）
第I卷（共103分）
I. Listening Comprehension（30分） Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard. 1. A. 4:45
B. 5:15
C.5:50
D. 5:45
2. A . At home. C. In a car. 3. A. Colleagues. C. Employer and employee.
B. In a restaurant. D. On the street. B. Husband and wife. D. Mother and son
B. Testing the earphones. D. Preparing for the speech
4. A. Listening to some loud music. C. Talking loudly on the phone . contest.
5. A. Pick up his son from school. office.
C. Work on a report.
B. Meet the woman in her
D. Prepare dinner for his son.
6. A. She discussed the sports program with Mr. Wright. B. She is about to call Mr. Wright’s secretary. C. She will see Mr. Wright at lunch time.
D. She failed to reach Mr. Wright.
7. A. To find out more about the topic for the conference. B. To make a copy of the schedule for his friend. C. To get the conference schedule for the woman. D. To pick up the woman from the library. 8. A. It can stand any crash. C. It was once damaged.
B. It is not as good as hers.
D. It is kept in good condition.
9. A. She has been warmed to improve her working efficiency. B. She has been fired because of her poor performance. C. She has been promoted to a well-paid position. D. She has been dismissed due to the economic crisis. 10. A. More sleep can get the man back onto the right track. B. Tiredness is a typical symptom of lack of exercise. C. The man should spend more time outdoors.
D. People tend to work longer hours with artificial lighting.
Section B
Directions: In section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Question 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. To work for Mr. Brown. C. To take a training course. 12. A. By taking a cooking test. B. By writing to Mr. Brown.
B. To bake cakes.
D. To go to Paris.
C. By making a delicious cake. D. By having baking experience. 13. A. Popular. Ambitious.
Question 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14. A. Great market demands for online buying. B. Benefits for businessmen and consumers. C. Group buying online——a new shopping model. D. Discounts and good services available online. 15. A. By purchasing cheaper goods. B. By inviting others to buy together.
C. By providing personal information publicly. D. By checking the conditions of sales carefully. 16. A. Consumers gain more benefits than merchants. B. There are many problems in group buying online. C. The group buying business is now in good condition. D. Group buying helps merchants to sell more products.
Section C
Directions: In section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on you answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Tom’s mood: The object broken by Tom: He is ____17_____. A ____18____.
B. Optimistic.
C. Experienced.
D.
The unfair thing for Paul: The compensation deed: He had to pay for the ____19____. Tom should ____20____ to Mr. Henry and give back the money to Paul. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blank 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation. Information about the Applicant What does the man want to figure out? Shelly’s ____21_____. Where does Shelly work now? What is her present job? She is working for ____22____. She works in the department of ____23____. What should employees do if they are They are expected to ____24____. allowed to take up six hours a week at full pay? Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. II. Grammar and Vocabulary.（26分） Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. (A)
The problem with much mobile technology is that it’s not really designed to be used while you’re actually mobile. The human brain can only pay attention to about three things at a time—— and concentrate effectively on just one of them. Even though the consequences of smart phone distraction
are sometimes ____25____(amuse), they can also be serious.
The number of children ____26____(admit) to hospitals after accidents in public playgrounds has climbed by about a third in five years, according to NHS data. Experts in both Britain and the US, ____27____ a similar rise has occurred suggest some of the increase may be a result of parents being too distracted by their phones ____28____ (take) care of their children properly.
And now comes evidence showing that 11-year-old children are three times more likely to be hurt or seriously injured on the way to and from school than 10-year-old, since 11 is the average age at which children receive their first mobile phone, six times more likely to send a test ___29____ it happens.
___30___ quarter of children surveyed admitted that they had been distracted by personal technology while crossing the road. “There is,” the report concluded, “a clear connection __31__ the use of technology and time of serious accidents with children.” （B）
DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night. 52 years ago he bought a small restaurant on US highway 69, in Oklahoma. His main customers were truck drivers and traveling salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheeseburgers when they stopped ___32___(break) their journey.
It was they ____33____ first tried to persuade Hilton to remain open all night. ___34___(think) about it for a while, he suddenly made up his mind. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn’t closed the door ever since.
Over the years his simple burger café has been expanded ____35____ a
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