安徽省巢湖市柘皋中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题
分值：150分 时间：120分钟
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。 01. What is the man going to do ?
A. Lay the table . B. Clean the kitchen . C. Cook the food . 02. What is the relationship between the man and Mike ? A. Friends . B. Partners . C. Strangers . 03. What will the man do ?
A. Have a blood test . B. Have a job interview . C. Have a physical examination .
04. How far away is the railway station ?
A. About 45 miles . B. About 60 miles . C. About 90 miles . 05. Where might the conversation take place ?
A. On a bus . B. In a store . C. In a party . 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。 06. When did the alarm clock ring ?
A. About 10 minutes ago . B. About 30 minutes ago . C. About 60 minutes ago . 07. What do we know about the boy ?
A. He is ill . B. He feels sleepy . C. He slept well last night . 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
08. What kind of music does the man like ?
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A. Jazz . B. Rap . C. Classical music . 09. Why does the woman like country music ?
A. She thinks it’s popular . B. She thinks it makes her feel young .
C. Her first boyfriend was good at singing it . 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the girl’s grade in chemistry ? A. B . B. C . C. D . 11. What do we know about the boy ?
A. He likes chemistry very much . B. He got a good grade in chemistry . C. He did worse than the girl in the chemistry exam . 12. What does the girl think of the boy’s parents ? A. Humorous . B. Considerate . C. Strict . 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the most important qualification for the job ?
A. Independence . B. Rich sales experience . C. A pleasant manner with customers .
14. How long has the man been in his present position ?
A. For four years . B. For three years . C. For two years . 15. What do we know about the man ?
A. He is good at making software programmes . B. He has done a great job in his current company .
C. He was trained to use a similar software product two years ago . 16. How does the woman probably feel about the man ? A. Satisfied . B. Surprised . C. Confused . 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What’s the problem of some university students ? A. They don’t spend all their time on studies . B. They don’t know what to do with their free time . C. They don’t have choices for outside class activities .
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18. How is the students’ high school life ?
A. Controlled and busy . B. Uncontrolled and colorful . C. Active and independent .
19. According to the speaker , what is the role of outside class activities at university ?
A. To make students healthier . B. To improve students’ test scores . C. To enrich students’ experience .
20. What does the speaker advise his students to do ?
A. Learn to enjoy themselves . B. Learn to be their own masters . C. Learn to develop their potential . 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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Actress Hayden Panettiere recently got into trouble with Japanese fishermen as she tried to stop them from killing dolphins.
The 18-year-old star with some other surfers sailed out to reach the dolphins in order to stop them from being driven into a nearby pool and killed, but the six surfers, from Australia and the United States, were stopped by a fishing boat before they could reach them. The fishermen blocked their way with a boathook (钩篙). It was an ugly, unfriendly and life-threatening struggle before the surfers were forced to return to the beach. It is believed that the dolphins were later taken into a pool and killed.
Panettiere, who is a brave surfer and loyal animal protector, made up her mind to save the dolphins of Japan and said, \hit by the boathook, but in the end all we were really worried about was the dolphins. It was so sad. We were so close to them and they were jumping out of the water to see us.\out and looked at me and the thought that it’s no longer with us is really hard to
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take.\
The surfers left the country to avoid arrest (逮捕)by the Japanese police. Panettiere is
now back in Los Angeles.
More than 22,000 dolphins are killed by fishermen in Japan every year. Many Japanese believe dolphins should be treated like fish. They have been hunting dolphins for centuries and see any criticism (批评) of this as an attack on their culture. 21. Why did the surfers get into trouble with the fishermen in Japan?
A. They said something that hurt the fishermen. B. They entered a pool which wasn’t allowed to go into. C. They attacked Japanese culture.
D. They tried to stop the fishermen from killing the dolphins. 22. From Paragraph 3, we can learn that Panettiere ________.
A. was really frightened and sad B. succeeded in saving the dolphins C. cried when they were hit by the boathook D. didn’t like the Japanese fishermen
23. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. What Happened While Surfing in Japan B. Hayden Panettiere Cried in the Sea of Japan
C. People Worldwide Are Against Killing Dolphins D. Protect the Wild Animals
B
The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.
Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer’s life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group
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