江西省南昌市第三中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题

南昌三中2015—2016学年度下学期期中考试

高二英语试卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束时，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。 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. What will the woman do tomorrow?

A. Go to China. B. Go back home. C. Go to spend her holidays. 2. How much did the woman's son pay for his coat?

A. ＄200. B. ＄180. C. ＄100. 3. When will the match start?

A. At 7:00. B. At 7:15. C. At 7:50. 4. Where are the speakers?

A. In the kitchen. B. In a restaurant. C. In a grocery store. 5. Where are the girl's parents?

A. In the office. B. In the hospital. C. In the school. 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. Who will have a dance party?

A. Michelle. B. Rick. C. John. 7. What will the woman do next?

A. Help the man clean the house. B. Go to the party with Michelle. C. Call the man's parents. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What will the weather be like in Beijing tomorrow?

A. It will be snowy. B. It will be sunny. C. It will be windy. 9. How many seasons are mentioned in the conversation? A. One . B. Two . C. Three. 10. Why does the woman prefer winter?

A. She can play with snow. B. It is cold. C. She can skate in winter. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is the man's trouble?

A. He finds it difficult to choose a present for his mother. B. He can't afford to buy a handbag for his mother. C. He forgets to carry some money with him.

12. Why does the man give up the idea of buying a piece of jewelry? A. It is too expensive for him. B. His mother has already had some.

C. It is difficult to match the jewelry with his mother's clothes.

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13. What does the man finally decide to buy for his mother's birthday? A. A fine handbag. B. A nice dress. C. Some skirt materials. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Camping equipment. B. Movies on UFOs. C. A camping experience. 15. What did they see in the sky last summer?

A. A UFO. B. A hot-air balloon. C. A plane. 16. What did Jim do when he saw something flying in the sky?

A. He went home immediately. B. He told the police about it. C. He took many photos of it.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the speaker?

A. An assistant to help organize the play. B. The director of the school play. C. A skilled lighting man.

18. What will the people be asked to do?

A. Act in the school play. B. Help organize the school play. C. Direct the school play.

19. What do we know about their work?

A. Maybe they will work at night. B. They will work at weekends. C. They will work every day. 20. What will the speaker do next?

A. Answer the questions. B. Set up the lights. C. Watch their performances. 第二部分： 阅读理解（共2小节，20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节 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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In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited. About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way. Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed. No one had told them about the British custom of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus.

Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn't agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means agreement. Nodding your head when you are given a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty . In that country, you shake your head to mean 'yes'— a nod means 'no'. At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find that your glass is repeated refilled as soon as you drink up. If you think that you have had enough, you should take the cup or glasses in your hand and give it a little shake from side to side or place your hand over the top. In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legs when you are sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting. Doing this in Thailand, however, could bring about trouble. Also, you should try to avoid touching the head of an adult ——it's just not done in Thailand.

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21. The British people tried to push the three gentlemen out of the way, because the gentlemen _________.

A. were foreigners B. didn't have tickets C. made a loud noise D. didn't line up for the bus

22. According to the article, if you want to have a pleasant journey in a foreign country, you should _________.

A. learn the language of the country B. understand the manners and customs of the country C. have enough time and money D. make friends with the people there 23. In India it is considered impolite ___________.

A. to use the right hand for passing food at table. B. to pass food with the left hand.

C. to eat food with your hands. D. to help yourself at table. 24. To cross one's legs at an important meeting in Europe is _______.

A. a common habit B. an important manner C. a serious trouble D. a bad manner

25. The best title for this article is ________.

A. People's Everyday Life B. Mind Your Manners

C. Shaking and Nodding Head D. Taking a Bus in England

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Have you ever been to a national park like Yellowstone, Yosemite or Glacier? How about the moon?

That’s a trick question, of course. First of all, if you’re a kid, I’m absolutely certain you’ve never been to the moon. After all, only a dozen grown-ups have ever walked on the moon’s surface. And the last one did it in 1972. Second, the moon is not a national park. But if two US women get their way, it might become one. Eddie Johnson and Donna Edwards have introduced a bill that would create the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historic Park.

Why should a park be on the moon? After all, you can’t just get into a car and drive there on vacation. But in the not-so-distant future, you might be able to fly there. Private companies are working on ways to transport tourists to the moon. And there are concerns that some careless visitors might mess up some of the historic sites up there - sites such as the astronauts’ footprints and other things they left behind.

Some people think the bill is a good idea. “It’s a good idea because the moon’s environment is very fragile,” said David Paige, a scientist. “Any disturbance to the soil there will last for millions of years.”

But others think it's kind of silly. For one thing, how are you going to make sure that the moon's historic sites are truly protected? After all, there are no park rangers to enforce the law up there. And there's another big problem: the moon does not belong to the United States - or any other country, for that mater. So in order for the United States to create a national park on the moon, it would need to get permission from lots of other countries. And that might not be as simple as it might sound.

Still, Johnson doesn’t consider her bill frivolous. “I don’t think that there is anything far-fetched about protecting and preserving such items and such a place,” she said.

26. What is the function of the two questions asked in the first paragraph? A. To introduce the topic the author wants to say

B. To remind the readers to pay attention to the technology C. To introduce a special national park on the moon.

D. To help develop the readers’ interest in national parks.

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27. According to David Paige, _________..

A. tourists are not allowed to disturb the soil on the moon B. creating a national park on the moon will be meaningful C. a national park will be created on the moon sooner or later D. the moon’s environment will be ruined after tourists arrive 28. Those who are against this bill think that _________.

A. other countries should be invited to build a national park on the moon B. the Us government have no right to build a national park on the moon C. more visits to the moon will certainly ruin the historic sites D. policemen should be sent to the moon before tourists arrive 29. It is implied in the passage that _________.

A. many people have been to the moon since 1972 B. the purpose of the bill is to promote space travel, C. careless visitors are not welcomed to visit the moon D. building a national park on the moon is far from reality

30. The underlined word “frivolous” in the last paragraph can be replaced by _________. A. serious B. foolish C. wasteful D. sensitive

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In many American schools the holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is used as an opportunity to teach children about his life and legacy. But in too many of those same schools, Black children’s extraordinary talents are still being wasted today. Nearly three-quarters of Black fourth and eighth grade public school students cannot read or compute at grade level. Black students made up only 18 percent of students in public schools in 2009-2010 but were 40 percent of students who received one or more out-of-school suspensions (暂被停学). A Black public school student is suspended every four seconds. Black students are more than twice as likely to drop out of school as White students. Each school day 763 Black high school students drop out.

So I applaud the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice for their recent action to address harmful school discipline policies that push so many thousands of black children out of school each year and into the juvenile justice and adult prison pipeline. If the education system is to do its part in replacing it with a cradle to college, career and success pipeline, we must end the current practice where children in the greatest need are suspended from school mostly for nonviolent offenses. These resources, officially known as “guidance,” will help schools and districts meet their legal responsibility to protect students from discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin as required under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As we recognize the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and so many other important hard-won victories in the Civil Rights Movement this year, we must remember those victories could be lost without meaningful enforcement of the laws advocates fought so hard to win half a century ago.

While the guidance does not prohibit schools or districts from using any particular nondiscriminatory policy, it does call into question some policies that have historically excluded Black students and are of questionable educational value including “zero tolerance” discipline policies which require mandatory consequences for certain infractions (违反), and policies that prevent students from returning to school after completion of a court sentence.

Information of the new guidance recommendations is available at this government website for almost every school and district in the country. Check your own school district now to see whether the discipline policy is focused on creating a positive school climate and

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