重庆市第一中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

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重庆市第一中学学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题

第I卷

Ⅰ.听力部分（共二节，每小题1分，满分20分）

第一节听下面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’stheweatherlikeinGreeceinMarch?

A.Cloudy.B.Windy.C.Warm.

2.What’stheman’snationality?

A.French.B.Danish.C.Italian.

3.Whendoesthetrainleave?

A.At7:

45.B.At8:

15.C.At8:

30.

4.Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

A.Anearthquake.B.Anaccident.C.Alesson.

5.Whatdoesthemanmean?

A.Heisfondofreading.

B.Heputalotoftimeintoit.

C.Hepassedtheinterviewbychance.

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，并标在试卷的的相应位置。

听完每段对话或独白前，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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?

A.Inashop.B.Athome.C.Inarestaurant.

7.Whatdoesthemanhavewithhiscoffee?

A.Milk.

B.Twoteaspoonfulsofsugar.

C.Alittlemilkandoneandahalfteaspoonfulsofsugar.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Whatdidthemanthinkofthemeal?

A.Excellent.B.Disappointing.C.Justso-so.

9.Whatwasthe15%onthebillpaidfor?

A.Thefood.B.Thedrinks.C.Theservice.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Whywasthedrivingcoachcomplainedabout?

A.Hewasimpolitetothestudent.

B.Herefusedtoteachhisstudents.

C.Healwaysmakesmistakes.

11.Whatisthecoach’scarnumber?

A.NA438497.B.NA438375.C.NA436875.

12.Whatcanwelearnfromthedialogue?

A.Thecoachwillbefired.

B.Thedrivingschoolwilllookintothematter.

C.Thestudentknowsthecoachwell.

听第9段材料，回答第13和第16题。

13.Whatdothetwospeakersmainlydiscuss?

A.Waysoffindingbooks.

B.Waystoloseweight.

C.Howtokeephealthy.

14.Whatdoesthewomanthinkoftheclub?

A.Itischeap.B.Itisexpensive.C.Itistooold.

15.Whatadvicedoesthewomangivetheman?

A.Hedoesn’tneedtojoinaclub.

B.Itisbetterforhimtojoinclubstoloseweight.

C.Heshouldbuymorebooks.

16.Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?

A.Amygavethemanalotofmoney.

B.Amyadvisedthemantoborrowbooksfromtheschoollibrary.

C.Themanacceptedthewoman’sadvice.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.WhogottheideaofstartingFather’sDay?

A.WilliamSmart

B.WilliamSmart’sdaughter-SonoraDodd.

C.WilliamSmart’swife.

18.WhenisFather’sDaycelebrated?

A.OnthethirdSundayeveryJune.

B.OnthesecondSundayinMay.

C.Onthesamedayeveryyear.

19.WhenwasFather’sDaycelebratedofficiallyinBritain?

A.Sincethe1970s.

B.Sincethe1900s.

C.Sincethe1960s.

20.WhatwillpeopledoonFather’sDay?

A.Peoplewouldbuytheirfathersacardwithanicemessageinit.

B.Somepeoplebuytheirfatherspresents.

C.BothAandB.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每题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，选出最佳答案选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Nowadayssciencehasmadegreatprogressineveryaspectsandmoreandmorereallygoodinventionshavechangedourdailylives.However,theU.S.PatentOfficehasissuedover7.5millionpatents,andnotallofthemarequitesocelebrated.Somegood,somebad,andsomecrazy!

Thefollowinglistssomeofthemoreunusualideasthathavecomealong.

SnakeLeash

In2002,apatentwasissuedforasnake-walkingleash.Thereareatleasttwomajorproblemswiththisidea,1）Dogleashesfitsecurelybetweentheheadandshoulders.Asnakedoesnothaveshoulders;soitmightslitheraway.2）DogsareOKforpublicplacesbecausetheyaresocialanimals,andpeoplelikethem.SnakesarenotOKforpublicplacesbecausetheyarenotsocial,andsomepeopleareterrifiedofthem.

StadiumHelmet

Americansareknownforourloveofsports.Unfortunately,goodticketstogamesareexpensive,sosomefanshavetositinthebackwardsections.Thisinvention,patentedin2000,isdesignedforthesefans.Featuringabuilt-inradio,binoculars（望远镜）,acoolingfan,andahelmetforfallinglitter,thisdesigntransformsthestadiumexperience.

BaconAlarmClock

Whenyouthinkaboutit,wakingtothedreadful,blaringnoiseofanalarmclockisaterriblewaytostarttheday.However,thisclockcouldchangethat.Yousimplyputapieceoffrozenbaconinthealarmclock,setthealarm,andgotosleep.Theclockgentlywakesyouupwiththemouthwateringsmellofbaconthenextmorning,justlikewakinguponaSundaymorningtothesmellofmomcookingbreakfast.Whosaidthere’snotimetoeatbreakfast?

ToiletLock

In1969,apatentwasissuedforareallybadidea-thetoiletseatlock.Firstofall,fishingforyourkeyswhenyouhavetogoseemsveryunpleasant.Thenthereisthepossibilityoflosingthekeyaltogether.Whataboutguests?

Justthinkthatyouwouldhavetoaskpermissionforthe.bathroom.Ofcourse,thereistheultimatequestion:

Whywouldyoulockitinthefirstplace?

21.SnakeLeashwasdesignedto.

A.catchasnake

B.keepoffasnake

C.takeasnakeforawalk

D.keepdogsandsnakestogether

22.Whatcanbeinferredaboutthebackwardsections?

.

A.Theyareforfanswhocan’taffordtobuygoodtickets.

B.Theyareforfanswhohavepooreyesight.

C.Theyareclosetothecenterofastadium.

D.Theyareinthecenterofastadium.

23.Whichofthefollowinginventionscanhelptosaveyourtime?

A.ToiletLock.

B.StadiumHelmet.

C.SnakeLeash.

D.BaconAlarmClock.

B

Asyoubitedownadeliciouspieceoffish,youprobablydon’tthinkaboutwhatthefishitselfate—butperhapsyoushould.Morethan50speciesoffishhavebeenfoundtoeatplastictrashatsea.Thisisbadnews,notonlyforfishbutalsoforhumanswhorelyonfishforfood.

Fishdon’tusuallydieasadirectresultoffeedingonthelargequantitiesofplastictrashfloatingintheoceans.Butthatdoesn’tmeanifsnotharmfulforthem.Somenegativeeffectsthatscientistshavediscoveredwhenfisheatplasticincludereducedactivityratesandweakenedschoolingbehavior,aswellascompromisedliverfunction.Thisistroublingbecausepeopleeatfishthathaveeatenplastic.Numerousspecieshavebeensoldforhumanconsumption,includingmackerel,stripedbassandsturgeonintheirstomachs.

Itiswellknownthatplastictrashcausesaseriousthreattoseaanimals,butwearestilltryingtounderstandwhyanimalseatit.Typically,researchhasconcludedthatseaanimalsvisuallymistakeplasticforfood.Whilethismaybetrue,thefullstoryisprobablymorecomplex.Forexample,inarecentstudy,weshowedthatplastictrashmaysmellattractivetoseaorganisms.Thatstudyfocusedonseabirds,butnowmyco-authorsandIhavefoundthatplastictrashhasasimilareffectonanchovies（凤尾鱼）.

Whenwestartedtheexperiment,wedidnotknowwhetheradultanchoviesusedtheirsenseofsmelltofindfoodatall,letalonewhethersmellmightleadthemtoeatplastic.Totestourhypothesisthatitwould,weputkrill（鳞虾）orplastictrashandcleanplasticinseawaterforseveralhours.Wethenfilteredourkrillandplastic“tea”,presentedittotheanchovyschools,andobservedtheirbehavior.Whenweputseawaterscentedwithkrillintothetank,theanchoviesrespondedasiftheyweresearchingforfood.Whenwepresentedthemwithseawaterscentedwithsmellsofplastictrash,theschoolsrespondedinnearlythesameway,movingasiftheyweresearchingforfood.

Thisresearchconfirmstwothings.First,weshowedthatnorthernanchoviesusesmellstolocatefood.Thisstudyalsosuggeststhatourconsume-and-disposecultureiscomingbacktoupsetusviathefishweeat.

Infact,everyonecandosomethingrightnowaboutocean-plasticpollutionbyavoidingsingle-useplasticitemsandrecyclingplasticupondisposal.Thereismoreworktobedone.

24.For,thenewsthatmanyspeciesoffishhavebeenfoundtoeatplastictrashatseaisnotgood.

A.peoplewholiveonfish

B.peoplewholivebyfishing

C.peoplewhostudyseaanimals

D.peoplewhodon’tkeepfishforfood

25.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordmean?

A.findingsB.guessesC.theoriesD.opinions

26.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Fishdoesn’tdiedirectlybecauseofeatingplastictrash.

B.Plastictrashposesaseriousthreattoseaanimalsatpresent.

C.Theresearchersdidn’tknowthatsmellwouldleadanchoviestoeatplasticatfirst.

D.Thestudyinthepassageprovesthatnorthernanchoviesusesoundstofindfood.

27.What’sthepurposeoftheauthorwritingthelastparagraph?

A.Tomakeaconclusion.B.Tomakeaplanforpeoplefishing.

C.Tostressthattheirpointsareright.D.Tocallonpeopletoprotecttheenvironment.

C

Onanygivenweekend,theWashington,D.C.,publiclibrarysystemoffersnearlyadozenclasses.YoucantryMattMcentee’sclass,wherehe’llteachyouhowtofixanythingfromaclocktoabrokenheartinperson.

Idecidedtocheckoutasmallclassearlyonemorning.It’scalledHomebuying101.Today,thereareabout10adultsranginginagefromtheirmid-20stoearly50s—findingtheirseats.

Inthesecondrow,WhennaAndrews,28,alreadyhashernotebookout.

IaskAndrewswhyshecametoaclassatthelibrary,insteadoflearninghowtobuyahomeonline.“ThisisgoingtobemyfirsttimebuyingahomeandIhavealotofquestions,”Andrewsanswers.“IfeellikeifI’mreadingbymyselfonlineIcangetlostintheinformation.”

Andrews’decisiontolearninatraditionalclassroomisstillthepreferredchoiceforadults,accordingtoanewstudybythePewResearchCenter.

Pewlookedatnearly3,000people,aged18andolder.Pewwantedtoknowhow,andwhere,adultslearn,aftertheyleavetheirformalschooling.

“Learningisstillverymuchaplace-basedthing,”saysPewresearcherJohnHorrigan.“TheInter