1、吉林省白山市抚松县第六中学学年高二英语上学期期中试题吉林省白山市抚松县第六中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（满分150分，时间120分钟）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 next?A. Read a magazine B. Look up a word C Read a book2. How will the woman g
2、o downtown?A. By bus B By car C By subway.3. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues B. Classmates C. Coach and trainer4. When do the speakers think Mike can get there?A Around 4 pm B Around 5 pm C Around 6 pm5. What does the woman mean?A. It will be sunny todayB. She need
3、s to cover her babyC. Its better to bring a raincoat第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5 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 is the woman busy with these days?A. Her work B. Her study C. Her job hunting7. Wha
4、t day is it today?A. Tuesday B Wednesday C. Thursday.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What will the man do this weekend?A Stay at home B. Visit his cousin C. Go to the beach9. Why dose the woman refuse to go with the man? A. She has to care for AmeyB. She shows no interest in divingC. She needs to go out with her
5、parents听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Why does the woman dislike the man upstairs? A. He often throws parties and is unfriendlyB. He prevents her from throwing partiesC. He asks high rent from her11. What will the woman do?A Find a new job before moving awayB. Look for an apartmentC. Live with a friend12. Wh
6、at does the woman want the man to do?A Buy some used things from herB. Help carry things downstairsC. Take her to the market听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13 Why does the man read the article?A. He is planing a tripB. He wants to kill timeC. He needs to do the homework.14. When was the White House the largest bui
7、lding in America?A. Before the Civil War B During the Civil War C. After the Civil War15. What were on the first floor of the White House?A. Public rooms B. Private rooms C Meeting rooms16. Where are most probably the speakers?A. In a bookstore B. At school C. At a bus station听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. W
8、hy was the speaker sad?A. Because she used old thingsB. Because she had no friendsC Because she failed to understand the course18. What did the others do when the speaker entered the classroom?A. They made fun of her. B. They greeted her C. They looked at her19. How old is the speaker?A.11 B.12. C.1
9、320. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. Her best friendsB. Her daily school lifeC. Her first day at school阅读理解（共两节，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。第一节（每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）ABright Side did some research on many places throughout the world where you can buy a
10、house for 1 dollar or for free !Roubaix, FranceIf you like France, Roubaix located in the north of France is just for you. The local authorities want it to be populated and attractive. You can buy a small house in the industrial district for just $1. The buyer is supposed to live in this house for 3
11、 years.Buffalo, USABuffalo offers whoever qualifies to buy a house for $1. All you need is to be a lawful citizen of the city and invest amount of money into its decoration. Doing this, the authorities are hoping to make the city beautiful again without spending money.Liverpool, Great BritainIn Live
12、rpool, most of houses were abandoned by the working class during the years of unemployment. The government is trying to sell the houses for just $1. If you want to buy such a house, it has to be your first deal on buying property(不动产). Candela, ItalyIf you still have any doubts about spending $1 on
13、a house, you should know: the government will pay you some money, if you move to Candela. In order to be paid, you need to become a permanent citizen and have an income of $7500 per year. If moving alone, you will get $800, and if you are going with your family, the pay can be four times as much as
14、only one person.For more information of other cities, please Click Here 21. Why do the authorities of Buffalo provide a house for people with 1$ ?A. To improve the lives of poor people. B. To make the city attractive at no cost.C. To solve the problems of employment.D. To attract people to the indus
15、trial areas.22. What is required to buy a house for 1 dollar in Liverpool?A. You need to be an unemployed citizen.B. You should live in the house for 3 years.C. You must make the first house purchase.D. You have to repair and decorate the house.23. How much money can you get if moving to Candela wit
16、h a whole family?A. $3200 B. $1 C. $800 D. $750024. Where does this passage come from?A. a textbook B. a magazine C. the Internet D. an announcementBWhen the tornado(龙卷风) passed, Lewis returned to her house after that awful night, and the Bible was the first thing she looked for. She had bought it 3
17、5 years earlier, at the start of her marriage. Like many folks, shed used it to preserve the familys history: decades-old photos, newspaper obituaries(讣告) of loved ones, a handkerchief from her great-grandmother, even a piece of a scarf her uncle had brought back from the Korean War.The Bible was no
18、t where shed last seen it, on top of an antique dresser in her bedroom. The only thing left was the solid pieces of marble that had been on the top of the furniture. After an hour of searching, one of the volunteers ran up to her and found the Bible while clearing through ruins. She had tears stream
19、ing down her cheeks. It had flown about ten feet from the dresser. Surprisingly, while many books had been destroyed beyond recognition, the Bible was still intact, even though it had sat in the rain for days. “It was a miracle,” says Lewis.A few of the Bibles treasures did go missing. Yet ever so s
20、lowly, they, too, began reappearing in Lewiss life. Days after the Bible was found, volunteers discovered one of the newspaper obituaries outside the home. Two weeks later, a neighbor found another newspaper clipping（剪辑） by her house. “It was a shock,” says Lewis. Now the Bible already has its well-
21、deserved place of honor, on the dresser. She knows that while every good book tells stories of disastrous weather and unlikely survival, this one actually lived it.25. What does the underlined word “intact” probably refer to?A. Unfolded B. New C. Undamaged D. fragile26. Why was the Bible the first t
22、hing to look for?A. It is a book telling good stories. B. It was a valuable gift at her marriage.C. It records her familys trees and history. D. It keeps things recalling familys stories.27. What is the best title for the text?A. The Bible Beats a Tornado B. The Bible Blesses LewisesC. Antique Treas
23、ures Are Never GoneD. Family Treasures Are Along With USCYou cant see your sleeping pets brain waves, but its behavior can tell you when your cat might be dreaming. If you watch closely, youll see that as she falls asleep, her breathing becomes slow and regular with her body still. She has entered t
24、he first stage of sleep, called slow-wave sleep. After about 15 minutes youll notice a change in her breathing. Her eyes move under her closed lids ,her paws twitch(抽动）and she flicks(尤指用手指或手快速地轻抚）an ear. She has entered dreaming. Although she twitches and makes little grunting（嘟囔）noises, messages fr
25、om her brain to the large muscles in her legs are blocked, so she cant run about. She is in a state of sleep paralysis（麻痹）”. Michel Jouvet, a French scientist, interrupted their sleep paralysis. Even though they were completely asleep, the dreaming cats began to run for balls that Jouvet couldnt see
26、 and arched(弓起) their backs at unseen enemies. He figures he was watching them act out their dreams! Obviously，the dreaming cats seemed to be practicing important cat skills: following, pouncing（猛扑）, and fightingIn another study, Matt Wilson recorded rats brain waves while they learned mazes（迷宫）. On
27、e day, he left the brain-wave-recording machine on while the rats fell asleep. The pattern of brain waves in the sleeping rats matched the pattern from the maze so closely that Wilson could figure out exactly which part of the maze each rat was dreaming about！Many researchers now think that in both
28、people and animals, one purpose of dreams is to practise important skills and figure out recent learning. This may explain why so many people dream about fighting and escaping, skills that were probably important to our ancestors, and why dreaming affects our ability to learn.Do all animals dream? F
29、rom looking at the brain waves of sleeping animals, how often animals dream seems to be tied to body size. Cats dream about every 15 minutes, mice every 9 minutes, and elephants every 2 hours. And though cows and horses usually sleep standing up, they only dream when lying down.28. What does Michel
30、Jouvet find in his study？A. The dreaming cats are in a state of body paralysis.B. The dreaming cats often practice their important skills.C. The eyes of dreaming cats moved while bodies are still.D. The muscles of the dreaming cats are blocked to move.29. What can you infer from the third and the fo
31、urth paragraphs?A. Dreaming a lot can help humans learn more.B. Learning mazes is the basic skill for cats to learn. C. Rats often dreams to make certain their recent learning.D. Fighting and escaping are not important skills for ancestors.30. Which animal may dream most frequently?A. Rats. B. Dogs.
32、 C. Cows. D. Elephants.31. How does the author develop his passage?A. By making comparisons. B. By using figures. C. By telling stories. D. By showing facts.DNowadays six Amazon Scout delivery robots rolled out in a pilot program in Snohomish County, Wash. The robots carry meals, groceries and packages to homes and offices in this region just north of Seattle. They have appeared on the sidewalks of Lond
