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北京临川学校高二上学期期中考试英语试卷

命题：高云秋

满分150分，时间120分钟。第一部分：听力(分两节满分30分)

(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。

Where does the conversation take place?

A. On the street B. At a restaurant C. At home

What may the man do next?

A. Look for a hat B. Find his suitcase C. Pack some clothes

How much does the woman need to pay?

A. $240 B.$270 C.$300

What will the woman do today?

Go to a party B. Go to the library C. Go shopping

5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. A new notebook B. Summer jobs C. The French language

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至7题。

How long does Ted usually sleep every night?

A. For seven hours B. For eight hours C. For nine hours

What did Ted do last night?

A. He went to the cinema B. He went out with the man C. He watched a movie at home

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

Whom is the man speaking to ?

A.A tourist B.A local villager C. A new neighbor

How many buses leave for town each day?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题

What is the man doing?

A. Talking to a friend B. Attending a job interview C. Preparing for a job interview

How did the man gain work experience in this field?

A. By working part-time B. By doing an internship C. By learning form teachers

How much can a employee be paid in the second year?

A. $14,000 B. $15,000 C. $16,000

What probably makes the woman’s mother her hero?

A. Her great scientific achievements B. Her achievements at work

C. Her support to the family

What does the man think of his grandmother?

A. Kind-hearted b. Hard-working C. Easy-going

What is Adam’s dream?

A. To help poor children get enough food. B. To improve life of the homeless

C. To live a good life int he future

What is Kate doing now?

A. She is teaching at school B.She is traveling abroad now C.She is helping the homeless

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

What do some companies run in Garapan?

A. A shopping bus B. Free boats C. Public buses

Where can one usually stop a legally run taxi?

A. At a hotel B. At a mall C. At a restaurant

19,. What does the speaker think of car rental on Saipan Island?

A. It’s too costly B. It’s inconvenient B. It’s a good way

What is the man ?

A. A TV host B. A guide C. A radio program host

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分 ）

（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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I’m sure I’m not the only person (my age 15) who hates going to the dentist. Channel 4’s late-night documentary (纪录片) Open wide last Tuesday was excellent for people like me. However, none of my school friends watched it because they didn’t know it was on. Why can’t television companies let us know about such important programs in advance?

This programs was important because it showed how methods for helping people with toothache have developed over the centuries. If you think visiting the dentist today is an uncomfortable experience, just be grateful you didn’t live 200 years ago! Then, the programs told us, the only cure for toothache was removing the tooth. There weren’t any dentists, so the person who cut your hair also pulled out your bad teeth, and there was nothing to stop you feeling the pain.

The program has also completely changed my attitude to looking after my teeth. My parents were always saying to me things like, ‘Don’t eat too many sweets.’ And, ‘Brush your teeth after meals.’ But I never paid much attention. Now I’ve seen what damage sugar can do, especially if I don’t use a toothbrush regularly. I’m going to change my habits. Many people would benefit from a repeat of this program.

Sophie Ashley, Oxford

21. Sophie has written this letter to ____________.

A. complain about the time a television program was shown

B. ask for more television programs designed for school children

C. advise people to watch a particular television program

D. persuade a television company to show a program again

22. A reader can find out from this letter____________.

A. how to encourage young people to take care of their teeth

B. where to get information about future television programs

C. what kind of subjects young people enjoy studying at school

D. which television channel shows the most interesting programs

23. What does Sophie think about her parents now?

A. They don’t know as much as her about teeth.

B. Their advice is worth listening to.

C. They eat things that are bad for them.

D. They don’t clean their teeth often enough.

B

Science can’t explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure(血压) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.

Any owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress(紧张) levels and blood pressure in people – half of them pet owners – while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic(算术) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to – baseline heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more relaxed(放松) around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don’t judge.

A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers a Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36 fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and –exercise programs a separate group of 56 people without pets were put on a diet program. On average, people lost about 11 pounds, or 5% of their body weight. Their dogs did even better, losing an average or 12 pounds, more than 15% of their body weight. Dog owners didn’t lose any more weight than those without dogs but, say researchers, got more exercise overall – mostly with their dogs –and found it worth doing.

24．What does the text mainly discuss?

A．What pets bring to their owners. B．How pets help people calm down.

C．People’s opinions of keeping pets. D．Pet’s value in medical research.

25．We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if .

A．he has a pet companion B．he has less stress of work

C．he often does mental arithmetic D．he is taken care of by his family

26．According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?

A．They have lower blood pressure. B．They become more patient.

C．They are less nervous. D．They are in higher spirits.

27．The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that .

A．people with dogs did more exercise

B．dog lost the same weight as people did

C．dogs liked exercise much more than people did

D．people without dogs found the program unhelpful

C

There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee, the students would be in fear, because he was seldom pleased with the answers they gave. A student would be lucky enough if he or she could receive a good mark from him. At the end of the term, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the exam room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

The professor began to ask. The student was required to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.

　　Then the professor asked about the cure for illness, and the student, too, answered just as right.

“Good,” said the professor, “and how much will you give the patient?”

“A full spoon”, answered the student.

“Now you may go out and wait for what you can get.”, said the professor. At the same time, the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. “ A full spoon is too much,” he thought to himself. Anxiously he opened the door of the room and cried, “Mr Professor, I’ve make a mistake! A full spoon is too much for a patient. He can take only five drops.”

“I’m sorry, sir.” Said the professor coldly, “But it’s too late. Your patient has died.

28. The students were afraid of the professor because_________.

A. their answers seldom satisfied him

B. their answers often astonished him

C. they often angered and disappointed him

D. he often misunderstood them and give them bad markers

29. The student’s description of the illness was _____.

A. not correct B. accepted C. completely discouraging D.. not satisfied

30. Before he left the room the student was almost sure that ______.

A. he had made a mistake

B. his last answer was satisfying

C. he had passed the exam, and the only thing was to wait for the mark

D. he had not done well in the exam.

31.Which guess is the most reasonable from the passage?

A. The student must have passed the exam.

B. The professor must have been very pleased and given the student a good mark.

C. The student must have been very happy when he heard, “Your patient has died.”

D. The students may not have passed the exam.

D

One day a father and his rich family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be.

They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip, the father asked his son, “How