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2016—2017学年上学期2016级
第三次双周练英语试卷
考试日期:2016年10月21日
第I卷
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 Dorothy do on the weekend?
A.Go out with her friend.
B.Work on her paper.
C.Make some plans.
2.What was the normal price of the T-shirt?
A.$15. B.$30. C.$50.
3.What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon?
A.To attend a wedding. B.To visit an exhibition. C.To meet a friend.
4.When does the bank close on Saturday?
A.At 1 pm. B.At 3 pm. C.At 4 pm.
5.Where are the speakers?
A.In a store. B.In a classroom. C.At a hotel.
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.Where is Ben?
A.In the kitchen. B.At school. C.In the park.
7.What will the children do in the afternoon?
A.Help set the table. B.Have a party. C.Do their homework.
听第 7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8.What did the man think of the meal?
A.Just so-so. B.Quite satisfactory. C.A bit disappointing.
9.What was the 15% on the bill paid for?
A.The food. B. The drinks. C. The service.
听第 8段材料,回答第10至12题。
10.What helps to impress the interviewer in the first place?
A.Appropriate body language.
B.An excellent memory.
C.Natural voice.
11.What should the man do before the interview?
A.Practice handshaking.
B.Recite the answers to possible questions.
C.Get some information about the company.
12.What advice does the woman offer about the topic of salary(工资)?
A.Not to mention it at the first interview.
B.Not to bring it up in a roundabout way.
C.To let the interviewer mention it next time.
听第9段材料,回答第13至 16题。
13.What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?
A.Go to a play. B.Stay at home. C.Visit Kingston.
14.What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?
A.Attend a party. B.Meet her aunt. C.See a car show.
15.Why is Ariel in a hurry lo leave?
A.To call up Betty. B.To buy some DVDs. C.To pick up Daniel.
16.What might be the relationship between the speakers?
A.Classmates. B.Workers of a same company. C.Guide and tourist.
听第10段材料,回答第 17至 20题。
17.Why do some people say they never have dreams according to Dr. Garfield?
A.They forget about their dreams.
B.They don't want to tell the truth.
C.They have no bad experiences.
18.Why did Davis stop having dreams?
A.He got a serious heart attack.
B.He was too sad about his brother’s death.
C.He was frightened by a terrible dream.
19.What is Dr. Garfield's opinion about dreaming?
A.It is very useful.
B.It makes things worse.
C.It prevents the mind from working.
20.Why do some people turn off their dreams completely?
A.To sleep better.
B.To recover from illnesses.
C.To stay away from their problems.
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 和 D )中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving songbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage, caring them with love. Luckily, the birds grew strong little by little. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.
One day the girl left the door to the cage open accidentally. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. So as he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. Suddenly, she felt the bird go weak, so she opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. It was her desperate love that had killed him.
She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his strong desire—needing to fly into the clear, blue sky. Unwillingly, she lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air. The lucky bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delightedly at the bird. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. What she wanted to see was that the bird could fly happily. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest tune that she had ever heard.
Remember, the fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it wings!
21. After the girl found the two birds, she ________.
A. became frightened at once B. began to treat them badly
C. greeted them happily D. fed them and raised them
22. Why did the girl grasp the stronger bird wildly?
A. Because the girl disliked the bird any longer
B. Because the bird wanted to fly alone.
C. Because the girl loved the bird deeply.
D. Because the bird tried to find some food.
23. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Catch what you can catch on your way to success.
B. Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
C. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
D. East or west, home is best.
B
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes(撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn’t really dead. With any luck he isn’t even hurt. Why ? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.
There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!
But although their work depend on tricks of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of(尽管)all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too!
24. Stuntmen are those who____________
A.Often dress up as actors B.prefer to lead dangerous lives
C.often perform seemingly dangerous actions D.often fight each other for their lives
25. Stuntmen earn their living by___________
A.playing their dirty tricks B.selling their special skills
C.jumping out of high windows D.jumping from fast moving trains
26. When a stuntman falls from a high building,___________
A.he needs little protection B.he will be covered with a mattress
C.his life is endangered D.his safety is generally all right
27. What can be inferred from the author’s example of the Norwegian stuntman?
A.Sometimes an accident can happen to a stuntman.
B.The percentage of serious accidents is high.
C.Parachutes must be of good quality.
D.The cliff is too high.
C
What's your dream vacation? Watching wildlife in Kenya? Boating down the Amazon? Sunbathing in Malaysia? New chances are opening up all the time to explore the world. So we visit travel agents, compare packages and prices ,and pay our money.
We know what our vacation costs us. But do we know what it might cost someone else? It's true that many poorer countries now depend on tourism for foreign income. Unfortunately, though, tourism often harms the local people more than it helps them.
It might cost their homes and lands. In Myanmar, 5,200 people were forced to leave their homes among the pagodas(佛塔)in Bagan so that tourists could visit the pagodas.
Tourism might also cost the local people their livelihood and dignity. Local workers often find only jobs with slim salaries in the tourist industry. And most of the profits(利润) do not help the local economy. Instead, profits return to the tour operators in wealthier countries, When the Maasai people in Tanzania were driven from their lands, some moved to city slums. Others now make a little money selling souvenirs or posing(摆姿势) for photos.
Problems like these were observed more than 20 years ago. But now some non-government organizations, tour operators and local governments are working together to begin correcting them. Tourists, too, are putting on the pressure.
The result is responsible tourism, or “ethical tourism.” Ethical tourism has people at its heart. New international agreements and codes of conduct(行为准则)can help protect the people's lands, homes, economies and cultures. The beginnings are small, though, and the problems are complex.
But take heart. The good news is that everyone, including us, can play a part to help the local people in the places we visit. Tour operators and companies can help by making sure that local people work in good conditions and earn reasonable wages.
They can make it a point to use only locally owned hotel, restaurants and guide services. They can share profits fairly to help the local economy. And they can involve the local people in planning and managing tourism.
What can tourists do? First, we can ask tour companies to provide information about the conditions of local citizens. We can then make our choices and tell them why. And while we're abroad, we can:
Buy local foods and products, not imported ones.
Pay a fair price for goods and services and not bargain for the cheapest price.
Avoid flaunting wealth.
Ask before taking photographs of people. They are not just part of the landscape!
Let's enjoy our vacation and make sure others do, too.
28. What is probably the best title for the article?
A. Tourism Causes Bad Effects. B. Tourism Calls for Good Behavior.
C. Vacations Bring a Lot of Fun. D. Vacations Cost More Than You Think
29. Which of the following is not mentioned?
A. Local people were well paid to leave their lands.
B. Tourists may stay in hotels opened by local people.
C. Local people are mainly provided with low-paying work.
D. Tourists could bargain with local people for a reasonable price.
30. The underlined phrase "take heart" means" ".
A. pay attention B. take care C. cheer up D. calm down
31. According to the passage, the writer thinks .
A. tourism is not a promising industry
B. dream vacations should be spent abroad
C. the problems caused by tourism are easy to settle
D. tourists should respect local customs and culture
D
EDGEWOOD — Every morning at Dixie Heights High School, customers pour into a special experiment: the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs.
Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries. By closing time at 9:20 a.m., the shop usually sells 90 drinks.
“Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good,” Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher.
The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school. They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.
Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia. Not that it was easy. Chevalier’s first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content? Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition (营养) guidelines. The whole school has joined in to help. Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.
32. What is the text mainly about?
A. A best-selling coffee.
B. A special educational program.
C. Government support for schools.
D. A new type of teacher-student relationship.
33.The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to .
A. raise money for school affairs
B. do some research on nutrition
C. develop students’ practical skills
D. supply teachers with drinks
34. How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman’s opinion of the chi tea?
A. She met her in the shop.
B. She heard her telling others.
C. She talked to her on the phone.
D. She went to her office to deliver the tea.
35. We know from the text that Ginger Gray .
A. manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton County
B. sees that the drinks meet health standards
C. teaches at Dixie Heights High School
D. owns the school’s coffee shop
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
36 You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:
Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 37 A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class. 38 Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from scho
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