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陕西16-17学年高二上期中考试--英语
第一卷（选择题 共100分）
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题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Wildlife.
B. Holidays.
C. A book.
2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. In the library.
B. In the cinema.
C. In the post office.
3. Why was the plane late?
A. The weather was bad.
B. The engine needed repairing.
C. Someone was badly ill.
4. Who will go to America?
A. Lucy and Peter .
B. Lucy and Sharon.
C. Sharon and Peter .
5. What will the woman probably do this evening?
A. Stay at home.
B. Go to the concert.
C. Do some sports.
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道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6 至7题。
6.How old was probably the man when he got his PhD?
A. 18. B. 26. C. 28.
7. When did the man begin his research on the AIDS drug?
A. When he got a job in a medical lab.

B. When he was at a night school.
C. When he worked at a medical company.
听第7段材料，回答第8 至9题。
8. What does the man think of the Designer Line items?
A. Fashionable. B. Personal. C. Expensive.
9 What is the price range for the Best Buys items?
A. From $30 to $100. B. From $50 to $500. C. From $400 to $1,500.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where is the man?
A. In the room.
B. At the front desk.
C. In the supermarket.
11. What is the most important thing to the man?
A. His Master Card.
B. His ID card.
C. His mobile phone.
12.What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Look for the bag in his room.
B. Call the police first
C. Get in touch with the supermarket
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What will happen next week?
A. The man’s friend will visit him.
B. The man’s friend Mark will leave
C. The woman’s friend Karen will come into town.
14. Which word can be used to describe Mark?
A. Selfish.
B. Talented.
C. Lazy.
15. What do we know about Karen?
A. She is shy.
B. She has blue eyes.
C. She likes playing tennis.
16. What do the speakers decide to do?
A. Go cycling together.
B. Introduce Karen and Mark to each other.
C. Have dinner together
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Who did the garden probably belong to?
A. Carlton.
B. Carlton’ s friend.
C. Carlton’ s neighbor.
18. What did Carlton intend to do in the garden?
A. To steal some apples.
B. To sell his ladder.
C. To have a close look
19. How did Carlton get into the garden?
A. From the doorway.
B. By climbing his own ladder.
C. By using the ladder of the garden.
20. What did the gardener think of Carlton’ s reply?
A. He half-believed it.
B. He didn’t believe it at all.
C. He had no doubt about it.
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，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
You’re rushing to work and a man ahead of you falls on the sidewalk. Do you stop to help? In a study of by-standers, it was found that some people change their attention and keep on walking rather than stop and get involved.
“There is a tendency to decide that no action is needed.” says a psychologist. “The first thoughts that pop into your mind often keep you from offering help. In order to take action, you have to work against them.” Here are some common thoughts that might prevent you from helping.
● Why should I be the one? I’m probably not the most competent（有能力的） person in this crowd. You might think someone older or with more medical knowledge should offer assistance.
● What if he doesn’t really need my help? The fear of embarrassment is powerful; no one wants to risk looking foolish in front of others.
● No one else looks concerned-this must not be a problem. We can follow the people around us, but most people tend to hold back their emotions in public.
“If you spot trouble and find yourself explaining inaction, force yourself to stop and evaluate the situation instead of walking on,” says the psychologist. “Then retry to involve other people; you don’t have to take on the entire responsibility of being helpful. Sometimes it’s just a matter of turning to the person next to you and saying, ‘It looks like we should do something.’ Or asking someone if an ambulance has been called and, if not, to call for one. Once you take action, most people will follow you.”
21．Which is NOT the common thought that stops you from helping others?
A．I’m not the very person capable of setting the problem.
B．It looks like we should do something.
C．It must not be a problem as no one else is concerned.
D．He doesn’t really need my help.
22．According to a study of by-standers, what will some people do when a man ahead falls down on the sidewalk?
A．They will call for help and then walk away.
B．They will stop and offer help.
C．They will turn away their eyes and go on walking.
D．They will laugh at him.
23．We learn from the last paragraph that if we spot trouble, ．
A．we should call the ambulance as soon as we can.
B．we should take on the whole responsibility and do something alone.
C．we should stop and evaluate the situation and try to make other people follow.
D．we should turn to other people and ask them to take on the responsibility
24．The main purpose of the text is to tell readers ．
A．to give others a hand
B．to be more competent
C．not to risk looking foolish
D．to stop and evaluate the situation
B

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didn’t know at that time that there was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it, ”says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.
But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement. Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many, many times, ”says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day.
According to US government reports , emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10. 3 million tons a year to 5. 5 tons. The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “Green thinking” has become part of practices.
Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6, 600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.
Twenty –five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, it’s hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program.” Until we do that , nothing else will change!” say Bruce Anderson.
25. According to Anderson , before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___
A. the social movement
B. recycling techniques
C. environmental problems
D. the importance of Earth Day
26. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?
A. The grass –roots level
B. The business circle
C. Government officials
D. University professors
27. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?
A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest
B. They have settled their environmental problems
C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.
D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures.
28. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?
A. Education
B. Planning
C. Green living
D. CO reduction
C
Lisa is ten years old. She is disabled because she has brain damage. She could not do even the simplest thing until a year ago. She could not comb her hair or feed herself. Her parents loved her. And they treated her like a baby.
Mr. Ching has a daughter and a son. They are both grown. They live far from their father. Mr. Cling felt lonely. He decided to become a foster grandfather to a handicapped child. And that was how he met Lisa.
Foster grandparents are grandparents who are not related by birth but foster parents love the children they care for. They also help the handicapped children in special ways. They help to dress and feed the children. They read to them and tell them stories. They also help with handicapped children’s therapy. Therapy is the treatment of a disease or disorder. It helps the children overcome their handicaps.
Mr. Cling became a foster grandparent to Lisa when she was nine years old. At first, Lisa was shy. She was afraid because Mr. Cling was a stranger. But he came to see her every day, gradually she began to trust him. At last, Lisa let Mr. Cling do things for her.
Cling speaks for most foster grandparents when he says, “We all benefit. The handicapped children benefit because we help them live more useful lives. And we benefit because we know the children need us and love us. For any person, there is no greater happiness than that.”
29. Why did Lisa need help?
A. She was a baby
B. She did not want to do anything.
C. She had brain damage.
D. She was a blind girl.
30. What does the underlined word “foster” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. elderly
B. related by birth
C. not related by birth
D. kind-hearted
31. Which five things do foster grandparents do for handicapped children
a help with their treatment b dress them c live in their homes
d feed them e charge them money f read to them
g tell them stories h make fun of them
A. a,b,d,e,f
B. a,c,e,f,h
C. b,c,d,f,g
D. a,b,d,f,g
32. The best title for this passage is ________.
A. Lisa, A Handicapped Girl
B. Why Did He Do That?
C. Foster Grandparents
D. The Greatest Happiness!
D
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It's a club with impressive features for teenagers：
No account keeping fees!
You're no millionaire so we don't expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits(储蓄)without taking them out in a month.
Convenient
Teenagers are busy—we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet…You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part­time job!
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33. The Winners Club provides magazines which ________.
A. encourage spending
B. are free to all teenagers
C. are full of adventure stories
D. help to make more of your money
34. If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.
A．be an Internet user
B．be permitted by your parent
C．have a big sum of money
D．be in your twenties
35. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To set up a club.
B. To provide part­time jobs.
C. To organize key­cards.
D. To introduce a new banking service.
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。
Learn to Live in the Present Moment
To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. 36
Without question, many of us have been used to spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things – all at once. 37 We also put off our satisfaction, our advantages and our happiness, often convincing ourselves that “someday” will be better than today. Unfortunately, the same mental power that tells us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that “someday” never actually arrives. John Lennon once said, “Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans.” When we’re busy making “other plans”, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. 38
Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal (带妆彩排) for some later date. It isn’t. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. 39 Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future — we won’t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.
40 Practice keeping your attention on the present. Your efforts will pay off.
A. When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds.
B. We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments, so much so that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless.
C. Tomorrow is a mystery, yesterday is a history, only today is a gift, and that is why we call today is the present.
D. Most of us are used to resting hope on future, ignoring the present moment.
E. Living in the present moment is where you are always, regardless of what happened yesterday, and what may or may not happen tomorrow.
F. In short, we miss a lot in life.
G. To get over fear, the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present.
第三部分 语音知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When I came to my new school three years ago, I was surprised at how lonely I felt. Then one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner 41 . I was a little anxious, but finally I gladly 42.
Not really knowing how 43 the bus ride should be, I 44 when I saw