1、- 1 -陕西省西安中学 2017-2018学年高二英语下学期期中试题（实验班）(时间： 120 分钟 满分：150 分) 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分 20分) 第一节 (共 5小题；每小题 1分，满分 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 man do on Saturday evening?A. Attend a party. B. Do the cooking. C. Go cyclin
2、g.2. Where are the speakers?A. In a clothes shop. B. In a tailors. C. In a laundry.3. How does the man go to work every day?A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.4. What does the man think of his present job?A. Challenging. B. Boring. C. Well-paid.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A photo.
3、 B. A play. C. A dress.第二节（共 15小题；每小题 1分，满分 15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、7 题。6. Why is the man at the airport?A. To board a plane. B. To pick up some passengers. C. To meet the woman.7.Whi
4、ch flight has been delayed?A. The French flight. B. The Spanish flight. C. The - 2 -Italian flight.听第 7段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Where can the man put his bag?A. Behind the door. B. In the locker. C. On the desk.9. What should the man do after getting into the exam hall?A. Find his examination number.B. Turn
5、 off the mobile phone.C. Show his student ID card.听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10. What will the speakers do during the summer break?A. Earn some money.B. Enjoy some arts.C. Do some shopping.11. What can the speakers do in Rosemount?A. Have some nice meals.B. Find a good variety of local works.C. Buy some pa
6、intings and handmade jeweIlery. 12. Where will the speakers sleep during the summer break?A. In their house. B. In a hotel. C. In a tent.听第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16题。13. What kind of club does the woman want to take?A. The one that has a big number of members.B. The one that offers many different activities.
7、C. The one that has a low entry fee.14. What does the man say about the cross-country cycling club?A. It has many members.B. It looks quite interesting.C. It is too expensive.15. How much does the film club cost?- 3 -A. $15. B. $30. C. $50.16. Which club will the woman probably join?A. The street da
8、nce club. B. The table tennis club. C. The film club.听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17. How long does it take to get to the camping area?A. About 8 hours. B. About 6 hours. C. About 2 hours.18. What will the listeners do first when they arrive at the camping area?A. Go shopping. B. Check the e-mails. C. Set u
9、p the tents.19. What does the speaker advise the listeners to do?A. Stay in the camp in stormy weather.B. Listen to the weather report.C. Prepare clothes for wet weather.20. What are the listeners probably unable to do in the hills?A. Ask Mrs. Sanderson questions.B. Go down to the town.C. Use their
10、phones.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。AMid- February of 2018 brings us two key events: Valentines Day and the start of the Year of the Dog. Happiness and romance are in the air. Both at home and abroad various celebrations are held for the two we
11、stern and Chinese festivals. Here are some activities recommended to you, which few people will miss the chance to participate in them.Dog themed exhibition held in Beijing to greet the Spring FestivalThe Chinese Lunar New Year will start on Feb 16, making start of the Year of - 4 -the Dog. To celeb
12、rate it, an exhibition entitled “Best Wishes from the Auspicious Dog” will be opened.The place: At the Capital Museum in Beijing.The exhibition time: From Feb.14, 2018 till March 18, 9:00 am 6:00 pm per day.The main theme: The relationship between dogs and humans, the exhibition has collected cultur
13、al relics, pictures, historical facts to show that dogs have accompanied us throughout history.A large celebration held by Boston Chinese community to celebrate the Year of the DogDate: From February 14 to February 16, 2018. 9:30 5pm.Place: In Copley Square Hotel, Boston.Programs: Dragon dance, lion
14、 dance, magic show, Beijing opera and ballet.Food: Many traditional Chinese foods such as hotpots, dumplings, rice cakes.Fare: Sponsored by a large Chinese Cooperation, all the fees are free.Highlights: Anyone whose birthday is in the Year of the dog will receive a mascot of the dog.Attention: Parti
15、cipants need to register in advance by visiting the website http:/.The 2018 Dingsheng Royal Lantern Fair to welcome the coming Chinese lunar new year.With the theme of embracing the Year of the Dog, the 2018 Dingsheng Royal Lantern Fair kicks off in Chengde city, North Chinas Hebei province. More th
16、an 50 groups of lanterns in various shapes and sizes are illuminated during the festival to promote the Chinese Spring Festival culture. In addition to the carved ice exhibition, visitors can also watch folk performances.Opening time: From February 14, Valentines Day till March 2Highlights: An datin
17、g area will be set aside for the singles to find the other half of theirs.Admission: 1. 100 yuan for each adult, children under 15 free.- 5 -2. Anyone who married in the year of the dog will enjoy the half price.21. Which celebrate will last longest according to the text?A. The dog themed exhibition
18、 in Beijing.B. The large celebration in Boston.C. Dingsheng Royal Lantern Fair in Chengde.D. The celebration in Copley Square Hotel 22. In Boston celebration, a mascot of the dog will be received by anyone born in _.A. 2004 B. 1996 C. 2012 D. 1994 23. How much will a couple married in the year of th
19、e dog pay for Dingsheng Lantern Fair admission?A. 50 yuan B. 100 yuan C. 200 yuan D. 150 yuanBId never run more than 10km but I was stepping it up to 4 times the distance the 2017 London Marathon for charity. My target was to raise 2,000, a big challenge. But it was brilliant because collecting not
20、only motivates you to train hard, but also means youre not just running for yourself. Youre running for something much greater.Youd be surprised at how many people donate money around the time of the marathon. People were so crazy that I hardly noticed how quickly things happened and how quickly the
21、 following months flew by. It was my first marathon. I did my research, made a plan and put it up on my wall and crossed an item off every time I went for a run. Thats the key. The training plan lasted 16 weeks. I started with five-mile runs and got myself up to 8-10 miles.Your training pays off on
22、the day of the event. Go over Tower Bridge with thousands of people cheering you on, and run down roads that you never get the opportunity to go to its amazing. Its like a leap of faith. The truth is that if you never take the risk, youll never know how much youll push yourself and what you can achi
23、eve.- 6 -I havent made a decision whether to take part in next years London Marathon. But thats fine. I know Ive already achieved something rather special that I cant stop talking about.24. What is the authors purpose in joining in the marathon?A. To earn a reputation. B. To challenge a 40 km run.C.
24、 To raise awareness of physical exercise. D. To collect money for charity. 25. What is the most important in the preparation according to the author?A. The proper training plan.B. The craziness about the marathon.C. The donation around the marathon.D. The gradual change in the running distance. 26.
25、What did the author think of the marathon?A. Its troublesome. B. Its disordered.C. Its exhausting. D. Its inspiring. 27. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The author has decided to enter for the 2018 London Marathon.B. The author will take part in other marathons all around the world.C. T
26、he author regards the marathon experience as one of his proudest.D. The author thinks one marathon is enough for a person to take pride of. CRecycling programs usually give new life to materials like paper, metal, plastic and glass. But a program in the eastern America is recycling shellfish to help
27、 the Chesapeake Bay.Oysters(牡蛎) is known to help clean the water. Besides, generation upon generation of oysters form reefs, which provide homes for fish and crabs.Oysters are a tradition in the Chesapeake. They are good for the bay. But environmental damage and too much harvesting have cut the oyst
28、er population there.An organization called the Oyster Recovery Partnership started the recycling - 7 -program earlier this year. Baby oysters need to attach themselves to a shell or other hard surface as they grow. Scientists are using recycled shells as part of an oyster reproduction(繁殖 ) program.
29、More than 15 restaurants, seafood dealers and other businesses have joined the Oyster Recovery Partnership. Maryland and Virginia are also taking part in the program.One of the restaurants involved is in Washington. Oysters are a specialty at the Old Ebbitt Grill. Its manager Christian Guidi says th
30、ey serve about 1,500 to 3,000 oysters a day and that obviously does create a lot of shells.But the restaurant no longer throws away all those shells. The Oyster Recovery Partnership takes them away for recycling.First the shells get washed. Then they go to the Center for Environmental Science at the
31、 University of Maryland for further processing.The shells are placed in tanks with hundreds of millions of oyster lavae(幼体). In this way, the baby oysters can be raised until they have grown big enough to be moved to the Chesapeake.This year, the Oyster Recovery Partnership helped produce and plant
32、more than 450 million baby oysters in the bay.Don Meritt heads the oyster recovery program at the University of Maryland. He says the goal is not just to increase the oyster population. Their real goal is to try to restore healthy oysters to the Chesapeake Bay so that they can help restore a healthy
33、 Chesapeake Bay.28. What causes the number of oysters to drop in the Chesapeake Bay?A. Too much rain. B. Water pollution.B. Hot weather D. Overfishing.29. What did the Old Ebbitt Grill do with the shells in the past?A. It collected all the shells. B. It threw the shells away.C. It sold the shells as
34、 waste. D. It poured the shells into the sea.30. Why are shells placed in tanks with oyster larae?A. To help them to grow. B. To provide more nutrition.- 8 -C. To make the tank like sea. D. To serve as homes for them.31. What can we learn from the text?A. Recycled shells can improve the environment.
35、B. The number of oysters has increased in the bay.C. The oysters are popular in cities like Washington.D. The oyster recovery program needs more support.DHuman beings enjoyed a double treat in January with the appearance of two supermoons. The first one rose on the night of New Years Day. The second
36、 came on the last night of the month, topping off with a lunar eclipse(月食). That is the end of trilogy(三部曲 ) of big moon treats that began on Dec.3, 2017 with a full cold moon. The January.1 supermoon was the biggest of the year. The moon appeared to be oversized for a few nights after that, though
37、it was no longer a full moon.A supermoon is a full moon that appears at the perigee(近地点), the closest point in the moons orbit to the Earth, about 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than full moons that appear at the apogee, the farthest point in the orbit. Supermoons, hanging around all nigh
38、t, are easy to see and are not damaging the eyes, no matter how long you gaze at the moon.For those still talking about a hangover on the night of Jan.1, an even more charming supermoon rose on the night of Jan. 31. That was the second full moon of the month, which is usually called a “blue moon” be
39、cause a double full-moon month occurs essentially once in a supermoon about every two and a half years. A blue moon is even rarer when its a supermoon. But that wasnt the only rarity that night. The super blue moon also occurred during a total lunar eclipse. Because skies were clear, the total eclip
40、se was visible from eastern Asia across the Pacific Ocean to western North America.Lunar eclipses make moons appear blood red because of the way the blocked sunlight bends, when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, blocking the suns light from reflecting the moon. So many people witnessed t
41、he super blood - 9 -moon during the night of the lunar eclipse. To get the full effect of the lunar eclipse, watch at moonset.32. What can we learn about the Jan. 31 supermoon from the text?A. It was a super blue moon.B. It began with a lunar eclipse.C. It was observed all over the world.D. It was t
42、he biggest moon of the year. 33. What is the second paragraph mainly talking about?A. The supermoons origin. B. The supermoons definition.C. The supermoons function. D. The supermoons identity.34. Why does the moon look red during the lunar eclipse?A. Because of the angle of the sunshine.B. Because
43、the sky is filled with dark clouds.C. Because Pacific Ocean reflects the moonlight.D. Because sunlight cant reach the moon directly. 35. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Double New Year Supermoons.B. The definition of a Supermoon.C. Supermoons with a Lunar Eclipse.D. The
44、Rarity of the Blue Supermoon.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。Travel Can Enrich Your LifeTheres nothing like the moment when your plane touches down in your destination. Its the moment when reality hits you: Youre not at home anymore and adventures await you. 36 By th
45、e time I was 18, I had been around the world at least 10 times and visited more than 20 countries. Travel opened my eyes to new communities, cultures, and experiences that changed my life.Exploring the world can expand your horizons and open the door to future - 10 -opportunities. Its appealing to v
46、iew travel merely as an opportunity to party with friends or check tourist sights off on your bucket list. 37 Travel can help you mature. 38 Ive witnessed friends take an extended break for trips around the world on a shoestring budget. They came back completely changed. Leaving the comforts of home
47、 to explore unknown areas teaches you independence.39 Before I visited Thailand, I pictured a third-world country that was dirty, disorganized and unsafe. I was completely wrong. Although parts of Thailand are still developing and missing many regulations we have, it is now a tourist attraction with
48、 beautiful sandy beaches, hundreds of tropical islands, nightlife, archaeological sites, museums, splendid palaces, Buddhist temples and several World Heritage sites.40 How often do you hear old people say they wish theyd seen more of the world before? Travelling gives you a sense of accomplishment,
49、 a good understanding of different cultures and appreciation of the comfort of home.A. Travel can help you define your story.B. Travel can help you remove regrets.C. Travel can help you gain new opinions.D. Meanwhile, you will experience the benefits travel can bring you.E. Travel quickly transforms you into an adult.F. The excitement and influence of travel go beyond the journey itself.G. But comparing the experiences to these opportunities, youll appreciate the former more.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45分）
