1、20182019 学年上学期 2017 级第二次双周练英语试卷第 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，从每题所给的 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 cycling.2. Where are the
2、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. B. A play. C. A dr
3、ess.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、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. Which flig
4、ht has been delayed?A. The French flight. B. The Spanish flight. C. The 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 off his mo
5、bile 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 artworks.C. Buy some paint
6、ings and handmade jewellery.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.C
7、. 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?A. $15. B. $30. C. $50.16. Which club will the woman probably join?A. The street dance
8、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 the buses 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.
9、 C. Set up 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. U
10、se their phones.第二部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 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。AWould you stop if you saw a 6-year-old girl alone in a public place?A social experiment conducted by UNICEF shows how differently people reacted depending on the girls ap
11、pearance.The video posted to YouTube on Tuesday features a 6-year-old child actor named Anano. When Anano was dressed in a nice dress and coat, people stopped to ask if she was lost, tried to comfort her and made phone calls on her behalf.Then makeup artists covered her face with soot and dressed he
12、r in dirty sweats and a knit cap. The video shows people walking right past her without a second glance.UNICEF then repeated the experiment inside a restaurant. When Anono was clean and dressed nicely, diners welcomed her at their tables. Strangers smiled at her, patted her arm and even rubbed her c
13、heeks.When she returned to the restaurant in the dirty sweats and knit cap, people clutched their purses and bags when she passed by. One man signaled to an employee and asked, “Can you take her out please?”The video shows Anano running out of the restaurant in tears.“We stopped the experiment becau
14、se Anano became too upset,” UNICEF said.“They were all telling me to go away,” UNICEF quoted the little girl as saying.“Every day, millions of children living in poverty are ignored, pushed aside and deprived(剥夺) of everything they need to grow up,” UNICEF stated on YouTube. “It doesnt need to be th
15、is way. Our 2016 State of the Worlds Children Report is a call to action for the world to treat its least fortunate children the way it treats its luckier children.” 21. From the video we know that the little girls _ change how strangers treat her. A. words B. behavior C. manners D. clothes 22. Why
16、was the experiment stopped half way?A. Because too many people stopped to ask if the little girl was lost.B. Because her dirty sweaters and cap needed to be washed.C. Because people were cold to the little girl and she was very sad. D. Because no one ever paid attention to her and bought her a hot d
17、rink. 23. What is the purpose of UNICEFs 2016 State of the Worlds Children Report?A. To persuade the rich people to donate money for the poor children.B. To blame people who show no mercy to others.C. To ask the clothes factories to make more beautiful clothes for children.D. To call on people to tr
18、eat the worst-off children equally. BMany people believe that the only way to make our communities safer is to build more prisons. But theres a way to better protect cities and towns by doing just the opposite.In many countries throughout the world, prison populations have risen suddenly over the pa
19、st decade. One of the main reasons for this is the large number of repeat offenders; that is people who break the law again once freed from jail. Statistics show that about one in four prisoners freed every year return to jail within three years.This is partly because ex-prisoners face huge difficul
20、ty finding employment. More than a third of them cannot find any job at all. Data show that having a job greatly reduces the chances that a person will commit a crime again or commit one in the first place. Released prisoners who do manage to find steady employment are 50 percent less likely to retu
21、rn to prison. Rather than harming a community, having a job helps ex-prisoners to change their ways and make a positive and productive contribution to their communities.Whats more, helping these men and women find jobs would also save taxpayers a lot of money. Few prisoners would save governments mi
22、llions or possibly even billions of dollars annually: the costs of building and operating jails.There are many things that the government can do to help ex-prisoners find work. More job training programs should be introduced to provide prisoners with work skills before they are freed. Companies and
23、factories should also be given tax benefits if they employ ex-prisoners. Such programs have been shown to work in several countries.Such policies of course assure that freed criminals actually want to work. But shouldnt they be given the chance? Our goal, after all, shouldnt be to incarcerate as man
24、y prisoners as possible, but to build a society that doesnt need to put such a large percentage of its population in jail. We should take a step in that direction and help prisoners find self-respect and purpose through work.24. What percentage of freed prisoners returns to prison within three years
25、?A. 65% B. 50% C. 33% D. 25%25. Which of the following best describes the content of the fifth paragraph?A. Facts B. Arguments C. Recommendations D. Requirements26. What does the underlined word “incarcerate” in the last paragraph?A. set free B. lock up C. employ D. separate27. Which of the followin
26、g would be author agree with?A. Tougher punishment will reduce crimeB. Most prisoners do not deserve to be in prisonC. Economic conditions are a major cause of crime D. Prison populations are likely to increase in the future CDid you hear what happened at yesterdays meeting? Can you believe it? If y
27、ou find those sorts of quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresistible(无法抗拒的), youre hardly alone. But why are we drawn to gossip?A new study suggests its because the rumors are all about us. “Gossip receivers tend to use positive and negative group information to improve, promote, an
28、d protect the self,” writes a research team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the researchers described two experiments testing the personal value gossip receivers get. The first featured 178 univers
29、ity undergraduates, who had all previously worked on at least one course assignment with a group of four or more students. Participants were asked to recall and write a short description of an incident, in which a group member shared with them either positive or negative information about another gr
30、oup members secret. They then reported their level of agreement with a series of statements. Some of these measured the self-improvement value of the gossip(“The information received made me think I can learn a lot from X”); others measured its self-promotion value(“The information I received made m
31、e feel that I am doing well compared to X”). Still others measured whether the gossip raised personal concerns(“The information I received made me feel that I must protect my image in the group”).In the second experiment, 122 undergraduates were assigned the role of “sales agent” at a major company.
32、 They received gossip from a colleague that a third person either did very well or very badly at a performance evaluation, and were then asked about the emotions that information caused. They also responded to the above-mentioned set of statements presented to the participants in the first experimen
33、t.In each experiment, participants found both negative and positive gossip to be of personal value with different reasons. “Positive gossip has self-improvement value,” they write. “Competence-related positive gossip about others contains lessons about how to improve ones own competence(能力 ). On the
34、 other hand, negative gossip has self-promotion value, because it provides individuals with social comparison information that proves self-promoting judgments which results in feelings of pride.” “Contrary to common ideas,“ the researchers think, “most negative gossip is not intended to hurt the tar
35、get, but to please the gossiper and receiver.“In addition, the results “showed that negative gossip brought about self-protection concerns,” the researchers write. “Negative gossip makes people concerned that their fames may be at risk, as they may personally become targets of negative gossip in the
36、 future, which produces fear.” Fear is hardly a pleasant sensation(感觉), but it can be a motivating one. As researchers put it: “Gossip conveniently provides individuals with indirect social-comparison information about relevant(相关的) others.”28. Why are we drawn to gossip according to the researchers
37、?A. We need evaluative information about others to evaluate ourselves.B. We are interested in the news that arouses our personal concerns.C. We tend to gain a sense of pride from judging others.D. We are likely to learn lessons from others mistakes.29. According to the first experiment, which of the
38、 following shows self-promotion value?A. Ive done better than Mary according to what Tom said about her.B. I should behave myself in case of being gossiped about like Mary.C. I have to learn from Mary according to what Tom said about her.D. I have no comments on what Tom said about Mary.30. Whats th
39、e key difference of the second experiment compared with the first one?A. The identities of the participants.B. The number of the participants studied.C. The time during which the experiment lasted.D. The role-play technique used in the experiment.31. What role does “negative gossip” play according t
40、o the researchers?A. A fear killer. B. A motivator.C. A protector. D. A subject provider.D“Beating is a sign of affection，cursing (骂)is a sign of love.”Many may not expect to hear the words of the old Chinese saying in these modern timeswith parents wealthier and better educated than they have ever
41、beenbut experts say they still ring true.Today， it seems，Chinese parents are more likely to send their children to pre-college military(军事的 ) academies in the United States in the hope that some tough love will pave the way to success.“Good education doesnt mean letting your children enjoy privilege
42、s(特权)，especially our boys.” said Song Wenming，an entrepreneur (企业家)in Jinhua，East Chinas Zhejiang province. “They should be raised in tough conditions to know what to fight for in the future.”In August，Song sent his 17-year-old son to Valley Forge Military Academy (VFMA) in Pennsylvania. And he is f
43、ar from alone，even though it takes a lot of moneyaround $48,000 per yearto send a child to a strict military school.Statistics show that an increasing number of Chinese students have been entering such academies.A few years ago，there were no Chinese students at Valley Forge. Today，there are 28.“All
44、of the Chinese students at Valley Forge came from wealthy families；some of them were spoiled.” said Jennifer Myers， director of marketing and communications at the school.Songs only son，Song Siyu，had a rocky start during his first six weeks at the school. The teenager said he went to the school will
45、ingly but did not expect it to be as difficult.Now，three months later，he has perfected the art of taking a bath in 35 seconds，finishing a meal without looking at his food，and making his bed with precision. He can even take criticism，no matter how unreasonable.“The training is hard but I know it is g
46、ood for self-development of individuals.” said Song Siyu. “The endless training and scolding are just ways to build up our character；they are not personal.”But his enthusiasm is not universal. Ten of the 13 Chinese students who joined the academy this year have transferred to other schools.But for t
47、hose who stick with it，there is a reward for all the hard work.32From the second paragraph，we can know the old Chinese saying _ .Ais out of date in modern times Bis disagreed by rich parentsCis still worth trusting Dis deeply believed by better educated parents33The underlined sentence means that _.
48、ASong sent his only son to military school，so he feels lonelyBSong is the only one who sends his child to military schoolCthere are other people sending their children to military school besides SongDthe fee of the military school is so high that only Song can afford it34How many Chinese students ar
49、e there at Valley Forge before this year?A10. B. 13. C15. D25.35Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?AIts likely that more and more Chinese students will attend VFMA.BMost Chinese parents approve of educating their children by beating and cursing nowadays.CSong Siyu had no difficulty in adjusting to the life at VFMA.DMost Chinese students support the way of education at VFMA.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
