辽宁省大连市第二十高级中学2015-2016学年高二期初考试英语试题

    2015年9月月初考试

高二英语试卷

      考试时间120分钟     试题分数 150     命题人

注意事项：  1.  听力不计入总分； 

2.  21—60题的答案请涂在答题卡上；

3.  61-70, 改错和作文请在答题纸上作答！

卷I

第一部分：听力

第一节

1．   Whose wallet probably is it?

A. the woman’s           B. The man’s           C. Gina’s

2.  What is the date today?

   A. May 1st               B. May 2nd              C. May 3rd

3.  Who made the woman’s personal web page?

   A. She herself            B. Her friend.           C. The man

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A town              B. An accident          C. A murder

5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

   A. Relatives.             B. Colleagues.           D. Neighbors.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

 6. What is the man doing?

   A. Watching TV      B. Listening to the radio.    C. Reading the newspaper

7. Why are the rich and famous targets for being talked about according to the man?

   A. The public are interested in them.     B. The public want to laugh at them.

   C. The public want to make them famous.

听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。

8. Why does the man look sad?

A. He had to stop his study.          B. He failed his test again.

C. He couldn’t understand the foreigners.

9. How did the woman improve her French?

 A. By reading French newspapers   B. By watching French films.  C. By speaking to herself.

10. What does the woman suggest the man do?

   A. Be confident.     B. Talk with foreigners     C. Ask the teacher for advice.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

   A. A basketball game.        B. A volleyball game.   C. A football game.

12. Where did the man go to last night?

   A. A club.                 B. A stadium   .       C.  A meeting.

13. What did the audience think of the game?

A. Exciting              B. Dangerous            C. Unbelievable

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What does the woman think of the pink dress?

   A. very cheap               B. very dull           C. of good quality

15. What color of the sweater does the man recommend?

   A. White  .              B. Purple                C. Black

16. What kind of jacket does the woman want ?

   A. a leather one           B. a light one             C. an expensive one

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。[来源:学|科|网]

17. What was Professor Rudd’s trouble?

   A. lack of confidence       B. lack of intelligence .      C. absent-mindedness

18. What did the professor decided to do one hot summer day?

   A. Visit his children who live near the beach.       

B. Have a holiday with his children on the beach.       

C. Take his children to visit his friend in a seaside town.

19. What happened to the professor when he arrived at the station  ?

A. he couldn’t contact his friend.        B. He couldn’t find his train tickets.     

C. he couldn’t remember the destination.

20. Why did the professor come back home for the 2nd  time?

   A. he forgot his friend’s address.       B. he lost the paper his wife had given him.

C. he forgot to take the train tickets with him.

第二部分：阅读理解（ 共 2 节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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  From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source (源头)of possible failure and public humiliation（侮辱）. When children are little we make them read aloud before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they "know" all the words they are reading. This means that when they don't know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.
    One day soon after school had started, I said to them, "Now I'm going to say something

about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that's enough for me. Also I’m not going to ask you what words mean. "
     The children sat stunned and silent. Was this teacher talking seriously？One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, Mr Holt, do you really mean that" I said just as seriously "？ I mean every word of it.
     During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations(插图) I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, "It can't be," and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick , in edition with woodcuts. I said, "Don't you find parts of it rather heavy going" She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part. "
    This is exactly what reading, I think ,should be ：find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, and then go on to something else.
21. According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from______ .
A. reading little and thinking little          B. reading often and adventurously
C. being made to read too much           D. being made to read aloud before others
22. The teacher told his students to read______ .
A. for enjoyment                    B. for knowledge
C. for a larger vocabulary              D. for higher scores in exams
23. Upon hearing the teacher's talk, the children probably felt that _______.
A. it sounded stupid                   B. it was not surprising at all