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1、2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（试卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟）第卷第一部分：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。 1What is the woman eating? ASome fruit. BSome chocolate. CSome cookies. 2What is the man probably
2、? AA guide. BA visitor. CA passer-by. 3Where does the conversation probably take place? AAt a clinic. BIn a gym. CIn a hotel. 4Why does the woman ask for another beefsteak? AShe is too hungry. BHer first beefsteak is on the ground. CHer husband likes it. 5Why did the woman get the book so late? AThe
3、 man forgot it. BThe mans boss forgot it. CThe woman wasnt at home. 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 至 7 题。 6What kind of person is Mr. Zhang? AHumorous. BKind
4、. CGenerous. 7What does the man learn from Mr. Zhang? AMaths. BHistoric stories. CJokes. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。 8What product does the man plan to buy? AA tape. BA radio. CA recorder. 9What does the man think of the product? AIt looks good. BIt is a well-known brand. CIt is of poor quality. 听第 8 段材料，
5、回答第 10 至 12 题。 10Where are the two speakers? AIn a car. BIn a museum. CIn a shop. 11Why do they go into the shopping mall? AThe exhibition is there. BTheyll do some shopping. CTheyre lost. 12What is Calvin Klein? AA businessman. BA designer. CAn artist. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13What did the woman d
6、o last night? AShe learned American social customs. BShe met some nice people. CShe went to a cocktail party. 14When does the cocktail party start? AAt 5：30 pm. BAt 6 pm. CAt 7：30 pm. 15What is the purpose of their cocktail party according to the man? ATo celebrate Christmas. BTo follow the American
7、 custom. CTo welcome newcomers. 16What does the French phrase “faux pas” mean? AFriend. BSocial manner. CMistake. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17When is the high tourist season in England? AJune and July. BJuly and August. CAugust and September. 18When is the holiday period of state schools in England?
8、AFrom about mid-July to the end of August. BFrom mid-July to midAugust. CFrom early-July to mid-August. 19Where do people prefer to stay for holidays? AIn boarding houses. BIn rented houses. CIn hotels. 20What may British people refuse to do? ATalk about their holidays. BTry new places to take holid
9、ays. CChange the times of their holidays. 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) 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 AIn the future your automobile will run on water instead of gas ！ You will be able to buy a supercomputer that fits in your pocket！You might even drive a flying car! No
10、t all past predictions (预言) have been proven wrong.A few of them have been surprisingly accurate.Some great thinkers predicted the arrival of the credit card, the fax machine and even the Internet years before they happened.But for each prediction that has come true, some others have missed by a mil
11、e.Many of these predictions didnt consider how people would want to use the technology or whether people really needed these high-tech (高科技的) things in their lives or not.Lets look at some predictions from the not-Too-distant past. Robot helpers Wheres the robot in my kitchen？Nowhere, of course.And
12、hes probably not coming anytime soon.Robots do exist today, but mostly in factories and other working environments. Back in the 1950s, however, people said that by now personal robots would be in most peoples homes. So why hasnt it happened ？ Maybe because robots are still too expensive and clumsy (
13、 笨 拙的)And probably the idea of robots cooking our dinners and washing our clothes is just too strange.At home we seem to be doing fine without them. Telephones of tomorrow In 1964 an American company introduced the video telephone.They said by the year 2000 most people would have a video phone in th
14、eir homes.But of course the idea hasnt caught_on yet. Why ？ The technology worked fine, but it overlooked something obvious ： people desire for privacy.Would you want to have a video phone conversation with someone after you just stepped out of the shower？Probably not it could be uncomfortable！Just
15、because technology doesnt always mean people will want to use it. And finally, how about that crazy prediction of the flying car？Its not so crazy any more！But a flying car remains one of the most wonderful technology ideas to catch our imagination.Keep watching the news or perhaps the sky outside your window to see what the future will bring. 21According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? ATechnology doesnt always mean people want to use it. BPredictions dont need to consider peoples practical use of the t
