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1、怀宁中学20182019学年度第二学期期中考试高一年级英语试题 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）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. What does the woman want to drink?A. Iced coffee. B. Green tea. C. Orange juice.2. What kind of music does the man like best?A. Pop music. B. Classical music. C. Jazz.3. Why does the man want a bicycle?A. To

2、 exercise and lose weight. B. To train for a race. C. To join a bicycle club.4. What will the woman buy for Sam?A. A toy. B. A gift card. C. A set of books.5. Where are the speakers probably?A. On the train. B. At the ticket office C. In the train station第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。

3、请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What is the man probably?A. A shop assistant. B. A painter. C. A tour guide.7. What is the woman interested in?A. Silk and fans. B. Dragon Well tea. C. Four Jewels of the Study.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the womans research focus on?A. The types of celebration. B. The origins of

4、 the festivals. C. Peoples attitudes to the festivals.9. What did Europeans use to celebrate at the end of the year?A. The end of the winter. B. The end of bad luck. C. The end of a years hard work.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How does the man feel when the woman asks about his application?A. Sad. B. Asham

5、ed. C. Disappointed.11. What is the womans first piece of advice about?A. Skills. B Qualities. C. Goals.12. What does the man need to do next?A. Review his application. B. Send in his application. C. Prepare for an interview.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How often does the man come to the coffee house?A. At

6、 least once a week. B. At least twice a week. C. At least three times a week.14. Why does the woman work in the coffee house?A. To earn some pocket money. B. To learn about foreign culture.C. To practice her spoken English.15. Why does the woman thank the man?A. For his words of praise. B. For his t

7、ips. C. For his help.16. What does the woman advise the man to try?A. Cakes. B. Cookies. C Chips.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17. What s the weather usually like in the speakers hometown?A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.18. What does the speaker say about George?A. He lived far from the town. B. He was older than

8、Richard. C. He suggested forming a club.19. What color skull did the speaker choose?A. Golden. B. Red. C. Green.20. How many members were in the club?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ACity: HangzhouLaunched: 2008Size: 2,965 station

9、s / 69,750 bikesPrice：S32.61 deposit(押金)+ time chargeWhile taking a look at this city, you may see the best bike sharing in the world. As the second on the planet by size, the Hangzhou Public Bicycle System is one of the most common and useful shares, largely because it s combined with public transp

10、ortation: a single card can be used in subway，bus， taxi and bike sharing. Residents(居民)and tourists can put down a deposit of 200 Chinese Yuan (about $33) and ride for an hour for free in this scenic city. Each additional hour costs only $ 0. 15. It was also the first new-generation bike-sharing sys

11、tem in China. By 2020 its projected to have 175,000 bikes.City: BarcelonaLaunched: 2007Size: 420 stations / 6,000 bikesPrice: $61.93 per yearBarcelonas Bicycling Program developed Spains bike-sharing business in a big way. This program took off like wildfire on wheels, and became four times bigger i

12、n one year. It inspired different copycat programs all over the country. Today, Spain has 132 bike-sharing systems. The program is one of the worlds most respected and popular shares. But it is only open to residents and tourists are not allowed to use it.City: ParisLaunched: 2007Size: 1,751 station

13、s / 23,900 bikesPrice: S38.52 per year/ $2.26 per dayPariss bike sharing is the star of the world .Launched in 2007, it is the worlds largest outside of China. Cheap by American standards, you can ride around Paris on a 1.7 day pass-the first half hour of each trip is free. Because this system cover

14、s the city with an average of 50 stations per square mile, its a favorite with both locals and tourists.21. What do we know about Barcelonas Bicycling Program?A. It has driven the development of Spains bike sharing.B. It has once been ruined by fire accidents.C. It is popular among travelers.D. It c

15、onsists of 175,000 bikes.22. How much should you pay to ride a shared bike in Paris?A. Nothing for an hour. B. $61.93 per year.C. $2.26 per day. D. $1.7 per day.23. What do the Hangzhou Public Bicycle System and Pariss bike sharing have in common?A. They are open to both locals and tourists.B. They

16、have the same amount of stations.C. They were founded in the same year.D. They require a deposit of over $30.BIt is rightly said that one can share any secret with a true friend. He may know your deepest fears and weaknesses and yet will never take advantage of you. However, keeping a friends secret

17、s to yourself and not telling the world is what makes the bond(关系)grow strong and last forever. You need to develop trust and mutual(互相的)understanding before you start sharing secrets with each other. With friends, secret talks never seem to end and it can get really amusing to know what has been go

18、ing on in your friends mind.There is a certain time in life especially from the teenage years when one starts having a personal periphery(界限) in life and parents are excluded (排斥)from it. It is because there are certain things that they cant understand and we cant discuss with them. That is when fri

19、ends become the best secret sharers. They are the ones to whom one reveals ones feelings and best kept secrets.It is a general belief that only girls share secrets. But boys have their own secrets that they discuss with only closest friends. The secret talks can range(变化) from relationships，talks ab

20、out fights with parents, secret activities and anything that is not supposed to be known to others! If you think secrets are limited to only teenagers, get your facts right! Secrets can be shared at any age and there is no hard and fast rule that secrets are shared only among youngsters.Sharing secr

21、ets with a friend is not just fun, but it also helps to develop a lasting trust in one another. Sometimes, sharing secrets will tell you more about the person. You will come to know whether your friend is reliable and trustworthy and whether it is worth sharing your secrets with them. You can call i

22、t a test of friendship.24. What is an advantage of sharing secrets with a friend?A. It helps a lot in your study.B. It leads you to a comfortable life.C. It makes you popular with other people.D. It contributes to a long-term mutual belief.25. What does Paragraph 2 mainly try to show?A. Parents are

23、always the best people to share secrets with.B. Teenagers prefer to share secrets with their friends.C. Parents should build trust with teenagers.D. Teenagers grow to be independent.26. The underlined word reveals in Paragraph 2 can be best replaced byA. proves B. tells C. gets D. holds27. What can

24、be learned about sharing secrets?A. Its limited to girls.B. It follows strict rules.C. It can happen at any age.D. It does harm to a strong bond.CUnless you are fortunate enough to know an NBA player, Ryan Martin is probably the best basketball player youll ever meet. Unlike those who fly up and dow

25、n the court, however, Martin is forced to take a different approach; he doesnt have legs.Martin, a 33-year-old man, is a professional wheelchair basketball player. His achievements have taken him halfway around the world to play in Spain for the last seven years. There he made a comfortable living p

26、laying basketball and working with some of the greatest athletes in the world.A good wheelchair player can make $50,000 a year, while a star can make six figures, said Martin. But he couldnt see his family for months and European cities were unfriendly to the disabled. He also had to learn Spanish.

27、Martin, however, overcame those drawbacks.He started by playing basketball when he was 12. It didnt take long for him to fall in love with the sport and, after graduating from Somers High, he attended Southwest Minnesota State University on a basketball scholarship. In college, he scored over 1,000

28、points in his career and set several schools records.And he works as hardif not harderthan any other professional athlete. “He destroys me.” said Gina Navarra, who works out with Martin on occasion“ What he does amazes me”Martin also recognizes that, at age 33, hes in the back end of his career. Wit

29、h that in mind, he has been focusing more and more on his foundation.“I have 12 brothers and sisters. College gave me a true sense of achievement. The foundation is designed to give those with disabilities the opportunity to realize the dreams that I once had, Martin said.“Im not saying that out of

30、a sense of pity,” he said.“I realize how fortunate I am to have achieved what I have. But I want to open doors for people.”28. What was Ryan Martins life like in Spain?A. Free. B. Boring. C. Difficult. D. Bitter(苦)-sweet.29. How was Ryan Martins performance in college?A. He stood out in basketball.B

31、. He failed to make a record.C. He was weak in his studies.D. He never won a scholarship.30. Why did Ryan Martin work for the foundation?A. To help those in need.B. To finish his basketball career.C. To earn more money for his family. D. To learn basketball skills from other players.31. Which of the

32、 following words best describe Ryan Martin?A. Honest and responsible.B .Ambitious and sensitive.C. Reliable and knowledgeable.D. Determined and warm-hearted. DAlexa is a form of artificial intelligence, or Al for short. Many people start their mornings by asking Alexa for the weather forecast or the

33、 latest news. A device (设备)that houses Alexa can also play music from your favorite playlists, keep a shopping list, order takeout food, answer questions, send voice messages and even run“ smart” home controlsTraining AI systems to respond to problems with human-like intelligenceand learn from their

34、 mistakes can take months, or even years. Consider Alexa and similar software, such as Apples Siri. To do the tasks its human owners ask, these systems must make sense of and then respond to sentences such as, “Alexa, play my Ed Sheeran playlist ”or “Siri , what is the capital of India？”Computers ca

35、nt understand language as it is spoken by people. So AI researchers must find a way to help humans communicate with computers. The technology used to get computers to “understand” human speech or text is known as natural language processing. By natural language, computer scientists refer to the way

36、people naturally talk or write. To teach an AI system a task like comprehending a sentence or responding to a person s last move in a board game, scientists need to feed it lots of examples.AlphaGO is an AI system designed by Google that has beaten a human champion, Lee Sedol, at the strategy(策略)boa

37、rd game Go. To train AlphaGo，Google had to show it 30 million Go moves that people had made while playing the game. Then AlphaGo used what it learned to analyze those plays as it played against different versions (版本)of itself. During this practice, the program came up with new moves ones never seen

38、 in games between people.Computers, software and devices that are powered by AI can do much more, however, than just play board games and music. And one day they could make our life much easier and much more interesting.32. What does the example of Alexa show?A. AI may replace humans one day.B. Al i

39、s playing a role in our modern life.C. AI has been widely used around the world.D. AI has totally changed peoples bad habits.33. How do scientists train AI systems?A. By testing them thousands of times.B. By teaching them almost everything.C. By giving them quite a lot of tasks to do.D. By providing

40、 them with large amounts of data.34. What can we learn about AlphaGo?A. It has become very skillful and intelligent.B. It is the most convenient AI system.C. It avoids making any mistakes.D. It just follows human orders.35. Whats the authors attitude toward AI?A. Unconcerned. B. Worried. C. Respectf

41、ul. D. Positive.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。Everybody hates the idea of cutting back financially(财政上) because it usually means living without things you like. But not always. 36 .They could reduce your costs by thousands of dollars a year.37 .An increasing number of

42、 grocery chains are selling their own lines of food. Actually, these brands cost vastly less than the name brands, but taste the same. Switch and you could save 25 percent on your grocery bills.Make a list.Whether you re buying groceries or gifts, spurof themoment impulses(一时冲动)are your enemy. 38. I

43、f you want to buy something on impulse, force yourself to go home and think about it.Carry snacks.39 . The same holds true for anything you eat out. So if you know you re going to be out for several hours and likely to get hungry, throw an apple in your car or carry a six-pack of soda or water in yo

44、ur bag.Use it up.Before you run to the store, make sure you check your fridge. Theres a good chance that youve got lots of unused or partially used items that will go to waste while you waste your cash buying more. 40 . A. Make a savings planB. Switch to store brandsC. There are many painless ways t

45、o saveD. Choose reliable brands of well-known companiesE. Write a to-do list before you go shopping and stick to itF. Whether its food or beauty care, use it up before you replace itG. Buy a soda at a restaurant and youre likely to pay twice as much第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短

46、文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I was driving home. A car, driving at high speed and trying to overtake, crashed into a pickup truck. And five other cars also 41 in front of me. I narrowly 42 and pulled over. Immediately, I ran to a car which was upside down. I got someone to help and we got

47、a(n)43 woman and a large, unconscious man, both upside down, out of the 44. I then went to the five other cars to 45 if anyone else was hurt badly. 46, no one else was in serious condition. It all took just a few minutes.At the same time, the traffic had stopped. I looked over and 47 a group of 12 people, out of their cars, standing in a circle about 15 feet away from a young man, who was 48 still on the pavement. I asked