海南中学2020学年度第一学期期中考试高二英语试题本试卷分第卷和第卷两部分。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。1. When can the headmaster see the man?A. At 9:30.B. At 11:45.C. At 12:40.2. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a bank. B. In a shop. C. In a hotel.3. What will the man do next?A. Leave right away.B. Stay for dinner.C. Catch a train.4. How much is a pound of tomatoes now?A. Eighty cents.B. Thirty cents. C. One hundred and ten cents.5. What do we know about the man?A. It always takes the man twenty-five minutes to drive home.B. It sometimes takes the man fifty minutes.C. His home is far away from his office.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. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a food store.B. At a wedding party.C. At a birthday party.7. Who is Mary?A. Janets friend at college.B. Peters friend at college.C. Janets friend at high school.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题8. In which way did Linda learn about the apartment?A. From the ad. B. By telephone. C. Through an agency.9. What requires extra charge besides the rent?A. Gas and water. B. Electricity. C. Parking space.10. What is Linda going to do tomorrow morning?A. Have a look at the apartment.B. Move into the apartment.C. Pay the rent of the apartment.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题11. Where can you possibly hear the talk?A. In a laundry. B. In a shop. C. In the street.12. What are the big machines over there?A. Washing machines. B. Dryers. C. Vending machines (自动售货机).13. Where can the man buy soap?A. In the shop nearby.B. From the vending machines.C. In the laundry.听第9段材料,回答第14至17题14. Which film of the following DIDNT the woman see?A. Raising Arizona. B. Wild at heart. C. Neither.15. How does the woman like the black humor film?A. Very much. B. Not a bit. C. So-So.16. What kind of actor does the man think Nicolas Cage should be?A. A tragic actor.B. A classical actor.C. A comic actor.17. What films make Nicolas Cage more popular?A. Action movies. B. Comic movies. C. Tragic movies.听第10段材料，回答第 18至20题.18. When was the building built?A. In 1718. B. In 1782. C. In 1930.19. What was the building used as at the time of the fire?A. A hotel. B. An old peoples home. C. A history museum.20. Who is Andrew Bond?A. A newspaper reporter.B. The owner of the building.C. The head of the fire department.第二部分：阅读理解 （共两节，共计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。AWhat I wish I had known at 18As this years new intake of students begin university life, we asked speakers at the FTs Weekend Festival authors, comedians, academics and FT columnists to tell us what they wish they had known when they were 18, and for their tips on getting the most out of university.Martin Wolf, FT chief economics commentatorThe answer to that question what do you wish you had known at 18? is nothing. I already knew that university was going to be very exciting, intellectually rewarding as it turned out to be for me I was at Oxford for six years. It changed me very profoundly intellectually. Im sure I didnt know what was going to happen to me and if I look back on my life now this is more than 50 years ago all pleasure and excitement comes out of the things you never expected.Jamie Susskind, barrister and author of Future PoliticsThe first people you meet are not necessarily going to be your best friends dont worry about it. Dontget caught up intrying to go to the parties everyones expected to go to, rather, try to find people with whom you can forge close connections and who will be with you decades afterwards.You may identify them by doing more listening than speaking. When a lot of people get to university, understandably, they want to tell their new friends who they are and where they are from but its as important to listen, and drink in all these incredibly different people from backgrounds that are completely unlike your own.Phil Wang, comedianBreak up with your girlfriend or boyfriend, dont stay together. Leave everyone behind. Your love is not special, theres a wider world out there and you should take advantage of it. Also, join some societies. I didnt do that, and I wish I had. Its possible to feel that you dont deserve to be there. You should be aware that everybody feels that way. Either have a balanced experience or excel at something, but dontbe mediocre atone thing. If youre going to be average, at least be average at a bunch of things so you have a full experience.21. We ca