安徽省肥东县第二中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期期中试题（共建班） 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）1.Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. At a school B.At a hospital C.At a post office2.What happened to the man? A.He slept badly B.He ate nothing C.He felt uncomfortable with his stomach.3. What will the man do tomorrow? A.Stay at home B.Visit the woman C.Do something special4. Where did the woman want to go at first? A.Sichuan B.Hainan C.Beijing5. When will the man meet Dr.Block probably? A.At 9:30 am B.At 11:00 am C.At 1:00 pm第二节（共15 题，每小题1.5分）听第6段材料，回答6、7题6. What should the man do for the next exam? A.Work harder B.Be more careful C.Worry about the exam7. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The woman gave comfort to the man. B. The man always worries about his exam. C.The man didnt work hard.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the man think of the present? A.He thinks its perfect. B.He thinks its too colorful. C.He thinks it fits her boyfriend.9. What will the woman do when choosing a present next time? A.She will get some help from the man. B.She will ask her boyfriend to come with her. C.She will learn how to bargain.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What does the man want to do? A.To work as a language assistant. B.To study a new language C.To use cassette recorders.11. What language did the man study in senior middle school? A.Chinese B.Japanese C.German12. How much will the man get? A.10 yuan an hour B.15 yuan an hour C.20 yuan a day听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What can we learn about the man? A.He lives in London. B.He was born in Hong Kong. C.The man graduated from a university in England.14. How old was the man when he became a teacher? A.35 years old B.30 years old C.25 years old15. What did the man do when he first began writing? A.He wrote articles for magazines. B.He wrote articles for newspapers. C.He wrote a popular book.16. What does the woman do? A.A newspaper reporter B.A teacher C.A writer听第10段材料，回答第17 至20 题。17. What does the first thing that a child picks up mean in China? A.The thing that the child likes best. B.Only a game for a child. C.The job that the child will choose.18. What will Japanese children do on an important birthday? A.Dance with their father B.Go to the temple C.Get a new key19. Which birthday is celebrated specially for the girls in Mexico? A.The thirteenth birthday B.The fourteenth birthday C.The fifteenth birthday20. What does a key on a cake mean? A.It means the young person is old enough to choose when to leave and get home. B.It means the young person is old enough to leave their parents. C.It means the young person is old enough to get married.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）A A high school student from New York with a great love for China probably has visited more places in the country than many Chinese people. Max Horne,18,whose Chinese name is Hong Mingwei, is fluent in Chinese. He has visited China seven times since 2015. He has been to Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, HongKong,Chengdu, Kunming,Lijiang and Tibetan areas in southwestern China. “I have been studying Chinese for the past seven years, and I loved every minute of it,” said Max Horne. “When I was in primary school, I had a lesson on the Silk Road. I became very interested in Chinese culture at once. I am thirsty for learning Chinese,” Horne said. Last year,Horne won a national Mandarin（普通话） speech competition for high school students.Horne shared his story at the 13th Chinese Bridge Speech Contest for US high school students. Horne said that being able to speak Mandarin was the gift of a lifetime,and he decided to pass it on. So he started an after-school Chinese program at Riverdale. “I felt that the gift of China was given to by my Chinese teacher and all the other educators. So I really want to give that gift of understanding China and Chinese culture to other kids,” he said. “I teach some third, fourth and fifth graders simple Chinese. I hope that they would be in interested in China and love China, too.” Unlike many other US high school students,Horne is something of a “Chinese local”. He knows how to shop on Taobao, sing Mandarin songs in Douyin, and listen to popular songs that are often used in square dancing in China. Horne recently got accepted into Harvard University. Horne said he himself was a good example of the two countries people-to -people exchanges.21. What inspired Max Horne to learn Chinese? A.A short trip to China. B.A lesson on the Silk Road. C.An after-school program. D.A Mandarin speech competition.22. Why did Horne start an after-school program at Riverdale? A.To teach other kids Chinese. B.To become famous online. C.To develop his language ability. D.To exchange experience with others.23. What does the passage ma