宁夏银川市2016-2017学年高二英语上学期期中试题（含解析）本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）。第卷 (选择题）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节：（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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答案，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. What does the man mean? A. The woman isnt helpful. B. His new shirt doesnt fit him. C. He hasnt worn his new shirt.2. What is the man worried about? A. He hasnt heard from his sister since last month. B. He can travel to the western areas alone. C. He isnt familiar with public transportation.3. Where will the woman go? A. To the post office. B. To the fruit store. C. To the supermarket.4. How much time is there until the movie begins? A. About five minutes. B. About fifteen minutes. C. About twenty five minutes.5. Why is the woman so disappointed? A. The man was too busy to watch the play. B. The man watched the play without her. C. The man didnt get the ticket for her.第二节：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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. What does the man want to do? A. Buy a pair of shoes. B. Have his shoes mended.C. Sell his shoes.7. How will the man get to the place? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does the man come to the woman? A. To help her with her work. B. To have a talk with her. C. To ask her to help him.9. What is the woman doing right now? A. Preparing for a test on Friday.B. Chatting with her history teacher. C. Working on her history paper.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. When did the man finish high school? A. Last year. B. Last month. C. Last week.11. How many sisters does the man have at least? A. One. B. Two. C. Three.12. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Discuss his situation with his parents. B. Ask his parents to help with his decision. C. Find a chance to go to college.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Writer and reader C. Interviewee and interviewer.14. Why might people be eating insects in the future? A. They are easy to get. B. They are especially rich in vitamin. C. They are a good source of calcium.15. What does the man say about work in the future? A. People wont operate machines any longer. B. There will gradually be fewer new jobs. C. Computer engineers wont worry about being fired.16. What does the man tell the woman at last? A. What love will be like in the future. B. That she should let other students ask some questions. C. That he would ask others their opinion about her question.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What was Mark Twain famous as according to the talk? A. A public speaker B. A story writer. C. A joke teller.18. What happened to one of Mark Twains friends? A. He left his wallet at home. B. He lost his money. C. He lost his ticket.19. What was the friend doing when the conductor (火车售票员) came to check the tickets? A. He was lying on the seat. B. He was sitting on the seat. C. He was lying under the seat.20. Why did Mark Twain speak in a loud voice? A. To make his friend hear him. B. To make the conductor hear him. C. To make the others around hear him第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分 ）第1节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。AAs a little child，I was always plump (胖的)In college I startedblowing up. It got out of control when I went to law school.Id made a decision a thousand times：Im going to lose weight now. But what motivated （激发）me to get serious about it was turning 30. I weighed 414 pounds. I was always tired. Some of my family members have suffered from heart disease, and I was frightened. I also wanted to look better. So after my birthday, I walked into the office of a weight loss doctor.She was very understanding. Her focus was on balanced meals and she wanted me to exercise.Walking was all I could do at first. I started by walking a few blocks and gradually increased the distance, until one weekend，I heard myself saying，“Wow，this seems pretty easy.” So I started to run.I was losing nine or ten pounds a month，and I had more energy. I started to think about the New York City Marathon. For years，I watched the runners and thought，“This looks like fun，but I could never do that.” But now I realized that maybe I could. I joined the New York Road Runners. I ran a 10km，then a half marathon. I still wasnt confident I could run a full 26 miles. But I told myself I was going to do it，no matter what.By my 33rd birthday，I was down to 180 pounds. I started formally training for the marathon. And on the morning of November 1，I stood on the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island with more than 40,000 other runners，waiting for the e