.长安一中2018-2019学年第二学期期中考试高二英语试题第卷（选择题 共90分）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，并标在试卷相应的位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒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 think the weather will be like?A. Rainy. B. Windy. C. Sunny.2. What will the woman do on the weekend?A. Make some plans. B. Work on her paper.C. Go out with her friend. 3. What is probably the woman?A. A student. B. A nurse.C. A teacher.4. What does the woman want to know?A. Who the lady is. B. Where the bar is. C. What the time is now. 5. What is the woman trying to do?A. Get some small change. B. Find a shopping center. C. Find a parking center.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至7题6. What season is it most likely now?A. Spring. B. Summer.C. Winter.7. Where does the woman work now?A. In a wedding company.B. In a bank of America. C. At a radio station. 听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8. Why does the man need his notebook?A. To know more about the show. B. To study for the test. C. To write notes in.9. What will the two speakers do after the show?A. Have dinner together. B. Go to the mans home. C. Go to the womans home.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。10. What does the man like to do in his spare time?A. Reading.B. Swimming.C. Yoga.11. Where does the woman stay in her spare time?A. At home.B. In swimming pools.C. At the gym.12. What does the woman think of yoga?A. Difficult to learn well.B. Really boring and tiring.C. Good for health and relaxation. 听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. What does the man want to be?A. A pop singer. B. A movie star. C. A great musician. 14. How does the man feel about his future?A. Uncertain. B. Light-hearted. C. Very confident. 15. When will the man go to find a manager?A. After he moves to London. B. After he takes his last exam. C. After he knows his exam results. 16. What will the man probably do at first in London?A. Do part-time jobs. B. Publish his record.C. Earn lots of money. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. Where does the speaker most probably make the speech? A. At a family get-together.B. At a reception.C. In a class.18. What is Mr Brown? A. An assistant manager.B.A clothing businessman. C.A government official.19. When did the speaker start to do business with Mr Brown?A. In 1998.B. In 1989.C. In 1988.20. Why are Mr Brown and his party coming to England? A. To visit some business partners. B. To pay an informal visit to some cities. C. To seek new opportunities for cooperation.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，共30分） A“Cleverness is agiftwhile kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy theyre given after all. Choices can be hard.” Jeff Bezos. I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles wasveryexciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and Id been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do thiscrazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont, and I wasnt sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, Id been a garage inventor. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion. I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and toldhimI wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good job.” That logic made somesenseto me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didntthinkId regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and Im proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.21. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore? A. His dream of being an inventor. B. The support of his wife. C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet. D. Millions of exciting titles.22. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?. A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him. B. He would be very exc