江油中学2018-2019学年度下学期2017级半期考试英语试题（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：100分）注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分：听力第一节（共5小题，每题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. Who will teach the woman to play the guitar?A. Lisa B. Jack C. Mike2. Where is the mans mother now probably?A. At home B. In a hospital C. At her office 3. What will the man do this weekend?A . See an action movie B. See a comedy C. Watch TV at home4. What do we know about the woman?A. She hires a gardener. B. She likes to keep bees. C. She likes taking care of flowers.5. When will the class begin?A. At 8:20 B. At 8:30 C. At 8:50第二节（共15个小题；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. What did the woman think of the movie?A. Disappointing B. Wonderful. C. Boring7. Why did the man leave the party earlier？A. He knew few people there. B. He had to go to see Peters father.C. He had to visit his grandparents.听第7段材料，回答第8,9题。8. What does the woman want?A. 75 desks by the end of the monthB. 75 chairs by the end of the month.C. 85 desks by the end of the week.9. What does the price include?A. The goods and insurance. B. Packaging and insurance. C. Shipping and taxes.听第8段材料，回答第10至12 题。10. Why did Peter look bad?A. He put too much pressure on himself. B. He couldnt find a new job.C. He was fired by his boss. 11. What did the man advise Peter to do? A. Send out more resumes. B. Attend more interviews. C. Join a networking group. 12. Why did Peter want to buy a new suit? A. To attend a wedding B. To make himself feel better C. To make a good impression at interviews.听第9段材料，回答第13至16 题。 13. Who did Mike go to the zoo with? A. His famiy. B. His friends. C. Sarah.14. Which of the following is the right order of Mikes visit? A. Monkeysgiraffestigers. B. MonkeysPandaselephants C. Monkeyselephantstigers.15. Why didnt Sarah see the tigers? A. She had no time to see them. B. her sister didnt want to see them. C. She was afraid of them 16. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the conversation? A. 5. B. 7. C. 9.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What can we learn about the Museum of Chinese Women and Children? A. It is run by the women from an international community. B. It is a main source of data on the history of Chinese women and children. C. It is located on the southern side of the East Changan Street trunk line. 18. How much space does the museum occupy? A. 35,000 square meters. B. 3,500 square meters. C. 53,000 square meters. 19. What does the curved ceiling symbolize? A. Female elegance B. Female purity C. Female gentleness 20. When can you visit the museum? A. At 9:00 on Monday. B. At 10:00 on Sunday. C. At 17:00 on Tuesday 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。ALike most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery：Giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-awayIf an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I made about giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in all unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home，though it was addressed to me at my OfficeI wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a postoffice box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left，and that my name would have to go on a long waiting listAs I was about to leave，the postmaster appeared in the doorwayHe had overheard(无意中听到)our conversation“Wasnt it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home?”I said yes“Well，you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for youYou dont know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints21. From the passage，we understand that _A. the author did not understand the importance of giving until he was in late thirtiesB. the author was like most people who were mostly receivers rather than giversC. the author received the same education as most people during his childhoodD. the author liked most people as they looked upon life as a process of getting22. According to