20162017学年第二学期期中高一年级英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分15分）第一节 听力理解 （2段共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，每段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第一段对话，回答第12题。1. Which of the following countries has the woman been to ? A. Japan and America. B. Canada and Australia. C. China and Thailand.2. What does the man say about Norway? A. It snows almost everywhere in winter. B. It is cold all the year round. C. Its very dry in summer.听第二段对话，回答第35题。3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Roommates. B. Family. C. Friends.4. Why is the woman surprised? A. The man designed his house himself. B. The man put many footballs in his house. C. The man is familiar with many football stars.5. What kind of house does the woman hope to own? A. A football house. B. A motor house. C. An apartment.第二节 听取信息 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为610的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅题时间，录音读两遍。你将有60秒钟的作答时间。 A lost boyThe present placeIn the managers 6 for over 10 minutes.AppearanceThe boy has 7 hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a red T-shirt and black jeans and is carrying a white 8 . He appears to be about 9 years old.How he was foundA clerk found him sitting in the toy section, 10 in the coloring books there.第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第1节 阅读理解（共15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。 AHere is a look at two popular zoos in the United States - the National Zoo and the San Diego Zoo.The National Zoo, which was built in 1889, is located in Washington, D.C., on 163 acres of land. The zoo has more than 3600 animals, and almost 130 of the species of the zoos animals are endangered. It is open every day except Christmas Day, December 25. Education and community are very important to the zoo, and it offers a number of special programs for children and adults. There is a summer camp for children aged nine to twelve. The zoo also has special events for the community. Because the National Zoo is part of the group of national museums called the Smithsonian, admission is free. The San Diego Zoo, a 107-acre park, is located in Balboa park in San Diego, California. The zoo first opened in 1917 with a small number of animals. Today, there are more than 4000 animals, including 800 different species. As of July 2011, the San Diego Zoo is one of the four zoos in the US which have giant pandas on show, and is the most successful in terms of panda reproduction. The San Diego Zoo is open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, but the grounds close at 6:00 pm. The zoo attracts about three million visitors every year. The price for general admission is $19.50, and $11.75 for children aged three to eleven.11. Both the San Diego Zoo and the National Zoo _. A. have a history of over 100 years. B. are located in Washington, D.C. C. cover an area of over 100 acres. D. keep more than 4000 animals.12. If a ten-year-old girl visits the San Diego Zoo with her parents, they should pay_. A. $ 11.75 B. $19.5 C. $43.00 D. $50.7513. Where does this passage probably come from ? A. A history paper. B. A travel magazine. C. A newspaper report. D. A medical textbook.B A 12-year-old Californian student who already has three community college degrees said he plans to attend college in the fall to study biomedical engineering (生物医学工程) . The boy aims to become a doctor and medical researcher by age 18. Tanishq Abraham of Sacramento has been accepted by University of California at Davis and received a scholarship to University of California at Santa Cruz, but he has yet to decide which university hell attend, reported Sacramento television station CBS 13. “ I think Ill be 18 when I get my Doctor of Medicine,” Tanishq said. Tanishq started community college at age 7, and last year he received associates degrees (副学士学位) from American River College, a community college in Sacramento, in general science, math and physical science, and foreign language studies. At first, professors at the college didnt want Tanishq in their classes because of his age. But finally a professor agreed to let him attend if his mother, a doctor of veterinary medicine (兽医学) , also took the class.“ There were times when I had to explain general relativity and special relativity to my mom,” Tanishq said. Biology professor Marlene Martinez said the boy was not afraid to ask lots of questions.“ In lecture he would always pop up with “ so, does that mean - or what about this?” Martinez said. Tanishq has always picked up knowledge quickly, his father, Bijou Abraham, told NBC News.“ We tested him and discovered that he was pretty smart,” Abraham said. “ We were surprised when we started giving him advanced stuff and he w