高二英语期中考试试卷 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 colour does the man prefer?A. Brown. B. Black. C. Blue. 2. What is the woman going to do?A. See the doctor. B. Put on clothes. C. Go to bed. 3. What is the man doing?A. Visiting a company. B. Having a job interview. C. Making a telephone call. 4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The money. B. The football. C. The birthday. 5. What do we know about the woman?A. She is supportive. B. She is confident. C. She is active. 第二节（共15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。每段对话读或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6. Wheres the man going?A. The street. B. The yard. C. The cinema. 7. Which turning should he take?A. The first on the left. B. The first on the right. C. The second on the left. 8. How will the man get there? A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By bike. 听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Where did Sara paint the pictures ?A. At home. B. In the kitchen. C. At school. 10. What colour are the trees in Saras picture ?A. Red. B. Blue. C. Green. 11. What are in the sky in Saras pictures?A. Trees. B. Planes. C. Saras father and trees. 听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. What happened to the man ?A. He was given a prize. B. He lost his job. C. His boss gave him two weeks leave. 13. How did the man feel about his bosss decision?A. He understood it very well. B. He thought it completely wrong.C. He didnt understand it. 14. What was the man unable to do?A. Use a computer. B. Use a typewriter. C. Use a printer. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. What is going to be in Liberty Park next week ?A. An art festival. B. A concert. C. A picnic. 16. How many artists will show their paintings?A. Two traditional painters. B. Two modern artists. C. Three best local artists. 17. What information do we know about the art exhibitions ?A. They start at the same place and time. B. They start at different places and time. C. They will show paintings from five foreign countries . 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What did the speaker use to do for a living ?A. He ran a village shop. B. He worked on a farm. C. He worked at an advertising company. 19. What do we know about the speakers life in the past ?A. It was stressful. B. It was peaceful. C. It was boring. 20. What made the speaker change his lifestyle?A. The trouble with his family life. B. His desire to start his own business. C. His dream of living in a countryside. 二、阅读理解Studies show that you may be lied to every day anywhere from 10 to 200 times. We say, “Nice song.” “Honey, you dont look fat in that, no.” But another study showed that strangers lied three times within the first 10 minutes of meeting each other. We lie more to strangers than we lie to coworkers. Men lie eight times more about themselves than they do about other people. Women lie more to protect other people. If youre married, youre going to lie to your wife/ husband in one out of every 10 communications. If youre unmarried, that number drops to three. But look, if at some point you got lied to, its because you agreed to get lied to. Truth about lying: lyings a cooperative act. Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes were willing to get lied to for social dignity(尊严), maybe to keep a private secret.Lying is complex. It exists in our daily and business lives. Were deeply disturbed by the truth. We explain it, sometimesfor very good reasons, other times just because we dont understand the gaps between ideals and realities in our lives. Were against lying, but secretly were for it in ways that our society has practiced for centuries and centuries. Its as old as breathing. Its part of our culture and history. Think the stories fromDante, Shakespeare, the Bible, News of the World.Lying has great value to the evolution of human beings. Researchers have long known that the more intelligent the species, the more likely it is to lie. We humans like to become leaders. It starts really early. How early? Well, babies will pretend to cry, pause, wait to see whos coming and then go right back to crying. One-year-olds learn hiding truth. Five-year-olds lie outright and try to control through flattery (奉承). Nine-year-olds, masters of covering up.So what do we do about lies? Well, there are steps we can take to guide our way through the bushes. Trained lie spotters (检测员) get to the truth 90% of the time. The rest of us, were only 54% right. There are clever liars and stupid liars, but therere no real creative liars. While lying, we all make the same mistakes, and we all use the same techniques.