昆明黄冈实验学校2016-2017上学期期中考试高二英语试卷第一部分： 听力部分 （每题1.5分，共30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 want to do? A. Stay in bed. B. Go to work. C. Go out.2. Why cant the woman tell the time? A. Because there is something wrong with her watch. B. Because she doesnt want to tell the man. C. Because she has no watch. 3. Where does the conversation take place? A. In the hospital. B. In the library. C. In the restaurant. 4. When is the man sure to finish the project? A. By September. B. By July. C. By March. 5. Why cant the man have coffee with the woman? A. Because he has to prepare for a class tomorrow. B. Because he has to prepare for an exam tomorrow. C. Because he has to prepare for a presentation tomorrow. 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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。听下面一段材料，回答第6至8题。 6. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Sister and brother. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife. 7. Where is Tom? A. At football practice. B. At the library. C. In the bathroom. 8. How many people probably are there in the house at the moment? A. Three. B. Five. C. Six. 听下面一段材料，回答第9至11题。 9. What is the weather like now? A. Warm. B. Snowy. C. Windy.10. What do we know about the woman?A. She loves winter sports. B. She hates slippery roads. C. She heard the radio forecast. 11. What will the two speakers do tomorrow? A. Go skiing. B. Go skating. C. Go shopping. 听下面一段材料，回答第12第14题。 12. When did the two speakers get there? A. At 8:50. B. At 9:10 C. At 9:15. 13. How long have they been waiting? A. For 15 minutes. B. For 25 minutes. C. For 30munites. 14. What can we learn from the conversation? A. Its the first time that the woman visits the museum. B. They can see some big guns used in old days. C. There is something wrong with the side door.听下面一段材料，回答第15至第17题。 15. What was true about the exam? A. It had 15 true-false questions. B. It was 60 minutes long. C. It has three essays. 16. How did the man feel about the true-false questions? A. He liked them less than the essays. B. He didnt think they were too hard. C. He didnt know the answers to them. 17. How did the woman do on the essay answers? A. She wrote the information in a hurry. B. She didnt know the answers. C. She wrote her answers clearly. 听下面一段材料，回答第18至第20题。18. When did Harry Houdinis career take off? A. In 1899. B. In 1908. C. In 1913. 19. Where did Houdini first introduce his escape? A. In New York. B. In England. C. In St. Louis. 20. Which of the following is true about Houdini? A. Houdini took Giant Milk Can Escape on tour in several countries. B. Houdinis escape from milk can made his magic more dramatic. C. Houdini had a successful career throughout his whole life.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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AI paid a visit to Cambridge last January. Though the trip took me 5 hours and it rained the whole day with strong winds there, the town deserved a visit. The bus started at 6:10 a. m. It stopped at 4 airports before we finally arrived，which wasted more time than we expected. Tired with long sitting，one passenger stood up to relax his numbed legs. The driver asked him to sit down but in vain. So he pulled up and said seriously, “Either you get off or sit down.” To him, safety is the first policy. Cambridge consists of over thirty colleges. The oldest part of the university was built in the 13th century while the newest was founded in the mid 1960s.The number of the students is so great that many students live in lodgings（出租房）and move into college for their final year. Cambridge is called a university town because there is no clear separation between the university buildings and the rest of the city. The university is not just one part of the town；it is all over the town. The heart of Cambridge has shops，pubs，and supermarkets，but most of it is university-colleges，departments，libraries，clubs and other places for university staff and students. Students fill the shops，cafes，banks and churches，making these as well part of the university. With over 10,000 undergraduates and postgraduates, the town is a busy place indeed. Students here are not allowed to keep cars. If you happen to be walking in the street during a break，better stop a moment to avoid the boiling sea of bicycles hurrying in all directions，carrying students from one college or lecture room to another.21. The writer believed that the trip took more time because of_ A. bad weather B. unexpected stops of the bus C. one passenger D. an accident on the way22.Why is Cambridge called a university town？ A. It has 10，