浙江省绍兴市第一中学2016-2017学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题含答案

绍兴一中2016学年第二学期期中考试高二英语第一部分：听力（共两小节，满分15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。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的ABC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.Whatisthemandoing?A.Offeringasuggestion.B.Startinganargument.C.Stoppingafight.2.Whatdoesthemanthinkofhimself?A.Hedeservesafreelunch.B.Hissalaryisnothigh.C.Heworkshard.3.Whenwillthepartybeheld?A.OnFriday.B.OnSaturday.C.OnSunday.4.Whatdoweknowabouttheman?A.Hehasworkedwiththewomanfortwelveyears.B.Hethinksthepricesinthestorearetoohigh.C.Hehasaslighthearingproblem.5.Whatwillthemanprobablydotoday?A.Havesomeguestsover.B.Goshopping.C.Gotoapostoffice.第二节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面2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5秒钟时间阅读各个小题；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。听下面一段对话，回答第6--8题。6.Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?A.Inadrugstore.B.Inthehospital.C.Onthestreet.7.Whatwillthemandonext?A.Pickupsomething.B.Waitforsomeone.C.Gobackhome.8.Whatdoesthewomanthinkoftheman?A.Heisimpatient.B.Heisclever.C.Heishelpful.听下面一段对话，回答第9--10题。9.WhoisDantheBear?A.Afisherman.B.Asinger.C.Adolphintrainer.10.Whatwillthewomandobeforegoingtothebar?A.Gotothebarber’s.B.Buysomeclothes.C.Performonstage.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（本节共8小题；每小题2.5分，满分20分）阅读下面短文并完成每篇后面的题目。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。ATheoceanisalwaysmoving：wavesbreakonthesurface，sealevelsriseandfallwiththetides，andcurrentsflowbelowthesurface．Althoughitlooksasifthewaterinawaveismovingacrossthesurfaceoftheocean，itisnot．Thewaterisactuallymovingupanddown．Thisiswhyanobjectontopofawavewillbobupanddown，butnotmoveforward．Whenawavereachestheshore，however,thewaterdoesmoveforward．Itsurges(前进)ontotheshore．Thisisbecausethe“bottom”ofthewavedragsonthesandandthe“top”continueson，crashingontotheshore．Thiscrashingwateriscalledthesurf．Mostwavesarecausedbywindblowingacrosstheocean'ssurface．Thesizeofawavedependsonhowfastandhowfarthewindblowsoverthesurfaceandonthedepthofthewave．Smallwindscancauseripples，whilestrongwindscreatelargehurricanewaves．Alongmostshorelines．waterlevelsriseandfalltwiceaday．Thesechanges，calledtides．arecausedbythegravitationalpulloftheSunandtheMoon．Theoceansurfacelifts，orbulges(凸出)，intwoplaces：onthesideofEarththatfacestheMoonandonthesideofEarththatfacesawayfromtheMoon．Bothbulgescauseahightideonnearbyshorelines．Atthesametimethatthehightidesoccur，lowtidesoccurbetweenthetwobulges．TidesarealsoaffectedbythepulloftheSun，althoughtheeffectoftheSunisnotasgreatastheeffectoftheMoon．WhentheMoonandSunarelinedupwithEarth，thecombinedpullisthestrongest，causingthehighesthightidesandthelowestlowtides．Theseveryhighandverylowtidesarecalledspringtides．Weakertides，calledneaptides，happenwhentheMoonandtheSunareatrightanglestoEarth．Hightidesalternatewithlowtides．Alongmostshorelines，ahightideorlowtideoccursabouteverysixhours．11．Theword“alternate”inthelastparagraphmeans．A．appearsuddenlyB．bobupanddownC．changeorbecomequicklyD．happenorfollowoneafteranother12．Thebesttitleforthepassageis．A．TheMovingOceanC．TidesandWavesB．OceanandEarthD．WavesandCurrentsBInaStationoftheMetroTheapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough.ThisistheonlyEzraPoundpoemthatmanypeoplewillreadintheirlives.Why?Oneobviousreasonisthatit’sjusttwolineslong.Thepoem,whichcanbeunderstoodas“Amanseesabunchoffacesinthesubwayandthinkstheylooklikeflowersonatreebranch,”isanexerciseinshortness.PoundwroteitafterhavingaspiritualexperienceinaParismetro(subway)station.In1916,theUSpoetoriginallythoughthecouldbestdescribehisvisioninapainting.Unfortunately,hewasn’tapainter.Sohewroteathirty-linepoem,whichhedidn’tlike.Hedroppedthelongversioninthewastebin.Sixmonthslater,hewroteashorterpoem,butdidn’tlikethatoneeither.Finally,afullyearaftertheexperience,hehadbeenreadingshortJapanesepoemscalledhaikus,andhefiguredhewouldtrythisstyle.Theresult,whichwaspublishedin1913,isoneofthemostfamousandinfluentialworksinmodernpoetry.Thispoemisoneofthemonuments(纪念物)ofthe20th-centuryartisticmovementknownas“Imagism”.Basically,Poundandhisfriendsthoughtthatimages(意象)weren’tjustdecoration:theywerethehighestformofspeech.Byfindingtherightimage,thepoetcanexpressthetrue,spiritualrealityofathing,whichismoreimportantthanusingabunchofadjectivestodescribeitsphysicalappearance.Thus,“InaStationoftheMetro”isapoemthatconsistsofoneimageexpressedwithabsolute(绝对的)exactnessandnothingelse.Totheimagists,thebestwaytodescribeanexperienceisnottousemoreandmorewords;thebestwayistofindexactlytherightwords.Haveyouevertoldabelovedonethat“wordscan’texpress”howmuchyoulovethem?Well,Poundwouldsaythatyou’rejustbeinglazy.Inhisview,wordscanexpressanything,evenifittakesanentireyeartofindtherightones.13.Intheshortpoem,EzraPound.A.tellsusoneofhispainfulexperiencesB.comparesthepassengers’facestoflowersC.describesamanwalkingamongthecrowdD.showsawet,blacktreebranchinametrostation14.Accordingtothetext,“InaStationoftheMetro”was.A.basedononeofPound’spaintingsB.firstdiscoveredinawastebinC.influencedbyhaikusD.completedin191615.Poundandhisfriends.A.stressedtheimportanceofusingadjectivesB.weregoodatdescribingabstractimagesC.decoratedtheirpoemswithpictur