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2018--2019学年第一学期××市十四县（市）期中联考
高二年级英语试卷
第I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 is the woman eating?
A. Some fruit. B. Some cookies. C. Some chocolate. 2. What is the man probably?
A. A visitor. B. A guide. C. A passer-by. 3. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At a clinic. B. In a gym. C. In a hotel. 4. Why does the woman ask for another beefsteak?
A. She is too hungry. B. Her husband likes it.
C. Her first beefsteak is on the ground. 5. Why did the woman get the book so late?
A. The man forgot it. B. The man's boss forgot it. C. The woman wasn't at home.
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至7题。 6. What kind of person is Mr. Zhang?
A. Kind. B. Humorous. C. Generous. 7. What does the man learn from Mr. Zhang?
A. Maths. B. Jokes. C. Historic stories.
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听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What product does the man plan to buy?
A. A tape. B. A radio. C. A recorder. 9. What does the man think of the product?
A. It looks good. B. It is a well-known brand. C. It is of poor quality. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Where are the two speakers?
A. In a museum. B. In a car. C. In a shop. 11. Why do they go into the shopping mall?
A. The exhibition is there. B. They'll do some shopping. C. They're lost. 12. What is Calvin Klein?
A. A designer.
B. A businessman. C. An artist.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What did the woman do last night? A. She went to a cocktail party. B. She met some nice people.
C. She learned American social customs. 14. When does the cocktail party start?
A. At 5：30 pm. B. At 6 pm. C. At 7：30 pm.
15. What is the purpose of their cocktail party according to the man? A. To welcome newcomers. B. To celebrate Christmas. C. To follow the American custom.
16. What does the French phrase “faux pas” mean? A. Friend. B. Social manner. C. Mistake. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. When is the high tourist season in England?
A. June and July. B. August and September. C. July and August. 18. When is the holiday period of state schools in England? A. From early-July to mid-August. B. From mid-July to mid-August.
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C. From about mid-July to the end of August. 19. Where do people prefer to stay for holidays? A. In hotels.
B. In boarding houses. C. In rented houses.
20. What may British people refuse to do? A. Change the times of their holidays. B. Try new places to take holidays. C. Talk about their holidays. 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Off the Beaten Cart Path
The best-selling travel book which includes over 200 new places of interest, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It includes over 1,000 of the United States most must-see destinations.
Cover price: $ 30.00 Our price: $ 19.80 Parents
The most popular magazine for parents who want to raise smart and loving children. It has child development guidance, advice on your child’s health and safety, and the best way to encourage your child’s learning.
Cover Price: $ 26.00 Our price: $ 12.60 Best Weekend Projects
The projects are chosen from 80 special ideas to create an unusual living space. They are practical, as well as creative. They will improve your home and yard and can be made on weekends. And the most important of all, they are easy to follow.
Cover Price: $ 17.95 Our price: $ 13.90
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Lucky
The shopping magazine with the best buys, and the fashion tips. You’ll need them before you go to the stores. What makes Lucky really special is that it gives you the information you need before anyone else has it.
Cover Price: $ 18.50 Our Price: $ 15.50
21. How much can you save to buy a copy of Best Weekend Projects now?
A. $ 13.4. B. $ 10.2. C. $ 4.05. D. $ 3. 22. Which book can give you some advice on shopping?
A. Parents. B. Lucky. C. Off the Beaten Cart Path. D. Best Weekend Projects. 23. Who may like the book Off the Beaten Curt Path most? A. Ladies loving shopping. B. Parents with new-born babies.
C. Husbands wanting to improve their home. D. Persons loving traveling in America.
24. What does the passage most probably belong to?
A. A story. B. A report. C. A notice. D. An advertisement.
B
Whenever we see a button on a doorbell or on a remote, we may press it. This is true in most cases. But some buttons are actually fake(假的), like the “close” button on an elevator．
Many people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they don’t have the patience to wait for the elevator doors to shut. But according to experts, the buttons are a complete trick—the doors will not close any faster however hard you press.
It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, making sure that all elevators stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter. Only firefighters and maintenance workers(维修工) can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys. But to normal elevator riders, the buttons aren't completely useless.
According to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control. Experts have showed that a lot of buttons that don't do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose. For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons don't live up to their names. Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals change faster, but that was before computer-controlled traffic
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signals were introduced.
But psychologists found it interesting that even when people are aware of these little “white lies”. They still continue to push fake buttons because as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth the effort.
That habit is here to stay, John Kounios, a psychology professor at Drexel University in the US, told The New York Times. “After all, I’ve got nothing else to do while waiting. So why not try the chance?”
25. The author writes the text to______________. A. inform readers of kinds of fake button B. analyze what roles fake buttons play C. explore different ways to push buttons D. explain why fake buttons were introduced
26. The underlined “for this same purpose” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to_____________. A. making people more patient B. improving people’s bad mood C. helping people build up confidence D. offering people a sense of control 27. What can we know from John Kounios’ words? A. Pressing fake buttons is of no meaning at all. B. People don't know that what they press is fake. C. Some people press fake buttons just to kill time. D. People are supposed to quit pressing fake buttons.
C
Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name — phubbers（低头族）.
Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie（自拍照）in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about