2016-2017学年度第一学期第二次质量检测
英语试卷（10.29）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分） 第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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答案。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个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．Who is the host of the dinner?
A. Frank. B. Paul. C. The woman. 2．Which month is the worst according to the woman? A. May. B. June. C. July. 3．What will the woman probably do?
A. See a doctor. B. Take some time off work. C. Continue going to work. 4．What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and clerk. B. Husband and wife. C. Mother and son. 5．How much more did the woman pay for her wedding dress than her sister? A.＄400. B. ＄300. C. ＄100. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6．What are the speakers doing today?
A. Playing tennis. B. Playing football. C. Playing golf. 7．How often does the man play on average?
A. Once a month. B. Twice a month. C. Once a week. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8．What happened to the guy in the front of the stage?
A. He fell off the stage. B. He got in a fight with some crazy people.
C. He jumped into the crowd. 9．What did the man like the most? A. The opening band.
B. The audience.
C. The design of the stage.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．How does the man describe his city in the beginning? A. It’s big.
B. It’s horrible.
C. It’s romantic.
11．What’s the city center like according to the man?
A. It’s crowded with boats. B. There’s a famous church there. C. There are not many shops. 12．Why doesn’t the man like living there?
A. It’s too quiet. B. There are too many tourists. C. The drinking water is polluted.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13．What will happen next week?
A. The man’s friend will visit him. B. Mark will leave. C. Karen will come into town. 14．Which word can be used to describe Mark?
A. Selfish. B. Talented. C. Lazy. 15．What do we know about Karen? A. She is shy.
B. She has blue eyes.
C. She is single.
16．What did the speakers decide to do?
A. Go cycling together. B. Introduce two friends to each other. C. Have dinner together. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17．In which direction will the company move? A. North.
B. West.
C. South.
18．Where will the employees get money for moving expenses?
A. From the bank. B. From the community fund. C. From the Human Resources Department. 19．What is the new office building like?
A. It has 25 stories. B. It’s next to a movie theater. C. It includes a big restaurant for employees . 20．What’s the goal of the company?
A. To rank among the top five providers of Internet service.
B. To become the biggest Internet service provider by 2015. C. To have a total area of 50000 square feet. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
21. Much to the disappointment of the neighboring countries, the Japanese government refuses to admit ____ crime they committed in ______ World War II in the history. A.the; the
B./;the C./;/ D.the;/
22. It was not until I was chose monitor of the class ______ to realize the importance of teamwork.
A. did I come B. had I come C. when I come D. that I came
23. The first thing you must remember is that in order to succeed, it is almost compulsory that you ______ optimistic.
A. be B. are C. must be D. have been
24. In South-East Asia, many farmers cannot afford _____ farm equipment such as tractors, so most of the work is done with human labour.
A. considerate B. conventional C. confidential D. correctional 25.We may catch a cold in summer before we realize it ______ the temperature is quite high. A. if B. since C. as D. though
26.According to the national population survey concluded recently, Florida is home to the largest population of people aged 65 and older, and this group ______ over 17 percent of the state’s population.
A. takes up B. holds up C. makes up D. keeps up
27. The pipes have oil or water inside them, which is heated and sent to the storage tank until ______ to produce electricity.
A. needed B. needing C. to need D. having needed
28. The topic of the Romany will continue to be controversial, and the peace between them and many European is tentative_______.
A. at last B. at latest C. at least D. at best
29._____ what many people thought, the graduate came here not to _______ fame or money but the true value of life.
A. On the contrary with; look for B. To the contrary of; hunt for C. Opposite to; search D. Contrary to; seek 30. --The trip was rather long and uncomfortable.
--You _______ it. You could have stayed at home and enjoyed your holiday.
A. asked for B. applied for C. answered for D. accounted for 31. Mensa is a society for bright people, and it aims to create a platform ______ many think can provide the chance to share their thoughts and ideas.
A. where B. which C. what D. who
32. At the age of 14, Father had to leave school and start working. There would be no one to support the family _______ he not worked.
A. did B. has C. had D. was
33. This ______ of culture between Europeans and the Romany led to many nations taking action against them, even banning Romany groups from entering.
A. collision B. switch C. surplus D. dimension
34.Recent years ________ closer exchanges and cooperation between Jiangsu, China and Britain in a wide range of areas.
A. have seen B. had seen C. saw D. see 35. ---How come you were half an hour late for work this morning, Mike? ---_______My car broke down halfway.
A. Yes, so what? B. No, it’s not my fault C. Well, who knows? D. Sorry, but I couldn’t help it. 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In ___36___ a job or advancing in one, the ability to
read and comprehend ___37___ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are ___38___ readers. Most of us develop poor reading ___39___ at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency(缺陷) ___40___ in the actual stuff of language itself----words. Taken individually, words have ___41___ meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. ___42___ , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing(倒退，退化) to ___43___ words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over ___44___ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which ___45___ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as ___46___ reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an ___47___ , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate ___48___ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, ___49___ word-by-word reading, regression and sub-vocalization, practically impossible. At first ___50___ is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, ___51___ your comprehension will improve. Many people have found ___52___ reading skill drastically improved after some training. ___53___ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute ___54___ the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can ___55___ a lot more reading material in a short period of time. 36. A. applying 37. A. quickly 38. A. good 39. A. training 40. A. lies
B. doing B. easily B. curious B. habits
C. offering C. roughly C. poor
D. getting D. decidedly
D. urgent D. custom
D. involves
C. situations C. touches C. little
B. combines
41. A. some B. a lot D. dull
D. Unfortunately
D. recite D. if
42. A. Fortunately 43. A. reuse 44. A. what 45. A. puts
B. Intentionally C. Logically B. reread
B. which B. cuts
C. rewrite C. that C. slows
D. measures