射洪中学高2015级高一上期半期考试
英语试题
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1．答题前，务必将自己的姓名、考籍号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。
2．答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
3．答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。 4．所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。 5．考试结束后，只将答题卡交回。 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's the correct time?
A. 8:20. B.8:25. C.8: 15. 2. Where are the two speakers?
A. On a ship. B. On a train. C. On a plane. 3. Where is the woman going now?
A. Her brother's office. B. Her own house. C. The market. 4. Why can't the woman go to the party?
A. She is sick. B. She has to work. C. She has to stay at home. 5. What is the problem with her English?
A. Her spelling is very poor. B. Her speaking is not good. C. Her pronunciation is not good.
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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8题。 6. Where are the two speakers?
A. In the library. B. In a department store. C. In the street. 7. Who are the two speakers?
A. A woman and his husband. B. A woman and a passer-by. C. A woman and her friend. 8. Where will the woman change buses?
A. At the zoo. B. At the traffic lights. C. At the end of the No. 9 bus. 请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题 9. What was the man doing the night before? A. He was playing the guitar. B. He was working at a restaurant. C. He was singing in a rock concert. 10. Where will the man play next week?
A. In San Francisco. B. In Washington. C. In Chicago. 11. Where is the woman probably working?
A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. In a record store. 请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. Where does this conversation take place?
A. At school. B. In the street. C. On the phone. 13. Did they do their work last night?
A. Yes, they did. B. One of them did, but the other didn't. C. Neither of them did. 14. Why is the girl worried about her physics exam? A. Because she hasn't prepared well. B. Because she has lost her physics book. C. Because she has no old exam papers 请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
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15. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a library. B. In a classroom. C. In a bookstore. 16. What is the man doing?
A. Returning some books. B. Looking for a book. C. Writing a research paper. 17. What does the woman tell the man to do?
A. To return the books. B. To refer to the card list. C. To make use of the computer. 请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Who does the speaker talk to?
A. A friend of his. B. A group of new students. C. A group of visitors. 19. What is the total number of departments in the college?
A. Six. B. Five. C. Four. 20. Where do the teachers in the English department mainly come from?
A. England and America. B. America and Australia. C. America and Canada. 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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John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for Blacks. Fortunately he had a strong-willed, caring mother. John remembers that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you really want to be if you just believe.” She told him not to be dependent on others, including his mother. “You have to get success,” said she. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.” These words came from a woman less than a third grade education (schooling). She also knew that belief and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son—then 15—to Chicago. Chicago in 1933 was not the best place that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words—as editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for the
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