秘密★启用前
2015
年重庆一中高2017级高二上期半期考试
英 语 试 题 卷
2015.12
英语试题卷共10页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。 注意事项：
1.答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证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，再选涂其他答案标号。
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。 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节
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 date today? A. April 20th.
2. What will the woman do next? A. Go to see a movie. 3. What’s the woman’s profession? A. Teacher.
B. Librarian.
C. Student.
B. Do her homework.
C. Go to a class.
B. April 21th.
C. May 4th.
4. How much did the woman pay for the MP5 player including tax? A. $14.
B. $40.
C. $43.
5. Why can’t Alice attend the meeting? A. She’s sick. C. She has to play with her sister. 第二节
听第六段材料，回答6、7题
B. She has to take care of her sister.
6. Why is the man anxious to get his clothes back? A. He has to wear them. C. He wants to wash them. 7. Where is the man? A. In the library.
听第7段材料，回答8、9题 8. Why is the woman worried? A. She is going to be late again. B. She can’t find her car anywhere. C. Her watch isn’t working. 9. What does the man suggest? A. Trying a different route. C. Leaving earlier tomorrow. 听第8段材料，回答10-12题
10. How did the man learn to play the piano?
A. His mother taught him. C. A tutor taught him. 11. How old is the man now?
A. Fourteen.
B. Eighteen.
C. Twenty.
B. He learnt by himself.
B. Making an excuse for being late. B. In the hotel.
C. In his house.
B. He will leave tomorrow.
12. What do we know about the man?
A. He is American. C. He is in a foreign country. 听第9段材料，回答13-16题 13. Why did the man quit his job?
A. He didn’t like the work style. B. He didn’t have a decent salary. C. He lost a promotion opportunity. 14. What has the man been doing recently?
A. Working at the gym. C. Dealing with a project.
B. Searching for a job online. B. He doesn’t play the piano now.
15. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Friends.
B. Colleagues.
C. Husband and wife.
16. What does the woman remind the man to do?
A. Finish his project as soon as possible. B. Do some exercise to keep fit.
C. Find a job free from pressure and control. 听第10段材料，回答17-20题
17. Why did the speaker often move from one place to another?
A. He was keen on travelling. B. He grew up in a military family. C. He wanted to make more friends. 18. What happened to the speaker in Vietnam?
A. He couldn’t communicate with others. B. He wasn’t used to the temperature there. C. He missed his parents very much. 19. What is the key to coping with culture shock?
A. Confidence.
B. Communication. C. Awareness.
20. How should you express anger in a new country?
A. By saying it to the locals.
B. By writing it down in a diary. C. By keeping silent.
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，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中选出最佳选项。
A
Summertime is a great opportunity for kids to learn how to work and earn a little bit of spending money. If your child needs a summer job, here are a few options to consider: Lemonade/Cookie Stand Benefits
Creates a concept of running a business :Your child will be his own boss, set his own price ,and run the show. It’s a great introduction to running his own business.
Limited Start-Up Costs: The things used to make lemonade are cheap, so your child should be able to get back his investment with a handful of sales.
What Kids Learn About Money:
Your child will learn a very valuable lesson about pricing.The price of his lemonade will decide how much he can sell, if he will recover his investment and the amount of profit. Yard Work Benefits:
Repeated Customers: If a homeowner needs help raking (耙地) this year, he’ll probably want help again next year.Your child should be able to maintain a regular set of customers after one season.
Safety : Yard work is generally safer than a lawn-mowing job. Without having to operate machines, your child will be much safer.
What Kids Learn About Money:
Because of the variability (变动) in pay, your child will need to learn how to negotiate(谈判) a fair price with homeowners if they ask. Lifeguard Benefits:
Responsibility: Kids learn a lot about responsibility when lifeguarding. They are within rights to tell whether a certain activity is safe and are allowed to take action as they see fit.
Exercise: Lifeguards need to be proficient at swimming and must exercise to stay in shape. What Kids Learn About Money:
To be a lifeguard, one must be certified. Your child may have to pay for lifeguard training, although some employers provide it on-site.
21. What are the benefits of selling lemonade or cookies for children?
a. To learn how to run a business b. To own repeated customers. c. To learn profit and loss.
d. To lower the risk of losing money.
A. abcd B. acd C. bcd D. abd 22. Which is suitable if you want your child to learn communication and negotiation?
A. Lemonade/Cookie Stand C. Lifeguard
B. Yard Work D. All of the above
23. If your kid wants to be a lifeguard, he or she has to do all the following except ______.
A. keeping a good figure C. receiving training for free
B
The first episode of BBC documentary series“Are Our Kids Tough Enough?” was broadcast for the first time on Tuesday, and soon became one of the top topics on social networks in both China and Britain, with many education specialists commenting on the event.
In the documentary, five Chinese teachers took over a British classroom with 50 teenagers aged 13 and 14 in Bohunt School in Hampshire for one month, and taught them in a typical Chinese way: no talking, no question, wearing special uniform and experiencing the strict classroom discipline within an extended school-hour from 7 a. m. to 7 p.m.
Students in the experimental program had to do morning exercises, took compulsory physical education of long-distance running, and were also required to do eye exercises during breaks. Some of the students were caught on camera in tears, as was one of the teachers.
At the end of this episode, most of the teens had difficulty in adapting to the Chinese methodologies. Some of them even described their Chinese teachers as “rude” and “unreasonable”. Their teachers were not prepared for the stark differences between Chinese and British students as well. One of the teachers couldn’t help but complain that the classroom was always “messy” to the head teacher of the school.
Many Chinese netizens, especially the post-1980 netizens, said that the documentary reminded them of past school-days. Meanwhile, they criticized the British students as “unmannerly” and “lack of respect to others” after watching the documentary. 24. How did most of the British students behave in the Chinese class?
A. They couldn’t understand what the teachers were talking about. B. They didn’t obey the rule of no talking and no questions. C. They were moved to tears by their teachers’ kindness.
B. excelling at swimming
D. learning to take action when necessary