郑州二中2017年开学考试英语试题第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 does the man usually do on Sun days? A. Go to a dance club. B. Go to the beach.library.2. Why was the woman late?A. She got up late.B. Her car broke down.warm up her car.3. Where does the man come from?A. New York.B. Washington.C. Los Angeles.4. What is the next TV program?A. The news.B. A quiz show.C. A documentary about animals. 5. What will the speakers do next?A. See a movie.B. Attend a talk show.C. Go to the coffee shop.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。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的 选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅 读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每个小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段 对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第& 7题6.Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a supermarket. B. In a flower shop. C. In a garden.C. Go to theC. She had toA 、B 、C 三个7. What is the woman'advice?A. Givi ng his mother some roses.B. Givi ng his mother some lilies.C. Givi ng his mother some earn ati ons. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Which club does the woman want to join?A. The singing club.B. The yoga club.C. The football club.9. What is the man 'op inion about start ing a club?A. Hard.B. Not very hard.C. Pretty easy.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where does the man want to go?A. The Summer Palace.B. The Beijing Zoo.C. Peking University.11. Where is the bus stop?A. 15 meters from the first cross ing.B. To the right of the second crossing.C. To the left of the third crossing.12. How often does the No. 361 bus pass?A. Every five minutes.B. Every ten minutes.C. Every fiftee n mi nu tes听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where did the woman see the advertisement?A. In a newspaper.B. On a website.C. In a TV commercial.14. Why does the man want to rent the house?A. He is going to study abroad.B. He is going to move to another city.C. He is going to live with his parents.15. Which of the following is out of order?A. The fridge.B. The television.C. The washing machine.16. How much will the woma n pay every mon th?A. 2,000 yuan.B. 2,200 yuan.C. 2,400 yua n.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What did the man talk about last week?A. The history of Singapore.B. The climate in Singapore.C. The festivals in Singapore.18. What is the weather like in Singapore from November to January?A. Sunny.B. Windy.C. Rainy.19. When is the Singapore Food Festival held?A. In July.B. In September.C. From May to July.20. Which of the following festivals is held four times every year?A. The computer shows.B. The Singapore Food Festival.C. The Great Singapore Sales.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，从每題所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A•Marketi ng Assista ntWe want a person with a university degree in a marketing-related major or at least two years of work experie nee in a marketi ng role.Starti ng salary: HK $6,000 per mon th.Ben efits: As a HaiSports employee, you will be en titled（有资格）to a 40% disco un t on all HaiSports products, plus other ben efits.Please apply in writing to Grace Zhou.•Ground StaffJapa n Airli nes in vites you to join us. We are offeri ng gro und staff positi ons in our CallCentre in Tsim Sha Tsui （尖沙咀）Requireme nts:* A perma nent Hong Kong reside nt （居民）* Flue ncy in En glish, Japa nese and Put on ghua.* Availability to work shifts （轮班）This positi on is equally suitable for a college stude nt. The start ing salary will be around HK $12,00 per mon th. Competitive ben efits in clude guara nteed yearly holidays and disco unt fare tickets.An online application from is now posted at http:// www. hk. jal. Com.Please complete the online application form and send it to us on or before 31 August, 2017.* AppProgrammerWe are urge ntly look ing for an app developer to join our compa ny with details as follows :* Mi nimum 2-year work experie nee in develop ing apps.* Bachelors ' degree in computer scie nee or in formatio n systemlated discipli ne.* Good problem-solvi ng, in terpers onal and an alytical skills.The salary depe nds on qualificatio ns and experie nce and the ben efits will depe nd on mon thly achieveme nts.Please email your detailed resume to Katie@toppers onn . hk for further in formatio n if you are in terested.21. What kind of person does HaiSports need?A. One who has tech no logical kno wledge.B. One who has at least two years of work experie nce.C. One who has doctor ' s degree in marketing science.D. One who speaks flue nt Japa nese.22. If a pers on wants to apply for the positi on of Ground Staff, he/she must _________ .A. have marketi ng-related experie nceB. have a good kno wledge of computer scie nceC. speak En glish, Japa nese and Puton ghua flue ntlyD. be livi ng in Hong Kong at prese nt23. What do the three jobs have in com mon?A. They have a starti ng salary.B. They n eed work experie nce.C. They n eed program ming abilities.D. They offer certa in ben efits.BA few years ago, I took a sightsee ing trip a Wash ington, D.C Standing outside the Ron ald Reaga n Cen ter, I heard a voice, “ Can you help me? ” When I tur ned aroun d, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended. I reached into my pocket, pulled out all of my loosecha nge and placed it on her hand without even look ing at her. I was anno yed at being bothered by a beggar. But the blind woman smiled and said, “ I don ' t want your money. I justwan ，to help me find the post office.”In a moment, I realized what I had done. I judged another person simply for what I guessed she had to be. I hated what I saw in myself. This incident reawakened my belief in humility （谦恭），even though I ' d lost it for a moment.The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant （ 移民）.I left Honduras and arrived in the US at the age of 15. I started my new life with two suitcases, my brother andsister, and a strong, serious-minded mother. Through the years, I have been a dishwasher, mecha nic and pizza delivery driver among many other humble jobs, and fin ally I became a n etwork engin eer.In my own life, I have experie need many ope n acts of prejudice （偏见） .1 remember a time, at the age of 17- I worked as a waiter, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me. I have also wit nessed （当场见至 U ） the sametreatment of my famil y and friends, so I know what it' s like, and I should have known better.But no w, livi ng in my A America n middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am and where I have bee n, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That bli nd woma n on the street of Wash in gto in, D.C. cured me of my bli ndn ess. She remin ded me of my belief in humility and to always keep my eyes and heart ope n. By the way, I helped that lady to the post office. And in writ ing this article, I hope to tha nk her for the priceless less on.24. What can we lear n from the first two paragraphs?A. The author regretted his act of prejudice.B. The bli nd woma n n eeded the money badly.C. The author was as poor as the bli nd woma n.D. The author was a n ative America n 25. Accord ing to Paragraph 4, heari ng the fatherA. very excited C. greatly in spired26. Which opinion does the author probably agree with?A. One should try to experie nee differe nt kinds of life.B. One should treat others equally with love and respect.C. One should think about one' s past as often as possible.D. One should be nice to the elderly and the disabled. 27. What can be the best title of the passage?A. How my dream comes true C. A priceless less on on the streetRobots and humans will soon be living in harmony （禾口睦）.A singing robot is being taught to creates words, the author was probably B. deeply moved D. rather hurtB. A belief that will n ever cha ngeD. Lear n from your pastjazz with a huma n in a project.Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with, the Telenoid will be trained to follow the moveme nts and simple sounds made by a huma n sin ger, and to connect music with different emotional states. Chella then plans to see if the robot can use these conn ecti ons to create music.Intelligence is often regarded as the ability to find connections between the existing things. But Chella suggests that a conscious（有意识的）creature should be able to go a step further and in troduce new connections at result in the creati on of someth ing n ew.Some jazz musicia ns say that they should have a men tal library of musical phrases so that they are able to comb ine them in new ways. More importa ntly, however, this comb in ati on happe ns in a state that is similar in a sense to dream ing. Chella wants to copy these states in a mach ine.“ This work raises interesting questions about the link between consciousness and music making, ” says Philippe Pasquier, a a musician and computer scientist. But he isskeptical about whether a robot musicia n n eeds a physical body.Pasquier argues that the robots are faced with two challenges（挑战）.Software that can copy Bach has already been developed. But interpretation （演绎）includes human ' s differenttastes and judgme nts. “ What made the Beatles famous was not so much their works, tbetfact that the in terpretati ons of the works were won derful, ” he says.It is not yet clear how a robot would go about interpreting music in a new way. But by copying humans and then learning to sing, Chella ' s robot could provide clues.What seems to be important is that human composers often listen to lots of music made by others. So Chella;s robot had better listen to those jazz standards first.28. Which of the following is the robot ' s first step before it tries to create jazz?A. Connecting actions wi th human ' s emotions.B. Copy ing a huma n sin ger ' s moveme nts and soun ds.C. Lear ning to com muni cate with huma n beings freely.D. Livi ng with huma n beings in harm ony.29. The un derl ined word “ skeptical ” in Paragraph 5 could be replaced by.A. worriedB. certa inC. concernedD. doubtful30. What can we know about the robots like Tele noid from the text?A. They can talk with researchers.B. They are faced with two challe nges.C. They will become huma n sin gers.D. They are household robots.31. What can be concluded（推断出）from the text?A. How to interpret jazz is a piece of cake for Chella ' s robot.B. A new kind of software should be developed to copy Bach.C. Chella ' s robot should listen to much jazz to create something new.D. Chella ' s robot neepsysical body to make music.DThere are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process. People have gen erally viewed personal growth as an exter nal （夕卜部的，表面的）result or a product that can easily be identified and measured . The worker who gets a rise, the student whose grades improve, the foreigner who learns a new Ianguage—all these examples of people who have measurable results to show for their efforts .By con trast , the process of pers onal growth is much more difficult to determ ine, since it is a journey and not the specific signposts（路标）or Iandmarks along the way . The process is not the road itself, but the attitudes, feeli ngs people have , and th eir cauti on or courage, as theymeet with new experiences and unexpe cted difficulti es. In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experienee the world, new ideas to try, new challe nges to accept.In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have a willingness to take risks, to face the unknown, and to accept the possibility that they may “ fail af'first. How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is necessary for our ability to grow . Do we see ourselves as quick and curious? If so, we tend to take more chances and be more open to un familiar experie nces . Do we thi nk we ' re slaynd in decisive? The n our sense of fear can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and we think we are slow to adapt cha nge or that we not smart eno ugh to deal with a new challe nge . Then we are likely to take a more passive role or not try at all .These feeli ngs of in security and self-doubt are both un avoidable and n ecessary if we are to change and grow . If we protect ourselves too much, then we stop growing. We become trapped in side a shell of our own making .32. In the author ' s eye, one who views personal growth as a process would _____A. grow up from his own achieveme ntsB. aim high and reach his goal each timeC. face diffic ulties and take up challengesD. succeed in climb ing up the social ladder33. For pers onal growth, the author is in favor of all the followi ng EXCEPT ____A. stay ing away from failures and challe ngesB. being quick in self-adaptati onC. havi ng an ope n mind to new experie ncesD. being curious about more cha nges34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. It is not so difficult to measure pers onal growthB. To try and fail on the new road facing the unknown is avoidable .C. There are only two ways to see a person ' s growthD. If you are too shy to take any risks in life, you cannot grow up .35. ____________________________________ The best title for this passage should be .A. Overco ming Internal FearsB. Two Basic Ways of GrowthC. Growth —Product or ProcessD. Faci ng New Challe nges第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。