高二英语下学期开学考试试题第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，请将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
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. When did the play start?A. Five minutes ago.B. Ten minutes ago.C. Fifteen minutes ago.2. Where will the speakers have their meal?A. At home.B. At a restaurant.C. At the student canteen.3. Why does the man skip class?A. He has to feed his dog.B. The class isn’t int eresting.C. He prefers to study by himself.4. Why was Jim arrested?A. He drove too fast.B. He stole something.C. He killed somebody.5. How will the speakers get to the cinema?A. By car.B. On foot.C. By bus.第二节听下面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，你将有时间阅读每个小题，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、7题。
6. What did the woman do last week?A. She finished a paper.B. She watched a video.C. She watched a TV show.7. What advice does the woman give the man?A. Copy her notes.B. Go to the library.C. Talk to Prof. Cohen.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How much is the dinner?A. $15.B. $30.C. $50.9. Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. In a restaurant.C. In a hotel.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. When will a double room be available?A. Next Monday.B. Next Saturday.C. Next Sunday.11. How much is a single room with a queen-size bed?A. $60 per night.B. $100 per night.C. $180 per night.12. What is important to the woman?A. Having a bright room.B. Having a large room.C. Having a quiet room.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the man doing?A. Having lunch.B. Eating dinner.C. Making breakfast.14. What kind of cheese does the woman prefer?A. Blue cheese.B. Swiss cheese.C. American cheese.15. What does the man offer the woman besides cheese?A. Pizza.B. A sandwich.C. Fish.16. Where will the woman go next?A. To a store.B. To her house.C. To the cafeteria.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How high has the average temperature been so far this week?A. In the 80s.B. In the low 70s.C. In the high 60s.18. When will it begin to rain?A. At about 6:30 p.m.B. At around 7:30 p.m.C. At about 8:30 p.m.19. What will the weather be like tomorrow?A. Windy and cool.B. Sunny and hot.C. Cloudy and cold.20. Who might Hal Murdock be?A. A radio host.B. A TV weatherman.C. A sports news reporter.第二部分阅读理解 (共两节,满分35分)第一节（共10小题，每题2.5分，满分25分）ANow，we know that if we do not get enough vitamins，we are at the risk of developing a number of diseases. As a result，vitamin supplements(补品)，though expensive，are popular with people who worry that they are not getting enough vitamins from the foods they eat. But contrary to what many people think，medical experts have found little evidence that most supplements do anything to improve health or protect against diseases.In fact，medical experts warn that taking too many of some vitamins can be harmful. For example，too much vitamin E can cause bleeding. People should discuss what vitamins they take with their doctors，as some vitamins can produce harmful side effects when mixed with medicines.Experts，however，do say that sometimes vitamins can help prevent diseases. People who know they lack a particular vitamin should take vitamin supplements. Some older adults, for example，may not have enough vitamin B12.This is because，as people get older，their body loses its ability to take it from foods. Also，people who spend much time inside may need some extra vitamin D as the skin makes this vitamin from sunlight.Different vitamins are found in different foods. Vitamin A is found in fish liver oil.It's also in the yellow part of eggs. Sweet potatoes，carrots and other darkly coloured fruit and vegetables contain substances that the body can change into vitamin A．Vitamin B12 is found in green leafy vegetables and other foods，like fruit. Vitamin K can be found in pork products.In fact，for most people，a balanced diet can ensure enough vitamins our bodies need. So，it is important for us to eat a mixture of foods every day to ensure that we get enough vitamins.21．What is probably talked about before this passage?A．How many vitamins a person's body needs.B．How many vitamins some foods contain.C．The benefits that vitamins bring to our health.D．What people should do to stay healthy.22．From the passage，we can learn that medical experts advise people ________．A．never to take any vitamin supplementsB．to depend only on foods for their vitaminsC．not to take any vitamins together with medicinesD．to consult their doctors before taking vitamin supplements23．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Getting enough vitamins through a balanced dietB．Vitamin supplements do harm to our healthC．Vitamins are important to our healthD．Lacking vitamins can cause many diseasesBIt is a question that has confused parents for decades: Why do children refuse to eat greens?Now, two American experts believe they have the answer.After studying dozens of babies as they played with various objects, the researchers noted that they were far more unwilling to grasp plants than other things. They believe this is because evolution (进化) has biologically made children be wary of plants.Due to susceptibility (敏感性) to illness or injury in the early years of life, the body has designed an inner defence mechanism (机制) that limits a child's contact with plants, they think. The researchers believe this is why babies in the study were afraid of grabbing plants and why children turn their noses up when faced with a plate of broad beans.The findings are published in a paper by Dr Annie E. Wertz and Dr Karen Wynn, both psychologists at Yale University.They wrote，“Throughout human evolution…plants have been essential to h uman existence. Yet, for all of these benefits, plants have always caused very real dangers.”“Plants produce toxins (毒素) as defences that can be harmful, or even deadly. Some plants also employ physical defences, such as thorns and poisonous oils that can damage tissues (组织) and cause effects over the whole body.”They added，“We predicted that babies may have behavioural strategies that reduce their exposure to dangers posed by plants by minimizing their physical contact with plants.”To test their theory, the researchers studied how children aged eight to 18 months old reacted when presented with a variety of objects. It took much longer for children to grab plants; objects that were faked to look like plants also caused a slow response time.For parents attempting to spoon some peas into the mouth of their child, this finding should come as welcome relief.24．What does the underlined word “wary” in the third paragraph mean?A．Curious. B．Afraid. C．Tired. D．Certain.25．What did early humans probably do to survive?A．They chose to make more artificial things.B．They forbade their children to touch plants.C．They chose to have little contact with plants.D．They tried very hard to escape from predators.26．Which is the best title for the text?A．Give children more fun things to doB．The survival instinct (本能) is to blameC．What kind of things are healthyD．Infants of eight to eighteen months oldCAre some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes.To some degree, our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings．Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.It is easy to show that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random(随机地) from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical(完全相同的) twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.27．Which of these sentences best describes the writer's point in Para.1? A．To some degree, intelligence is given at birth.B．Intelligence is developed by the environment.C．Some people are born clever and others born stupid.D．Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.28．It is suggested in this passage that________.A．unrelated people are not likely to have similar intelligenceB．close relations usually have similar intelligenceC．the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligenceD．people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence29．In Para.1, the word “surroundings” means “________”.A．intelligence B．lifeC．environments D．housing30．The best title for this article would be “________”.A．On intelligenceB．What intelligence meansC．We are born with intelligenceD．Environment plays a part in developing intelligence第二节（共 5 个小题；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。