2017—2018学年度第二学期岚县中学高二年级期中考试英语试题（普通班试卷,本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟）第I卷第一部分听力 (1-20略)第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60）第一节（共15小题，每小题3分，满分45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。

AWhich of the following about Mr. H is Not correct?A.You can finish your homework on time with a Mr. H.B.It weighs only 500 kilograms.C.It comes with a 5-year guarantee.D.It can remember simple instructions2. A PENGO WATCH CONTROL canhelp you to________.A. control your TVB. organize your homeworkC. be a James BondD. forecast the weather3. You can get the watch for _________ .A. ＄499B. ＄299C. ＄199D. ＄994. Where would you be most likely to find the two texts?A. On a notice boardB. In a company brochure.C. On a teenage websiteD. In a college newspaper.BIf you want to know which social media platforms Chinese youths like now, you better not miss short videos.On popular short video apps, including Tik Tok(抖音) and Kuaishou, users can upload short videos, the content of which ranges from cooking and physical exercise to dancing and gatherings, and share them with other users. Also, some users rely on the short videos to get second-hand information.A 12-year-old user named Xiaoqianyu has up to 2.7 million followers on Tik Tok. The girl, who has enjoyed dancing since she was in kindergarten, has uploaded videos showing her learning jazz dance and finger dance since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans, and she has become famous as a result. Another user, named Xiaozhou, is a 22-year-old undergraduate majoring in English who prefers Kuaishou to Tik Tok."Most netizens think the rural life shown on Kuaishou is low. Instead, I think those videos give rural people a voice. The short videos cater to different users' tastes while undoubtedly bringing happiness to their daily routine life." said Xiaozhou, whose hometown is a village in east China's Anhui province.However, some young Chinese feel bored with some short videos.Wen Dandan, who studies at Fuzhou University, doesn't understand her classmates who are obsessed with short videos."I don't want to download an app just for watching short videos. Moreover, many dances in the videos are almost the same, which are boring," Wen said.Gong Lili, born in 1998, hasn't downloaded a short video app, though her friends have several times suggested she do so.Do you like short video apps? Please share your opinions with us.5.What can we conclude from Para.1 ?ers can upload short videos on short video apps.B.All users rely on the short videos to get second-hand information.C.Tik Tok is the most popular short video apps.D.You can know which social media platforms Chinese youths like by missing short videos.6.Which of the following statements about Xiaoqianyu is not correct?A.She is a 12-year-old useron Tik Tok.B.She has up to 2.7 million followerson Tik Tok.C.She has enjoyed dancing since she was in kindergarten.D.Each of her video can win her one million fans.7.Who prefers Kuaishou to Tik Tok?A. Xiaoqianyu C. Wen DandanB. Xiaozhou D. Wen Dandan8.Which word in the following has the same meaning as the underlined phrase in Para.3?A. treatB. showC. pleaseD.attractCThe Golden Gate Bridge joins the beautiful city of San Francisco with the suburbs to the north.Each day,about one hundred thousand automobiles cross the bridge taking people to and from the city.More than half of them cross the bridge during the morning and evening rush hours;with traffic so heavy,the trip is hardly a pleasure.Now,however,there is at least one group of happycommuters.These are the people who travel under the bridge instead of on it.They go to work by boat and enjoy it so much that most of them say they will never go by car again.The ferry (渡船) they take is the roomy, quiet,comfortable “Golden Gate”.Commuters can enjoy the sun on deck.In the morning they can have breakfast in the coffee shop,and in the evening they can order a drink in the bar while watching San Francisco’s famous skyline and the nearby hills.The trip takes only thirty minutes and is not very costly.But best of all,being on a boat seems to make people friendlier toward each other.There has already been a marriage of two commuters who met on the “Golden Gate”.Because the experiment has been successful,there are plans to use others,still larger boats.There is also a proposal for a high speed boat that will make the trip in fifteen minutes.9.When mightbe the rush hours on the Golden Gate Bridge?A.Around 6:00 a.m.and 6:00 p.m.B.From 6:00 a.m.to 6:00 p.m.C.Each day from spring to fall.D.In the morning and at noon.10.According to the passage,__________.A.it is a nice thing to travel in the rush hours on the Gloden Gate BridgeB.it is very happy for people to go to work by travelling under the Golden Gate BridgeC.the people on the bridge are very pleased to watch San Francisco’s famous skyline and the nearby hillsD.more than half of the people cross the river on the bridge instead of under it11.What is most probably the meaning of the underlined word “commuter”?A.A person who travels by car.B.A person who travels by boat.C.A person who crosses a river every day.D.A person who makes regular journey of some distance between home and work.12.Which of the following can serve as the title of this passage?A.The Happy Way under the Golden Gate Bridge to Get to WorkB.The Golden Gate BridgeC.Pleasure TripD.The Hope to Cross the Bridge QuicklyDDick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there.""Where are you going tostay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered. He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner." He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel."Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."13. How did Dick go to New York?A. By a taxiB. By shipC. By airD. We don’t know.14. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?A. The manager of his hotel.B. The police office.C. The taxi driver.D. His wife.15. Which of the following is not true?A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.B. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.C. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.第二节(共5小题 ,每小题3分,满分15分)根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。