高2017届下学期期末考试第I卷第一部分听力第一节（共5个小题，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，每段对话仅读一遍.A1.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.At a travel agencyB. at a bookstoreC. at a library2.What does the man mainly do in his spare time?A.He learns a languageB. He does some sportsC. He plays the piano3.What does the man imply?A.The woman helped him a lot.B.He needed more time to study.C.He worked hard for the competition.4.What is the woman going to do during the weekend?A.See a filmB. make a planC. prepare for a test5.What are the speakers mainly talk about?A.The man‟s studyB. the man‟s friendC. the man‟s trouble第一节（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，每段对话或独白读两遍.听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6.What can we learn from the conversation?A.Many students in the man‟s class came to the centre.B.The man is the first in his class to come to the centre.C.The man has made rapid progress in spoken English.7.How much is a two-term course?A.$50B. $ 90C. $120听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8.What is the problem with pupils on Monday mornings?A.They have to walk to school in a hurry.B.The traffic jam makes them hard to be on time.C.There is no shortcut for them to go to school.9.What does the taxi driver‟s son do on Monday mornings?A. He listens to an English program while traveling to school.B. He tries to kill some birds on his way to school.C. He talks in English to passengers in the taxi.听第8段材料,回答第10至12题.10.Why does man dislike his Chinese teacher?A. The teacher is too old.B. The teacher can‟t express herself clearly.C. The teacher can‟t make her class lively and interesting.11.What do we know about the man‟s English teacher?A. He teaches the students spoken English.B. He was born in a big city in Canifornia.C. He is very handsome.12.What does the man‟s English teacher ask them to do?A. Work hard to get good marks in exams.B. Learning something by heart.C. Communicate more.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What‟s the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and studentB. Boss and job hunterC. Customer and waitress14. How long did the woman plan to do the part-time job?A. For 18 daysB. For 3 weeksC. For till the Olympics begin15. Why did the woman want to do the part-time job here?A. To practice her oral English with foreigners.B. To gain some job experience for her future career.C. To help the foreign customers with the language here.16. What rule does the coffeehouse have?A. Customers must help themselves to coffee.B. Customers must speak in English.C. No tip is allowed.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is special for Nicholas?A. He was born with many social abilities.B. He needs no teacher at all.C. He was born so clever.18. What could Nicholas do at his eighteenth month?A. Speak FrenchB. Take telephone messagesC. Speak only a little English19. Why was Nicholas bored and unhappy at the two schools?A. He had too much homework.B. His spelling was often corrected.C. He could not learn anything special.20. Who finally offered to help Nicholas?A. A collegeB. His parentsC. His classmates第二部分阅读理解第一节(共15小题,每小题3分,满分15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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。
AWhen I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at …bed and breakfast‟ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.“We didn‟t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most familieswere away on holiday.”I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought …VACANC L ES‟ meant …holidays‟, because the Spanish word for …holidays” is …vacacions‟. So they did not go to house where the sign outside said …VACANCLES‟, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said …NO VACANCLES‟, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word …DIVERSION‟ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word …DIVERSION‟ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris. when someone offered me some more. coffee, I said …Thank you‟ in French. I meant that I would like some more, However , to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that …Thank you‟ in French means …N o, thank you.‟21. My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______.A. learning EnglishB. finding places to stay in EnglandC. driving their car on English roadsD. going to England by car22. I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______.A. they would be able to practise their EnglishB. it would be much cheaper than staying in hotelsC. it would be convenient for them to have dinnerD. there would be no problem about finding accommodation there23. “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______.A. no free roomsB. free roomsC. not away on holidayD. holidays24. If you see a roa d sign that says …Diversion‟ in English, you will ______.A. fall into a holeB. have a lot of fun and enjoy yourselfC. find that the road is blocked by crowds of peopleD. have to take a different road25. When someone offered me more coffee and I said …Thank you‟ in French, I ______.A didn‟t really want any more coffeeB. wanted them to take the coffee pot awayC. really wanted some more coffeeD. wanted to express my politenessBIn the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what …keeping up with the Joneses‟ is about, It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment(公寓房间) in New York City.Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich life--style of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series (系列) of short stories, He called it …Keeping up with the Joneses‟ because …Jones‟ is a very common namein the United States.‟ Keeping up with the Joneses‟ came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand‟s series appeared in different newspapers across the count ry for over 28 years.People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are …Jonses‟ in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.26. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.A. want to be as rich as their neighboursB. want others to know or to think that they are richC. don‟t want others to know they are richD. want to be happy27. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________.A. live outside New York CityB. live in New York CityC. live in apartmentsD. have many neighbours28 The underlined word neighbourhood in the second paragraph means ________.A. a person who lives near anotherB. people living in an areaC. an area near the place referred toD. an area in another town or city29. Arthur Momand used the name …Jones‟ in his series of short stories because‟ Jones‟ is________.A. an important nameB. a popular name in the United StatesC. his neighbour‟s nameD. not a good name30. According to the writer, it is to keep up with the Joneses.A. correctB. interestingC. impossibleD. GoodCThe man sitting opposite Robert was the Financial Controller. Everybody called him “the FC” for short. He made all the decisions about money. Robert needed some more. That was why he had to see him. The two men did not get on very well. In fact, they had always disliked each other.“Your request is out of the question,” the FC said. Robert had difficulty in controlling himself, but he managed somehow. He explained that he wanted the money in order to make more programmes.“And why do you want to do that?” the FC asked sharply. Again, Robert almost lost his temper. “Because more and more people are listening to my department‟s programmes. There‟s great demand for them,” he answered.The FC did not seem to believe him. But Robert had a report on the numbers of listeners to allEBC programmes. The FC became less confident (自信). Robert threw the report down on the table and told him to read it.The FC looked at it in silence. The figures (数字) proved that he had been wrong, but he did not want to admit it. “Well,”he finally said, “I may have made a small mistake.”Robert no ticed the word “may.” He got up to leave. But he had the feeling that he would get the money after all.31. In the story the Financial Controller was a person who was in charge ofA. Robert‟s department‟s programs.B. EBC programs.C. EBC money.D. both B and C.32. “Your request is out of the question.”Here “out of the question”meansA. without any questionB. with some question.C. impossible.D. possible.33. Robert decided to make more programs becauseA. he wanted to meet the needs of the listeners.B. “the FC”disliked himC. the members of his department wanted him to do so.D. he wanted to show himself off.34. Why were more and more people listening to Robert‟s programs?A. Because he always lost his temper (脾气).B. Because he disliked “the FC.”C. Because the programs were rich and to the taste of the listeners.D. We don‟t know.35. Who do you think won the argument(争论)in the end?A. The Financial Controller.B. Robert.C. Nobody.D. The listeners.DA nobleman and a merchant once met in an inn. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit (承认) that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime (犯罪), for which he was hanged. I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The merchant believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too bur ned hismouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the merchant, “Sir, why do you weep?” The merchant, who now saw that the nobleman had deceived (欺骗) him,answered, “My lord(=master), I am weeping because you were not hange d together with yourbrother.”36.This story teaches us ______.A. not to eat in innsB. not to eat soup that is too hotC.to cry when we burn our mouthD. not to believe everything you hear37. The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.A. was a noblemanB.felt ashamedC. was in an innD. was angry38. The nobleman should have ______.A. smiled with joyB. shouted with laughterC. told the truthD. scolded the waiter39. It is probable that the nobleman ______.A. had no brother who was hangedB. had a very good brotherC. knew the soup was too hotD. had never eaten soup40. The merchant‟s answer showed that he ______.A. was very happyB. believed the noblemanC. was angry with the noblemanD. had kind heart第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，共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。